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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, and good morning Katie Minister.

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Speaker 1: The situation that we're experiencing in the Northern Territory is

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Speaker 1: Day now on those vaccination rates. We know that it's

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Speaker 1: Well we know today Pauline Hanson is claiming that she's

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Speaker 2: have been and there will be outbreaks. We need to

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Speaker 2: be very honest about it. This is now a global

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Speaker 2: problem and Europe's experiencing.

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Speaker 3: A fourth wave.

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Speaker 2: Australia has been mercifully spared from so much of the

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Speaker 2: pain that the world has had. Our our outcome is

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Speaker 2: one which almost any country would have chosen over their own. Well,

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Speaker 2: that doesn't mean we're free of the challenges, and there'll

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Speaker 2: still be more, but we're as well prepared as anybody

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Speaker 1: Well, Minister for Health, the Federal Minister for Health, Greg Hunt,

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Speaker 1: we really appreciate your time this morning. Thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for speaking with us, Thanks.

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Speaker 2: Katie, and thanks to the territory and so coming forward

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Speaker 2: to be vaccinated.

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Speaker 3: And there's fourteen percent still to go if you're one

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Speaker 3: of those, to echo the Chief Minister in a show bipartisanship,

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Speaker 3: being vaccinated can save your life and can save the

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Speaker 3: life of your family.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: Minister, take care, Cheers, Thank you,