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Speaker 1: We know the Chief Minister is today set to deliver

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Speaker 1: her year ahead speech, but as I said, some questioning

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Speaker 1: how the Northern Territory can prosper when the most vulnerable

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Speaker 1: in our community continue to be at risk and crime

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Speaker 1: and personal safety remain our number one issue. Now joining

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Speaker 1: of the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 2: Evil Ala. Good morning to you morning Katie. Chief Minister.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: I do want to ask, firstly, what was your reaction

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Speaker 1: when you learned a four year old child had been

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Speaker 1: sexually assaulted in Tenant Craik last week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean obviously apparrent, absolutely apparrent, but also heartbreak

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Speaker 3: for the family involved. It's a small community, that's a

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Speaker 3: young child. I do worry about being able to identify

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Speaker 3: the child and the family involved as well. But shocking,

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Speaker 3: absolutely a shocking behavior, just something that we truly can't fathom.

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Speaker 3: So good to hear that the police have arrested the

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Speaker 3: perpetrator and has been charged.

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Speaker 1: Look, I know, and you know I don't want to

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Speaker 1: cross a mark here, but you and I were talking

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Speaker 1: even before we got on air that I've got young

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Speaker 1: children you've got young grandchildren this kind of situation, it's

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Speaker 1: like it's utterly heartbreaking.

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Speaker 2: Yes, shocking, shocking.

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Speaker 3: And I actually was in Tenant Creek on Wednesday, so

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Speaker 3: I met with the council. I met with the anti

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Speaker 3: And that's an important part of the Barkley deal and

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Speaker 3: know it's always been a tough town. It's always had

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Speaker 3: they are very much focused on working together.

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Speaker 2: They had school.

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Speaker 3: Holiday activities, the pool was opened which was very well used.

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Speaker 3: There's a new youth youth center that we've built.

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Speaker 2: So there are lots of good.

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Speaker 3: Things happening in Tenant Creek and we know that the

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Speaker 3: police also are doing an amazing job in Tenant Look.

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Speaker 1: The local member, Steve Edgington, was last week furious about

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Speaker 1: another child falling victim to a horrific attack Islam. Both

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Speaker 1: breaking down here, Chief Minister, Because as we heard last week,

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Speaker 3: It probably does happen in Australia and elsewhere in Australia.

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Speaker 3: It happens in families all the time. It's this was

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Speaker 3: blind doesn't justify it though. I'm just saying that this

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Speaker 2: But the work in the.

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Speaker 1: Work in the bucket, it's even here in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: You know what has happened. As I said, it's horrific.

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Speaker 1: How is I don't even know how are in a

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Speaker 3: I think we are screaming from the rooftops that it

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Speaker 2: We know those issues.

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Speaker 3: But in the Barkley we have got that the Barkley

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Speaker 2: So as I said.

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Speaker 3: The Youth Center has been open, which is great to see.

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Speaker 2: There's a visitor park that's being built with respect.

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Speaker 1: People are going to be listening to that this morning,

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Speaker 3: So again, it is around the wrap around services. And

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Speaker 3: how did and these are the questions that are unanswered

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Speaker 2: Why was that young child?

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Speaker 3: I think was early in the morning by themselves or

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Speaker 3: and it's before the courts, but this is part of

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Speaker 1: Do you have any idea of the condition of that

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Speaker 2: No, I don't. I want to ask.

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Speaker 1: I know that Steve Edgington says that that promised review

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Speaker 2: Are you frustrated by that?

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Speaker 3: So I said, that's probably matter for the federal government

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Speaker 2: But from your perspective, the issue is.

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Speaker 3: Really about the things happening on the ground. I mean, yes,

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Speaker 2: Determine what was working and what was not working.

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Speaker 1: And Tenant Creek is seriously struggling, not only from you

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Speaker 2: Yeah? So that was the part of the reason that

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Speaker 3: So the council we know is in administration, which is

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Speaker 1: Mordan had indicated on the show on Friday, and we

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Speaker 3: So sometimes there are iluas so traditional owners so indigenous

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Speaker 1: So what hope can you give the people of Tenant

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Speaker 3: So one of the things that I'll be talking about

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Speaker 1: In this situation though, the alleged defender was an adult,

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Speaker 1: listening this morning thinking how those camps going to help

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Speaker 3: So a fifty two year old has been arrested and

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Speaker 1: With that criticism of the federal and Northern Territory governments

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Speaker 2: No, I haven't should you.

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Speaker 3: I think that this was a matter. This one was

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Speaker 3: a matter for the police. The police reacted immediately as

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Speaker 3: I was on the ground in Tenant Creek. I've had

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Speaker 3: moving forward again. It is around that the leadership on

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Speaker 1: So despite that criticism that things are not happening quickly enough,

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Speaker 3: No, as I said, the focus has been very much

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Speaker 3: So that is the part that is long term work

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Speaker 1: Now, the remainder of the speech is also going to

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Speaker 1: An issue that is with you when people are looking

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's a concern, isn't it.

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Speaker 3: It is a concern, and that's why it is a

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Speaker 3: We're reviewing the police around resourcing. We've seen the co

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Speaker 1: Chief Finister, you know, like I said, crime and public

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Speaker 3: We've had some good news around the Barossa and recent weeks,

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Speaker 3: There's two bills and both of them were bills that

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Speaker 1: Well, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, Evil Laula, we

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Speaker 1: better leave it there for this morning. Thank you very

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Speaker 1: much for your time and we look forward to hearing

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Speaker 2: Thanks very much, Katie, thank you