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Speaker 1: We've been out of lockdown for a few days and

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Speaker 1: point in time. No new COVID cases as far as

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Speaker 1: the right thing. Joining me on the line though right now,

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Speaker 1: to speak further about this is the Deputy Chief Minister

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Speaker 1: and also the Police Minister, Nicole Madison. Good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, Good morning listeners. Man I.

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Speaker 1: Firstly, where are we at with the cases, new cases,

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Speaker 1: anything we should know about from overnight?

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Speaker 2: Well, great news from overnight, no new cases. We had

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Speaker 2: one three hundred tests done yesterday, so the numbers have

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Speaker 2: gone down into testing, but again no new cases. And

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Speaker 2: then the day before that we're talking about two three

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Speaker 2: hundred tests, no new cases. So thank you everybody for

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Speaker 2: going in getting their testing done. Good news overnight, but

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Speaker 2: you know we're still on our toes. We've still still

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Speaker 2: got a bit to get through this first replication cycle

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Speaker 2: to next Friday, so we're keeping a close eige on it. Now.

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Speaker 1: Do we know with all those close contacts and that testing,

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Speaker 1: has all of that happened now or are there any

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Speaker 1: of those tests that still remain outstanding?

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Speaker 2: So the last advice I had is that we've got

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Speaker 2: everybody tested, everybody is isolated. They were the main parts

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Speaker 2: of our decision making last week. It was a pretty

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Speaker 2: interesting world this time last week, Katie, when we were

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Speaker 2: huge amount of work. The center of a disease control

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Speaker 2: we're doing a huge amount of work because we literally

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Speaker 1: And minister it does seem like the majority have been

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Speaker 1: doing the right thing and complying. There have been a

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Speaker 1: few situations so where they haven't. Firstly, someone spitting on

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Speaker 2: Well, that particular incident just made me feel absolutely sick.

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Speaker 2: It is disgusting. How can anybody do that in this environment.

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Speaker 2: I get that they were on Mitchell Street, but know what,

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Speaker 2: and just to do that to a hospow worker after

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Speaker 2: so appalling. They're going to face some pretty hefty fines

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Speaker 2: And we've also had overnight an issue with one of

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Speaker 2: to the Center for National Resilience Minister.

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Speaker 1: I know last week the Chief Minister said at a

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Speaker 1: Stuart Park shops and lied to authorities. Now on Friday,

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Speaker 2: Believe, so I'd have to double check, but I just

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Speaker 2: put that media release with that together, Katie. I haven't

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Speaker 2: and certainly in the last briefings that I'd had with police.

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Speaker 2: They were having further conversations with that individual and had

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Speaker 2: So police we're having further conversations with that individual. But

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Speaker 1: All right, And I do want to ask there is

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Speaker 2: So if you're not doing the right thing when it

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we will catch up with We are going to

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Speaker 2: So we've said very clearly that we expect that the

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Speaker 2: board members do resign, and if they don't resign, we'll

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Speaker 2: they can have that fresh start moving forward, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Now a lot of territorials are continuing to ask, how

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Speaker 1: on earth the Chief Minister can say that he didn't

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Speaker 2: Well, I think what I'd like to make really clear, Katie,

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Speaker 2: were no finding against the ministers of the government here, but.

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Speaker 1: The OCTA didn't have the opportunity to look into the

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Speaker 2: The IKAC did a very extensive body of work and

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Speaker 1: No doubt about that. But they didn't get the chance

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Speaker 2: I think it's a very clear view the report, Katie,

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Speaker 2: I thought it was incredibly extensive, and like I said,

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Speaker 1: All right. Brett Dixon's legal team wrote to the Chief Minister,

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Speaker 1: Michael Gunner last weeks saying that his former chief of

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Speaker 1: because it was enthusiastically supported by mister Gunner personally. Did

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Speaker 1: the Chief Minister push for this to happen amongst the

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Speaker 2: No, it was about construction jobs. He answered this question

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Speaker 1: The report states that alf Leonardi was discussing this proposal

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Speaker 1: though with the Turf Club chair over a number of years.

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Speaker 1: I mean, taking into account how you run your office.

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Speaker 1: Do you expect people to believe that the Chief Minister

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Speaker 1: had no knowledge of this whatsoever.

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Speaker 2: Well, there were lots of conversations at the time. I

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Speaker 1: But not the Chief Minister.

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Speaker 2: They had spoken. They did say that it's quite clear

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Speaker 1: So the COLP right now has challenged the Chief Minister

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Speaker 1: to clear the air and release all the cabinet docupents

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Speaker 1: upon which ministers decided to grant this twelve million dollar

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Speaker 1: new grand stand. I mean, should the government just do

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Speaker 2: Well, I'd say the COLP that they should probably just

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Speaker 2: read the Kak report because it's pretty extensive.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but there is a whole lock you can't deny that,

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Speaker 1: the fact that they've not been able to look into

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Speaker 2: Well, again, I think that there is a hugely extensive

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Speaker 2: in what other organizations do They get access to text messages, emails,

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Speaker 2: So I think it's very thorough, very detailed, and they've

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Speaker 1: The opposition says that for Michael Gunner to claim that

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Speaker 2: Well? I think the Ikak report goes into a raft

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Speaker 1: I know that there has been much said about the

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Speaker 1: as though you adequately managed that conflict of interest? Yeah.

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Speaker 2: From the moment I got into government, I had declared

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Speaker 2: club board. So I'd always actively declared that and again

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Speaker 2: through this process also actively declared it.

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Speaker 1: Now you are obviously the deputy Chief Minister, if you

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Speaker 2: Well? I think it was a good project. I think

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Speaker 2: what we will clearly very much so let down in

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Speaker 2: this process was around the tendering process there, and we

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Speaker 2: did go back, we did try to further investigate it,

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Speaker 2: which was very clear in the report and clearly the

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Speaker 2: was found through the IKA.

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Speaker 1: So if you took out and you know, if that

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Speaker 2: Well? I think I've been very public Katie and saying

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Speaker 2: that I can see that it would have been good

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Speaker 2: for jobs, that it was about diversifying the economy, about

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Speaker 2: trying to bring more big events and more high spending

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Speaker 2: Darn Cup Carnival. So we know people spend big when

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Speaker 2: they spend big at hotels and tours. That good thing

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Speaker 1: I mean right from the get go though, Territorians just

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Speaker 1: did not think that this was a good idea. I mean,

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Speaker 1: even if you take out this Ikach report and you know,

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Speaker 1: and don't look at the tendering side of things. It

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Speaker 1: was on the same week when we had a code

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Speaker 1: enough beds at the hospital. I just can't wrap my

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Speaker 2: Well, you have to be able to provide services, and

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Speaker 2: you have to be able to drive the economy forward

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Speaker 2: and diversify Katie so and at the time it was

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Speaker 2: a time when we needed construction stimulus and economic stimulus too.

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Speaker 1: Nicole Madison. We will leave it there. I appreciate your

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Speaker 1: time this morning. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Thanks, Katie, had a great week you too.

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Speaker 1: It is twenty two minutes after nine o'clock eight nine

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Speaker 1: you'd like to call through, if you want to send

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Speaker 1: on this situation with the Grandstand. I know, right from

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Speaker 1: the morning after it happened. You know, the announcement was

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Speaker 1: at the launch of the Cup Carnival, and right from

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Speaker 1: the morning after it happened, we were inundated with people

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Speaker 1: contacting this show saying that they did not think it

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Speaker 1: was the right use of taxpayers dollars. You know, for

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Speaker 1: me at this point in time, for you know, the

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Speaker 1: Chief Minister to not really be taking responsibility for it,

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Speaker 1: I find it quite astronomical for his chief of staff

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Speaker 1: quite astronomical that you know that he did not well

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Speaker 1: he says that, you know, he's not he didn't have

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Speaker 1: a full understanding of exactly what had gone on behind

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Speaker 1: do agree that with what the CLP has said, where

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Speaker 1: you know, we should actually be in a situation where

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Speaker 1: if the government really wants to clear the air on this,

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Speaker 1: then they should just release all of those cabinet documents

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Speaker 1: upon which those ministers decided to grant that twelve million

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Speaker 1: dollars to the Darwin Turf Club. But keen to hear

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Speaker 1: your thoughts this morning. You can give us a call

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