1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Parliament is back in full swing in the Northern Territory, 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: in the first day of parliamentary sittings getting under way yesterday. 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 1: Now the government not wasting any time in terms of 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 1: passing legislation and introducing legislation aimed at getting projects moving 5 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: in the Northern Territory. But look, it was a massive 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: day Correctional staff were converging on Parliament to voice their 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:23,279 Speaker 1: concerns about the changes to corrections which were announced late 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: last week. Now joining me in the studio is the 9 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:30,160 Speaker 1: Independent Member for Johnson, Justine Davis. Good morning to you, Justine. 10 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 2: Hey Katie, how are you going really well? 11 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for taking the time to come 12 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: in this morning. I know it's a busy, busy morning, 13 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: so we'll try and get through it all. There's a 14 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 1: lot to cover, but very quickly. Now you asked questions 15 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: yesterday about domestic violence funding. It follows yet another tragic 16 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: death on the weekend in Alice Springs. We now know 17 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 1: that a thirty nine year old man has been charged 18 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: with murder. We also though yesterday you know I got 19 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: a press release that came through about a forty two 20 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: year old mail driver believed to be not own to 21 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: a victim of domestic violence, in which this situation in 22 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: Alice Springs at eight point fifteen in the morning, police 23 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 1: were receiving reports of a female holding on to the 24 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: bonnish of a white Holden commodore that was driving dangerously 25 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: through Lara Pinter. She's on the bonnish of the car. Well, 26 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: this is happening. It's horrifying, it's horrific. Justine, what answers 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: did you get when it came to that domestic violence funding. 28 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I just want to start off by saying, 29 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 3: as I think I've said every time I've been on 30 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 3: your show, that it's another tragedy. My thoughts go out 31 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 3: to the woman who was killed this week, to every 32 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 3: woman and child who is hurt, hurt, harm killed by 33 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 3: domestic found in sexual violence. And as you've said many times, it. 34 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: Can't go on. We need to do something about it. 35 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 3: I wanted I did ask the minister yesterday for an update, 36 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 3: and she said, thank you, this is the question I've 37 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 3: been waiting for. She didn't really answer my question, however, 38 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 3: what I do want to say, and I want to 39 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 3: congratulate the COLP for committing to ongoing funding for domestic 40 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,359 Speaker 3: family and sexual violence services. 41 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 2: This is a really great for people who work in 42 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: the sector. 43 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 3: It means that they're actually going to be able to 44 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 3: get on and do their work and know that they're 45 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 3: going to be able to keep doing it, not just 46 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 3: focus on thinking where are they going to be sustained? 47 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 3: Are they going to continue to exist? So that's great news. 48 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 3: I also asked when are we going to see this money? 49 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 3: The minister said, I think on the twenty third of 50 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 3: January that the money would start to roll out. 51 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 2: By the end of January, I. 52 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 3: Still haven't seen any money from the one hundred and 53 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 3: eighty million dollars that has been promised. Since August. It's 54 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 3: now February. I haven't seen any money to any frontline services. 55 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 3: So I'm still sitting with questions. I've got so many 56 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 3: messages after I asked that question in Parliament yesterday saying what. 57 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 2: Did she say? 58 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 3: What money has been spent, what money has been committed. 59 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 3: I think all of us have to do whatever we 60 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 3: can around this issue. You know you've got a roll 61 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 3: in media. I've got a role in parliament. Part of 62 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 3: my role in Parliament is to hold the government to account, 63 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 3: to ask them questions on behalf of the people in 64 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 3: the community, the women and children who are suffering and 65 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 3: being harmed because of this, and say, well, what are 66 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 3: you actually doing about enough talk justin. 67 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: I get a lot of messages on the show, you know, 68 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: a lot of people saying this money needs to roll out, 69 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: that needs to roll out sooner rather than later. Then 70 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,000 Speaker 1: I get others going, Katie, you know all this money 71 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,000 Speaker 1: is being invested into domestic violence and nothing is changing. 72 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,919 Speaker 1: What is more money going to do? So? I mean, lok, 73 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 1: what do you say to the people that are of 74 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:35,400 Speaker 1: that view? 75 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I want to know a bit more about 76 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 3: what they're actually talking about when they say that. 77 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 2: I want to know a bit of detail. 78 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 3: I mean, I know, and you probably know if you've 79 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 3: talked to any of the frontline services and you see 80 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 3: where that money is going, it actually is going directly 81 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 3: to help women and children to keep them safe. But 82 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 3: we know we need much more investment. We know we 83 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 3: need to work with perpetrators, we know we need to 84 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 3: we need to stop domestic violence before it happens. I 85 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 3: think when people say, I think also we need transparency. 86 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 3: It's good questions to ask how's this money being spent, 87 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 3: what's happening with it. People have a lot there's a 88 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 3: lot of misinformation about domestic violence funding. So for example, 89 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,599 Speaker 3: people believe that if you invest more in domestic violence funding, 90 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 3: then often the stats will go up because more women 91 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 3: will report. It doesn't mean that there's more violence, It 92 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 3: just means that we know more about it. So I 93 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 3: think I applaud people for asking questions about it, but 94 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 3: they should be questions about what are we going to 95 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:34,919 Speaker 3: do to fix this up, not questions to say nothing 96 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 3: to see here. 97 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: I had planned to talk a lot more about the 98 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: situation even from the weekend. There was a report in 99 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:45,119 Speaker 1: the Australian newspaper yesterday about some of the history of 100 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: that domestic violence situation. I can't now that thirty nine 101 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,040 Speaker 1: year old man has been charged, but I think it's 102 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: I think it's appropriate for me to say that in 103 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:00,000 Speaker 1: a number of the domestic violence situations that we see 104 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: in the Northern Territory, often, and I'm not talking about 105 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 1: a particular case, but often perpetrators have actually had several 106 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: interactions with the Northern Territory police over an extended period 107 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: of time into that domestic violence. I mean, where do 108 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: you think that shows that we're being let down. 109 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 3: Well, I think we and women are being let down 110 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 3: at every level of the system. And this is no 111 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 3: criticism of police. I know they're doing the best job 112 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 3: they can. And we actually know that the majority of 113 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:41,480 Speaker 3: our police time is already spent on domestic violence. The 114 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 3: majority of people in prison are there because of domestic 115 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 3: violence related defenses. 116 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: So we know that people are doing what they can. 117 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 2: It's not enough. 118 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 3: We need more resources, we need more training. Police say 119 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 3: all the time they need more training, they need more 120 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 3: resources to be dealing with this. It's not just a 121 00:05:56,520 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 3: police issue. It's a community, social, health, economic issue across 122 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 3: the board. So that's why we need proper investment and 123 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 3: proper rolling out of a. 124 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 2: Plan that is there. There's a plan that has been. 125 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 3: Developed by experts, by frontline workers to say this is 126 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 3: what we need to do and this will make a difference. 127 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 2: That's what we should be implementing. 128 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: Justine, h will move along because there is so much 129 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,159 Speaker 1: for us to discuss this morning, and you're limited for time, 130 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: as am I. There has been a number of announcements 131 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: made over the last week when it comes to corrections. Now, 132 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: yesterday we saw about fifty correctional stuff protest at Parliament House. 133 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: We know that there are plans to privatize part of 134 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: the workforce. You asked some questions about this yesterday. We'd 135 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: spoken to the union about this on the show as well. 136 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: Erinor early had suggested that Stringy Bark that facility should 137 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: come back online and that would help to alleviate some 138 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: of our issues. You actually asked this of the Corrections 139 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: Minister yesterday. 140 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 3: I did yes, yes, and he answered what I'd been 141 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,920 Speaker 3: told was that to get that ready operational, could have 142 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:04,239 Speaker 3: it could be online very quickly. It would cost hundred 143 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 3: a million dollars to get it to get it online, 144 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 3: which involves some fencing and security work. And you know, 145 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 3: if we were using that now with there's this total 146 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,880 Speaker 3: crisis in our watchhouses. I don't know if you've talked 147 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 3: about on this show, but the conditions in watchhouses abysmal. 148 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 3: People are in have have have lights on twenty four 149 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 3: hours a day, they have showers maybe once every three days. 150 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 3: There's up to eighteen people in a cell like it's. 151 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 2: Not They're all a crowded. 152 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: They're not meant to be used. 153 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 2: They're not meant to be use. 154 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 3: It's not what we should be seeing anywhere, and it's 155 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 3: certainly not what we should be seeing in this country anyway. 156 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:42,760 Speaker 3: All those people could that problem could be solved by 157 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 3: using stringing bag. So I asked him in the state 158 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 3: of that question. He said that it would cost six 159 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 3: million dollars to do that. 160 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:51,239 Speaker 1: Six million. 161 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 2: I'm curious about that. 162 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 3: I've gone back to the people who told me the figure, 163 00:07:55,880 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 3: which I think is the same figure that maybe yesterday's 164 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 3: time said it'd be good to get a bit more 165 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 3: information on this, actually, what is the truth, what would 166 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 3: it cost and why aren't we doing it? 167 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: Well, look, we're going to try and I think we've 168 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: got him on the show for tomorrow morning as well, 169 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: so we'll try and get to the bottom of that too. 170 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: But if you get any info throughout the day, let 171 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: us know. Yesterday as well, there was so much that 172 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: went on yesterday the government and now it's the Lobbyist Register. Now, 173 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: this register is going to ensure all third party lobbyists 174 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 1: are registered. Lobbyists on the register are going to need 175 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 1: to make it clear to ministers at the time of 176 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:33,080 Speaker 1: seeking meetings. When they are engaging with ministers, lobbyists on 177 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: that register need to be clear who their client is 178 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: and who they're lobbying on behalf of Do you think. 179 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,439 Speaker 2: It goes far enough? No? 180 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 3: In a word, I mean I think it's once again, 181 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 3: this is a great thing. It's great that the colp 182 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 3: have brought in a lobbyist register, but it's really the 183 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 3: bare minimum. So as you said, you just sort of 184 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 3: outlined who would be included in the lobbyist register. So 185 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,960 Speaker 3: it exempts major lobbyists from register, so that includes big 186 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 3: gas companies, includes other big corporate firms. 187 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: Because unions as well as and includes. 188 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 2: Unions, that's right. 189 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,240 Speaker 3: The other thing that's missing from this, which is in 190 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 3: lots of other jurisdictions, is open ministerial diaries. So what 191 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 3: that means is that we're not going to know as 192 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 3: the public who ministers are actually meeting with, and that's 193 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 3: really important in terms of accountability and transparency so that 194 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 3: we can see what conversations are happening. The idea of 195 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 3: a lobbyist register, as we bring things from behind closed 196 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 3: doors and into the public space, this won't do that. 197 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: Yeah, look, I don't have a big problem with you know, 198 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: with those open ministerial diaries as well, because I sort 199 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 1: of think to myself, all work that you're doing should 200 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,440 Speaker 1: actually be for the people that you're representing. And I'm 201 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 1: really big on that open and openness and transparency. So 202 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,319 Speaker 1: we'll wait and see. It doesn't sound as though they're 203 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: looking to add that to the lobbyist register. 204 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 3: We'll be debating it today, so we will. Well, yeah, 205 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 3: there's a motion on the floor this afternoon, so we'll 206 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 3: be debating that and exploring what might be possible there. 207 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:03,600 Speaker 1: We'll see what happens there. 208 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: Now. 209 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: One of the other things that's happened is the government 210 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: yesterday announced that it would be cutting funding to the 211 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 1: Environment Center and the Arid Lands Environment Center. The minister 212 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: said that it would not spend another dollar on activists 213 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 1: and economic vandals. What do you make of this moves? 214 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 2: I hope the irony doesn't escape anyone. 215 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 3: And on the same day that the government's announcing a 216 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 3: lobbyist register and saying it's committed to accountability, that it's 217 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 3: defunding two organizations that have existed for decades in the 218 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 3: Northern Territory as a civil society organization whose sole interest 219 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,360 Speaker 3: is to protect the environment for all of us. 220 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:46,199 Speaker 1: I just yeah, some people listening might be thinking to themselves, well, 221 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: why do they need taxpayer funds to be able to 222 00:10:48,760 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: do that? 223 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, as a taxpayer, I'm very happy for the 224 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 3: bank for my back that I get from the work 225 00:10:55,440 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 3: that both ALEC, the arid Lands Environment Center and Environment 226 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 3: Center up here have done and are doing over decades. 227 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 3: As I said, things that we just would not know 228 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 3: about as punters if they didn't bring it to our attention, 229 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 3: advice that they give to government so government can then 230 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 3: make better decisions, and also in the scheme of things, 231 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,079 Speaker 3: it's a pretty small amount of money, So I mean, 232 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 3: I don't think the Environment Center is going anywhere. It's 233 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 3: going to continue, but I absolutely think that that is 234 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 3: something that our government should be continuing to support. 235 00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:31,079 Speaker 1: Now we are going to have to get ready to 236 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 1: wrap up. But I know that one of the really 237 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: big things that's been on your agenda since you were 238 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 1: elected is moving along the voluntary assisted dying legislation and 239 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: making sure that that does come to Parliament. That's something 240 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: that we do get contacted about. I know it's something 241 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: that you've had plenty of people contact you about. We've 242 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: had a whole raft of work done in this space. 243 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:52,719 Speaker 1: We're next for this. 244 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:56,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right, it's a very big issue for the community. 245 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,839 Speaker 3: And as everyone knows, we were the first place in 246 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 3: Australia to have voluntary sister dying, where now the only 247 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 3: place in Australia does not have it. There's a motion 248 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 3: I've given notice of emotion to Parliament that we implement 249 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 3: the recommendations of a report that was done last year. 250 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 3: The way Parliament works is that when you put up 251 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 3: a motion, it goes on a list and we. 252 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: Go through the list until we get to it. 253 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 3: So it probably will come up potentially in the next 254 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 3: sitting of Parliament. What I really encourage anyone here who 255 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 3: this is an issue, it's important to them. The COLP, 256 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 3: the Chief Minister said in Parliament last year this issue 257 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 3: is not a priority for us. We know that we're 258 00:12:37,679 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 3: our current parliament. There's a seventeen set majority of the COLP, 259 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 3: which means that they can and they will do whatever 260 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 3: they want to do. We've seen that over and over again. 261 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 3: They've pushed through bills on urgency without time for debate 262 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 3: or consideration and if there's something they think is not important, 263 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 3: they'll just say we're not going to look at it. 264 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 3: So if people do think this is important, if this 265 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 3: is important to you. Please let the COLP know, let 266 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 3: them know that this is something that really matters to you. 267 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 3: There are a lot of things they say our urgent. 268 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:07,719 Speaker 3: As Maureen in my office, one of my constituents said 269 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 3: to me the other day, how much more urgent can 270 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:11,840 Speaker 3: you get than something like this. 271 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: Well, we're going to catch up with Sue Shira from 272 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 1: the Counsel of the Aging in a couple of minutes, 273 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,959 Speaker 1: so we're talking to her about another topic, but I'll 274 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: certainly ask her about this as well, because i know 275 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: it's something she's raised with us previously. Justine, I always 276 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: appreciate your time. Thanks so much for taking the time 277 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: to come in this morning when you've got to get 278 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: to Parliament as well. So I'll let you go. 279 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 2: Thanks you, Katie, I have a great day.