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Speaker 1: We know that Territorians are going to be heading to

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Speaker 1: the polls on May threi for the federal election. We'll

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Speaker 1: be voting for the country's next leaders, and we will

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Speaker 1: be voting in the electorates of Solomon and Lingiari. And

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Speaker 1: this morning we're going to be giving our candidates eight minutes,

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Speaker 1: as we did yesterday, to answer a series of questions. Now,

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Speaker 1: some of these may change somewhat depending on who they're

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Speaker 1: a Green. We'll try and ask about those preferences. But

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Speaker 1: first off this morning, joining us live on the line

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Speaker 1: is the colp's candidate Lisa Siebert. Good morning to you, Lisa.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie to you and your listeners.

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Speaker 1: Lovely to have you on the show. Now, Lisa, we've

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Speaker 1: got eight minutes. Are you ready to get started? Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: let's do it all right, Lisa. First off, why do

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Speaker 1: you think you're the best person to represent the seat

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Speaker 1: of Lingiari.

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Speaker 2: Thank you Katie and good morning listeners for Seedbert. I'm

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Speaker 2: running Ford the LP in Lingiari. I was born in

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Speaker 2: Gone and lived in the Northern Territory my whole life.

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Speaker 2: I'm running for Lengiari because I love the territory and

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Speaker 2: this is our home. I have seen firsthanded decline in

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Speaker 2: our community for far too long, and I'm sick of

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Speaker 2: seeing more change and sick of our community is being

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Speaker 2: taken for granted. Labor has had now twenty four years

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Speaker 2: of Lingiari and things have only gotten worse. The issues

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Speaker 2: are the crime, cossive living and infrastructure. This is what

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Speaker 2: people are talking to me about on the ground in

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Speaker 2: the last six months of travel within our community. In

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Speaker 2: since August, the CLP government has had a massive impact

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Speaker 2: on making our territory fafer. But we need a strong

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Speaker 2: federal Polish in Canberra alongside to Enterprise and Peter Dutton

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Speaker 2: to fight for more change for the territory old and

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Speaker 2: offer a community outside of alice beans. And the price

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Speaker 2: of fuel was three dollars a liter. How can anyone

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Speaker 2: expect to afford to pay three dollars a leter to

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Speaker 2: a fuel Once you field up your car up costing

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Speaker 2: you three dollars a liter, you then drive on an unfilled, unmade,

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Speaker 2: unsafe road. Hatty that's got twenty four years of later

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Speaker 2: in Leandiari has delivered and we need changed and we

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Speaker 2: cannot afford another three years of labor. Crime has gone up,

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Speaker 2: the cost of living has gone up, and our roads

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Speaker 2: are a mess. People want to feel safe in their homes.

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Speaker 2: They want to be able to afford to feed their

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Speaker 2: families and then drive on a road that's safe. None

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Speaker 2: of these things, and all of these things have gotten worse.

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Speaker 2: Lingdiari has been completely let down and neglected by labor.

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Speaker 2: And this is why we need a strong, polishing government

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Speaker 2: in Canble with just Enterprise and Peter Dubnin to work

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Speaker 2: with Leaf Napiera and her government to fight for the territory,

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Speaker 2: to keep making positive change and to ensure the territory

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Speaker 2: receives our fair share from the Commonwealth government. I'm asking

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Speaker 2: you to vote for me and vote for change to

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Speaker 2: improve our livelihoods for all territoriums and for the benefit

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Speaker 2: of our future generations to come.

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Speaker 1: Lisa, when it comes to the seat of Lingiari, and

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Speaker 1: I mean right across the Northern Territory, you've touched on

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Speaker 1: this crime continues to be an issue for the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: If you are elected as a federal member, how do

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Speaker 1: you feel that the federal government could support the Northern

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Speaker 1: territory government in this space, what will you be pushing for?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Sure, Copeter Dutton has twitted future coalition government to

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Speaker 2: supporting the in principle the Anti government's west of the

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Speaker 2: seven key requests to address the crime in elis in

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Speaker 2: the whole of the territory, whereas the Anti Government advisor

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Speaker 2: the Albanese government had so far only responded to one

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Speaker 2: of those seven requests and that was enabling gray use

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Speaker 2: canber listening to the Anti government is living what the

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Speaker 2: territory needs and we know that's better aad to reduce

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Speaker 2: costs living and a further reduction in crime. And we

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Speaker 2: need to partner together because this is a territory government

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Speaker 2: and federal government problem and we need to start working

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Speaker 2: together and we need to get behind leus Makia and

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Speaker 2: her team to support them in Canberra. We need to

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Speaker 1: Now when it comes to the cost of living, I

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Speaker 1: on this show in terms of the federal election. What

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Speaker 1: do you think needs to happen to lower the cost

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Speaker 1: of living for everybody living in the electorate of Lingire.

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Speaker 2: So a coalition government will deliver the real cost of

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Speaker 2: living relief when it matters, and when it matters. Now,

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Speaker 2: we'll reduce the fuel excise by twenty five cents per

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Speaker 2: liter for twelve months through the immediate financial relief of

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Speaker 2: is around fifteen hundred dollars. But you know we're also

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Speaker 2: going to be delivering chief and more consistent power by

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Speaker 2: backing your balance and engine mix. And we know that

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Speaker 2: we have gas in the mix, and we'll have a

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Speaker 2: chief electricity when it's needed, including your renewables and introducing

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Speaker 2: zero missions to your clear energy. And this will lower

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Speaker 1: Obviously, the fuel saving is a good thing, or people

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Speaker 1: see it as being a good thing, but the fact

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Speaker 1: need to be longer than that.

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Speaker 2: There will be further announcements made ahead of the election

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Speaker 2: which will be out in due course which will benefit

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Speaker 1: Now, in terms of one of the other issues that

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Speaker 2: Ah. Look, the roads are, like I said, has got

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Speaker 2: completeness in particularly in the rural and remote communities. Sana

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Speaker 2: Tree's road has not been completed. I mean, we've got

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Speaker 2: two point eight million dollars for an upgrade in the

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Speaker 2: We need to actually fight this together and to improve

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Speaker 2: the infrastructure for the territory.

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Speaker 1: Is there any particular roads that you think, you know

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Speaker 2: Definitely the completion of the Santa Treza roads. They've been

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Speaker 2: advocating for that for a very long time. And on

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Speaker 2: the Port Peage community have been advocating for so long,

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Speaker 2: for many many years to have their roads upgraded. I mean,

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Speaker 2: the Sort Highway needs an upgrade, Barkley Highway needs an

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Speaker 2: upgrade in around out Litchfield Elector it needs upgrades as well.

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Speaker 1: Now just looking at the cost of you know, not

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Speaker 1: only the cost of living, but when it comes to connectivity,

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Speaker 1: You look at the cost of flights. So I know

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Speaker 1: that a large portion of Lingiari are remote and regional areas.

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Speaker 1: But when you look at the cost of flights, what

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Speaker 1: to try and make us more connected here in the

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Speaker 2: Well, what I can say is if we look at

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Speaker 2: fly outside of those two days. I need to fly

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Speaker 2: that they're not having to double given an extent in

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Speaker 2: hiring vehicles or accommodations to get to their destination.

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Speaker 1: Now, just finally, what do you see as being the

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Speaker 1: major issues as we lead into the federal election and

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Speaker 1: how are you going to ensure the voices of Territorians

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Speaker 1: are heard on a national stage if elected.

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Speaker 2: The major issue that I see is the cost of

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Speaker 2: alongside just Enterprise, Peter Dunne and Leahs and Maki, and

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Speaker 2: we need to work together. As I said, it's a

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Speaker 2: territory government and federal government problem and we really need

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Speaker 2: to start working together if we're going to be dealing

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Speaker 2: with these issues and to get the territory back on track. Katie, Well, what.

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Speaker 1: Would happen if you got elected but it was still

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Speaker 1: a labor government? Would you be able to work with

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Speaker 1: the labor government to try to make things happen for

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Speaker 1: the NT?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Katie. We need to work with all three tiers

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Speaker 2: of government for the best interests of the Northern Territory

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Speaker 2: and That's what I'm going to be doing if elected.

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Speaker 2: I'll be a strong voice to get this done for

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Speaker 2: the territory.

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Speaker 1: Well, Lisa, we have pretty much run out of time,

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Speaker 1: so thank you so very much for having a chat

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Speaker 1: to us this morning as part of our Meet the

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Speaker 1: Candidate series.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much for your time, Katie and you

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Speaker 2: have a good day and toeer listeners you too.

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Speaker 1: Thank you