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Speaker 1: Joining me on the line right now is the colp's

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Speaker 1: candidate for Nightcliff, Helen's secretary. Good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Kady Helen.

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Speaker 1: We've got seven minutes and a number of questions. Are

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Speaker 1: you ready, yes, Saem, Let's do it. Helen. Why did

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Speaker 1: you decide to put your hand up to run?

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Speaker 2: I put my hand up because I have been very

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Speaker 2: vocal since twenty twenty two in regards of the youth crime,

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Speaker 2: the anti social behavior, and as a resident of Nightcliffe,

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Speaker 2: I live in the community. But this concerns the whole

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Speaker 2: elected of Nightcliffe and the charity with the crime wave

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Speaker 2: that we have, with the youth problems with the youth

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Speaker 2: clients and the anti social behavior, and about economic bringing

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Speaker 2: economic development back to the territory instead of businesses closing.

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Speaker 2: People are selling their properties because of the crime wave

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Speaker 2: and the Labor government's doing nothing about it. That's why

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Speaker 2: I put my hand up. Enough is enough willing to

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Speaker 2: bring the Darwin and the territory back to being safe

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Speaker 2: and the youths that are causing the clients need to

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Speaker 2: be put in a boot camps to learn discipline and

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Speaker 2: respect and take responsibility. People that I've spoken to say

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Speaker 2: the root causes education. It's not just about education here.

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Speaker 2: This is about parents being responsible and teaching their kids

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Speaker 2: to have respect for other people and their properties and

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Speaker 2: taking responsibilities for their actions. This is the whole idea

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Speaker 2: why we have youth detention centers. This is why we

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Speaker 2: have the whole presence. The continuing of the program that

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Speaker 2: the Labor government has with this youth is their monitoring

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Speaker 2: detectives on their ankle, Google, EI diversion, Family community services

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Speaker 2: working with families. And I've had this discussion with the

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Speaker 2: previous Youth Minister, which is an attached to for us,

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Speaker 2: back in twenty twenty two, and I informed her from

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Speaker 2: the increasing age from twelve onwards, this is going to instilate.

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Speaker 2: Now we're twenty twenty four and nothing's been done about it.

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Speaker 1: Helen, why do you think you're the best person for

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Speaker 1: the role based on your previous experience and the community

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Speaker 1: and through the work that you do.

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Speaker 2: Well. Like I said, I'm a darn And born and

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Speaker 2: burn I'm a senor Larity elder. This is my history

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Speaker 2: of land. But I work. I've had a seven kid,

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Speaker 2: I grew up fourteen. Money she's going to actually on

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Speaker 2: top of it. I have ten grandkids, they go to school.

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Speaker 2: They're not out destroying other people's properties, destroying an assaulting

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Speaker 2: elders in their own accommodations, stealing the property, stealing property

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Speaker 2: from businesses, walking in, gritting whatever they want from the

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Speaker 2: shops and the staff that are afraid to touch them

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Speaker 2: so they can do what they want. They damage properties.

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Speaker 2: You know, people that I've spoken to in my electits

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Speaker 2: while I'm a candidate are saying they've been speaking to

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Speaker 2: Natasha Weeks, the representative of Nightcliffe, nothing is being done.

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Speaker 2: I'm talking about people that work in the health professions,

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Speaker 2: people that have businesses somedays close down and have said

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Speaker 2: to me, if the election comes and this government's not out,

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Speaker 2: they selling their properties. And they've been living in nights

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Speaker 2: in the territory for over forty two years, thirty years.

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Speaker 2: It is sad and it's the shame. Do we need

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Speaker 2: to bring Darwin back. We need to bring a territory

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Speaker 2: back for the safety of their people, their homes, their businesses,

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Speaker 2: for their children. It can't continue right This labor government

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Speaker 2: is too soft on crime and all they discuss is education,

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Speaker 2: education and about the root course. Will the root course

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Speaker 2: starts with the parents and the grandparents that look after

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Speaker 2: these children to teach them also respect and responsibility.

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Speaker 1: Helen. In terms of the biggest issues in the electorate,

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Speaker 1: it sounds as though you certainly feel that crime and

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Speaker 1: the youth crime issue is the biggest issue. Are there

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Speaker 1: other things that are being raised with you on the

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Speaker 1: doors at the moment you behavior.

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Speaker 2: I have people members that live in Nightclift come up

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Speaker 2: to me and say, I live over there. I have

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Speaker 2: to put up with the noise, the violence. You know,

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Speaker 2: domestic violence is happening to women. These are out in

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Speaker 2: the suburbs that these people are making areas to stay

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Speaker 2: and the members of Nightclift have to put up with it.

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Speaker 2: People ring and complain to the police. The police don't

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Speaker 2: turn up. I know they have jobs to do, but

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Speaker 2: domestic violence is a not a bad issue, and it

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Speaker 2: is respecting the nightlif area as well, and the businesses

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Speaker 2: have had enough. Hell As a member of Nightclift, I

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Speaker 2: feel for these businesses. I feel for these people. I

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Speaker 2: feel for the olders that are being assaulted in their

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Speaker 1: Helen, just over two minutes twenty to go. I want

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Speaker 1: to ask you do you support the development of onshore gas.

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Speaker 2: Look, Katie, I am. I've been involved as a Laroche

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Speaker 2: senior custodian. I am on the Middle Arm consecutive committee.

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Speaker 2: A larite of people have not given permission for that,

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Speaker 2: I am. I'm dealing with Santos in regards to them

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Speaker 2: taken over Kinnico Fillits in regards to pre pipeline to

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Speaker 2: a harbor. I'm not happy with any of that at

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Speaker 2: the moment because there is still settlement, waste and contamination

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Speaker 2: in the harbor from the previous developers gas organized businesses

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Speaker 2: that haven't even been cleaned up yet. All right. I know,

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Speaker 2: as a Laroche pastodian, we have not given approval for

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Speaker 2: the Middle Arm. We are still having discussions about it,

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Speaker 2: but at this time there is still settlements out in

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Speaker 2: the harbor that has not been cleaned up and it

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Speaker 2: is contaminating the water. We have a beautiful harbor, you know,

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Speaker 2: people like to hunt, you know, and the still contamination

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Speaker 2: here that hasn't even been cleaned up. Couple of I'm

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Speaker 2: involved with a lot of social organizations in regards to

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Speaker 2: economic development coming to the territory that at this time

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Speaker 2: we're going to be losing a lot because until we

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Speaker 2: sought this crime wave that it's not just the use,

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Speaker 2: it's the adults as well. We need to be harsh

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Speaker 2: on it. We need to Instead of this luxury new

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Speaker 2: youth detention center they've opened up, it's a holiday camp.

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Speaker 2: We need boot camps where these kids are taught education.

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Speaker 1: Helen, we've only got thirty seconds left. I'll let you

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Speaker 1: keep going.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Otherwise, well, I mean, we need a facility where

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Speaker 2: these kids aren't being in brick walls, having a yard.

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Speaker 2: These kids need to be outside taking responsibility, being taught

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Speaker 2: to respect, to be taught discipline. I'm not talking about

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Speaker 2: assaulting kids or anything. But indie facilities teach them lifestyle skill,

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Speaker 2: helping living, getting an education and getting prepared doing it.

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Speaker 2: Apprenticeship training for a certain period of time they have retained,

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Speaker 2: but they need to learn respect and responsibility as well.

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Speaker 2: These kids, I guess, doing what they want, go to court,

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Speaker 2: come out and reoffend. It's just a continuing thing. All

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Speaker 2: these hell we have, unfortunately is not working.

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Speaker 1: I'm really sorry, Helen, We've run out of time. I

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Speaker 1: do just want to I'm just going to ask you

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Speaker 1: really quickly, but literally thirty seconds to answer, do you

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Speaker 1: support Saint Vinnie's moving into Coconut Grist.

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Speaker 2: Look, my our association, while I do an into association,

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Speaker 2: have given them a support, a letter of support as

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Speaker 2: a temporary safe for three years until they find a location. Now,

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Speaker 2: the labor government's known about saying why haven't they assisted

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Speaker 2: in with a location at the moment, You've got to

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Speaker 2: think this definitely poor that already has a housing estate

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Speaker 2: there to support people that are in need. So I

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Speaker 2: do and my organization do support as a man house

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Speaker 2: living there at the temporary stay until they get a location. Hello,

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Speaker 2: within the period of time the government's been in, why

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Speaker 2: hasn't laid the government given the my location.

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Speaker 1: Helen, I'm so sorry we are going to have to

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Speaker 1: leave it there. I've got to make sure we give

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Speaker 1: everybody a fair run. Thank you so much for your

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Speaker 1: time this morning. Much appreciated.

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Speaker 2: Okay, thank you