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Speaker 1: Earlier this week it was being reported they just center number,

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Speaker 1: jimper Price and Andrew Hasty would return to the front bench. Well,

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Speaker 1: what we know is that they are indeed now in

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Speaker 1: the shadow cabinet and Angus Taylor making the announcement yesterday

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Speaker 1: we learned that Jacinta would take on the small business

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Speaker 1: skills and training portfolios and center Price. The Senator joins

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Speaker 1: me on the line right now. Good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, and good morning too all your listeners

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Speaker 2: out there today.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations on the shadow portfolio. Are you glad to be

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Speaker 1: back in Oh.

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Speaker 2: My goodness, I'm so pleased, Thank you so much. I'm

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Speaker 2: very pleased to be back in shadow cabinet in a

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Speaker 2: position where I know I can go hard and fight

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Speaker 2: on behalf of Australians to demonstrate that we are the

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Speaker 2: alternative government and that we do want to fix the

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Speaker 2: situation in this country under this terrible alban Ezy government,

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Speaker 2: where particularly in small businesses have suffered.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that Angus Taylor taking over of them

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Speaker 1: as the leader is going to make a difference to

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Speaker 1: the way in which Ossie's right now seem to be

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Speaker 1: turning their backs to the coalition.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, with the fresh start with Angus and with

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Speaker 2: Jane at the Helm and you know what, I see

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Speaker 2: the front bench now as a stellar team of individuals

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Speaker 2: who will do a great job and I believe we'll

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Speaker 2: be able to demonstrate to the Australian people that we're

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Speaker 2: serious and that you know, we have what it takes

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Speaker 2: to be the next government. I know that there's been

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Speaker 2: a lot of support for One Nation and rightly so

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Speaker 2: Australians have felt, you know, they've felt like they haven't

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Speaker 2: been heard and so One Nation has been reflecting a

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Speaker 2: lot of their concerns. But they're also not a party

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Speaker 2: of government. One Nation aren't and Pauline has acknowledged that.

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Speaker 2: She's obviously said that she'd like to be able to

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Speaker 2: work with the coalition going forward, but in reality, it

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Speaker 2: is the Coalition that is a party of government and

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Speaker 2: that has the experience of being in government as well.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, with a new leadership in place, I really

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Speaker 2: believe that we can get the job done.

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Speaker 1: Just Sinder, you were sidelined after comments that have been

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Speaker 1: made about immigration. I mean, the fact is there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of people asking questions in Australia at the moment

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Speaker 1: when it comes to immigration, and I know that earlier

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Speaker 1: this week someone leaked a document prepared under the former

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Speaker 1: Liberal leader. As I understand its susan lay promising to

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Speaker 1: remove one hundred thousand visas, will those overstayers, and restrict

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Speaker 1: new visas from regions deemed terrorist hotspots. Do you think

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Speaker 1: that's what needs to happen or what do you reckon

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Speaker 1: needs to happen here?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Look, you know that League document was exactly that,

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Speaker 2: a legite document that other of my colleagues and especially

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Speaker 2: those in the port folios that are responsible for them,

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Speaker 2: had very little to do with. And going forward, I

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Speaker 2: know that John o'dunnean will do a great job in

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Speaker 2: pulling together policy on behalf of the coalition, one that

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Speaker 2: does recognize the fact that, you know, in the Northern

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Speaker 2: Territory we're unique. Immigration works well for us and there

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Speaker 2: are those that we need in particular areas who are

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Speaker 2: skilled migrants, and it's about getting the balance right. Ultimately,

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Speaker 2: it's about ensuring that we're bringing people into this country

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Speaker 2: that are prepared to adopt our values. And I think

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Speaker 2: the Northern Territory reflects a wonderful community of individuals who

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Speaker 2: have done that, who've adopted our values and contribute meaningfully

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Speaker 2: to our community and in the right places where we

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Speaker 2: need those skilled migrants to come in. And ultimately that

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Speaker 2: is what we need to do. We need to bring

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Speaker 2: about confidence in Australians towards social cohesion once more. We

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Speaker 2: need to make sure in our built up areas that

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Speaker 2: we're not placing more constraints on infrastructure, on services as well.

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Speaker 1: And yet I mean surely if anybody is coming to

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Speaker 1: Australia as well, you know, they've got to be prepared,

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Speaker 1: or they've got to want to accept our way of life,

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Speaker 1: you would think, well, want to be Aussie.

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Speaker 2: Well that's exactly right. And who wouldn't want to be right.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we're a fantastic country. And you know, and

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Speaker 2: like I said, there are many wonderful members of our

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Speaker 2: one of those proud squozzies.

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Speaker 1: But and.

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Speaker 2: And exactly right, I mean, migrants come here because we

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Speaker 2: are our land of opportunity. I mean, unfortunately Albanese has

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Speaker 2: managed to diminish those opportunities in recent times. But that

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Speaker 2: is what that is why we you have so many

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Speaker 2: who want to call Australia home, but it's making sure

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Speaker 2: now that it's the right people. Unfortunately, we've experienced the

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Speaker 2: worst you know, terrorist attack on home soil. So it's

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Speaker 2: ensuring that we're shutting the door to those individuals who

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Speaker 2: we have to get serious about. But celebrate those who

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Speaker 2: want to become proud of your own self.

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Speaker 1: Just send it before I let you go. Health it's

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Speaker 1: been high on the agenda here in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: We were literally just talking to the CEO of NT

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Speaker 1: Health about the needs longer term for a new tertiary hospital.

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Speaker 1: But we know that you'd ask some questions as I

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Speaker 2: Look particularly around maternity services, which you know, we know

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Speaker 2: that every territory mother deserves access to safe, reliable maternity

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Speaker 2: care where they live, and you know there's uncertainty that

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Speaker 2: we're facing here in the Northern Territory. Obviously, mothers who

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Speaker 2: are expecting shouldn't have to leave to go into state

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Speaker 2: to have their babies. So this is an area of

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Speaker 2: definitely of focus going forward, but I know it a federally,

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Speaker 2: the Prime Minister needs to be more to ensure that

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Speaker 2: Darwin is not the only capital city that doesn't have

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Speaker 2: private health in terms of maternity services, because it puts

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Speaker 2: pressure then on the public public health and alternity care

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Speaker 2: for those expecting mothers, and it's just it's not good

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Speaker 2: when we're trying to grow our our populations and our

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Speaker 2: economy and support those living in the Northern territory.

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Speaker 1: I agree. Well, just seemed a really good to talk

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Speaker 1: to you this morning. I love your reference to your husband.

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Speaker 1: What did you call him ASCOZZIZI.

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Speaker 2: He's a proud Cozzy.

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Speaker 1: So good good to catch up with you this morning,

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Speaker 1: and no doubt we'll be talking to you again soon.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, thank thank you, thanks so much,