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Speaker 1: Well, earlier this morning we started getting calls here at

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Speaker 1: we can now confirm that that police investigations underway following

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Speaker 1: reports of several people absconding in the early hours of

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Speaker 1: this morning. The Territory Police are searching for three people

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Speaker 1: who escaped from the Center for National Resilience. They say

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Speaker 1: at four forty this morning, it was reported that three

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Speaker 1: people from the center scaled the fence and fled the area.

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Speaker 1: Now police are currently well confirming the absconder's identities along

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Speaker 1: with those staff from the Center for National Resilience. Joining

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Speaker 1: us on the line right now is Kezia Puric, the

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Speaker 1: Independent member for Goida.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Kezier, Oh.

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Katie. Yes, I believe that three of the

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Speaker 3: young people from the center have absconded. I think it's

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Speaker 3: the word which is not good.

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Speaker 2: No, it's not good.

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Speaker 1: What is I know you're in parliament right now, but

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Speaker 1: what is the feeling from those that live in the

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Speaker 3: Well, they're pretty frustrated, you know, look, of course, and disappointed.

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Speaker 3: Of course, no one would want to be put away

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Speaker 3: for two weeks. You know, without much fun and joy,

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Speaker 3: and you know you've got to put a television if

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Speaker 3: that's about it, and you know, even the adults you

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Speaker 3: want to get out there, but you know, if something

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Speaker 3: are just you know, I think about sixteen or something,

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Speaker 3: you know, blatantly not thinking about anyone other than himselves.

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Speaker 3: It's just disappointing. And I don't think we can blame

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Speaker 3: the center specifically. I don't think we need to put

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Speaker 3: bar wire up and everything that's just been suggested. I mean,

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Speaker 3: that's not going to that's not going to solve the problem.

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Speaker 3: The problem is they are taken there for their own self,

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Speaker 3: for their own benefits, for their health, benefits of their

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Speaker 3: safety of their community, their fam and members CA.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we've not been told at this point in time

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Speaker 1: the ages or anything of those people who have absconded.

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Speaker 2: It sounds like you might have some further info.

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Speaker 3: Well, I best I understand that they're sort of low team,

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Speaker 3: so I don't know where they'll go. I mean, if

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Speaker 3: I was a teenager and I've been getting out of

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Speaker 3: their intel and they'll be working on it as we

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Speaker 3: speak to them up and take them back.

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Speaker 1: What about this morning in terms of getting into the city,

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Speaker 1: I know that that cars are obviously being stopped at

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that did happen, and it was happening probably it's

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Speaker 3: probably not happening so much now. But the intersection of

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Speaker 3: goes to the shops, they were stopping cars there and

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Speaker 3: checking them to see you know, that's gone being papish

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Speaker 3: to ride with someone some kind person he said, oh ea,

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Speaker 3: I needs need to ride to town. But I understand

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Speaker 3: the traffic flow now because I was talking to someone

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Speaker 3: what they're doing, trying to find them, and that was

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Speaker 3: just one avenue of action to try and find these

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Speaker 3: young people because I don't know what their data is

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Speaker 3: and no one else does, and that's what the concern is.

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Speaker 3: And I just hope that they have a negative and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, I mean that's the worry at this point

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Speaker 1: some further details sooner rather than later. So there's you know,

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Speaker 1: if it's all good, we don't need to worry.

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Speaker 3: I think we'll find either the Health Minister or the

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Speaker 2: Say now, Kezier.

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Speaker 1: We know that Parliament is sitting at the moment, and

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Speaker 1: obviously we learned yesterday that those the public gallery would

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Speaker 2: A bit of a worry.

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Speaker 3: Well, it's only a way in so much as if

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Speaker 3: that one must consider seriously. Now I pointed out to

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Speaker 3: It's not a right for people to come in and

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Speaker 3: It's a privilege. So it's not the first time galleries

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Speaker 3: have been shut here. I shut the galleries for different

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Speaker 3: speaker is saying, oh, the galleries are close. The speaker

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Speaker 3: if not eliminated, is to close the public galleries. People

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Speaker 3: can still see parliament on the internet stream. There's big

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Speaker 3: where they can watch, or I can just ring one

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Speaker 3: of their local members to find out what's going on,

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Speaker 3: if that's what they're so interested in. I mean, let's

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Speaker 3: be honest, Katie. When these galleys are open, Depending on

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Speaker 3: the on the debate, A dozen or so people top

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Speaker 2: I was going to say, they don't get that full,

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Speaker 2: do they Easier?

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Speaker 3: No, they don't such a big interest in them. What

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Speaker 3: it would have been before today?

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Speaker 1: Hey, before I let you go, Keasier, I am keen

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Speaker 1: to just ask you. On Friday, you and I obviously

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Speaker 2: Have you had much insight yet?

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Speaker 3: No? I have written for Health Minister. What it is, Katie,

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Speaker 3: is your vaccination status is based and used for your

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Speaker 3: And my mailing address is well nearly and my post

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Speaker 3: therefore the registration of the vaccination status is not in

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Speaker 3: air don't. There's no mail service, all right, it's rule.

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Speaker 3: So I've got a letter box at an urban setting,

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Speaker 3: whether it's the GPO Palmerston were nearly like myself, or

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Speaker 3: don't accept and I don't believe that the Rule Air

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Speaker 3: that is probably the reason. The other reason is some

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Speaker 3: a mail bag. So you know, it just could be

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Speaker 3: one of those glipses in the system that people didn't

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Speaker 3: know about. So I've asked me and I'll chase up

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Speaker 3: today during parlent to say we need to get disordered

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Speaker 3: because people want a home quarantine in digital Council boundaries.

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Speaker 3: So if there's a glitch in the system, we then

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Speaker 3: need to work it out. Well, ma't know how it

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Speaker 3: can be addressed, but I'm going to chase the ministerin

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Speaker 3: today this type of residence who wanted home.

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Speaker 1: Quarantine, wells let us know how you go. We are

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Speaker 1: going to have to leave it there. Always good to

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Speaker 1: catch up with you thanks so much for your time today.

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Speaker 2: Thank you