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Speaker 1: Now the Northern Territory government has this morning announced the

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Speaker 1: purchase of the silk Wood property. It's a thirty thousand

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Speaker 1: hectare parcel of land equivalent to around fifteen thousand TiO stadiums. Now,

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Speaker 1: it's a seven point five million dollar deal and it's

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Speaker 1: going to see Litchfield National Park expanded by twenty percent.

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Speaker 1: It's the largest addition to the National Park estate in

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Speaker 1: twenty five years. The Chief Minister Leofanocchiaro joins me in

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Speaker 1: the studio. Good morning to you, Leah.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, can in to your listeners, good to see you.

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Speaker 1: Now, this is a bold move opening up land which

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Speaker 1: has not previously, as I understand it been accessible to Territorians.

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Speaker 3: Where exactly is a yeah, it's it's such an exciting announcement.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you know, bringing back our beautiful, unique territory lifestyle.

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Speaker 2: Is it the third pillar of what we told Territorians

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Speaker 2: we would do.

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Speaker 3: And so to be able to secure a twenty percent

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Speaker 3: increase in Lichfield National Park really locks in that area

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Speaker 3: for conservation now and for the future. And it means

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Speaker 3: not just our locals which is a huge part, but

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Speaker 3: tourists as well.

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Speaker 2: So it's just it's on the.

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Speaker 3: South side of Lichfield, so it literally borders it, so

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Speaker 3: it'll be one continuous, enormous, you know, piece of land.

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Speaker 3: Lichfield will literally be like two thirds of the size

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Speaker 2: It's unbelievable. So we're really excited.

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Speaker 3: And you'll be able to then access it from Adelaide River,

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Speaker 3: so currently you can go down the very springs way,

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Speaker 3: you can go bachelor. This will really help the town

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Speaker 3: as well. So it's a big announcement today. It's us

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Speaker 3: delivering on our promises and our commitments to Territorians. And

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Speaker 3: it just means people who hike and rock climb and

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Speaker 3: swim and fallwood drive and camp, they've just got even

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Speaker 3: more opportunity to do that now.

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Speaker 1: So seven point five billion dollars, why now, why did

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Speaker 1: you make this decision to take over that location now?

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Speaker 2: And we had to jump on it.

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Speaker 3: It was up for sale and just imagine if this

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Speaker 3: got sold to someone who locked it all up, and

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Speaker 3: you know, we'd never benefit for it. So, you know,

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Speaker 3: conservation and wildlife protection is a really important part of

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Speaker 3: our lifestyle, and so we seize the moment.

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Speaker 1: So how soon is that land actually going to open

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Speaker 2: Yeah, straight away.

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Speaker 3: So you can currently access it now and people I've

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Speaker 3: not been out there except for Robin's Falls obviously is

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Speaker 2: Quo so that it's sort of informal use.

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Speaker 1: So it was actually already able to be accessed.

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Speaker 3: Well, it was a more of a turner blind eye

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Speaker 3: can say. So we'll we'll continue that open access arrangement

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Speaker 1: Having So what is there work, I mean, you sort

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it might be road access, it might be formalization

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Speaker 1: You know, is there property currently on there? You know,

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Speaker 3: I believe it's just land and it's quite rugged. There

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Speaker 1: Now in terms of well, one of the listener questions

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Speaker 3: So we've now got to move through all that detail.

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Speaker 1: So how soon is the land really going to open

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Speaker 3: Well, people like I said, if you want to do

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Speaker 3: the ropes Katie. So I'm hoping tourism will be able

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Speaker 3: so it's exciting and it's for the long term. This

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Speaker 1: So I guess you know, as you've said, it does

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Speaker 1: it sound like, Okay, we're not opening something up brand new.

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Speaker 1: But I guess it sounds like it's a formalization of things.

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Speaker 3: Well, it wasn't ours, and technically people probably weren't supposed to.

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Speaker 3: So once we learned that the land was up for

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Speaker 1: Do you reckon they got it for a good price. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I think seven point five million.

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Speaker 2: And that's our kids.

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Speaker 3: Their kids are going to be going to this place,

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Speaker 1: Any idea what amount of money might need to be

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Speaker 2: Oh, you could spend bucket loads on it if you

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Speaker 2: wanted to, Katie. So we'll just go through that.

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Speaker 3: Well, obviously you have a budget situation and the purchase

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Speaker 3: Why do we need to change it?

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Speaker 3: and say this is what you can expect over the

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Speaker 1: Well, look, it's certainly going to no doubt get a

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Speaker 1: Minister will move along. Let's talk about the changes that

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Speaker 1: were announced last week when it comes to power prices.

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Speaker 1: So from tomorrow a three percent increase, how much is

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Speaker 3: will be significant. And CPI has been dropping slightly, but

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Speaker 3: to see those bills increase, but it can't be zero

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Speaker 1: Look, it is going to hurt those that are doing

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Speaker 1: the cost of living continues to rise for a lot

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Speaker 1: to small businesses. Why have you gone down this part?

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Speaker 3: A detailed look at how power is used across the

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Speaker 3: Northern Territory. There's a small percentage of households that use

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Speaker 2: That's how much power they're using.

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Speaker 3: And we didn't feel that that was appropriate to then

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Speaker 3: you are effectively using as much power as a business is.

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Speaker 3: So we from one January, we're giving those people time

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Speaker 3: really better understand why their house is using that much

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Speaker 2: Know, support a reduction in their in their own usages.

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Speaker 3: So it really shouldn't I don't want anyone to be

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Speaker 3: And again it's not something you know, any government wants

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Speaker 1: Okay, you touched a moment to go on the b tolo.

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Speaker 2: Best possible price for territorians.

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Speaker 3: Now, what Beaterloo does is creates significant competition in the

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Speaker 1: And do you anticipate it's going to see a reduction

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Speaker 1: All right, Chief Finesto. I want to move along and

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Speaker 1: Are being dealt within through the courts in the way

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Speaker 3: And your home should be a sacred and safe space, right.

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Speaker 2: We're working on.

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Speaker 3: Our remand numbers and other things are tracking really well.

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Speaker 3: But where you know, there's plenty to do. We've got

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Speaker 3: next year. So the reform work continues, Katie, and we

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Speaker 2: In fact, it's increased.

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Speaker 1: So you have legislation ready to go, ready for others

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Speaker 2: Youth Justice that's correct, that was ready to go for that.

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Speaker 3: And we're gonna have to do it in two tranches

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Speaker 3: and so we need to restore confidence in that. So

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Speaker 3: we're taking a much bigger look at that now as

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Speaker 3: part of a Trance two and trans one will have

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Speaker 3: you know, a dozen plus reforms around a number of

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Speaker 3: things that happened, and a lot of that came from police.

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Speaker 3: We've had a big a working group between Corrections, police,

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Speaker 3: an Attorney generals and Justice working through this so that

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Speaker 3: reform will be ready for Parliament July and then for

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Speaker 3: passage in September, and then the rest will come through

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Speaker 3: later in the year.

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Speaker 1: All right, we better let you go. But before I

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Speaker 1: let you go, Territory Day tomorrow, the fireworks have arrived.

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Speaker 1: How are you going to be celebrating?

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Speaker 2: It's so exciting. I'll be down at Mindle Beach. I

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Speaker 2: get to push a huge red button.

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Speaker 3: To set up a fireworks and then hopefully when I

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Speaker 3: get home my family saved.

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Speaker 2: Some for me, but I'm not counting on it.

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Speaker 1: So Chief Minister, good to speak with you this morning.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for your time.

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Speaker 2: Take care everyone and Happy terror day tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Thank you,