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Chamber of Commerce NT COO Nicole Walshe says there are 10 finalists in the NT Export Awards · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: And we understand that ten territory businesses have indeed been
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  Speaker 1: nominated for the twenty twenty two Chief Minister's Export Awards.
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  Speaker 1: Now theyred you to be announced on Friday night, and
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  Speaker 1: the awards are aimed at promoting the importance, of course
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  Speaker 1: of international trade and the industry and recognizing the outstanding
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  Speaker 1: achievements and success stories of the Northern Territories export leaders.
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  Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line to tell us more
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  Speaker 1: about the event is the Chief Operating Officer with the
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  Speaker 1: Chamber of Commerce, Nicole Walsh.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Good morning, thank you for having
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  Speaker 2: me on. Nicole, great to have a chat with you.
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  Speaker 2: Now tell us what are the awards all about.
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  Speaker 3: Like you mentioned, Katie, it's all about recognizing international trade
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  Speaker 3: and export. We know for some it's been a tough years,
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  Speaker 3: a tough couple of years with COVID and it's just
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  Speaker 3: a great opportunity to recognize the great work that's been done.
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  Speaker 3: And of course the winners of this Friday's categories do
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  Speaker 3: go into the international stage. I compete against other state
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  Speaker 3: and territory to the Export of the Year, which is
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  Speaker 3: very exciting.
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  Speaker 1: Now I understand that there are team finalists, what kind
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  Speaker 1: of industries do they operating.
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  Speaker 3: Right across the right across the different sectors. You know,
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  Speaker 3: some of the categories include, you know, the Agrian food business, manufacturing,
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  Speaker 3: advanced materials, professional services. There's actually really quite a range.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, we've got ones that that have been involved
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  Speaker 3: in the export industry for some for some time, and
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  Speaker 3: there's some newer nominees in there as well, so a
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  Speaker 3: Catherine and Alice Springs nominee as well, which is always
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  Speaker 3: excellens to see, Nicole.
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  Speaker 1: Why is international trade or you know that exports so
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  Speaker 1: important in the territory.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Look, it's it's when we talk about export, we
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  Speaker 3: think about the businesses of course that of exporting over
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  Speaker 3: and doing business, but the actual the supply chain and
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  Speaker 3: how the flows through impacts of business in the Northern
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  Speaker 3: Territory from you know, people that they employ or the
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  Speaker 3: people that supporting that business. Exporting so incredibly important for
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  Speaker 3: our economy and the whole not just the explorer themselves,
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  Speaker 3: but everything else that goes with it. Is really is
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  Speaker 3: such an economy booster.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I guess when you talk about that economy booster,
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure makes a huge contribution as well, you know
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  Speaker 1: to the Northern Territory more generally.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm just looking at the figures. Actually sixteen point
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  Speaker 3: three billions, so it's a it's a pretty big thing
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  Speaker 3: of exporting. And of course we know that there's been
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  Speaker 3: lots of different talks with different countries that where you know,
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  Speaker 3: the territories really looking how we can sort of reach
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  Speaker 3: the you know, the the forty billion by twenty thirty
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  Speaker 3: and how that works with other countries with importing and
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  Speaker 3: exporting as well. So it's something that's you know, that
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  Speaker 3: really pushing through.
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  Speaker 1: With Yeah, well when you do talk about sort of
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  Speaker 1: growing the economy and you know, and that economy building
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  Speaker 1: up to forty billion, how important are our exports. I
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  Speaker 1: know you've touched on the fact that you obviously need
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  Speaker 1: to be working with you know, with different countries, but
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  Speaker 1: like how important is this piece of the puzzle.
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  Speaker 3: It's hugely important because we do as a territory there's
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  Speaker 3: so much opportunity for business and again to grunting economy,
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  Speaker 3: so it's really important. And the more we can export,
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  Speaker 3: the more the more resources that we'll go into supporting
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  Speaker 3: those exporters, which is generating more business for full territory business.
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  Speaker 3: So you might have someone doing something really big in
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  Speaker 3: if they have a Catherine region, that part of that
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  Speaker 3: part of supply chain is coming from you from Alice
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  Speaker 3: Springs or from Tennant Creek, or however from on other
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  Speaker 3: islands and Nolan Boy or go. So you know, working
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  Speaker 3: together as a as a business community to support export
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  Speaker 3: well just will benefit everyone and the economics goes back
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  Speaker 3: into our communities and our businesses and it just makes
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  Speaker 3: for a stronger economy.
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  Speaker 1: And I'd imagine that an event like Friday Nights as
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  Speaker 1: well is you know, a really great opportunity to sort
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  Speaker 1: of highlight the wonderful exporters. So the wonderful businesses that
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  Speaker 1: we've got in the Northern Territory that are exporting and
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  Speaker 1: the great work that they're doing.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, look, it absolutely is for the nominees, of course,
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  Speaker 3: I just spoken. It's been released by the Chiefments as
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  Speaker 3: offices a great way because they don't all have to
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  Speaker 3: be multinational organizations. We've got some you know privately own
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  Speaker 3: some bigger organizations. And it's also you know, I think
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  Speaker 3: it's really different people to see, but we have lots
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  Speaker 3: of conversations as a chamber throughout all reasons because we're
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  Speaker 3: basically the territory and I think it's a great way
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  Speaker 3: to aspires as people are talking to Antenta Crete last
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  Speaker 3: week that they're looking at becoming exporters. So seeing what's
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  Speaker 3: happening here has seen people being recognized as you know what,
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  Speaker 3: I think we can actually do that and this is
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  Speaker 3: what we're aiming to do. Northern CHURCHI Government does a
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  Speaker 3: lot around the support. It was a round table yesterday
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  Speaker 3: in our springs that you know, people wanting to look
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  Speaker 3: at who are in and the challenges that who are
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  Speaker 3: looking to export as well. There's always those conversations happening
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  Speaker 3: and it's just highlights, you know, how people are doing
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  Speaker 3: it really really well.
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  Speaker 2: Nicole, How long have these awards been running for?
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  Speaker 3: They have been all that's running for a very very
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  Speaker 3: long time. It's over twenty thirty it's about twenty or
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  Speaker 3: thirty years. I believe Chamber has had it for a
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  Speaker 3: long time. The National ones have been around for a while.
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  Speaker 3: Of course we had monsoons the National National Awards last year,
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  Speaker 3: but they've been around for a very very long time.
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  Speaker 3: And I can just see that strength and me now
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  Speaker 3: we'll have it like we all know. Yeah, a couple
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  Speaker 3: of very different years. And it's not just about export
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  Speaker 3: and ours, of course, it's all about supply chain as well,
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  Speaker 3: so to strengths for strengths. It's been a busy week
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  Speaker 3: with OBM and everything else that's happening now this week,
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  Speaker 3: that's for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about it. So it will be a
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  Speaker 2: massive night.
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  Speaker 1: Are there still tickets available if there is anybody out
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  Speaker 1: there listening that is keen to support are the Northern
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  Speaker 1: Territory Export Awards.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, look absolutely, it's like to jump on our website
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  Speaker 3: to the Chamber empt website. I'll give us a call,
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  Speaker 3: to me a call and we can certainly organize. We're
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  Speaker 3: down at the convention Center and it's going to be
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  Speaker 3: a great great get Jeff a great speaker. Jeff Well,
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  Speaker 3: he's coming. He is an exporter from New South wel
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  Speaker 3: it's someone from the Export Awards. So it's going to
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  Speaker 3: be a great.
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  Speaker 2: Night, no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 3: Jump on them, buy ticket, Yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I reckon, it'll be wonderful. I'm looking forward to it.
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  Speaker 1: Well. Nicole Walsh, the Chief operating officer with the Chamber
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  Speaker 1: of Commerce, really good to catch up with you this
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  Speaker 1: morning and I'm excited to see you know who takes
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  Speaker 1: these awards out.
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  Speaker 3: I'm very happy to have you on Friday night. It's
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  Speaker 3: going to be a wonderful night. So thank you, and
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  Speaker 3: we'll see he gets re ignized on Friday. But it's
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  Speaker 3: all about the nominee. So thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it really is good on you, Nicole. Thanks so
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  Speaker 2: much for your time this morning.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, babe.