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Katie Woolf spoke with The Administrator of the NT Her Honour the Honourable Vicki O’Halloran AO · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone is listening mix one oh four point nine one
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  Speaker 2: hundred percent. Now community members are being invited to share
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  Speaker 2: condolence messages at Government House for His Royal Highness Prince Philip,
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  Speaker 2: the Duke of Edinburgh, who passed away as we know
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  Speaker 2: on Friday the ninth of April. Joining us on the
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  Speaker 2: line to let us know how we're able to do
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  Speaker 2: this is the Administrator of the Northern Territory, Her Honor,
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  Speaker 2: the Honorable Vicky O'Halloran. Good morning to.
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  Speaker 1: You, Good morning Katy, and good morning listeners.
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  Speaker 2: Now how are we able to share our messages of condolences.
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  Speaker 1: As you said they are, Kati, that we're imbarting locals
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  Speaker 1: and visitors to come to Government House tomorrow morning between
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  Speaker 1: eight am and midday. That who write their personal message
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  Speaker 1: of condolence, what will do with those messages will collate
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  Speaker 1: them for a book of condolence which will then be
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  Speaker 1: provided to the royal family.
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  Speaker 2: And your honor have you already had quite a few
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  Speaker 2: people getting contact and offer those condolence messages.
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  Speaker 1: Every day, Katie. That's why we think it's important to
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  Speaker 1: be open tomorrow. A lot of people are saying that
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  Speaker 1: they would like to write their own personal message and
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  Speaker 1: not just convey it to me to pass on. And
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  Speaker 1: I agree that this will be an important way of
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  Speaker 1: people expressing their grief and loss and this is the
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  Speaker 1: right place to do that here at Government House.
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  Speaker 2: Is it something that's happening in other locations as well,
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  Speaker 2: in the other States, Yes, it.
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  Speaker 1: Is, Katie. Yes, that decision was made. I think everybody
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  Speaker 1: would be aware that it's to her majesty has been
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  Speaker 1: about none of us. I think she's being very mindful
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  Speaker 1: of the fact, particularly in the United Kingdom, what's happening
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  Speaker 1: with the pandemic and bringing lots of people together is
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  Speaker 1: probably not since so we will have our COVID planning
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  Speaker 1: place as we do for all events here at Government
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  Speaker 1: House and as will be other houses, and manage that
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  Speaker 1: with our wonderful team here at Government House tomorrow. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a great thing to be able to
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  Speaker 2: do and to enable Territorians to do so. Essentially they'll
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  Speaker 2: be able to come in and write a message in
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  Speaker 2: a book and then that will be passed on. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: that's right, Katie.
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  Speaker 1: We'll have looseleaf paper. Some people want to write smaller messages,
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  Speaker 1: shorter messages some people longer, we're really leading it up
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  Speaker 1: to the individual and then more collate all of those
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  Speaker 1: messages together, make it into a book and forward it
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  Speaker 1: to her Majesty. I mean, my thoughts this week have
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  Speaker 1: been around the fact that she was twenty one when
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  Speaker 1: she was married, and you know she's now ninety four
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  Speaker 1: and her life's partner of seventy three years. And that's
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  Speaker 1: been a consistent message from territorians about how must to
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  Speaker 1: Majesty be feeling and how what a sad time as
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  Speaker 1: it would be for her over the course of the
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  Speaker 1: last week and even before that, when His Royal Highness
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  Speaker 1: has been unwell.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, and you know we know ourselves when you
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  Speaker 2: suffer loss, it's such a terrible feeling, But when you've
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  Speaker 2: been with somebody for that extended period of time, it
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  Speaker 2: would be really heartbreaking.
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  Speaker 1: Oh indeed, indeed, you know he was her supporter and
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  Speaker 1: no doubt her confidante. And I recall a speech in
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  Speaker 1: nineteen ninety seven where she said, you know, he was
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  Speaker 1: her strength and stay, and I thought, how powerful is that?
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  Speaker 1: It really does say it all?
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  Speaker 2: It certainly does well. So tomorrow morning people will be
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  Speaker 2: able to head on down to Government House between eight
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  Speaker 2: am and twelve noon. I think this is a really
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  Speaker 2: good thing for you to do, your honor opening up
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  Speaker 2: Government House so Territorians are able to pass on their
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  Speaker 2: condolence messages.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Katie. And I would also like to acknowledge
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  Speaker 1: those Territorians that are unable to attend tomorrow and let
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  Speaker 1: them know that we do have our online condolence book
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  Speaker 1: and that's at our website which is gov dot House, DOV,
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  Speaker 1: dot House, NT sorry, gov dot house, dot NT dot
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  Speaker 1: gov dot AU. But if you put in the administrator NT,
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  Speaker 1: go to our website, it is there for those people
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  Speaker 1: that can't make it tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely well, Administrator of the Northern Territory, her honor,
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  Speaker 2: the Honorable Vicki o'haleran. We always appreciate your time.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you, Katie Bay for now, thank you.
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  Speaker 2: It is just twenty five minutes after ten o'clock. If
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  Speaker 2: you'd like to call through this morning eight nine four
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  Speaker 2: one one oh four nine. And as I say, I
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  Speaker 2: think this it's a really it's a really good thing
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  Speaker 2: that is happening that the Administrator is enabling two Territorians
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  Speaker 2: to head on down to Government House as we've heard there.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be open to the public from eight
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  Speaker 2: am until twelve noon locals and visitors. You're able to
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  Speaker 2: attend in person if you want to to write your
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  Speaker 2: personal message of condolence. Messages are then going to be
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  Speaker 2: collated for that book of Condolence which is going to
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  Speaker 2: be provided to the Royal family. And we know that
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  Speaker 2: the Duke's funeral is going to be held at Saint
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  Speaker 2: George's Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle at three
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  Speaker 2: pm on Saturday, so tomorrow at three pm that is well.
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  Speaker 2: I believe it's going to be eleven thirty pm Australian
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  Speaker 2: Central Standard time. So Her Honor has said that it
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  Speaker 2: is well. It is obviously with great sadness that they
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  Speaker 2: learned of the Duke's passing, and her thoughts and prayers
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  Speaker 2: remain with the Royal family at this time.