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Katie Woolf spoke with Shadow Minister for National Resilience Gerard Maley · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Hello, Katie Wold and three point sixty online at mixed
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  Speaker 1: one oh four nine dot com.
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  Speaker 2: It's twenty minutes away from eleven o'clock eight nine four
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  Speaker 2: one one four nine if you'd like to call through.
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  Speaker 2: And joining me on the line right now is the
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  Speaker 2: Deputy Opposition leader, Jared Mayley.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Jared, Good morning, Katie.
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  Speaker 3: Morning listeners.
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  Speaker 2: Now, Jared, We've been talking a lot this morning about
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  Speaker 2: some of the concerns that people have got with the
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  Speaker 2: Howard Springs facility. The capacity or the number of repatriated
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  Speaker 2: assies is set to go up to around two thousand
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  Speaker 2: to fortnite. You know, there's a lot of concerns that
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  Speaker 2: I've got with this. I'm not sure whether you heard
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  Speaker 2: the Health Minister on the show earlier this morning and
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  Speaker 2: whether that quelled any of the concerns that you or
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  Speaker 2: those who live in your electorate have.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't hear that interview, but the concerns that I've
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  Speaker 3: been hearing is the odd Man have done a great
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  Speaker 3: job and the two sea separate parts of the quarantine
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  Speaker 3: facilily they're going to join into one. We look at
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  Speaker 3: the history that the local one we've had had raised
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  Speaker 3: parties that people jump the sense of that people in Wheeybins.
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  Speaker 3: The concern is an authentarity government up to managing the
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  Speaker 3: additional people going to go into that quarantine. That we're
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  Speaker 3: going to be very large, It's going to be a
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  Speaker 3: lot of people there. And the second concern is where
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  Speaker 3: are they going to get the four hundred people from
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  Speaker 3: to manage it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a very good question indeed, and one which
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  Speaker 2: we asked earlier this morning. I really don't know how
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  Speaker 2: they're going to be able to get those four hundred
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  Speaker 2: people in such a short time frame. I know that
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  Speaker 2: they're not just our medical professionals. You know, they're literally
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  Speaker 2: looking for people to cover all sorts of jobs. But
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  Speaker 2: you know, the big worry here is, you know, over
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  Speaker 2: the period that we've had those repatriated Aussies coming back,
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  Speaker 2: the latest figure that I can find is that we
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  Speaker 2: have had sixty seven positive COVID nineteen cases reported from
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  Speaker 2: those international repatriations.
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  Speaker 1: There is a.
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  Speaker 2: Real element of, you know, of worry that we're going
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  Speaker 2: to increase that risk of people coming over with COVID
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  Speaker 2: with the increased numbers. But then you're talking about changing
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  Speaker 2: the management or changing the way in which it's currently
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  Speaker 2: operating and a lot of people are really worried about this.
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  Speaker 3: There's a real risk that COVID nineteen could get into
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  Speaker 3: the community. These people are going to come in at
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  Speaker 3: short and training, they're going to have the help nor
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  Speaker 3: the Churkey Health's going to have the same services and
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  Speaker 3: ozmack osn that have done a great job and there's
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  Speaker 3: been no community transition. If the COVID gets into just
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  Speaker 3: how it brings, but into the broader community, the consequences
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  Speaker 3: are going to be very very seo. We've been very
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  Speaker 3: lucky we haven't had the lockdowns that other they have.
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  Speaker 3: The risk area is very high, and it seems that
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  Speaker 3: the gun To government had just jumped at it and
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  Speaker 3: not really thought about it, having consulted with people, and
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  Speaker 3: haven't given us any detail of how it's going to work.
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  Speaker 3: Because even if they do get the four hundred people,
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  Speaker 3: what about our hospital staff Now we're already short staff,
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  Speaker 3: were already crying out for people. So it's going to
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  Speaker 3: have a flow on effect right through the community and
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  Speaker 3: where do you are going to live. There's a whole
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  Speaker 3: range of things that hasn't been thought through here. And remember,
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  Speaker 3: the risk is that COVID nineteen will end up in
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  Speaker 3: our community. We've got a vulnerable community. We've got people
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  Speaker 3: living really close next to the quarantine. It's not right
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  Speaker 3: out in the middle of football. It's in really a
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  Speaker 3: built up area. How Partments is to really gone.
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  Speaker 2: Throw away, Jared, I can't remember whether the facility falls
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  Speaker 2: under you as the local member, and if it doesn't,
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  Speaker 2: I know it's very close by.
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  Speaker 1: But what are people in your electorates saying.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it's only just happens. But I spoke to a
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  Speaker 3: few people over the weekend and they're very concerned. Like
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  Speaker 3: I said, how It Springs, our community Center's stone throw
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  Speaker 3: Away Parments is even closer. The how To Springs original
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  Speaker 3: community is right there as well. These are all real
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  Speaker 3: concerns which I believe haven't been thought through by the
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  Speaker 3: Gun of Government in this snap decision they've made to
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  Speaker 3: take over from the os MAT team.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, do we just need to suck it up
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  Speaker 1: here though?
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  Speaker 3: Jared?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, like there's so many Aussies living overseas who
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  Speaker 2: need to be brought back to Australia.
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  Speaker 1: Do we need to just do our beat?
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  Speaker 3: I completely accepted these Aussies need to come back and
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  Speaker 3: we always go back to Sposalone, Tracy. I was here
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  Speaker 3: in the territory when that happened and we got help them. Look,
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  Speaker 3: I'm not saying that COVID nineteen is a real risk.
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  Speaker 3: We've been lucky and I accept that they need to
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  Speaker 3: come back. But this can't just be a snap decision.
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  Speaker 3: They're gonna label that need to think through. They need
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  Speaker 3: to put the detail out there because people are generally concerned.
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  Speaker 3: It's a real risk and the consequences of COVID nineteen
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  Speaker 3: coming into our community there. We know that COVID nineteen
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  Speaker 3: will be in that quarantine percent and I understand there's
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  Speaker 3: none there right now, but when they seeople coming back
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  Speaker 3: from overseas, the history shows us there has been COVID nineteen,
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  Speaker 3: So there is going to be COVID nineteen at that
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  Speaker 3: quarantine facility. At present, there's two, and the Shenanigans have
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  Speaker 3: been under one run by Jerokey Health. That's the one
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  Speaker 3: where the problems have been so far. So imagine if
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  Speaker 3: those same concerns or the same problems happen with riz COVID
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  Speaker 3: nineteen in that facility. The consequences of it coming out
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  Speaker 3: of the territory are really, really severe. This is not
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  Speaker 3: just a flu or think God. This is a disease
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  Speaker 3: that taken the world by storm. There's been massive consequences
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  Speaker 3: health wise, financially. It can't be taken lighted well.
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  Speaker 2: Jereed Maylee, the Deputy opposition leader, we always appreciate your time.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for coming on this morning.
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  Speaker 3: No, thank you, thank you,