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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is confident in the chosen CLP candidates coming into the Federal election · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: But we know the government, the coalition government or a
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  Speaker 1: coalition government, so that they're set to invest thirty million
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  Speaker 1: dollars to improve mobile and internet connectivity in indigenous communities
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  Speaker 1: across the country. So that is something that the Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister is going to be speaking about while he's in
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  Speaker 1: Darwen this morning and he joins me on the line
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  Speaker 1: right now, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison, good morning to.
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  Speaker 2: You, Good morning for here in Dara.
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  Speaker 1: Great have you here, Prime Minister. Now what exactly are
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  Speaker 1: you going to be announcing while you're in town.
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  Speaker 2: We've got thirty million to improve mobile and internet connectivity
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  Speaker 2: right across Indigenous communities in the entire country and that's
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  Speaker 2: been the marked as part of our Connecting Regional Australia initiative.
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  Speaker 2: And it's very important about the economic opportunities that are
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  Speaker 2: created from that to close the gap for Indigenous communities.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll work in close partnership with the indigenous organizations
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  Speaker 2: to ensure our investments are tailored to those local needs.
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  Speaker 2: Our funding new mobile based station is community wife BI
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  Speaker 2: or high speed broadband will help. This will help achieve
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  Speaker 2: that important target on the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.
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  Speaker 2: Target seventeen. It's known as which is equal levels of
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  Speaker 2: digital inclusion for Aboriginal and Terreustralia and the people by
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty six. And it builds on one hundred and
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  Speaker 2: fifty seven million already marked for Northern Australia under the
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  Speaker 2: Connecting Regional Australia program announced by Ministers Mackenzie and Little Proud,
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  Speaker 2: and the more than twelve hundred mobile base stations we've
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  Speaker 2: funded right across regional and made Australia so far, I'm
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  Speaker 2: already built.
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  Speaker 1: Is it new money or is it money that was
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  Speaker 1: already flagged in the budget.
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  Speaker 2: This is money that was flagged in the budget.
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Now I know that there is going to also
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  Speaker 1: be some money flowing when it comes to gamba grass
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  Speaker 1: and weed management.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, this has been an important project that Damon Ryan
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  Speaker 2: has been highlighting over his time as a candidate for
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  Speaker 2: US and I announced that when I was down there
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  Speaker 2: in Alice Springs with him couple of weeks back. That's right.
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  Speaker 1: And so back in Darwin. You've been here a few
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  Speaker 1: times on this selection campaign, Prime Minister. Are you feeling
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  Speaker 1: as though the seat of Lingiari is one that is
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  Speaker 1: up for grabs?
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  Speaker 2: Well, the Northern Territory is an immensely important part of
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  Speaker 2: our economic plan. I mean, in the budget we put
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  Speaker 2: record investments in what's called the Middle Arm Project, which
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  Speaker 2: is really about unlocking the great economic opportunities right across
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  Speaker 2: the Northern Territory. And so that is great for the territory,
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  Speaker 2: of course, but it's also incredibly important for Australia. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the Northern Territory was at the center of what I
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  Speaker 2: call our Frontier Region's Plan, which is about investing not
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  Speaker 2: only here but in the Pilbra in the Hunter Region
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  Speaker 2: and in the Berdicin Region in Central and North Queensland.
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  Speaker 2: But it's Middle Arm in the Northern Territory that is
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  Speaker 2: the showcase of where we see the big games that
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  Speaker 2: we can make to really improve the wealth of the
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  Speaker 2: nation by unlocking the great opportunities here in the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 2: So it's not surprising that where the center of my
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  Speaker 2: economic plan is for regional Australia, that I'll be coming here,
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  Speaker 2: and particularly with Damien and Tina McFarlane, they are the
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  Speaker 2: right ones, the right candidates for the COORP who can
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  Speaker 2: help us implement that incredibly important program on the ground.
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  Speaker 1: Now Prime Minister, since you were last here, we have
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  Speaker 1: had a change in chief Finister Michael Gunner out Natasha
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  Speaker 1: Files in. Have you had the chance to meet with
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  Speaker 1: the Natasha Files.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I've spoken to Natasha and congratulated. As you know,
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  Speaker 2: I worked. I worked with all the state and territory governments.
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  Speaker 2: That's the job of the Prime minister. And I certainly
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  Speaker 2: worked with Michael and I've wished him all the best
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  Speaker 2: for his future and thanked him for the ability to
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  Speaker 2: work together with him. And I will work with the
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  Speaker 2: Northern Territory government under Natasha as well, and we had
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  Speaker 2: a brief conversation about that. But obviously we're in the
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  Speaker 2: middle of an election campaign, so this Saturday people have
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity to ensure but by supporting the COORP here
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  Speaker 2: in the Northern Territory, we can get on with the
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  Speaker 2: job of making the territory stronger by delivering that massive
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  Speaker 2: investment we're putting in here to realize the economic opportunities
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  Speaker 2: up in the top end.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Prime Minister, I know that you certainly get interviewed
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  Speaker 1: by a lot of people, but last time that you
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  Speaker 1: were on the show, you and I had spoken about
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  Speaker 1: the issues that we're experiencing in the Northern Territory when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to crime, particularly in Alice Springs. This is
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  Speaker 1: an issue that plenty of people feel is still going
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  Speaker 1: to be one which a lot of people look to
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  Speaker 1: when it comes to Saturday to vote if they haven't
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  Speaker 1: voted already. It's not ordinarily an issue that we speak
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  Speaker 1: to federal ministers about because it should be managed locally.
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  Speaker 1: But are you worried about the state of crime in
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  Speaker 1: the Northern Territory right now based on what you're being told?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I am, and so's Damien and Tina. And when
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  Speaker 2: I was recently in Alice Springs with Damien, we sat
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  Speaker 2: down with Matt, the local mayor there, and we worked
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  Speaker 2: out our plan, which is around about fourteen million dollars,
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  Speaker 2: which is supporting local communities to deal with crime in
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  Speaker 2: Ourice Springs specifically, and it's a range of programs. It's
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  Speaker 2: both dealing with early intervention programs with youth, it's supporting
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  Speaker 2: our youth to get into jobs. It's also supporting patrols
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  Speaker 2: and working with local Indigenous leaders to ensure that we
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  Speaker 2: can address many the challenges that we're facing in Alice.
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  Speaker 2: But we face this right across the Northern Territory. Law
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  Speaker 2: and order is a very important issue and what Damian
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  Speaker 2: Ryan has been able to do as a mayor in
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  Speaker 2: our springs, he gets this, He totally gets it and
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  Speaker 2: he understands what needs to be done and I so
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  Speaker 2: pleased that we could work up that law and order
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  Speaker 2: plan that can be part of the broader initiative. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: the Territory government has to be doing their job when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to dealing with law and order in this territory,
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  Speaker 2: but we've been certainly stumping up to work both on
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  Speaker 2: the preventative and supportive positive measures you can do, but
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  Speaker 2: as well as on the law enforcement side with patrols.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we did just catch up with the Property Council
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  Speaker 1: of Australia's Northern Territory branch. They're calling for a commissioner
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  Speaker 1: to actually be looking into some of those issues that
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  Speaker 1: we've got when it comes to crime in Central Australia.
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  Speaker 1: They are concerned that we keep pouring money in that
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  Speaker 1: money going into the appropriate places. Is that a worry
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  Speaker 1: from your perspective.
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  Speaker 2: Well, of course it is, and we really need the
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  Speaker 2: Territory government to get on top of a lad or
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  Speaker 2: issues here in the territory. That's their job, and we're
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  Speaker 2: turning up certainly, and the community based plan that Daman
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  Speaker 2: Bryan and I put together working with the local mayor,
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  Speaker 2: I think we'll make a real improvement to that and
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  Speaker 2: that shows our willingness to be a partner and to
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  Speaker 2: turn up and to try and help solve this problem.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister. One of the other issues that we're experiencing
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  Speaker 1: in the Northern Territory right now, I know it's felt
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  Speaker 1: across the board is the cost of living. We receive
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  Speaker 1: calls and messages every single day about the price of petrol. Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: when that fuel excise was passed down that it announced
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  Speaker 1: a bit earlier in the year, it didn't seem to
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  Speaker 1: make a big impact here in the Northern Territory. We
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  Speaker 1: continuously see the terminal gate price go up and down.
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  Speaker 1: The price at the bowser doesn't seem to be doing
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  Speaker 1: the same for us in the NT. Is there something
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  Speaker 1: that can be done on a federal level to make
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  Speaker 1: sure that these petrol companies are actually treating territorians in
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  Speaker 1: a fair way.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and there's strong laws to support that. But what
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  Speaker 2: we have seen is the price move around a bit.
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  Speaker 2: I mean it came down a lot faster when we
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  Speaker 2: first introduced the harving of the fuel tax. That's what
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  Speaker 2: we've done. We've harved it all around the country. In
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  Speaker 2: the territory everywhere else are a twenty cents a leader
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  Speaker 2: of cutting off the excise every time you go to
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  Speaker 2: the bowser, and that's been put in place to really
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  Speaker 2: assist with those cost of living pressures, particularly driven by
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  Speaker 2: the changes to fuel prices caused by the war in Europe.
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  Speaker 2: Now they'll move around, they are going up and down.
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  Speaker 2: But what I can assure you is that the fuel
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  Speaker 2: cap what we're responsible for, which is fuel tax, the
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  Speaker 2: fuel excise, we have cut that by twenty two cents
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  Speaker 2: a liter, and we expect that to follow through on
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  Speaker 2: every time you go to the bounder.
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  Speaker 1: What would you say to territories.
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  Speaker 2: That they can be prosecuted.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I was going to say, what would you say
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  Speaker 1: to territory instead are listening this morning that it's thinking, well,
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  Speaker 1: it hasn't worked for us.
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  Speaker 2: Well, if they have specific bowser prices or anything they're
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  Speaker 2: concerned about, I'd encourage them to bring that to the
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  Speaker 2: attention of the a Triple C because that is their
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  Speaker 2: job to police those things. And we've given them strong
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  Speaker 2: powers to deal with it well.
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  Speaker 1: Scott Morrison, I know that you are pressed for time
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  Speaker 1: this morning while you're in Darwin. Anything else that you're
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  Speaker 1: going to be announcing that you can give us a
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  Speaker 1: heads up on. I know Barnaby Joyce announced yesterday on
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  Speaker 1: the show that there was going to be ten million
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  Speaker 1: for the Pool and Catherine.
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  Speaker 2: Oh Well thirty million dollars to improve mobile and internet
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  Speaker 2: can activity in Indigenous communities. I think pretty important and
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  Speaker 2: that builds on that broader plans. But you know the
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  Speaker 2: most important thing at this election is if we don't
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  Speaker 2: have a strong economy, then we can't support the services
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  Speaker 2: that are so essential up here in the territory. And
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  Speaker 2: we've provided unprecedented support to the Northern Territory government up
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  Speaker 2: here with budget support over and above what has come
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  Speaker 2: through ordinarily, whether it's been on remote Indigenous housing or
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  Speaker 2: through to GST top ups which we've given to the
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  Speaker 2: Northern Territory government. We've been stepping in and supporting to
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  Speaker 2: ensure that we can keep important services being provided here
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  Speaker 2: in the territory. But you can't do that if you've
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  Speaker 2: got a government in Canberra that doesn't know how to
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  Speaker 2: manage money and Antony now Benezi, he's just a lease
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  Speaker 2: unit on the economy and Australia cannot afford that. What
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  Speaker 2: we need is to continued strong economic plan and that's
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  Speaker 2: why with Tina McFarlane and there In Solomon and Damien
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  Speaker 2: Ryan in Lingiari, they're going to be a great team
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  Speaker 2: to get it with just in the price to ensure
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  Speaker 2: that we can get the best outcomes for services in
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  Speaker 2: the territory and the territory needs it.
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  Speaker 1: Schom A very random question from Howie in Humpty Doo.
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  Speaker 1: He wants to know he'd really like answered. Is tomato
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  Speaker 1: sauce kept in the cupboard or the fridge? Oh?
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  Speaker 2: We keep it. We keep it in the cupboard. That's
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  Speaker 2: where we keep it.
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  Speaker 1: Good on you, Scott Morrison, and I don't.
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  Speaker 2: Put it on the Humpty Dew Barry Monday either. My
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  Speaker 2: own source for that good idea.
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  Speaker 1: Scott Morrison. We really appreciate your time this morning. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for having a chat with us.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks about correct good the baby.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you