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Katie spoke with Planning Minister Eva Lawler about building for population growth in the Territory · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: You are listening to mix one oh four point nine
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  Speaker 1: three point sixteen. Now the government is set to investigate
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  Speaker 1: key land parcels in an effort to support further population
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  Speaker 1: growth here in the territory. Fifteen million dollars is going
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  Speaker 1: to be invested over the next five years in planning
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  Speaker 1: works for population and industry growth. Now joining me on
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  Speaker 1: the line is the Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics.
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  Speaker 2: Evil La La Good morning, Good morning, Katie.
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  Speaker 1: Minister. Work is underway, obviously in an effort to plan
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  Speaker 1: for future population growth, identifying land as well as locations
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  Speaker 1: where residential lots will eventually become available. What areas are
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  Speaker 1: the government looking at to release these five thousand residential lots?
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so just one step back, Katie. So we've released
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  Speaker 2: the Halts to Elizabeth Rivers Subregional Land Use Plan, so
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  Speaker 2: that this is the second stage of consultation for this plan.
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  Speaker 2: So the first stage was going out talking to people,
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  Speaker 2: asking people in Parmesan and the rural area about what
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  Speaker 2: they saw for the future. So we've released this plan,
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  Speaker 2: which is a thirty to fifty year long vision plan.
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  Speaker 2: It's out for consultation until the twenty sixth of November.
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  Speaker 2: But part of it, so the plan focuses on the
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  Speaker 2: area that's like a ring around the community of Palmerston,
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  Speaker 2: around the city of Palmerston. So the plan focuses on Holts,
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  Speaker 2: that eleven mile industrial area, the south sort of west
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  Speaker 2: side of Virginia, which is the sort of the land
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  Speaker 2: that abuts to Palmerston, Archer and then Mitchell West and
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  Speaker 2: so that's sort of like a ring around Palmerston, and
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  Speaker 2: that's what the plan looks at. And part of that
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  Speaker 2: then is Holts and that's where we've been having conversations
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  Speaker 2: for quite a while about the future suburbs, future residential
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  Speaker 2: suburbs in that Palmerston region, which is Holts and this plan.
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  Speaker 2: So there's a Darwin Regional land News Plan which is
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  Speaker 2: that greater all of Darwin and Beyond plan. The next
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  Speaker 2: one is this Holts and Elizabeth River Regional land News Plan.
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  Speaker 2: We will then get to the stage of doing the
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  Speaker 2: area plan for actual Holts. So when you talk about
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  Speaker 2: residential lots, and we're looking at about five thousand residential
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  Speaker 2: lots there. Then once this Regional land Jews Plan Subregional
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  Speaker 2: land News Plan is completed and as I said, is
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  Speaker 2: out for consultation. Then we focus on the absolute area
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  Speaker 2: plans areas such as Holts, so that area plan will
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  Speaker 2: look at things such as know where schools will go,
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  Speaker 2: where the community purpose land will be, you know the roads,
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  Speaker 2: any other shopping centers, anything like that. So that looks
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  Speaker 2: at the social infrastructure as well. So it's the Independent
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  Speaker 2: Planning Commission. It's work they're doing. We're at the mid
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  Speaker 2: stage now. And then the nitty gritty, the smallest, the
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  Speaker 2: smaller grains of the area plan has done through that
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  Speaker 2: Holt's Area Plan.
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  Speaker 1: So Minister, how much are we really expecting the population
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  Speaker 1: to grow?
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  Speaker 2: So the Holts to Elizabeth River Subregional Land Juice Plan
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  Speaker 2: is based on about a two point five percent growth
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  Speaker 2: of population. So it is about making sure though that
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  Speaker 2: we do have land available into the future, so it's
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  Speaker 2: no point in getting caught out. And it's also about
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  Speaker 2: making sure we have those title blots. So this is
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  Speaker 2: land that's owned by nothern terretary government, so we're in
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  Speaker 2: control of that. We can put in the headworks all
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  Speaker 2: the works that are needed for a future suburb there.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, there is always a lot of pushback I
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  Speaker 1: think when it comes to development and land release. Lee
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  Speaker 1: Point is a good example of this. Does that early
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  Speaker 1: consultation try to help with avoiding situations like we've seen
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  Speaker 1: at Lee Point where there's obviously still people that are
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  Speaker 1: very concerned about that development going ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely so, Katie, this is vitally important that people
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  Speaker 2: have a say now because this is probably the stage
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  Speaker 2: that happened in twenty fifteen at Lee Point where people
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  Speaker 2: said we weren't consulted. So this is the consultation. This
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  Speaker 2: is the time to have a say. So the Holts
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  Speaker 2: to Elizabeth River, if you own land in that area,
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  Speaker 2: if you are planning on buying land in that area
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  Speaker 2: into the future, you need to have a look at
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  Speaker 2: this plan. Because this plan sets out where the rail
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  Speaker 2: and road corridors are going to be. So there's a
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  Speaker 2: rail corridor to Glide Point. So in thirty to fifty years,
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  Speaker 2: if we have a port at GlidePoint, what's the rail
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  Speaker 2: corridor that we need to make sure doesn't get built on,
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  Speaker 2: So we need to keep that land that rail corridor.
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  Speaker 2: It looks at the future rail terminal, a future rail terminal,
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  Speaker 2: so those sites at Tiffindale and Archer. It looks at
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  Speaker 2: the Weddell freeway. So all of those things. If you're
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  Speaker 2: thinking about one day that you want to buy land
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  Speaker 2: out there, or you'll already have land out there, you
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  Speaker 2: need to have a look at this document because you
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  Speaker 2: need to have a say. Because, as I said with
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  Speaker 2: the Lee point, but the consultation happened those years ago.
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  Speaker 2: So in five or six years time or eight years
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  Speaker 2: time or whatever it is, there'll be decisions made about
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  Speaker 2: land use in that Holts to Elizabeth River area and
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  Speaker 2: people will say I wasn't consulted. Will now's the time
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  Speaker 2: to be consulted. So it's important that people do get
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  Speaker 2: onto the Planning Commission website and have a say.
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  Speaker 1: I'll get to that in just a second. Before we
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  Speaker 1: get there, though, I know that there's also opportunities obviously
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  Speaker 1: for people to have their say when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: protecting the environment and the recreational value, including part of
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  Speaker 1: that pine forest that's still out there at Howard Springs North.
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  Speaker 1: It is an area that people seem to be quite
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  Speaker 1: worried about and want to make sure is preserved, isn't it. Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely so. This is so the first stage of consultation,
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  Speaker 2: the Planning Commission went out and spoke to lots of people.
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  Speaker 2: There was public meetings and they have listened to that.
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  Speaker 2: And so the original plan was called the Parmesan and
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  Speaker 2: Environ's Plan, so number one, there was a lot of
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  Speaker 2: feedback from the rural residents that they didn't like that name,
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  Speaker 2: and so it's been changed to the Holts to Elizabeth
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  Speaker 2: River Plan. Again, as you say around the pine forest,
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  Speaker 2: doctor Richie heard loudly and clearly that that's a great
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  Speaker 2: recreation area. Those green belts are needed to be maintained.
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  Speaker 2: So this draft, now the middle draft in this process
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  Speaker 2: before the final ones signed off, it has kept those
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  Speaker 2: green creational areas, those pine forest areas. So doctor Richie
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  Speaker 2: and his team have listened. But you know, if you
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  Speaker 2: still want it a further say, make sure you have
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  Speaker 2: a say, but definitely those recreational areas, those pine forest
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  Speaker 2: areas are being maintained.
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  Speaker 1: Minister, Where can people go to actually make sure that
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  Speaker 1: their voices are heard? I know that a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people listen to this show who do live out in
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  Speaker 1: the rural area and in those areas that you've spoken about.
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  Speaker 1: How can they make sure that their voices and any
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  Speaker 1: concerns they might have are indeed heard.
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  Speaker 2: So there's if you have got technology you can go
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  Speaker 2: to have you say and that website they have, you
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  Speaker 2: say an development website or the Planning Commission dot NT,
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  Speaker 2: dot gov dot AU website. But also doctor Richie and
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  Speaker 2: his team will be out. They'll have pop ups, they'll
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  Speaker 2: be at the rural markets, they'll be out at shopping centers,
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  Speaker 2: so they will make sure I think the Planning Commission
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  Speaker 2: do a good job around the area planning consultation process.
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  Speaker 2: They'll make sure that they're out and about and you
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  Speaker 2: can have that opportunity to have a say by the
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  Speaker 2: twenty sixth of November.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Minister, before I let you go, we do know
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  Speaker 1: that obviously the pay frees, the public service pay frese
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  Speaker 1: is causing some issues at the moment. That proposal that
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  Speaker 1: was put forward has now been voted down by Power
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  Speaker 1: and Water and also Jacana Energy. Where to from here
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  Speaker 1: with this PayPhrase?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know that this is what happens with EBA negotiations.
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  Speaker 2: And I think most of us that have been around
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  Speaker 2: for a while know that there's doing and throwing around
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  Speaker 2: that office are made and there's backwards and forwarding. But
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  Speaker 2: you know that the government has provided a thousand dollar
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  Speaker 2: payment to all public servants and you know cap the
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  Speaker 2: public sector wages. We understand that there are you know,
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  Speaker 2: some people that are concerned about that. And then there's
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  Speaker 2: been other offers around additional benefits such as holidays, things
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  Speaker 2: like bad additional days relieve. But you know, that's our
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  Speaker 2: bargaining policy and will continue. The Public Service Commissioner does
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  Speaker 2: the bargaining on behalf of government, so those negotiations will continue.
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  Speaker 2: And as I said, that's not new. We've I've seen
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  Speaker 2: that over many years as a public servants for thirty years.
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  Speaker 2: And I know there's been some tough EBAs with education
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  Speaker 2: over the years. So that's part of the process and
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  Speaker 2: that's a good part of the pro I mean, is.
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  Speaker 1: It getting frustrating though, I like at the end of
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  Speaker 1: the day, I know a lot of people that work
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  Speaker 1: in the private sector are thinking, I wouldn't mind a
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  Speaker 1: thousand dollars pay increase and an increase to my conditions.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, And as I said, but that's what and that's
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  Speaker 2: what unions do. As I said, there's doing and throwing
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  Speaker 2: around that. Hopefully we can get to some middle ground
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  Speaker 2: around those positions. And as I said, we've seen that
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  Speaker 2: in the past. And that's the role of the Commission
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  Speaker 2: of Public Employment to do that. We think as a
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  Speaker 2: government that was I mean, that was a recommendation out
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  Speaker 2: of Angolant. We think it's a fair deal around a
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  Speaker 2: thousand dollar payment to all public servants, but as I said,
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  Speaker 2: that remains to be seen and that's part of the process.
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  Speaker 1: Katie well evil Ala, the Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics.
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  Speaker 1: We appreciate your time this morning. Thanks very much for
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  Speaker 1: having a chat with me. Katie, thank you. Well you
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