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Katie spoke with Independent Member for Goyder Kezia Purick who had more information on the Howard Springs absconders situation · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Well, earlier this morning we started getting calls here at
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  Speaker 1: the station about people escaping Howard Springs quarantine facility, and
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  Speaker 1: we can now confirm that that police investigations underway following
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  Speaker 1: reports of several people absconding in the early hours of
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  Speaker 1: this morning. The Territory Police are searching for three people
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  Speaker 1: who escaped from the Center for National Resilience. They say
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  Speaker 1: at four forty this morning, it was reported that three
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  Speaker 1: people from the center scaled the fence and fled the area.
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  Speaker 1: Now police are currently well confirming the absconder's identities along
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  Speaker 1: with those staff from the Center for National Resilience. Joining
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  Speaker 1: us on the line right now is Kezia Puric, the
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  Speaker 1: Independent member for Goida.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Kezier, Oh.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning, Katie. Yes, I believe that three of the
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  Speaker 3: young people from the center have absconded. I think it's
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  Speaker 3: the word which is not good.
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  Speaker 2: No, it's not good.
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  Speaker 1: What is I know you're in parliament right now, but
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  Speaker 1: what is the feeling from those that live in the
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  Speaker 1: rural area at this point.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they're pretty frustrated, you know, look, of course, and disappointed.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, no one would want to be put away
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  Speaker 3: for two weeks. You know, without much fun and joy,
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  Speaker 3: and you know you've got to put a television if
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  Speaker 3: that's about it, and you know, even the adults you
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  Speaker 3: want to get out there, but you know, if something
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  Speaker 3: has to be done for the for the benefit of
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  Speaker 3: the whole community, and the fact that these young people
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  Speaker 3: are just you know, I think about sixteen or something,
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  Speaker 3: you know, blatantly not thinking about anyone other than himselves.
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  Speaker 3: It's just disappointing. And I don't think we can blame
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  Speaker 3: the center specifically. I don't think we need to put
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  Speaker 3: bar wire up and everything that's just been suggested. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: that's not going to that's not going to solve the problem.
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  Speaker 3: The problem is they are taken there for their own self,
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  Speaker 3: for their own benefits, for their health, benefits of their
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  Speaker 3: social well being, and that then the social and the
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  Speaker 3: safety of their community, their fam and members CA.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we've not been told at this point in time
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  Speaker 1: the ages or anything of those people who have absconded.
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  Speaker 2: It sounds like you might have some further info.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I best I understand that they're sort of low team,
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  Speaker 3: so I don't know where they'll go. I mean, if
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  Speaker 3: I was a teenager and I've been getting out of
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  Speaker 3: hot boarding school. I'd make a bee line with a
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  Speaker 3: bright light pat. So I'm sure the police have got
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  Speaker 3: their intel and they'll be working on it as we
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  Speaker 3: speak to them up and take them back.
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  Speaker 1: What about this morning in terms of getting into the city,
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  Speaker 1: I know that that cars are obviously being stopped at
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  Speaker 1: a roadblock and some of those cars being searched.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that did happen, and it was happening probably it's
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  Speaker 3: probably not happening so much now. But the intersection of
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  Speaker 3: Whitewood Road which comes off the sorry, How's things Road
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  Speaker 3: which comes off the highway and then what would road
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  Speaker 3: goes to the shops, they were stopping cars there and
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  Speaker 3: checking them to see you know, that's gone being papish
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  Speaker 3: to ride with someone some kind person he said, oh ea,
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  Speaker 3: I needs need to ride to town. But I understand
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  Speaker 3: the traffic flow now because I was talking to someone
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  Speaker 3: out there. So you know, the police are just doing
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  Speaker 3: what they're doing, trying to find them, and that was
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  Speaker 3: just one avenue of action to try and find these
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  Speaker 3: young people because I don't know what their data is
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  Speaker 3: and no one else does, and that's what the concern is.
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  Speaker 3: And I just hope that they have a negative and
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  Speaker 3: a dis to their well being and sitting out for
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  Speaker 3: two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, I mean that's the worry at this point
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  Speaker 1: in time, is that we don't actually know whether they're
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  Speaker 1: COVID positive or not. We're all hoping to find out
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  Speaker 1: some further details sooner rather than later. So there's you know,
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  Speaker 1: if it's all good, we don't need to worry.
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  Speaker 3: I think we'll find either the Health Minister or the
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  Speaker 3: policemmisis will probably come out very soon and to just
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  Speaker 3: give a status report, just to bring some calm and
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  Speaker 3: calm to the community so that it doesn't take off
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  Speaker 3: like a wildfire that's balancing trouble, which I don't believe
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  Speaker 3: it would be. But let's wait and see what the
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  Speaker 3: authorities have to.
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  Speaker 2: Say now, Kezier.
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  Speaker 1: We know that Parliament is sitting at the moment, and
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  Speaker 1: obviously we learned yesterday that those the public gallery would
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  Speaker 1: not be opened, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly making
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  Speaker 1: the decision to ban the public from watching in the
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  Speaker 1: chamber for the rest of sittings after she was made
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  Speaker 1: aware of intelligence from the Northern Territory Police.
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  Speaker 2: A bit of a worry.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it's only a way in so much as if
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  Speaker 3: the police have got intelligence, then there is something there
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  Speaker 3: that one must consider seriously. Now I pointed out to
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  Speaker 3: someone this morning, open galleries and apartment are not a right.
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  Speaker 3: It's not a right for people to come in and
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  Speaker 3: have the luxury of sitting in the gallery and watching parliament.
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  Speaker 3: It's a privilege. So it's not the first time galleries
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  Speaker 3: have been shut here. I shut the galleries for different
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  Speaker 3: reasons or clear the galleries when there are people in
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  Speaker 3: there protesting, and it was inappropriate. So I don't think
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  Speaker 3: people should get to hang up on you know, the
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  Speaker 3: speaker is saying, oh, the galleries are close. The speaker
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  Speaker 3: has taken the sound advice from the police that there
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  Speaker 3: are some risks and the one way to manic this risk,
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  Speaker 3: if not eliminated, is to close the public galleries. People
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  Speaker 3: can still see parliament on the internet stream. There's big
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  Speaker 3: screens in the in the usually in the main hall
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  Speaker 3: where they can watch, or I can just ring one
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  Speaker 3: of their local members to find out what's going on,
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  Speaker 3: if that's what they're so interested in. I mean, let's
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  Speaker 3: be honest, Katie. When these galleys are open, Depending on
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  Speaker 3: the on the debate, A dozen or so people top
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  Speaker 3: the school goods.
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  Speaker 2: I was going to say, they don't get that full,
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  Speaker 2: do they Easier?
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  Speaker 3: No, they don't such a big interest in them. What
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  Speaker 3: it would have been before today?
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  Speaker 1: Hey, before I let you go, Keasier, I am keen
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  Speaker 1: to just ask you. On Friday, you and I obviously
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  Speaker 1: on the week that was you were discussing the fact
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  Speaker 1: that you're a bit concerned about the vaccine numbers in
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  Speaker 1: the rural area and we're questioning how that info was
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  Speaker 1: being gathered.
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  Speaker 2: Have you had much insight yet?
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  Speaker 3: No? I have written for Health Minister. What it is, Katie,
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  Speaker 3: is your vaccination status is based and used for your
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  Speaker 3: Medicare card. Now your Medicare card comes to your mailing address.
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  Speaker 3: And my mailing address is well nearly and my post
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  Speaker 3: code is zero two one. So what I'm asking that
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  Speaker 3: ministries has there been a miscalculation of the number of
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  Speaker 3: rural people who are vaccinated but their mailing address and
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  Speaker 3: therefore the registration of the vaccination status is not in
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  Speaker 3: the victual council boundaries. So most people in the rural
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  Speaker 3: air don't. There's no mail service, all right, it's rule.
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  Speaker 3: So I've got a letter box at an urban setting,
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  Speaker 3: whether it's the GPO Palmerston were nearly like myself, or
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  Speaker 3: some other urban setting like how it springs and they
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  Speaker 3: live at Elizason Valley for example. So I've asked the
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  Speaker 3: minister because I don't as I said to you, I
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  Speaker 3: don't accept and I don't believe that the Rule Air
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  Speaker 3: vaccination status is as low as what they're saying, and
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  Speaker 3: that is probably the reason. The other reason is some
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  Speaker 3: of the residents in the Rule Air have a postcode
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  Speaker 3: zero eight double two, which means their mail goes to
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  Speaker 3: a mail bag. So you know, it just could be
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  Speaker 3: one of those glipses in the system that people didn't
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  Speaker 3: know about. So I've asked me and I'll chase up
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  Speaker 3: today during parlent to say we need to get disordered
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  Speaker 3: because people want a home quarantine in digital Council boundaries.
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  Speaker 3: So if there's a glitch in the system, we then
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  Speaker 3: need to work it out. Well, ma't know how it
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  Speaker 3: can be addressed, but I'm going to chase the ministerin
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  Speaker 3: today this type of residence who wanted home.
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  Speaker 1: Quarantine, wells let us know how you go. We are
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  Speaker 1: going to have to leave it there. Always good to
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  Speaker 1: catch up with you thanks so much for your time today.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you