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NT Major Events's Coryn Huddy says more than 14,000 people have registered for the Million Dollar Fish competition which begins tomorrow · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Let's talk right now about the million Dollar Fish and
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  Speaker 1: what we can expect for this season, because we know
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  Speaker 1: that it is returning to the Northern Territory for its
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  Speaker 1: eighth season, with the search for Australia's Most Wanted fish starting.
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  Speaker 2: I believe it's tomorrow morning.
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  Speaker 1: But joining me on the line to tell us a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more is the head of Events for NT
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  Speaker 1: Major Events, korin Hardey.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Koran, morning, Katie.
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  Speaker 3: Here are you going.
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  Speaker 1: I'm very well, even better after you and the barrel
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  Speaker 1: Monday turned up here at the studio earlier this morning
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  Speaker 1: and the barro was looking fantastic.
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  Speaker 3: I don't worry about the pittrol price. May get out
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  Speaker 3: there and catch them finish exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Now, tell me a little bit more about what we
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  Speaker 1: can expect this year.
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  Speaker 2: Well, this season. It's the eighth season, isn't it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, eighth season and it's shaping up to be the
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  Speaker 3: biggest yet. Our registrations are up over sixteen percent over
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  Speaker 3: fourteen thousand rios already, which is absolutely phenomenal to so
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  Speaker 3: early on the season, so very much expect to be
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  Speaker 3: way up over the forty thousand marks by the end
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  Speaker 3: of the year. But more importantly, there's one hundred and
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  Speaker 3: ten thousand dollar fish out there, and there's nine one
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  Speaker 3: million dollar fish potentially still swimming around. So not only
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  Speaker 3: have we got the one fish, the one million dollar
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  Speaker 3: fish that goes in this year, but there's obviously the
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  Speaker 3: previous ones that are still floating around as well. So
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  Speaker 3: they get out there, drop a line and anyone can
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  Speaker 3: do it. You know, you don't have to be a
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  Speaker 3: superstar fisherman or any of that. As long as there's
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  Speaker 3: a line in the water, you've got a chance to
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  Speaker 3: grab a big one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, anyone can have a go.
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  Speaker 1: So nine chances this year, so from all the previous
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  Speaker 1: eight seasons and obviously this season.
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  Speaker 2: So surely it's going to go off one of these years.
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  Speaker 3: Koran, it has to do. I've got no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 3: I cert want to be around for it, There's no
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  Speaker 3: doubt about that. Yeah, bit of a shouldn't dig following.
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  Speaker 3: I imagine it'd be great fun.
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  Speaker 1: It'd be so wonderful for tourism as well, particularly, you
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  Speaker 1: know when you talk about that adventure sort of tourism
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  Speaker 1: and bringing people to the Northern Territory to have a
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  Speaker 1: crack at fishing.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely season I suppose seven last year was our biggest shit.
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  Speaker 3: You know, when you've you've got an economic stimulus of
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  Speaker 3: over forty five million, you know, and of that is
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  Speaker 3: effectively sixteen million a new money. It's it's massive, you know.
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  Speaker 3: The attendance. The attendance is the inter state visitation. There's
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  Speaker 3: so much to do, so much to think about, and
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  Speaker 3: just the unique experiences. We've got the best waterways going.
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  Speaker 3: It's Australia's Richard's fishing comp For us that live here,
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  Speaker 3: we're pretty lucky really well get a chance every day.
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  Speaker 1: Hey talk us through the different areas where obviously the
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  Speaker 1: fish are released. Because I know when we were talking
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  Speaker 1: on the week that was this morning, Joe Hersey, who's
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  Speaker 1: the member for Catherine, was wondering, she's you know, she's
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  Speaker 1: keen to get out fishing near Katherine.
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  Speaker 2: What areas are included?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, all the regions. So if you look at the
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  Speaker 3: I suppose the five main reward five fishing regions, so Darwin,
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  Speaker 3: Tewee Islands, kakadu arnhum Land and Catherine. I can assure
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  Speaker 3: you now that there's been empty fisheries. I'm a fantastic
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  Speaker 3: partner and that support us that have been out over
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  Speaker 3: the last month or so, tag and fish throughout all
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  Speaker 3: of those waterways from those regions.
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  Speaker 1: Now, what about the charity the charity partner? Is there
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  Speaker 1: still a charity partner for this year?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, there's three so Starlight Children's Foundation, Counter Council and
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  Speaker 3: Shoreline Aur trusted partners. So funding again folks like, if
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  Speaker 3: you're out there and you catch you catch a fish,
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  Speaker 3: you get the opportunity to donate one thousand dollars to
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  Speaker 3: one of those official charities. So all going, well, we're
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  Speaker 3: throwing a few checks, you know, our fantastic charity partner's
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  Speaker 3: way and they get to benefit the community in the
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  Speaker 3: long term.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Karen, what do people need to do if they
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  Speaker 1: want to register and if they want to take part
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  Speaker 1: this year or this season.
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  Speaker 3: Yea, the allth WS wind Office dot com, jump online register.
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  Speaker 3: There's the opportunity there. You've just got to register and
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  Speaker 3: you go into the opportunity that is an opportunity to
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  Speaker 3: win some prizors. If not, hit down to Craig's Fishing
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  Speaker 3: Warehouse tomorrow official launch is down there down at Truck
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  Speaker 3: City from nine am. Will be taking registrations down there
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  Speaker 3: and Jason Andrews from all four. Eventual we'll be down
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  Speaker 3: there to heavy arn and a laugh and that as well. Mate.
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  Speaker 3: There's plenty of activities putting specials going on and be
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  Speaker 3: great fun.
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  Speaker 1: So fourteen thousand people have already registered. What's the highest
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  Speaker 1: number we've ever had in a season.
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  Speaker 3: It's just under forty thousand, So that's what we're saying before.
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  Speaker 3: It's all roads towards, are leading towards at the moment.
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  Speaker 3: An absolute fun for season eight. So we're really excited
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  Speaker 3: and it's one of our great it's one of ours,
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  Speaker 3: I suppose our favorites that we have favorites, but it's
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  Speaker 3: one of our better ones that we enjoy working on,
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  Speaker 3: that works through the shoulder season, that keeps us all
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  Speaker 3: busy over Christmas, and like I said, when everyone's getting
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  Speaker 3: a bodyed to get the moment get away, drop a
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  Speaker 3: line in and real in the big one.
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  Speaker 2: Good stuff Colin.
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  Speaker 1: Before I let you go, mate, how's the Barre mascot going?
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  Speaker 1: I think that the mascot was hoping to maybe lose
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  Speaker 1: a couple of kilos wearing that massive suit today.
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  Speaker 2: Do you reckon that happened?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, I think I think it has. But I've
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  Speaker 3: got there's danger money being applied for, there's request additional
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  Speaker 3: remuneration and benefit. I'm not sure how to play that.
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to be that mascot just one day. I
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  Speaker 1: reckon be a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 3: Katie. I'm sure we can do that.
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  Speaker 1: We can make that happen.
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  Speaker 2: Courn Honey.
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  Speaker 1: Good to catch up with you this morning, and well
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  Speaker 1: done to all of you guys. There at nta major events,
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  Speaker 1: massive season, no doubt with the million dollar fish launch.
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  Speaker 2: Good to speak with you today, Thandy.
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  Speaker 3: You go get them pokes.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you,