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Katie Woolf spoke with Member for Solomon Luke Gosling · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf. Join the conversation with Katie Wolf.
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  Speaker 1: You are our eyes and ears in the territory mixed
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  Speaker 1: one oh four point nine.
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  Speaker 2: Joining me live in the studio right now is the
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  Speaker 2: member for Solomon, Luke Gosling.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Luke, Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 2: Now you've had a busy morning. By the sounds of things,
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  Speaker 2: you run five kilometerus and then went and saw an
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  Speaker 2: unbelievable runner go and speak today here in Darwin.
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  Speaker 3: And when I did the five kilometers this morning, I
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  Speaker 3: knew I was going to be seeing Kathy Freeman afterwards,
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  Speaker 3: so I didn't walk.
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  Speaker 1: It motivated motivated you, but it was.
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  Speaker 3: It was a fun run this morning to celebrate two
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  Speaker 3: years of Bill Roy House, the Veteran and Family drop
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  Speaker 3: in center just beside the old raft base there. So
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  Speaker 3: so well done to Dantine and all all the volunteers
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  Speaker 3: there who provide that great drop in service there for
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  Speaker 3: the community. And yeah, and they do, they do.
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  Speaker 1: A really good, wonderful and I really got to thank
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  Speaker 1: them to for getting me moving. I reck it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, when you said that you'd run five kilometers, I
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  Speaker 2: was thinking, jeez, Luka, you want some kind of health kick.
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  Speaker 2: But you also walked in with a piece of cake,
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  Speaker 2: which made me think, I don't know how seriously you're
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  Speaker 2: taking your You're running.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I've crossed the finish line, not last, but you know,
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  Speaker 3: just making sure everyone was okay at the back, and
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  Speaker 3: they passed me a slice of birthday chocolate cake and excellent.
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  Speaker 1: Couldn't couldn't do it.
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  Speaker 3: But I was thinking about I knew I was going
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  Speaker 3: to be coming on and speaking with you, so I
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  Speaker 3: was I know you're a big fan of exercise and.
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  Speaker 2: Running and athletes in general.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, athletes in general. And it's just it's amazing.
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  Speaker 3: Like I feel a bit whacked now because I haven't
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  Speaker 3: run five k's for a while, but I also feel
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  Speaker 3: really good.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's always good to get out there and get active.
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  Speaker 2: But I tell you what, Kathy Freeman would have been
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  Speaker 2: quite amazing to hear speak, and we won't talk for
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  Speaker 2: too long about it, but she's pretty phenomenal.
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  Speaker 3: Really incredible, and yeah, quick shout out to beg Far
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  Speaker 3: and the whole team behind the No Woman Left Behind
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  Speaker 3: conference guest speaker Kathy Freeman.
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  Speaker 1: I'd never seen her speak before. She was incredible.
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  Speaker 3: They showed the famous victory in Sydney Olympics. But she
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  Speaker 3: was so humble, but very wise and funny. It was
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  Speaker 3: really a great presentation. I'm sure that everyone who heard
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  Speaker 3: that will take something away from it.
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  Speaker 1: I certainly did. Yeah, oh good stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Well, look, let's talk about we'd asked you to come
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  Speaker 2: in this morning because we're keen to talk a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more about the family of refugees who are obviously
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  Speaker 2: medivac to Australia in February twenty twenty. They've now been released,
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  Speaker 2: as we heard earlier in the week, from hotel detention
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  Speaker 2: in Darwin. Unfortunately, there are still a few other families.
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  Speaker 2: As I understand it, I think there's eleven refugees who
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  Speaker 2: remain detained in those rooms. Do we have any update
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  Speaker 2: on what is going to happen with those eleven that
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  Speaker 2: remain in the rooms.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, And just a quick background for some of you listeners.
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  Speaker 3: These are people who are genuine refugees. They're not a
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  Speaker 3: security threat at all. They're brought to Australia for medical
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  Speaker 3: treatment and through a combination of the federal government sort
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  Speaker 3: of not processing and moving them on and COVID, they've
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  Speaker 3: sort of been trapped in a hotel room at Darwin
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  Speaker 3: Airport for a year now, a lot of people who
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  Speaker 3: have done the quarantine of two weeks out at Howard Springs.
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  Speaker 3: Would you have a bit of sympathy, I think for
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  Speaker 3: people in that position, But the reality is that they're
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  Speaker 3: going to be settled overseas. But in the meantime, we've
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  Speaker 3: just been putting forward the case that like Darwin, sorry,
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  Speaker 3: like Brisbane and Melbourne, you know, they should be moved
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  Speaker 3: to community detention so they can have a bit more
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  Speaker 3: freedom and their health can be a bit better, Their
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  Speaker 3: health and well being can be a bit better than
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  Speaker 3: it is in those little hotel rooms. So one family
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  Speaker 3: released a little while ago, and I've just received a
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  Speaker 3: message that another two of the families will be released
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  Speaker 3: early next week.
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  Speaker 1: Wow, So that'll be great, you know.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, we have been playing a really important
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  Speaker 3: role during COVID. But it's just a bit ridiculous how
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  Speaker 3: long these people have been time.
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  Speaker 2: Why were they being detained for that period of time
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  Speaker 2: from your perspective, because obviously, like you said, their genuine refugees,
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  Speaker 2: So why were they being kept there for such a
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  Speaker 2: long period of time.
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  Speaker 3: I think part of the problem was I brought to
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  Speaker 3: Australia for medical treatment, and I've been asking the minister
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  Speaker 3: to make sure that that medical treatment is occurring, and
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  Speaker 3: also just making the point about you know, it's going
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  Speaker 3: to have and it is. It was obvious when I
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  Speaker 3: started meeting with them that it was having a negative
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  Speaker 3: effect on their health and well being. I think then
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  Speaker 3: the process of resettlement in Canada then started to slow down.
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  Speaker 3: But I understand that the family that we'll released the
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  Speaker 3: other day, by April, there's talk to their application for
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  Speaker 3: resettlement in Canada will be progressed, and hopefully it will
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  Speaker 3: for the others as well. But you know, I was
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  Speaker 3: really pleased to see that the community we're really supportive.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Darwin is a proud multicultural place, but we're
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  Speaker 3: also a place that we're helping people get back to Australia,
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  Speaker 3: but we're also helping people to get back into the
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  Speaker 3: community enjoy a reasonable life while they're waiting to be resettled.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, we'll do keep us up to date. Luke as
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  Speaker 2: the other families are released next week, would be very
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  Speaker 2: keen to make sure that we let our listeners know
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  Speaker 2: when that happens. It's been a busy time in Canberra
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  Speaker 2: Parliament didn't sit this week, did it, But it did
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  Speaker 2: the week prior, and I know that there was a
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  Speaker 2: lot on the agenda for you. You continue to push
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  Speaker 2: on the Royal Commission for Our Veterans and into Veterans suicide.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I've really been calling on my colleagues, former defense men,
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  Speaker 3: members of the Liberal Party or the coalition government to
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  Speaker 3: really listen to their veterans, communities and their families, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and realize that they actually have the ability to convince
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  Speaker 3: the Prime Minister that this is what's needed. But apart
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  Speaker 3: from that, Katie, it was a really important week to
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  Speaker 3: stress to the Prime Minister and to the government that
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  Speaker 3: there's a lot of businesses here in the territory, particularly
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  Speaker 3: those really closely involved with the tourism industry, that are
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  Speaker 3: going to really do it hard. Some will have to
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  Speaker 3: close when job Keeper I'm not talking about Job Seeker,
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  Speaker 3: but job Keeper is wound back in just three weeks.
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  Speaker 3: So I've been representing those territory businesses who have got
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  Speaker 3: a really solid argument. You know, they understand that the
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  Speaker 3: government can't keep forever handing out wage subsidies. However, and
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  Speaker 3: I think there are some people in the government that
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  Speaker 3: agree for those businesses, particularly in tourism, we need to
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  Speaker 3: get the vaccine roll out happening. We need to get
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  Speaker 3: into the dry season so that we can get some
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  Speaker 3: more tourists in from interstate. But also if we can
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  Speaker 3: get that extended, that job keeper extended for those businesses
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  Speaker 3: in a targeted way, I think that's going to be
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  Speaker 3: a great result for darn businesses and for their employees.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's certainly some of those businesses who are going
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  Speaker 2: to find it very tough when that winds up. Luke Goosling,
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  Speaker 2: we are going to have to leave it. They're always
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  Speaker 2: good to catch up with you. Thanks so much for
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  Speaker 2: coming in this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for your inspiration this morning, Caddy.
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  Speaker 2: Well mate, actually, while we're talking then about mental health,
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  Speaker 2: don't forget as well that the walk off the wall within.
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  Speaker 2: I believe it's coming up as well.
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  Speaker 1: You can do that one now on this fitness.
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  Speaker 3: Kick absolutely and in fact I wore my walk off
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  Speaker 3: the Wall within T shirt this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah good, I'm in training. Thanks Mane stuff, Thanks Loke