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Katie Woolf spoke with Deputy Opposition Leader Gerard Maley · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: But joining us on the line right now is the
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  Speaker 1: deputy Opposition leader Jared Maylee. Good morning to you, Jared, Good.
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  Speaker 2: Morning, Katie, Good morning listeners. Jared.
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  Speaker 1: We know that's an issue that you guys have been
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  Speaker 1: raising out in the rural area and beyond is the
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  Speaker 1: immediate need or the immediate review is what you'd like
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  Speaker 1: to see for additional emergency shelters in rural and regional areas.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us exactly what you're talking about here.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks Katie. It seems that the Labor government has
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  Speaker 2: just forgotten rural residents. Again. There's only two shelves out
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  Speaker 2: here in the rural areas of very Spring School and
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  Speaker 2: over at Mandora. That means people are living at Dundee
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  Speaker 2: all around the rule they have to drive all the
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  Speaker 2: way in which it could be an over an hour's
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  Speaker 2: drive to go to a cyclone shelter, or they have
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  Speaker 2: to take the risk and start their own home. So
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  Speaker 2: again we called on the government. We gave two petitions
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  Speaker 2: to bring into their attention and know I've you've done
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  Speaker 2: nothing at all, just ignored the conservative rural residents.
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  Speaker 1: So these petitions were actually or you put forward to
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  Speaker 1: motion and Ian Sloan as I understand it actually put
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  Speaker 1: forward in motion to Parliament in February to immediately review
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  Speaker 1: and assess the need for additional emergency shelters and rural
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  Speaker 1: and regional areas. How far did that get you or
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  Speaker 1: what's the update.
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  Speaker 2: On that, Well, there is no update, unfortunately, Katie, it
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  Speaker 2: didn't go anywhere. I also wrote to the Chief Minister
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  Speaker 2: about a pet friendly cyclone shelter in the rural area
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  Speaker 2: and I've got a correspondence back saying we'll review it.
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  Speaker 2: But that's it. Unfortunately, the cyclone season is upon us,
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  Speaker 2: it will be here in the next few months, and
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  Speaker 2: we know that the climate is happening and we're getting
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  Speaker 2: more severe weather conditions. So it's likely that Darwin's going
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  Speaker 2: to be affected by List one cyclone. And the rural
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  Speaker 2: residence and also residents of regional the territory are just
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  Speaker 2: need forgotten about by the Labor government. They're happy to
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  Speaker 2: spend twelve million dollars on a grandstand or two or
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  Speaker 2: three million dollars on a shade structure, but they neglect
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  Speaker 2: the well being of rural residence where it's a real
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  Speaker 2: concern out here because some of the people out here
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  Speaker 2: the harm might not be cyclone. They yet it's too
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  Speaker 2: far to go. And also bear in mind that there's
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  Speaker 2: a real lack of medical services out here as well.
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  Speaker 2: So if you're living at Dundee and you get injured
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  Speaker 2: through a cyclone, you've got to travel all the way
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  Speaker 2: into the city. So again rural residents has just been
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  Speaker 2: neglected by the labor government.
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  Speaker 1: So jerb where can people currently go? Like, say, if
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  Speaker 1: you're in Dundee for example, like where what is the
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  Speaker 1: option if there is a cyclone aside from your home,
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  Speaker 1: do you have to travel into into town or what
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  Speaker 1: do you need to do?
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  Speaker 2: Now you've got to go to Berry Springs Primary School
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  Speaker 2: or over to Mandora And I'm pretty sure it's a
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  Speaker 2: council chambers and Mandora Wildye Beach which are only very
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  Speaker 2: small from my understanding, Very Spring fits about three hundred
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  Speaker 2: and the one at Walks about one hundred, so it's
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  Speaker 2: only four hundred people can go to. And there's a
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  Speaker 2: lot more people in the rural area than that, so
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  Speaker 2: if they're full, you could drive all the way in
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  Speaker 2: and be turned away at the door.
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  Speaker 1: So what exactly do you think needs to happen here?
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  Speaker 1: Do you think that something needs to be constructed, or
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  Speaker 1: does a site that's maybe already there need to be
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  Speaker 1: modified so that it is able to be cyclone coded
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  Speaker 1: and people are able to shelter there in emergency.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I wrote to the government and I spoke to
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  Speaker 2: let's use Calling Essentral for an example. There's an underground
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  Speaker 2: car park there. I went spoke to the previous owners
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  Speaker 2: about that and they said they'd be happy to use
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  Speaker 2: their underground car park as a cyclone shelter. But no
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  Speaker 2: one from the government has approached them. And I put
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  Speaker 2: that in writing to the government and they just didn't
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  Speaker 2: do anything with it. So there are locations out here
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  Speaker 2: that can be used yet the government I haven't even
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  Speaker 2: followed up at a place like calling the Central so
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  Speaker 2: jar where do you reckon?
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  Speaker 1: These shelters need to be.
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  Speaker 2: Well, ultimately, they need to be where it's close and
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  Speaker 2: handy for territory and so you don't want to have
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  Speaker 2: to drive an hour from Dundee. So the government need
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  Speaker 2: to go and find a location out of Dundee. I
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  Speaker 2: need to go into how it springs and for example
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  Speaker 2: the pet friendly because if you've got your cats or
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  Speaker 2: your dog or your pony, you've got to go all
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  Speaker 2: the way into Parmesan for a cyclone shelter.
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  Speaker 1: So what does happen if you've got horses, where do
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  Speaker 1: you take them during the event of an emergency?
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  Speaker 2: Well, for your horses, what you've got to do is
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  Speaker 2: ultimately you've got to open up your gates and learn
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  Speaker 2: go out in the middle of the paddock. That's the
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  Speaker 2: safest spot for them. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: So how I mean is this something that is being
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  Speaker 1: raised sort of daily at the moment or how often
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  Speaker 1: are you hearing from residents out in the rural area
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  Speaker 1: and further beyond, because you know, when we're talking about
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  Speaker 1: the likes of Dundee and also Daily River and you
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  Speaker 1: know Walgut Beach, it's you know, it's a bit further
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  Speaker 1: than just the rural area. How often are they raising
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  Speaker 1: these concerns with you out that way?
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  Speaker 2: Well, there several people have raised it with me, and
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  Speaker 2: I know that more than several people have raised it
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  Speaker 2: was here because he went all the way to draw emotion.
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  Speaker 2: So it's a real concern for a rural residents and
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  Speaker 2: people out of those Dundee and the Daily because remember
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  Speaker 2: the daily floods almost every year, and there's no shelves
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  Speaker 2: out there that have to be buying into bachelor last
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  Speaker 2: time when there was a cyclone out there. So again
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  Speaker 2: just foresight on the Labor government.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it'll be something that's no doubt we'll hear more
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  Speaker 1: about over the next couple of weeks or over the
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  Speaker 1: next week or so, as this Daily by election heats
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  Speaker 1: up as well. I'll be interested to hear from those
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  Speaker 1: candidates as to what kind of well what kind of
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  Speaker 1: priority they would be giving to trying to secure an
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  Speaker 1: emergency shelter in those areas. But the reality of it
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  Speaker 1: is the government really does need to have a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a closer look at this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the reality is the Labor government dropped the ball
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  Speaker 2: in relation to the cyclone and nerdy shells in the
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  Speaker 2: rural area.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Jared, I tell you what sounds like things have
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  Speaker 1: already heated up. I'd say for the Daily by election.
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  Speaker 1: Good to catch up with you. Thank you very much
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  Speaker 1: for having a chat with us this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Katie.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you that is a deputy opposition leader there, Jared Mayleie.
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  Speaker 1: And we might see whether we are able to get
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  Speaker 1: a bit of a response from the government in this
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  Speaker 1: space as to why there isn't any emergency shelter for
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  Speaker 1: those residents in will the likes of Dundee obviously, so
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  Speaker 1: there's no option for those residents at Dundee to seek
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  Speaker 1: shelter in the event of a natural disaster. So the
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  Speaker 1: closest shelter is at Bury Springs the school it's an
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  Speaker 1: hour away, or wogg At Beach which is half an
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  Speaker 1: hour away. So we'll just see whether we can get
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  Speaker 1: some further detail from the government whether they've got any
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  Speaker 1: plans to obviously look at there being a shelter out
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  Speaker 1: at Dundee. If you live out that way and you
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  Speaker 1: do want to call through and let us know your
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  Speaker 1: thoughts eight nine four one one o four nine. You're
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  Speaker 1: also able to send us a message if you'd like
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