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Katie Woolf spoke with Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Mix one oh four point nine now,
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  Speaker 1: as we've just heard, Parliament resumes in the Northern Territory
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  Speaker 1: today and joining me on the line is Opposition leader
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  Speaker 1: Lea Fanocchiarro. Good morning, Good.
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  Speaker 2: Morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Lea, we know we've just heard from the government
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  Speaker 1: they're planning to focus on job creation over the next
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  Speaker 1: four years. Interestingly, though, no legislation being introduced this week
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  Speaker 1: that actually relates to job creation.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think this just reinforces the fact that the
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  Speaker 2: Gunner government is full of spin. I mean, talk is cheap, Katie.
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  Speaker 2: What we really need to see is runs on the board.
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  Speaker 2: Our economy has languished under the Gunner government for four years.
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  Speaker 2: They have been re elected and now it's time for
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  Speaker 2: them to get on with the job. There should be
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  Speaker 2: no delays and we really need to see this government
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  Speaker 2: starting to put through legislation that is going to benefit territories,
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  Speaker 2: get our economy going and of course tackle crime.
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  Speaker 1: So Leah, what type of legislation should they be introducing?
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  Speaker 1: Things that cut read I mean, what would you do.
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  Speaker 2: Differently, Well, we would certainly be implementing measures such as
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  Speaker 2: a territory coordinator. This government has taken the approach of
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  Speaker 2: shuffling the deck chairs and then creating super departments led
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  Speaker 2: by the Northern Territories Worth Performing Treasurer. What we would
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  Speaker 2: do is put in place real measures. We need to
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  Speaker 2: see repeal legislation coming through the Parliament that winds back
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  Speaker 2: some of that unnecessary and burdensome red tape. We need
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  Speaker 2: to start to see a territory coordinator put in place
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  Speaker 2: so that those major projects can be properly facilitated. And
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  Speaker 2: of course, on the crime front, we saw during the
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  Speaker 2: election the Gunner government try and talk tough on dealing
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  Speaker 2: with issues around bail and use crime, and yet we've
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  Speaker 2: seen nothing come forward to actually address these measures. So
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  Speaker 2: the government's got a big job ahead of them. But
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  Speaker 2: the time for talk is over. Territories expect to see
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  Speaker 2: action lea on crime.
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  Speaker 1: Your opponents and those who maybe don't agree with you
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  Speaker 1: are saying that you know, you're really saying what the
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  Speaker 1: community wants to hear, and there's not a huge amount
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  Speaker 1: of sort of back up to it. What would you
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  Speaker 1: say to that.
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  Speaker 2: What we talk about is justice, and right now, particularly
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  Speaker 2: in Alice Springs, things are out of control. The Gunner
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  Speaker 2: government has brought in legislation that has eroded consequences for
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  Speaker 2: youth of vendors. It's weakened our bow legislation, and we
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  Speaker 2: haven't seen any improvements in that crime space. People, particularly
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  Speaker 2: like I said, in Alice Springs, are crying out for support.
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  Speaker 2: They've had the Chief Minister and the Youth Justice Minister
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  Speaker 2: down in Alice Springs and yet we've seen no new
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  Speaker 2: measures put in place to help address these issues. What
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  Speaker 2: we need is real action. We need less talk. And
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  Speaker 2: after four long years of the Gunner government, we can't
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  Speaker 2: just expect another four years of them not really delivering
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  Speaker 2: any runs on the board and just talking about things
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  Speaker 2: they might do in the future.
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  Speaker 1: Leah, what do you think needs to be happening in
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  Speaker 1: Alice Springs. I know that we heard yesterday that obviously
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  Speaker 1: additional police officer have been sent down to Alice Springs
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  Speaker 1: part of Stripeforce Trident. As I understand down there trying
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  Speaker 1: to help to deal with the issues around crime. What
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  Speaker 1: else can be done.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we need to have a look at the measures
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  Speaker 2: we've got in place. We've always said and strongly oppose
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  Speaker 2: the changes to bail and use justice. I mean, some
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  Speaker 2: of it just completely waters down consequences or there are
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  Speaker 2: no consequences at all. We haven't seen any real meaningful
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  Speaker 2: impact from some of the government's diversion programs. We don't
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  Speaker 2: understand what is happening in the youth detention space. We
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  Speaker 2: know that the bail laws make it much easier for
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  Speaker 2: use to get bail, and some of these early intervention
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  Speaker 2: methods clearly aren't working. So we need the government to
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  Speaker 2: do a review of what measures it's put in place
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  Speaker 2: and start to realize that they're not working and put
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  Speaker 2: in place something that does. Of course, during the election,
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  Speaker 2: we made commitments around sentence to a skilled boot camp,
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  Speaker 2: we made commitments around mandatory communities, sorry, a mandatory community
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  Speaker 2: service as a minimum, and so we yet to see
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  Speaker 2: anything new from the gun of government.
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  Speaker 1: Leah, is this going to be your focus in Parliament
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  Speaker 1: this week? I know that Wednesday, as I understand it
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  Speaker 1: is traditionally opposition business day. Is that still the case?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, look, we're not sure what the week is
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  Speaker 2: going to bring for us, because the government will let
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  Speaker 2: us know today, but we're certainly focused on issues of crime,
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  Speaker 2: particularly Alice Springs, and of course the economy, there's no
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  Speaker 2: time to lose. We've got an opportunity now in this
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  Speaker 2: post covid era to really capitalize on the Northern territory
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  Speaker 2: and ensure that we're putting our best foot forward so
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  Speaker 2: that we can be an investment attractive destination. And that's
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  Speaker 2: what we need to focus on. We've got to deal
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  Speaker 2: with these issues of red tape. We've got to become
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  Speaker 2: more competitive with our neighboring states and of course internationally
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  Speaker 2: so that we can have the capital flowing to the
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  Speaker 2: territory rather than a flowing out. And of course that
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  Speaker 2: comes back to a whole range of economic indicators such
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  Speaker 2: as our population decline. We need to turn these numbers around,
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  Speaker 2: and we can turn these numbers around, but we've got
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  Speaker 2: to have the jobs first.
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  Speaker 1: LEA another thing that I do want to ask about,
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  Speaker 1: which has been raised by one of our listeners. They're
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  Speaker 1: wondering where this pet legislation is at. We caught up
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  Speaker 1: with the Attorney sorry not the Attorney General, she's no
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  Speaker 1: longer the Attorney General, but we caught up with Natasha Files,
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  Speaker 1: the Leader of Government Business. As I mentioned just a
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  Speaker 1: little while ago, she said that it is still on
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  Speaker 1: hold at the moment, do you think it's time for
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  Speaker 1: them to just scrap this legislation?
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  Speaker 2: Without question, we've opposed this legislation right from the start.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, I table to petition with thousands and thousands
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  Speaker 2: of signatures on it. We fought very hard against the
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  Speaker 2: government changing this law. It's absolute government over each at
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  Speaker 2: its worth, and the fact that this hasn't been converted
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  Speaker 2: into operational law just shows that the government is nervous
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  Speaker 2: about it. They need to take the right steps and
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  Speaker 2: repeal this part of the Residential Tendancies Act that was
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  Speaker 2: changed last year. Do the right thing and ensure that
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  Speaker 2: we don't have legislation line like this which just increases
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  Speaker 2: red tape on both tenants and landlords, takes away the
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  Speaker 2: rights of course of landlords and provide again reinforces us
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  Speaker 2: as the jurisdiction not worthy of investment.
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  Speaker 1: Just finally, this morning, you guys have obviously got a
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  Speaker 1: number of new members. How are they all feeling heading
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  Speaker 1: into Parliament for the first time.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, look, I'm sure they're a little bit nervous, very excited.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, of course, today family and friends will gather
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  Speaker 2: to watch all new members of Parliament and all returning
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  Speaker 2: members of Parliament to take their oath or affirmation of
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  Speaker 2: course made and speeches will happen today, which is the
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  Speaker 2: first time for new members of Parliament to really explain
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  Speaker 2: to Territorians who they are, what they believe in, and
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  Speaker 2: what they want to achieve as they serve Territorians over
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  Speaker 2: this next term of parliament. So it's a very important
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  Speaker 2: day and of course a few nerves and lots of excitement.
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  Speaker 1: Well, it's going to be interesting. It always is when
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  Speaker 1: Parliament sits. We'll catch up with you again throughout the week.
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  Speaker 1: Leofanocchi Aro, thanks for your time.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, you are
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