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

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  Speaker 1: If you want to know what's happening on the local
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  Speaker 1: political landscape, Katie Wolf has it covered on three sixty
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  Speaker 1: Every One is Listening Mix one oh four point nine.
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  Speaker 1: Joining us live on the line is the labor member
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  Speaker 1: for Solomon, Luke Gosling.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Luke.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning Cody.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, look, I just.
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  Speaker 1: Want to make you aware if I can, about a
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  Speaker 1: situation that we just heard from from the director of
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  Speaker 1: Elder's Home Loans, and we spoke to a listener yesterday
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  Speaker 1: about this as well. We know that there are two
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  Speaker 1: different bill bonuses at the moment for our first home
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  Speaker 1: buyers and those sort of entering the housing market, and unfortunately,
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  Speaker 1: at the moment we've got this bit of a situation
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  Speaker 1: where well where some of those contracts that they're entering
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  Speaker 1: into they may not be able to access those bonuses,
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  Speaker 1: particularly the federal one, due to the fact that some
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  Speaker 1: of the land titles have been delayed due to the
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  Speaker 1: wet season. So we could be in a bit of
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  Speaker 1: a situation here in the Northern Territory that obviously those
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  Speaker 1: first home buyers in others dates and territories aren't going
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  Speaker 1: to be impacted by because some of those people who've
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  Speaker 1: entered those contracts may not be able to have them
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  Speaker 1: on it because they don't have the title for that
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  Speaker 1: land approved yet due to those delays. I'm not sure
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  Speaker 1: if this is something that you know that we might
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  Speaker 1: be able to get you to have a bit of
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  Speaker 1: a look into or have a chat to somebody about
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  Speaker 1: to see if we can make sure that those wonderful
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  Speaker 1: Territorians trying to get into their first times are able
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  Speaker 1: to hopefully do so and still get those bonuses.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's all we absolutely want, Katie. To be honest,
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  Speaker 3: I haven't heard about the delays due to the wet
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  Speaker 3: season as yet. I mean, the wet season gets blamed
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  Speaker 3: on a lot of things, but it's just from hearing
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  Speaker 3: what you're saying, it's hard to see how the wet
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  Speaker 3: season could delay the issue of land titles. It's hard
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  Speaker 3: to see, but I certainly will look into it, and
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  Speaker 3: please feel free to pass my contact details to your
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  Speaker 3: listener and I'll look into it, because what we absolutely
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  Speaker 3: want is everyone who wants to get in to their
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  Speaker 3: first home or wants to take advantage of the federal
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  Speaker 3: government's home builder program should be able to and if
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  Speaker 3: there's delays to that I certainly want to a situation stace.
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  Speaker 2: That no, and we'll do the same as well.
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  Speaker 1: We'll make sure we'll hopefully catch up with Senator Sam
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  Speaker 1: McMahon and we'll ask her the same thing too, because
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  Speaker 1: if it is just a situation where unfortunately some of
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  Speaker 1: our territorians are impacted and you know, others in other
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  Speaker 1: states aren't in the same situation, hopefully we can you know,
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  Speaker 1: we can get it sorted because we know how positive
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  Speaker 1: an impact those different schemes have had when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to our construction sector as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's keeping people in work, and we know that
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  Speaker 3: if the government goes ahead with finishing up Job Keeper
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  Speaker 3: at the end of this month, it's going to make
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  Speaker 3: it really difficult for a lot of businesses. So you know,
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  Speaker 3: I call on the federal government obviously and those that
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  Speaker 3: are involved in the anti government to do everything they
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  Speaker 3: possibly can to get this situation sorted.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, we'll see.
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  Speaker 1: We'll pass on some of those further details for you
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  Speaker 1: as well, Luke, so that we can try and get
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  Speaker 1: to the bottom of it and try and make sure
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  Speaker 1: territorians aren't negatively impacted.
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  Speaker 2: But mate, we were keen to have a chat to
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  Speaker 2: you this week.
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  Speaker 1: We know that the Darwin Port has well and truly
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  Speaker 1: been back on the agenda this week in the Federal Parliament.
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  Speaker 2: From your perspective, you know where are things at.
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  Speaker 3: It has been, Katie and I spoke yesterday in Parliament
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  Speaker 3: about the report that's recently been issued and that's obviously
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  Speaker 3: from a committee that's got both Government and Labor members
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  Speaker 3: on it, and they looked at the Darwin Port lease
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  Speaker 3: in particular and made what I believe is a pretty
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  Speaker 3: uncontroversial conclusion, and that is that the Darwin Port, our
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  Speaker 3: strategic northern deep water border of the nation should not
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  Speaker 3: be foreign controlled hands. I don't think that is controversial.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's just common sense. And as you will know, Katie,
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  Speaker 3: right from the start when the colp leased our port
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  Speaker 3: for almost a century, I was critical of that decision
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  Speaker 3: by them, but also the Coalition government to support them
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  Speaker 3: to do that. So it's good to see some members
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  Speaker 3: of the Federal government, the Coalition government, saying that we
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  Speaker 3: should look at ways to bring some Australian control back
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  Speaker 3: into our strategic northern port.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. We caught up with George Christensen about this yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: Take a little listen to what he had to say,
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  Speaker 1: obviously he's on that committee.
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  Speaker 4: Question is going to be what is more costly paying
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  Speaker 4: out the remainder of elease or letting a company with
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  Speaker 4: strategic links to the Chinese military operate a strategic port
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  Speaker 4: like the Port of Darwin. So that's the key question
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  Speaker 4: that government needs to face up to.
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  Speaker 2: What do you reckon? The answer is George, get it.
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  Speaker 4: Back, get it back under Australian control, no matter what I.
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  Speaker 2: Guess that's going to be.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the discussion, isn't it Luke, whether you know
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  Speaker 1: how is that the only option here? To buy back
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  Speaker 1: the port or to get it back? What you know,
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  Speaker 1: what are our options?
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  Speaker 3: Well, it was good to hear from a variety of
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  Speaker 3: security experts that were saying, well, it's not a case
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  Speaker 3: of just buying the portback holy or just leaving it
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  Speaker 3: in foreign own hands wholly. There are a range of
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  Speaker 3: other options that could be considered in the short term.
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  Speaker 3: But when we talk about the cost of doing this,
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  Speaker 3: I always remember how idiotic it was for us to
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  Speaker 3: sell report for the NC government at the time to
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  Speaker 3: sell the port, given that they had also just announced
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  Speaker 3: a five billion dollar NAPE Northern Australian Infrastructure facility which
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  Speaker 3: we could have assisted a non foreign to take that
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  Speaker 3: port and develop it further, and us not doing that
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  Speaker 3: at the time was really unwise. Now when we talk
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  Speaker 3: about money required if he was to come back into
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  Speaker 3: Australian hands, I also remind people of this. In the
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  Speaker 3: treasurer at Josh Bredenberg's electorate, there is a road intersection
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  Speaker 3: that he wants to put underground at a cost of
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  Speaker 3: about two hundred and forty million dollars so that people
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  Speaker 3: in his electorate can get to work in Melbourne CBD
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  Speaker 3: three minutes earlier. Now, that two hundred and forty million
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  Speaker 3: dollars is almost half of the price that the port
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  Speaker 3: was sold for but for almost a century. So let's
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  Speaker 3: just keep things in perspective here. The money spent to
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  Speaker 3: get control back of our northern port will be money
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  Speaker 3: very well spent.
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  Speaker 2: Luke.
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  Speaker 1: I also want to ask you this morning, it has
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  Speaker 1: of course been announce that Marion Scrimjay is going to
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  Speaker 1: be running the seat of Lingiari.
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  Speaker 3: Good news, Yeah, it is good news, Cadie. We've got
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  Speaker 3: that news through yesterday. It's firstly great that the party
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  Speaker 3: members from the seat of Lingiari got to choose in
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  Speaker 3: the ballot who they wanted, and I want to also
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  Speaker 3: congratulate the other three nominees that put their head in
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  Speaker 3: the ring. We had some great quality candidates. Marion obviously
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  Speaker 3: is an outstanding candidate who's got so much credibility around
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  Speaker 3: the Northern Territory as a fighter for for territorians, but
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  Speaker 3: also someone who has very good relationships with industry, so
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  Speaker 3: I can see it being a really positive thing for
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  Speaker 3: the territory.
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  Speaker 2: Caddy, Luke Gosling.
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  Speaker 1: Always good to catch up with you mate. We really
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  Speaker 1: appreciate your time today.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, good on your caddy and see people at the
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  Speaker 3: Grand Final at the Io tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, who are your tipping?
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  Speaker 3: Oh jeez? Back to back to back? Yeah, ok so
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  Speaker 3: Mary's but you know, anything can happen. But I did
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  Speaker 3: want to plug. There's also a fundraiser of the Italian
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  Speaker 3: Club on tomorrow or not as well for those that
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  Speaker 3: maybe aren't gone to the footy.
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  Speaker 1: All good stuff, Look Gosling, thank you for your time today.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Katy