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

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  Speaker 1: Joining us on the line is the Member for Solomon
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  Speaker 1: Luke Gosling. Good morning to you, Luke, Katie Luke. I
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  Speaker 1: mean you and I have spoken before actually about housing,
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  Speaker 1: but I know that it is something that's been on
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  Speaker 1: your mind for a while. Was interesting this morning having
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  Speaker 1: that discussion with laws and Broad from Somerville and talking
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  Speaker 1: about some of the stress that people are under when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to housing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think that Lawson makes some really good points.
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  Speaker 2: And back in the day I worked in with social
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  Speaker 2: housing with Vinni's and it's one of the best things
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  Speaker 2: we can do actually, because we need to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that people have got a decent place that live that's affordable.
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  Speaker 2: Now I think Darwin rents have gone up the most
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  Speaker 2: of anywhere in the country and that obviously makes it
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  Speaker 2: really difficult for young people to get started, or for
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  Speaker 2: people of any age really, so I think we need
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  Speaker 2: to be doing more. Schedule labor is already announced in
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  Speaker 2: government will have a ten billion dollar Housing Australia Fund
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  Speaker 2: and the idea of that is to build more affordable housing.
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  Speaker 2: And that's going to be great not only for people
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  Speaker 2: being able to have a roof over their head that
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  Speaker 2: they can actually afford but it's also great for the
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  Speaker 2: construction industry as well, so at the bonus that way
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Luke, the other topic that we have been speaking
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  Speaker 1: about this morning, and we just spoke to Matt Tinkler
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  Speaker 1: from Save the Children, the deputy CEO there. We know
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  Speaker 1: that there were Afghani refugees that arrived in Darwin overnight.
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  Speaker 1: Do you have much detail in terms of the number
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  Speaker 1: of people who arrived overnight?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there are two hundred people that come in Codie
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  Speaker 2: and I've been speaking with the Minister's office just to
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  Speaker 2: ascertain that mix up. What that there was a combination
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  Speaker 2: of Australian nationals who were working in Afghana the standard
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  Speaker 2: also Afghan nationals with Australian visas and there was two
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  Speaker 2: hundred in total. And they're here at Howard Springs. But
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  Speaker 2: obviously I don't know where they are at here, but
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  Speaker 2: there's an international part in the domestic part, but they're
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  Speaker 2: out here. And the Home Affairs Department are basically saying
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  Speaker 2: if they've got contacts in the community and there are
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  Speaker 2: bigger Afghan communities down south, then they will be settled
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  Speaker 2: with those communities where they're going to have some support,
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  Speaker 2: But obviously there's a lot of organizations and individuals in Darwin.
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  Speaker 2: Should there be family members here or should any any
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  Speaker 2: of those really want to come and settle in Darwin.
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  Speaker 2: There's certainly plenty of people have been in touch with
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  Speaker 2: me saying that they want to help them.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and so Luke, you said that you've been in
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  Speaker 1: contact with the Minister's office about that breakdown of how
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  Speaker 1: many of those people were actually Australian nationals coming home
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  Speaker 1: and how many are refugees. Did they give you much
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  Speaker 1: of an idea when it comes to that breakdown.
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  Speaker 2: No, they didn't, but now they said they'll get back
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  Speaker 2: to me. But all up, they've got back about two
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  Speaker 2: thousand people. When we evacuated people out of Kabul, it
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  Speaker 2: was to Jubai where there's a joint base called AIDMAB
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  Speaker 2: and they were settled there temporarily for checks. And now
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  Speaker 2: I think there's two thousand and they said that have
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  Speaker 2: a right back in Australia and most of those will
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  Speaker 2: be settled down south. But yeah, obviously they've been through
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  Speaker 2: a traumatic time. They would be relieved to be out,
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  Speaker 2: but also obviously concerned about those that are left behind
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  Speaker 2: because there's not a lot of good news coming out
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  Speaker 2: of Afghanistan.
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  Speaker 1: Kadie, No, there really isn't. It's been absolutely so sad
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  Speaker 1: to see, you know, the vision and what is going
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  Speaker 1: on over there. I think that it is a good
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  Speaker 1: thing that we have some of those refugees obviously back
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  Speaker 1: here on home soil, particularly here in Darwin and quarantining
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  Speaker 1: out there at Howard Springs. But there's still a lot
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  Speaker 1: of people, by the sounds of it, that are in danger.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and they're continually making contact and I'm just sort
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  Speaker 2: of encouraging them to work through the people the internationals
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  Speaker 2: that they work with, whether it be with a UN
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  Speaker 2: organization or another aid organization, because there's got to be
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  Speaker 2: a team effort. For twenty years, it was a team
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  Speaker 2: effort to try and make a difference there, and there
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  Speaker 2: will be a lot of critics about the lack of
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  Speaker 2: purpose we had or direction that we had about what
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  Speaker 2: we're trying to achieve there in time, but that'll all
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  Speaker 2: come out. We've launched a Senate inquiry to look at
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  Speaker 2: the Afghanistan deployment over twenty years because we've obviously got
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  Speaker 2: to learn some lessons, so there'll be a lot of
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  Speaker 2: hopefully a lot of good lessons learned out of that deployment.
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  Speaker 2: One of them is that you know, when you send
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  Speaker 2: people overseas, they've got to know what they're there for
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  Speaker 2: and what the mission is, and we have the country
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  Speaker 2: supportive of them. I know we're all supportive of our
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  Speaker 2: troops when they're overseas, but we need just be clearer
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  Speaker 2: in those decisions when we make them. So I think
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  Speaker 2: that inquiry is a good idea. And just thanks to
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  Speaker 2: everyone who's been showing their solidarity with both our veterans
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  Speaker 2: and their families.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, look, we are going to have to get ready
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up because we've got a head across to
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  Speaker 1: the national news. But mate, when did you arrive in
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  Speaker 1: quarantine in Howard Springs?
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  Speaker 2: Oh at two am this morning?
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  Speaker 1: How's it and how's it been so far?
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  Speaker 2: Well? I walked into me a little longer. I nearly
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  Speaker 2: prosed to death the ac pumped up so high. But
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  Speaker 2: they have delivered a little breakfast this morning, and you look,
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  Speaker 2: I can't complain all. You know, it was important for
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  Speaker 2: or the territory to be represented down in Parliament. I've
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  Speaker 2: done that now. So I'm going to do my time
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  Speaker 2: here and we'll hopefully all being well, well, I know
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  Speaker 2: I'm negative testing Campbell before I come back, but I'll
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  Speaker 2: be able to join my family for my fiftieth birthday
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  Speaker 2: on the seventeenth of September.
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  Speaker 1: Oh well, hopefully time for that. Ah good stuff. Well,
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  Speaker 1: no doubt, we'll probably talk to you before then. Louke Gosling,
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  Speaker 1: the member for Solomon. We appreciate your time this morning,
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  Speaker 1: particularly given the early start that you've had, if you've
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  Speaker 1: even slept overnight, arriving at two am.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, Caudian upon can get a quick plug in.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to be jogging on the spot on Sunday
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  Speaker 2: for the roam oh little balcony, So if.
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  Speaker 3: Anyone is feeling a bit generous, a bit of a
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  Speaker 3: Henry Lawson or what are the twenty dollar bills called again,
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  Speaker 3: I can't remember in the Pineapple, Yeah fifty.
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  Speaker 2: But on my Facebook side is a great cause run
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  Speaker 2: with Dad. Yeah, I'm raising money for fighting prostate cancer
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  Speaker 2: and men's health in general. So jump onto my Facebook
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  Speaker 2: if you and give us a hand with a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a lobster.
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  Speaker 1: All right, well, good on you, Luke Gosling. And obviously
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  Speaker 1: that's going to be something that I think is well
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  Speaker 1: worth supporting because it is a fun run that I
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  Speaker 1: founded a few years ago. So mate, thank you very
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  Speaker 1: much for your support on Run with Dad, And you'll
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  Speaker 1: have to send us a photo of you just running
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  Speaker 1: around that little balcony I think out there at Howard's Breaks.
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  Speaker 4: That's one of my Facebook already where I'm just jogging
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  Speaker 4: on the spot doing the warm up in two tho
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  Speaker 4: ninety eight. It's the most pathetic warm up you've ever
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  Speaker 4: seen anyone do. But it's on my Facebook if you
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  Speaker 4: want to have a laugh. It also donated or great cause.
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  Speaker 2: Well don't you?
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  Speaker 1: Good on you. Thank you Luke, thanks for your time today.