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Katie Woolf spoke with Sky News Matt Cunningham · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: I believe he's out at the airport. Matt Cunningham from
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  Speaker 1: Sky News. Good morning, Matt.
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  Speaker 2: Get back on the line Crosses this morning after we
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  Speaker 2: heard the news that Willy Rioli is due to appear
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  Speaker 2: at in the Dale and Local Court tomorrow sadly charged
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  Speaker 2: miss one count of possessing a less than trafficable amount
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  Speaker 2: of cannabis. A bit of a blow for the West
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  Speaker 2: Coast Eagles star. Of course, it's only three months away
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  Speaker 2: from his return on suspension after he was banned by
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  Speaker 2: a SATA. So that corn appearance tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt about that. Well, Matt, I know that's
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  Speaker 1: keeping you busy today, but you've also got the front
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  Speaker 1: page of the paper fuel Speed Ahead. The federal government
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  Speaker 1: considering a plan for a new strategic storage facility in
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  Speaker 1: Arnham Land.
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  Speaker 2: Tell us about this, Well, it's an interesting plan, Katie,
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  Speaker 2: A bold proposal that's been put forward by a consortian
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  Speaker 2: consortium that actually includes the Airport Group as well as
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  Speaker 2: the Guns Corporation. Now their plan is to basically convert
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  Speaker 2: nine five of nine existing fuel tanks that are there
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  Speaker 2: at the fuel farm next to the Alumina refinery at
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  Speaker 2: Gove and can convert them into a fuel storage facility.
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  Speaker 2: We know that this issue of fuel storage has been
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  Speaker 2: a hot one over the past twelve months or so,
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  Speaker 2: talk of possible interruption to supply chain. We've also had
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  Speaker 2: the announcement last year from the federal government that they
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  Speaker 2: were going to build a big fuel storage facility in
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  Speaker 2: dal and Harbor Jet fuel storage Facility. So this plan
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  Speaker 2: has been put forward to the federal government by this consortium.
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  Speaker 2: It was put forward last year and it's been seriously
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  Speaker 2: considered by the federal government. It would, according to the proposal,
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  Speaker 2: it would allow for one hundred and sixty megaiters have
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  Speaker 2: both refined and unrefined fuel to be stored out there
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  Speaker 2: at East Arnham Land. And obviously the people behind this
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  Speaker 2: proposal believe that that could be a major boost to
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  Speaker 2: ensuring our fuel security and ensuring the supply Chaine Industralia.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and as you said, it is something that's sort
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  Speaker 1: of been on the agenda for some time. I know
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  Speaker 1: that it probably went a bit quieter at the beginning
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  Speaker 1: of the year on this topic, but last year it
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  Speaker 1: was something that we were talking about quite often. Matt,
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  Speaker 1: How soon could this realistically happen if the federal government
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  Speaker 1: gives it the tick of approval.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think it'd be a five to ten year plan,
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  Speaker 2: will hear Rio Tinto as of next year, will begin
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  Speaker 2: the process of dismantling the aluminum refinery out there at Gove.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, that was mothboard back in twenty fourteen after
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  Speaker 2: the whole Gas to Go feel fell over. So the
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  Speaker 2: re our operations out there at Go since twenty fourteen
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  Speaker 2: have simply been mining the book site, not refining it.
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  Speaker 2: So as part of that process, I think their hope
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  Speaker 2: being that some of the funds that Rio Tinto have
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  Speaker 2: allocated for the closure of that facility could be used
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  Speaker 2: to actually develop this project, which of course they will
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  Speaker 2: hope will create ongoing jobs. When Rio Tinto packs up
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  Speaker 2: and leaves the Go Ninja.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you what, It'll be interesting to see
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  Speaker 1: where it all lands. You would think that it would
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  Speaker 1: be a good thing for the Northern Territory to be
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  Speaker 1: part of.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I think absolutely, Okadie. We want to see as
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  Speaker 2: much development, as much investment as we can in the
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  Speaker 2: Northern Territory, particularly in the regions I think you know,
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  Speaker 2: I think we're seeing in Jabaru at the moment, the
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  Speaker 2: issues that that town is facing now that the range
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  Speaker 2: of mine has stopped operating, and they're obviously going to
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  Speaker 2: have a hard road ahead of them. I think Milan Boy,
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  Speaker 2: you know, there's still ten years away from Rio Tinto's departure,
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  Speaker 2: but I think, you know, we really need to start
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  Speaker 2: planning now for what you know, the future of Milan
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  Speaker 2: Boy looks like in twenty thirty and beyond. And I
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  Speaker 2: think any project that can create job for the local
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  Speaker 2: people out there is one that needs to be seriously
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  Speaker 2: looked at.
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  Speaker 1: Well. Matt Cunningham, Sky News reporter, Good to catch up
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  Speaker 1: with your mate. Sounds like you've got a busy morning
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  Speaker 1: ahead or a busy day ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Happy it looks like.
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  Speaker 1: Does it mean you get out of going to Parliament
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  Speaker 1: the hope for question time or will you have to
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  Speaker 1: do that as well? Good on you, Matte. We'll talk
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  Speaker 1: to you again, So thank you. That is Matt Cunningham
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  Speaker 1: there from Sky News