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Katie Woolf spoke with CLP President Jamie de Brennie on preselection process · 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 Mixed one oh four point nine.
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  Speaker 1: Joining us live on the line right now is the
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  Speaker 1: COLP President Jamie de Brenne. Good morning to you.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, and thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we are happy to have you on the show
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  Speaker 1: and very keen in a moment to talk about this
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  Speaker 1: pre selection process on the weekend. But first things first,
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  Speaker 1: there are some pretty serious accusations being made in numerous
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  Speaker 1: publications today after Senator Sam McMahon was reportedly encouraged to
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  Speaker 1: leave the Upper House on Tuesday evening after several colleagues
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  Speaker 1: raised concerns that she appeared to be disorientated, struggling to walk,
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  Speaker 1: barely awake, and was battling to sit upright in her seat.
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  Speaker 1: The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that more than ten
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  Speaker 1: senators from different political persuasions have confirmed that Senator Sam
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  Speaker 1: McMahon appeared to be heavily under the influence of alcohol. Jamie,
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  Speaker 1: what is the reaction from you and the party to this?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? Look, yeah, Okatie. I've seen the reports in relation
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  Speaker 2: to the claims against about the behavior of Sam McMahon
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  Speaker 2: But look, I can only confirm what you stated earlier on.
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  Speaker 2: I talked to Senator Sam mcmahonne this morning. She was
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  Speaker 2: in the doctor's surgery waiting to be seen. And look,
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  Speaker 2: to be honest, we have to there won't be any
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  Speaker 2: more comments until there is results in regards to what
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  Speaker 2: happens in that surgery, and then comments and results need
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  Speaker 2: to be delivered by the Senator herself. Today's climate when
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  Speaker 2: it comes to medical situations, you see doctors and that
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  Speaker 2: I'm not to comment. That would be her choice to
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  Speaker 2: let you know what the results are that consultation is,
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  Speaker 2: you know what I mean. But she was definitely in
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  Speaker 2: the doctor studio, doctor studio, doctors surgery today waiting for
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  Speaker 2: a consultation.
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  Speaker 1: Well, look, we have put in a request to her
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  Speaker 1: office to see if we can get her on the show.
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  Speaker 1: Is she okay?
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  Speaker 2: I honestly, she said she hasn't been feeling well for
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  Speaker 2: at least two to three days now and that's why
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  Speaker 2: she's in there. And I didn't go into that. I
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  Speaker 2: have to respect she is in and she was just
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  Speaker 2: about to walk in when I was talking to her,
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  Speaker 2: so I'm hoping she is genuinely like everyone yourself. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we hope everything is okay. And I can't comment. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not a doctor. So again and results like that, I
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  Speaker 2: hope they are great results. Everything's fine, but she needs
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  Speaker 2: to tell you that. And also there may be something
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  Speaker 2: and that's again it's something she has to make announce,
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  Speaker 2: not me. Yeah, well, well, now the respect we have
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  Speaker 2: to can we leave it that until and I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: she will get to you and comment as soon as
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  Speaker 2: she has results.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll certainly make sure that we stay in contact
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  Speaker 1: with her office and yeah, and see how she goes. Look,
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  Speaker 1: one thing that I.
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  Speaker 2: Will We've got to respect the situation. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: One thing though, I do want to say from that
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  Speaker 1: statement that was issued a little later last night and
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  Speaker 1: came from Ashley Manoricara or her spokesperson, it did say
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  Speaker 1: in there that this is part of a political machine
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  Speaker 1: manufacturing any reason to dislodge Senator Sam McMahon before pre selection,
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  Speaker 1: even factional or even fictional ones. I mean, is this
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  Speaker 1: something that's been.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I don't know, I don't know. I don't know either. Look,
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  Speaker 2: that's nothing to do with the COLP in the Northern territory.
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  Speaker 2: We are sitting there with a group ready to go,
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  Speaker 2: volunteers that are representatives of our party. They're ready to
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  Speaker 2: make a decision through a process on Saturday. And that's it. Look,
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  Speaker 2: that's stuff. I'm not aware if that's Camber and Katie,
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  Speaker 2: you deal with this more than I do, even as
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  Speaker 2: a president Jesus every day. They to be story writers.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, well, Jamie, talk us through this process of pre
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  Speaker 1: selection on the weekend. Is it the CLP Central Council
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  Speaker 1: meeting and then they go through the process obviously of
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  Speaker 1: selecting someone for the Senate and also for Lingiari and
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  Speaker 1: for Solomon.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it is a Central Council weekend. But part
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  Speaker 2: of the Central Council process will be the pre selection.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll open up the pre selection with that process.
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  Speaker 2: We have delegates, which is part of the branch process,
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  Speaker 2: I mean each branch for their responsibilities for each electorate
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  Speaker 2: being spilled Araluin and they get the next amount of
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  Speaker 2: boats of Central Council. So they send the delegates, which
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  Speaker 2: are volunteers. These people like myself, all the people from
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  Speaker 2: out of Springs, we pay our own way, and to
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  Speaker 2: be honest with you, it's an expensive trip up to
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  Speaker 2: Darwin this timing year an accommodation for us, and were
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  Speaker 2: going as volunteers listen to the cases and listen to
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  Speaker 2: people that have put their lives on up and saying, look,
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  Speaker 2: I want to do the best I can, I think
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  Speaker 2: I can to represent the people of the Northern Territory
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  Speaker 2: under the COLP manner. Then these people in that room
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  Speaker 2: will use their vote to make that decision in a
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  Speaker 2: democratic way.
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  Speaker 1: Have you had many people put their hands up for
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  Speaker 1: those different jobs at this stage or for those different
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  Speaker 1: positions at this stage.
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  Speaker 2: To be honest with you, only ones I know of
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  Speaker 2: is exactly what you know of the ones that have
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  Speaker 2: come out and said they have. But again, we have
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  Speaker 2: a vetting process. Now these people may have put their
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  Speaker 2: hand up, done everything, but until we get in the
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  Speaker 2: room and they have passed our vetting process, which has
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  Speaker 2: to be a strict process this day and age in
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  Speaker 2: regards to immigration, great great grandparents, everything like that. But
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  Speaker 2: we do everything to ensure not just for our emblem
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  Speaker 2: but also for them, the due diligence is carried out
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  Speaker 2: and its process is all in place.
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  Speaker 1: And right well, Jamie, there's been quite a few names
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  Speaker 1: come forward for the Senate, and some of those obviously
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  Speaker 1: we're spoken to. But what about Filingiari and for Solomon?
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  Speaker 1: Has there been many put their hands up? Or you
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  Speaker 1: don't really know at this point in time.
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, it's purely and simply about speculation in the press.
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  Speaker 2: I've read exactly the same as UKad and that's what
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  Speaker 2: I respect with our operations area. It's kept in confidential
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  Speaker 2: and there's no confirmation nothing's been done. It's all in
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  Speaker 2: speculation the people that are through the press. And I
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  Speaker 2: think that's a great way to do it. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you've got to respect people. They are putting it. They
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  Speaker 2: want to come out and say our money. There may
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  Speaker 2: be others that don't want to do it this day
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  Speaker 2: and I congratulate company inially that there's been an upset.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, just finally we know Barnaby Joyce is going to
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  Speaker 1: be in town. Was it always going to be Barnaby
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  Speaker 1: or was Michael McCormack going to travel up to begin with?
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  Speaker 1: But then obviously there's that change in in the roles.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, to be honest, and they had confirmation on anyone
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  Speaker 2: to start with. Even still you know, oh, really, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if he's no, no, no, that's operational, you
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  Speaker 2: know what I mean, that's an operational process that they
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  Speaker 2: will go through the Secretary in regards who's attending everything
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  Speaker 2: like that that. You know, people have asked me, has
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  Speaker 2: Bune to be ringing? Why why would you ring me?
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  Speaker 2: You know, he's got a lot more imeragant matters to
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  Speaker 2: go on with the meme. Well, we are the CLP,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, we've got to remember, you know, there
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  Speaker 2: is only one political party created by Territorians for Territorians,
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  Speaker 2: and that truly represents our great territory, and that's the CLP,
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  Speaker 2: and that's who we are this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Are you Are you concerned that there's going to be
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  Speaker 1: some jostling though, I suppose from you know, from those
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  Speaker 1: that maybe have an alliance to the to the Liberal
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  Speaker 1: Party and then those that have an alliance to the
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  Speaker 1: National Party. When it comes to two, will the Senate
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  Speaker 1: spot I guess and the other.
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  Speaker 2: Spots, Well, that's outside of excuse me, the room, because
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  Speaker 2: no one will be present in the room that aren't delegates,
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  Speaker 2: So that type of process will happen outside and that's
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  Speaker 2: not in my control. It's in no one's control. How
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  Speaker 2: they can pick up a phone, they can do what
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  Speaker 2: they want, and it's the way that people take that
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  Speaker 2: conversation that's there. But I'm not very confident the people
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  Speaker 2: will be in the room. They are actually there to
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  Speaker 2: pre select the person to present. So what they present
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  Speaker 2: we've taken on course. Remember this is a process that's
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  Speaker 2: been going on for years with the COLP through our constitution,
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  Speaker 2: and we've got great candidates. And the biggest thing I
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  Speaker 2: look at the presumption of people that put their hand up,
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  Speaker 2: isn't it a great spot the conservative politics is that
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  Speaker 2: we have such great people that want to be leaders. Well,
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  Speaker 2: it's a great choice we've got.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Jamie, it's going to be an interesting weekend, no
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  Speaker 1: doubt about it. We'll see what pans out. We might
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  Speaker 1: get you back on on Monday.
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  Speaker 2: Well definitely Tomorrow's say. One thing can I think to
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  Speaker 2: you and your organization in conjunction with yeah, well what
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  Speaker 2: you're doing with wrap up Fridays? Oh, no worries in
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  Speaker 2: the territory so much with information be good if for
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  Speaker 2: as longer, ye and you and Sandy Beach having a
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  Speaker 2: bit of a go I'd love you see they go
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  Speaker 2: together for an hour hour and a half of you fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: So are people down there in Alice Springs enjoying the
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  Speaker 1: week that was on a Friday.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely, it's an information based for us. Remember we don't
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  Speaker 2: even have a local paper, so you know, if you
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  Speaker 2: get the NT news, but what that wrap up you
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  Speaker 2: give us on the political side and everything, it's so
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  Speaker 2: important we don't get that, you know, it's that information
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  Speaker 2: we need. And look, it proves the bear of malign
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  Speaker 2: can be broken with information and people like yourselves in
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  Speaker 2: EIGHTHA working that way is exactly what the territory needs. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: well make we together as one.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we're really pleased to you know, Mixed one O
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  Speaker 1: Fortnite is really pleased to be working with ADH and
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  Speaker 1: being able to do that on a Friday because you're
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  Speaker 1: spot on. You know, we've got to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: there's not a bear and malign. I think that it's
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  Speaker 1: so important no matter where you live in the Northern Territory,
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  Speaker 1: you know that your voice is heard and that those
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  Speaker 1: issues are certainly you know that we talk about those issues,
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  Speaker 1: whether we're talking about Tenant Creek, whether we're talking about
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  Speaker 1: Alice Springs, Catherine Darwin. No matter where you are that's
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  Speaker 1: exactly right.
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  Speaker 2: We are territories individuals, that's right. I just want to
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  Speaker 2: personally say thank you for what you are doing and
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  Speaker 2: it is really imported and appreciated.
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  Speaker 1: No worries. Well, Jamie, we really appreciate your time this morning.
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  Speaker 1: We will talk to you again very soon. Thank you. Thanks,
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  Speaker 1: You're right, my mother used to call me that. Good
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  Speaker 1: on you, Jamie, thank you. That is the COLP president there,
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  Speaker 1: Jamie de Brenny, And yeah, interesting stuff. I mean, this
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  Speaker 1: situation obviously with the Senator Sam mcmarhney is one which
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  Speaker 1: we will be keeping an eye on. But he's obviously
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  Speaker 1: talking to us there from a real party perspective