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Leader of Government Business Chansey Paech outlines the agenda for parliament this week · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Firstly, we know that on the agenda this morning for
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  Speaker 1: the government is certainly this legislation around police officers being
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  Speaker 1: assaulted and other frontline workers. What exactly is the change
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  Speaker 1: to this legislation.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, really important legislation amendments to the Criminal Code
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  Speaker 2: which we'll make spitting an aggravating factor. So this means
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  Speaker 2: that judges can consider it as a more serious offense
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  Speaker 2: that carries higher penalties when they are considering before the court.
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  Speaker 2: Because again, we absolutely value our frontline workers and we
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  Speaker 2: need to make sure that when they are met out
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  Speaker 2: there talking to people on the ground and looking to
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  Speaker 2: protect the most vulnerable people, they are given that assurance
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  Speaker 2: that they can do their jobs without being victim.
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  Speaker 1: The opposition leader was just on the show. She reckons
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  Speaker 1: that the reality is, you know it's someone that a
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  Speaker 1: judge isn't going to convict someone for ten years for
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  Speaker 1: spitting on someone and the should have been different so
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  Speaker 1: that it made it a defense or you know that
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  Speaker 1: there was time served for the first time round, no
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  Speaker 1: matter you know what your history was, I mean, why
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  Speaker 1: did you go down this path instead?
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  Speaker 2: Look, as a government, we absolutely value the role of
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  Speaker 2: our judiciary and the role that judges play and this
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  Speaker 2: is about giving them a tool chest with measures in
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  Speaker 2: that test to utilize when they are looking at sentencing.
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  Speaker 2: The leader of the Opposition is not a judge, will
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  Speaker 2: leave that for the judges to make that determination when
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  Speaker 2: they're considering on a case by case basis.
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  Speaker 1: Chancy.
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  Speaker 2: We know.
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  Speaker 1: One of the other things that's on the agenda this
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  Speaker 1: week is indeed the Opposition hoping to bring forward a
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  Speaker 1: motion which would see a Select committee into the concerns
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  Speaker 1: that we've got right now within the police force, so
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  Speaker 1: not into crime, but into the police force and certainly
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  Speaker 1: the issues that we're seeing with attrition and morale. Is
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  Speaker 1: this something that the government is going to knock back?
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  Speaker 2: Look, Katie, the Government will consider things when they're brought
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  Speaker 2: into Parliament. That matter hasn't formally been brought in to
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  Speaker 2: Parliament and discussed yet, but obviously Minister Warden, Minister the Police,
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  Speaker 2: Fire and Emergency Services is doing a great job in
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  Speaker 2: the areas of reform when it comes to Police, Fire
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  Speaker 2: and Emergency Services. We'll wait to see if that comes
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  Speaker 2: on this week. The CELP have a good track record
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  Speaker 2: of saying they're going to do stuff and delivering buggerall
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  Speaker 2: we saw that with the fuel bill, so maybe they'll
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  Speaker 2: discuss that this week as well.
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  Speaker 1: I mean you must be concerned though, as a government minister,
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  Speaker 1: particularly one based out of Central Australia, to see those
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  Speaker 1: recent results from the police survey and the morale within
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  Speaker 1: the Northern Territory Police Force at the levels that it is.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, surely a look into this is a common
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  Speaker 1: sense thing to do thirty days, you know, to have
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  Speaker 1: a select committee look into it. We've done it before
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  Speaker 1: with things like fas D to the former Speaker and
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  Speaker 1: a Member of the Legislative Assembly Keisierpuric, who we spoke
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  Speaker 1: to yesterday, So surely this would be a good thing
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  Speaker 1: to look into, given the concerns not only from the
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  Speaker 1: rank and file but with the community.
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  Speaker 2: Look Katie again, if the CLP do decide to bring
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  Speaker 2: this to Parliament this week to talk about the establishment
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  Speaker 2: of a committee, certainly our elevant portfolio ministers will have
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  Speaker 2: the opportunity to speak in Parliament about it and step
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  Speaker 2: that through. But this can't just be a political witch
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  Speaker 2: hunt for political points for the CLP. It's got to
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  Speaker 2: actually be about working through those issues and issues. I
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  Speaker 2: know firsthand that the Minister for Police buyer and emergency services.
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  Speaker 2: Mister Warden is absolutely doing the heavy areas of work
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  Speaker 2: in those police portfolios right now.
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  Speaker 1: Now, Look, I know it's not your portfolio, so I
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  Speaker 1: will leave that aspect of things there. We are going
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  Speaker 1: to be catching up with the Police Minister as I
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  Speaker 1: understand it, tomorrow morning, so I'll put some of those
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  Speaker 1: questions to her. But Minister, what else is on the
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  Speaker 1: agenda for the government this week?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks, Katie. Look, we've also got this morning coming
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  Speaker 2: up the Animal Protection Bill that's again to increase certainty
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  Speaker 2: to the fishing industry and stakeholders looking at streamlining that area.
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  Speaker 2: We've got introductions this week of the Monitoring of Places
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  Speaker 2: of Detention also known as the OPCAT Bill being introduced,
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  Speaker 2: and that's about providing an establishment of oversight for places
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  Speaker 2: of detentions and that's in line with aspects of the
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  Speaker 2: Northern Territory's Royal Commission into the Tension of Children in
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  Speaker 2: the Territory. Katie. We've also got the swearing in this
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  Speaker 2: morning of our newest member of the Territory Labour Team
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  Speaker 2: and the new member for Fanny Day. So certainly lots
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  Speaker 2: on this week for discussion for debate and certainly we'll
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  Speaker 2: see question Time being a fiery debate as it always.
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  Speaker 1: In sure it will be well Leader of Government Business
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  Speaker 1: Chatsey Paik. We are going to leave it there for
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  Speaker 1: this morning. I appreciate your time and no doubt we'll
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  Speaker 1: talk again.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, no, look, no worried, Katie. Thanks for the time.
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  Speaker 2: And I also just think it is certainly a good
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  Speaker 2: opportunity for the opposition leader to come out and denounce
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  Speaker 2: the Proud Boys because the territory has no place and
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  Speaker 2: there's nothing to be proud about any relationship with them.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, now, just on that. So obviously we did just
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  Speaker 1: ask the opposition leader about it, and you know, she'd
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  Speaker 1: sort of said that she gets photographs taken with all
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  Speaker 1: sorts of people all the time. You know, what exactly
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  Speaker 1: is the accusation here from your perspective.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I think it's an important issue to discuss and
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  Speaker 2: we absolutely need the leader of the opposition to come
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  Speaker 2: out and apologize to territorians and to denounce the Proud
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  Speaker 2: Boys in any relationship that the CLP have with them.
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  Speaker 2: Getting a photo with someone who is a supporter of
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  Speaker 2: the Proud Boy's movement, who holds the flag and does
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  Speaker 2: the hand signals is absolutely appalling and we need to
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  Speaker 2: be saying that that behavior is certainly not tolerated in
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  Speaker 2: the territory. We've noted that there are photos of this
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  Speaker 2: particular individual at anti Vaxx rallies, he's had photos with
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  Speaker 2: the leader of the opposition, and we understand that he's
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  Speaker 2: had photos that the CLP function for the Funny Bay
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  Speaker 2: by election. So certainly this is something that people need
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  Speaker 2: the assurance of that there is no room for this disgusting, bigoted,
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  Speaker 2: vicious attitudes towards people, and we need to make sure
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  Speaker 2: that no leader in the territory is allowing that behavior
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  Speaker 2: to continue.
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  Speaker 1: Chancey, is this just mudslinging by the government here, I
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  Speaker 1: mean it is true. I'm sure that you've even had
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  Speaker 1: photos with people at different times, and you know you've
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  Speaker 1: not done a criminal history check on them, as Leafinocchio
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  Speaker 1: said just before, Oh look, Katie.
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  Speaker 2: I think that when you you have a public photo
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  Speaker 2: of going around with an individual holding up the Proud
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  Speaker 2: Boy's hand signal with a shirt on and the flag
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  Speaker 2: at Anti Vaxx vllys Turk is small enough that people
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  Speaker 2: know people and people could say to people, look, don't
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  Speaker 2: we advise you to not be too connect the closely
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  Speaker 2: to this individual. So look, if that is the case,
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  Speaker 2: then it would just be a simple matter for the
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  Speaker 2: leader of the opposition to come out apologize and say
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  Speaker 2: she doesn't support that behavior and she doesn't support that
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  Speaker 2: particular movement. You know, we were out at Calgarinji over
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  Speaker 2: the weekend and the leader of the Opposition was there
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  Speaker 2: standing with First Nations people saying that they value them
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  Speaker 2: and that they value the contributions that the Aboriginal Landlight
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  Speaker 2: that had made. And then it emerges that only a
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  Speaker 2: few weeks beforehand, she was proudly standing next to getting
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  Speaker 2: a photograph of the proud boy.
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  Speaker 1: Look, somebody has just messaged through and said is the
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  Speaker 1: government going to condemn the situation that is on the
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  Speaker 1: front page of the paper today where there is a
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  Speaker 1: former labor staffer obviously accused of some pretty serious accusations.
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  Speaker 2: Look, that matter is before the courts, and of course
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  Speaker 2: the Teritory Labor government does not support any behavior that
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  Speaker 2: absolutely is discriminatory, that is vicious, that is bigoted, and
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  Speaker 2: that puts people in harm's way, and we will absolutely
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  Speaker 2: call out behavior where it is unacceptable and that's what
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  Speaker 2: we're asking the leader of the opposition to stand up
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  Speaker 2: and do well.
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  Speaker 1: Chancey Paig, the Attorney General, but also the leader of
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  Speaker 1: Government Business. I appreciate your time this morning. Thanks for
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  Speaker 1: speaking with
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  Speaker 2: Us, mate, Thank you, you two