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Katie Woolf spoke with Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now moving along because we know that all eyes were
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  Speaker 1: on the Darwin Turf Club last night to see who
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  Speaker 1: was elected on the new board, and well the new
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  Speaker 1: board of the Darwin Turf Club looks as so it's
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  Speaker 1: going to have a fresh start. They've voted in a
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  Speaker 1: new board without Brett Dixon or Damian Moriarty, who were
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  Speaker 1: named in the Ikak report. They didn't get elected for
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  Speaker 1: the board. Now the club opting for a fresh start.
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  Speaker 1: Richard O'Sullivan elected as the chairperson, Jody Waters as the
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  Speaker 1: vice chair and Alan Fanning as the deputy vice chair.
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  Speaker 1: The move I think is a good one in terms
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  Speaker 1: of that new slate for the board which has been
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  Speaker 1: shrouded in controversy following the release of the damning Ikak report.
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  Speaker 1: Now joining me on the show is the opposition leader,
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  Speaker 1: Leah Fanocchiaro. Good morning to you, Leah.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Katie and your listeners live from
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  Speaker 2: Barry Spring.
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  Speaker 1: Oh good stuff, and we'll get to that in just
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  Speaker 1: a moment. Now we know the announcement of the new
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  Speaker 1: board means that the Chief Minister's not going to be
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  Speaker 1: changing legislation. I don't think to force well, those former
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  Speaker 1: members of the board to stand down. You've been very
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  Speaker 1: critical of his threats when he made them to do this.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think that the announcement of the new boards
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  Speaker 1: a step in the right direction?
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  Speaker 2: Layer, Well, we've always back to the sixteen hundred community
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  Speaker 2: organizations in the territory that are member based to make
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  Speaker 2: their own decisions. Then what we saw after the release
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  Speaker 2: of the Turf Club report was Michael Gunner need to
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  Speaker 2: throw someone under the bus, and in doing so, he
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  Speaker 2: was happy to change legislation to have power to be
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  Speaker 2: able to sack any community group across the territory. Obviously,
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  Speaker 2: the Turf Club membership met last night, they made their decision,
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  Speaker 2: and so hopefully now Michael Gunner is backing down, and
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  Speaker 2: I think collectively those sixteen hundred organizations and there are
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  Speaker 2: tens of thousands of members across the territory are breathing
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  Speaker 2: asidh of relief.
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  Speaker 1: Leah, I know that you were incredibly unhappy yesterday after
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  Speaker 1: well you received the answers, after submitting more than two
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  Speaker 1: hundred questions to the government over this grandstand debarcle. When
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  Speaker 1: you got those answers back, the majority really didn't go
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  Speaker 1: into a huge amount of detail.
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  Speaker 3: From what I can gather. Were any of your questions answered?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely not, Katie. It was discussing what happened. In response,
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  Speaker 2: We of course have been trying to ask questions in
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  Speaker 2: Parliament of the government. They shut us down at every opportunity.
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  Speaker 2: A couple of weeks ago in parliament they were completely undemocratic.
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  Speaker 2: And then of course we asked two hundred written questions
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  Speaker 2: which are supposed to come back with detailed information, and
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  Speaker 2: we got one line answers. The longest answer we got,
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  Speaker 2: Katie to one of our questions as four lines. All
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  Speaker 2: of it was garbage, None of it addressed the issues,
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  Speaker 2: none of it answered any of our questions. And it
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  Speaker 2: just shows how far this government is willing to go
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  Speaker 2: to avoid scrutiny. They're literally picking up every democratic process,
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  Speaker 2: every scrutiny tool the opposition and the public have against
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  Speaker 2: this government and throwing it back in our faces. And
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a damning indictment on their contempt for
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  Speaker 2: territorian just how much they're willing to lie to the
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  Speaker 2: faces of Territorians and treat scrutiny. It's a toy. By
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  Speaker 2: the way they've answered or not answered these questions.
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  Speaker 1: Leah, we're too from here with this grandstand debarcle. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the government's made it pretty clear that they feel they've
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  Speaker 1: done nothing wrong. The IKAC didn't find that the Chief
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  Speaker 1: Minister or the ministers did anything wrong.
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  Speaker 3: Is it time for us all to just move on?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely not. This is twelve million dollars of tax payers money.
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  Speaker 2: This is a government that is responsible to its people.
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  Speaker 2: They must be held accountable and they are doing everything
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  Speaker 2: they can to shut accountability down. And we can't just
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  Speaker 2: let that happen. We must continue to fight and ask
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  Speaker 2: those questions, and we will not back down despite their
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  Speaker 2: very desperate attempts. You know, this is a this is
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  Speaker 2: a decision that was taken under the arm into cabinet.
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  Speaker 2: We've had cabinet ministers lie to territorians by saying it
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  Speaker 2: followed normal cabinet processes when we know it didn't. We've
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  Speaker 2: had cabinet ministers lying to territory and saying that the
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  Speaker 2: proposal that was considered was a market led proposal when
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  Speaker 2: the ICAC report says it wasn't. We have the Chief
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  Speaker 2: Minutster lying saying that it followed that he didn't know
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  Speaker 2: that it hadn't been rigorously scrutinized when of course he
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  Speaker 2: knew it because he's the one who wanted that submission
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  Speaker 2: into cabinet that day so they could do their dodgy deal.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't pass the pub test. People are really angry
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  Speaker 2: about it, and they can run and hide and bury
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  Speaker 2: their head in the sand. But I can assure you Katie,
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  Speaker 2: as an opposition, we will never give up on there
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  Speaker 2: and we will find them.
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  Speaker 3: All right, Lea, I do want to talk about the
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  Speaker 3: seat of Daily.
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  Speaker 1: We know that both the Labor Party and also the
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  Speaker 1: COLP of now announced candidates for the by election to
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  Speaker 1: be held on September eleven. Chris severteez is that how
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  Speaker 1: you pronounced his last names?
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  Speaker 3: Sivitory excellent? Is the COLP candidate Leah. Where does he
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  Speaker 3: currently live?
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  Speaker 1: So?
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  Speaker 2: Chris has spent the last twelve months living between Tenant
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  Speaker 2: Creek and Darwin. He and his wife have been looking
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  Speaker 2: to move to Darwin for the last six months, but
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  Speaker 2: she's just obviously trying to get work in in the
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  Speaker 2: top end. But of course if Chris is successful, he'll
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  Speaker 2: move straight away. He has lived beyond the Bary Malian
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  Speaker 2: Katie for fifteen years, so he acutely understands the issues
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  Speaker 2: for regional and remote territorians. You know, when we talk
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  Speaker 2: about road infrastructure, health infrastructure, basic services, water security, crime,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Chris has been a representative on local government.
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  Speaker 2: He understands how to fight for people, He understands how
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  Speaker 2: to put territorians first, and I think he's an exceptional candidate,
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  Speaker 2: will be a strong voice in a strong opposition team.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I guess it's easy enough to say that, but
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  Speaker 1: at the end of the day, he doesn't live in
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  Speaker 1: the electorate. Neither does the ALP's candidate. I mean, why
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  Speaker 1: can we not have people who actually live in the
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  Speaker 1: electorate running.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Look, the ALP candidate is a fifth law staffer
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  Speaker 2: for Selena Yubo, the Attorney General and Michael Gutter. He
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  Speaker 2: lives in Darwin, has like no intention to moving to
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  Speaker 2: the electorate and does not and has never lived in.
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  Speaker 1: That may well be the case, but I guess it's
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  Speaker 1: a bit hard to throw stones at this point when
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  Speaker 1: when the clps electric lives in Tenant Creek, well he doesn't.
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  Speaker 2: He lives across both Darwin and the territory and Tenant
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  Speaker 2: Creek and across the regions. Ultimately, Territorians have a choice
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  Speaker 2: to make in this by election, Katie. They can vote
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  Speaker 2: for someone who works for this terrible Labor government who's
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  Speaker 2: ignored everyone beyond the barrom Maligne and only thinks about themselves.
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  Speaker 2: Or they can vote for someone who understands what is
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  Speaker 2: needed in the Bush and is willing to fight hard
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  Speaker 2: against this bad government to hold them to account. We
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  Speaker 2: need more voices against this government and the lasting Territorians
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  Speaker 2: want is to see Michael Gunner with any more power
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  Speaker 2: the abuse.
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  Speaker 1: Leah, did you not have anyone that actually lived in
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  Speaker 1: the electorate who was keen to run?
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  Speaker 2: Look, these are all matters for the party. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how the Labor dictatorship run, Katie. You'll
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  Speaker 2: have to ask them that. But for us, we put
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  Speaker 2: ads in the paper. It's a very open public process.
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  Speaker 2: The party then get together. They have a selection panel.
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  Speaker 2: People can come make their case of why they're the
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  Speaker 2: best person for the job, and then the party panel
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  Speaker 2: pick the best person for the job. Actually, what's happened
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  Speaker 2: with Chris Sivatrie. He's an exceptional candidate. He will be
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  Speaker 2: a strong voice for the people of Daily. I back
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  Speaker 2: him one hundred percent and I want him on my team,
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  Speaker 2: all right.
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  Speaker 1: I do want to ask about fireworks. We know one
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  Speaker 1: of the big issues around the territory right now, particularly
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  Speaker 1: for Darwin and the rural area, is firecrackers. We are
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  Speaker 1: expecting the government to advise the public on Friday of
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  Speaker 1: any localized firebands for Sunday, but it may be well
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday, depending on how those weather conditions are looking. Lea.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, what do you make of all of this?
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  Speaker 1: Do you think that realistically we should we should maybe
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  Speaker 1: be taking a step back and saying okay, no fireworks
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  Speaker 1: in certain areas on Territory Day.
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  Speaker 2: This has been terribly mishandled by Michael Gunner. Once again.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, Territory Day we were in lockdown. Everyone can
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  Speaker 2: accept that. But what he should have done is just
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  Speaker 2: postponed Territory Day by a week or a couple of days.
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  Speaker 2: Everyone was ready to go. People had their plans made,
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  Speaker 2: retailers were ready with their shops and with their marketing
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  Speaker 2: and all of those things. It should have been done
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  Speaker 2: already and we wouldn't be having this conversation. Instead, the
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  Speaker 2: Chief Minister has pushed it back to a very dangerous
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  Speaker 2: time of the year. I know out here in Barry Springs, Katie,
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  Speaker 2: people are talking to us about how concerned they are
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  Speaker 2: about crack and night. Of course, we've got our exceptional
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  Speaker 2: volunteer fire brigades out in Virginia and bees Creek and
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  Speaker 2: Berry Springs who undoubtedly are going to be very very
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  Speaker 2: busy on twenty nine August. So it's going to be
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  Speaker 2: interesting to see what happens. I certainly hope that if
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  Speaker 2: the fieries you know, call it and it can't go ahead,
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  Speaker 2: that the government don't try and just trounce all over
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  Speaker 2: them like they do everybody else when they don't get
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  Speaker 2: their way. So it'd be interesting to see what happened.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm very fascinated to see exactly where it all lands.
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  Speaker 3: At the end of the day.
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to see anybody with their property on fire.
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  Speaker 1: I think that hopefully people are able to do things well,
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  Speaker 1: really very respondsibly. But I know that my understanding is
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  Speaker 1: that there are around five thousand pre orders for fireworks
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  Speaker 1: in you know some with some of those some of
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  Speaker 1: those retailers. What kind of impact do you think that
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  Speaker 1: it would have realistically for some of those retailers if
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  Speaker 1: it does get called off.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, enormous. I mean, people have obviously the retailers
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  Speaker 2: have purchased fireworks. Of course, you've got all the people
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  Speaker 2: who then will throw. The wholesalers have purchased fireworks. They're
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  Speaker 2: sitting on that stock. Of course, you've got all the retailers,
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  Speaker 2: you know, hoping to earn some money on that day.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it is a business opportunity for them. It's
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  Speaker 2: an opportunity for them to employ other Territorians and get
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  Speaker 2: our economy ticking over. So it's a you know, territory
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  Speaker 2: day and krack andighted. It's a wonderful thing that a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people enjoy, and sure some people absolutely hate it, Katie,
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  Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, what we've got
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  Speaker 2: is a situation where people would gear it up for
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  Speaker 2: one July. We could have just moved it a couple
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  Speaker 2: of days later, and we have it, and now we've
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  Speaker 2: created this huge issue two months later that undoubtedly there's
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  Speaker 2: going to be losers. You know, if they are terrible fires,
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  Speaker 2: it'll be the fieries and the homeowners and the property
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  Speaker 2: owners who suffer if it gets canceled. It's the people
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  Speaker 2: who've invested a lot of time and a lot of
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  Speaker 2: energy in getting ready to sell as fireworks. So gunners
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  Speaker 2: let everyone down on this one. Katie and I just
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  Speaker 2: hope that somehow it all worked out well.
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  Speaker 1: Lea fanocchi Ao. As always, thank you for your time
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  Speaker 1: this morning. We'll talk to you again soon.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Take care everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: That is Lea Fanocchiaro. They're the opposition leader.