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Gosling Spruiks NT Business In Canberra · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Joining us on the line live from Canberra, where Parliament
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  Speaker 1: is sitting this week. Labour's Member for Solomon Luke Gosling,
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  Speaker 1: Good morning, Luke, Good morning Katy Luke. Obviously, Parliament sitting
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  Speaker 1: this week and plenty on the agenda from your perspective, though,
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  Speaker 1: you spoke in the chamber earlier this week to sprook
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  Speaker 1: the Northern Territory and our industries.
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  Speaker 2: And well to encourage people to buy local.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, we're looking for all sorts of ways to
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  Speaker 3: increase our productivity and opportunities for our exporters in the
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  Speaker 3: territory in manufacturing increasingly, but also agriculture and are the industries.
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  Speaker 3: And I brought down some KP mangos to help tell
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  Speaker 3: the story and they were very much appreciated by colleagues
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  Speaker 3: from both sides of politics down here. Kadi.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's so important that we do try
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  Speaker 1: to engage locals in the territory as much as we can,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm pleased that it's being raised, you know, on
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  Speaker 1: that federal scale, because I guess from the perspective of
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  Speaker 1: the Northern Territory government obviously the procurement and that kind
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  Speaker 1: of thing really does edge towards making sure that we
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  Speaker 1: use local contractors, but sometimes with those bigger projects, it's
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  Speaker 1: not happening as much as we might like.
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  Speaker 3: And we've got to do it as much as we
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  Speaker 3: possibly can. We need to make sure that our small
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  Speaker 3: and medium businesses are healthy and growing and employing Territorians
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  Speaker 3: and that will happen if we all put a focus
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  Speaker 3: on it. And there's roles for every level of government.
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  Speaker 4: I'm bringing up Anthony Albanesi, the Federal Labor Leader, and
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  Speaker 4: also the Deputy Leader, Richard Marles two Darwin. Next week
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  Speaker 4: we're going to have a series of roundtables with industry
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  Speaker 4: about the challenges they're facing, but also what they want
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  Speaker 4: to see from future federal labor labor governments. I'm really
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  Speaker 4: looking forward to that. And the importance of the Australian
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  Speaker 4: industry content is one thing, but it's the local industry
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  Speaker 4: content that goes into whenever the federal government is spending
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  Speaker 4: money that's really important to the growth of our local
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  Speaker 4: economy and jobs for our kids.
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  Speaker 1: Well, i'll tell you what will be keen to catch
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  Speaker 1: up with Anthony Albanesi and Richard Miles, but I do
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  Speaker 1: want to ask is there much of an appetite. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: when you raise this in federal Parliament, is there much
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  Speaker 1: of an appetite from the Coalition to try to ensure
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  Speaker 1: that we are utilizing locals and.
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  Speaker 2: Trying our best.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I guess no matter what community they're working in,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's a territory or whether you're talking about regional Queensland,
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  Speaker 1: you want to really make sure that the businesses that
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  Speaker 1: are based in those areas are the ones that are
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  Speaker 1: being utilized.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, And I'm not being political, Katie, but I
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  Speaker 3: think we can be focusing on this a lot more.
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  Speaker 3: I think what COVID has shown us is that whether
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  Speaker 3: it be in trade, and I've been doing some policy
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  Speaker 3: work developing where i think we should be going with trade,
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  Speaker 3: which is strengthening what we do in Australia, not just
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  Speaker 3: importing everything. There are some noises from the federal government
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  Speaker 3: about it, but unfortunately a lot of the time I
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  Speaker 3: think it is just noise. It needs to be backed
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  Speaker 3: up with some firm commitments and it is an investment.
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  Speaker 3: It's an investment in the future. So I'm really pleased
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  Speaker 3: with how those discussions are going in Federal Labor and
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  Speaker 3: just look forward to getting more feedback from industry when
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  Speaker 3: we're on the ground next week. If we look at
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  Speaker 3: defense industries, for example, we did a lot of consultation
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  Speaker 3: with the master builders, with different companies that are part
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  Speaker 3: of the defense supply chain. In the lead up to
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  Speaker 3: the last election, we had a really good local procurement
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  Speaker 3: and Australian industry content policy. We're going to continue to
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  Speaker 3: consult and to develop that so that local businesses have
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  Speaker 3: got the best chance of winning that work, which is
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  Speaker 3: going to obviously be great for our our local economy,
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  Speaker 3: but great for our community, jobs for our kids, and
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  Speaker 3: that's what we're all about. We've also been talking about
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  Speaker 3: education and the price of UNI fees this week down
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  Speaker 3: in Canberra, and we want to make sure, particularly with
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  Speaker 3: more young kids out of work, that there are the
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  Speaker 3: opportunities there. And what I also do is I'm pushing
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  Speaker 3: an idea which is going to encourage kids. We've got
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  Speaker 3: Banawadu seasonal workers in the territory at the moment helping
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  Speaker 3: us with the mangoes. I think we should also be
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  Speaker 3: incentivizing our young kids to spend some time doing that
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  Speaker 3: sort of work because everyone tells us that they don't
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  Speaker 3: want to do that sort of work. But I think
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  Speaker 3: with the right incentives, we can actually get kids that
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  Speaker 3: may be going to UNI or what have you to
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  Speaker 3: actually engage in that type of work. And I think
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  Speaker 3: it's a good for them.
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  Speaker 1: So what kind of incentives do you reckon that we
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  Speaker 1: need to be offering to our young kids to get
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  Speaker 1: out there and do some of that work like picking mangoes.
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  Speaker 2: I think it'll be bloody good for them, you know, some.
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  Speaker 1: Of our ldren, and maybe a little bit softer than
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  Speaker 1: what they should be when they reach those teenage years
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  Speaker 1: and older.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it'll be some good hard work for them.
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  Speaker 3: What also opens their eyes to a variety of industries
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  Speaker 3: that are out there that they can get that they
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  Speaker 3: can find working. I mean, what we want to do
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  Speaker 3: is seriously invest in not only agriculture, but aquaculture and
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  Speaker 3: the whole range of industries that we have in the North.
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  Speaker 3: But have our kids getting in there and growing those industries.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, you can't go into the top level.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes you've got to get in there and do a
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  Speaker 3: bit of work on the ground, get your hands dirty,
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  Speaker 3: make some friends, work out in the sunshine, have a sweat,
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  Speaker 3: and just see what goes into running businesses and that
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  Speaker 3: will just hold our kids in good stead for the future.
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  Speaker 3: But I think it does need to be incentivized. And
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  Speaker 3: I've also as well as the Leader and Deputy Leader
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  Speaker 3: Elbow and Richard Males that are coming up next week.
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  Speaker 3: I've also got the Agriculture and Resources Minutes to come
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  Speaker 3: up because that's another massive boom area is in resources
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  Speaker 3: for the territory getting kids in there, but also making
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  Speaker 3: sure that we do everything we can to give our
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  Speaker 3: resources industries the opportunity they need, the infrastructure that they need,
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  Speaker 3: the opportunities and support that they need to grow.
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  Speaker 1: So Loke, when you talk about incentives, I mean, what
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  Speaker 1: are we talking. Do they need a bit of a
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  Speaker 1: do I know, how do we get them out there
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  Speaker 1: doing these types of jobs.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a good question, Katie, And part of the
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  Speaker 3: consultations next week is exactly about that. But just to
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  Speaker 3: invite any listeners there, whether you're a young person yourself
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  Speaker 3: or whether whether you're the parent of young kids, to
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  Speaker 3: give us some ideas. But obviously there is there can
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  Speaker 3: be financial incentives, Like I'd rather see a small, small,
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  Speaker 3: leish financial incentive go to a young person to take
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  Speaker 3: up work opportunities in the territory rather than rather than
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  Speaker 3: them being on a new start, for example. But there's
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  Speaker 3: also things that we can do with incentives in terms
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  Speaker 3: of subsidizing their bet training, their tape training, or their
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  Speaker 3: university degrees. They're just a couple of ideas, but there
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  Speaker 3: might be others that people have. But I think it's
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  Speaker 3: really important. I think we need to build the resilience
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  Speaker 3: of not only our young people, but of our supply chain.
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  Speaker 3: We need to be making more stuff in the territory
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  Speaker 3: and that'll bring more wealth into the territory. But I
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  Speaker 3: think it's going to also provide opportunities for people to
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  Speaker 3: come and visit the territory, do some work and put
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  Speaker 3: down routes.
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  Speaker 1: Well, look, Gosling, we are going to have to leave
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  Speaker 1: it there. But I like that idea. I think it's
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  Speaker 1: good for young people to get out there doing some
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  Speaker 1: of those jobs that you know that maybe a scene
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  Speaker 1: as being a little bit tougher. I think we've all
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  Speaker 1: got to kind of have a crack at at doing
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  Speaker 1: some of those jobs that are outdoors and a little
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  Speaker 1: bit harder. Certainly, you know, it makes us respect each
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  Speaker 1: other a little bit more, makes us respect those that
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  Speaker 1: are in trades and doing some of the really tough
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  Speaker 1: work that is the likes of mango farming for example.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and we're all in this together. We keep hearing that,
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  Speaker 3: but let's make it more than a slogan. Let's make
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  Speaker 3: sure that the opportunities are known and are there and
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  Speaker 3: if we do need to incentivize I'm working on a
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  Speaker 3: couple of things. I appreciate people's feedback and appreciate your
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  Speaker 3: time today, Okatie.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Louke. We'll talk to you again soon.
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  Speaker 3: Mate, and we'll line up Elbow and Miles for a
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  Speaker 3: chat with you next week.
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  Speaker 2: That'd be wonderful. Thank you, Louke. We'll talk to you then.