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Speaker 1 (00:00):
There is a lot going on around the place this morning,
and there is certainly a huge amount making local news headlines.
And joining me in the studio is Kathleen Gazola. Good
morning to you cats, Good morning. Lots making headlines today
and certainly that terrible crash. Our news today is brought
to you by Motor Accidents Compensation. Have you moved to
(00:22):
the territory recently? You must change or update your registration
within three months. Get INTY registered today, No regio, no cover.
What should we know about cap Well?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yes. Leading the news is that horrific crash and Anti
Police has confirmed five people have been killed in the
horrific head on collision on the Stuart Highway, about two
kilometers south of the Marracai Road turnoff. The crash occurred
just before one pm yesterday, with both vehicles becoming engulfed
in flames, and despite the efforts of members of the
public to help, the occupants of both vehicles couldn't be saved.
(00:57):
After working throughout the night to identify those involved, it's
believed those killed was a sixty nine year old woman
in one car, while a twenty three year old man
and a thirty six year old man alongside a twenty
three year old woman and a thirty two year old
woman died in a Ford Ranger utility. Initial investigations have
indicated the Ford Ranger was traveling northbound and for reasons
(01:18):
yet to be determined, it crossed onto the wrong side
of the highway and collided head on with the Toyota
high A Span. Witnesses have reported the utility was traveling
at excessive speed and overtaking dangerously in the minutes before
the crash. Anyone who was in the area or saw
the vehicles or have dash cam footage is urged to
contact police.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Terrible, terrible stuff and a few messages coming through about
this incident. I will get to those in a little while.
What else should we know about kat Royal Flight?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Sorry? Royal Darwin's Hospital's emergency department waiting room went into
lockdown in the early hours of this morning. It's been
confirmed there was a mental health related incident with a
man safely apprehended. The Tea Police Commissioner has strongly rejected
claims made by Luke Gosling's lawyer there has been a
degree of politicization in the investigation against the Member for
(02:08):
Solomon mister Gosling is accused of intentionally elbowing and bumping
into the NT administrator David Conley at a community event
last month. The federal MP has vehemently denied the allegations
and plans to contest the charges, with his lawyer hitting
out at police following his arrest. Commissioner Martin Dole has
also refuted claims police didn't make several attempts to contact
(02:29):
the MP in the days beforehand, insisting investigation investigators did
make multiple attempts on multiple occasions to speak with mister Gosling.
It comes as the NT's DPP has referred the assault
case against mister Gosling to the Commonwealth DPP after identifying
a potential conflict of interest, according to the NT News.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
And Kathleen, I will be really interested to see. We
know that the Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Miles is in
Darwin today, so I'll be very interested to see if
he was indeed asked about this at the press conference
that was held a little bit earlier and what his
response was. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Absolutely, I think that's probably going to be the case
for any federal member that does come up here to
make any kind of announcements or media events, and especially
ahead of parliamentary sittings in Canberra kicking off again next week. Yeah,
I definitely don't think this is going away anytime.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
No, I don't think so either. And look, I know
that there are a number of big issues floating around
on the national stage, particularly you know with Chris Bowen's
comments about data centers and immigration issues. We know that
Tony Burke had canceled his National Press Club event earlier
in the week. So there's lots of big issues floating around.
But I have no doubt that you would think the
(03:41):
Coalition would be jumping on this as they did last week,
and certainly it'll be the first really that a lot
of people have heard from the Prime Minister, considering I
would assume that he's back from leave from next week
and wanting his response.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Yeah, absolutely, I think you're right.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
So we'll keep an eye on that. What else should
we know about.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
And the anti government Its plans to help support the
development of a hyperscale gas fueled data center has hit
a snag after the Federal Energy Minister vowed to use
legislation to enforce renewable national targets. Beterloo Energy has outlined
a plan to develop the new center, with the government
setting aside more than one hundred and eighty hectares at Widdell,
but mister Bowen told the National Press Club centers that
(04:20):
only use gas won't meet minimum standards and would be
stopped from going ahead. He said, while details will soon
be confirmed, companies would have to prove the source of renewables,
how much power they were offsetting, and that they would
have to have backup power as well. The NT News
reports Beaterloo Energy plans to use more than just gas
for the proposed project, highlighting the potential for solar generation
(04:43):
and battery storage. And just a little update from a
story who brought you yesterday about a missing twenty six
year old man oh Y Elice have confirmed late yesterday
obviously that he was found safe and well.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Good to hear, very good to hear. Cat a few
people firing up on the tech sign about that data
center issue.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, exactly. It's definitely a lot of that feel of
you know, the federal government going, well, if you don't
do what we tell you to do, we're going to
make you do it.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Yeah, but we won't give you any money at this
point in time, you know, to build a new hospital
or anything like that. But then where you can actually
assist us in terms of gas, we won't, you know,
we won't accept that. And for you trying to then
make your own way in terms of industry, we'll put
a spanner in your spokes on that as well. Now,
I get it, right, like I get it that people
(05:28):
are concerned about the use of gas and data centers
and AI I understand that. So I'm not pretending that
there's not another side to the discussion. But it royally
annoys me when the federal government steps in and tries
to tell us we cannot do things in the Northern Territory.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, I mean certainly I haven't hidden my frustration around
that for sure. On many many issues, and in this
particular instance, you know, we get accused of taking so
much GST money that then doesn't get used how the
GST is meant to be used. Well, this is an
instance of what we're trying to create our own source
revenue and downstream manufacturing and the use of gas that
(06:08):
we're trying to pull out of the ground to build
our own source revenue to then help with the major
issues that we have here. But then the federal government
comes in and puts a stop to it. Now, the
non territory is in a very unique position around the
energy grid. We're not connected to the national grid. We're
an island, so it's not taking in our own unique
positions in terms of we've got a huge uptake of
(06:30):
solar energy as it is, and then that's also then
destabilizing our own grid. So you know, they're trying to
take that opportunity but also not helping us stabilize our
grid to then use more solar.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah, let's describe your head in a lot of different ways.
And like, I get it. I get it that people
have concerns, and I did not even yesterday, and I
will take our listeners to it. After that, there was
a further unfolding situation with impacts, so I will sort
of take our listeners through that as well. I understand
that people have got concerns around the envince and I'm
certainly not disputing that, but again, I will say, it
(07:03):
really annoys me when the federal government tries to step
in on different issues in the Northern Territory. We elected
a government here in the Northern Territory to do their jobs.
You may not like every decision that you made, they make,
but then when we go to the ballot box every
four years is when we get to decide whether we
do or do not like the way the Northern Territory
is headed. But we have got a government here in
(07:25):
the Northern Territory that are there to do their job.
Let them do their job.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah, And it's an instance of where both levels of
government need to work together, regardless of what political stripes
you wear. If your ideally ideologies clash, you need to
find a way forward. And just because they don't agree
with how the Northern Territory government's going with it, they're like, well,
we'll force you to do it this way, and that's
just it's not how it should be. It should be
a cooperation and a negotiation.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Yeah. Absolutely, Well, Kathleen Gazola, thank you so much for
keeping us up to date with all things local news,
and we'll talk to you again a little bit later.
There is a lot going on around the place this morning,
and there is certainly a huge amount making local news headlines.
And joining me in the studio is Kathleen Gazola. Good
morning to you cats, Good morning. Lots making headlines today
and certainly that terrible crash. Our news today is brought
to you by Motor Accidents Compensation. Have you moved to
(00:22):
the territory recently? You must change or update your registration
within three months. Get INTY registered today, No regio, no cover.
What should we know about cap Well?
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Yes. Leading the news is that horrific crash and Anti
Police has confirmed five people have been killed in the
horrific head on collision on the Stuart Highway, about two
kilometers south of the Marracai Road turnoff. The crash occurred
just before one pm yesterday, with both vehicles becoming engulfed
in flames, and despite the efforts of members of the
public to help, the occupants of both vehicles couldn't be saved.
(00:57):
After working throughout the night to identify those involved, it's
believed those killed was a sixty nine year old woman
in one car, while a twenty three year old man
and a thirty six year old man alongside a twenty
three year old woman and a thirty two year old
woman died in a Ford Ranger utility. Initial investigations have
indicated the Ford Ranger was traveling northbound and for reasons
(01:18):
yet to be determined, it crossed onto the wrong side
of the highway and collided head on with the Toyota
high A Span. Witnesses have reported the utility was traveling
at excessive speed and overtaking dangerously in the minutes before
the crash. Anyone who was in the area or saw
the vehicles or have dash cam footage is urged to
contact police.
Speaker 1 (01:39):
Terrible, terrible stuff and a few messages coming through about
this incident. I will get to those in a little while.
What else should we know about kat Royal Flight?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Sorry? Royal Darwin's Hospital's emergency department waiting room went into
lockdown in the early hours of this morning. It's been
confirmed there was a mental health related incident with a
man safely apprehended. The Tea Police Commissioner has strongly rejected
claims made by Luke Gosling's lawyer there has been a
degree of politicization in the investigation against the Member for
(02:08):
Solomon mister Gosling is accused of intentionally elbowing and bumping
into the NT administrator David Conley at a community event
last month. The federal MP has vehemently denied the allegations
and plans to contest the charges, with his lawyer hitting
out at police following his arrest. Commissioner Martin Dole has
also refuted claims police didn't make several attempts to contact
(02:29):
the MP in the days beforehand, insisting investigation investigators did
make multiple attempts on multiple occasions to speak with mister Gosling.
It comes as the NT's DPP has referred the assault
case against mister Gosling to the Commonwealth DPP after identifying
a potential conflict of interest, according to the NT News.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
And Kathleen, I will be really interested to see. We
know that the Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Miles is in
Darwin today, so I'll be very interested to see if
he was indeed asked about this at the press conference
that was held a little bit earlier and what his
response was. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Absolutely, I think that's probably going to be the case
for any federal member that does come up here to
make any kind of announcements or media events, and especially
ahead of parliamentary sittings in Canberra kicking off again next week. Yeah,
I definitely don't think this is going away anytime.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
No, I don't think so either. And look, I know
that there are a number of big issues floating around
on the national stage, particularly you know with Chris Bowen's
comments about data centers and immigration issues. We know that
Tony Burke had canceled his National Press Club event earlier
in the week. So there's lots of big issues floating around.
But I have no doubt that you would think the
(03:41):
Coalition would be jumping on this as they did last week,
and certainly it'll be the first really that a lot
of people have heard from the Prime Minister, considering I
would assume that he's back from leave from next week
and wanting his response.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Yeah, absolutely, I think you're right.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
So we'll keep an eye on that. What else should
we know about.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
And the anti government Its plans to help support the
development of a hyperscale gas fueled data center has hit
a snag after the Federal Energy Minister vowed to use
legislation to enforce renewable national targets. Beterloo Energy has outlined
a plan to develop the new center, with the government
setting aside more than one hundred and eighty hectares at Widdell,
but mister Bowen told the National Press Club centers that
(04:20):
only use gas won't meet minimum standards and would be
stopped from going ahead. He said, while details will soon
be confirmed, companies would have to prove the source of renewables,
how much power they were offsetting, and that they would
have to have backup power as well. The NT News
reports Beaterloo Energy plans to use more than just gas
for the proposed project, highlighting the potential for solar generation
(04:43):
and battery storage. And just a little update from a
story who brought you yesterday about a missing twenty six
year old man oh Y Elice have confirmed late yesterday
obviously that he was found safe and well.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Good to hear, very good to hear. Cat a few
people firing up on the tech sign about that data
center issue.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Yeah, exactly. It's definitely a lot of that feel of
you know, the federal government going, well, if you don't
do what we tell you to do, we're going to
make you do it.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Yeah, but we won't give you any money at this
point in time, you know, to build a new hospital
or anything like that. But then where you can actually
assist us in terms of gas, we won't, you know,
we won't accept that. And for you trying to then
make your own way in terms of industry, we'll put
a spanner in your spokes on that as well. Now,
I get it, right, like I get it that people
(05:28):
are concerned about the use of gas and data centers
and AI I understand that. So I'm not pretending that
there's not another side to the discussion. But it royally
annoys me when the federal government steps in and tries
to tell us we cannot do things in the Northern Territory.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Yeah, I mean certainly I haven't hidden my frustration around
that for sure. On many many issues, and in this
particular instance, you know, we get accused of taking so
much GST money that then doesn't get used how the
GST is meant to be used. Well, this is an
instance of what we're trying to create our own source
revenue and downstream manufacturing and the use of gas that
(06:08):
we're trying to pull out of the ground to build
our own source revenue to then help with the major
issues that we have here. But then the federal government
comes in and puts a stop to it. Now, the
non territory is in a very unique position around the
energy grid. We're not connected to the national grid. We're
an island, so it's not taking in our own unique
positions in terms of we've got a huge uptake of
(06:30):
solar energy as it is, and then that's also then
destabilizing our own grid. So you know, they're trying to
take that opportunity but also not helping us stabilize our
grid to then use more solar.
Speaker 1 (06:42):
Yeah, let's describe your head in a lot of different ways.
And like, I get it. I get it that people
have concerns, and I did not even yesterday, and I
will take our listeners to it. After that, there was
a further unfolding situation with impacts, so I will sort
of take our listeners through that as well. I understand
that people have got concerns around the envince and I'm
certainly not disputing that, but again, I will say, it
(07:03):
really annoys me when the federal government tries to step
in on different issues in the Northern Territory. We elected
a government here in the Northern Territory to do their jobs.
You may not like every decision that you made, they make,
but then when we go to the ballot box every
four years is when we get to decide whether we
do or do not like the way the Northern Territory
is headed. But we have got a government here in
(07:25):
the Northern Territory that are there to do their job.
Let them do their job.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
Yeah, And it's an instance of where both levels of
government need to work together, regardless of what political stripes
you wear. If your ideally ideologies clash, you need to
find a way forward. And just because they don't agree
with how the Northern Territory government's going with it, they're like, well,
we'll force you to do it this way, and that's
just it's not how it should be. It should be
a cooperation and a negotiation.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Yeah. Absolutely, Well, Kathleen Gazola, thank you so much for
keeping us up to date with all things local news,
and we'll talk to you again a little bit later.
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