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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now newly sworn in, Minister Jared Maylee hit the ground
running this week attending the Developing Northern Australia Forum in
Broom and he joins me in the studio right now.
Good morning, Minister.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Melee, Good morning Katie, Good morning listeners.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Very good to have you in this studio. And I'll
tell you what it sounds like. It's been a busy
week for you, your first week in the job.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Has it all going No, it's been a very busy
week and it's certainly a privilege to get here and
I'm really looking forward to going moving forward to the
next four years. I think the cop have given a
mandate to make the territory a safe place and that's
what we intend to do.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Now. What was on their agenda at this forum, at
the Developing Northern Australia Forum.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Well, there were a few things, but I think the
main ones was talking about trade and investment, migration, defense
and housing, which is all very relevant to the Northern
Territory and in fact right across the Northern charity. But
sorry at Northern Australia, but we're really focused on what
happened we can do here in the Northern territory and
we want to make the territory a place where it's
safe to start with, but you can do business.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
That's what we're really looking forward to doing.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
And there is like there's a lot of talk about
developing the North. There has been for at some time,
and in many northern locations there seems to be a
bit of movement. No doubt the Northern Territory has got
so much potential. I think that we all understand that,
but it feels like we're a bit stagnant right now.
I mean, aside from getting the crime under control, how
do you think we really get things moving? Well.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Look, this forum I went to in Brooin was a
perfect opportunity to speak face to faith with Madeline King,
the Federal Minister in relationshto developing the North and we
need them on board to help us because we are
only a small jurisdiction. We've got a small people and
we need the feeds to come in and back the
Northern Territory. And she was very receptive for some of
the things I spoke to about about our international students,
(01:38):
for example, saying we've got a brand new university opening soon,
we've got the we're in a great location.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Remember we are the gateway to Asia.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
There's a huge population an hour or so north of us,
and we really want to get those people to come
in to help us make the charity a great place
and help people.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Get employees, get employees and all those sorts of things.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
So and having her ear and telling her what some
of the challenges are.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Ben really really good, I thought.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
And an opportunity to build those relationships with the fairs,
which what we need to do.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, what about I mean when you look at our
resources as well, and the big you know, the headline
is always gas, but when you look at our resources again,
it sort of feels like we've been stagnant. I know
that there are different projects that are in the pipeline
for you know, one of a better word, but look,
with some of those, how do you think that we
(02:26):
we move from being a place where people are maybe
cautious to do business to getting back to being a
place where people really want to do business.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Well, I think crime is a big issue and I
think there's we've been given a mandate to fix that
and we're going to work hard to do that. And
I know the Chief Minister Leaf and Acio has been
out talking to the police, talking to the Police Association
to make a difference on the ground, because we want
people to come to the Northern Church and have a
good experience, and we want employers to bring their people here,
their employees to something, bring their families and go well, gee,
this is a great place.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
We've got a great lifestyle.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
So we can think that's a big issue and ultimately
things like our a fewer resources a project, we're not
only just digging stuff out of the ground, we're actually
going to process it in the Northern Territory.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
So the value add to that will.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Be significant right across the Northern Sharay, especially Alice Springs
in those areas to the southern half of the NT.
And this is going to bring employment, It's going to
bring money. It's going to bring all sorts of jobs
because remember you might not be a minor, but you
might be a hairdresser or a mechanic or just someone
working at coal's. That will all flow on because it'd
be more people and more money coming through the community
and through the Northern Charritory, which is what we need.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
When you're at that forum, like what's it like then
to hear other people's views that are in Northern Australia
that are holding pretty key roles, like what do they
think of the Northern Territory. Do they think that we're
a place that's untapped at this point or underutilized.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Well, look, they think the territory is a great place
and we're all going to work together because we all
know the minerals. For example, don't you just stop at
the border, they go underneath right across in North Australia
and obviously defenses that may issue. It's a very uncertain
time in the world at this particular time, so we
need to make sure that we are ready to protect
Australia and be a sovereign because we want to make
sure they're then think goes wrong, Australia will continue to
(04:02):
be a great.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Place to live and a safe place to live.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
So we need to work and working together with people
from all jurisdictions between Northern Territory, Western Australia and also
Queensland and of course the FEDS to come on board
to help us to back us. It's very important and
meaning yesterday was very helpful building those relationships and discussing
some of the issues which are relevant right across the
North of Australia.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
And I know when a government changes and when you
sort of go from having a federal labor government and
a territory labor government. Now the situation where we've got
a federal labor government and a COLP government. Are you
confident that you'll be able to work with the labor
government that's currently and to make sure that we really
do see the benefits for the end.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Look, I am extremely confident that we'll be able to
work with them, and they have got the best interests
of Australia in heart, in technically, and it doesn't really
matter where you come from and what party with it's
about protecting Australia and the people I spoke to all
had that interest at the front of mind, and I
think working together to make Australia, especially in the North
half Australia, a place to work, live and stay is
(05:02):
in front of mine for everybody.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Hey, Jared, you're looking forward to having the rest of
the team sworn in next week.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
I look really looking forward to that.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
We've got seventeen members of this stage and ultimately we've
got to wait for the declaration. I guess because we
saw yesterday the things change in the last minute, so
we can't count our chickens before they hatch. And but
you're certainly looking forward to having everyone up here next week.
I think the swearing is going to be on Tuesday,
getting the team and we hit the ground running.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
We've got a strong team.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
We've got a very diverse team, and they are very
very enthusiastic.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Any portfolios you're hoping for, Look.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
That's not a matter for me to discuss. That's a
matter for the Chief Minister. But look, she's been working
hard on that. She's been working hard with the with
Ken Davies to work out how that's.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Going to work.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
And I really look forward to dealing because r at
the moment, I think I've got twenty portfolios and that's
going to go down a little bit, and that's where
it should because we need to make sure we can
manage it and really do the best for the Northern Territory.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
And look, you've got.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Some pretty experienced people in terms of their personal you know,
their former professional careers coming in to the team. Big
an asset do you think that's going to be.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I think that real life experience and private enterprise experience
and also government experience we really cover the board in
relation to our new members, and they are going to
bring that experience into cabinet to be able to help
us shape and make laws to make the territory a
safer place and a better place.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Jarre, what do you make of the opposition announcing Selena
Ubo as their new leader? Good move?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Well, look, I think they've got very limited choices at
this stage and they find it going to find it
difficult because all their members are out in the bush.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
But I wish them all the best, and.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Because I think for the government to work well, we
need to have a strong opposition, There's no question about that.
So I wish them the best and I hopefully look
forward to working with them as we move forward over
the next few years.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Hey, what do you make of the fact that it's
looking as though Natasha Files isn't going to retain the
seat of Nightcliff. There is a recount set to get
underway today as I understand it, or tomorrow, But if
she loses the seat, it's going to go to the Greens,
who were third on primary votes. What do you think
of the situation?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Well, look, that's how democracy works.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
We've got the preferential system and just goes to show
that you can't take anything for grand in the Northern Territory.
You've got to get out there as a politician and
not only work in government, but also work you're electorate.
And I'm not sure it happened in Nightcliff because I
live completely the other side of the rural area and
I understand what happens out there. But it just goes
to show you can't take it for grand and you
need to keep working on the ground as a local
(07:20):
member and also as a person in parliament.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yeah, look, it's going to be interesting to see how
it all unfolds. But however you slice it, entice it.
It's going to make it really hard for the Labor
Party i think, to not have an urban seat.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Yes, it certainly.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
We will make it difficult because we've got most of
a population lives in Darwin. We've got a huge area
of the Northern Territory with a lot of people living
up here in Darwin, so it will make it difficult
for them. But look the colp we had two an
hour up to seven an hour up to seventeen, so
it hasn't It's not the kiss of death for them,
but they're going to have to work hard to get
back to any sort of level of community public relations
(07:55):
in the northern suburbs.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Jared, you know, one of the real issues I think
that the Labor Party had back in twenty sixteen. It
wasn't sort of initially, it wasn't initially a problem. They
came in with this really good will and people had
the good will behind them as well, but they became
what a lot of people saw as being quite arrogant
and stop listening to territorians. I mean, can you guarantee
(08:18):
that you guys aren't going to do the same, because
I reckon that's a worry for people. You know, they
hate it when politicians lose touch of reality.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
I think that is a massive lesson that everyone's got
to learn from this election.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
If you think that.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
You know what's best and now listen to people living
in the northern Church may't know where they live. I
think that the result of election this year shows that
you really going to listen and do your job as
a politician. Your job is to not only make laws
and make the charify a safer place, but listen to
your electric because that's where the source information, the source
documents come from to be able to make legislation that
benefits a majority of Territorians.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Well, Jeed Maylee Minister for twenty portfolios at this point
in time, but that'll get narrowed.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Down nights next week, yes it will.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Thank you very much for your time this morning, mate,
looking like it's probably going to be potentially our last
interview in this studio. Hopefully when I'm back on it
will be over in the new building.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Well hopefully the my microphone not going to fall off
like it's happening right now and one was holding it
up so fingers crossed.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Couldn't come soon enough.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Faye, Good on you, Jared, thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Thanks for your time this morning.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Thank you listeners.
Now newly sworn in, Minister Jared Maylee hit the ground
running this week attending the Developing Northern Australia Forum in
Broom and he joins me in the studio right now.
Good morning, Minister.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Melee, Good morning Katie, Good morning listeners.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Very good to have you in this studio. And I'll
tell you what it sounds like. It's been a busy
week for you, your first week in the job.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Has it all going No, it's been a very busy
week and it's certainly a privilege to get here and
I'm really looking forward to going moving forward to the
next four years. I think the cop have given a
mandate to make the territory a safe place and that's
what we intend to do.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Now. What was on their agenda at this forum, at
the Developing Northern Australia Forum.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Well, there were a few things, but I think the
main ones was talking about trade and investment, migration, defense
and housing, which is all very relevant to the Northern
Territory and in fact right across the Northern charity. But
sorry at Northern Australia, but we're really focused on what
happened we can do here in the Northern territory and
we want to make the territory a place where it's
safe to start with, but you can do business.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
That's what we're really looking forward to doing.
Speaker 1 (00:56):
And there is like there's a lot of talk about
developing the North. There has been for at some time,
and in many northern locations there seems to be a
bit of movement. No doubt the Northern Territory has got
so much potential. I think that we all understand that,
but it feels like we're a bit stagnant right now.
I mean, aside from getting the crime under control, how
do you think we really get things moving? Well.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Look, this forum I went to in Brooin was a
perfect opportunity to speak face to faith with Madeline King,
the Federal Minister in relationshto developing the North and we
need them on board to help us because we are
only a small jurisdiction. We've got a small people and
we need the feeds to come in and back the
Northern Territory. And she was very receptive for some of
the things I spoke to about about our international students,
(01:38):
for example, saying we've got a brand new university opening soon,
we've got the we're in a great location.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Remember we are the gateway to Asia.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
There's a huge population an hour or so north of us,
and we really want to get those people to come
in to help us make the charity a great place
and help people.
Speaker 3 (01:54):
Get employees, get employees and all those sorts of things.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
So and having her ear and telling her what some
of the challenges are.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Ben really really good, I thought.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
And an opportunity to build those relationships with the fairs,
which what we need to do.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah, what about I mean when you look at our
resources as well, and the big you know, the headline
is always gas, but when you look at our resources again,
it sort of feels like we've been stagnant. I know
that there are different projects that are in the pipeline
for you know, one of a better word, but look,
with some of those, how do you think that we
(02:26):
we move from being a place where people are maybe
cautious to do business to getting back to being a
place where people really want to do business.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Well, I think crime is a big issue and I
think there's we've been given a mandate to fix that
and we're going to work hard to do that. And
I know the Chief Minister Leaf and Acio has been
out talking to the police, talking to the Police Association
to make a difference on the ground, because we want
people to come to the Northern Church and have a
good experience, and we want employers to bring their people here,
their employees to something, bring their families and go well, gee,
this is a great place.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
We've got a great lifestyle.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
So we can think that's a big issue and ultimately
things like our a fewer resources a project, we're not
only just digging stuff out of the ground, we're actually
going to process it in the Northern Territory.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
So the value add to that will.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Be significant right across the Northern Sharay, especially Alice Springs
in those areas to the southern half of the NT.
And this is going to bring employment, It's going to
bring money. It's going to bring all sorts of jobs
because remember you might not be a minor, but you
might be a hairdresser or a mechanic or just someone
working at coal's. That will all flow on because it'd
be more people and more money coming through the community
and through the Northern Charritory, which is what we need.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
When you're at that forum, like what's it like then
to hear other people's views that are in Northern Australia
that are holding pretty key roles, like what do they
think of the Northern Territory. Do they think that we're
a place that's untapped at this point or underutilized.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Well, look, they think the territory is a great place
and we're all going to work together because we all
know the minerals. For example, don't you just stop at
the border, they go underneath right across in North Australia
and obviously defenses that may issue. It's a very uncertain
time in the world at this particular time, so we
need to make sure that we are ready to protect
Australia and be a sovereign because we want to make
sure they're then think goes wrong, Australia will continue to
(04:02):
be a great.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Place to live and a safe place to live.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
So we need to work and working together with people
from all jurisdictions between Northern Territory, Western Australia and also
Queensland and of course the FEDS to come on board
to help us to back us. It's very important and
meaning yesterday was very helpful building those relationships and discussing
some of the issues which are relevant right across the
North of Australia.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
And I know when a government changes and when you
sort of go from having a federal labor government and
a territory labor government. Now the situation where we've got
a federal labor government and a COLP government. Are you
confident that you'll be able to work with the labor
government that's currently and to make sure that we really
do see the benefits for the end.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
Look, I am extremely confident that we'll be able to
work with them, and they have got the best interests
of Australia in heart, in technically, and it doesn't really
matter where you come from and what party with it's
about protecting Australia and the people I spoke to all
had that interest at the front of mind, and I
think working together to make Australia, especially in the North
half Australia, a place to work, live and stay is
(05:02):
in front of mine for everybody.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
Hey, Jared, you're looking forward to having the rest of
the team sworn in next week.
Speaker 3 (05:07):
I look really looking forward to that.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
We've got seventeen members of this stage and ultimately we've
got to wait for the declaration. I guess because we
saw yesterday the things change in the last minute, so
we can't count our chickens before they hatch. And but
you're certainly looking forward to having everyone up here next week.
I think the swearing is going to be on Tuesday,
getting the team and we hit the ground running.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
We've got a strong team.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
We've got a very diverse team, and they are very
very enthusiastic.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Any portfolios you're hoping for, Look.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
That's not a matter for me to discuss. That's a
matter for the Chief Minister. But look, she's been working
hard on that. She's been working hard with the with
Ken Davies to work out how that's.
Speaker 3 (05:40):
Going to work.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
And I really look forward to dealing because r at
the moment, I think I've got twenty portfolios and that's
going to go down a little bit, and that's where
it should because we need to make sure we can
manage it and really do the best for the Northern Territory.
Speaker 3 (05:51):
And look, you've got.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
Some pretty experienced people in terms of their personal you know,
their former professional careers coming in to the team. Big
an asset do you think that's going to be.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
I think that real life experience and private enterprise experience
and also government experience we really cover the board in
relation to our new members, and they are going to
bring that experience into cabinet to be able to help
us shape and make laws to make the territory a
safer place and a better place.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Jarre, what do you make of the opposition announcing Selena
Ubo as their new leader? Good move?
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Well, look, I think they've got very limited choices at
this stage and they find it going to find it
difficult because all their members are out in the bush.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
But I wish them all the best, and.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Because I think for the government to work well, we
need to have a strong opposition, There's no question about that.
So I wish them the best and I hopefully look
forward to working with them as we move forward over
the next few years.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
Hey, what do you make of the fact that it's
looking as though Natasha Files isn't going to retain the
seat of Nightcliff. There is a recount set to get
underway today as I understand it, or tomorrow, But if
she loses the seat, it's going to go to the Greens,
who were third on primary votes. What do you think
of the situation?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Well, look, that's how democracy works.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
We've got the preferential system and just goes to show
that you can't take anything for grand in the Northern Territory.
You've got to get out there as a politician and
not only work in government, but also work you're electorate.
And I'm not sure it happened in Nightcliff because I
live completely the other side of the rural area and
I understand what happens out there. But it just goes
to show you can't take it for grand and you
need to keep working on the ground as a local
(07:20):
member and also as a person in parliament.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yeah, look, it's going to be interesting to see how
it all unfolds. But however you slice it, entice it.
It's going to make it really hard for the Labor
Party i think, to not have an urban seat.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
Yes, it certainly.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
We will make it difficult because we've got most of
a population lives in Darwin. We've got a huge area
of the Northern Territory with a lot of people living
up here in Darwin, so it will make it difficult
for them. But look the colp we had two an
hour up to seven an hour up to seventeen, so
it hasn't It's not the kiss of death for them,
but they're going to have to work hard to get
back to any sort of level of community public relations
(07:55):
in the northern suburbs.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Jared, you know, one of the real issues I think
that the Labor Party had back in twenty sixteen. It
wasn't sort of initially, it wasn't initially a problem. They
came in with this really good will and people had
the good will behind them as well, but they became
what a lot of people saw as being quite arrogant
and stop listening to territorians. I mean, can you guarantee
(08:18):
that you guys aren't going to do the same, because
I reckon that's a worry for people. You know, they
hate it when politicians lose touch of reality.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
I think that is a massive lesson that everyone's got
to learn from this election.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
If you think that.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
You know what's best and now listen to people living
in the northern Church may't know where they live. I
think that the result of election this year shows that
you really going to listen and do your job as
a politician. Your job is to not only make laws
and make the charify a safer place, but listen to
your electric because that's where the source information, the source
documents come from to be able to make legislation that
benefits a majority of Territorians.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Well, Jeed Maylee Minister for twenty portfolios at this point
in time, but that'll get narrowed.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Down nights next week, yes it will.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Thank you very much for your time this morning, mate,
looking like it's probably going to be potentially our last
interview in this studio. Hopefully when I'm back on it
will be over in the new building.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Well hopefully the my microphone not going to fall off
like it's happening right now and one was holding it
up so fingers crossed.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Couldn't come soon enough.
Speaker 3 (09:17):
Faye, Good on you, Jared, thank you.
Speaker 1 (09:20):
Thanks for your time this morning.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Thank you listeners.
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