00:00Power and water in a budget black hole, but management vows the lights won't go out.
00:08With its primary supplier of gas running low, Power and Water Corporation will lose $15
00:14million this financial year as it's forced to buy more expensive gas from other companies.
00:20The Territory's three government-owned energy companies, fronting the last day of estimates
00:25on the same day Parliament meets to pass the budget.
00:28Today marks the last day of the 14th Assembly, and for three long-serving members, the end
00:34of their political careers.
00:36Labor's Nicole Manneson, once seen as heir apparent to the top job, dealing herself out,
00:42following her, Paul Kirby, and the longest-serving member of Parliament, independent Kezia Purick,
00:48after a colourful career.
00:50I think we'll all miss her, she always keeps us entertained a bit as well, Kezia.
00:55So I wish retiring members all the best for the future.
00:58The leaders now gearing up for a fight on the big issues.
01:03It's crime, it's always cost of living as well, and both of those things we've addressed
01:07through our budget process.
01:09We have an economy going backwards, crime is out of control, and cost of living is through
01:14the roof.
01:15This Parliament was voted in in August 2020, at a time dominated by coronavirus.
01:21Since then, it's had to deal with a number of key issues, including crime, integrity,
01:26and the gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Territorians.
01:30On August 24 this year, it will again be the turn of voters to decide just how well this
01:36Parliament performed.
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