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Speaker 1: And well we usually catch up with him on a

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Speaker 1: to work. And joining me on the line right now

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Speaker 1: is Craig Garaway. Good morning to you, Craig.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Oh good to have you on the show. Craig. I

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Speaker 1: know that Saint John is really urging Australian paramedics to

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, we've been in a really great position at

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Speaker 2: the moment. We're recruiting forty five additional parameds over and

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Speaker 2: above our normal recruitment process over the next nine months.

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Speaker 2: The Northern Terrectory government's been fantastic in assisting us to

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Speaker 2: get on top of COVID and our recruiting issues. So

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Speaker 2: we're looking for people right around Australia to come and

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Speaker 2: experience the amazing opportunities in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: So how many paramedics or how many people are you

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Speaker 1: trying to trying to recruit.

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Speaker 2: Well, we're looking for forty five over the next nine months.

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Speaker 2: We've got four recruitment processes to go through, so we're

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Speaker 2: looking for qualified and graduate paramedics right across Australia to

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Speaker 2: come to Northern Territory and just experience that's different. So

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Speaker 2: it's a big campaign for us, one of the biggest

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Speaker 1: And I know, you know, quite often on this show

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, it is the unique environment and our paramedics

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Speaker 2: So we've got paramedics who have worked with us over

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Speaker 2: the years and have moved into state and we're hoping

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Speaker 2: a lot of these guys will move back, but they've

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Speaker 2: been snapped up by other ambulance services because we give

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Speaker 2: them such good experience and that unique experience, you know,

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Speaker 2: crocodile attacks, as you said, you know, buffalo's, you name it.

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Speaker 2: Our paramedics get to experience it all and the remoteness

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Speaker 1: And so Craig, how exactly are you trying to recruise

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Speaker 2: So we have a national campaign going at the moment,

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Speaker 2: we believe that we have something special that's going to

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Speaker 1: Is it kicked off yet, Craig, or when exactly is

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, we've started to kick it off. I believe

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Speaker 2: we did some advertising yesterday. We've obviously been online. Our

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Speaker 2: and give them an experience that they'll never forget.

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Speaker 1: Well, Craig, obviously talking about recruitment this morning, did anything

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Speaker 2: Of the only thing that's sort of happened overnight that's

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Speaker 2: our paramedics are out in about twenty four hours to day,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Craig Garaway, we always appreciate your time. We'll

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks Katie, and thank you for having us. And

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Speaker 1: Well, actually, is there anywhere where Let's say someone's listening

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Speaker 1: You know, they've got somebody who they know who might

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, get online onto our web page, jump on there,

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much for your time this morning, Craig.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you soon.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, take care, Ka, thank you.

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