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Speaker 1: Now on Friday, you'll recall we caught up with a

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Speaker 1: Cyclone Tracy survivor and admin from the Cyclone Tracy Survivors Group,

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Speaker 1: Robin Cooper rad King. Now Robin joins me on the

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Speaker 1: line again this morning. Good morning to you, Robin.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. How are you today?

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Speaker 3: Not too bad now, Robin? How are you?

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Speaker 1: And what's been the reaction from the Cyclone Tracy Survivors

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Speaker 1: Group Following on from the interview on the show yesterday

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Speaker 1: with the Lord Mayor convat Scalas.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well, as you can imagine, Steady rolled up yesterday,

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Speaker 2: as was everybody. Look, I don't any have words to

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Speaker 2: describe what he said. You know, it was basically a

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Speaker 2: personal attack on any Scotland Tracy survivor the way he spoke,

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Speaker 2: just with fact, you name it. There's been a lot

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Speaker 2: of comic tree since, but it's very mindful commic tree.

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Speaker 2: It's not the log a tree. People are very upset

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Speaker 2: where now no people who were planning to come back

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Speaker 2: and out stating that they don't want to come back

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Speaker 2: for the fifty years. So this is having a major

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Speaker 2: whipple effect. I personally felt very attacked by his response

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Speaker 2: yesterday and I'd just like to clear up one allegation,

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Speaker 2: did they, which was being him being targeted personally on

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Speaker 2: social media. I very heavily moderated all posts and comments

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Speaker 2: within such fun Tracy Survivors, and he was not in

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Speaker 2: any way shaff for personally attacked. There was another Facebook page,

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Speaker 2: so I read those comments were pretty bad, but not

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Speaker 2: within sight front Tracy Survivors. Everybody has teps of pretty

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Speaker 2: you know, mindfully polite, and.

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Speaker 1: From my understanding, you guys try to keep that group

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Speaker 1: to Tracy Survivors as well.

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Speaker 3: Even myself.

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Speaker 1: I'd thought, oh, I might try and join so I

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Speaker 1: can get a better understanding of how you guys are feeling,

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Speaker 1: But you know, respectfully so, and I'm totally fine with it.

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Speaker 1: You actually do really try to keep it just to

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Speaker 1: cyclone Tracy Survivors, which I think is absolutely fair enough

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Speaker 1: that you guys are able to get on there and

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Speaker 1: share your experiences in what you feel is a safe place.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it's very important and a lot to Godfrey who

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Speaker 2: originally started this group, as he explained in the lead

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Speaker 2: up to the fiftieth we've now got a lot of

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Speaker 2: other people that are very interested in the group being

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Speaker 2: they may have served in the forces, they helped with

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Speaker 2: the Builder rebuilt. Sorry, so you know we've allowed those

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Speaker 2: to now come in. And also we've got families of

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Speaker 2: survivors who have since passed away. They want to come

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Speaker 2: in and learn more about it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Robin, he was, Yeah, but you go.

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Speaker 2: I know that he was removed from my group, Yester.

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Speaker 2: I removed him purely for the sense that I did

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Speaker 2: not want any further allegations being brought against Cyproon Tracy survivors.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's fair enough. I think that's fair enough.

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Speaker 1: Now, Robin, tell me in terms of you know, what

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Speaker 1: he had said about the Connecticut work at Bundela Beach

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Speaker 1: not being linked to Cyclone Tracy. We've received quite a

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Speaker 1: bit of feedback from this. We've been sent by numerous

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Speaker 1: Cyclone Tracy survivors the press release that have gone out

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Speaker 1: from the Prime Minister's office earlier this year in conjunction

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Speaker 1: with the Chief Minister, Eva Lawler.

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Speaker 3: A lot of people just not buying that at this point.

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Speaker 2: No, and after he spoke yesterday, he has obviously clearly

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Speaker 2: removed himself from any link on Tracy. It doesn't resonated

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Speaker 2: in any way shape or form now was startling Tracy,

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Speaker 2: as he has explained, so a lot of people are

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Speaker 2: now questioning as to what He's or balancity councils received

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Speaker 2: single grant foots.

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Speaker 1: Robin, I reckon probably, and correct me if I'm wrong,

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Speaker 1: But I feel like probably the biggest question being asked

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Speaker 1: now by survivors, by all territory ends who actually really

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Speaker 1: respectfully want to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary this year, where

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Speaker 1: to from here?

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Speaker 3: How can we find a common ground?

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Speaker 1: Do you think that that money that's been earmarked for

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Speaker 1: Bundela Beach for the public artwork realistically needs to be

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Speaker 1: invested in the memorial at East Point?

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Speaker 2: Yes, I do, and I'll give it an examples. One

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Speaker 2: person commented yesterday, if the funding was available, each point

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Speaker 2: could look at planting sixty six trees because the actual

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Speaker 2: official death toll of sixty six or seventy one, right,

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Speaker 2: sixty six trees would be planned it up therefore you

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Speaker 2: remember it, so it would be beautiful. So yeah, I

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Speaker 2: think nobody's going to associate until the beach with such

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Speaker 2: on Tracy. Now it's pretty tarnished, and all survivors, people

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Speaker 2: who are involved with Tracy help us rebuild the Australian public.

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Speaker 2: There's a nice place to be able to go and remember,

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Speaker 2: and it needs to said the other day needs to

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Speaker 2: be peaceful, tranquil, someone where we can collaborate and we

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Speaker 2: can gory the least point would be perfect.

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Speaker 1: Look, I really hope that you know that the Council

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Speaker 1: is listening. I hope that the government's listening because from

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Speaker 1: what I read from that pressure base as well is

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Speaker 1: that this is federal funding. It's then been passed on

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Speaker 1: to the Northern Territory government to administer. So I think

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Speaker 1: that the reality of this is that you know, surely

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Speaker 1: there's some common sense that can be found.

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Speaker 2: I was acting the other date. One of my favorite

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Speaker 2: things is common sense doesn't row in the garden, but

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Speaker 2: it's out there now. It's a problem that's not going

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Speaker 2: to go away. And look, if I make a mistake

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Speaker 2: in my life, I'll stand up in the mid it.

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Speaker 2: I'll own it, and then I will rectify. I'll fix it.

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Speaker 2: You know. But Kelener listened to the man yesterday, be

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Speaker 2: little and come up. What he said was just a farsticle.

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Speaker 1: Well, Robin, look, I appreciate you having another chat with

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Speaker 1: us this morning.

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Speaker 3: We are going to catch up.

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Speaker 1: With another cyclone Tracy survivor in just a moment as well.

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Speaker 1: Please keep me up to date, keep me in the

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Speaker 1: loop with what he going on, and and I appreciate

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Speaker 1: your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: No worries, Katie, thanks to meat Day.

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Speaker 3: Any time here. Well, well, it's beautiful weather here at

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Speaker 3: the moment. We've got some glorious weather today, Robin.

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Speaker 2: Oh, well, I've been looking forward to that in December,

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Speaker 2: but raying the sun's just come out. Oh good, good, good.

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Speaker 3: I hope it is a good sign. Robin. Thank you.

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Speaker 3: Good to talk to you. I appreciate it. Thanks so much.