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Speaker 1: Territorians are being encouraged to wear blue and take a

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Speaker 1: stand against bullying today on Do It for Dolly Day.

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Speaker 1: The day honors the memory of Catherine schoolgirl Dolly Everett,

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Speaker 1: who was just fourteen when she tragically took her life

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Speaker 1: following relentless and sustained bullying. Now joining us on the

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Speaker 1: line is her wonderful dad Tick Everett. Good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Tick yod Katie. How are you really good mate?

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Speaker 1: Good to good to speak with you this morning. How

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Speaker 1: are you going today?

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Speaker 2: Very well mate. We're down at Beef Week actually in

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Speaker 2: Lockhampton today. Awesome. So it's crazy hectic here, but it's

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Speaker 2: absolutely amazing to see the support and everyone getting behind.

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Speaker 2: It's so good. So you're in rocky yeah, just you know,

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Speaker 2: something different for the day. I love it, mate.

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Speaker 1: What I love is like all of Australia has certainly

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Speaker 1: gotten behind Do It for Dolly Day, but regional Australia

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Speaker 1: Locke has absolutely embraced you guys.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is so good, Katie. I mean it is

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Speaker 2: very heart warming for the support that we get. You know,

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Speaker 2: we can't describe it, but I mean the sad part

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Speaker 2: about it is, you know why we need to do

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Speaker 2: this and why it is so big that's the devastating

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Speaker 2: part of it. But everything's got a flip side.

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Speaker 1: Now, tell me for those out there listening who don't

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Speaker 1: know a huge amount about do it for Dolly Day,

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Speaker 1: tell us what today is all about?

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Speaker 2: Made Today is just about celebrating kindness really. You know.

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Speaker 2: Obviously Dolly's fapercolor was blue, so we try and get

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Speaker 2: a bit of a theme behind everything, and blue is it.

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Speaker 2: But it's the start the conversation, you know, it's to

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Speaker 2: remind people to be kind, to remind people to look

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Speaker 2: out for each other, especially a younger kids. You know,

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Speaker 2: at school, there's nothing wrong with seending up for your

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Speaker 2: mates and making sure they're okay and checking in on them.

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Speaker 2: And today is just all about conversation and being kind.

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Speaker 1: Really, it's such a like it seems like such a

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Speaker 1: simple message, but it's such an important message.

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Speaker 2: It is it is, Katie. I mean, we've got so

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Speaker 2: many programs up and running now and it's all come

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Speaker 2: through you know, generous donations and sponsorship and raffles and

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Speaker 2: sausage sizzles and everything else that the community gets behind

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Speaker 2: us to do it. You know, it's amazing where it

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Speaker 2: started and how it's got to where it is in

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Speaker 2: such a short amount of time.

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Speaker 1: It truly is like it's it's absolutely phenomenal. And I

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Speaker 1: know that there's so many schools getting involved today. I

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Speaker 1: know one of my kids' schools are involved. I'd sent

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Speaker 1: my daughter to school with a splash of blue on

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Speaker 1: a blue ribbon in a hair, and I know lots

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Speaker 1: of others would have as well. Does it surprise you

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Speaker 1: or how does it kind of make you feel? I

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Speaker 1: guess when you when you think out of such tragedy,

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Speaker 1: you have just got so many Australians they're keen to

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Speaker 1: support you guys, and keen to remember your girl.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, like I said, Katie, it is very overwhelming.

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Speaker 2: But I mean there's probably no words that I can

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Speaker 2: think of anyway that you know that sort of summon up.

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Speaker 2: But I mean, just here at Rocky this week, we've

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Speaker 2: got a little stand and you know, a feel of

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Speaker 2: our team are here and just standing here talking to

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Speaker 2: parents and talking to dads and even a few kids.

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Speaker 2: You know, they're like, you know, we just want to

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Speaker 2: thank you so much. We googled where we have to

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Speaker 2: go and we found some help and you know, we've

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Speaker 2: helped my brother, I've helped my maid, or you know,

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Speaker 2: mums and dads have helped their children and has those

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Speaker 2: good stories that you know just make us get up

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Speaker 2: every day and keep doing what we're doing.

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Speaker 1: Really, yeah, honestly, the work you've done, I know. I

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Speaker 1: say it to you every year whenever I see you.

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Speaker 1: It is incredible. It's absolutely incredible what you and Kate

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Speaker 1: have done out of absolute heartbreak to be able to

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Speaker 1: continue on the way that you have. And and I

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Speaker 1: reckon Dollie'd be pretty pretty proud of her amazing parents.

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Speaker 2: I reckon she would. She must be half proud. Because

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Speaker 2: it was cold, miserable and rainy all day yesterday here

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Speaker 2: and Rocky, and it's quite a nice day today. So

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Speaker 2: the little bone bombshell turned it on for us again.

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Speaker 1: What a little legend. Oh mate, it's always good to

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Speaker 1: catch up with you. Pass on my love to Kate.

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Speaker 1: I hope you guys have a great day in Rocky,

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Speaker 1: And thank you so much for having a chat with

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Speaker 1: us today. And what an incredible, incredible cause, an incredible

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Speaker 1: thing you two have done.

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Speaker 2: It's good on you, Katie. We really appreciate it. And

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Speaker 2: thanks to all the community up there. We know everyone

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Speaker 2: in the MC. He's done such a great job and

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Speaker 2: we do, we do really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Good on your tick. Thank you, Thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thanks mate, thank you,