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Speaker 1: Now we talk a lot on this show about the

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Speaker 1: issues around the Northern Territory with crime, and we know

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Speaker 1: that there is going to be a bit of a

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Speaker 1: meeting as I understand it, this evening, and yeah, joining

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Speaker 1: little bit more about what is going on. It is

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Speaker 1: Shelley Lay from Zicicole, IgA Good Barding.

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Speaker 2: Shelley, Hi, Katie, how are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Really good, So great to have you in the

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Speaker 1: studio now. I know you've well, there's a bit of

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Speaker 1: a crime meeting that's going to be happening out in

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Speaker 1: the Palmerston area out in Zicicola, isn't there.

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Speaker 2: Yes, we do have our community safety meeting on this

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Speaker 2: afternoon five to six pm. It's our first for the year.

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Speaker 2: We did a couple of these last year, but due

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Speaker 2: to the community's request, we've initiated that again this year.

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Speaker 1: So what exactly can people expect for the one this evening.

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Speaker 2: So we've got the anti police in attendance, people from

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Speaker 2: victims of crime, and we'll also have neighborhood watching tea

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Speaker 2: in attendance, and really our main focus there is to

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Speaker 2: get our community together, give them an option to be

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Speaker 2: able to talk to these organizations to voice their concerns

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Speaker 2: and you know what, really just to get to know

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Speaker 2: their neighbors and other people within their community, just to

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Speaker 2: make them feel safe, exchange telephone numbers, even just getting

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Speaker 2: back to basics.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon, that's a good idea of knowing your

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Speaker 1: eye out for each other again, like have that community spiritus, you.

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Speaker 2: Know exactly, And look, we all know that we're on

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Speaker 2: Facebook and there's lots of different community sort of suburb

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Speaker 2: groups happening. But you could put there somebody walking down

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Speaker 2: your street and the people who are seeing that could

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Speaker 2: be five streets away. So if you could just send

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Speaker 2: them neighbor a text and say just hey, look out

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Speaker 2: for this and that. So we really just want to

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Speaker 2: get back to those basics and get people to know

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Speaker 2: each other.

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Speaker 1: Shelly, have you found like when last year when you

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Speaker 1: were having these meetings, did you have a lot of

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Speaker 1: people attending or was there what were the numbers?

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Speaker 2: Like, yeah, look, last year we actually sort of made

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Speaker 2: it more of a Zacholi meeting, but this time, due

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Speaker 2: to the requests, we've made it more for surrounding suburbs

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Speaker 2: and anybody who who lives in you know, around the

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Speaker 2: Colleague and the surrounding you know, Johnston and Gunn and

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Speaker 2: Bakewell and all of those suburbs. They're more than welcome

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Speaker 2: to get involved. Because the more people that get to

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Speaker 2: know each other we get this message across, I think,

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Speaker 2: the better outcome we're going to see.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, right, so you've actually had to expand it a bit. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's a good effect, you know.

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Speaker 2: Look, and I'm all for getting to know more people myself,

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Speaker 2: you know, and getting to know those within our community.

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Speaker 2: And we've already had some people come into the shop

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Speaker 2: who are just quite upset due to some break ins

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Speaker 2: that they've experienced, and they just they want to have

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Speaker 2: Sometimes even talking about their experience with other people is

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Speaker 2: quite therapeutic and to know that they're not alone. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And so it's a situation here as well where it's

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Speaker 1: about sort of meeting your neighbors, meeting those that are

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Speaker 1: around you, having that you know, community spirit, and keeping

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Speaker 1: an eye out for each other. But also hearing from

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Speaker 1: the police, hearing from victims of crime, and did you

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Speaker 1: say neighborhood watch as.

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Speaker 2: Well, neighborhood Watch is coming as well. Because of our

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Speaker 2: meetings that did start last year. They did ask me

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Speaker 2: to get on the board of Neighborhood Watch and T. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: so we did. Neighborhood Watch ANDT do some amazing things

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Speaker 2: and it's obviously something that we need to get across

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Speaker 2: to people before they are breaking occurs, and it's a

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Speaker 2: proactive approach. So Neighborhood Watch and T has different apps

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Speaker 2: in place to help people record their valuables. Should be

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Speaker 2: unthinkable happen and they get robbed, then they've already got

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Speaker 2: a list of their items there. So getting having Neighborhood

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Speaker 2: Watch and T there is a great sort of preventative

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Speaker 2: to talk about different strategies and tactics we can do

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Speaker 1: So, Shelley, did you join the board? Did you end

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Speaker 1: up join the board Neighborhood Watch. Yes, you want something done,

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Speaker 1: you ask a busy person, don't God, I know.

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Speaker 2: I know, but you know I'm passionate about helping people

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Speaker 2: and I couldn't say no. And if it meant that

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Speaker 2: I could bring information even back to my Zicicolean's I

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Speaker 2: was more than happy to do that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, good on you. I like that you know, it's

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Speaker 1: not just about talking about these things, it's you know,

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Speaker 1: being part of it as well and trying to find

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Speaker 1: those solutions and help other people. Yet, definitely, Shelly, how

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Speaker 1: have things been going for you guys? Because we have

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Speaker 1: been talking a little bit this morning about some of

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Speaker 1: the threatening situations that people have been in bottle shops.

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Speaker 1: I've been sent some vision over recent days of well

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Speaker 1: out in Palmerston of some very threatening behavior people with

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Speaker 1: like large polls and things like that. How have things

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, we haven't had anythink of that of late.

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Speaker 2: I must say, thank goodness. I heard that earlier on

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Speaker 2: the show as well. And to think that that is

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Speaker 2: happening is incredibly scary because people who are working in

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Speaker 2: the bottle shops and in shops are just normal people

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Speaker 2: that they don't have a weapon, they can't protect themselves.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, what's their motive? They just want the alcohol?

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that really concerns me. And I haven't seen

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Speaker 2: that footage, but I can only imagine if they've got

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, it's frightening Stelf. And this is the thing,

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Speaker 1: you know, you don't want, you don't want anybody to

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Speaker 1: be put in that kind of dangerous situation in any way,

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Speaker 2: It's not worth it, no, you know. And as much

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Speaker 2: as it upsets us and it's and it's a personal

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Speaker 2: attack when it's your shop and that people are stealing

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Speaker 2: from you, you can take it quite personally, but it's

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Speaker 2: never ever worth anyone's life or injury.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right now, Shelley. Where can people? Where do

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Speaker 1: people need to go if they want to come along

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Speaker 1: to the community safety meeting this evening.

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Speaker 2: So we've got it just in front of the IgA

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Speaker 2: and Z a coolie five till six tonight. Everyone's welcome.

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Speaker 2: I'll have some nibolies there for anyone who's a bit

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Speaker 2: hungry on the way from home from work. And yeah,

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Speaker 2: just love to see anyone who's free and really just

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Speaker 2: get to know your neighbor.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, good stuff. I think it's a really good thing

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Speaker 1: to do. Get to know your neighbor, look after each other,

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Speaker 1: and also find out a little bit more about ways

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Speaker 1: that you can sort of protect yourself. I guess a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, Yeah, Shelley.

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Speaker 1: Always lovely to catch up with you. Thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for your time this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thank you