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Speaker 1: Investigations are underway into the death of a toddler at

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Speaker 1: a rural childcare center. The two year old girl had

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Speaker 1: a serious medical incident, is what we are being told

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Speaker 1: at a Humpty Dow childcare center on Thursday. Now. She

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Speaker 1: died two days later at the Royal Dahen Hospital on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: It is every parent's worst nightmare and there is no

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Speaker 1: doubt that the community is very sad at this point.

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Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line is the local member

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Speaker 1: for Goiter, Kezier Puric. Good morning to you, Kezier.

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Speaker 2: Oh, good morning Katie Keezier.

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Speaker 1: As I said, it is an absolutely tragic situation. How

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Speaker 1: are people in the rural area going right now?

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Speaker 2: Well, it is definitely a tragic situation. I mean it's

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Speaker 2: the loss of a little girl, you know, just I'm

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Speaker 2: two years old. And there is no doubt that the

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Speaker 2: family and the friends and loved one, indeed, the whole

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Speaker 2: community is, particularly the childcare center. I just shocked and

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Speaker 2: they would be grieving. And what the hun to Do

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Speaker 2: community is a very nice, not necessarily close knit, but

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Speaker 2: when things go wrong and people need support, they come out.

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Speaker 2: And that's what's happening now, and no one knows what happened.

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Speaker 2: Apart from the fact, you know, the little life has

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Speaker 2: been lost, but everyone's sort of you know, taking them in,

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Speaker 2: wrapping them around, trying to give the support the best

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Speaker 2: they can, not only to the family of the little girl,

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Speaker 2: but also you know, the child care centers is a

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Speaker 2: very popular childcare center. You know, lots of kids, there

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Speaker 2: are lots of you know, what do you call them care?

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Speaker 2: Is that those kinds of people, and they're in shock

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Speaker 2: as well. And all I can do so my sympathies,

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Speaker 2: my devicipathies to the family and love to them. And

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Speaker 2: but people are rallying around them, kay, And that's good

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Speaker 2: and that's nice.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that is absolutely what you know, what

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Speaker 1: you'd find any community would do. But I know that

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Speaker 1: out in the rural area it is. It's something that

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Speaker 1: you know that I'm not surprised that they are doing, because,

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Speaker 1: as you said, it may not be sort of tightening

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Speaker 1: all the time, but when something really tragic like this happens,

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Speaker 1: that is when you see a community pull together.

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Speaker 2: That's right, People step up. You know, they're not necessarily

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Speaker 2: there every day in your face, you know, having copy

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Speaker 2: lunch every week whatever, but when something goes wrong, sadly

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Speaker 2: and tragically has in this situation. People just come out

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Speaker 2: of the wigords and want to offer a hand. Can

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Speaker 2: they do something? Can they give you something? You know,

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Speaker 2: can they try and to ease the pain a little bit?

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Speaker 2: And that's what's happened. And I don't know no one.

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Speaker 2: It's just a lot of life is just is just immeasurable,

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Speaker 2: you know, the pain that people must be feeling at

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Speaker 2: this point of time.

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Speaker 1: Kezia, We understand that the childcare center has continued to

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Speaker 1: operate under what must be really sad circumstances. It is

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Speaker 1: still open, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: Yes it is, Yes, I believe it is. Yeah, I

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Speaker 2: think I've got off with some sixty students or sixty

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Speaker 2: children sometimes, you know. It's from Little League obviously through

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Speaker 2: to whatever age. Children go to these kinds of centers

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Speaker 2: to pull their head off to transition, and they'll they'll

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Speaker 2: they'll try, because there's still all the other children that

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Speaker 2: have to be cared for and look after and little

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Speaker 2: learning lessons and things like that. So yeah, they'll continue,

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Speaker 2: and police will do their thing, and the medical people

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Speaker 2: will do anything. And I'm sure that the center itself,

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Speaker 2: they would have their own well, let's call it an

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Speaker 2: action plan. You know, what do we do for the

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Speaker 2: staff because the staff will need support too, Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 2: because I mean it's just horrendous something that happens like

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Speaker 2: that before your eyes. And I know the staff would

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Speaker 2: have all done the very best they could until the

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Speaker 2: ambulance people got there, so they too would need support

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Speaker 2: too from the community. And I'm pretty sure they're getting it.

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Speaker 1: Keys, Yeah, I know that. A Northern Territory Police spokesperson

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Speaker 1: did confirm to the media that they are investigating. Have

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Speaker 1: you heard any update on the situation at this point.

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Speaker 2: No, I haven't, Katy, other than a medical incident involving

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Speaker 2: the little girl, and I'm sure everyone tried their very

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Speaker 2: best to you know, to keep her going in life.

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Speaker 2: But family that didn't happen, and I don't know why,

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Speaker 2: and I guess we will never find out the family,

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Speaker 2: of course we'll find out, but our just hearts go

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Speaker 2: out to them and anything that they need from me

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Speaker 2: or my office for people they just got to just

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Speaker 2: got to touch base and I know the support will

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Speaker 2: be there for them.

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Speaker 1: Well, KESI e Purici sport on that, you know it is.

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Speaker 1: It's so very sad now. Thoughts and prayers go out

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Speaker 1: to that family and to everybody impacted. I really appreciate

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Speaker 1: you having a quick chat to us this morning. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: Thanks very much.