1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: Now, as I discussed throughout the week, that was this morning. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: At about two pm. Earlier this week, an eighty five 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: year old woman, a mom, a grandma, a great grandma, 4 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: went to a very popular and public venue in the 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 1: community to meet a friend for coffee. 6 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: Now, when she was. 7 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: Getting out of her car, she was thrown to the 8 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: ground and mugged by three girls, one teenager as I 9 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: understand it, and two minus. Now joining me on the 10 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 1: line is her daughter, Poppy Palitas. Good morning to you, Poppy, 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,880 Speaker 1: Good morning Katie, Poppy. 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 2: What happened on Wednesday? 13 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 3: Well, Wednesdays started off as a beautiful day because it 14 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 3: was Saint Nicholas and it's a big name day for 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 3: the Greek Orthodox YEP. And we went to church and 16 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 3: Mum then went had and a haircut, feeling fantastic, and 17 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 3: then she was going to go and have coffee with 18 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 3: some friends at the night of Sports club and she 19 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 3: was meeting them there. I probably left her for ten minutes. 20 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,959 Speaker 3: And she wants to be independent, Katie, and I don't 21 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 3: want to take that away from her. So she drives 22 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 3: within the community because we live in Nightclift YEP. She's 23 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 3: still a good driver. She's been tested, she's fine to drive, 24 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 3: so we let her go to close their years, you know, 25 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 3: because it was part of her independence and it's hard 26 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 3: to take that away from us. Yep. So she's got 27 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 3: out of her car. She said she was putting her 28 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 3: keys in her handbag and that's all she knew. Next 29 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 3: minute she's on ground. Somebody's come to help her pick 30 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:34,840 Speaker 3: her up, and the fella that helped her there was 31 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 3: another man pulled up and they helped her and took 32 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 3: her inside. She couldn't ring me because they'd taken her phone. 33 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 3: She explained where I lived, and being longtime Nightclift people, 34 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 3: I think a lot of people because we ran the 35 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 3: supermarket for thirty five years, a lot of people knew us, 36 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 3: and the chicks knew us and knew where I lived. 37 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 3: And he came and was rattling my gate because we've 38 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 3: had her all sorts of security and tell me, your 39 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 3: mum's been robbed. You need to come to the club 40 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 3: straight away. She's really in it. So i'm myself. I 41 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 3: found this woman who's a trooper normally a tough girl, shaking. 42 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 4: Like a baby. Yeah, it's the most disgusting thing I 43 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 4: have ever ever seen. King to watch listen to god. 44 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 4: I'm sorry, but it is such a raw, raw anger 45 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 4: that I can't explain it. I just don't get those 46 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 4: bills and give them the flogging of their life, because 47 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 4: how dare they do that to my mother? 48 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 2: I am so sorry that this has happened to your mum. 49 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 1: I like I'm I'm in tears listening to you. 50 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 2: I was in tears when I read you. 51 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 3: It is not just my this is happening every day. 52 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 3: When it took her to her lunch the next day 53 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 3: that she wanted to go to, there were ten other 54 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 3: women in us. Please be careful, this is what's happened 55 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 3: to mom. She's Oh, I had a girl snatch my 56 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 3: bag in the shop. I was putting shopping in the 57 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 3: car and they took my grossy. Where do I run to? 58 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 3: Who do I call? I don't know who they are. 59 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 3: Half of them don't even report this because you know what, 60 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 3: They're all underage, most of them, and they can get 61 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 3: away with it. And then how do you describe them? 62 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:31,679 Speaker 3: These people are afraid. 63 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 4: It's not a joke. 64 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 3: In look, every politician has a mother. Just put yourself 65 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 3: in my shoes for a minute. I wouldn't wish this 66 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 3: on anybody. It's the most discussing thing. I had to 67 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 3: wake my mum every two hours in the night to 68 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 3: see if she had a head bleep. For God's sake, 69 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 3: we don't know if this is triggered a mini stroke. 70 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 3: How the hell do we know what is going to 71 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 3: happen to her? She's lucky, shouldn't break a hip. So 72 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 3: many things could have gone so horribly wrong. And what 73 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 3: happens to these shitheads? Oh two can taken home. I 74 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 3: didn't even get a strap on the wrist. The nineteen 75 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 3: year old was going to be charged, but apparently it's 76 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 3: only her first defense from what I've heard, but she 77 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 3: might let off. How wrong is that? 78 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 2: It is so wrong? 79 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 3: Her cards to the BWS, I was so quick to 80 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:20,120 Speaker 3: go off and buy alcohol, so you're prepared to kill 81 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 3: my mother nearly so you could go and buy yourself 82 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 3: some alcohol. And it was lucky that the guy at 83 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 3: the shop looked at the card and it was my 84 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 3: mother's business card, because we've got a nominee's business yep. 85 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 3: And they said, well, this doesn't look like the name 86 00:04:34,839 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 3: that's on it, and he searched the name on Facebook 87 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 3: and one of my cousins is named after my dad. 88 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 3: And they looked at that and looked at and they 89 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 3: contacted him and said, mate, have you lost something? Have 90 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 3: you lost some cards? Gasana, it's not my card, it's 91 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 3: probably my uncle's, my cousins. And that's how they stopped 92 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 3: them from buying alcohol. 93 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 2: How is your mom today? 94 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 3: She's quiet, she's not her normal self. She's broken inside. 95 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 3: She's traumatized. Now, you know, none of us are even 96 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 3: going to let her go anywhere on her own. We're 97 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 3: going to have to escort her. And that's taking away 98 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 3: her independence. She was the most independent woman you've ever 99 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 3: met her, and. 100 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 2: She deserves to be She deserves to be independent. Your 101 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 2: mom has to be well. 102 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: Your mom is eighty five and she has lived here 103 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 1: since when Poppy. 104 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,119 Speaker 3: Nineteen fifty nine. She was actually you know, she came here. 105 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:29,280 Speaker 3: She hardly knew my dad. They got married, they had 106 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 3: the best life. They built such a business. We had 107 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 3: the Errates of the Michael for thirty five years. We 108 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 3: met and still know so many people from that. She's 109 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 3: such a well known person in the community. She can 110 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 3: go anywhere and people know her, and she chats to everybody. 111 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 3: She's just she was just so out there, you know, 112 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 3: and now we have a completely different person happening right 113 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 3: in front of our eyes because somebody violated her so badly. 114 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 4: Oh there they Poppy. 115 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 1: Please tell your mom that she has this thought of 116 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: the entire community behind her. 117 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 3: I know. And we've been in on dated and it's 118 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 3: amazing how many people have written to us. And let 119 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 3: me tell you, Katie, I can hear Joel what he's saying. 120 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 3: I actually didn't speak to Joel a couple of weeks 121 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 3: ago when we went to a flowershow and I said, 122 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 3: you know, you should maybe incorporate all these juvenile, you know, 123 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 3: delinquents as a men's club that you're kicking them out of. 124 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 3: Put them in there. Maybe these old vets can teach 125 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 3: these boys something they've seen the worst. Mahybe they can 126 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 3: teach them a trade, you know, give them some dignity, 127 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 3: give them something to think about. We actually had that discussion. 128 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 3: She was absolutely right, and whether he took it on board, 129 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 3: I don't know, you know, but I am sick and 130 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 3: tired of talking to people. I went, you know, I 131 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 3: took the same letter to my local member. Now I 132 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 3: haven't heard from her, and I gave it to her, 133 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 3: the secretary, and I explained what happened, and I said, 134 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 3: I'm also distubiding this dad everywhere else. Yep. People have 135 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: to hear about this. This is happening every day in 136 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 3: our community, and people don't speak up because they feel 137 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 3: it's hopeless, because it hasn't gotten any better. 138 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: Yep. 139 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 3: A year ago, my son I have two boys, and 140 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 3: one of my sons with his mates, were at the 141 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 3: skatepark and two kids stole somebody else's scooters and they 142 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 3: tried to stop the six year old crossing the four 143 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 3: lane road at Leanga Park. No, her brother came back 144 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,200 Speaker 3: and pulled out a twenty centimeter knife out of his 145 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 3: bumbag and threatened my child. 146 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 2: Oh my god. 147 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 3: Later, No, I go to the police. I go to 148 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 3: them my local member. Nothing happens. The police interview. We 149 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 3: can't do anything because they're under age. Okay, but do 150 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 3: you recognize them, maybe they know you know the family. No, 151 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 3: maybe you can tell us and we'll keep an eye 152 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 3: on them. But police have got their hands tied too. 153 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 3: And then six months later, my son's coming home, pulling 154 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 3: up in his driveway ten o'clock at night. His maids 155 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 3: are dropping him off, and somebody comes running out of 156 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 3: the bushes with a spear trying to stab my son. 157 00:07:58,520 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 4: What the hell for? 158 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,239 Speaker 3: He didn't do anything, He didn't even see this bloke. 159 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 3: So he jumps back in the car and they drive off. 160 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 3: Six months ago, I had seven children when they were 161 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 3: young on video with ankle brainless and knives taken out 162 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 3: of their belts like they're showing them off, trying to 163 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,600 Speaker 3: break into my house. It's there's video footage of them. 164 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 3: We go and turn every single light on, and then 165 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 3: of course they jump out of our fence, they jump 166 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 3: into the neighbor's fence and took off. What is going 167 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 3: on in this town? 168 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 1: It's enough, honestly, Poppy, it's enough, and you know, yeah, 169 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: well ourselves, but also how we at the point where, 170 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: you know, where this kind of stuff is happening in 171 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: the community and the community does not accept it. We 172 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: do not accept it. We do not think this is okay. 173 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: So what is it going to take for our politicians 174 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: to understand that. 175 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 2: What is it going to take for them to realize 176 00:08:58,360 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 2: family members? 177 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 3: Unfortunately, because it doesn't seem to sink in, because this 178 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 3: is just ridiculous, how many people look at poor Declan. 179 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 3: They was working, I'd say, the poor Bangladeshi boy sleeping 180 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 3: in his own bed. What the hell is going on 181 00:09:11,640 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 3: in Darwin? Why can't they see there is a crisis. 182 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 3: We're attacking old women. Come on, what is wrong with 183 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 3: these politicians? How can they not do something? Harsher spring, 184 00:09:24,120 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 3: Babby corn back. 185 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 4: Come on, it's a little flogging. 186 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 3: Maybe they might think twice about doing it. And I 187 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 3: want to saying that in the joking manner. I just 188 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 3: think it's disgusting. It's absolutely disgusting, and there is no 189 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 3: excuse anymore. You handle them, we cuddle them, we give them. 190 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 4: Oh, you're poor little buggers. No you're not poor little buggers. 191 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 1: Poppy, you, Poppy, you have spoken or you have? You 192 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: have written an open letter? I mean this letter. It 193 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: has been shed far and wide. I've yesterday afternoon. I 194 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: had obviously already liaised with you, but I've been sent 195 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 1: your letter by a law lot of people. A lot 196 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: of people have read this because they feel disgusted in 197 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: what's happened to your mum. But as you've very rightly 198 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: pointed out, you know your mom is not alone in 199 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: what has happened. 200 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 2: This isn't to one. 201 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: It's off and that's the really disappointing part. But Poppy, 202 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 1: what what do you want our politicians to know this morning? 203 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: What do you want them to realize this morning? 204 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 3: Well, they're not. 205 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 4: Doing their job. 206 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 3: I'm sorry. They can surround their round table and talk 207 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 3: and talk and talk. Wasn't as much as they like. 208 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:32,319 Speaker 3: But I spoke to somebody a year ago about somebody 209 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 3: potentially stabbing my childhood was ten years old. And then 210 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 3: I spoke to her again six months ago about my 211 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 3: style and my fart being potentially stabbed out of the blue. 212 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 3: And I have also spoken to them about the countless 213 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 3: times they had people try to break into our yarn. 214 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 4: This isn't new. 215 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,840 Speaker 3: This has been going on. To get this Why I'm 216 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 3: not the only one. Aren't they not listening? They need 217 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 3: to toughen their laws. They need to treat them as 218 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 3: they are little criminals. Make them work. I don't know. 219 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 3: If I had my way, I make them working a hot, 220 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,960 Speaker 3: bloody sun cracking Bitchamen, Seriously. 221 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 2: Well, do you know what their jobs? 222 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 1: Well, and Poppy, their jobs that a lot of us 223 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: have to do, do you know what I mean? 224 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 2: Like we've all had to work bloody hard. 225 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,600 Speaker 3: We all have to what shame them, name and shae them. 226 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 3: We're being run and ruined my teenagers and kids who've 227 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 3: got no discipline, no respect, no value on anything that's 228 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 3: given to them because they just take something else from 229 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 3: somebody else. Poppy's ridiculous, Katie. Now I'm going to pack 230 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 3: up and leave. 231 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 4: It is so bad. 232 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 3: Can't they see this? 233 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 2: Yeah? 234 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 3: I know so many good families leaving Darwin. You know, 235 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,599 Speaker 3: there's about two hundred and fifty politises in Darwa, and 236 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 3: one at a time people are leaving. They've had a 237 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 3: god full. 238 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: Poppy, I feel really heartbroken talking this morning, and I 239 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: know that you are. Please pass on my life. Yeah, 240 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 1: please pass on my love to your mother and let 241 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: her know that all of the community is thinking of her. 242 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 1: I know that she knows that, but please pass on 243 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: that love, and please also just have some face in 244 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: the fact that there are still so many good people 245 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: in this place and all of us want this to change. 246 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 2: We all have this behavior to change. 247 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: So please that is one thing that I tell myself often, 248 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: and I think that you have to. 249 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, everyone's been saying to me, you've been so calm. 250 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 3: Well I'm not actually I haven't been so calm. I 251 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 3: have just said this dwelling of rage, and you've just 252 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 3: heard it. Can I tell you what, It's just so 253 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 3: horrible to feel this way because I notice so many 254 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 3: good people in Darwen, and we all hate what's happening 255 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 3: to Darlen. So many of us who grew up here 256 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 3: have the best memories of childhood here, and yet this 257 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 3: run of kids, whoever the hell they are, of ruining 258 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 3: that for everybody. This used to be the envy of 259 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:01,560 Speaker 3: the rest of the strated. Our kids could run around 260 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 3: all day in the sun, not in the cold weather, 261 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,240 Speaker 3: having fun, you know, swimming the creeks, still, all sorts 262 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 3: of things that we all did growing up here. And 263 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 3: I've got the best memories, and I've always said to 264 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 3: my children, I wish I could give you the childhood 265 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 3: that I had in Darwin. But it's not happening anymore. 266 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 3: Darwin has just become a shithole run bay criminals, use, 267 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 3: criminals are just going. 268 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 4: Too far, just too far. 269 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:31,319 Speaker 3: And yeah, tell you what, I'm so angry. 270 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, poppy angry. I am going to have to wrap up. 271 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 1: I really appreciate you speaking to me this morning. 272 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 2: I know, well, I don't. 273 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: I don't actually, yeah, I don't know how your family feels. 274 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: I don't know, because you know, my mum hasn't been 275 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: rolled getting out of her car, and I hope she 276 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: never is, and I hope no other woman has to 277 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: deal with that. But unfortunately, the way things are going, 278 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: none of us can make that guarantee. Poppy, I bet 279 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 1: you will have every politician in the Northern Territory trying 280 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 1: to ring you after this interview. So I appreciate your time, 281 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 1: thank you for speaking to us, and thank you for 282 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 1: making everybody aware of exactly what's gone on. 283 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 3: Katie. I want to thank you too, because you always 284 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 3: bring this up on your radio show. You're not a 285 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 3: slack on this topic. You do bring it up, and 286 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 3: you bring it to head and they don't know what 287 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 3: to chell you because they have no answer. I understand 288 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 3: that they give us all this run around, but I 289 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,280 Speaker 3: really do appreciate your efforts, Honest to God, thank you. 290 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 4: Got to be. 291 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 3: Something has to happen because we've all had enough. Everyone 292 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 3: has had enough. 293 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 1: We really have, Poppy, thank you, and I appreciate your 294 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: tom I feel really emotional hearing what's happened to you. 295 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 4: I hold back, Trady. 296 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 3: It is not a simple thing to deal with. 297 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 2: No, it's not, it's really not. 298 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 4: I'm absolutely serious. 299 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 2: Thank you very much for speaking to me this morning. Poppy. 300 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,080 Speaker 1: We've got so many people messaging this morning for your mum, 301 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: so please make her aware of that. 302 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 4: Oh will. Thank you so much. Thank you.