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Speaker 1: Oh, we know that.

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Speaker 2: Mates for Mates one of the country's leading charities providing physical, psychological,

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Speaker 2: and social support services to the defense community. They are

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Speaker 2: opening their first veterans' health and well being center of

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Speaker 2: its kind in the Northern Territory and joining us on

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Speaker 2: the line to tell us a little bit more about it.

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Speaker 2: Mates for Mates Northern Territories Regional Manager Jan Peters, good

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Speaker 2: morning to you.

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Speaker 3: Jan, Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: You very well.

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Speaker 3: Jan.

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Speaker 2: Is it opening today or did it open yesterday?

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Speaker 3: Yes, it's very exciting. I'm sorry if it's a little

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Speaker 3: bit noisy here, but we've had such a fantastic turn

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Speaker 3: up through our inter opening of our interim center this morning. Look,

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Speaker 3: we've been offering services in the NT for about eight

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Speaker 3: months now, but it's so exciting to actually have a

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Speaker 3: space or veterans and their families can come in and

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Speaker 3: connect with us and connect with our services and other organizations.

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Speaker 3: Like it's really exciting and the mates are really enjoying

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Speaker 3: themselves here this morning.

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Speaker 1: Oh wonderful stuff.

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Speaker 3: Jan.

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Speaker 1: Who's able to attend?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's open to veterans and the family. You don't

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Speaker 3: need to be a Mate to drop into the center.

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Speaker 3: You can just come on in find out what services

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Speaker 3: we have available, connect with other services. So ex serving,

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Speaker 3: current serving and family members all welcome at the MATS

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Speaker 3: and Mate's interme Center in Parmason.

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Speaker 1: And so where exactly is the interroim center.

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Speaker 3: We're just off scoid a square just outside the Palmeston

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Speaker 3: Shopping Center eatery, So it's number eleven Palmerston Circuit.

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Speaker 2: And obviously, like you said, it is interim, so I'm

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Speaker 2: assuming that there is a more permanent one that's going

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Speaker 2: to be set up somewhere too.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. We're still on track for that. So

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Speaker 3: we're doing to open a bigger permanent center in June

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty two. So the this center that we've got

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Speaker 3: here right now allows us to connect with mates. Now.

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Speaker 3: We've actually got over one hundred on our books already,

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Speaker 3: so the demand was really there, and that's why we

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Speaker 3: thought it was important to open this interim fention now

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Speaker 3: instead of waiting. You know, we're twelve months in advance

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Speaker 3: instead of waiting for another twelve months. So we'll have

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Speaker 3: this one here now while we continue to work on

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Speaker 3: our permanent center, which is on progress and on schedule

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Speaker 3: and due to open in June twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 1: Oh, that's wonderful to hear, Jan.

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Speaker 2: And have you had plenty of people out there through

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Speaker 2: the doors already this morning?

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Speaker 3: Oh? At the place has been crowded this morning. We're

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Speaker 3: trying to keep our social distancing and we've all checked in,

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Speaker 3: but we've filled out on to go to square toooth.

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Speaker 3: So we're cooking a storm up with pancakes out there

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Speaker 3: and the mate throill having coffee and pancakes and getting

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Speaker 3: to know each other. And it's really lovely to see.

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Speaker 3: I'm so excited about having this space.

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Speaker 1: You might tell, Oh, good on you. No, I think

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Speaker 1: it's fantastic.

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Speaker 3: Jan.

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Speaker 2: Why is it so important that we do have a

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Speaker 2: facility like this in the territory.

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Speaker 3: I don't think we've ever had anything like this in

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Speaker 3: the territory before. And we do have a big defense population,

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Speaker 3: both x and current serving and as well as their

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Speaker 3: partners that come along with them. And you know, there's

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Speaker 3: a whole lot range of impacts that veterans and their

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Speaker 3: families experience, whether it's isolation moving to the Northern Territory

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Speaker 3: because it's been posted here with your family, whether it's

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Speaker 3: a PTSD or a physical injury, So it's just important

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Speaker 3: to have a space where veterans can walk in and

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Speaker 3: their families can walk in and find out what services

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Speaker 3: out there. There's a whole range of services, but it's hard.

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Speaker 3: Veterans do find it hard to navigate that space and

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Speaker 3: find out what is there. So having a space, they

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Speaker 3: their fingertips and connect with those service services and remove

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Speaker 3: as many barriers as we can.

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Speaker 1: And so Joan people can just drop in.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, it's open Monday to Friday from eight thirty in

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Speaker 2: the morning until four point thirty in the RVO. If

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Speaker 2: anybody is keen to come out and learn more, they

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Speaker 2: can just come along and walk straight in.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they can just walk straight in. We have a

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Speaker 3: fan tastic coffee machine and the couches they can come

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Speaker 3: liaison officers, Jack and Chris, both veterans themselves, that will

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Speaker 3: connect with them straight away and make sure they're welcome

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Speaker 3: and what can we do for them. Well, I welcome

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Speaker 3: all veterans and their family to call in, just call

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Speaker 3: in and see us wonderful stuff.

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Speaker 1: Jan lovely to speak to you this morning.

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Speaker 2: It sounds like it's busy out there, so we're glad

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Speaker 2: that you could take the time to tell us a

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Speaker 2: little bit more about it.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, Katie and I thank you so much for

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Speaker 3: your support. It's really really appreciated.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, no worries at all. We think the work

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Speaker 2: that you do is well worth supporting. Jan, thank you.

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Speaker 1: That's Mates for Mate's.

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Speaker 2: Northern Territory Regional manager there, Jan Peters and wonderful stuff.

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Speaker 2: As I said, that center is going to be open

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Speaker 2: Monday to Friday, from eight thirty in the morning until

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Speaker 2: four point thirty in the afternoons.