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Speaker 1: Now, yesterday on the show, you might recall, just before

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Speaker 1: and her mum. So, a lady and her mum who

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Speaker 1: were involved in a car crash near Tenant Creek. Now, unbelievably,

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Speaker 1: both women were well. They were obviously involved in this

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Speaker 1: terrible incident, this terrible crash. Now, then one of these ladies,

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Speaker 1: the mom Jenny, was in hospital, as I understand it,

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Speaker 1: in Alice, and then had her belongings stolen. Now, Jenny,

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Speaker 1: I believe, joins me on the line right now. Good morning, Jenny,

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Speaker 1: Good morning. Thanks now, Jenny, thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: joining us this morning. Firstly, can you tell me about

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Speaker 1: the crash that you and your daughter were involved in.

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Speaker 2: Yes, well, there we were driving back from Melbourns. Of course,

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Speaker 2: with all the flubbing and rain, there were a lot

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Speaker 2: of potholes and water across the road, and sadly it

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Speaker 2: those potholes and peered off to the wrong side of

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Speaker 2: the road. And at the point I made the wrong

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Speaker 2: I was heading towards rather than stair sharply on the road,

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Speaker 2: and that's unfortunately doing that. The ground was so soft

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Speaker 2: we just dug in immediately and rolled the car several times.

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Speaker 2: So we were both airlifted by sorry I'm hostel, not healthy.

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Speaker 2: We were both airlifted to Ala Springs Hospital and my

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Speaker 2: daughter subsequently forwarded onto Adelaide's Hospital because she required spine surgery.

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Speaker 2: But what has really made me angry and seriously hampered

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Speaker 2: my recovery, I guess is I don't tend to deliver

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Speaker 2: those things. I've been a public servant my whole and

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Speaker 2: I'm used to following protocol. But in this instance, I

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Speaker 2: had someone come into my rooms and steal my bags,

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Speaker 2: steal all of my cards, and immediately spend them on

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Speaker 2: thoughts scared huge amounts of alcohol and the casino. I

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Speaker 2: reported that matter to the police back on the thirteenth,

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Speaker 2: and I'm yet to have them ring me for the details,

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Speaker 2: which just astounds me. And what really sends me is,

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Speaker 2: you know, I've worked in that original affairs my whole life,

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Speaker 2: so that I know what serious needs are out there.

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Speaker 2: This was not a juvenile, This was like a middle

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Speaker 2: aged woman just pretending to visit people and came into

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Speaker 2: my room and stopped it.

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Speaker 1: Well, we're having some issues there with your phone, Jenny.

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Speaker 1: That is horrifying.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it's scary, isn't it.

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Speaker 1: It's bloody scary.

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Speaker 2: A lot of failure duty of care on several fronts.

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Speaker 2: I guess, because if I'd realized that was a common

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Speaker 2: the stuff, should have locked my things away because I

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Speaker 2: was still a bit concussed, and you know, not in

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Speaker 2: full done of no faculties. But even so, to have

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Speaker 2: that matter recorded that long ago and sill have nobody

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Speaker 2: do anything. So I rang one of the businesses concerned

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Speaker 2: to ask them to keep their tape their CCTV because

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Speaker 2: I wasn't sure if they back up weekly or you know,

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Speaker 2: people have all sorts of different methods for that process. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: so that at least there'd be some records kept. But

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Speaker 2: I've we've not had any contact whatsoever, and I've spent

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Speaker 2: considerable time on the phone just trying to wring Alice

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Speaker 2: brief Springs Police Station and you can't even get through.

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Speaker 2: I actually got my husband to do it yesterday because

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Speaker 2: I was exhausted to it but it just worries me, Katie,

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Speaker 2: because at the time I spoke to that shop, the

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Speaker 2: guy said I'll keep your CCTV that I doubt if

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Speaker 2: the police will even follow it up. So the fact

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Speaker 2: that there's that public view on what will happen is concerning.

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Speaker 2: And I think it's that kind of attitude that led

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Speaker 2: to the noso's in the referendum. You know, it's the

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Speaker 2: crime and general public by myself seeing that nothing's being done,

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Speaker 2: for that reason.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and Jenny, do you know what I would be.

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Speaker 1: I'd be so angry if I was you. But I

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Speaker 1: think the thing is you like to me, you know,

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Speaker 1: you're grappling with having to deal with your health issues.

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Speaker 1: You had seventy four bruises, three fractures, and then you're

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Speaker 1: dealing with the mental anguish of the fact that your

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Speaker 1: daughter is quite seriously injured. And I've met you both,

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Speaker 1: your beautiful people. I actually, if I remember correctly, I

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Speaker 1: I think it was with the greatest shave, so raising

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Speaker 1: a good egg. You guys are long term territorians, you

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Speaker 1: are you know, doing it like doing like you said,

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Speaker 1: you've worked in Aboriginal affairs for a huge part of

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Speaker 1: your career and the fact that there's fifty years, did

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Speaker 1: you say, Jenny, yep, fifty years.

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Speaker 2: So what of sends me about that is that everybody

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Speaker 2: judges the crimes by these unreasonable people and blame the

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Speaker 2: whole Aboriginal community for that. And I've worked with some

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Speaker 2: beautiful people, continue to work with some beautiful, hard working

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Speaker 2: Aboriginal people, and they're probably more offended than us on

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Speaker 2: that original pat Yeah, they all get branded with that,

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Speaker 2: you know, with that reputation.

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Speaker 1: When it's simply not the case. You know, you have

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Speaker 1: got like honestly, there's so many wonderful, wonderful Aboriginal Territorians

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Speaker 1: and at the moment it's a small minority that are

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Speaker 1: doing the wrong thing. But you know, for you, with

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Speaker 1: prepared to say, like how much money have they spent

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Speaker 1: on your cards?

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Speaker 2: They they spent two thousand dollars that i'd just received

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Speaker 2: from someone i'd length months paid me back. They've taken

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Speaker 2: all of that. There's probably up towards four thousand dollars

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Speaker 2: on the four different cards. And this chance, I had

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Speaker 2: five hundred dollars cash, which I never usually had that

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Speaker 2: kind of amount of money. But I've been contributing to

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Speaker 2: a present for somebody, and you know the matter had

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Speaker 2: fallen through when the lady had paid me back that

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Speaker 2: money in Melbourne, So meant I unusually had five hundred

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Speaker 2: dollars cash. But you know the follow up issue of

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Speaker 2: having to chase all those cards and get them canceled,

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Speaker 2: and and then I had to get on a plane

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Speaker 2: to be brought home again. That person left me with

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Speaker 2: no identific case and no money, you know, no means

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Speaker 2: to do anything, and then spent it on drog and gambling.

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Speaker 2: If they'd spent it on some aboriginal relative that needed

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Speaker 2: some help, I might have been some forgiveness. That's grog

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Speaker 2: and gambling.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's the thing you're not. I would not be

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Speaker 1: happy at all, Jenny. Can I ask before I let

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Speaker 1: you go this morning, how's your daughter going at the moment?

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Speaker 2: She's unfortunately too well mentally, so she's making lots of

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Speaker 2: these calls, but she has to wear a brace on

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Speaker 2: her legs. She's got three broken disks in her spine,

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Speaker 2: so she's washed her job because she can't work. And

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Speaker 2: three eighteen, it just we're struggling a bit.

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Speaker 1: Oh, Jenny, I'm I'm really really sorry that this has

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Speaker 1: happened to your family and and I can't imagine how

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Speaker 1: tough you guys are going right now. Look, someone's already

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Speaker 1: messaged or called through and said, I want to give

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Speaker 1: I want to donate one hundred.

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Speaker 2: Dollars to Jenny.

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Speaker 1: And I know that's not what why are you're coming on?

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Speaker 1: You know, I know that's not you know what you're.

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Speaker 3: After, But people have people are wanting to Yeah, no,

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Speaker 3: And but look, people are listening this morning and they're like,

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Speaker 3: they're really feeling heartbroken for you guys that you know,

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Speaker 3: when you're at that point where it's very bloody low,

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Speaker 3: after you go through something shocking like a car crash,

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Speaker 3: and then for somebody to go into your room at

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Speaker 3: the hospital, like surely the hospital has CCTV inside.

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Speaker 2: You would hope, wouldn't it.

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Speaker 1: You would hope, So let us follow it up for you, Jenny,

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Speaker 1: and let us also contact the Northern Territory Police. You know,

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Speaker 1: this matter does need to be followed up, particularly when

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Speaker 1: you've got thousands of your dollars.

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Speaker 2: To get away with it because of the broader implications

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Speaker 2: of it. Well, Jenny about getting my money back, because

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Speaker 2: I'll probably get some back through the bank. I'm not

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Speaker 2: sure how that works, but that these kind of people

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Speaker 2: need to be stopped because they just ruined reputations and

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Speaker 2: they contribute to bad decisions politically inside the rest of us.

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Speaker 1: Well, and you know, Jenny, the thing is like, if

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Speaker 1: this person's gotten into your room and stolen your stuff,

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Speaker 1: who else a is have they gotten into? You know?

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Speaker 2: That's yeah, they should be back there today. I'd say, yeah,

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Speaker 2: well look.

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Speaker 1: Let us let us try and follow it up at

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Speaker 1: the very least. I really appreciate you getting in contact

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Speaker 1: with us. Please pass on my love and well wishes

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Speaker 1: to Nicole Hope. I hope that she's on the end

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Speaker 1: and we will talk to you very soon.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank you. Appreciate the time, anytime, anytime,