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Speaker 1: Now we have heard obviously about some different incidents that

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Speaker 1: have occurred in the last twenty four hours involving you.

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Speaker 1: It's one of those was at Casarina last night just

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Speaker 1: before seven pm. Police received reports of a large disturbance

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Speaker 1: there involving up to fifty people. Now, Crystal did give

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Speaker 1: us some further detail in the local news, but we'll

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Speaker 1: keep you up to date with that throughout the hour.

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Speaker 1: But we've been contacted about an incident at a store

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Speaker 1: in Casuarina Square that's aw staff threatened and eggs actually

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Speaker 1: thrown at that business by group of views.

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Speaker 2: Now joining me on the line to tell us a little.

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Speaker 1: Bit more is the owner of that shop, Coda Patel.

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Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Coda, Good morning Gadie.

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Speaker 3: How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, really good? Thank you so much for your time, Coda,

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Speaker 1: Which business is yours? And what exactly happened?

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Speaker 3: So I owned the show we'll just called don at

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Speaker 3: King at Sjurina, yep. And the incident happened on the

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Speaker 3: eleventh of December. So there was like a seven to

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Speaker 3: ten young girls came to center and just I'll play

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Speaker 3: around with the stuff and I try to get the

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Speaker 3: free donuts at the shop. So my staff asked, we

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Speaker 3: can't have three donors. And then she one of the girls,

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Speaker 3: young ones, she just start playing with the sprinkle where

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Speaker 3: we cleaned the coffee, drugs and stuff. So Stuff said,

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Speaker 3: can you please leave with her? Otherwise we have to

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Speaker 3: call police. She said, o't police, cary not do anything

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Speaker 3: if you touch me or punch your face. I'll already

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Speaker 3: punt somebody already. And after that, nilam step away like

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Speaker 3: Stuff stepped away and as please leave. So they left,

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Speaker 3: they come back after one hour, come back with the eggs,

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Speaker 3: so Fe goes they I think they would just work

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Speaker 3: at the back because the a show is like a

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Speaker 3: ce fused style and it's open, so just throw the

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Speaker 3: eggs on the back of the stuff. So the Stuff

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Speaker 3: had eggs on him already and are pretty rigan as well,

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Speaker 3: which is a little bit awful. And they had a

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Speaker 3: little bit tactic day.

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Speaker 1: Oh that is I mean, that is terrible that that's happened.

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Speaker 1: But the fact that you know that the people that

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Speaker 1: work in the shop that have been threatened will punch

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Speaker 1: you in the face and the cops can't do anything,

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Speaker 1: you know, being said to them.

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Speaker 2: By those girls.

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Speaker 1: Look, I actually I come to your store very often

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Speaker 1: with my children, and you guys are absolutely lovely to

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Speaker 1: everybody who you serve.

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Speaker 2: You look after everyone, you know.

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Speaker 1: You I believe it's I think it's probably your wife

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Speaker 1: who often is there working incredibly hard. I've seen her

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Speaker 1: on plenty of occasions. Correct me if I'm wrong, you know,

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Speaker 1: and and this is the thing, you know, if i'm

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Speaker 1: please correct me if I'm wrong. But I believe you

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Speaker 1: if you know, I've seen her. They're working even when

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Speaker 1: she was pregnant.

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Speaker 2: Very hard. You're a really hard.

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Speaker 1: Working family, and you know, to have to deal with this,

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Speaker 1: it's it is not fair and it should not be happening.

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Speaker 3: Yes, that's correct. Someone needs to step in and there's

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Speaker 3: fix these issues, you know. So this is ongoing. And

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Speaker 3: just before there was another boys that came in and

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Speaker 3: try to steal from pot and on and then mobile

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Speaker 3: shop as well. One of the staff in mobile shop

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Speaker 3: they have lost some money as well. So it's been

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Speaker 3: happening the last two weeks continuously.

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Speaker 1: So coda is you are all the staff that work

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Speaker 1: there at Dinanut King, are you all okay?

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Speaker 3: Yes? So they were very traumatized that day, so we

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Speaker 3: had to like sit down and I had to sit

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Speaker 3: down with old stuff and I go through with my

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Speaker 3: procedures like ask Lee if they okay, if they need

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Speaker 3: something support or anything. At the moment they said they okay,

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Speaker 3: So let's see what happens. Yeah, oh stop working or not.

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Speaker 3: Really will find out soon.

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Speaker 1: But and I understand as well, you know, there was

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Speaker 1: was there a bit of a response from the center

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Speaker 1: and was there a response from the police What happened

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Speaker 1: when you when you report it?

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Speaker 3: So that I think police can the next day that

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Speaker 3: it didn't come the same day, so and they said

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Speaker 3: there's another unit that look after the young hitch. They

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Speaker 3: would come and see you. So he didn't do any

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Speaker 3: report or anything. So we're still waiting on the police

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Speaker 3: to come in and see what chappens, like what we

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Speaker 3: can do further.

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Speaker 1: Well, and we had heard it announced quite some time

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Speaker 1: ago that the center management and security they have the

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Speaker 1: opportunity to issue trespass notices two people who come into

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Speaker 2: Do you know if any of that's happened.

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Speaker 3: They actually have already trespassed those girls. They're not allowed

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Speaker 3: to come to the center. So the security guard was

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Speaker 3: just standing and just change changing them, but they can't

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Speaker 3: touch them. They said they are underage, so they just

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Speaker 3: follow them, but they don't do anything. So these girls

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Speaker 3: do pass. I don't know where they find the eggs

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Speaker 3: and just that.

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Speaker 1: Okaw, frustrating is it for you? You know, when you're there,

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Speaker 1: like you said your wife, and you were there seven

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Speaker 1: days a week running your business, you work really hard.

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Speaker 1: I would suspect that the large majority of your customers

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Speaker 1: are absolutely wonderful and treat you with a huge deal

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Speaker 1: of respect. But how how frustrating is it then when

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Speaker 1: you're dealing with this kind of behavior, it's very frustrating.

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Speaker 3: It just we've seen in the last five years getting

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Speaker 3: worse and worse. It's very frustrating to the seed. So

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Speaker 3: we don't know if you want to do a business

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Speaker 3: in a moagent data, you know, there's a question for

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Speaker 3: all small businesses.

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Speaker 2: What do you think needs to change? Coda.

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Speaker 3: I think the pen needs to be responsible. We need

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Speaker 3: to put these kids back to school, I believe, and

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Speaker 3: make sure someone responsible it's parents are responsible than goverment

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Speaker 3: need to take a step in and find a solution

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Speaker 3: for this another way. If they do any damages. I

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Speaker 3: think the sling payments they can know, so someone needs

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Speaker 3: to pay their damages they're making to the shops and

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Speaker 3: these small businesses.

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Speaker 2: Coda.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you having a chat to me this

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Speaker 1: morning and made I'm with you. Something's got to change,

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Speaker 1: you know, something has to get it's got to get better.

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Speaker 1: There's so many wonderful, hard working Territorians like yourself who

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Speaker 1: are trying to make a go of it. You know,

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Speaker 1: you're trying to run a business and doing a great

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Speaker 1: job at it, but you shouldn't have to deal with

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Speaker 1: this kind of thing.

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Speaker 2: That's right, Yes, mate, thank you.

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Speaker 1: So much for having a chat with me this morning.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate your time, and I'll no doubt be

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Speaker 1: at your shop before Christmas to buy some donuts because

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Speaker 1: we are there regularly.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much. Thanks thanks for having a chat

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Speaker 2: with me this morning. Thank you, Thank you you too,