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Speaker 1: DXC Technology and its partners, Well, they are making a

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Speaker 1: generous donation of laptops to students at Malac Primary School today.

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Speaker 1: The devices are going to play a key role in

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Speaker 1: supporting STEM learning at the school while also supporting inclusivity.

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Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line to tell us more

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Speaker 1: is Bernice Muncaster, who is DXC Technology senior, well, their

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Speaker 1: senior director of marketing. Good morning to you, Bernice.

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Speaker 2: Hello there, thanks.

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Speaker 1: So very much for your time this morning. Now, I

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Speaker 1: was just saying that DXC obviously partnering to make this

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Speaker 1: generous donation to Malac Primary School. Talk us through exactly

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Speaker 1: what's going on.

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Speaker 2: Oh, we're very excited. We're out at DXC Arena, the

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Speaker 2: home of Northern Territory Cricket this morning. We're waiting for

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Speaker 2: the Malac Primary School students to arrive and we've got

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Speaker 2: a really funday schedule for them. They're going to hear

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Speaker 2: from Corey Tupp from the Indigenous Program and he's going

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Speaker 2: to be talking through how we're going to be closing

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Speaker 2: the gap and STEM. We're also unveiling the Livery Indigenous car,

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Speaker 2: Dick Johnson Race Car ahead of the Darwin Triple Crown

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Speaker 2: this weekend and Antone Depasco, one of the drivers will

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Speaker 2: be here to greet the kids ahead of them receiving

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Speaker 2: their laptop. So, and the laptop donations are coming from

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Speaker 2: a number of Dick Johnson Racing Team's partners, VC being

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Speaker 2: one of those, as well as Pinsky Australia and Beaver

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Speaker 2: Energy Australia.

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Speaker 1: That sounds like an awesome initiative, Bernice. How many laptops

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Speaker 1: are we talking here?

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Speaker 2: We're talking thirty laptops today. However, we have donated many

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Speaker 2: laptops helping over ten thousand students from across Asia Pacific

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Speaker 2: in recent times.

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Speaker 1: Why does the company do this?

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Speaker 2: We love to showcase how organizations that we can work with,

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Speaker 2: our partners and our other customers have a passion for

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Speaker 2: diversity inclusion and how we can really close that gap

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Speaker 2: and enhance education and STEM programs. So this is a

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Speaker 2: great program that we can help help deliver that.

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Speaker 1: And what has the Malac Primary School told you? I mean,

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Speaker 1: how beneficial is this going to be for them?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely, it will certainly help them in They're very

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Speaker 2: excited to be receiving these laptops. Will certainly help close

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Speaker 2: that gap and support their STEM program. That's already in play, and.

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Speaker 1: It sounds like it's going to be an awesome day

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Speaker 1: at the school today. I know you touched on it before,

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Speaker 1: but talk us through exactly what else is going on.

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's amazing. So not only do they get to

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Speaker 2: do a cricket clinic straight after the donations, they also

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Speaker 2: get to look at the rep Co vintage car that

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Speaker 2: will be on display. Their DJ truck is here, so

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Speaker 2: the Veba Energy truck is here for the kids to

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Speaker 2: have a look at and inside, and they'll also get

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Speaker 2: to four very special students will be able to unveil

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Speaker 2: the car itself, so they'll get to see the new

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Speaker 2: Indigenous Livery car.

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Speaker 1: Oh how wonderful. This must be a great part of

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Speaker 1: your job.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely love doing this type of activity. These really very

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Speaker 2: very passionate about diversity inclusion and this is a small

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Speaker 2: part of this. And it's also supporting ESG programs because

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Speaker 2: it's around making sure that we we're looking after devices

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Speaker 2: and ensuring that we are doing the right thing by

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Speaker 2: the environment. Ah, good on you will.

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Speaker 1: Bernice mon Caster, DXC Technology, Senior Director of Marketing. I

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Speaker 1: really appreciate you having a chat with us this morning.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for your.

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Speaker 2: Time, absolute pleasure.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you,