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Speaker 1: Well, it was pretty mortifying on Friday when we heard

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Speaker 1: that ram raid that they'd been subjected to. I know

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Speaker 1: that plenty of you have then viewed that vision, that

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Speaker 1: They're in there allegedly for about six minutes. We know

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Speaker 1: that a staff member, two staff members had hidden in

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Speaker 1: scary stuff. And when you heard the emotion in Ian's

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Speaker 1: voice on Friday, I think everybody felt sort of really

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Speaker 1: quite sad, as we felt again this morning hearing from

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Speaker 1: Karl in Alice Springs and joining me on the line

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Speaker 1: right now is Tim Button. Now. He is the student

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Speaker 1: who had his land Cruisers stolen and it was actually

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Speaker 1: the one that was used in that Berry Springs ram raid.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Tim.

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Speaker 2: How's it going?

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Speaker 1: Not too bad mate? How are you and what happened

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Speaker 1: last week?

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Speaker 2: Honestly? Yeah, just still pretty frustrated at the moment. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: might peer for a trade school and had my car

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Speaker 2: parked at fee to you where I'm staying, And yeah,

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Speaker 2: I work up in the morning to go to trade

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Speaker 2: school on the Friday, And yes, mask, guss on the

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Speaker 2: ground and no car to be found.

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Speaker 1: Mate, What were your thoughts when you walked out and

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Speaker 2: Honestly? Yeah, just shock at the first and then yeah,

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Speaker 2: a bit of realization and obviously a lot of anger. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: from other springs. Obviously it's nothing new to me, but

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Speaker 2: obviously you hear about in town. When it happens to you,

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Speaker 2: it's a bit harder.

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Speaker 1: Yeah for sure. Now have you seen that vision of

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Speaker 1: the ram rad out at Berry Springs And what's your

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Speaker 1: reaction then when you're seeing your vehicle being used in

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Speaker 1: that way? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Again yeah, pretty much just shock and anger. Just how

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Speaker 2: can someone do that to someone? Obviously, Yeah, obviously putting

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Speaker 2: that business in Yeah, a lot of money to recover

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Speaker 2: from that, and yeah, knowing there's people in there, it's

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Speaker 2: pretty heartbreaking to see.

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Speaker 1: It was bloody devastating, you know. When we caught up

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Speaker 1: with Ian who was the owner of the Berry Springs

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Speaker 1: tavern last week and it's terrible, you know, even hearing

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Speaker 1: from you. You're up here studying and then to have

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Speaker 1: your vehicle stolen while you're there staying out at CDU,

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Speaker 1: it's you know, it's not something that you want as

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Speaker 1: a student.

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Speaker 2: No, that's right. Obviously, apprenticeship's hard to get through at

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Speaker 2: the moment as it is, and this definitely isn't an

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Speaker 2: added bonus, that's for sure.

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Speaker 1: Mate. What kind of personal impact does it then have

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Speaker 1: on you in terms of trying to do your apprenticeship,

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Speaker 1: trying to do your studies and not having your vehicle.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously I drove up here just because trade school's

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Speaker 2: a bit of a drive from where I'm staying, so

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Speaker 2: obviously that's a bit tricky. But one of the boys

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Speaker 2: here is giving me a less to and front. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: just makes everything a bit trickier now I'm trying to

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Speaker 2: organize flight time. Yeah, overnight, unfortunately the car was stolen

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Speaker 2: again from the police impound yard out at what I

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Speaker 2: Want and recovered this morning in a non drivable state.

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Speaker 2: They said, apparently there's oil and d's are leaking from it,

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Speaker 2: so they've probably written it off this time. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's got stolen last night from the impound yard, given

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Speaker 2: through the gates there and you're joking. Yeah, so not

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Speaker 1: Not only stolen last week and obviously using that ram ray,

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Speaker 2: What a Yeah, oh.

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Speaker 1: Mate, do you have any idea what state your vehicles in?

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Speaker 2: I haven't seen any pictures of it yet. I talked

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Speaker 2: to a police officer from Darwin, not directly to what

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Speaker 2: I They said, it's no longer in a drug will state.

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Speaker 2: Obviously the ignition has been bashed out of it so

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Speaker 1: So how does that make you feel? You know, I'm

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Speaker 1: assuming that as a young apprentice, you know it like

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Speaker 1: it's it's actually a big call to save your money

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it obviously. Yeah, it's my pride and enjoy.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, boys, keep it, keep it nice and shiny,

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Speaker 1: So what's the process now for you, Tim, in terms

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Speaker 2: So apparently it's been towed back to the police compound.

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Speaker 2: I'm not again not sure what condition. And obviously even

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Speaker 2: now that the compound has been broken into, I'm not

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Speaker 2: sure how secure it is at the moment. And yeah,

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Speaker 2: now we're going through insurances. You have to be bringing

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Speaker 2: it back to Dalin for assessment. But obviously not much

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Speaker 2: hope there for what condition.

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Speaker 1: It's been in terms of like that financial you know,

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Speaker 2: You now, Yeah, it's probably worth in today's market around

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Speaker 2: twenty five to thirty grand for a Vancouver Luckily it

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Speaker 2: is insured. So just going through that at the moment

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Speaker 2: to get that or assorted. Yeah, not too sure at

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Speaker 2: the moment, just waiting for all those steps to take place.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, mate, Obviously, you know we talk a lot about crime.

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Speaker 1: You know, some days I think to myself, we'll try

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Speaker 1: but unfortunately that never, you know, it never really happens.

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Speaker 1: How Like, how's it for you coming from Alice Springs,

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Speaker 1: I know you're an Alice Springs boy and dealing with

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Speaker 1: the issues that they've got in Alice and then coming

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Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously, Yeah, a bit of a shock. I knew

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Speaker 2: it was bad up here, but obviously there's a few

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Speaker 2: people warn me that always keep it locked and you know,

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Speaker 2: be careful of it. But I thought, oh, coming from Alice,

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Speaker 2: I've never had any issues there, do the same. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's just a bit of a shock to us. Wide

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Speaker 2: issue and nothing seems to be done about it. You've

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Speaker 2: bollers going up everywhere. That's just main street of town's

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Speaker 2: just all plywood windows, no more glass anymore. It's becoming

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Speaker 1: Oh mate, I'm really grateful that you've had a chat

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Speaker 1: with us this morning. I appreciate you telling us exactly

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Speaker 1: that's been an issue for some of our other listeners

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Speaker 1: But if you're able to keep us up to date,

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Speaker 1: we'd really appreciate. I think it's I think it's you know,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, and I'd be happy to Yeah, obviously

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Speaker 2: it wasn't just a car, and so I've got content

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Speaker 2: in that personal content that am now missing as well.

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Speaker 2: So just sort of going through all those steps to

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Speaker 2: rekindle it all back and get back to square one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh mate, I appreciate your time this morning before

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Speaker 1: I let you go. How far into your apprenticeship are you?

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Speaker 2: I'm second year this year, so two more years to

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Speaker 2: go and then i'll be licensed.

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Speaker 1: Oh good on you mate. Well, I really appreciate you

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Speaker 1: speaking to me this morning, and I'm really sorry to

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Speaker 1: hear what's going on for you. And I hope that

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Speaker 1: know everything goes well with insurance.

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Speaker 2: No, thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thank you,