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Speaker 1: But look the Salvation Army.

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Speaker 2: They've expanded their family violence refuge services in Palmerston, with

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Speaker 2: a new purpose built service now set to open to

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Speaker 2: support women and children escaping domestic violence. The eight point

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Speaker 2: five million dollar project was partially funded by the federal government,

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Speaker 2: with the Northern Territory government providing operational funding. And joining

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Speaker 2: us on the line to tell us more about the

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Speaker 2: service is the Salvation Army of the Northern Territory State

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Speaker 2: Manager of Family Violence Programs, Hannah Stephen.

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Speaker 1: Good morning to Hannah. Good morning, Katie, how are you

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Speaker 1: really good? Thank you so much for your time. Hannah.

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Speaker 1: Can you talk us through the new facility?

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Speaker 2: How many units or bedrooms does it have and what

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Speaker 2: are some of the key features?

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Speaker 3: Sure, so, Katie, are refuge. We currently have eight two

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Speaker 3: bedroom units and we have two single bedroom units which

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Speaker 3: provide access for women with a disability. And the two

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Speaker 3: bedroom units also allow for conversion to larger units with

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Speaker 3: the interconnected door so that we can accommodate larger families.

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Speaker 3: We have great space for children in the refuge, which

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Speaker 3: is amazing and as you mentioned, it's a purpose built refuge.

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Speaker 3: The design is trauma and form design, so we are

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Speaker 3: hoping that this would be a therapeutic space for women

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Speaker 3: and children who come into the refuge.

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Speaker 2: And so what sort of capacity does it have I

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Speaker 2: suppose for women and children in terms of the number

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Speaker 2: of people.

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Speaker 3: So, Katie, what you're looking at is in a year,

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Speaker 3: we'll have at least seventy four women and children accessing

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Speaker 3: the services with the eight two bedroom units and the

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Speaker 3: two single bedroom units.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that is good news.

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Speaker 2: It sounds like it is is absolutely needed as well.

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Speaker 2: Is there going to be sort of access to support

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Speaker 2: services on site for those people that do need to

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Speaker 2: utilize this facility?

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Speaker 3: Absolutely so. We have an amazing team which is led

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Speaker 3: by the regional manager here, and we have specialist family

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Speaker 3: violence practitioners, we have counselors, we have family violence support workers,

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Speaker 3: and we'll soon be having an Aboriginal practice leader who

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Speaker 3: will be providing specialist case management services and recovery services

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Speaker 3: for the victim survivors who come into our refuge. And

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Speaker 3: there'll be a lot of advocacy with other services. We'll

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Speaker 3: be working very closely with the police, the hospitals, with

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Speaker 3: legal services, with the schools, and also other health services

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Speaker 2: And Hannah just how greatly is this service needed?

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Speaker 1: Like how big is the demand?

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Speaker 3: Oh, Katie, we want to be in a situation where

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Speaker 3: we don't need family violence refuges anymore, and we're all

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Speaker 3: working towards ending family violence, but at this point in time,

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Speaker 3: there's a significant need. And as we know, we're just

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Speaker 3: four months into the year and we've seen over twenty

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Speaker 3: women being killed because of family violence and in the

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Speaker 3: Northern Territory, just with the records that we have, the

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Speaker 3: information that we have, you've seen that there's at least

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Speaker 3: one hundred calls to the police every month seeking support

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Speaker 3: and just over the weekend we've had a minimum of

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Speaker 3: fifteen calls coming through requesting for support. So we see

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Speaker 3: that the demand for women and children is going to

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Speaker 3: be significantly high. We are extremely sad to see that

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Speaker 3: women and children are going through significant forms of violence

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Speaker 3: being subjected towards then, so we are hoping that space

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Speaker 3: does not only provide immediate safety, but also recovery support

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Speaker 3: for recovery for women and children who access these services.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well that was going to be my next question.

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Speaker 2: I mean, does this will or will this facility go

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Speaker 2: some way in terms of, you know, alleviating that demand

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Speaker 2: that we've currently got in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, if we are able to support seventy four women

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Speaker 3: and children in a year who otherwise are choosing between

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Speaker 3: homelessness or continuing to live in a high risk situation,

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Speaker 3: of course it will definitely support in meeting the demands.

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Speaker 3: But not sufficient enough at all, Katie. We've had so

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Speaker 3: many calls where we've had to support women through other

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Speaker 3: means even though they need a refuge response. So we

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Speaker 3: just need more of these safe spaces.

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Speaker 4: You know what happens in those situations, you know if

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Speaker 4: there is not a space, And it does sound like,

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Speaker 4: you know, like the Salvation Army does everything that they

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Speaker 4: can to try to support women there are in those

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Speaker 4: emergency crisis situations, but you know what happens if there

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Speaker 4: isn't a space.

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Speaker 3: If there isn't a space, women will continue to live

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Speaker 3: in really high risk situations. Children will continue to live

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Speaker 3: in high red situations for their life. And we've seen

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Speaker 3: women and children being killed because of these situations, and

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Speaker 3: we don't want that to happen. We really need to

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Speaker 3: work together as a community. All services need to come together.

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Speaker 3: The coal is, the health services, the legal services, it's

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Speaker 3: not a one organization or one service system response, like

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Speaker 3: all of us have to really work together if we

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Speaker 3: need to see safety for women and children in the society.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you spot on, absolutely spot on. Well, I really

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Speaker 2: appreciate your time this morning. Thank you for having a

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Speaker 2: chat to us about this new facility, and will no

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Speaker 2: doubt talk to you again in the very near future.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for your time this morning, Hannah, no.

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Speaker 3: Worries, Katie. I just want to end by saying thank

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Speaker 3: you for the opportunity. But I know this conversation could

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Speaker 3: be triggering for some listeners, and I really encourage them

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Speaker 3: to reach out a lifeline beyond Blue or one eight

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Speaker 3: hundred respect if they need support. On you to talk

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Speaker 3: about this.

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Speaker 2: And Hannah, if there is somebody listening this morning who

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Speaker 2: I actually need the support of the Salvos as well,

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Speaker 2: who is in a situation of domestic violence. What's the

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Speaker 2: best way for them to get that support?

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Speaker 3: You can log onto our website if you google Captur

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Speaker 3: and Booth House, which is our specialist family violence service

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Speaker 3: open at the moment. We provide refuge services, case management services,

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Speaker 3: and also we have started an early intervention program for

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Speaker 3: young people. We also have family violence counseling services. At

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Speaker 3: the same time, Salvation Army has other services like Doorways,

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Speaker 3: money Care, AOD, and homelessness services. So if someone contacts

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Speaker 3: one of these services, they'll definitely put them through the

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Speaker 3: specialist family violence service if that's the support they require.

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Speaker 2: Hannah, thank you so very much for having a chat

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Speaker 2: with us this morning.

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Speaker 1: We really appreciate your time.

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Speaker 3: No worries that all. Katie, thank you, thank you.