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Speaker 1: We know that today marks the International Day of People

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Speaker 1: with Disabilities and helping people achieve a holding a number

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Speaker 1: of community events for people to celebrate the occasion. As

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Speaker 1: I understand that there's going to be a sausage sizzle

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Speaker 1: at the Trash and Treasure Shop and one as well

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Speaker 1: at Palmerston Bunnings. And joining us on the line to

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Speaker 1: tell us more. It's HbA is acting CEO Stephanie Ransom.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Stephanie, Good morning Katie, and good morning to

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Speaker 1: your listeners and the happy International Day of People with Disability.

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Speaker 1: Oh how's everybody feeling today at HBO.

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Speaker 2: It's fantastic. It's going off literally. So I've just come

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Speaker 2: back from Bunnings in Palmerston and we've got our pop

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Speaker 2: up shop upstairs in the air conditioning and the sausage

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Speaker 2: sizzle going on downstairs. So it's fantastic. We've launched our

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Speaker 2: new os Designs range in the pop up business, cardholders, Mantorrati,

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Speaker 2: new designed bags, earrings, chopping boards. There's so many items

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Speaker 2: for Christmas presents at this time of the year, so

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Speaker 2: get along and support HPA and have a free sausage

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Speaker 2: sistle at the same time.

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Speaker 1: Oh that is wonderful to hear. And today's events really

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Speaker 1: just about celebrating people with disabilities.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, and this is theme is all about leadership and

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Speaker 2: what people with disability bring to the to the community,

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Speaker 2: and we have some amazing leaders within HPA, and today

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Speaker 2: just you know, really just showcases all of that. And

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Speaker 2: I would just like to, you know, give a shout

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Speaker 2: out to our volunteers. So we have a number of

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Speaker 2: NTG executive offices volunteering and cooking sausages and serving customers

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Speaker 2: at both Trush and Treasure and Bunning. So a big

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Speaker 2: shout out to the NTG for supporting us in this.

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Speaker 1: That is good to hear. Stephanie, tell me what's been

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Speaker 1: the real action as people are turning up to the

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Speaker 1: barbecue and coming to see you guys.

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's been fantastic, absolutely wonderful, and I think you know,

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Speaker 2: the community are really embracing the great products. They are

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Speaker 2: fantastic and go to our Facebook helping people achieve and

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Speaker 2: you'll see the fantastic items that the Ostersign guys have made.

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Speaker 2: It was a concept and it was developed and there's

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Speaker 2: been lots of process to the products that you see

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Speaker 2: for sell today. But let's not forget our trash and treasure.

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Speaker 2: They're also holding a free sausage sizzle, So any of

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Speaker 2: the residents are going to a trash and treasure today

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Speaker 2: celebrate International Day of People with Disability. We've had a

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Speaker 2: number of people with disability go through trash and treasure upskill,

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Speaker 2: you know, built their employment skills and gone on to

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Speaker 2: open employment. So come along and celebrate with us today

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Speaker 2: because it's a fabulous day.

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Speaker 1: Well even you know, reading this morning the Lord Mayor

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Speaker 1: announcing the we of the of you know, the Lord

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Speaker 1: Mayoral Awards for today and hearing about these incredible territorians

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Speaker 1: Richard Krooks so who is spoken to on several occasions,

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Speaker 1: but also Tristan Tol this nineteen year old entrepreneur and

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Speaker 1: advocate for Access and Inclusion in Employment award.

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Speaker 2: Are absolutely I couldn't agree with you more. And you know,

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Speaker 2: how fantastic is it that we, you know, one day

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Speaker 2: we could say that the NTG really sort of like

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Speaker 2: lead that space and inclusion of people with disability in

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Speaker 2: the workplace. So I was talking to the Commissioner this

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Speaker 2: morning and they're, you know, really keen to look at

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Speaker 2: different models of how we can include a person with

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Speaker 2: disability within the workplace so that it just becomes just

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Speaker 2: another person. But also I just want to give a

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Speaker 2: shout out to HPA's supported employees who are amazing artists,

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Speaker 2: so you know, and the work that they've done and

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Speaker 2: just they're ability to take a concept and created into

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Speaker 2: something that we can sell today. So every product that

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Speaker 2: you see at Bunnings, a person with disability has had

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Speaker 2: some input into that process. So our new Manta ray

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Speaker 2: t shirts, so you can get them with a T

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Speaker 2: shirt with a Manta ray on. You can get a

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Speaker 2: newly designed handbag called the Ocean with a Manta ray on.

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Speaker 2: So that has been taken from some of our indigenous

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Speaker 2: prints that we own and they've created them digitally and

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Speaker 2: put them onto T shirts. Again. You can see that

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Speaker 2: process on our Facebook page.

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Speaker 1: What a good thing to do just in time for

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Speaker 1: Christmas as well.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely get down. There's some fantastic gifts that you can buy.

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Speaker 2: Some are already wrapped up and gifted, you know, in

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Speaker 2: pretty bows and what have you. So it's fantastic And

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Speaker 2: Bunnings have a free gift wrapping service which happens to

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Speaker 2: be set up right next to the pop up shop,

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Speaker 2: so we can wrap up your gifts as well.

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Speaker 1: Stephanie. Before I let you go, I mean to our

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Speaker 1: listeners this morning, what does International Day of People with

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Speaker 1: Disabilities mean for HPA and all of the wonderful people

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Speaker 1: that you work with.

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Speaker 2: So it really does encompass everything that HPA is about.

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Speaker 2: So you know, our absolute foundation is about employment for

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Speaker 2: people with disability, but this day it just really highlights

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Speaker 2: the fantastic work that people with disability will not necessarily

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Speaker 2: just work, but just they're just everyday, you know, community members,

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Speaker 2: but we celebrate the things that they bring to the community.

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Speaker 2: And you know, I'm totally humbled by the products that

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Speaker 2: our guys have created. You know, I'm not a very

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Speaker 2: creative person myself. They've done a fantastic job and I

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Speaker 2: love coming to work every day and I love what

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Speaker 2: they bring to my life and then I give back

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Speaker 2: to them in being the acting CEO. So it's a

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Speaker 2: fantastic day to celebrate and buy. You know, Bunnings have

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Speaker 2: opened up their door and they said, let's do this

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Speaker 2: every year because what it does is we take it

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Speaker 2: out to the community, so it's truly inclusive.

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Speaker 1: That's wonderful. Good on you, Stephanie. It's lovely to talk

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Speaker 1: to you again this morning. Tell everybody we said that

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Speaker 1: they I hope that they all have a wonderful day.

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Speaker 1: And to everybody out there listening, get on out there

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Speaker 1: and support HPA. It's a great organization and I know

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Speaker 1: that everybody will really appreciate you if you go down

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Speaker 1: and say good at at the barbecue as well.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, thank you so much, and to all your listeners,

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Speaker 2: thank you all for your support of HPA. We really

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Speaker 2: appreciate all the chats and the good on you and

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Speaker 2: all of those things. So good on your mate, get

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Speaker 2: on down, I love it.

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Speaker 1: Good on your Stephanie. Lovely to speak to you this

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Speaker 1: morning too.

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Speaker 2: Thank you,