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Speaker 1: It is always a busy weekend for our Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: police as well as our paramedics, everybody on the front

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Speaker 1: line really and I will delve it a little bit

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Speaker 1: more deeply into some of the police press releases that

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Speaker 1: have come out over the course of the weekend a

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Speaker 1: bit later this morning, but in some disturbing news, we

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Speaker 1: know that on Saturday night, staff were forced to retreat

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Speaker 1: to safety in the building in the Saint John Building

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Speaker 1: and activate the juussalarm after an intruder jump the fence

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Speaker 1: at the Casarina Ambulance Station behaving erratically. Now joining us

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Speaker 1: on the line to tell us more about the situation,

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Speaker 1: Andrew Thomas, the Director of Ambulance Services. Good morning, Andrew, morning,

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Speaker 1: Katie mate. What happened on Saturday night at the Casarina

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Speaker 1: Ambulance Station.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, a bit of an incident there and obviously

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Speaker 2: distressing for our cruise. Where I was in the early

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Speaker 2: hours of Saturday morning or Saturday night into Sunday morning.

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Speaker 2: It was around three am. We had some crews there

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Speaker 2: when a person went to jump the fence at the

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Speaker 2: station there and managed to get over and then sort

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Speaker 2: of was you know, acting in a way that the

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Speaker 2: crews that were there felt in threat, so they went

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Speaker 2: into the building and called the police, and obviously they

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Speaker 2: staff there and what else. And you know, as I

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Speaker 2: said it, obviously, you know, having that person come onto

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Speaker 2: us to get in and then coming up and being

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Speaker 2: sort of quite in the face I suppose of the

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Speaker 2: crews that were there, and you know, obviously you know,

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Speaker 2: caused them some distress, and uh, you know, obviously, you know,

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Speaker 2: I think the staff sort of feel as though the

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Speaker 2: stations may be a bit of a safe space, and unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: you know, have that happen. Obviously, you know, it's disappointing,

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Speaker 2: and you know, I believe the police have taken the

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Speaker 2: actions with the gentleman.

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Speaker 1: It's bloody scary. I mean, like to put it really bluntly,

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Speaker 1: it's scary. The staff are there, they should be able

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Speaker 1: to feel staff inside there, they should be able to

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Speaker 1: feel safe, I should say, inside their workplace. I mean,

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Speaker 1: is there any like, is there any indication that this

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Speaker 1: person was trying to target staff or is it just

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Speaker 1: sort of a weird incident.

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Speaker 2: No, look, we're not from what we can sort of gather,

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Speaker 2: we're not short sure. I do know, you know, the

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Speaker 2: police are looking into it. But yeah, as I said,

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Speaker 2: there just seems to be the person was a bit

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Speaker 2: of ratic and getting quite sort of agitated towards our

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Speaker 2: crews and then jumped the fence and sort of came

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Speaker 2: over and you know they went back inside. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: I just said, it's really disappointing, and you know that

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Speaker 2: sort of behavior as occurs, and again it's just another

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Speaker 2: thing that impacts on the well being of our staff

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Speaker 2: and they're doing an amazing job getting out there and

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Speaker 2: delivering that care. And as you said, the front line

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Speaker 2: staff across the territory doing amazing work. And you know,

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Speaker 2: these type of incidents just go to impact on the

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Speaker 2: ability to us to deliver services. And you know, on

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Speaker 2: the same night out at Palmerston Hospital there we have

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Speaker 2: a group carry a four will drive ambulance to get there,

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Speaker 2: which gives us our response to go into those locations

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Speaker 2: where a normal ambulance won't go. And we had that

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Speaker 2: vehicle along with I believe a number of staff from

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Speaker 2: the Palmeston Hospital's own personal cars were all vandalized and

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Speaker 2: that's now left that vehicle completely non operational. So obviously no,

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Speaker 2: so we'll have you know, we've got we're doing things

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Speaker 2: and have a foll will drive to respond. But you

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Speaker 2: know that vehicle out there again has been damaged. You know,

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Speaker 2: obviously it takes it offline and whateverlse and it's just

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Speaker 2: those sorts of things that just impact on that ability

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Speaker 1: But also you know, like it's it's it is deplorable

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Speaker 1: that they done that to your vehicle. But then you

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Speaker 1: also think to yourself, you know, people out there working

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, you know, I mean, I suppose the positive

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Speaker 2: it adds to that sort of layer of concern that

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Speaker 2: the staff have. It's just it puts something in the

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Speaker 2: back of their head when they're at work and you

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Speaker 2: know when and the things that our staff are dealing with,

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Speaker 2: you know, we want them to be focused on being

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Speaker 2: able to deliver that high quality care rather than being

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Speaker 2: worried about their own safety.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, but you want them to be able to do

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Speaker 1: of their mind that somebody is going to, you know,

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Speaker 1: to hurt them, that someone's going to damage their car

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Speaker 1: or their work vehicle. You want to just be able

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's unfortunate we keep talking about this and

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Speaker 2: as I said, it's an ongoing issue and unfortunately, you know,

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Speaker 2: as I said, it detracts away from, as I said,

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Speaker 2: the really good positive things that our staff are doing

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Speaker 2: and the key that they're delivering to the community across

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Speaker 2: the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: Mat, let's talk about some of that work that has

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Speaker 1: happened over the weekend. It looks as though you guys

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Speaker 1: have been quite busy. I mean Friday night at Howard Springs,

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Speaker 1: a twenty one year old man transported in a serious

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Speaker 1: condition after crashing his motorbike.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, Look, our crews went out there and that

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Speaker 2: serious incident there with the motorcycle there's come off at

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Speaker 2: speed and unfortunately he didn't have the appropriate safety year

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Speaker 2: on and that patients there so offered a serious head

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Speaker 2: injury as well as multiple other injuries and abrasions, and

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Speaker 2: he was transported through to the Royal Dara in a

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Speaker 2: serious condition. And he's still there, I believe, and will

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Speaker 2: be needing that extra for treatment. And then that followed

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Speaker 2: on with on that humpty dew On Sunday night at

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Speaker 2: seven thirty, a fifteen year old male while riding a

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Speaker 2: dirt bike hit a wash out at speed and fortunately

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Speaker 2: this time, you know, he was wearing a full safety

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Speaker 2: year but still ended up with leg, leg and hip

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Speaker 2: of those cases were extremely well managed by the cruise

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Speaker 2: and you know, and we hope that the two riders

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Speaker 2: themselves make a good recovery. But it just reinforced that,

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Speaker 2: you know, when riding a motorbike, you know, you need

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Speaker 2: to be wearing the right gear and try and stay

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Speaker 2: up on the two wheels.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, spot on. Well Andrew Thomas, director of Ambulance Services,

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Speaker 1: good to speak with you this morning. Please pass on

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Speaker 1: you know our yeah, our well wishes to all the

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Speaker 1: staff obviously that would have been pretty upset by what

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Speaker 1: had happened over the course of the weekend. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: I know that they are the utmost professionals who continue

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Speaker 1: to do their jobs regardless of the outside influences that

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Speaker 1: impact them. But you know, it's not nice to feel

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Speaker 1: as though you're being targeted. All you've got someone trying

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Speaker 1: to jump the fence at your place of work.

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Speaker 2: No, thank you, Gardian. I'll definitely pass that on to

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Speaker 2: the cruise and I'm sure they're be willful grateful for

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Speaker 2: the appreciation being provided by yourself and the listeners.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you, Thanks so much for your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you again soon.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Codie, thank you.