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Speaker 1: Now we know that a free community session in Darwin

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Speaker 1: is happening well this weekend. It's going to brief Territorians

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Speaker 1: on how to lawfully and safely carry oc spray and

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Speaker 1: that follows the recent legislative changes allowing for its use

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Speaker 1: for personal protection. Now Neighborhood Watch NT and Personal Protection Strategies,

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Speaker 1: as I understand it, they're teaming up to run the

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Speaker 1: safe carriage and Handling session it's happening on Saturday. And

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Speaker 1: joining me in the studio to tell us a little

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Speaker 1: bit more is Veronica Larson from Neighborhood Watch. Good morning, Veronica,

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Speaker 1: It's lovely to have you in the studio. Now tell

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Speaker 1: me what's the we'll tell us a little bit more

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Speaker 1: about the aim of the session.

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Speaker 2: Sure, this is the first Oathy Spree training carriage and

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Speaker 2: handling safety session that we've done by itself, a standalone

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Speaker 2: and we are hoping that will get a lot of

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Speaker 2: people that have chosen to carry Oathy Spray coming to

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Speaker 2: meet us and behrama from ten to twelve this Saturday,

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Speaker 2: integrated training and what we'll be doing is going over

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Speaker 2: the legislative policy requirements safe carriage, storage and transportation of

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Speaker 2: this new personal protection tool, this item that people are

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Speaker 2: now carrying around. We go over risk assessment, situational awareness, handling,

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Speaker 2: and even decontamination practices and where to accidentally go off

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Speaker 2: or be used.

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Speaker 1: Now I know everyone because some people listening what't be thinking?

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Speaker 1: Is it still going to happen if the STELLCLO in

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Speaker 1: comes but at these stays.

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Speaker 2: Is at this stage we are planning ongoing forward. But

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Speaker 2: anyone who has signed up or chooses to sign up

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Speaker 2: after hearing this show, we will contact them on Friday

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Speaker 2: and let them know either way whether it's safe to

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Speaker 2: go forward or not.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me what can people expect if they attain

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Speaker 1: the station.

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Speaker 2: We are, as you said, partnering with Personal protect Strategies,

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Speaker 2: so we're really the leaders in personal safety in the

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Speaker 2: Northern Territory and they have specialized accredited certified OC spray

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Speaker 2: training instructors who will actually lead the course. So we

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Speaker 2: will do that in tangent that they will go over

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Speaker 2: the parts that they are actually accredited to provide yep.

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Speaker 2: And we'll chat about legislation, we'll chat about use. But

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Speaker 2: obviously neighborhood watching teeth position is just a neutral one

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Speaker 2: and we just want anyone considering to carry OC spray

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Speaker 2: or already carrying OC spray, to get that information to

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Speaker 2: do so safely.

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Speaker 1: One hundred percent, and make sure that they know what

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Speaker 1: the rules and regulations are, make sure they're doing it safely,

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Speaker 1: and make sure they sort of know, I guess how

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Speaker 1: to use it in the impact that it's going to

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Speaker 1: have if they have to.

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Speaker 2: Use it right, it is an item of personal safety,

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Speaker 2: and it is a pepper spray, so even though it's

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Speaker 2: a vegetable, it probably wouldn't feel very good no getting that,

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Speaker 2: So we want to make sure that they understand the implication,

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Speaker 2: just like you were saying, this is serious, and you know,

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Speaker 2: in our personal safety sessions, we've also implemented a significant

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Speaker 2: portion of the time around OC spray and we'll share

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Speaker 2: a shorter version of this OC spray training happening on

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Speaker 2: Saturday and every single one of our personal safety sessions

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Speaker 2: throughout the year.

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Speaker 1: And ver Aniqua, do you find like even with the

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Speaker 1: personal safety sessions, you know, with that identifying people, is

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Speaker 1: it mostly sort of women saying us, who would take.

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Speaker 2: Gosh, it's everyone? And what's really fantastic about how we've

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Speaker 2: kind of maneuvered the personal safety sessions so we can

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Speaker 2: do anything. But what we love to do is offer

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Speaker 2: a community session so anyone and everyone is welcome and

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Speaker 2: feels comfortable. There's also women specific personal safety sessions for

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Speaker 2: those people that would feel more comfortable in a women

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Speaker 2: only environment. And then we also of course have a

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Speaker 2: senior's personal safety session, and we just really like to

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Speaker 2: tailor some of the specific needs to make sure that

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Speaker 2: the audience is obviously getting you being able to capitalize

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Speaker 2: on how much of the information as possible and it's

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Speaker 2: actually applicable to them their marini.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon it's such a good idea, and particularly

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Speaker 1: with some of the scene is because we have seen

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Speaker 1: from time to time and I know even in Ellie

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Speaker 1: Springs at the moment there's concerns that scene needs are

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Speaker 1: are able to attaind those sessions and look at different

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Speaker 1: ways that they're able to keep themselves a little bit

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Speaker 1: safer and protect themselves if the need arises.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it. And with Neighborhood Watch, what we really

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Speaker 2: love about those personal safety sessions. It's important that when

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Speaker 2: we're talking about OC spray and yes we're hosting trials

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Speaker 2: to provide that safety education piece because that's what we do.

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Speaker 2: We're already doing that, and we want to make sure

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Speaker 2: that people are equipped with the information to stay clear

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Speaker 2: of potentially dangerous situations. That's really the biggest message. Absolutely,

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Speaker 2: get people equipped with the escalation tools or awareness pieces

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Speaker 2: so they're like, oh, that looks like potentially hazardous situation.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to go ahead, and all the way. We

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Speaker 2: even chat about things like ego, you know, because that's

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Speaker 2: that's if someone turns and bumps into you and they're like, hey,

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Speaker 2: what where you're going, and then your you know, ego response,

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Speaker 2: your immediate response is to turn around and say something back.

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Speaker 2: And sharing personal protection strategies is just great. She really

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Speaker 2: spends a lot of time on a phrase called she

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Speaker 2: says do not engage, and it's honestly my favorite thing

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Speaker 2: about the entire session. So there's so many things that

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Speaker 2: putting ourselves in harms way or a potentially threatening situation

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Speaker 2: that could be escalated just by walking away. We're de

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Speaker 2: escalating and hopefully the idea is that we get out

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Speaker 2: of a situation before it gets to a point where

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Speaker 2: you would need to employ something like a tactile functions

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Speaker 2: such as using a personal safety device or physical.

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Speaker 1: And you want to be trying your base to avoid that, Veronica,

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Speaker 1: if I or anybody out there listening this morning, obviously

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Speaker 1: it is at this point in time that Saturday session

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Speaker 1: is continuing on. But I know it's not the only

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Speaker 1: session that you guys have. You also have the other

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Speaker 1: personal protection well workshops. I guess you'd call them. Where

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Speaker 1: can people go? What's the best way that they can register?

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Speaker 1: Is there's still the chance for them to do that?

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Speaker 2: Yes, the best way to do that is visiting our

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Speaker 2: website in hwn T dot org dot au. You or

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Speaker 2: you can email our amazing admin and marketing wrapt admin

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Speaker 2: at nhwn T dot org dot eu or Google orc Spray,

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Speaker 2: Safecriage and Handling Workshop. Again, it'll be the Saturday from

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Speaker 2: ten to twelve and barrama and agreeted strategies.

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Speaker 1: Awesome, well, Veronica Larson from Neighborhood Watch. Lovely to speak

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Speaker 1: to you this morning. Really appreciate you coming into the

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Speaker 1: studio and letting people know about this workshop.

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Speaker 2: Pleasure, Thank you for having us, Thank you, thanks so much,