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Speaker 1: Now we know community consultations being sought on plans by

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Speaker 1: Swimming in Tea to build a land based training facility

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Speaker 1: at par Rat Pool. So it would be built on

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Speaker 1: the unused netball courts on the eastern side of the

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Speaker 1: complex and utilized by local clubs as well as interstate

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Speaker 1: and national swim squads. Now joining me on the line

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Speaker 1: to tell us a little bit more is Swimming INT

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Speaker 1: CEO Warren Dobson. Good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Warren, good morning, how are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Really good? Lovely to have you on the show. Now, Warren,

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Speaker 1: what facilities would this project to include? What would it

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Speaker 1: all look like?

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Speaker 2: So the basis of it all is going to be

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Speaker 2: a large sort of high performance gym that'll be the

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Speaker 2: main structure within the building. That isn't There is no

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Speaker 2: gym at prep Pool at the moment. I know there

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Speaker 2: has been one to open up in a Casuarina, but

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Speaker 2: with Prepp being our main center for competitive swimming there,

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Speaker 2: there's no gym facility there. Yeah. As well as that,

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Speaker 2: we'll also have some meeting room and storage areas within

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Speaker 2: the building, but also a recovery center, but things like

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Speaker 2: as strangers that might stand asauna, some ice baths and

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Speaker 2: those sorts of things.

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Speaker 1: Well, it sounds like, you know what you'd expect your

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Speaker 1: high performing swimmers to have access to, But unfortunately in

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Speaker 1: the Northern Territory at this point in time they die,

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Speaker 2: No, we don't have anywhere of that sort of nature.

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Speaker 2: I know there's a few people part of the NTSA

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Speaker 2: program that get to use the facility over there, but

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Speaker 2: we don't have anything for the swimming specific on site

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Speaker 2: that we can actually utilize and attract people from the

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Speaker 2: rest of the country and also internationally to come to

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Speaker 2: Darwin to actually train at Perrap and use the facilities

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Speaker 2: there because it will become a fit for purpose facility

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Speaker 2: across you know obviously who's got great facilities with a pool,

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Speaker 2: but having the gym and the recovery center on site,

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Speaker 2: we'll also provide that last bit of infrastructure that we

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Speaker 2: need to make it a world class facility and Warren.

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Speaker 1: We have in the past had different swim teams come

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Speaker 1: to the Northern Territory to train, haven't we But have

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Speaker 1: we ever had like the full Australian squad.

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Speaker 2: Not to my knowledge, No, so we are this year

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Speaker 2: we will be having the Australian Dolphins come, we'll have

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Speaker 2: the whole contingent actually, so we've got the open water

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Speaker 2: the Australian Dolphins team coming up for a I think

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Speaker 2: it's about a twelve or thirteen day event camp just

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Speaker 2: also in July through the middle of July. And then

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Speaker 2: we have the Para Dolphins, so the para swimming teams

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Speaker 2: coming up in September before they make their way to

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Speaker 2: Singapore for their World Champs. So it's the full contingent

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Speaker 2: and you know, great exposure for swimming in the Northern Territory,

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Speaker 2: but it's also great for the local economy as well,

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Speaker 2: like all those people coming up here and spending the

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Speaker 2: time and their money, which is also what we want to.

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Speaker 1: Say absolutely, Lauren, how important is this component in terms

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Speaker 1: of you know, having the gym, having you know, the

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Speaker 1: like that, not only for our local swimming clubs, but

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Speaker 1: also when you talk about some of those the national

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Speaker 2: Look, it's just a it's a requirement for national teams

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Speaker 2: to be here they wouldn't come if we weren't having

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Speaker 2: this facility being built, so it's absolutely essential for them.

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Speaker 2: But for our own guys, it's just you know, we've

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Speaker 2: Just incredible numbers. The sport's going up and up in

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Speaker 1: And it's also important, you know, like the days of

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Speaker 1: If they're able to stay here, that's a wonderful thing,

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Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, That's one of my main goals in being

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Speaker 2: you know, swimmers from here are swimmers that are actually

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know, like the thing is, like you've

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Speaker 2: It's not a you know, it's not a right here

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right, Larren tell me. Obviously, the community is

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Speaker 1: for this to happen at Paraple. Can I ask like,

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Speaker 1: how's it being funded? How are you managing that?

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Speaker 2: So Assimming in Tea is managing all the funding the council.

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Speaker 2: I have seen a few comments online there there is

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Speaker 2: no funds being put into this by the council. We

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Speaker 2: have applied for a Community Benefits grant, so that will

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Speaker 2: by us. We're also obviously looking to reach out the

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Speaker 2: of swimming that we've got here and the potential that

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Speaker 1: Now, in terms of you know, the approvals that are required,

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Speaker 1: like you know, it's sort of is it normal that

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Speaker 2: Know for the other sports? I'm not entirely sure. As

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Speaker 2: part of your just normal development process, I would imagine

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Speaker 2: we want feedback and you know it could lead to

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Speaker 2: additional benefits that we haven't even thought about.

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Speaker 1: Yep, that's exactly right, So Warren today, as I understand

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Speaker 1: it as well, at the Parrat Pool, I think I've

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Speaker 1: got the dates right. There's actually going to be a

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Speaker 1: pop up stool at the Parat Pool today. Well, gets

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Speaker 1: underway in about half an hour twelve o'clock till two pm.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll be there myself and a representative from the

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Speaker 2: City of Dale, and I'll be there today and also tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: I think tomorrow's arts at three thirty in the afternoon

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Speaker 2: and go to six thirty. So yeah, if if you've

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Speaker 2: got any questions or queries or additional ideas, we'd love

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Speaker 2: taking on all feedback.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff for Warren. I mean to anybody listening that's thinking, oh,

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Speaker 1: I don't know about this, is it going to impede

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Speaker 1: in some way you know? And what I do at

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Speaker 1: the pool or whatever, what would you say to them?

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Speaker 2: Look it absolutely won't. There's no we're not touching the

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Speaker 2: actual pool itself. It's a facility off as you said,

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Speaker 2: it's on the unused old netball courts. There's nothing there

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Speaker 2: at the moment other than it's just gathering a bit

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Speaker 2: of dust and dirt, which hopefully it will clean up

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Speaker 2: the area and make it look a little nicer for

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Speaker 2: everyone involved. But what it will do is it will provide,

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Speaker 2: hopefully with that influx of people over the next ten, fifteen,

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Speaker 2: twenty thirty years that the lifespan of this facility will

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Speaker 2: provide will grow the sport and will actually make swimming,

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Speaker 2: you know, a really fundamental sport to the NT and

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Speaker 2: something that we can be really proud of, and the

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Speaker 2: coaching standards will increase. Hopefully it leads to an increase

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Speaker 2: in the facility performance, the look all those sorts of things,

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Speaker 2: and it'll be beneficial for all years of prapp And

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Speaker 2: also awesome was across the into well.

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Speaker 1: Warren Dobson, the CEO of swimming here in the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: Good to catch up with you, mate, Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for your time.

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Speaker 2: Awesome Thanks Cotie, thank you