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Speaker 1: We know that there's a rehabilitation program that's helping connect

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Speaker 1: socially isolated people with rescue animals. It's launched in Darwin.

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Speaker 1: It is being run by the Happy Pause, Happy Hearts Foundation.

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Speaker 1: Now they're a charity group creating positive change for disadvantage

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Speaker 1: people and also for deserted animals. It is incredible. I

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Speaker 1: think it sounds like an incredible initiative and it is

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Speaker 1: a revolutionary rehabilitation program. And we are going to find

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Speaker 1: out more about that in just a couple of moments'

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Speaker 1: time when we catch up with their team leader to

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Speaker 1: find out more. Now on the tech side this morning,

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Speaker 1: there is a lot of messages that are still coming

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Speaker 1: through and I will get to those in just a moment.

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Speaker 1: There's one here from Adrian in Annula and said, Hi, Katie,

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Speaker 1: when can we expect some straight out honesty from those

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Speaker 1: in power in the Northern Territory. Why are they always

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Speaker 1: hiding from the people here and offering no explanations on anything.

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Speaker 1: There's also one Leah, simple yes or no? Would you

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Speaker 1: retain Chalker if you were elected as the chief minister tomorrow?

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Speaker 1: There's plenty of others. Just say it, Leah, it's what

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Speaker 1: we want to hear you don't have confidence or you

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Speaker 1: do have confidence in Chalker, and plenty and plenty of

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Speaker 1: other messages. So I am going to get to those

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Speaker 1: very shortly. But let's get into it because, as I mentioned,

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Speaker 1: there is a revolutionary program which is running at the

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Speaker 1: moment where it's about to get underway. We'll find out

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Speaker 1: it's being run by Happy Pause, Happy Hearts Foundation. They're

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Speaker 1: a charity group creating positive change for disadvantage people as

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Speaker 1: well as deserted animals. Now joining me on the line

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Speaker 1: to tell us more Team leader for the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: justin Palazzo or good morning to you justin.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, how are you going really good?

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time this morning, justin.

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Speaker 1: How exactly is this program going to work?

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Speaker 2: That's a great question. So what we do. We often

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Speaker 2: partner with organizations such as RSPCA in Darwen to bring

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Speaker 2: socially isolated humans and socially isolated animals together to create

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Speaker 1: I reckon this sounds incredible, like firstly, you know, where

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Speaker 1: do you sort of find the people that are maybe

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Speaker 1: this would work for.

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Speaker 2: So currently in Australia we have over a million people

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Speaker 2: experiencing a social isolation. So yeah, and that's just people

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Speaker 2: that have actually put their hand up and said that

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Speaker 2: I'm experiencing this challenge. So there's a lot of us

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Speaker 2: out there that they're experiencing this challenge. And so we

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Speaker 2: advertise through different social media and obviously radio interviews like this,

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Speaker 2: and we have our participants who are from twelve years

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Speaker 2: abilities that come and hang out with our shelter animals

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Speaker 2: and learn about looking after animals, looking after themselves, animal training,

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Speaker 2: and also helping those animals lives improve in those shelter

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Speaker 1: So it's not just dogs cats as well.

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Speaker 2: Yep. In fact, I've got a cute little bobtail kitten

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Speaker 2: hanging out with me right now. She's a little silver

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Speaker 2: with all the animals at RSBUCA there in Dalen.

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Speaker 1: How awesome. Now, tell me what some of the benefits

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Speaker 1: are well for everybody involved.

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Speaker 2: Well, I guess from the people's perspective, it really sometimes

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Speaker 2: from our participants they say to us, you know, it's

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Speaker 2: really given me a reason to get up in the morning,

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Speaker 2: something important. A lot of our participants ex serving veterans

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Speaker 2: and for those people that have had that really strong

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Speaker 2: connection to purpose in their lives and are no longer

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Speaker 2: for them connecting back to the animals. And you know,

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Speaker 2: animals just don't judge. Yeah, so there's no judgment, there's

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Speaker 2: no shame. You go and hang out with a kid

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Speaker 2: let's just hang out together.

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Speaker 1: I love it.

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Speaker 2: All those boundaries.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and no doubt there is benefits for the animals

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Speaker 2: Absolutely so. Since we started back around about twenty fourteen,

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Speaker 2: we've worked we've done over twenty seven thousand hours of

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Speaker 1: Justin tell me why did you decide to launch j

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Speaker 2: one of the main reasons why we're coming to Darwen. Also,

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Speaker 1: I've no doubt that there's going to be people listening

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Speaker 1: this morning thinking to themselves. I'd really like to take

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Speaker 1: part of what Justin's talking about. What is the best

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Speaker 2: So best thing would be to check out our website,

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Speaker 2: which is Happy. If you do a search for Happy

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Speaker 2: Port's Happy Hearts you'll be able to find there's lots

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Speaker 2: of information on the website. We're also all over the

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Speaker 1: I think it sounds like an incredible program. I've got dogs.

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Speaker 1: I just love the fact that you know, they're always

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Speaker 1: there to give you a hug, They're always happy no

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Speaker 1: matter what's going on, and they do certainly bring a

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Speaker 1: smile to your face. Absolutely so I can only imagine

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Speaker 1: what it's going to do for, you know, for people

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely love that we get to bring smiles to

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Speaker 2: not only the people's spaces, but also the animal spaces

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Speaker 1: Yes, so true. Well, Happy Hearts team leader for the

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory justin Palazzo or thank you so very much

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Speaker 1: for your time this morning. It very much appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, have a good one you too,