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Speaker 1: We know Community Expo is happening next week. It's aimed

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Speaker 1: at helping newcomers settle into the Darwin community. It's a

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Speaker 1: chance to find out more about what the region's got

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Speaker 1: on offer, all under one roof connecting people with local groups,

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Speaker 1: businesses and services and joining us on the line to

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Speaker 1: tell us a little bit more. Is Anglicare's refugee and

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Speaker 1: Migrant Settlement worker Maria our Course. Good morning to you, Maria, Good.

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Speaker 2: Morning Ky, thanks for having us.

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Speaker 1: It's oh, I'm really good. It's lovely to have you

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Speaker 1: on the show this morning. Maria. What are you hoping

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Speaker 1: or who are you hoping? It's going to attend the event.

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Speaker 2: Oh, we are so excited about The event is the

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Speaker 2: first one one that we're holding. So we're hoping that

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Speaker 2: newcomers and also locals join us. So we'll see what'll

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Speaker 2: happen next week.

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Speaker 1: Wonderful and tell us what people can expect if they

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Speaker 1: do come along to the event.

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Speaker 2: So isam Community Services at So we will have different

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Speaker 2: community services providers showcasing what they do and what the

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Speaker 2: services available are in the Darwin Greater area. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: from employment to schools to services Australia sort of centerling support,

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Speaker 2: refugees and migrant support, sediment worker support.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, look it sounds like to me like

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Speaker 1: it'd be a really beneficial expo to come along too,

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Speaker 1: as you said, for locals, but also for people who

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Speaker 1: have just maybe moved to the Northern Territory in recent months.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so the idea is not only for locals of course,

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Speaker 2: but of course for people that is just arriving just

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Speaker 2: to know what is available. I'm a migrant myself and

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Speaker 2: when I came to Australia, of course I didn't know

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Speaker 2: about all the community services available and some of them

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Speaker 2: most of them are for free. And it's such a

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Speaker 2: big benefit from the Darwin community to have that available

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Speaker 2: for them to support them settling into the new area

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Speaker 2: they're living. So yes, so hopefully a lot of people

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Speaker 2: join us and they can learn about what they can

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Speaker 2: actually access to Maria.

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Speaker 1: What's it like when you arrive in a place like

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Speaker 1: Darwin from another country. I know my in laws and migrants.

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Speaker 1: They're Italian and they couldn't speak English when they first arrived.

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Speaker 1: This is, you know, more than forty years ago. But

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Speaker 1: what is it like when you arrive in a brand

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Speaker 1: new country? A brand new city and you're trying to

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Speaker 1: settle in.

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Speaker 2: Oh well, it could be a different experience depending where

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Speaker 2: are you coming from and what is your background. I

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Speaker 2: guess so I think that it's a little bit of

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Speaker 2: a shock. It's like this, it's like this mix of

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Speaker 2: excitement for some people won't be that excitement of wrong

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Speaker 2: because let's don't forget that some people doesn't have an

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Speaker 2: option just to be here, right and it's not a choice.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, it's just different experience for everyone. But definitely

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Speaker 2: what Darwin can provide is an amazing, super supportive community,

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Speaker 2: super multicultural. That's what I love about this place is

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Speaker 2: so relax and so welcoming. And this is one example

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Speaker 2: all the services provided coming together to showcase what they

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Speaker 2: support people with and just to provide that sense of

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Speaker 2: community and belonging when you are new.

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Speaker 1: You need that, you certainly, and I love what you

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Speaker 1: said there. We are such a multicultural place. Do we

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Speaker 1: have a lot of new migrants in the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: each year?

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Speaker 2: I will say yes, yeah, I will say yeah, I

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Speaker 2: would say yeah, it's like a lot of people coming.

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Speaker 2: Oh well, it's just depending where we are looking this perspective.

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Speaker 2: But a lot of humanitarian visas has been approved and

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Speaker 2: people arriving, also a lot of skill visa workers arriving

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Speaker 2: with their families, a lot of backpackers. Of course, you

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Speaker 2: haven't in and working and living in Darwin. That is

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Speaker 2: a seasonal place to come and work.

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Speaker 1: And tell me Maria in terms of you know, for

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Speaker 1: those listening this morning, if they are cain to come

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Speaker 1: along and they are wanting to get along to the expo,

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Speaker 1: when exactly is it happening and what should they be

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Speaker 1: aware of?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so the exploit is happening on the Friday the

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Speaker 2: eighties of May, so it's next week and it's at

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Speaker 2: the partmer Stone Recreation Center and it's from nine o'clock

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Speaker 2: to twelve. So it will be all the community services

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Speaker 2: providers having information stalls, playgroups for people to you know,

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Speaker 2: to register multicultural playgroups as well. It will be also

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Speaker 2: a partmer Stone Live the Tour, two of them, one

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Speaker 2: at ten o'clock and another one at eleven. Because library

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Speaker 2: is also such a way to connect, especially for moms

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Speaker 2: and kids. So they spent a lot of time at

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Speaker 2: the library. They're reading books, making connections, getting to know

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Speaker 2: new people.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, well, Maria, if there's anybody listening this morning

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Speaker 1: as well who has maybe just come to the Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory and you know they have migrated here and they're thinking, oh,

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Speaker 1: I may not be able to get along to the expo.

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Speaker 1: Are they still able to get in contact with Anglicare

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Speaker 1: to help get some connections to those different support services.

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Speaker 2: Yes, please Yeah, so the Darwin Community Export has a

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Speaker 2: Facebook page, yeah, so they could connect with the Darwin

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Speaker 2: community explore that way. And we are like a collaborative

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Speaker 2: team working on this. So it's a few organizations behind this.

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Speaker 2: So we have Mala Luka, we have Angly Care, we

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Speaker 2: have steps and we have also Kapolic Care and e Tea.

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Speaker 2: So it's really important that we can connect with these

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Speaker 2: services and definitely we can provide more information about services

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Speaker 2: around the area if we are not like we are

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Speaker 2: not able to support from our end well Angler.

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Speaker 1: Care refugee and migrant settlement worker Maria. Of course, I

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Speaker 1: really appreciate your time this morning. Thank you so very

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Speaker 1: much for joining us and for having a chat to

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Speaker 1: us about the expo.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me and we'll see you all next

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Speaker 2: week on Friday at the expot. Thank you good stuff.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Maria have a lovely due