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Speaker 1: It is ny Doc Week. It's running from the third

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Speaker 1: until the tenth of July. Your opportunity to get up,

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Speaker 1: stand up and show up, and there are a raft

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Speaker 1: of different events which have been planned. Now joining me

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Speaker 1: on the line to tell us a little bit more

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Speaker 1: is the wonderful Richie Fijo, who many of you will

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Speaker 1: know are proud Larichia Man.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to.

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Speaker 3: You, Richard, good morning, how are you very well?

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Speaker 1: And I should have actually said doctor Richard Fijo, congratulations mate,

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Speaker 1: thank you.

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Speaker 3: I'm still a bit shocked.

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Speaker 2: Well, what does it all mean? I know that you

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Speaker 2: know that in May you were awarded.

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Speaker 1: That honorary doctorate from Flinders University to acknowledge your work

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Speaker 1: in cross cultural education and improving outcomes for Aboriginal people.

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Speaker 1: It's an amazing recognition. You must have felt incredibly proud.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I actually didn't see it coming so ilmost fell

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Speaker 3: out of my seat when I saw the email initially.

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Speaker 3: But it's actually a new direction that we need to

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Speaker 3: head in. It's recognizing the cultural and community contributions through

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Speaker 3: universities and academia and they're actually my doctorate is a

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Speaker 3: reflection of what I've been doing for the last twelve

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Speaker 3: years and training doctors and Aboriginal culture.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right, and it's something that you know that some

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Speaker 1: people just wouldn't even think about, but it is absolutely

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Speaker 1: essential with you know, with doctors being able to you know,

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Speaker 1: knowing exactly what they need to be aware of when

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Speaker 1: it comes to Aboriginal culture.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. And we've been talking about the health topic for

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Speaker 3: some time with Flinders University. We've already had talks with

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Speaker 3: Thomas Mayer on Ularu and Sean Howard from Guana and

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Speaker 3: so many other people on webinars about indigenous topics and

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Speaker 3: you can actually find these through the link for Flinders

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Speaker 3: which is called Health Game Changes dot com dot au.

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Speaker 1: And how is you know, like, how is that discussion

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Speaker 1: as well going to be incorporated with some of the

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Speaker 1: events that we're going to see this week when it

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Speaker 1: comes to night orkwak.

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Speaker 3: Well in regards to the theory, what we're doing is

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Speaker 3: we're changing the conversation about how we're engaging with health.

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Speaker 3: So what we're looking at is recognition of Aboriginal people

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Speaker 3: and what they've done for community and rewarding them in

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Speaker 3: the way that I've been acknowledged and recognized and given

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Speaker 3: the doctorship. So we're also looking at building the approach

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Speaker 3: towards Aboriginal people and looking at our capacity where we

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Speaker 3: can be brought into education and research. For so long

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Speaker 3: we've been under the microscope where we actually need to

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Speaker 3: be changing our position, so we can be looking into

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Speaker 3: the microscope and we can be part of that conversation.

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Speaker 3: So it's repositioning ourselves and we're extending the wording around

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Speaker 3: leadership to give it a broader definition, so ignizing people

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Speaker 3: in sports, people in arts, what does leadership mean and

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Speaker 3: what how we can change the direction of Aboriginal health,

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Speaker 3: especially when it's Aboriginal.

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Speaker 1: Lad help and Richard, I know that you know that

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Speaker 1: we we obviously have NATEOC Week happening this week. It's

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Speaker 1: the opportunity for that discussion to happen. But you know,

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Speaker 1: here in the Northern Territory we have you know, we

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Speaker 1: have got more Aboriginal people our you know, we've got

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Speaker 1: over thirty percent of the population is indeed indigenous. I

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Speaker 1: would imagine that there's not only going to be a

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Speaker 1: really broad sort of discussion that happens throughout this week,

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Speaker 1: but a lot to celebrate as well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I actually started off yesterday at Parmiston throwing a

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Speaker 3: hey out there for the Parmison Committee and all the

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Speaker 3: groups that were out there. The torrest Rate Islander dances

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Speaker 3: that always show up, the one Mob dancers, the lary

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Speaker 3: Keia dancers. You know, these are the people that have

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Speaker 3: been putting in long term commitment to our community and

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Speaker 3: being creating that inclusive environment Larichian Nation. With the flag

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Speaker 3: raising ceremony, all the organizations and the supporters that come

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Speaker 3: and be a part of Nadock's Aboriginal and non Aboriginal organizations,

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Speaker 3: and don't forget our tri Straight Islander brothers and sisters

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Speaker 3: that always come proudly walk with us.

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Speaker 1: Now. I know that sometimes when it comes to something

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Speaker 1: like Nadock Week, for those that aren't Indigenous or don't

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Speaker 1: of wonder whether they can get involved in Nadok Week

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Speaker 1: as well and be part of it.

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Speaker 2: Richard, you know, do you want the whole community there?

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Speaker 3: I reckon from my perspective, absolutely, yeah, because particularly in

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Speaker 3: Darwin and the Northern Turkey, we actually celebrate multicultural rooms

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Speaker 3: and quite well, so we try to go out of

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Speaker 3: our way to create a welcoming environment. We're all about

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Speaker 3: inclusion and not exclusion. So we want to not only

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Speaker 3: be seen in our community. We went our community to

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Speaker 3: walk with us, because this is a journey that we're

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Speaker 3: all on, whether it's improving better health outcomes, you know,

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Speaker 3: or whether it's community relationships. One of the things I've

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Speaker 3: been doing with Kindness Shake is going down and when

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Speaker 3: we have international people and I'll do a free welcome

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Speaker 3: the country for them, you know, and I'll be mixing

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Speaker 3: in with them, and I want them to feel at

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Speaker 3: home the way the Lariccier people feel at home. So

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Speaker 3: whether you're Laricicier, whether you're Aboriginal, whether you're non Aboriginal,

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Speaker 3: or whether you're nearly a rival. You know, I always

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Speaker 3: saying my welcome to country. We all walk on the

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Speaker 3: same land and we all live under the same sky.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you do absolutely amazing welcome to countries, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I think it's so important that you know that everybody

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Speaker 1: obviously feels welcome as well, because mate, there is so

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Speaker 1: much on. You've got some phenomenal events lined up for

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Speaker 1: the week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Oh you should see Mike Calender talks. This is

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Speaker 3: one of the busiest reasons like Christmas, but for a

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Speaker 1: Me, yeah, it looks like it's going to be so busy.

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Speaker 1: What I love though as well, is that these you know,

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Speaker 1: some stuff in the schools as well, school Nadoc Week events,

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Speaker 1: which I reckons so important.

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Speaker 3: And that's what we need to do. We also need

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Speaker 3: to get the schools involved, We need to get the

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Speaker 3: organizations involved. There's a lot of also other Larochie people

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Speaker 3: and other non Larochier people out there working in our

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Speaker 3: community to raise the awareness around Nadock. You know, some

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Speaker 3: of the things I spoke about yesterday was the Nadok March.

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Speaker 3: Nadov actually turned fifty this year, but so has the

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Speaker 3: Larochee nation flag, and so has the Larochie petition to

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Speaker 3: the Queen. So these are important points that our community

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Speaker 3: should be aware of because this is more reason for

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Speaker 3: us to participate.

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Speaker 2: Richard, what's the Larochie petition to the Queen?

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Speaker 3: So in ninete seventy two, the Larachiir made a land

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Speaker 3: petition asking for land to be returned to the Larakiir

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Speaker 3: and there was one thousand or so signatures on it.

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Speaker 3: And I'll see the petition, and that actually was they

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Speaker 3: was visiting Darwin and it was actually ripped by one

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Speaker 3: of the police officers and so unfortunately it never got

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Speaker 3: to make the light of day. But the fact that

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Speaker 3: even recently it's spun. I was talking about the flag

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Speaker 3: turning fifty, the Larachie flag has got the bangiantry on it,

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Speaker 3: and also the Larochie petition turning fifty as well, those

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Speaker 3: things that were turning fifty. So it's fresh in my mind.

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Speaker 3: But I actually wondered how much of our community was

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Speaker 3: aware of these other things that were turned fifty, and

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Speaker 3: so we should be sharing this information in our community.

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Speaker 3: So especially if people don't know where to start or

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Speaker 3: where they or whether they can start or join in

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Speaker 3: with NATO, come and do it, because every learning journey

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Speaker 3: has a first step. So come and be a part

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Speaker 3: of this. Come and be a part of our celebrations.

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Speaker 3: Come and be a part of our community, because we

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Speaker 3: as Aboriginal people are going into your multicultural festivals that

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Speaker 3: we're representing, and we want to see that there's always

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Speaker 3: to reciprocal exchange, you know, so people are more than

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Speaker 3: welcome and you know, we're a very welcoming place.

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Speaker 2: Darlin yeah, we absolutely are.

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Speaker 1: And you know, like you said, we are so multicultural,

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Speaker 1: and you hit the nail on the head. I think

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Speaker 1: the more that we can all come together, the better

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Speaker 1: it is. You know, we live in such a multicultural place.

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Speaker 1: It is such a wonderful place. But yeah, if we

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Speaker 1: can all get together, particularly for night or g week,

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Speaker 1: what a great time to do.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, I think that's the ingredient of being Australians,

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Speaker 3: recognizing that we are diverse, you know, but also acknowledging that.

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Speaker 3: And I'll say that in my speeches that we're territory.

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Speaker 3: They wear Australians and they wear countrymen, and then I

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Speaker 3: goes by I love it.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: Oh mate, you those like I said, you know, those

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Speaker 1: speeches that you that you obviously do, but also the

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Speaker 1: welcome to countries they are there.

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Speaker 2: They are fantastic in my view.

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Speaker 1: But what I love is, you know the way that

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Speaker 1: you You're always trying to bring the community together, and

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Speaker 1: I think that that's such an important thing to do.

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Speaker 2: So Richard, we really appreciate your time this morning.

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Speaker 3: Thank you,