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Speaker 1: Now. Earlier this year, we were contacted by a number

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Speaker 1: awarding the tender to a different operator. Well, CEO Stephanie

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Speaker 1: me on the line right now. Good morning to you, Stephanie.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Katie, and good morning to your listeners.

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Speaker 1: How I I am wonderful now Stephanie, I know you've

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely so. I'm sure some of your residents who

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Speaker 1: Oh, how wonderful. And what's the feedback being, you know,

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Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely amazing feedback. You know, it's it's it's good

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Speaker 1: Well, and I understand as well. You know that you've

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Speaker 2: Very busy Yeah, and I have to say that you

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Speaker 2: called JANT. So JANTS stands for Jobs, Ability, Nurture and

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Speaker 1: Well, awesome. Now, Stephanie, in terms of you know, the

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Speaker 2: Oh, look, it's really important. So these are all employment programs.

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Speaker 2: Sorry. Yeah, it's all about inclusions and breaking down those barriers.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and how wonderful you know, like I as you

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, And something that will be offering by the end

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Speaker 1: Stephanie, does Raymond want to have a chat to me?

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Speaker 1: This morning?

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Speaker 1: Oh, how good, thank you. I think I've got Raymond

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Speaker 3: How are you doing?

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Speaker 1: I'm very good, Raymond. Which program are you part of

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And how do you love getting to go to work?

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And Raymond, have you met lots of people in

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Speaker 1: And how important is that for you? You know that

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like it's like family at HPA. It's like

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Speaker 1: Work, Raymond, work sounds like HPA sounds like it's a

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Speaker 3: It's like yallawa and you work and it's like you're

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Speaker 1: I'm the same here, mate, keeps me busy and keeps

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Speaker 1: Raymond's so good to talk to you this morning. Thank

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Speaker 1: Good on you mate, Thank you, And do you want

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Speaker 1: What a legend Raymond is. And you can hear you, Oh, Stephanie,

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Speaker 1: Oh, Stephanie, you must love going to work and you

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Speaker 1: what Raymond said, absolutely love and going to.

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Speaker 2: Work absolutely absolutely, and you know, nobody lost a job

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Speaker 2: keep supporting us. Have a kash for can Bin and

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Speaker 1: Oh good on your Stephanie. Lovely to talk to you

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Speaker 2: Much, thank you, thank you, thank you. Bye now,