1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: As I've spoken about. You will recall earlier in the 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: week we did talk about the ban on students from 3 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: six local schools attending Casarina Square following a space of 4 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: fights at the complex. Now Center management, police and security 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: of work together enforcing the forty eight hour band, which 6 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: has now come to an end. It was in place, 7 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,759 Speaker 1: as we know, for Casarina Senior College, Sanderson Middle School, 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: Dripstone Middle School, Darwin Middle School and Darwin High School, 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: as well as Nightcliff Middle School and Casarina Square Center 10 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 1: Management manager Polly Leamon joins me on the line right now. 11 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: Good morning, Polly, Good morning Katie, Polly. 12 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 2: How has the ban gone fantastic? I want to commend 13 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: school students on their overwhelming compliance with the band. We 14 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 2: appreciate it. 15 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: So yeah, did you have many of them sort of 16 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: rock up still wanting to come in, Polly? 17 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: There were a few on the first day, but like 18 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 2: I said, ninety nine percent of them were very compliant 19 00:00:56,880 --> 00:01:00,319 Speaker 2: with our requests. We really didn't have any trouble. There 20 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 2: were a number of students who were there to be 21 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 2: collected by parents or to jump on the bus, and 22 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: of course that's totally acceptable. We're happy to facilitate that. 23 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 2: We want everyone to get home safely. But really, over 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 2: the two days, we haven't had any issues from students 25 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: from those schools. 26 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: Has it provided that bit of a stop gap that 27 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: you needed? 28 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: Absolutely? Yeah, yep, we really wanted a bit of a 29 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 2: like you said, a stop gap, a bit of a 30 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 2: pattern interrupt so that we can regroup and set those 31 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 2: standards of behavior for those students and what our expectations 32 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 2: are around visiting the shopping center. 33 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: Polly, what's been the feedback from you know, the different 34 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: businesses that operate inside Casuarina Square and also from the 35 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: shoppers and staff. 36 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 2: Yeah. So we've actually had shoppers call in and say, 37 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 2: you know, they're very supportive of it, call through to 38 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 2: our customer service desk and give us feedback on it. 39 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: Some people of us stuff to extend it, but you know, 40 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 2: we really want to give school students the opportunity to 41 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: do the right thing. The feedback from our retailers was 42 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 2: overwhelmingly positive. You know, they're happy to see us do 43 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 2: something like this and send us strong message that this 44 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 2: type of behavior isn't acceptable in the shopping center. So 45 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: I really haven't had anyone come back to me with 46 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 2: negative feedback on it. 47 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: No, well, this is the thing. It was all about 48 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: making sure that everybody inside the center is safe. And 49 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: I tell you what, I've seen some more of that 50 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,119 Speaker 1: vision from what had occurred last week, and I've got 51 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: to tell you, like, I think theres have made absolutely 52 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: the right move after seeing more of that vision and 53 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: some of what you know, a number of those students 54 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: were doing. 55 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Look, to be honest, it was pretty appalling, 56 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 2: you know, not just the fighting, but the students standing 57 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 2: around and filming. It was really appalling as well. 58 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: What's the plan from here, Paul, Because obviously it's provided 59 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,119 Speaker 1: that bit of a stopgap. Only time will tell whether 60 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: you end up with sort of hundreds of students turning 61 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 1: up this afternoon or over the next couple of days. 62 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: But what's the plan from your perspective? 63 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,399 Speaker 2: Like I said, we're going to give students the opportunity 64 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 2: to come back and do the right thing, and we 65 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,520 Speaker 2: really do hope that that happens. If it doesn't, we're 66 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: going to regroup internally within our business. We'll consult with 67 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 2: the Department of Education, police and the Social Order Response Team, 68 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,519 Speaker 2: and we'll put some measures in place based on that consultation, 69 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 2: But really what we want to do is give young 70 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,079 Speaker 2: people the opportunity to come back and do the right thing. Yeah. 71 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 1: Well, and this is a thing. Everybody's really happy for 72 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: kids to be there. Like you said the other day, 73 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: you know, having a frozen coke and a bit of 74 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: a gossip. But you can't be turning up to the 75 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: shopping center and thinking that you can get into an. 76 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 2: All in brawl. That's right. 77 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 1: Now, tell me have you got additional security or any 78 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: measures in place as you allow the students back over 79 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: the coming days. 80 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 2: We do have another Yeah, a few additional guards for today, 81 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 2: and we'll see how we go today and see what 82 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 2: we do for the rest of the week. 83 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: Pollie, what would you say to anybody that you know, Look, 84 00:03:57,440 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: I haven't had this feedback, but what would you say 85 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: to anybody And it sort of says, oh, I can't 86 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: believe you know that the shopping center did this. It's 87 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: discriminatory towards school students. 88 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 2: Well, I would probably say to them that don't come 89 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 2: and complain to us about there being these issues at 90 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: the shopping center if you're not going to support us 91 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 2: putting some of these measures in place to be perfectly blunts. 92 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 2: We need to be doing things differently. If nothing changes, 93 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 2: nothing changes. So I haven't had that feedback from anyone, 94 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 2: and I hope people are on board with what we're 95 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 2: doing because we really are trying to put the safety 96 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 2: of our shoppers and our retailers at the forefront. 97 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,240 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, And you know you want seniors, you want 98 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,720 Speaker 1: everybody to be able to feel safe to get in 99 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: there and do the shopping and do what they need. 100 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:44,360 Speaker 2: Absolutely. 101 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, Polly Leamond, I really appreciate your time this morning. 102 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: Thanks for catching up with us over the last couple 103 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: of days, and we'll keep in contact and hopefully things 104 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: stay come at Casuarina Square for you. 105 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, thank you.