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Speaker 1: A little while back, we caught up with a couple

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Speaker 1: whose dog died after being mauled at an unregulated pet sitter.

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Speaker 1: Anitra and Dean Jackson thought that their Cocker Spaniel Evy

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Speaker 1: would be safe at the pet sitter and Darwin's rural area,

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Speaker 1: but they still don't have answers about what exactly happened

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Speaker 1: to their beloved dog.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: At the time, Anitra had spoken to us about changes

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Speaker 1: which she thought needed to happen in an effort to

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Speaker 1: regulate the industry, as well as concerns around well a

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Speaker 1: lack of oversight of the industry. Yesterday, though, the government

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Speaker 1: introduced the strongest animal protection reforms in the Northern Territory's history,

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Speaker 1: introducing new laws in Parliament to strengthen animal welfare and

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Speaker 1: also impose the toughest penalties for animal cruelty. Now joining

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Speaker 1: us on the line is Aneitra Jackson. Good morning, Anetra.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Katie, high listeners, how are you?

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Speaker 1: You're really good? Lovely to have you on the show

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Speaker 1: show now, Anitro, you were in Parliament yesterday? Is that

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Speaker 1: legislation were introduced? Was introduced? What was your reaction?

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Speaker 2: Oh, look, we were in Parliament on Tuesday night for

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Speaker 2: the debate over our petition that we created over Aby's Bark,

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Speaker 2: And yeah, it was amazing. It was very emotional and yeah,

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Speaker 2: very surreal moment to have these changes that we would

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Speaker 2: have been pushing forward introduced.

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Speaker 1: So obviously, so obviously the petition was tabled, a debate

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Speaker 1: happened as a result of that petition, and now we've

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Speaker 1: got this legislation that's been introduced.

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Speaker 2: Yes, so one of the one of the legislations that

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Speaker 2: we were calling upon was a code of Practice for

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Speaker 2: boarding facilities and pet sitters, and and that has actually

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Speaker 2: been introduced within the legislation. So the whole Pet Industry

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Speaker 2: Association standards and go sidelines for best practice boarding facilities

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Speaker 2: and doggie day cares. It's such a huge name has

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Speaker 2: been implemented in with the legislation. It's actually a fifty

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Speaker 2: seven page document. When when we had a meeting with

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Speaker 2: mister Meilee and we put our submission in back in September,

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Speaker 2: we actually gave them a copy of this you know,

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Speaker 2: code of Practice and said how awesome it was because

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Speaker 2: it just covers not only dogs and cats, but it

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Speaker 2: also covers all animals right down to reptiles and amphibians,

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Speaker 2: so that are in pet sitters now.

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Speaker 1: In terms of you know, what the draft proposal is

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Speaker 1: going to see, you know, talk talk our listeners through

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Speaker 1: your understanding of what these changes are going to mean

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Speaker 1: when it comes to pet sitters to boarding kennels.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so they're going to have to buy by a

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Speaker 2: set of standards, the standards of the you know, the

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Speaker 2: day to day operations of record keeping policies that they're cleaning,

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Speaker 2: transporting of animals, their security, even emergency protocols which obviously

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Speaker 2: happened with EBE, the animal management standards, you know, with

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Speaker 2: the housing enclosures, dog exercise areas, enrichment activities when doggies

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Speaker 2: are in you know, in care so they're not always

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Speaker 2: locked up, and you know, and also to the whole

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Speaker 2: law changes that have been introduced not only just covers that,

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Speaker 2: but it's just like harsher penalty, security and neglect, you know,

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Speaker 2: failure to provide minimum care, you know, food, water.

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Speaker 1: And I'll take our listeners through some of those other

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Speaker 1: changes as well. There's quite like there's quite a bit

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Speaker 2: Huge, it's a huge and I'm not an expert on everything,

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Speaker 2: but I can I can let you you know what,

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Speaker 2: because we have We had a big me with Derek

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Speaker 2: Melian and the animal boarding and so so with you know,

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Speaker 2: harsher penalties for cruelty and neglect. So with that awful

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Speaker 2: Adam Britton probific cases. So the criminal code has gone

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Speaker 2: from seven years to ten years and which is good

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Speaker 2: and you know, like clearer rules for you know, transporting

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Speaker 2: the dog prongs, collars and electrical There's been some huge

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Speaker 2: animal cruelty cases with that, and most importantly, which we

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Speaker 2: are so happy about, is that Animal Welfare have expanded

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Speaker 2: powers to investigate an conduct inspection.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, which I think is excellent. I think it's really

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Speaker 1: important that they're able to do that. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I know you said then that you're not an expert,

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Speaker 1: but you know what, I love nature that and everyday territory.

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Speaker 1: It's been able to we act some change and I

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you. Yeah, it's been it's been sixteen months

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Speaker 2: since our gorgeous ev died and since ten months since

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Speaker 2: we launched Evie's Bark. So we have been working behind

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Speaker 2: the scenes and so many people have been you know, inputing,

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Speaker 2: helping us, promoting us. There's so too many to thank,

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Speaker 2: but we still have will not stop. So we've ticked

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Speaker 2: off Code of Practice. That's definitely what we want. So

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Speaker 2: our next course of action will be to change the

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Speaker 2: Local Government Act and enforcing licensing in cancel by laws

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Speaker 2: for animal boarding and pet sitters. So that will take

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Speaker 2: a lot longer than obviously what we've done with the

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Speaker 2: Code of Practice, but we are determined to make change.

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Speaker 2: And as you know, as normal pet guardians have to

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Speaker 2: have a license for their pets more than two animals.

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Speaker 2: It just doesn't seem fair about these commercial businesses and

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Speaker 2: pet sitters are not license. Yes, that's regulated.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a really fair point. Well, Anitra Jackson,

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Speaker 1: it is really good to speak to you this morning,

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Speaker 1: and no doubt we'll probably talk again once that legislation passes.

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Speaker 1: But you know, it's like I said, it is a

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Speaker 1: it's an example, and I know it's you and I

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Speaker 1: know there's definitely other animal welfare groups as well that

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Speaker 1: have been speaking to the government about the changes that

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Speaker 1: they'd like to see. But I think it's really important

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Speaker 1: that you know when everyday Territorian's voices are heard and

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Speaker 1: you're able to enact that change.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The current government, like with Andrew McKay, he was

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Speaker 2: just wonderful. He did the most compassionate and emotional speech

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Speaker 2: on Tuesday night which border sort it tis and you

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Speaker 2: know everyone in the Parliament totally agreed that there needs

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Speaker 2: to be changed, which was just wonderful. Yeah it is.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's exactly.

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Speaker 2: Well lovely, Yes, and we want to make them safe.

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Speaker 2: You know, we don't know. At the end of the day.

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Speaker 2: They are a family and they are companion, so their

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Speaker 2: safety is just paramounts. Yes, and that's what Ebie's mission

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Speaker 2: has been about.

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Speaker 1: Sport On well anitra lovely to speak to you again

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

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Speaker 1: you