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Speaker 1: A few weeks ago we learned that Helping People Achieve,

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Speaker 1: which employs people with disabilities at the Shoal Bay Trash

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Speaker 1: and Treasure Shop, had lost the contract with the City

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Speaker 1: of Darwin Council. Well in what upset a lot of people.

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Speaker 1: To an interstate operator now, it was a big blow,

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Speaker 1: there is no doubt about that, particularly to the supported

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Speaker 1: staff who've gained confidence and been able to use that

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Speaker 1: job to sort of forge their routines and get into

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Speaker 1: the workforce. Many of them have been there as well

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Speaker 1: for a number of years now. We were told that

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Speaker 1: some would have opportunities to stay on under the new operator.

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Speaker 1: Resource Recovery Australia joining us on the line to tell

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Speaker 1: us more and certainly give us a bit of an

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Speaker 1: update on the situation. Is Helping People Achieves. Acting CEO

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Speaker 1: Stephanie Ransom. Good morning to.

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

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Speaker 1: Stephanie, how are staff going?

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Speaker 2: Yes, well, I'm sure you can all imagine. It's been

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Speaker 2: a crazy two weeks. So our focus was on our people,

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Speaker 2: so our staff and supported employees. So I just want

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Speaker 2: to be able to give you a bit of an update.

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Speaker 2: So all of our supported employees, so people with disability,

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Speaker 2: we've met with them and their families and they've all

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Speaker 2: taken options or will take options across HPA doing another

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Speaker 2: as different tasks. So they all had the opportunity to

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Speaker 2: choose where they wanted to go and they all have

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Speaker 2: planned transition plans in place to transition to new new

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Speaker 2: roles within the organization, which is fantastic. Well that is

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Speaker 2: second news, that is really good news absolutely. I mean

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Speaker 2: their first preference would be to day with treash and Treasure,

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Speaker 2: but that that's not going to happen. So in terms

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Speaker 2: of our staff, so our staff, they have had a

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Speaker 2: number of options so looking at you know, working with

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Speaker 2: our partners with such as the earlier HPA and offered

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Speaker 2: them to apply for those roles. But also as of

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Speaker 2: next week there'll be a transition meeting with the new

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Speaker 2: contractor Resource Recovery Australia that all our staff are able

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Speaker 2: to go to and have a chat with them and

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Speaker 2: to be able to apply for the roles that they

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Speaker 2: do have. So whilst it's you know, it's still gut

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Speaker 2: wrenching for HPA, the most important thing are people and

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Speaker 2: their livelihoods. You know, we've all got bills to pay,

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Speaker 2: so stuff will have a job come the first of February.

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Speaker 2: Supported employees will have a job come the first of February.

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Speaker 1: Well, that is certainly good news. It does sound as

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Speaker 1: I mean from what you said, they're going to have

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Speaker 1: to apply for any job that they may then be

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Speaker 1: able to get with the new operator Resource Recovery Australia.

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Speaker 1: So have you spoken to Resource Recovery Australia at all?

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Speaker 2: So we were. We had intended to speak to them

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Speaker 2: the day after we heard, but we put all our

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Speaker 2: efforts into you know, our staff and our supported employees.

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Speaker 2: You know, there's a number of people we needed to

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Speaker 2: talk to and support and plus also the rest of

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Speaker 2: the organization and how it affects everybody. So that was

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Speaker 2: that was our you know, number one focus. But for

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Speaker 2: Resource Recovery Australia, they have this information session next week

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Speaker 2: and all the staff are will be made aware of

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Speaker 2: their processes and how they can you know, apply for

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Speaker 2: their jobs or if it's supply or if it's transition.

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Speaker 2: You know that, you know, I can't answer that question

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Speaker 2: until we go to the session, and I'll go along

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Speaker 2: as well to listen to to what's being said. We've

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Speaker 2: had an information session last Monday night to talk to

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Speaker 2: families and staff to ask as many questions as they

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Speaker 2: might have, and I randomly answer questions throughout the week

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Speaker 2: from different people because I've got an open line of

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Speaker 2: communication so that they can ask any questions that they

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Speaker 2: may have, because it's very emotional and you know, these

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Speaker 2: are people livelihoods. But we will work and we are

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Speaker 2: working effectively with the new contractor. And what the transition

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Speaker 2: looked like, I'm not sure. This Wednesday we have a

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Speaker 2: board meeting where HPA board will guide me on what

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Speaker 2: they want for that transition plan from HPA's point of

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Speaker 2: view and working positively with Resource Recovery Australia and Stephanie.

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Speaker 1: How are all the staff going, you know, as they

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Speaker 1: learn that they're going to be going into different roles

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Speaker 1: within HPAY, how are they feeling? Because I know for

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Speaker 1: a lot of them, I mean we spoke to parents

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Speaker 1: that had said that, you know, working out there at

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Speaker 1: the tip shop had become a part of their life,

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Speaker 1: a part of their routines.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, so as I said you know previously, so

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Speaker 2: for some of our supported employees, you know, a transition

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Speaker 2: even within HPA, you know, can really upset their but

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Speaker 2: we will work with them and support them in that transition.

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Speaker 2: So some of the support of employees will do you know,

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Speaker 2: trial days and a couple of extradations, slowly transition. Some

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Speaker 2: are quite capable of transitioning from one day to the next.

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Speaker 2: So it's all really individual. But I think, you know,

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Speaker 2: the emotion around all of this is still very raw

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Speaker 2: for HPA, and we were very overwhelmed and humbled by

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Speaker 2: the community's reaction to the news, and the staff at

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Speaker 2: Trash and Treasure said lots of people have gone out

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Speaker 2: and spoken to them and said what a great job

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Speaker 2: they've done, which has really, really really helped them. So

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Speaker 2: you know, the emotions are still very raw and very high.

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Speaker 2: But what what we do ask your listeners to do

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Speaker 2: is is on the third of December is International Day

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Speaker 2: for People with disability and it's celebrated around the world.

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Speaker 2: So at Trash and Treasure and Bunnings, we're going to

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Speaker 2: do a sausage sizzle to invite the community to come

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Speaker 2: along talk to us, and you know, there's no cost involved.

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Speaker 2: Come along, have a sausage sizzle and you know, have

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Speaker 2: a yarn about what's happened. Over the last six years,

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Speaker 2: and it's our way of saying thank you to the

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Speaker 2: community for their support over the last two years. And

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Speaker 2: also at Bunnings we've got a pop up shop selling

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Speaker 2: our odds designs you know where for Christmas. Come along

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Speaker 2: see what the guys have made. We've got some amazing

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Speaker 2: gifts that you can buy for Christmas. But also to

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Speaker 2: support our support of the employees and show them that

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Speaker 2: the community really does support them. So it's our way

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Speaker 2: of saying thank you back to the community. You know,

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Speaker 2: it's so Australian. Share a snag and celebrate with us

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Speaker 2: for the last six years.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I love it. That's a really nice thing to do, Stephanie.

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Speaker 1: We might try and catch up with you or at

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Speaker 1: least that people know a little bit more about that

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Speaker 1: as well as the date gets a bit close. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for happily wonderful that HPA has been

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Speaker 1: able to find opportunities for everybody that was working out

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Speaker 1: there at Trash and Treasure. And we'll wait in here

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Speaker 1: of course as well what happens with the new operators.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, and just to let you all know, Trash and

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Speaker 2: Treasure will live on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, good on you. Thank you I really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff. Thanks Stephanie,