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Speaker 1: Well, it was a moment that stopped the Northern Territory.

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Speaker 1: You will recall that terrible incident in bees Creek where

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Speaker 1: a young boy was struck by a car after getting

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Speaker 1: off a bus. It has been one year to the

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Speaker 1: day since that accident and it's been a long road

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Speaker 1: to recovery for Harrison, who's had to learn how to

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Speaker 1: walk again. And his wonderful mother, Paula Pastoleus, joins me

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

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Speaker 2: Hi, Katie, how are you going on?

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Speaker 3: I'm going really well. How are you? And how's young

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Speaker 3: Harrison going.

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Speaker 2: Harrison's doing really well, better than anyone could have expected.

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Speaker 2: I suppose him having a brain injury, which they call

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Speaker 2: the invisible injury. He'll never one hundred percent be himself again,

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Speaker 2: but he's walking, talking, doing everything a little boy would

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Speaker 2: want to do at the moment. So we're so thankful

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Speaker 2: that he's come out on the other side of it.

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Speaker 2: You know, he still have therapy, still have speech and

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Speaker 2: physio and occupational therapy, but it's gone from weekly to

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Speaker 2: fortnightly now yep. But no, he's doing really, really well.

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Speaker 2: He's not back at full full time yet, but that's

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Speaker 2: I suppose what we're working towards is getting him back

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Speaker 2: to full time school. He just gets very fatigued, very easily.

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Speaker 3: Paula.

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Speaker 1: One year to the day since that accident, you know

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Speaker 1: that day, your life's totally changed, I would imagine.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, I can't believe it's been a here, it's

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Speaker 2: gone so quickly. But today I want to turn something

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Speaker 2: negative into something positive. We've made some signs to put

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Speaker 2: up on Beees Creek, just reminding everyone what happened this

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Speaker 2: time last year, and one side of the road it's

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Speaker 2: asking people to slow down, and the other side of

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Speaker 2: the road is a reminder kids of the road rules,

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Speaker 2: especially in the rural area where we're not crossing roads

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Speaker 2: with our kids. We're crossing car parks. You know, we

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Speaker 2: don't do a lot of crossing roads with our children

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Speaker 2: out in the rural area. And it's just, you know,

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Speaker 2: two bad choices that day caused an accident and Harry

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Speaker 2: ran out from behind a bus and the car was speeding.

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Speaker 2: They were doing ninety eighty. So he's very lucky to

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Speaker 2: still be with us.

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Speaker 1: I suppose, yeah, you're look, you're so right, Paula.

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Speaker 3: Does Harry remember much from that day.

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Speaker 2: He remembers nothing. So he had his Christmas concert that

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Speaker 2: morning at the school and he doesn't even remember that.

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Speaker 2: I suppose this brain doctor and Adelaide said that all

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Speaker 2: the kids he's worked with, he said, none of them remember.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know what, that's.

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Speaker 2: Probably a gaining way of protecting ourselves. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I was thinking exactly the same. But I tell you what,

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Speaker 1: you know, as a mom, I can't even imagine what

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Speaker 1: that day must have been like for you.

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Speaker 2: I'm really trying to not be emotional about it today

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Speaker 2: and just be thankful. We're so lucky our boys still

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Speaker 2: with us, and if we can get one person on

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Speaker 2: the road to slow down, or if we could stop

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Speaker 2: this happening to one other child, then that's a bonus,

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Speaker 2: isn't it.

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Speaker 1: You are spot on, And you know what, Like, I'll

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Speaker 1: go home and I'll have that conversation with my kids,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure that every other parent listening this morning

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Speaker 1: are doing today is you know, you might not feel

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Speaker 1: like it, but it's incredibly brave. And the fact that

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Speaker 1: you're on here this morning, exactly one year since this

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Speaker 1: accident happened, I like My hat goes off to you, Paula,

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Speaker 1: because I know it hasn't been an easy year.

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Speaker 3: It's been a long ride to recovery.

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Speaker 2: It happens. Tell me, I didn't think. My whole thing

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Speaker 2: out of this is if we can turn it into

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Speaker 2: a positive and remind everyone, like to remind our children

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Speaker 2: of the road rules and just slow down. There's no

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Speaker 2: rush to be anywhere, is there? No if we leave

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Speaker 2: ten minutes early, we're not running late. You know, yep,

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Speaker 2: you spot, there's no reason for speeding. Yeah, it just isn't.

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Speaker 2: And I just think of all the kids that you

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Speaker 2: know that if we could save one child from and

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Speaker 2: we all know what the territorians drive like unfortunately.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Paula, tell me, how are things going for Harry

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Speaker 1: with schooling and is he getting that extra support that

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Speaker 2: Ah?

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Speaker 3: He is, he is.

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Speaker 2: I suppose we've had some hard times and when he's

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Speaker 2: not getting what he needs, I'm here to fight for him.

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Speaker 2: And I've put those fights in and we've come out

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Speaker 3: That is that is really good to hear.

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Speaker 1: And and you know, like I said to you just

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Speaker 1: a moment ago, I think it's really wonderful what you're

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Speaker 1: And you know what you and your and your little

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Speaker 1: family have been through and what your young fella has

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Speaker 3: He must be an absolute legend.

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Speaker 2: He really is. I will give you that. And you

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Speaker 2: know why. Here's a jokest loves telling a joke, loves

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Speaker 2: making people laugh. Here's a real character. He really is.

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Speaker 3: What do you reckon?

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Speaker 1: He'd want you to say on the radio this morning, Paula,

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Speaker 1: What would he want you to remind all the families

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Speaker 2: Just to be careful? Just to be careful. He knows

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Speaker 2: I've told him what's happened, that he made a mistake

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Speaker 2: as well. He knows that he did wrong day and

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Speaker 2: he knows that two bad choices that day caused an accent.

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Speaker 2: So I wasn't going to hide it from him that

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Speaker 2: he was part of the problem. You know that he

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Speaker 2: didn't see him coming and speeding. So he knows that,

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Speaker 2: and he accepts that he has his good days and

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Speaker 2: bad days of both. Yeah, but he's a very happy

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Speaker 2: little boy. We're very lucky.

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Speaker 3: And do you know what, Paula. He did what so

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Speaker 3: many kids do every day. You know, they like I know,

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Speaker 3: even with mine, when.

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Speaker 1: They're young, they just don't think about those road rules

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Speaker 1: in the same way that.

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Speaker 3: We do as adults.

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Speaker 1: And you know, and I'm so glad that he you

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Speaker 1: know that he that he's he's a strong little boy.

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Speaker 1: He sounds like a great little fella and that throughout

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Speaker 1: the year, you know, I know it's been tough, but

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Speaker 1: thank god he's okay.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's exactly right. When it comes down to world,

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Speaker 2: we're very class. This is very He's right here right now, Katie. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Does he want to jump on and say hello?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you want to say something, Harry? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Wow, how are you? Mate?

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Speaker 2: Merry Christmas to everyone, Make.

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Speaker 1: Merry Christmas to you too, Harry. I hope you get

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Speaker 1: lots from so Oh what a little legend, Paula. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for speaking to me this morning, and

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Speaker 1: massive thanks to me.

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Speaker 2: On just to remind everyone to slow down and remind.

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Speaker 3: Good on you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Paula, because you know what, it's

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Speaker 1: so much stronger coming from you than anybody else. So

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Speaker 1: thank you for reminding everybody of those road rules.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk to you again, so thanks so much for

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Speaker 3: No worries, have a lovely Christmas,