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Speaker 1: Very pleased to say that joining me in the studio

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Speaker 1: this morning. We're going to talk to him about a

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Speaker 1: lack of disability car parking in a moment, but Richard

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Speaker 1: Crooks joins me in the studio.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you.

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Speaker 3: Mate, Morning Wolfy. How are you.

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Speaker 2: I'm very well now.

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Speaker 1: You do a lot of work around the place to

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Speaker 1: really raise awareness around stroke issues after suffering stroke yourself,

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Speaker 1: and I know that you're pretty pleased to see the

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Speaker 1: other day after you got back from fishing. The Northern

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Speaker 1: Territory government as part of their ten year strategy, they're

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Speaker 1: going to put ramps in at some of our different

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Speaker 1: boat ramps.

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Speaker 4: Yes, mate, after after a long battle and lots of

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Speaker 4: discussions with Cane dice Art and some help with Keysier

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Speaker 4: and Dured Maley and Billy Ann and a few other police.

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Speaker 4: Good to see them all joining together and at each

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Speaker 4: other's throat and banding together it to help get this

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Speaker 4: off and running. And Cane dice Art has been a

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Speaker 4: big assistance along with this to get it out there

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Speaker 4: for people with disability to actually go out and enjoy

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Speaker 4: a day in the boat. I've witnessed young families trying

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Speaker 4: to load kids into a boat to go fishing out

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Speaker 4: of the wheelchair. It's it's the meaning, it's embarrassing and

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Speaker 4: it's bloody heart. And the other day, after many years

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Speaker 4: after being with my stroke, having been able to be

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Speaker 4: on the water, and a good mate of mine cleansing

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Speaker 4: his father being persisting to get me out on the water, yep,

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Speaker 4: and got me out on the water last Monday. And

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Speaker 4: yes I've got a personal best barrow with a lot

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Speaker 4: of assistants from them, both coaching and holding the rod

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Speaker 4: and whining the real for me as well to get

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Speaker 4: it in what we thought was an average size barrow

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Speaker 4: ended up being a personal best of a meter twelve.

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Speaker 2: That's you legend.

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Speaker 3: Yes, so, yes, so that's one meter twelve.

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Speaker 2: Yes, now you said to me, off, take that peak.

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Speaker 3: Yes, take that peak.

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Speaker 2: Yes, you'd be watching from above and enjoy.

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Speaker 3: Cheering me on. Get it in the bastard.

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Speaker 2: Exactly.

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Speaker 1: Yes, it was a war mate, It was absolutely huge

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Speaker 1: in the photo you just showed me.

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Speaker 3: Yes.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Well, my mate Craigs from Craigs Fishing Warehouse, I

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Speaker 4: got him to do a combo up for me because

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Speaker 4: of my disability, of course, and he tied the knot

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Speaker 4: some of the nuts and Clint he tied my lurn,

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Speaker 4: So yeah, are they lucky?

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Speaker 2: Are they trying to take credit for it now?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: In the background they were saying it is all a

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Speaker 4: part of it. So yeah, it was a bloody good day.

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Speaker 4: And you know, we cracked theers at eight point thirty five.

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Speaker 4: The baby was in the barrel, was in the boat

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Speaker 4: by eight thirty. The hook up was about eight to fifteen's.

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Speaker 4: There was a long slow and tedy is battle for

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Speaker 4: me and to laughter and from other boats around as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, on you.

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Speaker 1: But it actually demonstrates as well why it is so

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Speaker 1: important that we have got access for everybody to be

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Speaker 1: able to get out on the water, because it's something

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Speaker 1: that everybody should be able to enjoy, no matter what,

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Speaker 1: you should be able to go out and have a fish.

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Speaker 4: Yes, and to get back to the boat ramp and

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Speaker 4: it was a mission. Then getting me on the boat,

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Speaker 4: not trying to get a wet sack onto the boat.

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Speaker 4: But there was no thud at the end and there

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Speaker 4: was no leer tired, I had my luggers on, so

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Speaker 4: it wasn't pretty. And then to get back and yes,

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Speaker 4: to get out of the boat was another mission. And

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Speaker 4: then that night to sit down and see the news

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Speaker 4: and finally.

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Speaker 3: See wow, it's actually happening.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, you know, with the help of others, we've

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Speaker 4: got something over the line and corrober Shady Camp and

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Speaker 4: Diner Beach are next good Stone, which is a great

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Speaker 4: And thanks to all those.

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Speaker 3: That help him. Yeah, absolutely, especially Kane Dysart.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, good on him.

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Speaker 1: Now it's not the only thing that's on your agenda,

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Speaker 1: though you're a bit you're a bit concerned at the

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Speaker 1: moment about the lack of parking, the lack of disability

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, Katie.

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Speaker 4: I've gone out with my miss Daisy who you met before,

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Speaker 4: and we drove around the city and started and like

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Speaker 4: the went through the suburb looking at disability of parking yep.

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Speaker 4: And not just because of me having a stroke, but

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Speaker 3: And I've actually.

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Speaker 4: Witnessed people in the CBD pull up, parents pull up

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Speaker 4: of the car out of the side door road and

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Speaker 4: there's no parking for disability people. And I've sent letters

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Speaker 4: to con several times, even hand delivered one to the

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Speaker 3: Then I got on to.

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Speaker 4: Eva and Billyan and Durrett and Keysy again, and they

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Speaker 4: all sent letters and I actually caught up with them

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Speaker 4: because it was Stroke month in the CEO of Stroke

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Speaker 4: Foundation was up here and I spoke to Billyan and

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Speaker 4: they actually spoke about it in Parliament and sent a

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Speaker 4: letter off to CON and spoke to Bill Yan again

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Speaker 4: yesterday about it. And there's been no response from Con

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Speaker 4: about this.

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Speaker 1: Boy, tell me what do you want to see because

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Speaker 1: I'll have him on next Tuesday, so I'll ask him

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Speaker 1: how many parks do we need?

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Speaker 2: What do you think needs to happen.

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Speaker 3: Here in the CBD.

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Speaker 4: I've had a look around in Well, for instance, in

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Speaker 4: Funnybody Shops there's seventy parks and four disabled parks. In

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Speaker 4: perhaps there's ninety and four disabled parks. So in the

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Speaker 4: city there was two disabled park spots in the whole

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Speaker 4: length of Mitchell Street. Wow, and that's not a short street.

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Speaker 4: And then Bennett Street up close to them all there's

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Speaker 4: one trying good luck trying to get that. So we

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Speaker 4: need to have some more. In Cabinet Street, I think

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Speaker 4: I account of there was four, but there's still not

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Speaker 4: really big enough because if you're disembarking out of a

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Speaker 4: van for somebody with adulder child, and there's a lot

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Speaker 4: of vans with disabled people because it might be two

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Speaker 4: unload out of the markets hard enough, right, and the

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Speaker 4: parks aren't big.

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Speaker 2: Enough well, and then if they're not close enough as well.

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Speaker 1: The only experience I've had with this is when my

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Speaker 1: and then if you can't find a park, you literally

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Speaker 1: just sort of think to yourself, well, he was also

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Speaker 1: at a point where I couldn't just drop him somewhere

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Speaker 2: Of his life. So you go, you've got like you've

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Speaker 2: just got to make it.

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Speaker 1: You've just got to show a bit of compassion, I

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Speaker 1: think is probably the best way of putting ash. And

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Speaker 1: if somebody's in a wheelchair or if it's really difficult

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Speaker 1: for them to be able to, you know, to actually

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Speaker 1: be able to get out of a car, you've got

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Speaker 1: to have those parking spaces available and try to make

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Speaker 1: it as easy as possible.

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Speaker 4: Exactly like at the end of both ends of them

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Speaker 4: all should have close and they say you can use

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Speaker 4: the Dragonfly car park, but that's that's a bit.

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Speaker 2: Of a bit far away, or the other.

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Speaker 4: One as well, but a lot of the vans can't

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Speaker 4: fit inside, and the parking is still not big enough

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Speaker 4: for side door exit and entrance because there's someone parks

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Speaker 4: next year.

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Speaker 3: The ramp is.

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Speaker 4: About twelve hundred long that comes out of the door. Yeah, side,

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Speaker 4: it's still hard. And why should we have to pay

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Speaker 4: for the disability parking in undercover parking?

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Speaker 2: Why so do you reckon that it should?

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Speaker 1: So not only do we need more disability parking, but

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Speaker 1: some of those parks need to be a bit bigger

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Speaker 1: and free. Yes, yeah, do you know what, I think

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Speaker 1: it'd be hard pressed to find anyone to argue with that.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a it's a fair enough, fair enough

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Speaker 4: Yes, well, our age population, yes, and a a lot

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Speaker 4: it's rising. And a lot of our age people do

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Speaker 4: have some sort of disability yep, right, so it's them

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Speaker 4: as well, So you know, it's it's just amazingly the

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Speaker 4: lack of disability parking in the CBED area, where want

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Speaker 4: people to go to the mall. People have families come

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Speaker 4: today and they want to go to the mall and

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Speaker 4: getting an access to a disability park is very bloody hardly. Yes,

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Speaker 4: And I was spoken upon ages ago about this and

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Speaker 4: he said, well, any normal park you can park for

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Speaker 4: double the time that's on the side for free. Then

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Speaker 4: you've got to pay. But still even then, parks aren't

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Speaker 4: easy for people with a chair or a frame.

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Speaker 2: They're not big enough.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: No, look, I think it's a really important point that

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Speaker 1: there because I've got to head across to the National News.

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Speaker 1: But very quick before I let you go, you bought

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Speaker 1: me in a beautiful shurch.

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Speaker 2: What's this mate?

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Speaker 4: That's for years to get the message out there about

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Speaker 4: the Stroke Foundation and hopefully you'll jog around and.

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Speaker 2: It's got all the wear it around on.

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Speaker 3: The back, so.

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Speaker 4: It is stride for eight months as well. So I

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Speaker 4: speak you to do a couple of keys.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, I'll do those kilometers for you. How many do

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Speaker 3: About six?

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Speaker 2: I'll do that today. I went for a roun with

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Speaker 2: my daughter this morning. I've already done three.

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Speaker 3: Chasing you sticking my good six, I get.

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Speaker 2: More than that crooxy. Good to catch up with you.

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Speaker 2: I really appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much for coming in and having a

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Speaker 1: chat to us, and we'll talk to you again soon,

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Speaker 1: all right.

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Speaker 2: Thank you,