1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Now you will recall back in June that we spoke 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: about the closure of the Arafia Medical Center in Berry Springs. 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: With the clinic struggling to recruit and retain doctors, it 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: meant that hundreds of patients would have to travel further 5 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: for medical treatment. And what is some good news by 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: the sounds of things, the clinic has secured a nurse practitioner, 7 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 1: and the member for Daily Duran Young, joins me in 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: the studio to tell us a little bit more. 9 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 2: Good morning to you. 10 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 3: Good morning Katie, and good morning to your listeners. And 11 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 3: that's correct. Yeah. Unfortunately, earlier in the year, in June, 12 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 3: we've seen Aarfiro Medical Center make a business decision to 13 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 3: close down, which had a huge impact on the community 14 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 3: of Berry Springs, but not also Berry Springs, the wider 15 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 3: rural area right up to the Coxponinsula and Mandora where 16 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 3: I live, and also to Dundee, and I think at 17 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 3: that time it was around ten thousand people it had impacted. 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 3: But now we've got a wonderful new couple that have 19 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 3: come in, with Kylie Shorb's being the nurse and her partner, 20 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 3: Nick Jarrett, have come in to really fix that missing gap. 21 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 3: In the medical services that weren't being provided when they'd 22 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 3: shut down, And I've met with them quite earlier on. 23 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 3: They came in about two or three weeks after the 24 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 3: medical facility had shut down, and they were really focused 25 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,119 Speaker 3: on just having a solution and how they could fill 26 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 3: that gap. And so now we've got a new nurse 27 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:29,199 Speaker 3: led health facility in the Berry Spring shopping center there 28 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 3: and it provides a number of services from age care support, 29 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 3: to medical imaging, to mental health support, to e scripting 30 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 3: as well, so that they're kind of covering a lot 31 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 3: of those services that GPS would be able to do. 32 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 3: But they're able to do that as a nurse practitioner, 33 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 3: are you. 34 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: Right, So it's not just one person, it's not just 35 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: it's not just Kylie. 36 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: It sounds like there's a team of people, is there. 37 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. They've got a team and they get 38 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 3: different specialists that come in to their clinic as well. 39 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 3: They've also got a telehealth service that's set up so 40 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 3: for GP is needed, people are able to access that 41 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 3: service through the telehealth service and they've even set up 42 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 3: a little gym out the back. As I mentioned earlier 43 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 3: that there was services for the age care. So they've 44 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 3: got personalized programs for our seniors and that they know 45 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 3: they do lightweights at the back and keeping their mental 46 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 3: and physical in tack as well. 47 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 2: It's good to hear. Has it been positively received by 48 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 2: the community. 49 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, it sure has. Yesterday I was at the Berry 50 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,400 Speaker 3: Springs Coder Christmas lunch and I was speaking to a 51 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 3: number of people there about the new health service open 52 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,079 Speaker 3: and people are really responding in a positive way and 53 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 3: just relieve now that they don't have to travel to 54 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 3: Humpty Doo to be able to get to see a doctor. 55 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: And so are there still plans to sort of try 56 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: and get a GP out there permanently as well. 57 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 3: Look, at the moment, I know Nick and Kylie they're 58 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 3: working with the Department of Health and also PHN and 59 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 3: how they can expand those services. But at the moment, 60 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 3: it's a nurse lead clinic and they're able to provide 61 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 3: most of those primary healthcare needs for the community. So 62 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 3: if you are in the ERA, I would encourage you 63 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,359 Speaker 3: to go in and meet Nick and Kylie at the facility. 64 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 3: They're a lovely couple. They're so passionate about providing the 65 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 3: best healthcare service for the community. 66 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: And so if somebody has sort of got a more 67 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: complex issue or need, I'm assuming that they can still 68 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: go out there and see them and then be referred 69 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: somewhere else if they need to be. 70 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 3: That's exactly right. So if you do have a complex 71 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 3: health need that you need to be addressed, going and 72 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 3: see them, they'll be able to do an assessment and 73 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 3: then if need be, they'll be able to refer you 74 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 3: on to the right practitioner. 75 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: So how long have they been operating now out there? 76 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 3: So they opened their doors in November, so it's exactly 77 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 3: the same. Yeah, only a few weeks they were doing 78 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:02,119 Speaker 3: Saturday mornings and the pharmacy just some basic health care 79 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 3: there that they you know, they had to negotiate the 80 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 3: contract to be able to re reent the building there, 81 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: so that's that's all been secured now and they've been 82 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 3: running that facility there since November. And it's really great 83 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 3: to see the flow of traffic back through the shopping 84 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 3: center itself. You know, my elected office is literally straight 85 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 3: across from the medical center. We did notice a bit 86 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 3: of a decline with people walking through since the Arafia 87 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 3: Medical Center closed down. Now we're seeing a lot more 88 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 3: people coming through that facility, which is good for the 89 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 3: local businesses. We've got an I g A there, We've 90 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 3: got Johnny's Cafe, We've got the hardware stall next door, 91 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 3: so that's really good for those businesses as well. 92 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: Now tell me, I know that at the time of 93 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: that closure, you had written to the PHN about about 94 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: the Did they end up coming back to you with 95 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,479 Speaker 1: a solution or was this the solution? How did you 96 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 1: how did you come to you know, to end up 97 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: with Kylie Nick there. 98 00:04:56,360 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. So I had written to PHN around 99 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 3: my concerns about if you're a medical center closing down. 100 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 3: They did right back to me and they were looking 101 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 3: at working through a process to open up a new 102 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 3: medical facility. Thankfully, we'd seen Nick and Kylie come in 103 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 3: and looking at opening a new facility. So they've been 104 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 3: working with PHN and the Northern Territory government to open 105 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 3: this new facility. So it's a really good outcome for 106 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 3: the whole community and that we have a primary healthcare 107 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 3: service for the community and that the greater region around 108 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 3: Berry Springs. 109 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, look, I think it is. It's good to hear. 110 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 1: I'm glad that the local residents out there have got 111 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: that service and are able to see. You know nurse practitioners, Well, 112 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: my mum's a nurse practitioner by trade, so I know 113 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: they do a cracking job derand I. 114 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 2: Know that they work bloody hard. 115 00:05:46,520 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: But look, I do also want to get a bit 116 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: of an update from you regarding the Mandora Jenny, how 117 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: things going. I believe there was an announcement a couple 118 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, just sort of giving us a bit 119 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: of an update. 120 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 2: I suppose. 121 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. It was a huge announcement and I'm 122 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 3: very excited myself, and I know the community of Mandora 123 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 3: and Belle Ywan are very excited too. We've finally been 124 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 3: able to release the tender, so that tender had been 125 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 3: has been given to SMC Marine. So they're a specialized 126 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 3: company that have built many marine facilities around Australia, so 127 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 3: that they've been awarded the tender to start those works 128 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 3: next year. So it's a very big announcement and I 129 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 3: know people have been waiting a long time and have 130 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 3: been frustrated, just as myself. I live at Wilgut Beach myself, 131 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 3: so it is frustrating. But what this will allow for 132 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 3: the community is a more reliable service. We see a 133 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 3: lot of elderly We have a lot of elderly people 134 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 3: that live in Mandora, so this will be a safer 135 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 3: service for them. We have a lot of students that 136 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 3: go to school in Darwen. I've currently got a young 137 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 3: student with me doing work experience, Shay from Darwin High School. 138 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 3: I know you know that sometimes those services will be interrupted, 139 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: you know, because of the swell that comes in, so 140 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 3: the ferry isn't able to dock, so those ferry services 141 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 3: are canceled and then students can miss out on school. 142 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 3: So this is a really exciting announcement for the community 143 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 3: and it allows a more reliable service for our community. 144 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 2: Absolutely and much needed. 145 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: I guess the question is, so what's going to happen 146 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: to the current facilities while those works are underway, Like, 147 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: is everything still going to be able to operate as normal. 148 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 3: Yes, that's right. So the only interruption will be around 149 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 3: the car park. They'll kind of have the parking over 150 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 3: on the Mandora side. But in terms of the facility 151 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 3: upgrade itself or the new jetty, I should say there 152 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 3: won't be any interruptions to the regular service that's provided 153 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 3: by Sea Link. They will operate as normal. 154 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: And we had had it raised with us in the 155 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 1: past as well, just with those that maybe need disability 156 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: access or as you touched on as well, senior territorians. 157 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: Is it are they still going to be able to 158 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: access the ferry? 159 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 2: Okay, yes, that's correct. 160 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 3: So I think in the original plans there were concerns 161 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 3: from our senior residents from Mandora. It was it was 162 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 3: going to be a disability lift and it would be 163 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 3: self operated, so they'd raise concerns around that. I've been 164 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 3: speaking with SMC Marine and there they are looking at 165 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 3: a new model in terms of how they can make 166 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 3: it safer for people with a disability to access the ferry. 167 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 3: So part of the tender it was a design and 168 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 3: construct contract, so part of that, the design element of 169 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 3: the tender is SMC Marine They will go out and 170 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 3: consult with the community and people with a disability, elderly 171 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:52,600 Speaker 3: people from Mandora to ensure that they get the best 172 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,679 Speaker 3: disability access to the ferry. 173 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: And so with the current I guess with the current 174 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 1: access that's going as you've touched on there, that's going 175 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: to be maintained. Is it going to come at a cost? 176 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: Is it going to be costly to keep things all. 177 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 3: You know, within what's been costed, which has been awarded 178 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 3: a sixty three million dollar contract to CMC to be 179 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 3: able to proceed with starting the project. 180 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, I did you just think as well with the 181 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: you know, with the facility out there or where we've 182 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: now got access with the nurse practitioners out there as well, 183 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: has that did the government have to sort of provide 184 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: any kind of you know, any kind of support or 185 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: financial incentive to get them to head out there? 186 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 2: Was this for so sorry for the yes for the 187 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 2: healthcare Yeah. 188 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 3: Look, I'm not sure of those finer details. Ultimately it 189 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 3: sits under PHN, which is the responsibility of the Commonwealth Government. 190 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 3: But in terms of financial incentives, I'm not across those 191 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 3: finer details, but I do I do know that Kylie 192 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 3: and Nick have been working very closely with pH Well, look, 193 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 3: I just. 194 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: Thought while I was talking money, i'd find out if 195 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 1: there was any money, you know, I may never miss 196 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: an opportunity. Duran, thank you very much for your time 197 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: this morning. I really appreciate you coming into the studio 198 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: and talking is through all that in a shout out 199 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: to your work experience student out there. Too. We might 200 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:16,959 Speaker 1: have to get him on and find out a bit 201 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: more about how it's been going. 202 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 3: It's been great. We've got a young student from Darwin 203 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 3: High School shake heating, so it's been really great to 204 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 3: have him in the office this week. But you know, 205 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 3: it's really reanergized our office as you know it this 206 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 3: time you're kind of leading into Christmas and he's brought 207 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 3: our energy to the office and it's just so great 208 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 3: to see young people so interested in politics that it 209 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 3: really is. It just reflects on what we're doing in 210 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 3: our job and why we're in this job is for 211 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 3: our young people. And hopefully we'll see a pathway for 212 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 3: Shade politics or if he wants another career move, obviously 213 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 3: we'll support that too. But I think it'd be a 214 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 3: great politician. He's a very honest young man. 215 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 2: Good on him, Good on him. 216 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: Well, we've got our own work experience student here at 217 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:01,959 Speaker 1: the b IT as well, so it seems as though 218 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 1: it's that time of the year to get the young 219 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:08,479 Speaker 1: people into those different into the different businesses and different workplaces. 220 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: I reckon it's a really good thing to do and 221 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: a great thing to do when you are a student 222 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 1: because it really teaches you whether you want to do. 223 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 2: A job or not. 224 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 3: That's right and hopefully I haven't scared him off from politics, 225 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 3: but from what he's telling me, that is good. 226 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 2: Good to hear Deran Young, thanks so much for your 227 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,559 Speaker 2: time this morning. Really appreciate it. 228 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 3: Thank you.