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Speaker 1: This is a young man who his father tells me,

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Speaker 1: from the age of five years old, knew that he

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Speaker 1: wanted to be a New South Wales Ambulance paramedic. He

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Speaker 1: wanted nothing more than to serve his community. He'd been

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Speaker 1: with us a relatively short period of time, had recently

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Speaker 1: found out that he was being posted back to Southwest Sydney.

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Speaker 2: I'm told he.

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Speaker 1: Was just so pleased that he was going to be

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Speaker 1: able to stay here with his family, bring up his

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Speaker 1: children and look forward to the area that he lived.

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Speaker 2: In and loved more than anything. A career of.

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Speaker 1: Service is something that is valued so much by the

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Speaker 1: uniformed services of New South Wales. I have to acknowledge

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Speaker 1: the incredible support that we've had so far from the

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Speaker 1: New South Wales Police Force, who were on the scene

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Speaker 1: within minutes and were able to apprehend someone and assist

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Speaker 1: us in managing a very difficult scene. Our colleagues from

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Speaker 1: the Aeromedical Service who did surgical procedures to assist in

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Speaker 1: trying to save our colleagues life. These people are remarkable.

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Speaker 1: They've urgently transferred to the Liverpool Emergency Department where they

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Speaker 1: had first class care. The surgeons I need to thank

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Speaker 1: who worked valiantly, all but futile in this instance to.

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Speaker 2: Support our colleague. This is a.

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Speaker 1: Time of the whole system coming together. This is a

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Speaker 1: time of recognizing and grieving with the paramedics, colleagues and

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Speaker 1: family at a very difficult time. But I sincerely want

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Speaker 1: to thank everybody for their support so far.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Thank you, Commissioner. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

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Speaker 3: About five point thirty am this morning, police were called

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Speaker 3: to a fast food restaurant on Queen Street at Campbelltown

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Speaker 3: after reports that an ambulance paramedic had been stabbed. On arrival,

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Speaker 3: police were confronted by a twenty one year old man

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Speaker 3: from Baby who was armed with a knife in order

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Speaker 3: to render assistance.

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Speaker 2: To the ambulance paramedic.

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Speaker 3: Police were forced to use a taser and subsequently arrested

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Speaker 3: that twenty one year old male.

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Speaker 2: He has been taken to the Campbelltown Police station where

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Speaker 2: he is currently assisting police.

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Speaker 3: Tragically, as the Commissioner has said, the ambulance paramedic was

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Speaker 3: unable to save and has passed away. The thoughts and

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Speaker 3: deeper sympathies of the entire New South Wales Police are

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Speaker 3: with the families of that officer.

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Speaker 2: And the entire ambulance family.

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Speaker 3: We have received information very early in the investigation that

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Speaker 3: the man that we have arrested may have been driving

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Speaker 3: around the Ingleburn and Campbelltown areas earlier this morning in

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Speaker 3: a blue colored Honda Jazz siden. We would ask for

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Speaker 3: any member of the public who may have information or

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Speaker 3: may have cited that vehicle in those areas to contact

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Speaker 3: the Campbelltown Police station, as any piece.

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Speaker 2: Of information may be valuable.

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Speaker 3: I'm more than happy to take further questions later, but

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Speaker 3: I'm not hand over to Susan Pierce's Secretary of Health

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Speaker 3: in the first instance.

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 4: On behalf of the entire New South Wales Health System.

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Speaker 4: I'd like to extend my deepest condolences to the loved ones,

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Speaker 4: the wife and family of our paramedic. The health system

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Speaker 4: is one big family and to lose someone in this

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Speaker 4: way is incomprehensible to us. Our health system has been

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Speaker 4: through a lot over this last three years, and as

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Speaker 4: the head of the health system, I'm proud of every

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Speaker 4: single staff member who every single day presents to serve

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Speaker 4: their community and to put themselves on the line for

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Speaker 4: their community. We're so grateful to the police for their

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Speaker 4: assistance this morning, to the words of condolence that we've

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Speaker 4: received from so many. Everything conceivable that we can do

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Speaker 4: to support the loved ones of our paramedic will be done,

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Speaker 4: and I thank you for being here.

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Speaker 2: This monk