1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: We did learn on Friday about a family who had 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: their car stolen which contained a number of items, as 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: I understand it for their son who does have special needs. 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: Now I understand that they have since been recovered or 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: the vehicle has since been recovered, but it has indeed 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: been damaged. Now joining me on the line right now 7 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: is is Luke. 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 2: Good morning to you. 9 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 1: Luke. 10 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:27,520 Speaker 3: Hell okay, Loke. 11 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: I understand that it was your vehicle that was stolen. 12 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: Can you tell us what happened? 13 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was stolin. So we had the intruder coming 14 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 3: to our home and steal the keys and take the 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 3: car from our house in Jingerly, and they cut all 16 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 3: of the sort of straps on my son's special needs 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 3: seat and dumped those on the side of the road 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 3: and then took the car. And it was like hated. 19 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 3: Thanks to some some sort of tip off to the 20 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 3: police from some members of Palmistan after hearing I guess 21 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 3: your message on Friday and also some Facebook messages, so 22 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 3: the community that helped the police retrieve the car. Yeah, 23 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:24,759 Speaker 3: the equipment inside it was sort of damaged, and also 24 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 3: the car itself had all of the seat belts cart oh, 25 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 3: so unusable at the moment, we're just it's yeah. 26 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: Oh mate, I'm so sorry to hear that, because some 27 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 1: one of our cour one of our listeners had called 28 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 1: through to let us know what had happened, and immediately, 29 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: you know, we read that message out and I just thought, I, 30 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: you know, I was really hoped that you'd be able 31 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: to get your vehicle back, and I had hoped that. 32 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 2: You'd be able to get it back without it being damaged. 33 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: It sounds as though that's not the case in terms 34 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 1: of that damage. 35 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: How tough is it going to be for you to 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 2: be able to get this stuff fixed. 37 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 3: It's sort of all very specialized equipment, so we're in 38 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 3: discussions with the sort of the special needs to supply 39 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 3: is now to see what wait times and everything. But 40 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 3: it was six months to get the chair in general, 41 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 3: so hopefully it's not that long without it. So at 42 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 3: this stage, I'm not sure how long it's going to 43 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 3: take to get it repaired. The car has been detailed 44 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 3: and the filth that was inside it has been cleaned 45 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 3: out by detailer over the weekend, so we got that 46 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 3: done pretty quickly. But yeah, the damage to the car 47 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 3: seat belts and the child restraints, we're not sure how 48 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,679 Speaker 3: long it's going to take, hopefully quick, but yeah. 49 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 1: Like, can you just talk us through what that means 50 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: for your young fellow. 51 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: How old is he? 52 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 3: He's five and a half, so yeah, we've got to 53 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 3: use that car to take him to and from school 54 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:23,679 Speaker 3: in at Memelak School in Alowa. So without that, we're 55 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 3: sort of putting him in car seats that aren't quite 56 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 3: suitable for him. And it requires a lot more physical 57 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 3: lifting from myself. So I need to take a bit 58 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:39,119 Speaker 3: more time off work to do that lifting because it's, yeah, 59 00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 3: it's not as easy to get him in and out 60 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 3: of a standard child's booster seat. So yeah, for the 61 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 3: length of time we don't have the seat, I'm going 62 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 3: to have to be taking a lot more time off 63 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 3: my work. And then yeah, he's also not yeah, not 64 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 3: a comfort ball in the seat. So oh, it's pretty 65 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 3: distressing to not have that, you know, to not have 66 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 3: that seat. 67 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's a bloody stress on your like, it's 68 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: a stress on the whole family and a totally unnecessary 69 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: stress that is out of your control. You know, you 70 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,600 Speaker 1: guys have got no control over that. Someone's pinched your 71 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 1: car and you know to then to then cut the seatbelt, 72 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: particularly on that special chair, is just beyond comprehendible. 73 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 3: Really, it truly is. Yeah, once you've already nixed someone's car, 74 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 3: you think that's enough. But yeah, to leave them then return, yeah, 75 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 3: return it. But yeah, for us to get it back 76 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 3: and find that it was damaged in that way, yeah, 77 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 3: pretty distressing. And like I said, it was, it was 78 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 3: left in a pretty gross way inside too. Yeah. 79 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just yeah, and it's like it's not on. 80 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: It's not on for so many reasons. But it makes 81 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: me feel really sad that your little families had to 82 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: go through that, and particularly the young fella. And you know, 83 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: you're obviously needing to take that extra time off work, 84 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: and you're a good dad. That's what wonderful good dads do. 85 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:20,600 Speaker 1: You know, we all step up to the plate when 86 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 1: we have to. But the fact that none of this 87 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,799 Speaker 1: has been in your control I find really disappointing. Luke, 88 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: do you have any idea how like, how much any 89 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: of this is going to cost you? 90 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 3: Not at the moment. Yeah, I mean, obviously we can. 91 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,920 Speaker 3: There was a there was a baby car seat, so 92 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 3: that's easy to sort of get replaced. And yeah, they're 93 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 3: sort of in the six to seven hundred dollar range. 94 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 3: But yeah, the repair on the rest of the car, 95 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 3: you know, the detailing six hundred dollars the car seat 96 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 3: belt and that. Yeah, I don't know just yet. 97 00:05:58,720 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, early day. 98 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 1: Well, please keep in contact with us and you know, 99 00:06:03,279 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: I do let us know how you know, how it 100 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: all progresses. Mate, Is this the first time that your 101 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: family has sort of been, you know, victims of crime. 102 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 3: I mean on a long territory and we have been 103 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 3: broken into in the past. And yeah, and also more recently, 104 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 3: my brother in law's grandmother has been assaulted in Nightcliff 105 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 3: who has been on the news. She's ninety five years 106 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 3: old and was sort of assaulted in her own home. 107 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 3: Someone came in to steal her purse. So yeah, close. 108 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 3: Just recently, in the last week, there's been a bit 109 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 3: of yeah, oh that's bloody terrible amongst our amongst our 110 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 3: close family and Dawn here and yeah, always unfortunately, never 111 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 3: too far from in the territory, but yeah, just especially 112 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 3: in the last week week and a half, it's been 113 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 3: pretty close to our family. 114 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I did. I saw. 115 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: The ninety five year old will your brother in law's grandma. 116 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: I saw her in the paper, and she seemed like 117 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: such a tough old stick. 118 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 2: She seemed like a wonderful woman. 119 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, she's she's always sort of been coming up 120 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 3: to the territory during the cooler months. Just recently, in 121 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 3: the last year and a half has moved up here 122 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 3: to get a bit more support from her son, my 123 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 3: brother in law's dad. 124 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. 125 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 3: Oh, mate, it's not a good welcome to the territory 126 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 3: for her. It's not sort of a good sort of 127 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 3: welcome to Jingly. 128 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: Oh it's not. 129 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: Look, I really feel for you, and you know, look, 130 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: there's not a huge amount that I can do to help. 131 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: And I mean, if there is, please do tell me. 132 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: But every week I do give out our territory and 133 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: of the Week. Now I know it's only Monday morning, 134 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: so it's a very early call for me, But mate, 135 00:08:07,040 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: I would like to give you our territory and of 136 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,600 Speaker 1: the week because it sounds as though you could use 137 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: a bit of a luck change and it is. It 138 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: is a beautiful fifty dollars voucher for Malone's Butchery out 139 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: there at Gateway. They're a wonderful butcher and they do 140 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: a fantastic job. So I know it's only a small gesture, 141 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: but one which I hope that you and your family 142 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: are able to enjoy. 143 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 2: So I do want to make you our territory and 144 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 2: of the week. 145 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: Mate. 146 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:34,559 Speaker 3: Okay, thank you very much. 147 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 2: That's all right, Luke. Well, let me let me keep 148 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 2: you on the line. 149 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,480 Speaker 1: I'll make sure that we've got your details so that 150 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: you are able to go out there and collect that voucher. 151 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 2: But please keep us up to date. 152 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,400 Speaker 1: As to how things progress with the vehicle as well. 153 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: And if there is any way that you know, me 154 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: or any of our listeners are able to help do 155 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: let us know. 156 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, thank you again for just putting it out 157 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 3: there because that's that community involvement. As how we got 158 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 3: the car back, Yeah, that was damaged that it could 159 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 3: have been a lot worse if they held on to 160 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 3: it for a longer period of time. So thank you 161 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 3: very much as well. 162 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 2: No worries at all. 163 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: And look, I always think, you know, for the bad 164 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: things that we talk about, you know, for the bad 165 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: situations that some of us go through, like the one 166 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,079 Speaker 1: that you've just gone through, the thing that always makes 167 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: me feel you know, all this makes me feel better 168 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: and certainly brings a smile on my face is the 169 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: way that the community rallies together. And and you know, 170 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: when I think when people heard that the vehicle had 171 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,079 Speaker 1: been stolen and the impact that it was going to 172 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: have on your little boy, a lot of people probably 173 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: wanted to try their best to help however they could. 174 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, Luke, thank you. 175 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 1: I appreciate your time this morning, mate, thanks so much 176 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: for having a chat with me. 177 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 3: You too, thank you, thank you.