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Speaker 1: Now in what is some interesting news, body worn cameras

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Speaker 1: are now going to be worn by NT work Safe

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Speaker 1: inspectors as part of a six month trial. The move

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Speaker 1: aims to improve operational efficiency as well as add accountability

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Speaker 1: and provide added security for inspectors. Now joining me on

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Speaker 1: the line to tell us a little bit more about

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Speaker 1: the trial, is Nt Work Safe Manager of Regulatory Compliance,

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Speaker 1: Maria Regis, Good morning to you. Maria. Good mone Katie,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much for your time this morning. Now, Maria,

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Speaker 1: why is Nt Work Safe adopting the body worn cameras.

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Speaker 2: Well, body worn cameras will help inspectors with gathering information

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Speaker 2: and evidence as part of their visits to workplaces. It

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Speaker 2: will help inspectors do their work safely, and we just

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Speaker 2: think it's going to definitely be helping with operational efficiency

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Speaker 2: and add accountability.

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Speaker 1: Paint us a bit of a picture of how exactly

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Speaker 1: they'll sort of be used during what scenarios potential.

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Speaker 2: So what do I one cameras can we use my inspectors.

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Speaker 2: They basically wear them on the on the uniforms and

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Speaker 2: they can be used when they're attending serious incidences or yeah,

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Speaker 2: part of the as part of the regulatory work, and.

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Speaker 1: Will the footage be used sort of as evidence where

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Speaker 1: a companies potentially in breach of their obligations.

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Speaker 2: Potentially, Yes, do you expect.

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Speaker 1: That it's gonna sort of that they'll be easier for

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Speaker 1: Work Safe to charge or pursue those in breach of

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Speaker 1: you know, of some of those WHS issues as a

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Speaker 1: result of having the body warm cameras on.

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Speaker 2: I think anything that can help inspectors do their work

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Speaker 2: easier would definitely help them with compiling information that's needed

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Speaker 2: for whether it's a compliance process or investigation process.

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Speaker 1: Now, tell me, have there been instances where, you know,

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Speaker 1: where where some of the staff may have been subject

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Speaker 1: to violence or abuse where it could be beneficial as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we've had a number of incidences where inspectors were

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Speaker 2: well with the workplace was a bit hostile and made

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Speaker 2: our work difficult. Yeah, so yeah, what do you want?

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Speaker 2: Video cameras will help with with that as well.

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Speaker 1: And I'm assuming that you know, as you guys arrive

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Speaker 1: at some of those different locations or whatever as well,

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Speaker 1: that you'll have to you know that will you be

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Speaker 1: notifying people that you wear that body worn camera too? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, we definitely can let people know that we've also

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Speaker 2: just released the media release letting people know that as well.

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Speaker 2: And what's I suppose one of the reasons why I'm

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Speaker 2: here as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, it is, and it is good to you know,

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Speaker 1: to find out what's going on. I think it's good

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Speaker 1: for territory ins to hear. Now, Maria tell us, I

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Speaker 1: know that you guys would have been very busy for

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Speaker 1: Territory Days. So before we do wrap up, how did

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Speaker 1: things go compliance wise? From your perspective?

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Speaker 2: From my perspective, retailers certainly did the best to make

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Speaker 2: sure that they met their license conditions when retailing fireworks. Absolutely,

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Speaker 2: we did obviously do inspections on the day in all

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Speaker 2: major locations and yeah, people did. Yeah, conflied, that is

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Speaker 2: good to hear.

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Speaker 1: And I think that, you know, if we want to

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Speaker 1: like I guess a lot of Territorians do understand as

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Speaker 1: well that, you know, if you want to keep Territory

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Speaker 1: Day going, we've all got to try our best to

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Speaker 1: make sure that we're doing the right thing. Yeah, hey,

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Speaker 1: tell me, I know that the time has now lapsed

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Speaker 1: in terms of the position of fireworks. Did you get

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Speaker 1: many handed in yesterday?

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Speaker 2: Yes, we actually have had a favor of fireworks handed in.

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Speaker 2: We had about eleven point four killos handed in both

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Speaker 2: in Darwin and Kathlyn.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right, How does that compare to other years?

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Speaker 2: I can't remember from the top of my head, but

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Speaker 2: it's about the same. Yeah, I'm not so sure.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that is good though that people have actually, you know,

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Speaker 1: heeded that to make sure that they have handed them in. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, we want them to be handed in. If they have,

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Speaker 2: we're not able to let them off on the night,

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Speaker 2: and we don't want them to throw them away or

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Speaker 2: put them in rubbish or dump it. They can cause

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Speaker 2: it a risk to others. Please bring them to work

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Speaker 2: safe if you still have unused while works.

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Speaker 1: What are the fines for anyone who's still got them

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Speaker 1: at home if they if they don't bring them in?

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Speaker 2: So there are potential fines under a dangerous goods legislation.

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Speaker 2: I don't have that information from me at the minute.

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Speaker 1: They are substantial, though, aren't they like it small? I

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Speaker 1: think it's more than a grand Yeah, so's it's a

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Speaker 1: lot of money, but you know, fair enough because you

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Speaker 1: want to make sure again that everyone's doing the right thing,

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Speaker 1: and we need to make sure that we do sort

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Speaker 1: of adhere to the rules in place so that we

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Speaker 1: can continue to have Territory Day.

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Speaker 2: That's right. We want Turgid Day to be safe for everybody.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you spot on well, NTY Work Safe. Manager of

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Speaker 1: Regulatory Compliance, Maria Rega, thank you very much for your

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Speaker 1: time this morning. Much appreciated.

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Speaker 2: Now, thank you Katie, thank you