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IGA Zuccoli is hosting a community meeting for people in the area "to get to know their neighbours". Owner Shelley tells us about the initiative. · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Ok now we know that the first neighborhood Watch meeting
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  Speaker 1: is going to be happening out at Zacholi this afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: And joining us on the line right now to tell
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  Speaker 1: us a little bit more about it. It is Shelley
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  Speaker 1: Lay from the IgA out at ZACOLEA.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Shelley.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning Katie. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, really well and good on you guys for organizing
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  Speaker 1: this neighborhood watch meeting, the first of it's kind happening
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  Speaker 1: this afternoon six till seven, isn't it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we've just allocated an hour. We'll see whether people
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  Speaker 3: want to stay on or whether it will finish early.
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  Speaker 3: But we've got a bit of a lineup happening. We've
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  Speaker 3: got the Neighborhood Watch Inta coming along, victims of crime,
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  Speaker 3: the police will be here. We'll also have our local
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  Speaker 3: member of Parliament, Lea if No Theiaro here.
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  Speaker 4: So we've hopefully got a bit.
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  Speaker 3: Of an agenda happening, so we can add value and
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  Speaker 3: try and discuss some ways we can keep our neighborhood
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  Speaker 3: as safe as possible.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, good on you, because so many if our listeners
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  Speaker 1: will be familiar with you and the conversations that you
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  Speaker 1: and I have had over the last couple of years,
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  Speaker 1: and some of the terrible situations where you've been broken
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  Speaker 1: into and I know that it's you know, there's been
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  Speaker 1: different different times that have been really, really very tough,
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  Speaker 1: but you've actually gone all right, well, let's try and
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  Speaker 1: make something positive out of this and get the community
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  Speaker 1: together and see how we can look out for each other.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's definitely it, Katie. It's the negative turning into
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  Speaker 3: a positive and if we can help other people so
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  Speaker 3: we can prevent the same sort of trauma that we
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  Speaker 3: experienced last year. Where we're all into that and we're
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  Speaker 3: very happy to sort of facilitate this get the community together.
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  Speaker 3: We did campusit towards the end of last year on
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  Speaker 3: our social media and the response was fabulous. People are
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  Speaker 3: really keen, so with what we're really just aiming to
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  Speaker 3: do is to get go back to basics and get
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  Speaker 3: our community to get to know their neighbors.
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  Speaker 1: Shelley, have you got any idea how many people are
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  Speaker 1: going to rock up?
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  Speaker 4: I have no idea, No RSVP required, so it's I
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  Speaker 4: may not have anyone who knows. I've got some flatters
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  Speaker 4: getting made up, so we'll have some nice light refreshments
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  Speaker 4: for everybody, and.
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  Speaker 3: If they're popping on their way home, maybe just pick
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  Speaker 3: up some tips on how to secure your property and
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  Speaker 3: even just look at how people are if there are
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  Speaker 3: places being broken into, all things being stolen, a bit
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  Speaker 3: of crime happening, just just sort of be aware how
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  Speaker 3: that's taking place, whether they're just looking for opportunities stick circumstances,
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  Speaker 3: whether they see a window open, cars unlocked, front door
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  Speaker 3: just latched over and not fully key locked, you know,
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  Speaker 3: like the things that dirt crims. They just go, hey,
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  Speaker 3: this is easy. I'm just going to go in. And
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  Speaker 3: just to remind people that if it's your place is
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  Speaker 3: harder than the place next door, then they're going to
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  Speaker 3: go to the place next door.
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  Speaker 1: Shelly, how have things been for you guys when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to, you know, break ins over the Christmas break
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  Speaker 1: and stuff, has it been a little bit a little
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  Speaker 1: bit better.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they've been around, yeah, that's for sure, But Jumbo's
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  Speaker 3: still working a treat. A few have tried to take
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  Speaker 3: Jumbo on and but they've quickly retreated once he's sort
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  Speaker 3: of let them know that he's here and in full force.
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  Speaker 3: So look, it's a shame that we do have to
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  Speaker 3: to put this here. But we're still struggling with the
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  Speaker 3: roller doors and getting the approval with that blocking the
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  Speaker 3: fire exits off, which we're currently still working on. But
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  Speaker 3: that is our very long working progress.
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  Speaker 1: Oh goodness, may it seems like it's it's a difficult
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  Speaker 1: one for you to kind of get through in terms
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  Speaker 1: of being able to sort those roller doors out.
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  Speaker 3: I know, and nobody understood how hot like, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just put them on. And I'm like, if we put
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  Speaker 3: them on, they could just be ripped off if they're
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  Speaker 3: not approved. So we want to do things the right way.
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  Speaker 3: It's just a very costly exercise.
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  Speaker 4: Unfortunately.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Shelly, how are the shelves looking.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's been difficult, a difficult few days for
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  Speaker 1: quite a lot of retailers around the place when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to, you know, to their stock levels with those
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  Speaker 1: roads cut.
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  Speaker 2: How are things going for you guys?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Actually we're pretty good. We've got lots of fruit
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  Speaker 3: and beg on the shelf. We've got chicken. Meat's a
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  Speaker 3: little bit low, but I am expecting some more in tomorrow.
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  Speaker 3: And one thing I've really noticed in this and some
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  Speaker 3: of the delivery drivers have said, come you guys are
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  Speaker 3: getting so much of this, and the local suppliers have
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  Speaker 3: said it's because they support us every week. The big
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  Speaker 3: guys don't use us every week. So we've made sure
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  Speaker 3: that we're looking after the people that support us every week.
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  Speaker 3: So finally supporting local is really showing its true colors.
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  Speaker 1: Good.
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  Speaker 3: We're able to keep our shelves as stock as we
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  Speaker 3: possibly can.
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  Speaker 2: That is awesome. That is great to hear.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Shelly, someone's just messaged through in Dust. How much
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  Speaker 1: does it cost for you guys to have jumbo they're
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  Speaker 1: patrolling the patrolling the building.
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  Speaker 3: Four grand a week.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, four grand a week? Uh huh, oh my goodness.
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  Speaker 3: You know those are not sustainable. This is meant to
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  Speaker 3: be a little bit of a band aid until we
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  Speaker 3: were able to get roller doors, which I thought would
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  Speaker 3: be fully installed after they were made by Christmas. But
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  Speaker 3: it's the certified getting it approved that has been the
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  Speaker 3: big hurdle. Ohow yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, I suppose the thing is like it's
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  Speaker 1: unsustainable to keep paying that amount of money, but it's
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  Speaker 1: something that you've done so that you're able to you know,
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  Speaker 1: to not get broken into.
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  Speaker 3: And we've done it for the shop and We've done
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  Speaker 3: it for the community. We didn't want this little suburb,
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  Speaker 3: it's so beautiful that has beautiful families living into it
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  Speaker 3: subjected to crime or people who want to have taken
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  Speaker 3: crime in this area, and when we see some other
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  Speaker 3: suburbs that just keep getting hit and hit, so we
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  Speaker 3: want to keep it out and we're trying our best
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  Speaker 3: to do so. But there's going to be a point
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  Speaker 3: where we can't continue doing it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Shelley, you are a good egg. Thank you so
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  Speaker 1: very much for your time today. Now, just a reminder, though,
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  Speaker 1: where can people rock up if they are if they
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  Speaker 1: want to take part in the in the meeting tonight.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so just come along six o'clock, no RSVP needed.
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  Speaker 3: We'll be out the front of the IgA in the
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  Speaker 3: plaza there undercover should there be any rain. And we
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  Speaker 3: look forward to actually seeing a lot of familiar faces
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  Speaker 3: but new ones as well, because it would be really great.
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  Speaker 3: Just our motto is to get to know your neighbor
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  Speaker 3: and then to work together to try and reduce any
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  Speaker 3: type of crime in the area.
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  Speaker 1: I love it, I love the community spirit.
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  Speaker 2: Let us know how it goes.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks Katie, and thanks for having us on. We really
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  Speaker 3: appreciate it and we look forward to seeing Nicolleens tonight.
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  Speaker 2: Sounds good, Thanks Shelley,