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Paul Griffiths from Australian Laundry Systems heartbreakingly reveals how his business vehicle was stolen over the weekend, in a tale of how escalating crime is impacting business owners · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now I did get a message yesterday saying that that
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  Speaker 1: they understood or that there was somebody had said to
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  Speaker 1: me that there were a number of cars that were
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  Speaker 1: that were either broken into or had their windows broken
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  Speaker 1: in Coconut Grove. I believe it was yesterday. Now joining
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  Speaker 1: me on the line is Paul from Australian Laundry Systems.
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  Speaker 1: Get a Paul, Good morning, Ken, Paul, I understand were
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  Speaker 1: you one of the victims of having your windows smashed
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  Speaker 1: or what happened for you?
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  Speaker 2: It happened on the on the weekend. We had a
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  Speaker 2: vehicles out wide and they rammed the front gates to
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  Speaker 2: get the car out into the jewel. Oh no, and
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  Speaker 2: after they got a built, they then trashed every every lens, window,
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  Speaker 2: jumped on the roof until it caved in.
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  Speaker 1: That's that is unbelievable. So that happened on the weekend
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  Speaker 1: that the hot white, they hot wired the vehicle. What
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  Speaker 1: impact does that have on your business having having that
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  Speaker 1: happened to your vehicle and does it stop you from
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  Speaker 1: being able to do your work?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it'll stop me doing work. It was one of
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  Speaker 2: our specialized vehicles to move equipment around.
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  Speaker 1: Oh bloody hell, mate, was there also, So are you
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  Speaker 1: guys based in coconut growth or not? Yep? Was there
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  Speaker 1: also a situation yesterday then where there was windows smashed
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  Speaker 1: as well?
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  Speaker 2: No, there was an incident during the day around four o'clockish.
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  Speaker 2: Some people were breaking into vehicles and broke into a
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  Speaker 2: card down right down the other end of the street
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  Speaker 2: from us. I heard something, some yelling out the front,
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  Speaker 2: so I ran out and have a look to see
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  Speaker 2: what was going on, and I saw some people trying
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  Speaker 2: to access other vehicles that were locked. They were just
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  Speaker 2: testing to see if they were unlocked, but apparently they
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  Speaker 2: had already had broken into one. They then damaged the
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  Speaker 2: side of another vehicle of ours that was parked out
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  Speaker 2: in the street, which was coming to and throwing for
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  Speaker 2: the day. Yeah, and this was in broad daylight, you know,
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  Speaker 2: when the a few of the workers down the street
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  Speaker 2: actually you know started they called the police and they
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  Speaker 2: were following the people up the street, so they they
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  Speaker 2: went to get undressed into just into their underwear so
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  Speaker 2: to try and tackle with an attacker the other guy.
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  Speaker 2: So that's when I unlocked the gates and came out
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  Speaker 2: as well, to be sort of a deterrent in numbers.
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  Speaker 1: Mate, is there have you got? It sounds as though
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  Speaker 1: because we caught up with one of the business owners
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  Speaker 1: there around the same area a couple of weeks ago,
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  Speaker 1: and he said that there had been an issue in
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  Speaker 1: recent weeks with that public drunkenness and people breaking in
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  Speaker 1: and running a mark.
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  Speaker 2: There's been a great deal, a great deal down down
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  Speaker 2: out just in our suburb itself. You know, the people
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  Speaker 2: from the Asian Emporium, the builders are actually you know,
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  Speaker 2: seeing people actually taking trying to steal tools out of
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  Speaker 2: their vehicles whilst they're working actually on the site. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's just it's just not out of control.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it's enough, is enough? Like I just don't understand. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: like how it how it continues on And I really
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  Speaker 1: feel for people like yourself who are having to deal
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  Speaker 1: with it, particularly then when one of your cars is
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  Speaker 1: taken off the road.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah it was more than a car, it was more
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  Speaker 2: like a it was that cars. They've done so much
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  Speaker 2: community work as well, because they had special lifting equipment
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  Speaker 2: on the back, so those services won't be available any Oh.
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  Speaker 1: Mate, I'm really sorry to hear that that has happened
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  Speaker 1: to you. I I you know, I don't even know
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  Speaker 1: what to say. It makes me feel really sad when
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  Speaker 1: you've got business people. Yeah, oh mate, I what's that cry? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it gets a bit like that. Well, look, we are
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  Speaker 1: going to catch up with the Northern Territory Police in
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  Speaker 1: a couple of minutes, so I know that they're pretty
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  Speaker 1: frustrated as well from some of what they're seeing around
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  Speaker 1: the place.
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  Speaker 2: They've got their hands for I can tell you now
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  Speaker 2: just from seeing things and you wait to see what
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  Speaker 2: response times are and it's just, you know, it's just
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  Speaker 2: really hard. They can't be everywhere unfortunately.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Paul, thank you so much for having a chat
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  Speaker 1: with us. I understand you're a bit under the weather
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  Speaker 1: as well, mate, so I really appreciate you having a
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  Speaker 1: chat to us this morning. Thanks Paul,