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Katie Woolf spoke with COTA NT CEO Sue Shearer · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixteen with Katie Wolf thanks to Joyce Main, Darwin
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  Speaker 1: homes On and Stuart Highway Bererima. Well, we have been
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  Speaker 1: talking a bit quite a bit actually over the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of days about the vaccine rollout and how people
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  Speaker 1: are feeling about it. Whether you are sort of rushing
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  Speaker 1: out or hoping that you were one of the first
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  Speaker 1: people on the COVID nineteen vaccine list to go out
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  Speaker 1: and get that vaccine, or whether you're sort of happy
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  Speaker 1: to sit back and wait for a little while. But
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  Speaker 1: we do know that in reality, some of those in
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  Speaker 1: retirement homes or in those those types of locations are
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  Speaker 1: going to be among the first to get the vaccine.
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  Speaker 2: Now joining us on the line.
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  Speaker 1: Is Sue Shearer from KOSHA, the Council of the Aging
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  Speaker 1: in the Northern Territory, and Sue, I understand that you're
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  Speaker 1: joining us today from Alice Springs.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning.
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  Speaker 3: Oh actually sorry, kay, that's tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: Oh that's tomorrow.
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  Speaker 3: That's okay. I'm still in Darwin today. But yes, I've
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  Speaker 3: been talking to the primary health network and all the
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  Speaker 3: age care facilities of seven of them will be done
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  Speaker 3: this week. So that's fantastic news that they'll all be done.
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  Speaker 3: I think Alice the one tomorrow, the old timers that
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  Speaker 3: the whole seven will be finished by this week, which
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  Speaker 3: is wonderful news.
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  Speaker 2: And so how Senia's feeling about the vaccination.
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  Speaker 3: Well, Katie, I think I'll send you some information unfortunately
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  Speaker 3: that's been going around. I would say it could be
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  Speaker 3: as much as thirty percent, but twenty five percent are
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  Speaker 3: worried about what's going into their bodies. And I was
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  Speaker 3: amazed at a person I knew who attended a meeting
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  Speaker 3: out in the rural area last week, and obviously they
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  Speaker 3: were anti vaxxers, and what's going around supposedly that they're
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  Speaker 3: saying is in the vaccine is something like pullinemia and sulfate.
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  Speaker 3: It's just absolutely atrocious this information that's going around, and unfortunately, Katie,
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  Speaker 3: people are believing them. It's just amazing. I'm actually going
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  Speaker 3: to send it to the Chief Medical Office as well,
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  Speaker 3: so hopefully they can do something and totally negate this
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  Speaker 3: absolute misinformation, which is really really worrying.
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  Speaker 2: Goodness me, Sue.
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  Speaker 1: So there was actually so there was actually a meeting
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  Speaker 1: last week where some of the territory seniors were told,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the wrong in all misinformation. As you've said,
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  Speaker 1: total misinformation about this vaccine.
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  Speaker 3: Well, imagine if they had put vltimite in it. Excuse
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  Speaker 3: me an aluminimum. Sorry, I mean, it's just really as
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  Speaker 3: I said, it's just atrocious. But also though at that
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  Speaker 3: meeting there were people expousing that it's still a government
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  Speaker 3: conspiracy and there's no such thing as COVID. Would you
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  Speaker 3: believe that, Katie?
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  Speaker 2: Wow? And this is a real worry.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you've got to make sure that you're getting
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  Speaker 1: your information from reputable sources. And I would say to
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  Speaker 1: anybody out there listening who's concerned about the vaccine, and
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  Speaker 1: if you're feeling a little bit worried, like you're just
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  Speaker 1: not sure about the side effects, et cetera, have a
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  Speaker 1: chat to your GP, or have a chat to somebody
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  Speaker 1: in the medical profession.
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  Speaker 2: Don't just expect that you know.
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  Speaker 1: That a random person on the street is going to
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  Speaker 1: be able to give you the appropriate information.
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  Speaker 3: Agreeing entirely, Kadian, Especially if you're over eighty eighty five
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  Speaker 3: and you're worried, talk to your GP. But we had
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  Speaker 3: a meeting last week with codes around Australia and also
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  Speaker 3: the actual federal Health Minister from places and people like that.
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  Speaker 3: And the UK's UK vaccinations have shown the mild symptoms
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  Speaker 3: like a few. There's been no deaths, there's been nothing
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  Speaker 3: of the sort. So again, this misinformation and it is
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  Speaker 3: just really just not fair, and it's stopping a lot
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  Speaker 3: of people from having this vaccine when it could actually
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  Speaker 3: save their lives. It's just I just as I said,
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  Speaker 3: I find it appalling she's saying that soldimide and alien
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  Speaker 3: minium is in these particular I really.
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  Speaker 1: So, Sue, you've made or you're going to make sure
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  Speaker 1: that you pass on that information to the Chief Health Officer.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to Yeah. When I saw it, as I said,
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  Speaker 3: a person I knew had gone to this meeting and
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  Speaker 3: when they saw the handout that we're giving out, I
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  Speaker 3: just thought this just has to be stopped. So I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to send it to the Chief Medical Officer today,
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  Speaker 3: to Huheggy and also the Health Minister because it is
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  Speaker 3: really concerning. I think this printed material is going out, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I think that that's a good idea and make sure
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  Speaker 1: that people are getting the right information. So how is
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  Speaker 1: it going to roll out as far as you know,
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  Speaker 1: for those things that are in retirement homes.
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  Speaker 3: As I said, age Care. I'm sorry. That's some being
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  Speaker 3: rolled out as we speak, and we'll be finished by
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  Speaker 3: this week. All of the seven residents in age care
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  Speaker 3: homes will be given that particular vaccine, and that includes
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  Speaker 3: obviously old timers in Alice Springs, which is tomorrow and
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  Speaker 3: includes the Rocky Region, Catherine, it includes obviously the Pearl Facility,
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  Speaker 3: the tie Wee Facility, the Palm Terrorist Facility. So yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it's which really, when you think about it, only arrived
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  Speaker 3: on Sunday. Yes, it's an amazing feat to get it
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  Speaker 3: all done this week. I'm so really, really quite proud
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  Speaker 3: in that way of the people involved in that's been
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  Speaker 3: a fantastic effort and our elderly people and especially ones
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  Speaker 3: that most at risk will be hopefully covered.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, And so I know that that's not the only
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  Speaker 1: thing on cota's agenda at the moment. There's been quite
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  Speaker 1: a few other things that you're sort of that you're
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  Speaker 1: working on, and they've got on the on the guy.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, we have been rather busy, Katie, probably like you,
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  Speaker 3: something to do with sex. Sex drives in rock and roll.
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  Speaker 3: It's just the we are. After our particular surveys last
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  Speaker 3: year in the year before when up to eighty three
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  Speaker 3: percent of people would like the choice. It is a
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  Speaker 3: hard topic to discuss, we know that. But the main
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  Speaker 3: thing is we really wanted to give territorians the right
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  Speaker 3: to make that decision. So I've got a petition going
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  Speaker 3: to repeal section fifty A of the Normal Church Your
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  Speaker 3: Self Government Act nineteen sev nineteen seventy eight. That obviously,
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  Speaker 3: that's what Kevin Andrews and Tony Burke poked to the
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  Speaker 3: House of Reps and they've all voted on it. Put
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  Speaker 3: this particular section in the Self Government Act which stops
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  Speaker 3: the Act and the Norman Territory passing any laws to
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  Speaker 3: do with the sister dying. So that's the first thing
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  Speaker 3: we have to do is get that particular section fifty
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  Speaker 3: eight repeals sight away and so she is open till
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  Speaker 3: the end of August.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry, Cat, have you had any people sign the petition
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  Speaker 2: so far?
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  Speaker 3: We're already up to about three four hundred, which is
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  Speaker 3: absolutely amazing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there you go. Where are people able to sign it?
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  Speaker 2: If they are, If they are keen.
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  Speaker 3: Well they can come into opposite. The main thing is, now, Katie,
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  Speaker 3: it was a bit of a rigmarole to get at
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  Speaker 3: the petition online. We had to go to the petition's
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  Speaker 3: committee in Canberra. Yeah, they had to approve the wording.
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  Speaker 3: Now it's all being approved and it will go online
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  Speaker 3: we hope tomorrow or Thursday, and then obviously online at
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  Speaker 3: coder as well. So you can just go into our
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  Speaker 3: website hopefully tomorrow once a petition's committee yeah, or is
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  Speaker 3: it committee for something in canber isn't there there is?
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  Speaker 1: Well, let us know once it is up and we'll
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  Speaker 1: make sure that our listeners are aware. And so as
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  Speaker 1: you said, you're in Alice tomorrow and it's for a
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  Speaker 1: forum called are you Prepared?
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  Speaker 2: What's that all about?
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  Speaker 3: That's about again? Have you got Katie? I hope you've
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  Speaker 3: got one. An advanced personal care plan that's like a
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  Speaker 3: living will. If anything happens then you can't make decisions
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  Speaker 3: do you want to be resuscitated? What do you want
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  Speaker 3: to happen? And you can also register that particular advanced
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  Speaker 3: personal care plan with the Land's Titles Office if it
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  Speaker 3: involves any financial decisions or as I said, your particular
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  Speaker 3: home and what you want done with that. So it's
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  Speaker 3: more of a living will when you can't make the
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  Speaker 3: decision and then we've got obviously people from a legal
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  Speaker 3: profession about a will when you actually have passed away,
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  Speaker 3: and then we have the public guardian again, while you
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  Speaker 3: are alive and you can't make decisions and you don't
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  Speaker 3: have an advanced personal care plan, then the public guardian
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  Speaker 3: will make those decisions for you, so you have be
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  Speaker 3: very careful that you are prepared. And last of all,
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  Speaker 3: obviously it's a public trustee. If you die intestate without
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  Speaker 3: a will or an advanced personal care plan, then a
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  Speaker 3: public trustee comes on board and we'll again make all
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  Speaker 3: those decisions about your estate for you. So you can
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  Speaker 3: actually go to public trustee and I think for memory,
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  Speaker 3: compare your will for thirty six dollars. It's really quite cheap.
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  Speaker 3: And you can also lodge that will with the public
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  Speaker 3: public trustee. There's a lot of information that a lot
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  Speaker 3: of people aren't aware of that it's very important. As
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  Speaker 3: we age, you might want to have that discussion, but
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  Speaker 3: you really should have it if you want your wishes
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  Speaker 3: to be carried out. It's very important.
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  Speaker 1: I agree with you. I think it is so incredibly important.
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  Speaker 1: And so where can people if they are after a
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  Speaker 1: bit more information, if they're not able to obviously go
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  Speaker 1: to that forum. If they're after a bit of info,
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  Speaker 1: where's the best place for them to have a look.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they can call us on eight nine for double one,
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  Speaker 3: double zero four, and we do have a lot of
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  Speaker 3: information on our website as well, so cota www dot
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  Speaker 3: codnt dot org dot au. Forget there are time and income, Katie,
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  Speaker 3: You're a fair way from that, but we have a
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  Speaker 3: forum this Friday, and Josh Friedenberg, the federal Treasurer, is
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  Speaker 3: speaking to that because the federal government is reviewing all
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  Speaker 3: the retirement income, which obviously includes superannuation, the age pension
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  Speaker 3: and everything else. So I would urge if you can
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  Speaker 3: it have to pay to extend obviously via zoom to
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  Speaker 3: attend that particular for this is your future. Yeah, thank you,
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  Speaker 3: and your hard earned money as well, so that I
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  Speaker 3: think the federal government wants to get a bit more
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  Speaker 3: a bit hold of a bit more old. Yeah, people
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  Speaker 3: are worrying.
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  Speaker 1: Oh well, so look it sounds like there is plenty
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  Speaker 1: going on for you guys. It's always good to catch
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  Speaker 1: up with you. We are going to have to leave
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  Speaker 1: it there. We'll talk to you again very soon.
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  Speaker 3: Would love to Catie, take care, Thank.
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  Speaker 2: You, you too.
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  Speaker 1: That's Sushira there from Kotea. Aren't the Council of the
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  Speaker 1: Aging here in the Northern Territory there CEO, And like
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  Speaker 1: she said, they have got a website if you are
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  Speaker 1: keen to get a little bit more info, er if
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  Speaker 1: you actually want to give them a call, if you're
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  Speaker 1: after a bit more information about anything that Sue and
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  Speaker 1: I had discussed this morning, I would urge you to
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  Speaker 1: get in contact with Koda