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Katie Woolf spoke with Nursing and Midwifery Award winner Mental Health Nurse Lynne Hurley · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: If you want to know what's happening on the local
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  Speaker 1: political landscape, Kay Wolf has it covered on three sixty
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  Speaker 1: every One is Listening Mix one oh four point nine.
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  Speaker 2: Tell you what.
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  Speaker 1: I was very lucky over the weekend to MC along
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  Speaker 1: with Amy Culprit, the Nursing and Midwffree Awards for excellence
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  Speaker 1: here in the Northern Territory. And I tell you what,
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  Speaker 1: we are so incredibly lucky to have so many wonderful
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  Speaker 1: nurses here in our Northern Territory community.
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  Speaker 2: And well, one of.
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  Speaker 1: Those wonderful nurses joins me on the line right now,
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  Speaker 1: I have got Lynn Hurley.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you. Lynn.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: Lynn. It's lovely to have you on the show. You
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  Speaker 1: were recognized and awarded the Client Appreciation Award for Excellence
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  Speaker 1: in Nursing and Midwiffree for twenty twenty one.
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  Speaker 2: Lynn, were you surprised what your name was called out?
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  Speaker 3: I was surprised. Thank you for having me on the
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  Speaker 3: show this morning. Yes, I was surprised. It was a thrill,
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  Speaker 3: certainly just to be nominated and the fact that it
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  Speaker 3: was from a client and her family. It makes you,
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  Speaker 3: I think, to feel proud that you are making a
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  Speaker 3: difference in these young people's lives. But I'd also like
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  Speaker 3: to say too that I am part of a team,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, our team is so dedicated to these kids.
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  Speaker 3: So I kind of think acknowledged, yes, thrilling to acknowledge
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  Speaker 3: my work, but also the work of this unit.
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  Speaker 2: Lynn talk us.
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  Speaker 1: Through exactly what you do day to day, you and
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  Speaker 1: the team in which you work with.
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  Speaker 3: We work in the mental health sector, and the unit
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  Speaker 3: that we work in was established almost six years ago,
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  Speaker 3: so it's quite new, and it's the only youth in
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  Speaker 3: patient program for young people between the ages of twelve
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  Speaker 3: and eighteen who are experiencing mental health issues. And our
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  Speaker 3: goal is to work with these kids as early as
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  Speaker 3: we can to try and sort of you know, prevent
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  Speaker 3: that getting into the system as adults, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: in the mental health system when you're older, it can
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  Speaker 3: put your life path on quite a different trajectory. So
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  Speaker 3: we would really like to see these kids, maybe work
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  Speaker 3: with them now and give them a more hope for
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  Speaker 3: their future.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the work that all of our nurses and
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  Speaker 1: midwives do cannot be underestimated and it is such important work.
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  Speaker 1: But for you and the team that you work with
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  Speaker 1: as you say, working with young people around mental health
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  Speaker 1: is it is such valuable work. And then really to
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  Speaker 1: be recognized in that client appreciation category, it's really the
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  Speaker 1: only category where our nurses are recognized by those people
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  Speaker 1: that they are actually helping.
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  Speaker 3: And yeah, like you say that, it made it even
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  Speaker 3: more special. I think, you know, I've known that I
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  Speaker 3: was nominated, but I honestly didn't really think that I
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  Speaker 3: would would win this. So it's I think, actually, I'm
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  Speaker 3: still getting my feet back on the ground. It was,
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  Speaker 3: and it was an amazing night as well. A lot
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  Speaker 3: of trouble was was gone to to make it so special.
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  Speaker 3: But and I did hear you say on the night
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  Speaker 3: how the nurses were also supportive of one another. You know,
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  Speaker 3: every discipline has it. It's you know, it's excellent.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, do you know it's something that both Amy and I,
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  Speaker 1: who were in seeing the night, was so taken by.
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  Speaker 1: And every time a nominees' name was called out, the
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  Speaker 1: crowd would go wild. Then every time somebody was announced
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  Speaker 1: as a winner. You honestly, I felt quite emotional seeing
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  Speaker 1: you all come up and seeing the reaction from your teams.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, looks it's a big night in Darwin for nursing
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  Speaker 3: for sure, and yeah, when you're a nominee and obviously
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  Speaker 3: a recipient, it's very difficult to describe just you know
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  Speaker 3: what it does mean. It's hard to put into work.
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  Speaker 3: But I was certainly overwhelmed, and as you mentioned, all
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  Speaker 3: the support I felt cheered on by people who are
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  Speaker 3: certainly colleagues in nursing, but you know, strangers to me,
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  Speaker 3: and that was also very very special.
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  Speaker 2: Lynn. How long have you been a mental health nurse.
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  Speaker 3: I've been a mental health nurse for twenty one years
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  Speaker 3: and I've been nursing for almost forty three so a
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  Speaker 3: bit of an old girl now at this game.
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  Speaker 1: No, why, I think that's fantastic. How did you get
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  Speaker 1: into mental health nursing.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I came to Darwin in two thousand and worked
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  Speaker 3: for an agency initially where you know, you get sent
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  Speaker 3: to various areas throughout hospitals, and I thought this would
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  Speaker 3: be a good way to see where I might like
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  Speaker 3: to work because I'm from Victoria. And I was asked
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  Speaker 3: to do a shift in mental health and I said, oh,
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  Speaker 3: good grief, no, I've got no training for that. No, sorry,
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  Speaker 3: that might be happening. And I'm now trained in mental health.
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  Speaker 3: So that started in two thousand and three, Wow, full
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  Speaker 3: time two thousand and three. Yeah, I worked with the
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  Speaker 3: agency here before that for three years.
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  Speaker 1: Now. I know, you know, there's obviously patient confidentiality and
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  Speaker 1: all that kind of thing. But have there been some
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  Speaker 1: really memorable moments for you over the last forty three years?
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  Speaker 2: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: There certainly has. I've probably too many to even you know,
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  Speaker 3: remember a lot of them, but obviously the most recent
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  Speaker 3: one on Saturday Night I will never forget. But it's
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  Speaker 3: those moments where you think, look, you know, are we
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  Speaker 3: getting anywhere here? And then you'll see a shift and
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  Speaker 3: you know, some of our young people have been significantly
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  Speaker 3: traumatized or you know, there's there's a lot of sad stories,
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  Speaker 3: but when you see the hope come back, it's you know,
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  Speaker 3: you think, now, this is why we do what we do,
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  Speaker 3: and we can have fun with our kids, which is
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  Speaker 3: also very good. We do have a lot of fun sometimes,
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  Speaker 3: so that's that's always nice.
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  Speaker 1: Have you spoken to to the people who nominated you, Lynn?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know I who nominated me. Kathie remains a mysteries,
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  Speaker 3: to be honest, I've kind of thought I wonder iful
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  Speaker 3: it was them if it was them. You know, but
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  Speaker 3: look if I if I never find out, the fact
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  Speaker 3: is that you know, someone's acknowledged that you're not sort
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  Speaker 3: of just really banging your head against a wall. There
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  Speaker 3: are there is change.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and you're making a genuine impact on people's lives.
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  Speaker 1: And then when you talk about that being young people
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  Speaker 1: who's struggling through some mental health concerns, that impact is phenomenal.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, thank you. Look at some it's a tough gig.
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  Speaker 3: Sometimes I'm not without challenges. You know, we have a
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  Speaker 3: lot of unhappy children. We've had a lot of children
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  Speaker 3: maybe that have used substances, so you know, they're also
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  Speaker 3: got a different set of struggles and challenges. But you know,
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  Speaker 3: we well we're here, so we're soldiering on. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: you're just thankful for the people around you. I think too,
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  Speaker 3: they certainly keep you going a lot of a time.
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  Speaker 1: Well, then, congratulations to you on winning the Client Appreciation
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  Speaker 1: Award for excellency in Nursing and mid We're free for
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  Speaker 1: this year. And you know what, every week we give
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  Speaker 1: away a Territorian of the Week as well. It's a
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  Speaker 1: gourmet meat trade. Thanks to Glenn from l z H butcher.
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  Speaker 1: I reckon, we should give you that as well, because
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  Speaker 1: you are amazing.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, thank you very much.
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  Speaker 2: The week just keeps me well.
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  Speaker 1: I you know, I cannot speak highly enough about nurses.
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  Speaker 1: As you know I say very often on this show,
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  Speaker 1: my mum's and nurse. Some of my dearest friends are nurses.
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  Speaker 1: Nurses are phenomenal people. And to me that was so
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  Speaker 1: clearly exemplified on the weekend, and I felt really proud
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  Speaker 1: being a Territorian and knowing what amazing people we've got
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  Speaker 1: working in our health system.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, thank you, Katie. It's lovely. It's lovely to hear,
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  Speaker 3: and thank you for your efforts yours and Amy's on
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  Speaker 3: the night. I thought you were wonderful hosts and certainly
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  Speaker 3: created a really lovely atmosphere before all the cheering style.
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  Speaker 2: It was a fun night, I tell you what. I do.
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  Speaker 2: Think nurses know how to party. Lynn.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I was laying till about Chuesday, I.
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  Speaker 2: Think, Lynn, it's been lovely talking to you this morning.
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  Speaker 1: I really appreciate you coming on and hang on the
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  Speaker 1: line for us because you are our territory and of
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  Speaker 1: the week as well.
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  Speaker 3: Lynn. Thank you, Katie and all of us to see
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  Speaker 3: you at NICKO for Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 2: That's Lynn Hurley there.
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  Speaker 1: What an incredible woman and so incredible hearing of all
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  Speaker 1: of these wonderful nurses over the weekend and the phenomenal
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  Speaker 1: work that they do. And I know that there's so
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  Speaker 1: many of you out in the community who weren't there
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  Speaker 1: on the weekend as well, but the work you do
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  Speaker 1: is appreciated by.
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  Speaker 2: All of us.
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  Speaker 1: And I always sing that from the rooftops. I think
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  Speaker 1: whether you're talking about beginning of life when you go
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  Speaker 1: to the hospital when a child is born, right to
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  Speaker 1: those end.
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  Speaker 2: Of life stages.
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  Speaker 1: And I've been at the hospital and through the health
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  Speaker 1: system here in the Northern Territory on both of those occasions,
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  Speaker 1: and I cannot speak highly enough about our wonderful Northern
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  Speaker 1: Territory nurses and midwives