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Katie spoke with Consul of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste in the Northern Territory Ronaldo Do Rosario about the lightning strike which killed a man in Berry Springs · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: But we know that a thirty four year old man
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  Speaker 1: died over the weekend in hospital after being struck by
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  Speaker 1: lightning earlier last week while working on a mango farm
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  Speaker 1: in Berry Springs is what is being reported now. It
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  Speaker 1: is a tragic, tragic situation. N T Work Safe said
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  Speaker 1: in a statement that preliminary findings indicate three men were
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  Speaker 1: working from the back of a trailer being towed by
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  Speaker 1: a tractor on a mango farm when lightning struck a
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  Speaker 1: nearby tree. Now joining me on the line to tell
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  Speaker 1: us more about the situation is the Consul of the
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  Speaker 1: Democratic Republic of Team all their stay here in the
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  Speaker 1: Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 2: Ronaldo do Rosario. Good morning to you, Ronaldo, Good morning Ronaldo.
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  Speaker 1: A real tragic situation over the weekend with the loss
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  Speaker 1: of this thirty four year old man. Can you tell
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  Speaker 1: us a little bit more about him?
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  Speaker 3: Well, it was a nascivevember having to to pretty your
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  Speaker 3: old man. Opportunity diusional workers that work at the farm
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  Speaker 3: in the Northern thirty week so there were three of
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  Speaker 3: the timor recisional workers that work in a farm at
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  Speaker 3: among of farms at that time, and then suddenly the
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  Speaker 3: lightning hit them and the three of thems one is
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  Speaker 3: Germany today is the body that passed away last week
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  Speaker 3: on Saturday in the Royal Dart Hospital. So the accident
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  Speaker 3: happened when they're working in a farm and the likening
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  Speaker 3: hit three of games. But the Germany one is the
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  Speaker 3: most affected of the accidents and the other two is
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  Speaker 3: went onto the clowns with the head of the likeness
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  Speaker 3: and at that time Germany news hit other likes and
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  Speaker 3: he went into the crowns and unable to yeah space
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  Speaker 3: that and then the works manager, one of the timmories
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  Speaker 3: managers helped him to push him in order to give
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  Speaker 3: him a break, but unfortunately he could and then they
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  Speaker 3: called the paramedic and the police came to help. And
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  Speaker 3: at that time Germany couldn't give the relations and they
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  Speaker 3: had to take Germany to the hospitals. And at the hospital,
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  Speaker 3: Germany US was held by the machine during the three
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  Speaker 3: days which the doctor diagnosed him that he's unable to
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  Speaker 3: keep any reactions. And we've been advised by the Royal
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  Speaker 3: Dardan Hospitals that they have to take old immediately in
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  Speaker 3: regard to the Germany news situations. They did their brain
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  Speaker 3: checks twice, but unfortunately the brain is not functioned anymore.
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  Speaker 3: That they have to get him that he can alive
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  Speaker 3: but with the machine support. But after that, over the
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  Speaker 3: three days, Geminius unable to give any relations. He couldn't speak,
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  Speaker 3: couldn't it. Doctor decide the contineal to come to give
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  Speaker 3: the permissions. They can turn up the missions and other
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  Speaker 3: the GERMANO can Yeah, what an incredible from his wife.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, what an incredibly tragic situation, Ronaldo. I know Germanyo's
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  Speaker 1: family have obviously been notified and I understand that you
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  Speaker 1: are assisting to be able to get plans on the
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  Speaker 1: way for him.
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  Speaker 3: Correct. At the time of the accident happens, the Royal
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  Speaker 3: Daughter hospital called the consult channel in Darwin and advised
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  Speaker 3: that they need the Germinus family to be aware of
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  Speaker 3: the Germanians situations, and the Consulate General called the Germinus
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  Speaker 3: family advised the families of the situations. But apart from that,
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  Speaker 3: the Royal Darwin also called the family and advise the
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  Speaker 3: families of his situations at the hospital.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Ronaldo, it must be such a sad, sad time
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  Speaker 1: for that family. I would imagine that quite often we
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  Speaker 1: do have seasonal workers come across to Australia to really
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  Speaker 1: try to help their families back home, and you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, to earn money to then take home.
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  Speaker 1: So it must be an incredibly sad situation for his family.
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  Speaker 3: I know this is a ridiculous accident that happened to
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  Speaker 3: the people, especially with the nature likeness hit the workers
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  Speaker 3: in the hot.
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  Speaker 1: Oh well, Ronaldo, we really appreciate your time this morning
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  Speaker 1: and really appreciate you speaking to us. And our heart
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  Speaker 1: goes out to Germanino's family at this very difficult time.
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  Speaker 1: Are you able to tell us how are the other
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  Speaker 1: two workers at the moment.
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  Speaker 3: So the other two workers that are Fame no as
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  Speaker 3: yesterday we celebrate our forty secondly the study of the
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  Speaker 3: Proclamation Dependence Day, and we also celebrate a mass for
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  Speaker 3: the body of Germanism. And the two other German news
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  Speaker 3: fans were also present at the mass yesterday, so they
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  Speaker 3: both are all okay. Now. He'd also been interviewed by
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  Speaker 3: one of the anti news here in coming as well
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  Speaker 3: in relations today since that happened in last I mean
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  Speaker 3: last last week and Ronaldo trauma. But they are okay now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Oh goodness, may it would have it must be
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  Speaker 1: really scary, must have been a really scary situation for them, Ronaldo,
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  Speaker 1: is the family being supported in terms of will Germany
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  Speaker 1: no be be repatriated home? And I'm assuming that the
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  Speaker 1: family is being supported at this point.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I've been spoken with Anti safe workers, so the
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  Speaker 3: company or the workers that are the employe at the
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  Speaker 3: Germany and work with we profilitate everything in regards to
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  Speaker 3: the reputation back of the Germany started to tim Lester.
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  Speaker 3: But apart from that, the family is also aware of
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  Speaker 3: that and we've been trying to get the Gimy univers
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  Speaker 3: work compensation as well. But we also will advise our
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  Speaker 3: government of tim Olester in order if we could also
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  Speaker 3: support the Chimny news to transfer back to tim Olester
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  Speaker 3: to the family.
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  Speaker 1: Well, please let us know how you know, like how
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  Speaker 1: things go, and I hope that is all able to happen,
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  Speaker 1: you know, quickly and as smoothly as possible.
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  Speaker 2: For his family. Thank you very much for your time
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  Speaker 2: this morning, Ronaldo.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, my pleaser.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you