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Katie Woolf spoke with INPEX General Manager Roland Houareau · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Well, we're coming to your live this morning, as you
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  Speaker 1: would have heard from the Mitchell Center in the city.
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  Speaker 1: We are just outside of Coals inside the center and
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  Speaker 1: it is all for Food Bank and their amazing Christmas
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  Speaker 1: Hamper appeal. It's on again and they're calling on territorians
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  Speaker 1: well to come in and support those in need throughout
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  Speaker 1: the month of November. You can come on down and
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  Speaker 1: donate some of your non perishable items. And the wonderful
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  Speaker 1: thing is it's right outside Coals. You can go inside Coals,
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  Speaker 1: pick up what you need, come straight out and drop
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  Speaker 1: it in those purple bins. Now joining me right now
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  Speaker 1: from Impex, the CEO of Impact General Manager of Impacts
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  Speaker 1: is Roland Hooro.
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  Speaker 2: How are you. Good morning, Katie, lovely and nice to
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  Speaker 2: be here this morning at the Christmas Appeal launch. It's
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  Speaker 2: very good.
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  Speaker 1: It's such a wonderful, wonderful thing that Food Bank do
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  Speaker 1: each and every year. And you know, they really do
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  Speaker 1: need the support of some of our major territory businesses
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  Speaker 1: and it doesn't get much bigger than in and I'm
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  Speaker 1: sure that they were so grateful when you guys came
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  Speaker 1: on board as a sponsor.
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  Speaker 2: We've been a long standing supporter of Food Bank. Our
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  Speaker 2: employees have driven it for many years. As an organization.
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  Speaker 2: We've been fortunate enough to be droping the donation of
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  Speaker 2: a forklift and a barbecue trailer through our directly or
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  Speaker 2: through our contractors. But it's the five hundred families we're
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  Speaker 2: part of the community, So being able to support through
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  Speaker 2: our employees their families, it's great to be able to
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  Speaker 2: make that contribution.
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  Speaker 1: And like you said, it's you know, quite often it's
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  Speaker 1: not when you do sponsor an organization like food Bank,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's not just about sort of the sponsorship, it's
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  Speaker 1: also about those other things that you can help them
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  Speaker 1: out with and as you've said, even you know, a
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  Speaker 1: forklift and things like that. It's a wonderful, wonderful support.
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  Speaker 2: Been part of the business community. If we all pull
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  Speaker 2: together and pull in the same direction, we will contribute
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  Speaker 2: a lot to the community and the society where we live.
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  Speaker 2: And we like doing that as impects, we feel really
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  Speaker 2: privileged to be part of the Northern Territory community and
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  Speaker 2: we we're networking together.
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  Speaker 1: That's great. Yeah, Now your employees obviously they're keen to
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  Speaker 1: be part of this as well, No doubt they're keen
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  Speaker 1: to make some donations to the food bank crew with
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  Speaker 1: the non perishable items.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, for many years, our employees have driven our donations
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  Speaker 2: through the food Bank. We have five hundred families be
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  Speaker 2: out and about. Even our own family, the children love
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  Speaker 2: to get down to Cole's, I Ga and Woolworth put
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  Speaker 2: some things in the trolley and drop them in the beans.
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  Speaker 1: I reckon it's so important as well for our kids
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  Speaker 1: to realize that not everybody, you know, not everybody on
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  Speaker 1: Christmas Day wakes up and just has everything, you know,
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  Speaker 1: everything there that they might want. And there are so
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  Speaker 1: many territory families at the moment that are going through
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  Speaker 1: a tougher period than what they maybe would have had
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  Speaker 1: COVID not struck. And I just think it's a really
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  Speaker 1: important thing for us to teach our kids as well
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  Speaker 1: that you know that you've got to give back.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, there's a lot of lessons in giving for everybody,
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  Speaker 2: and we get a lot out of giving, teaching our
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  Speaker 2: children to give, and being part of a community of
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  Speaker 2: which we give grows, the community enhances where we live.
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  Speaker 2: But the most important thing is there's vulnerable people and
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  Speaker 2: on Christmas Day to be able to put a smile
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  Speaker 2: on a family's face through something that you've been able
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  Speaker 2: to purchase and put in the bins or donate as
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  Speaker 2: fantastic just knowing that when you wake up, you've been
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  Speaker 2: able to help and that's what we want to do.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, well, well done to Impacts obviously for the
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  Speaker 1: support that you guys are giving to food Bank, and
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  Speaker 1: as we know, food Bank do a phenomenal job now
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  Speaker 1: they do. Last year it was seven hundred and fifty hampers.
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  Speaker 1: They're trying to get to one thousand for this year.
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  Speaker 1: What do you reckon?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think we're going to get there. I think
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  Speaker 2: the Northern Territory is going to step up and we
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  Speaker 2: are going to get there everyone else. If we all
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  Speaker 2: all the Impacts families, if we've put a few extra
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  Speaker 2: things in the trolley, we'll help with it with five
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  Speaker 2: hundred families, a few a few more hampers. Yeah, we'll
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  Speaker 2: get there.
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  Speaker 1: I reckon, we can do it. Good. Roland, thanks so
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  Speaker 1: much for your time this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Katie.
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  Speaker 1: That's Roland Hero there, who is the general manager of
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  Speaker 1: IMPEX and you are listening to Mix one oh four
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  Speaker 1: point nine. We're coming to you live this morning from
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  Speaker 1: the Mitchell Center, just outside of Cole's