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Katie Woolf spoke further about the issues re signs being cut and leaving dangerous stubs · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie wolf On mixed one oh four
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  Speaker 1: point nine thanks to Joyce Main Darwin. Well, like we
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  Speaker 1: always say, you are our eyes and ears out there
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  Speaker 1: around the place. And yesterday we got a message from
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  Speaker 1: Cam and it read when contractors removed the roadside signs recently,
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  Speaker 1: they've cut the parts of a few inches, so they've
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  Speaker 1: cut those posts sorry, off a few inches above the
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  Speaker 1: ground and left them there sticking out of the ground.
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  Speaker 1: These are a hazard for recreational vehicles and also road
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  Speaker 1: users who have a need to move off the road.
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  Speaker 1: The potential for injury and vehicle damage is not acceptable
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  Speaker 1: and needs to be fixed. That one there from Cam,
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  Speaker 1: and he said that there were a few on the
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  Speaker 1: Arnhem Highway near Fred's Pass and further out at Costica
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  Speaker 1: Road the turn off, just to name a couple. He
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  Speaker 1: said the department really needs to do an audit and
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  Speaker 1: get rid of them, as they're more dangerous now than
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  Speaker 1: when they were advertising businesses.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: Cam wasn't the only one who got in contact with
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  Speaker 1: us about this yesterday. Following on from reading that message out,
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  Speaker 1: we had quite a few others message through. But then
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  Speaker 1: we also received a call from deb But take a listen.
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  Speaker 2: I live out in Humpty Doo, and I mean, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: if someone drives over those metal spikes sticking out of
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  Speaker 2: the ground, then there goes they're tire. But my main
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  Speaker 2: concern is for US Harsey people because if a horse
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  Speaker 2: steps on one of them, that's goodbye horse.
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  Speaker 1: Oh no, I had not even thought of that.
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  Speaker 2: Deb Yeah, it's if you have a horse with a
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  Speaker 2: busted up hoof, you don't have a horse.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, goodness, may so, Louck. Are these around everywhere
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  Speaker 1: out there at the moment? What's the guy?
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  Speaker 2: They're on the Num Highway there. I've seen them just
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  Speaker 2: before the Cooley shops. They're on inbound pretty much everywhere
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  Speaker 2: where the signs got taken down, which weren't cutting anybody,
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  Speaker 2: by the way. They've just sort of used the grinder
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  Speaker 2: to take them off about two or three inches off
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  Speaker 2: the ground. So there's a lot of grass around. Because hey,
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  Speaker 2: it's the rural area, and Ussey people ride horses in
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  Speaker 2: the rural area. You're not going to see them.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Loki, think to yourself, why haven't they removed those
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  Speaker 1: parts of the of you know, why haven't they removed
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  Speaker 1: all of it?
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  Speaker 2: My guess is it's political. Someone got to be out
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  Speaker 2: there ass about them, and yeah, quick, get rid of
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  Speaker 2: them as quickly as possible, because I do no business
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  Speaker 2: owners that were not notified that their signs were being
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  Speaker 2: taken down.
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  Speaker 1: So that is part of that discussion yesterday that we'd
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  Speaker 1: had with deb and no doubt there were people who
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  Speaker 1: are really concerned about this. Now, we did put in
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  Speaker 1: a request to the department to see if we could
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  Speaker 1: get some questions answered. We were very keen to get
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  Speaker 1: someone on the show. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get
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  Speaker 1: somebody on the show, but we have received a response
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  Speaker 1: which says the Department is continuing to work with sign
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  Speaker 1: owners regarding the removal of private advertising signs across the
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  Speaker 1: Northern Territory. A large number of signs have been removed
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  Speaker 1: in the Greater Darwin area. The Department wrote to owners
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  Speaker 1: advising them they were required to remove the signs. Many complied.
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  Speaker 1: For those that didn't, signs were removed by the Department
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  Speaker 1: using contracted resources. Signs were a mix of freestanding and
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  Speaker 1: ones concreted into the ground. Now, we asked why there
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  Speaker 1: are there are those signposts still in the ground, exposed
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  Speaker 1: a few inches and the department have said that work
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  Speaker 1: that was undertaken by the department required the contractor to
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  Speaker 1: remove the signs and footings and backfill the resultant holes.
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  Speaker 1: So we said why were stubs left and not removed
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  Speaker 1: when the rest of the sign was removed, And we
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  Speaker 1: have been told the department will arrange an inspection of
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  Speaker 1: its road verges to identify the extent of the problem
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  Speaker 1: identified and rectify as required. The department has a register
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  Speaker 1: of those signs which were allocated to contractors to remove
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  Speaker 1: will work with the relevant contractors regarding any signs and
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  Speaker 1: footings that were not removed as required. We did ask
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  Speaker 1: when will they be removed? And we've been told by
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  Speaker 1: the department that inspections will be undertaken in the identified
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  Speaker 1: areas today and the broader network next week. And we
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  Speaker 1: also asked is there a duty of care to ensure
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  Speaker 1: they have been removed to ensure the safety of territorians
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  Speaker 1: and they have said that the Department has in place
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  Speaker 1: regular inspections to identified defects across its road network to
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  Speaker 1: ensure the safety of users and its road and road verges.
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  Speaker 1: It should be noted the issues identified are likely the
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  Speaker 1: result of owners of signs not removing footings. The other
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  Speaker 1: question we asked, why aren't there safety cones or something
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  Speaker 1: covering them, and they have said as part of the inspection,
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  Speaker 1: the department will appropriately identify any hazards until removal works
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  Speaker 1: can be completed. And I did ask as well, can
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  Speaker 1: they confirm that a company's been contracted to do the job,
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  Speaker 1: and they said yes. However, many signs were removed by
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  Speaker 1: sign owners. So look, we heard your concerns yesterday on
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  Speaker 1: the show. We have done our very best to make
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  Speaker 1: sure that the Department's been made aware of them, as
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  Speaker 1: they obviously have now and I'm pleased to hear following
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  Speaker 1: on from these questions that were provided that they have
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  Speaker 1: said that the department is going to arrange an inspection
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  Speaker 1: of its road verges to identify the extent of the
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  Speaker 1: problem identified and rectify as required. The department has a
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  Speaker 1: register of those signs which were allocated to contractors to remove.
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  Speaker 1: They are going to be working with the relevant contractors
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  Speaker 1: regarding any signs and footings that were not removed as required.
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  Speaker 1: So inspections are going to be undertaken in the identified
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  Speaker 1: areas today is what we've been told, and the broader
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  Speaker 1: network next week. So look, I've got to say that
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  Speaker 1: I am pleased to hear that the department has heard
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  Speaker 1: your concerns. They have listened, they've taken that on board,
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  Speaker 1: and by the sound of things, certainly with this response,
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  Speaker 1: they are going to be heading out there today to
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  Speaker 1: ensure that this issue is rectified. Now, as we say,
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  Speaker 1: and as I said right at the start of this,
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  Speaker 1: you guys are our eyes and ears out here, so
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  Speaker 1: I have no doubt that you are going to let
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  Speaker 1: me know sooner rather than later if this is done
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  Speaker 1: over the course of the weekend or today, and just
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  Speaker 1: how wide ranging this problem is. So if you see
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  Speaker 1: something out there, if you see that work taking place,
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  Speaker 1: make sure you let us know, because I've got to say,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I will always, you know, criticize when it
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  Speaker 1: is required, or I will always raise those issues if
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  Speaker 1: it's required. But if they do work quickly to rectify this,
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  Speaker 1: and I think that we also need to acknowledge that
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  Speaker 1: work is being undertaken. And if you see that happening,
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  Speaker 1: please give us a call and let us know, and
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  Speaker 1: we'll certainly acknowledge that that work is underway and that
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  Speaker 1: they're doing it quickly and by the sounds of things.
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  Speaker 1: They've taken this on board, and taken it on board
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  Speaker 1: quite seriously if they are going to send stuff out
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  Speaker 1: today to assess this situation. Plenty of messages coming through here.
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  Speaker 1: There's one from Mary and Humpty Dowit says, good morning, Katie.
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  Speaker 1: The steel stumps are a danger on the road reserves.
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  Speaker 1: They need to be dug out. I bet the poor
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  Speaker 1: MRA and slasher drivers curse them as well. Yeah, good
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  Speaker 1: point one here from Camp Cheers, Katie. Love your work
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  Speaker 1: from Camp Camp. Thank you, mate, because honestly, if you
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  Speaker 1: and Deb and others hadn't let us know about that,
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  Speaker 1: I would have had no idea. So, like we say,
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  Speaker 1: you're our eyes and ears out there. We try our
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  Speaker 1: best to make sure that we can help, try our
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  Speaker 1: best to make sure that we know of everything that's
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  Speaker 1: going on, but sometimes we don't, and so we are
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  Speaker 1: certainly reliant on you guys to let us know what's
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  Speaker 1: going on out there. And we have had so many
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  Speaker 1: messages coming through this morning, a lot of them coming
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  Speaker 1: through during the week. That was some of those I
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  Speaker 1: had the opportunity to read out during the week. That
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  Speaker 1: was some I didn't get the chance to I've got
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  Speaker 1: one here and it says for Minister Files to say
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  Speaker 1: there's no tolerance for assaults on hospital and security staff
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  Speaker 1: is a joke. Staf for assaulted daily, either by being
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  Speaker 1: punched or spat on. Nothing happens to the person responsible
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  Speaker 1: for the assaults, says that text. Another one here and
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  Speaker 1: it says, good morning Katie and Crewe Derby from the dew.
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  Speaker 1: I was an impatient at RDH last week and was
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  Speaker 1: totally offended, oh sorry, and was totally offended by the
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  Speaker 1: food that was delivered. Main meals were served cold or
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  Speaker 1: very unappetizing. In two days, I ate two slices of
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  Speaker 1: bread and an orange early breakfast was delivered before I
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  Speaker 1: was required to fast, but I wasn't woken up and
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  Speaker 1: it was removed before I could eat anything. Orange juice
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  Speaker 1: with breakfast is delivered frozen. Isn't there food health requirements
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  Speaker 1: with the service of food? Good question? Yeah, good question,
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  Speaker 1: their Derby, I'm not sure, but you would think so.
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  Speaker 1: And look, I guess we all understand that they're serving
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  Speaker 1: a large volume of food and it can be difficult,
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  Speaker 1: you know, to get everybody's food out at a specific heat.
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  Speaker 1: But you want to make sure that it's eatable. That's
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  Speaker 1: for bloody shore. Other one here from Macca in Malac
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  Speaker 1: and it says I heard Tash talking about the opposition
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  Speaker 1: being open and transparent and nearly choked on my iced coffee.
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  Speaker 1: Another one here that there are currently five mental health
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  Speaker 1: patients here in ed Now, why, says that Texter, Because
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  Speaker 1: there are no free beds in the Jaru. There are
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  Speaker 1: some spare beds, but due to staff cutbacks in JRU,
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  Speaker 1: no staff available to look after the patients. Now, that
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  Speaker 1: has clearly come to us from a staff member there.
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  Speaker 1: We appreciate your sending that through, and that is a
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  Speaker 1: very good question that you've sent through. Now, the Jaru,
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  Speaker 1: I understand, is the John Ridley Unit. But if you
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  Speaker 1: are listening and I've got that wrong, please let me
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  Speaker 1: know