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Noonamah Tavern owner Tony Innes says he's frustrated the NT Government continues to ignore the ongoing issues with crime · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: And look, Sony from the Berry Springs Tavern, wasn't the
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  Speaker 1: other only one obviously out there yesterday. Joining me on
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  Speaker 1: the line right now is Tonys from the Noonamar Tavern.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Tony.
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  Speaker 2: How are you, Cadie.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not too bad, mate, I know that you were
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  Speaker 1: at that meeting yesterday as well. What was your message
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  Speaker 1: for the government?
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  Speaker 2: Look, I just think they, you know, will to share
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  Speaker 2: fact that they cut down question time the other day
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  Speaker 2: and continue to ignore that the crime is a major
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  Speaker 2: problem at the moment. You know, it's the biggest problem
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  Speaker 2: we've gotten the into, especially you know, Alice Springs is
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  Speaker 2: even worse than what we're you know, they've been going
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  Speaker 2: through a bit longer and worse than what we have.
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  Speaker 2: But they just talk about it and you say, they're
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  Speaker 2: going to spend money do these programs and nothing's actually working,
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  Speaker 2: and they just need to make people more accountable for
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  Speaker 2: that and it's just getting beyond ridiculous. People will sak
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  Speaker 2: death of it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, Like I'm at that point, and I
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  Speaker 1: know that a lot of people are at that point,
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  Speaker 1: particularly people like you who been impacted by crime as well.
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  Speaker 2: Tiny Yeah, well I was, you know, I can see
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  Speaker 2: how upset the animal was still yesterday, because it's still
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  Speaker 2: pretty pretty raw with what happened to them. We had
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  Speaker 2: a ram rade about probably four four months ago, and
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  Speaker 2: the same thing. It took us, you know, several weeks
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  Speaker 2: to get back to normal for repairs and damage. And
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  Speaker 2: that that's the only claim of at all year because
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  Speaker 2: my access is so oh now, all these small claims
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  Speaker 2: you don't even bother anymore because the insurance companies you know,
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  Speaker 2: won't won't cover those those small climbs because because the
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  Speaker 2: excess is crept up so much, so you know, you
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  Speaker 2: end up paying for a lot of that out as
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  Speaker 2: your cash flow of the time. And I just think
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  Speaker 2: it's about time when they catch these little pricks that
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  Speaker 2: they make them accountable for the damage. They should be
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  Speaker 2: paying for it, and if they can't, their bloody parents
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  Speaker 2: should be. It's just discussing what they get away with.
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  Speaker 2: And every straight away they just turned them around into
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  Speaker 2: the victims because of their upbringing. Well that's not our fault.
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  Speaker 2: We didn't. We didn't, we didn't cause that. Now, it's
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  Speaker 2: just ridiculous, tiny tell me.
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  Speaker 1: With that insurance. So what's the situation for you guys, right? Now,
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  Speaker 1: like you've said there, obviously, if you if you make
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  Speaker 1: a claim, you know it's it's a big one, particularly
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  Speaker 1: after something like a ram ride. So what's the situation
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  Speaker 1: then for you guys when it comes to your insurance.
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  Speaker 1: Is it still sustainable or attainable for you to kind
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  Speaker 1: of even make a claim?
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  Speaker 2: Oh? It is, but it gets harder and harder every year.
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  Speaker 2: And basically the insurance count logo my excess man was
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  Speaker 2: five thousand dollars. So basically they say if you've got
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  Speaker 2: any small claims that they wipe the hands of it
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  Speaker 2: and you've got to deal with it yourself. So air
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  Speaker 2: Ram made wasn't as bad as at a Berry, but
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  Speaker 2: it still probably cost us twenty grand. Yep, so I
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  Speaker 2: got fifteen backs. But most of these small claims with
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  Speaker 2: a mash it wind, you know, the deal might be
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  Speaker 2: one for three grand, depending on what how much glass
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  Speaker 2: they break, the much damiages do and generally they get
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  Speaker 2: in and you luck, I say, take a hundred dollars.
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  Speaker 2: It's just and the inconvenience's sitting around trying to get
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  Speaker 2: a glaze ye at three o'clock in the morning and
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  Speaker 2: waiting for the police to come there. And then forensics,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, the cop is do an awesome job,
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  Speaker 2: but they're they just think of the revolving doors.
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  Speaker 1: So we had.
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  Speaker 2: We've been okas well and had it one day there
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  Speaker 2: we had three breaking had two breakings in three days, yep.
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  Speaker 2: And three of the kids were the same ones from
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  Speaker 2: two days before. They just hadn't quite caught up with
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  Speaker 2: them yet. And even when they did slaps on the
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  Speaker 2: rest of backhead on the street, it's just ridiculous.
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  Speaker 1: Well, yeah, and I think the frustration that you're feeling
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  Speaker 1: is the frustration that a lot of Territorians are feeling
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  Speaker 1: at the moment. And you know, you're sort of in
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  Speaker 1: a situation where the governments, like you've said, and like
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  Speaker 1: Sloaney said, you know, they're saying that they're spending money
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  Speaker 1: on this, they're saying that they're doing this, they're saying
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  Speaker 1: that they're doing that, but what they're doing is actually
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  Speaker 1: not making a difference. So they've got to start looking
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  Speaker 1: at things a bit differently.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, we brought it up yesterday and I
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  Speaker 2: did two lots. I think managtry send things got to
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  Speaker 2: come back gaver and how about we we make manatory
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  Speaker 2: boot camp for all these kids, like it doesn't matter
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  Speaker 2: whether they steal something's worth you know, twenty dollars or
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  Speaker 2: one hundred thousand dollars up. When they steal, the current
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  Speaker 2: calls damage. There's no accountability for their actions. There's no
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  Speaker 2: pointancial accountability. Boot camps six weeks, boot camp straight out there,
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  Speaker 2: a bit of tough love, but show them something at
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  Speaker 2: the end, if they do the right thing, you incentivize it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you're taking them out bush and military style camp.
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  Speaker 2: But if they do the right thing, then they get
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  Speaker 2: to go maybe fishing or doing something like that, or
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  Speaker 2: sailing or hunting a rock climbing. But at the moment,
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  Speaker 2: it's just that they must laugh at all us because
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  Speaker 2: it's to them to become a game. It really has.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well we're bloody, we're you know, businesses like yourselves, Sarah,
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  Speaker 1: are losing. There is no doubt about that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll re you just one of our best chur
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  Speaker 2: seasons ever. And I'm still proud to be a territory, yep.
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  Speaker 2: But you know it's just for people coming out in
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  Speaker 2: the state and all that, they must just shake their
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  Speaker 2: head sometimes when they hear about things and you know,
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  Speaker 2: and just see what goes on in a in a
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  Speaker 2: beautiful little city with our itinerants and all that. It's
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  Speaker 2: just there's so many better ways we could present present
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  Speaker 2: fields for the series and industries. It's trust guiding from
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  Speaker 2: from our point of view. It's a great place and
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  Speaker 2: we want to encourage people to come back here and
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  Speaker 2: visit again.
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  Speaker 1: Yep, absolutely all Tiny in us from the noon of
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  Speaker 1: our tavern. I always appreciate your time. Thanks very much
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  Speaker 1: for having a chat with me this morning.
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  Speaker 2: We appreciate the time to be able to have a
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  Speaker 2: chat you know, and express your opinions and what's going on.
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  Speaker 1: Much appreciated, No worries, Thanks Tiny