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Beauty Bar owner Carrie Martin says her store is one of 15 in Katherine that has been trashed overnight with items stolen and destroyed · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: We're going to head to Catherine right now because unfortunately
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  Speaker 1: it's going to step further, and I believe Carrie from
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  Speaker 1: the Beauty Bar joins me on the line.
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  Speaker 2: Now, good morning, carry Hi Katie. What happened last night?
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  Speaker 3: Oh? This whole town is an absolute shambles. We've had
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  Speaker 3: fifteen businesses broken into, myself included. This is now the
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  Speaker 3: fourth time. Yeah that everyone, all the business owners in
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  Speaker 3: the main street are just so upset and just yeah,
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  Speaker 3: what can we do? We just we need more police,
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  Speaker 3: We need something done with these because I'm a small
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  Speaker 3: business owner and you know, with what the the pressures
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  Speaker 3: that the government's putting on us as business owners is enough,
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  Speaker 3: let alone these break ins on top of it, what's
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  Speaker 3: going to happen to our regional towns?
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  Speaker 2: Carrie? So fifteen business is broken into last night?
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  Speaker 3: Yes?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, oh mate, how are you feeling this? Mon What
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  Speaker 2: damage has been done?
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  Speaker 3: Multiple windows smashed everywhere, trash shops, It's just ludicrous.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my goodness.
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  Speaker 1: So you've had Look how extensive is the damage at
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  Speaker 1: the Beauty Bar?
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  Speaker 3: So every room has been They've just trashed every room basically,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like I've got some expensive equipment in here.
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  Speaker 3: I have been working so hard for to be able
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  Speaker 3: to provide such a great service to this town of Catherine.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, there's just bits of my equipment everywhere.
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  Speaker 3: They've smashed things, they've taken things, They've sat in my
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  Speaker 3: pedicued chairs with a beer getting their drinking beer. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you must be absolutely devastated.
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  Speaker 3: So devastated. Devastated doesn't even cover it. Like I have
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  Speaker 3: been working at my business for twelve years now, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, and this is what it is. What's the
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  Speaker 3: go Katie? What do we do? Oh? Mate?
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  Speaker 1: I I feel quite really quite sad and emotional hearing
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  Speaker 1: what you're saying, because I can only imagine, you know,
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  Speaker 1: how many pedicures you've had to do, how many different
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  Speaker 1: treatments you've had to do, the hard work that you've
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  Speaker 1: put into that business to serve the community of Catherine,
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  Speaker 1: and then to have somebody come in or people come
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  Speaker 1: in and treat it in that way would be devastating.
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  Speaker 3: Not only that, Katie, We've got multiple functions going on
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  Speaker 3: in town this weekend. We've got a whole bunch of
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  Speaker 3: station girls haven't been in town for months. They've all
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  Speaker 3: had appointments book and we've just had to cancel them all. Mt.
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  Speaker 3: Oh it's not just me, it's it's clients. You know.
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  Speaker 3: It's just horrible. It's just a complete role on effect.
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  Speaker 2: Was it captured on CCTV?
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  Speaker 3: Yes? Absolutely?
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  Speaker 2: What did you say in.
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  Speaker 3: Four offenders breaking in? And then they've also taken the
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  Speaker 3: cameras at the end and we're still yet to locate
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  Speaker 3: the cameras.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my god, Carrie, what what is going to be
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  Speaker 1: the process for you today?
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  Speaker 3: Now?
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  Speaker 1: So you've had to cancel all of your bookings that
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  Speaker 1: you had in today.
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  Speaker 3: Have you yes?
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  Speaker 1: Yes?
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  Speaker 3: Now, as a small business owner, I've got to pay
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  Speaker 3: way just to my staff. I've got two staff members
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  Speaker 3: just standing around here now and I've still got to
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  Speaker 3: pay them with no money coming into the business. And
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  Speaker 3: it's a struggle. It's an absolute struggle. And why should
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  Speaker 3: we keep going a small business owners? What's going on
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  Speaker 3: in parliament? They worrying about babing Carrie?
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  Speaker 2: What is your message for you know?
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  Speaker 1: We actually we had the Minister for Small Business in
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  Speaker 1: the studio a short time ago. I wasn't aware of
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  Speaker 1: what had gone on, or we would have told him
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  Speaker 1: about it. But what is your message for him? For
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  Speaker 1: the other parliamentarians. You know, look, what do you want
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  Speaker 1: them to know as a small business owner today?
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  Speaker 3: They need to come down and see the damaging effects
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  Speaker 3: it's having on small business, the mental state that's putting
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  Speaker 3: us through as well. They need to come down. They
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  Speaker 3: need to help us. They need to do something.
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  Speaker 1: Carrie, do you have any idea how much this break
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  Speaker 1: in is going to cost you and your business?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'll just let you know. My laser machine, for example,
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  Speaker 3: they just purchased. Last year's cost one hundred and seventy grand.
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  Speaker 2: What did they do to it?
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  Speaker 3: That's just the beginning. Let alone, Let alone all the
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  Speaker 3: other businesses in the street that have been damaged.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, Carrie, I feel really heartbroken for you. Hey, it's
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  Speaker 1: you know. The thing that I find so upsetting about
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  Speaker 1: the whole situation is it seems that there is an
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  Speaker 1: element of the community who thinks that it's okay to
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  Speaker 1: break into other people's businesses.
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  Speaker 2: They see it as.
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  Speaker 1: Being a bit of fun, and the flow on effect
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  Speaker 1: to you as a business owner is absolutely devastating.
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  Speaker 3: It is absolutely devastating, Katie. What makes it worse is
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  Speaker 3: we've actually got three offenders that have been located and
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  Speaker 3: found and brought back to the salon. They're currently sitting
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  Speaker 3: in the salon. I've just questioned them and they don't
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  Speaker 3: even care. They're just looking at me with blank looks.
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  Speaker 2: So they're there now.
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  Speaker 3: Yep, yep, they're in the salon right now.
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  Speaker 2: Are the police there as well?
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  Speaker 3: Now?
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  Speaker 1: Yep?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: They don't appear to be upset, worried in any way,
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  Speaker 1: nothing at all.
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  Speaker 3: It's like talking to a brick wall.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my god, Carry, I I can't even, like, honestly,
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  Speaker 1: I can't imagine the emotions that are going through you
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  Speaker 1: at this point in time. You'd be angry, you'd be sad,
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  Speaker 1: you'd just be absolutely at your wits end.
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  Speaker 3: Despare just complete despair.
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  Speaker 2: Carry.
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  Speaker 3: I just been telling this. There's actually ten eleven year olds.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, ten eleven year olds have been involved
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  Speaker 1: in this what's gone on last night?
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  Speaker 3: Sorry? Two ten year olds and an eleven year old.
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  Speaker 2: Two ten year olds.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sitting in the salon right now.
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  Speaker 1: Oh honestly, Carrie, I can't. I can hardly believe what
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  Speaker 1: I'm hearing My kids at that age, like I can't.
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  Speaker 2: I just you can't believe it. What's going on at
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  Speaker 2: the moment.
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  Speaker 3: That is, well, I've just questioned one and said to
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  Speaker 3: one of them, where's your parents? And apparently he doesn't
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  Speaker 3: have any parents.
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  Speaker 1: Carrie, I don't even know what else to say. Can
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  Speaker 1: you please keep us, keep in contact with us, so
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  Speaker 1: I'd be keen to even catch up with you maybe
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  Speaker 1: again on Monday and just find out, you know, what's happened,
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  Speaker 1: you know, after these discussions this morning. Well we've got
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  Speaker 1: them in there and what then happens with the police.
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  Speaker 1: So can we touch base again early next week if
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  Speaker 1: that works.
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  Speaker 2: Out for you?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, Katie.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Carrie, we're thinking of your mate. If I could
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  Speaker 1: give you a hard right now, I would. I'm so
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  Speaker 1: sorry for what's happened to you.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you Katie Mank for taking time to listen
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  Speaker 3: to me.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no worries at all. We will catch up with
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  Speaker 1: you again next week. Thank you, Carrie,