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Katie Woolf spoke with Listeners at Marrara Testing site Wed 30 June 2021 · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Hello, Katie Wolvan three point sixty online at Mix one
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  Speaker 1: O four nine dot com.
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  Speaker 2: We are going to be catching up with John Patterson
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  Speaker 2: from AMSANT in just a few moments time. There are
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  Speaker 2: a lot of messages coming through this morning. One from
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  Speaker 2: Steph and it says the minister can say you need
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  Speaker 2: to book all she likes, but no one checked. I
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  Speaker 2: did seven hours and forty cars from getting tested and
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  Speaker 2: they closed at ten pm.
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  Speaker 3: No one came near.
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  Speaker 2: The line of cars to let us know we wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: get seen until the police closed the access and let
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  Speaker 2: cars know. As you drove out there were an easy
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  Speaker 2: five hundred cars behind me, says Steph. Now our phone
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  Speaker 2: lines are going absolutely berserk this morning. I'm just trying
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  Speaker 2: to work out who I am going to, so I'll
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  Speaker 2: just wait a moment and get the.
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  Speaker 3: Go ahead from Ronnie.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure exactly, but I will just take your
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  Speaker 2: cross as well. If you have a query that you
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  Speaker 2: really need some help with. If you've got a COVID
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  Speaker 2: nineteen health related query or inquiry such as seeking information
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  Speaker 2: about getting that COVID nineteen taste, you can call the
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  Speaker 2: COVID Hotline on one eight hundred for nine zero for
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  Speaker 2: eight one. Now let's take a line too here. I
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  Speaker 2: believe I've got David on the line. Good morning to you, David,
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  Speaker 2: good morning, how are you mate?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm good. Tanks.
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  Speaker 3: Were you in that line yesterday or how are you going?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? Well, myself and the why you've had to separate
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  Speaker 1: appointments in the line because we weren't allowed to book
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  Speaker 1: us because there was myself, my son, and my wife.
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  Speaker 1: So we're in the line from just before four pm yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we waited for a.
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  Speaker 1: Couple of hours and then some police came down the
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  Speaker 1: line and they were actually checking people's bookings. So everyone
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  Speaker 1: was there, to my knowledge basically had a booking and
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  Speaker 1: a couple of hours in we've got to about six
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  Speaker 1: o'clock the police came down the line and they said,
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  Speaker 1: you will be tested if if you wait in the line,
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  Speaker 1: they're going to extend it. Yeah, because I said I
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  Speaker 1: would rather know now and just read book and come
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  Speaker 1: back tomorrow. And he said, he said, based on the
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  Speaker 1: information we have, which was sketchy, they said that there
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  Speaker 1: would we would be seen. And then, like the other
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  Speaker 1: listener said, we got to about ten pm yesterday and
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  Speaker 1: they just walked down the line told us that we're
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  Speaker 1: going to be turned away basically, well, and when I
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  Speaker 1: asked about, you know, the next day, he said, you
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  Speaker 1: will be given priority. So we basically turned down. We
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  Speaker 1: drove past the Q initially went to the roadblock, and
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  Speaker 1: the police and who were spoke to there said, you
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  Speaker 1: basically just got to join the queue.
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  Speaker 2: So we're just repeating, David, what exposure site were you are?
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  Speaker 2: So what what's yours and your family's concern?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so we were at the Gateway Center and we
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  Speaker 1: were in woollies at the times listeners on the website.
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  Speaker 1: We rechecked our electronic transactions and things, and we were
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  Speaker 1: definitely there. In the case of we think we were there,
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  Speaker 1: we were definitely there. There's no mechanism for sorting out
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  Speaker 1: these people who were definitely there and people who just
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  Speaker 1: think it's a good idea to get tested.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and we're hearing quite a lot of that.
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  Speaker 2: You know that potentially there's people in that line who
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  Speaker 2: really probably don't need to be here, did be there
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  Speaker 2: at this point?
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  Speaker 3: David, Can you keep in contact with us this morning
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  Speaker 3: and let us know how you go.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, sure, yeah, we definitely will.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: So, yeah, we're still on McMillan's road. And we've been
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  Speaker 1: here now about an hour, just under an hour. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: so it doesn't appear to be we think we do
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  Speaker 1: seem to be flowing a little bit faster than yesterday, Paul. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it looks like the same mess. And yeah, yesterday we
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  Speaker 1: seen people one of the gin Link friends from checking
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  Speaker 1: a feed and this.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well this is the thing if people are going
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  Speaker 2: to be waiting for that extended period of time.
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  Speaker 3: David.
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  Speaker 2: We are absolutely banked up on the phone lines this
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  Speaker 2: morning as well, no doubt with more people who are
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  Speaker 2: lined up. I really appreciate you calling. Please keep in
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  Speaker 2: contact with us this morning and let us know how
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  Speaker 2: that line goes. I believe that I've got Samantha on
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  Speaker 2: the line right now. Good morning to you, Samantha.
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  Speaker 3: Hi Katie, how are you not bad? Whereabouts to you?
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  Speaker 3: Are you in that line as well?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we're sitting in the car park. I think it's
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  Speaker 4: the Rugby facility. We had an appointment booked for a
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  Speaker 4: thirty this morning. That was after we came out yesterday
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  Speaker 4: morning to be told that we needed to get an appointment,
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  Speaker 4: even though it was supposed to be a drive through service.
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  Speaker 4: So we've booked. We're sitting in the queue because I've
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  Speaker 4: got a thought threat and that sort of thing that
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  Speaker 4: I've had for a few days. So we're just waiting now.
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  Speaker 3: And the guy.
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  Speaker 4: Told us as we were pulling into the car park
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  Speaker 4: that there were apparently three hundred priority people from last
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  Speaker 4: night that are in front of us.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, it sounds like it's going to take a while
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  Speaker 2: to get through. And yeah, and you know, I do
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  Speaker 2: feel for those health stuff that are there, No doubt
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  Speaker 2: they are working their absolute butts off to try and
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  Speaker 2: get through everybody quickly. But it sounds like the demand
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  Speaker 2: is massive, and to me, it sounds like we need
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  Speaker 2: either another center set up pretty well immediately or additional
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  Speaker 2: staff to try to get through everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Look, I would agree with you.
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  Speaker 4: I think the health staff are probably doing a tremendous
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  Speaker 4: job under the circumstances. But I would also say I
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  Speaker 4: think there needs to be a lot better clearer.
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  Speaker 3: Communication about what is actually.
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  Speaker 4: Really happening and where to go. There were people that,
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  Speaker 4: I mean, we sat on McMillan's road for quite a
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  Speaker 4: while ourselves, and there were people that were trying to
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  Speaker 4: turn in in front of us at traffic lights. Which
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  Speaker 4: is understandable, but they only closed the road off an
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  Speaker 4: hour after so that everybody could queue up. So I
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  Speaker 4: just think that there needs to be better communication from
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  Speaker 4: the Health Minister and the Chief Minister as to how
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  Speaker 4: this setup is actually meant to work.
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  Speaker 3: You spot on and do you know what I reckon?
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  Speaker 2: We're going to we might get in contact with the
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  Speaker 2: Health Department as well and get them to give us
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  Speaker 2: a bit of an update and in addition to what
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  Speaker 2: the Health Minister said this morning, so that we can
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  Speaker 2: actually communicate with all of you guys that are lined up,
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  Speaker 2: because it sounds as though there's thousands of Territorians waiting
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  Speaker 2: at this point in time.
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  Speaker 3: To get tested.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, Samantha, thank you for your time. Can you also
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  Speaker 2: let us know please how you go throughout the morning and.
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  Speaker 3: When you do get in there, we'll do. Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Samantha, and that number if it keen to call
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  Speaker 2: through eight nine four one one four nine. We're being
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  Speaker 2: inundated with calls and messages this morning. We're going to
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  Speaker 2: take a very short break and when we come back
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  Speaker 2: we are going to be speaking to John Patterson from
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  Speaker 2: amsand but there are a lot of you messaging through
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  Speaker 2: this morning, a lot of you sort of questioning how
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  Speaker 2: we're not more prepared at this point in time. Somebody
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  Speaker 2: who's gotten in contact and said, we knew that this
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  Speaker 2: was going to be a difficult situation after what happened
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  Speaker 2: with the Melbourne hotspot just a few weeks ago, and
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  Speaker 2: you spot on. You know, we obviously had the Health
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  Speaker 2: Minister in that Friday morning for the week that was
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  Speaker 2: and had said that we were being inundated with messages
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  Speaker 2: and calls from people who were trying to get tested
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  Speaker 2: when that hotspot declaration was called and people had come
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  Speaker 2: back from Victoria.
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  Speaker 3: Now we're in this situation that we're.
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  Speaker 2: In, and you know, to me, it does seem as
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  Speaker 2: though we are going to need to even if it's
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  Speaker 2: just for today and tomorrow, well for the next couple
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  Speaker 2: of days. It seems as though we are going to
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  Speaker 2: need more capacity when it comes to testing