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Jingili resident Deborah Fisher says she’ll have to get a second job to repair damages to her car which destroyed by someone driving a stolen vehicle · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now we were contacted earlier in the week by a
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  Speaker 1: young man whose mum has had her car extensively damaged
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  Speaker 1: by thieves, as I understand it, and debraah Fisher joins
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  Speaker 1: me on the line right now. Good morning, Deborah, Good
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  Speaker 1: morning Katie. How are you not too bad? Can you
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  Speaker 1: tell me what happened to your car?
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  Speaker 2: So five o'clock Saturday morning, I'm sound asleep in bed
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  Speaker 2: and I get a phone call that I thought was
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  Speaker 2: a prank call at first, and it ended up being honest,
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  Speaker 2: and it was the police, and they said they're at
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  Speaker 2: the front of my house. So I walked out to
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  Speaker 2: the front of my house and a stolen car had
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  Speaker 2: rammed into the side in the back of my car,
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  Speaker 2: so damage my car quite extensively and completely rode off
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  Speaker 2: the stolen persons the stolen car as well.
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  Speaker 1: So, oh my goodness, Yes, what a call.
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  Speaker 2: A great way to wake up.
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  Speaker 1: No, what a call to wake up to.
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  Speaker 2: That's luck.
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  Speaker 1: That's unbelievable. Yeah, I know, tell me how bad is
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  Speaker 1: this damage to your car?
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  Speaker 2: To my car? The whole quarter panel and the back
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  Speaker 2: door and all underneath. I don't know the technical term
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  Speaker 2: for it, that all of the the axle that holds
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  Speaker 2: the two wheels together has all bent, and one of
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  Speaker 2: my wheels, the back wheel and the driver's side is
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  Speaker 2: completely buckled and ripped apart. And yeah it's there's yeah,
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  Speaker 2: quite a few thousand dollars worth of damage.
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  Speaker 1: All this while you were asleep. Yes, and absolutely no
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  Speaker 1: fault of your own. Your car is just parked what
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  Speaker 1: is it? Just parked on the street, just.
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  Speaker 2: Parked on the side of the road. Yeah, so just
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  Speaker 2: out the front of my house. I share with some people,
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  Speaker 2: so the cars are all in the driveway and I
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  Speaker 2: just parked on the side of the road and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: just minding my own business and wake up. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: I own my car. So now I am left with
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  Speaker 2: no car, so I'm having to walk to work and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: oh dead.
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  Speaker 1: That is unbelievable. It is because do you know what
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  Speaker 1: the thing is about your vehicle? Is it your independence?
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  Speaker 1: You know, no matter who you are, no matter where
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  Speaker 1: you come from, no matter what it's worth, it is
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  Speaker 1: your independence. And that's what I always teach my kids.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you've got to look after your car because
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  Speaker 1: it's your independence to get to where you need to go.
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  Speaker 1: So for you to be in this situation through no
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  Speaker 1: fault of your own is pretty bloody disgraceful, it really is.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I feel for the people that had their
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  Speaker 2: cast all and as well, like they're lost out as well.
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  Speaker 2: So two people just went to bed on Friday night,
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  Speaker 2: work up Saturday morning and our both of our worlds
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  Speaker 2: have just changed now.
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  Speaker 1: So do you have any idea how much these repair
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  Speaker 1: bills are going to cost?
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  Speaker 2: For myself? I don't just yet. I've been working with
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  Speaker 2: the lovely people from Anti Oh for good mistake, I've
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  Speaker 2: forgotten the name of it Anti Towing, and they're going
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  Speaker 2: to tow the car for me and I have to
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  Speaker 2: take it to it tresh repairer. I can't even drive
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  Speaker 2: it like it's it's completely undrivable. So that I've had
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  Speaker 2: a mechanic have a look at it and he said
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  Speaker 2: there's there's quite a bit of damage.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, now tell me as well, you know, is
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  Speaker 1: insurance going to cover it?
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  Speaker 2: Unfortunately no, I can't claim from the owner of the
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  Speaker 2: stolen vehicle's insurance because they weren't in charge of the
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  Speaker 2: car and double am I have told me that they
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  Speaker 2: won't cover me. And unfortunately last year I had a
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  Speaker 2: bit of a stay in hospital for a little while
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  Speaker 2: and some health concerns, and I changed my rego from
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  Speaker 2: MT from Sorry, from Sinsland to the NT and it
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  Speaker 2: just completely got lost in the in the day to
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  Speaker 2: day living, and I didn't renew my insurance. So I've
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  Speaker 2: got the compel free third party with my registration, but
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  Speaker 2: not insurance for myself unfortunately.
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  Speaker 1: Oh no, So you're in a situation right now where
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  Speaker 1: where you literally have to foot the bill for this.
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  Speaker 2: I do? I do?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. That is.
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  Speaker 1: That's such a terrible situation to be in. Are you, like,
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  Speaker 1: are you going to be able? Are you going to
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  Speaker 1: be able to manage?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm going to try. I'm gonna there's opportunities to
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  Speaker 2: work right now. So I think I'm going to be
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  Speaker 2: getting a probably a second job, but I think he
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  Speaker 2: just nearly fifty eight. I have to get a second
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  Speaker 2: job to be able to afford to pay for the
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  Speaker 2: repairs and to if it's not repair able, then I
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  Speaker 2: have to get myself another car. So yeah, it's not
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  Speaker 2: really you know, if you go to bed on a
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  Speaker 2: Friday night and wake up on a Saturday morning and
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  Speaker 2: the car that I own because I owned my car.
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  Speaker 2: Is you know, I just it's quite I'm just indescribable
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  Speaker 2: how how you feel. It's it's kind of just shocking
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  Speaker 2: that I feel.
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  Speaker 1: Really honestly, I feel really sad for you. That is
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  Speaker 1: such a shitty situation to be in again, through no
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  Speaker 1: fault of your own, your car being run into by
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  Speaker 1: a stolen vehicle, and then to wind up, you know,
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  Speaker 1: in a situation where you're not in covered not covered
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  Speaker 1: insurance wise. Look, sometimes we you know, we do have
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  Speaker 1: very generous people listen to the show, so you know,
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  Speaker 1: we'll keep we'll keep you posted if if there is
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  Speaker 1: any way that anybody can sort of help. But I
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  Speaker 1: really feel for you, deb what a difficult situation you're in.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much for telling my story because I
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  Speaker 2: know I'm just one of many unfortunately that if this
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  Speaker 2: has happened to it, it's all too frequent.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just so sad, And you know what, like
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  Speaker 1: the thing is what you've actually I think done for
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  Speaker 1: us today though as well is you know, we talk
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  Speaker 1: a lot about these different crimes, and we talk a
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  Speaker 1: lot about cars being stolen, and sometimes I don't think
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  Speaker 1: that people truly comprehend or that our decision makers truly
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  Speaker 1: comprehend then the impact that what can be seen as
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  Speaker 1: a really petty crime actually has a huge impact on
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  Speaker 1: an individual's life and on your livelihood.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, And that's what I've spoken to my
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  Speaker 2: family about. Like, you know, I've owned my car, I've
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  Speaker 2: worked hard all my life, and like Sudd, nearly fifty
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  Speaker 2: eight years of age, I've now got to get a
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  Speaker 2: second job to be able to, like I want to
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  Speaker 2: pay for ten years for another loan for a car.
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  Speaker 2: So you know, it's impacted me greatly. I have to
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  Speaker 2: walk to work, I have to Like yesterday, I walked
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  Speaker 2: home and got rained on before I got home. So
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  Speaker 2: it's not a big thing, but it is a big thing.
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  Speaker 2: At the same plan, it's something that I shouldn't have
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  Speaker 2: to be going through because I didn't do anything wrong.
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  Speaker 1: That's exactly right. And you know, in life, I always
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  Speaker 1: think that there's certain decisions that we make that can
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  Speaker 1: have an impact on us that we've then got to
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  Speaker 1: live with, you know, whether we've made the right decision
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  Speaker 1: or not. But in this case, you've not done anything wrong.
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  Speaker 1: You've parked your car the same as you would every day.
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  Speaker 1: You've gone to bed and you've woken to that situation.
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  Speaker 1: That is not fair.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it's certainly as night. Oh really, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: You don't know what to do about it. That's my
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  Speaker 2: that's my issue. I haven't been in the territory long.
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  Speaker 2: I've been here eighteen months. I don't have that network
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  Speaker 2: of people around me that I can call on to say,
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  Speaker 2: do you know this? Or do you can you help
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  Speaker 2: me with that?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, is there anything Look, you know we've obviously
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  Speaker 1: got a big network of people. Is there anything that
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  Speaker 1: you know that our listeners could do to help in
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  Speaker 1: any way?
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  Speaker 2: I really don't know. I don't know what to do.
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  Speaker 2: This is my half of the problem. I'm a little
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  Speaker 2: bit and I'm not really sure. I've got a toe
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  Speaker 2: for my car, but I just need to be able
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  Speaker 2: to get it to a crash repair. Because the crash
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  Speaker 2: repairs the places are just so booked out. I've fined
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  Speaker 2: one and they said they booked out until October. Oh wow,
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  Speaker 2: out until August because there's so many stolen cars. So
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  Speaker 2: you know, it's gee, that's hard. I'll figure it out somehow.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Look, if we if anyone contacts us, it's able
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  Speaker 1: to help in any way. There are lots of people
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  Speaker 1: that are suggesting victims of crime. I mean, if you've
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  Speaker 1: I'm assuming you've reached out to them.
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  Speaker 2: I have. Unfortunately they can't do a lot. They're very
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  Speaker 2: generously offered to pay for the towing, which is a
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  Speaker 2: really generous offer that sort of takes a load off
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  Speaker 2: my mind. But I'd be grateful for just any advice
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  Speaker 2: even on what to do and how to proceed forward,
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  Speaker 2: because I just don't know what to do. It's not
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  Speaker 2: something within the both of my experience. Now I'm really
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  Speaker 2: struggling to comprehend what to do next.
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  Speaker 1: Let us see whether we can help in some way.
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  Speaker 1: You know, obviously I don't know what we may or
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  Speaker 1: may not be able to find out, but let us
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  Speaker 1: see what we can do in some way. I you know,
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  Speaker 1: I always think, at least, you know, we've put it
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  Speaker 1: out out there now, and let's see where we go
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  Speaker 1: from here.
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  Speaker 2: I'm very grateful, thank you so much for the opportunity
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  Speaker 2: to tell the story.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no problem at all. Look, I think that it's
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  Speaker 1: something that we need to continue to talk about because
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  Speaker 1: even though sometimes it feels like we're not being listened
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  Speaker 1: to by our politicians and by our decision makers. It
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  Speaker 1: is incredibly important that everybody knows what's going on in
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  Speaker 1: the Northern Territory. But also you know that we share
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  Speaker 1: those experiences with each other so that we don't feel
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  Speaker 1: like we're alone.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, and we don't feel like we're just another number.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what it feels like in my position. You
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  Speaker 2: feel like you're just another kick on a sheet that
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  Speaker 2: you know, yep, that car has been stolen, and yes,
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  Speaker 2: this is what we do, and take a number and
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  Speaker 2: jump at the end of the line. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Deb Thank you so much for having a chat with
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  Speaker 1: me this morning, and I'm really sorry about that situation
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  Speaker 1: that you are going through. We'll let you know if
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  Speaker 1: you know if we can help in any way.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Katie, I really appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: No worries at all. Thanks Dev