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Katie Woolf spoke with Gwalwa Daraniki Association Inc Chairwoman Helen Secretary · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now. We know that over recent years there has been
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  Speaker 1: so much discussion about dan Murphy's and will it go ahead,
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  Speaker 1: won't it go ahead? We have caught up with obviously
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  Speaker 1: Endeavor Drinks and spoken more about the I guess the
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  Speaker 1: open you know, the open door or the open event
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  Speaker 1: thing that they've got going at the moment, open house.
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  Speaker 1: I believe they're calling it for the community to go
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  Speaker 1: in and have a look at what the Dan Murphy's
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  Speaker 1: would look like when it does or if it does
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  Speaker 1: open here in Darwin. But we know that there has
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  Speaker 1: over the years as well been opponents to it moving forward.
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  Speaker 1: Some of our indigenous health organizations have concerns about the
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  Speaker 1: impact that it's going to have. But joining me on
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  Speaker 1: the line right now is well one of the I
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  Speaker 1: believe it is the chairwoman of the GWA Darren Inky Association.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully I've pronounced that right, and it administers Colour Luck
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  Speaker 1: and min Maha Park communities. Helen's secretary joins me on
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  Speaker 1: the line. Good morning, Helen, Good morning, Helen, thanks for
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  Speaker 1: your time. I spoke quite a while back. Where are
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  Speaker 1: you as at the moment in terms of whether you
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  Speaker 1: think Dan Murphy should or shouldn't go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we feel that Dan Murphy should go ahead. We've
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  Speaker 2: given them out support. We've been dealing with him for
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  Speaker 2: the past couple of years in regards to what our
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  Speaker 2: concerns are, and we have consulted with both of our
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  Speaker 2: communities and our members are in support of it.
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  Speaker 1: Are your communities dry or are they ones where you
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  Speaker 1: are able to have alcohol?
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  Speaker 2: Well, when you look at it, since the intervention in
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  Speaker 2: our communities are supposed to be restricted communities, but you're
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  Speaker 2: not going to stop people purchasing alcohol. I mean they
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  Speaker 2: will continue to do it whether they drink in the
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  Speaker 2: community or outside. But why we allow our people to
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  Speaker 2: come in and do you drink drink alcohol? He speaks.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of them choose to a lot of them work,
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  Speaker 2: They're entitled to have a drink after work. We have
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  Speaker 2: people that our drinkers, and they will continue to bring
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  Speaker 2: drinks in. It's about their safety. We're rather our members
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  Speaker 2: in the community than outside, anti social behaving, getting hits
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  Speaker 2: on the road, you know, having violence outside. So for
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  Speaker 2: their safety we allow them. And we don't have a
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  Speaker 2: lot of people in our communities that consume alcohol. We
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  Speaker 2: have strict regulations with our tendancy agreement and yes it
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  Speaker 2: is a restricted area, but we have done alcohol management
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  Speaker 2: plans that we have been consulting with the government department
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  Speaker 2: on allowing us to put it in place. But until
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  Speaker 2: the federal government hands the liquorac back to the territory government,
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  Speaker 2: we cannot put those in place.
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  Speaker 1: And so Helen like, have Dan Murphy's consulted with you
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  Speaker 1: guys and are you satisfied with what they're saying they're
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  Speaker 1: going to do.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we've been consulting with Dan Murphy for the past
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  Speaker 2: three and a half years. They've listened to our concerns
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  Speaker 2: on what we've been trying to achieve with the territory
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  Speaker 2: government since the nine eighty nineteen ninety time address concerns
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  Speaker 2: not just in our communities but out in the mainstream
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  Speaker 2: communities as well.
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  Speaker 1: And in terms of those concerns, I mean, what are
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  Speaker 1: they and what would you guys, what would you like
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  Speaker 1: to be able to sort of be doing in terms
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  Speaker 1: of your alcohol management plan and the way that you
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  Speaker 1: might be able to do things a bit differently.
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  Speaker 2: Well with our alcohol management plans, we've done basically two
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  Speaker 2: with the Northern Territory Justice Department and with the in
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  Speaker 2: coordination Center which is now Prime Minister and Cabinet. We've
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  Speaker 2: done those back in two thousand and six. Now we
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  Speaker 2: deal with our members of the community that do drink.
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  Speaker 2: When we have visitors that come into our community, we're
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  Speaker 2: very strict with the visitors where they are only allowed
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  Speaker 2: to stay here for about a week, which we will
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  Speaker 2: not put up with any problems in the community. Our
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  Speaker 2: council members and members of the community are very vocal
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  Speaker 2: with visitors. They respect that we're trying to do programs.
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  Speaker 2: We're trying to put programs in place for our male,
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  Speaker 2: female and our children as well, programs that get them
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  Speaker 2: to understand about health issues about alcohol, drugs. We've already
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  Speaker 2: put all that in place. We're just waiting for a
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  Speaker 2: chance for us to actually start doing the program. But
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  Speaker 2: we being restricted area under the intervention, and I think
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  Speaker 2: I've commented it to you before on radio, that's discrimination
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  Speaker 2: because we all dre on people just because we live
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  Speaker 2: in town camps. We shouldn't be discriminated and rules put
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  Speaker 2: on place that you know, we are Indigenous people and
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  Speaker 2: this should imply to us because we live in town
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  Speaker 2: camp we have rights too.
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  Speaker 1: Do you get annoyed with others trying to speak for
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  Speaker 1: you guys, you know, not only on the Damn Murphy issue,
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  Speaker 1: but on other issues.
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  Speaker 2: Yes we do when it's concerning the Gualadarn Incantations land,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's leases or licensing or anything we're trying to
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  Speaker 2: achieve to create economic development for our organization and our people.
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  Speaker 2: You have a lot of people object in regards to
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  Speaker 2: the Dan Murphy. These people that have been vocal saying
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  Speaker 2: that the three Indigenous communities object, they haven't consulted with us.
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  Speaker 2: You know, yes, we do have Indigenous advocate agencies. I've
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  Speaker 2: worked for Abnual people, but these people never consulted with us.
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  Speaker 2: They didn't understand, you know, they haven't spoken to us
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  Speaker 2: in regards to what our concerns are, what we've tried
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  Speaker 2: to put in place before even Dan Murphy's coming, about alcohol,
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  Speaker 2: drug health issues, our children's program. No one's consulted us,
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  Speaker 2: so they are not our voice. And that same goes
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  Speaker 2: with the people around Australia advocating using three Abnual communities
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  Speaker 2: to object to a mega liquor store. We've got so
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  Speaker 2: many corner bottleshops, we have so many drive through is now,
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  Speaker 2: so one more was not going to make a different
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  Speaker 2: But it's about communicating with the avenual community. And no
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  Speaker 2: one in regards to the Indigenous Advocate Agency have even
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  Speaker 2: spoken to us. They haven't asked us what our concerns
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  Speaker 2: are and how we can tin and work things at
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  Speaker 2: No one has ever done that. We've always spoken in
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  Speaker 2: regards to GDA and our communities. We are our own voice.
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  Speaker 2: We don't let people speak for us, We speak for us.
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  Speaker 1: Good on you and as you should Helen. Can I
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  Speaker 1: ask you how are things at the Color Luck community
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  Speaker 1: and also at Mimha, you know, for those out there
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  Speaker 1: listening that have maybe never been out there, you know,
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  Speaker 1: are things traveling along quite well?
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  Speaker 2: Yes? Yes, An we're working with the government to achieve
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  Speaker 2: some other goals that the association one that's going to
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  Speaker 2: help in other Indigenous people that come on our lands
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  Speaker 2: here and Darwin.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well, Helen, I really appreciate your time this morning.
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  Speaker 1: I always do second time on the show, and no
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  Speaker 1: doubt we'll have you on again soon. Thank you so
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  Speaker 1: much for having a chat with me and my listeners today.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks Helen, thank you very much. Okay, by now that's
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  Speaker 1: Helen's secretary there. She is from the GALA darren Ink Association,
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  Speaker 1: and they are, of course, they're the association which administers
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  Speaker 1: Karla Luck and Minmarra Park communities and you know, certainly
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  Speaker 1: very vocal there she doesn't want other people speaking for
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  Speaker 1: those communities. And it sounds as though fairly annoyed as well,
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  Speaker 1: you know, with the suggestion that all three of the
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  Speaker 1: of the indigenous communities are against against the Woolworts liquor
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  Speaker 1: store coming to the Northern Territory.