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Katherine man Trent De With says a group of volunteers are repairing damage at people’s homes and businesses if they’ve been broken into as a quick fix until professionals arrive · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Moving down to Catherine right now. And while the residents
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  Speaker 1: of Catherine have been raising serious concerns about crime, there's
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  Speaker 1: a group of locals who've shown well, true local spirit
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  Speaker 1: is unbreakable with long time territory and Trent with joining
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  Speaker 1: forces with other locals to assist some of the victims
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  Speaker 1: of crime. Now he joins me on the line right now,
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  Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Trent.
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  Speaker 2: Morning Katie.
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  Speaker 1: Mate. Tell me a little bit about what you guys
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  Speaker 1: are doing to assist some of the victims of crime
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  Speaker 1: in the community.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So we just wanted to, I suppose, be a
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  Speaker 2: bit of a catalyst to get that community spirit in Catherine,
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  Speaker 2: which is alive and strong, but just get it pumping
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  Speaker 2: a little bit more. And we came up with a
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  Speaker 2: plan to have a trailer that's kitted out with everything
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  Speaker 2: sort of you may need late at night to repair
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  Speaker 2: a business or a residential property, doesn't matter commercial or residential.
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  Speaker 2: And basically, if the person who's been broken into has
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  Speaker 2: reported it to please and they have a promise number,
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  Speaker 2: well we'll come along and we'll patch it up best
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  Speaker 2: wekend to make it safe until a professional can come
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  Speaker 2: through and sort it out the next day and it's
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  Speaker 2: all free of charge, and it's all run by volunteers.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, you legend how many of you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Are doing this well, O, Katie, there's quite a few
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  Speaker 2: that don't know they're doing it.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, would you like to.
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  Speaker 2: Name them now?
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  Speaker 1: Want to let them know.
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  Speaker 2: There's a few of them that are there's a few
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  Speaker 2: of them that are going to get surprised attacked unfortunately.
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  Speaker 2: But no, Look, there's quite a good support group behind us,
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  Speaker 2: you know. The I suppose the overall thing has just
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  Speaker 2: been overwhelming, the support for it and that people putting
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  Speaker 2: their hands up to want to do it. So it's
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  Speaker 2: been really really good. And we're definitely not going to
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  Speaker 2: be sure of any volunteers, that's for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, this is so great, and you know, it's unfortunate
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  Speaker 1: that you've got to do something like this due to crime.
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  Speaker 1: But the thing that I always love is it when
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  Speaker 1: terrible things do happen around the place, that real territory
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  Speaker 1: spirit always shines through. And this is such a wonderful
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  Speaker 1: example of it. And I'm not surprised, mate, that you're
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  Speaker 1: the person behind it. In Catherine Trent, how have things
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  Speaker 1: been going like when you talk about some of the
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  Speaker 1: issues with crime over the recent recent week or so
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  Speaker 1: oh look.
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  Speaker 2: Where you know, we're not immune to what is happening
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  Speaker 2: to the entirety of Australia at the moment. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're constantly you know, social media doesn't help because it
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  Speaker 2: just makes it at your fingertips and and you know,
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  Speaker 2: back in the day, I suppose you didn't know what
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  Speaker 2: was really going on until you read the local paper.
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  Speaker 2: But at the moment, you know, we have a minute
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  Speaker 2: by minute update of what's going on around the town.
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  Speaker 2: And look, it does paint a pretty bleak picture, but yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I mean I just try to focus on the positive,
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  Speaker 2: you know, and as bad as it is at the moment,
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  Speaker 2: I really want this to be a catalyst to get
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  Speaker 2: the town back together and to stand together. And when
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  Speaker 2: we do have issues, you know, if you see someone littering,
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  Speaker 2: if you see some kids running the muck and woollies,
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  Speaker 2: and even if you don't know the person beside you
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  Speaker 2: sort of just grab them and walk over and say, hey,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we don't accept the behavior that you're doing here.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, that's the idea behind it, just to try
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  Speaker 2: and move forward in a different direction, you know, because
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  Speaker 2: we focus on the negative a hell of a lot,
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  Speaker 2: and we can continue to beat the drum of we
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  Speaker 2: need someone to fix this. Yeah, but at the same time,
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  Speaker 2: you know there are people who are vulnerable and do
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  Speaker 2: need it late at night.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon, this is so so nice. It's such
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  Speaker 1: a great thing to do. And I know that, Like
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  Speaker 1: even yesterday we had Shelley lay from Zicola IgA on.
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  Speaker 1: She was telling us about their community safety meeting that
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  Speaker 1: they were having last night. I can see that the
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  Speaker 1: community is sort of rising up and trying to help
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  Speaker 1: each other out, which I reckon is wonderful to say.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what the territory is all about, isn't it, Katie.
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  Speaker 2: There's no better metaphor for that than the NT. So
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  Speaker 2: we really need to come together and do everything we can.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we've obviously had our fair share of smash
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  Speaker 2: windows and broken glass and whatnot. And to get a
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  Speaker 2: phone call, you know, my brother would always just ring
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  Speaker 2: and go right, I'm on the way, what do you
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  Speaker 2: need And to get that phone call to go right, well,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to be able to put a board up.
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  Speaker 2: Someone's coming to do it, and it just you know,
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  Speaker 2: let you go home and have a bit of a
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  Speaker 2: rest and come back to it, you know, with a
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  Speaker 2: fresh face, because otherwise you've got to sit here all night, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and worry whether or not someone's coming back. So just
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  Speaker 2: to have that peace of mind is what we want
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  Speaker 2: to pass on to other people who have just been
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  Speaker 2: through a really crap thing. There's nothing worse than getting
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  Speaker 2: your own private space violated. And so to have someone
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  Speaker 2: sort of come pat you on the shoulder and so
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  Speaker 2: it's all good. We'll board this up and yeah, move on.
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  Speaker 1: Trent deb from Pinelands is called to say that when
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  Speaker 1: your trailer, well when if you would like, once it's
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  Speaker 1: painted and ready to go, she'll sign right it for
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  Speaker 1: free for you if you'd like.
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  Speaker 2: Oh that's magic. Yeah, thanks, thanks so much, dev And
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  Speaker 2: that that's the thing about the spirit, you know, Like
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  Speaker 2: I put a video Katie on ten o'clock, I reckon
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  Speaker 2: it went up Saturday. By two o'clock Saturday afternoon. We
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  Speaker 2: had a trailer and we had every single piece of
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  Speaker 2: equipment you could imagine to get this thing off the ground,
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  Speaker 2: and it was all donated, you know, And that's a
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  Speaker 2: good thing about it. People just need something to rally
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  Speaker 2: behind and hoping, you know, we'll give them some purpose,
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  Speaker 2: some direction, and be the catalyst to get other people
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  Speaker 2: to stand up and do a few of these things
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  Speaker 2: that we can shed some positive light on this as
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  Speaker 2: negative as it all is, you know, we need to
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  Speaker 2: focus on some positives.
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  Speaker 1: Oh that's magic, mate. I think it's a wonderful thing
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  Speaker 1: to do. Now. Is there anything else you need in
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  Speaker 1: terms of supplies or anything like that.
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, we are set, Thank you very much, Katie. We
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  Speaker 2: will put the call out in a few days. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to have just at our local hardware store here
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  Speaker 2: might of ten. We're going to have like a bit
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  Speaker 2: of a registered list where, you know, because people want
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  Speaker 2: to contribute, but they can't contribute much, you know, So
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  Speaker 2: we're going to have a bit of a list of
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  Speaker 2: tools and items that we need and they're going to
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  Speaker 2: be able to go in there, check the list and
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  Speaker 2: purchase what they want to contribute or put some money
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  Speaker 2: towards an item on that list. So yeah, we're looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to doing that. And the trailer needs a bit
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  Speaker 2: of TLC. I picked it up from the people who
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  Speaker 2: donated it, and I reckon. I made about fifteen k's
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  Speaker 2: down the road before the tire overtook me. On the
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  Speaker 2: highway and so I had to call in a bit
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  Speaker 2: of help to get that bad boy back to a
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  Speaker 2: safe place. But yeah, no, look, we'll get this thing
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  Speaker 2: up and run and it's going to be awesome. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to it now.
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  Speaker 1: Before I let you go, how's the weathering, Catherine at
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  Speaker 1: the moment, And how's the river going?
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  Speaker 2: No, we're pretty excited because, I mean, this web season
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  Speaker 2: is finally kicked into a bloody decent gear. The river's
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  Speaker 2: just cracked fourteen meters with predictions to sort of get
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  Speaker 2: somewhere between fifteen and sixteen. And that's all dependent on
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  Speaker 2: what rain we get to night up in the gorge
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  Speaker 2: as well, because it may keep rising. But it's pretty
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  Speaker 2: phenomenal to drive over that Casson River Bridge, you know,
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  Speaker 2: to see that thing normally on zero the moment it's
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  Speaker 2: lapping fourteen meters high. It's definitely very impressive and very
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  Speaker 2: good news for everyone. Farmers, fishes, cattle, grazers. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's just the lifeblood and we've been hanging for it,
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  Speaker 2: so it's awesome to see it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, mate, before I let you go, last time
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  Speaker 1: we caught up, we spoke about your swimming challenge. Aiming
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  Speaker 1: to raise funds for the Starlight Foundation. How's it going.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we are third overall in Australia for donations. That's awesome,
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  Speaker 2: which is absolutely awesome. So yeah, I think we're up
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  Speaker 2: about sixteen grand from a five thousand dollars target. We've
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  Speaker 2: done bloody awesome. I've knocked out my sixteen kilometers, so
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  Speaker 2: that's my swimming side's done. We just need to keep
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  Speaker 2: the sponsorship going and if anyone does want to contribute,
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  Speaker 2: from today at ten thirty am, they are doubling the donation.
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  Speaker 2: So if you give fifty bucks, they're going to donate
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  Speaker 2: another fifty bucks on top. So anonymous donors given one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and forty thousand dollars, so they're going to double
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  Speaker 2: every single donation from ten thirty two. So if you
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  Speaker 2: want to try and get a territory and to win
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  Speaker 2: this donation competition, which shouldn't be a competition, but we're
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  Speaker 2: can turn it in.
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  Speaker 1: We can make everything a competition.
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  Speaker 2: Make a donation on there for me today, guys, if
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  Speaker 2: you don't mind, because it will double it and then
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  Speaker 2: it'll be awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, you're a legend. Tell us where people can go
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  Speaker 1: very quickly. If they do want to donate, yea.
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  Speaker 2: So just google Starlight superswim dot org and then go
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  Speaker 2: on there search my name Trent Dwiz and you'll quite
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  Speaker 2: easily find a spot there where you can chuck a
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  Speaker 2: donation in and anything is greatly appreciated and it goes
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  Speaker 2: to such a good cause.
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  Speaker 1: Trent, you are a territory legend. Mate. It is always
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  Speaker 1: good to catch up with you. Thanks so much for
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  Speaker 1: your time this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, you