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Yipirinya School Principal Gavin Morris says the school looks like a warzone after being hit by a severe storm with the damage bill estimated to be in the millions · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: We know that there was a terrible situation over the
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  Speaker 1: weekend with these storms. It will this one storm in
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  Speaker 1: Alice Springs that wreaked havoc on Alice and it really
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  Speaker 1: had a huge impact on yper in your school, taking
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  Speaker 1: off the roof amongst other damage. Now joining me on
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  Speaker 1: the line to tell us a bit more about the
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  Speaker 1: situation and where things are at. It is Gavin Morris.
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  Speaker 1: The principle of youpur in your school. Good morning to you, Gavin.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Coti.
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  Speaker 1: How are you probably better than you mate? How's the
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  Speaker 1: school going?
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  Speaker 2: We've had a busy forty eight How is that's fair
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  Speaker 2: to say? I bet you think it came into the
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  Speaker 2: storm on Saturday afternoon, what would have I think the
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  Speaker 2: generation of the whole event would have lasted about one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and eighty seconds, and multiple classrooms with that rooms
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  Speaker 2: other classrooms are treeing water game each damage to water, maze, electric,
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  Speaker 2: the fire and system. Ironically, when it was pouring the
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  Speaker 2: grain and the fire brigade was in attendance, you probably
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  Speaker 2: looks like a bit of a a war zone at
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  Speaker 2: the moment. But work is underway and it looks better
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  Speaker 2: than I did yesterday, and we're up for the challenge.
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  Speaker 1: Just how much damage do you think it's caused from
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  Speaker 1: a financial perspective?
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  Speaker 2: In a million comfortably. And in addition to that will
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  Speaker 2: be the cost of relancation. So I've just met with
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  Speaker 2: So there's about two hundred nagored students and around ninety
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  Speaker 2: staff at your Brniant. So we've got teachers, language teachers,
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  Speaker 2: assistant teachers, bus drivers, that stuff. You know, we were
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  Speaker 2: a very supportive, holistic school. So what we've been able
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  Speaker 2: to achieve now is to reopen learning for our students
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  Speaker 2: by finding six spaces across Alice very involved to set
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  Speaker 2: up as learning hub. So they're going to we're going
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  Speaker 2: to wrap it, wrap our students around to support keep
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  Speaker 2: back to learning quickly who came. But it will be
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  Speaker 2: at a very expensive period.
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  Speaker 1: Goodness me, how like, how are you going to manage that?
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  Speaker 1: You know, I know that insurance might cover the damage
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  Speaker 1: to the building. Well I'm hoping that it will, but
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  Speaker 1: how are you going to manage all those additional costs? Now?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it just needs to happen. So I'll talk with
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  Speaker 2: my team around what we need to rejuggle and the
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  Speaker 2: priorities around Well, you know what we need to be
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  Speaker 2: really doing in twenty twenty three and beyond, and and
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  Speaker 2: things that we need to park if they're really unfortunate
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  Speaker 2: and timing in another of respects, certainly in terms of
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  Speaker 2: the momentum of the school has been immense across the
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  Speaker 2: last twelve months. In fact, on Friday and we've broken
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  Speaker 2: an all time attendance and enrollment record. The school has
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  Speaker 2: been around since one in seventy eight, and at no
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  Speaker 2: point in that period of time have you had so
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  Speaker 2: many keep and roll that you be so I feel
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  Speaker 2: the exciting projects for twenty twenty three beyond. We'll need
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  Speaker 2: to we'll need to readjust and reconsider, but we'll deal
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  Speaker 2: as much as we can and we'll stretch every dollar
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  Speaker 2: as far as you will go.
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  Speaker 1: And mate, you a, I've spoken not to far back
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  Speaker 1: when you were talking about, you know, about the attendance
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  Speaker 1: and also talking about the possibility and that push towards
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  Speaker 1: the federal government to come to the party or to
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  Speaker 1: provide that funding for kids to be able to board
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  Speaker 1: there and also for some of the staff to be
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  Speaker 1: able to stay at the school as well. Look, I'm
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  Speaker 1: assuming that that's all had to sort of be parked
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  Speaker 1: as well at this point, Well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm hoping this is actually a trigger Katie in
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  Speaker 2: that project actually goes ahead. We have Lynda Bernie and
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  Speaker 2: her colleagues in the school a couple of Fridays ago,
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  Speaker 2: and she was quite supportive and excited by that boarding
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  Speaker 2: food project.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: For example, another of our start to struggle to quiet
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  Speaker 2: home and they basically they're homeless. We're using our short
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  Speaker 2: term commodation at the school, a divasc accommodation have now had.
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  Speaker 2: We've had to put them another combination around Alic Springs
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  Speaker 2: and you know, I know, you know, listening to the
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  Speaker 2: stully breading up to this interview around any social behavior
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  Speaker 2: in our springs and neath crime and certainly some of
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  Speaker 2: that will impact our students. And you know, I'm hoping
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  Speaker 2: very much say, is the trigger towards getting that boarding
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  Speaker 2: school funding because it certainly needed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, well this is the thing. Last time when you
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  Speaker 1: and I spoke, I think a lot of people really
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  Speaker 1: heartened actually after hearing from you and thought, that's actually
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  Speaker 1: a really good idea. If there's you know, if we're
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  Speaker 1: able to get kids into the boarding school and keep
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  Speaker 1: people off the streets and out of trouble, then it
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  Speaker 1: is actually money well invested, so maybe it could be
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  Speaker 1: a catalyst.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, I don't in touch with anyone I need
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  Speaker 2: to be. Certainly, I've got some short term day to
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  Speaker 2: day stuff to get right in terms of setting out
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  Speaker 2: their learning hubs and our teaching teams around that. But
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  Speaker 2: at the same time that those really important projects like
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  Speaker 2: the boarding school and leave my team should as well. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I an economics dogs. I'll be working Tailor's attempt to
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  Speaker 2: secure that funning because it just offered so many opportunities,
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  Speaker 2: not just for the year Brinish community, but broader Al
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  Speaker 2: Spring's community as well.
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  Speaker 1: And Gavin, since you and I last spope, there's been
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  Speaker 1: a lot happening. You also became well a counselor on
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  Speaker 1: the Ella Springs Council, elected just a few days ago.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that all happened. So we had a by election
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  Speaker 2: for Alex Frens Out council elections and I was hum
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  Speaker 2: and fortunate enough to win the by election which was
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  Speaker 2: ann now six thirty on Friday night, and not a
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  Speaker 2: great deal of time to celebrate, but we learn the
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  Speaker 2: twenty four hours later we had giving an issue at
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  Speaker 2: your pernia. But I'll take some time out an ex
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  Speaker 2: fail tea to reflect on that. I'm really trus humbled
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  Speaker 2: by that opportunity. I think I can do a great job,
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  Speaker 2: and I know Matt Patterson and his team now and
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  Speaker 2: his team, I'm really excited to work with there, and
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  Speaker 2: I've got you know, I've been in contact with their
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  Speaker 2: Patterson across the weekend in relation to the to the
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  Speaker 2: council opportunity, but also in relationship support for your premier
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  Speaker 2: and Devin, you.
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  Speaker 1: Know, in that roles in as being on the council.
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  Speaker 1: What what are going to be your main priorities? So
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  Speaker 1: what do you think are the main priorities that you
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  Speaker 1: sort of really need to get stuck into.
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  Speaker 2: I think certainly aligning with some of the stuff that's
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  Speaker 2: already occurring through council, which is some really exciting initiatives
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  Speaker 2: going back into ensuring that local council flocuses on the
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  Speaker 2: stuff that local councilor should focused on, so roose rates
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  Speaker 2: and rubbish. Certainly also that day to day stuff, but
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  Speaker 2: the youth engagement, youth prom I can bring in a
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  Speaker 2: nuanced skill set to that setting, and the stuff that
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  Speaker 2: we're doing at your Premier demonstrates that if you can
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  Speaker 2: do it well. And if you can collaborate and engage
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  Speaker 2: in them in a deeper way that's not just token issues,
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  Speaker 2: but actually engage the students, you know, on a pathway
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  Speaker 2: that's just and occupy time, you can get them changed quickly.
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  Speaker 2: So I I'm really excited to work in with a
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  Speaker 2: man and Patterson and the team. But don't be those
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  Speaker 2: starting questions. I accept you well, Gavin.
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  Speaker 1: It is great to speak with you this morning. I
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  Speaker 1: always appreciate your time and all the very best with
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  Speaker 1: the you know, with the cleanup and and obviously you know,
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  Speaker 1: continuing schooling for those kids but in those satellite locations.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much for having that again, Katie. It's all
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  Speaker 2: that's a pleasure.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you. Good on you, Gavin,