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The AANT's Anthony Hill talks Street Smart High - an initiative to reduce the road toll through education · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Now we know that next week the AAENTT as well
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  Speaker 1: as frontline Services are going to be hosting.
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  Speaker 2: Street Smart High Now.
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  Speaker 1: It is an event which aims to reduce the road
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  Speaker 1: toll through developing some positive road safety knowledge, skills and
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  Speaker 1: attitudes of the next generation of road users, the young ones.
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  Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line to tell us more
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  Speaker 1: is Anthony Hill, the CEO of AAINT.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Anthony.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning, Catie.
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  Speaker 1: How are you, yeah, not too bad? Tell us a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more about this program.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, So this is the second year. We had our
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  Speaker 3: inaugural street Smart High event. Last year extremely successful, so
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  Speaker 3: it's held at the Convention Center. This year. We have
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  Speaker 3: over fifteen hundred students and teachers from both the years ten,
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  Speaker 3: eleven and twelve. That the ten and the event. As
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  Speaker 3: you mentioned, it is aimed at our notvice drivers and
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  Speaker 3: those that are either just about to pre drivers are
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  Speaker 3: about to get their their license. It's really aimed at
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  Speaker 3: it's a road safety education event. It aims to reduce
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  Speaker 3: the road toll through developing that positive safety knowledge, skills
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  Speaker 3: and attitudes. So throughout the day we actually have a
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  Speaker 3: live crash scene which is really well supported by our
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  Speaker 3: emergency services. So it's the closest thing we can try
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  Speaker 3: to get to to really make that impact to the kids,
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  Speaker 3: to see what actually happens. Where we have actors, We
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  Speaker 3: have a vehicle on stage, talks through a scenario, pre
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  Speaker 3: scene crash, and then at the crash scene, we have
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  Speaker 3: the ambulance, the police attends, the fieries attend, They end
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  Speaker 3: up cutting up the roof of a car. These actors
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  Speaker 3: are all acting it out. It really is a quite
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  Speaker 3: a confronting event for the kids. But I think these
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  Speaker 3: days it's, you know, with so many things and distractions
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  Speaker 3: that we have today, it's really important that we get
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  Speaker 3: a clear message through what can happen.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I think it's so incredibly important.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's you know, you're talking about young minds who,
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  Speaker 1: let's be honest, when you're young, you do think you're
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  Speaker 1: bulletproof and that nothing's ever going to happen to you.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's so important that they you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's not just about educating them, but them being a
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  Speaker 1: little bit uncomfortable and confronted. I guess by what they
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  Speaker 1: see with that live crash scene.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely so, we it's a full day event, so that
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  Speaker 3: that's probably the first half an hour is this crash scene.
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  Speaker 3: The day is very confronting, it's emotional. We also have
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  Speaker 3: we then have a number of guests speakers throughout the
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  Speaker 3: day and and and these are people that have actually
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  Speaker 3: been through road trauma and been the lucky survivors and
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  Speaker 3: they tell their stories. It's yeah, so the day is
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  Speaker 3: very confronting, but I think it's actually it's a very
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  Speaker 3: positive thing as well to be able to put to
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  Speaker 3: those to those kids that are just about to get
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  Speaker 3: their license and or have just got it, to really
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  Speaker 3: show and as we know, you know, with the statistics
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  Speaker 3: we have in the Northern Territory, it's not great. So
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  Speaker 3: anything we can do to put that message, get that
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  Speaker 3: message through to them about what can actually happen when
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  Speaker 3: you're behind the wheel and what you're in control of, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: is very very important.
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  Speaker 1: Now, how old are are the young people taking part?
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  Speaker 3: Are there from year ten to twelve, so most of
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  Speaker 3: them would be year eleven, so they probably only just
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  Speaker 3: got their license. And you know, there's a number of
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  Speaker 3: messages throughout the day that it's about risk, you know,
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  Speaker 3: about the risks that they take. It's a bit about resilience.
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  Speaker 3: As well, but also also that road safety education and
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  Speaker 3: I think the feedback we had barticalarly from some of
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  Speaker 3: the teachers last year it was our first event. I
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  Speaker 3: don't think they really knew what they were coming to.
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  Speaker 3: But this is a very well professionally put together event
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  Speaker 3: and this crash scene is just unbelievable. And I've never
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  Speaker 3: seen last year. Last year, I think we had about
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  Speaker 3: nine hundred and fifty there. Last year, we said this
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  Speaker 3: year is just over fifteen hundred. And seeing that many
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  Speaker 3: kids so silent for a whole day, listening to everything
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  Speaker 3: that was being spoken about.
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  Speaker 1: It is you know, I've been told that Antony, I
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  Speaker 1: know that that last year, have myself and also Jax
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  Speaker 1: who works on the young People's stationed on.
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  Speaker 2: What one hundred here in the building with us.
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  Speaker 1: Both of us have helped you out with you know,
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  Speaker 1: with the bit of vision in the week's leading up.
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  Speaker 1: But I know Jackson said to me that, yeah, that
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  Speaker 1: that the kids were silent, that you know, there was
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  Speaker 1: young people watching who were really quite moved by what
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  Speaker 1: was happening. And I think that that is, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's something that needs to happen. You need them to
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  Speaker 1: realize that they are when once they get behind the
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  Speaker 1: wheel of a car, the decisions that they make can
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  Speaker 1: have catastrophic impacts if they're not good ones. I just
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  Speaker 1: think it's a great thing for for you guys to do.
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  Speaker 1: And I know that it's also all those emergency services
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  Speaker 1: that get involved as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, and also you know the support we partner
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  Speaker 3: with the motor Acient Compensation Permission on this as well,
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  Speaker 3: So without their support, it just wouldn't happen. And I
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  Speaker 3: think following last year, you know, certainly the feedback was
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  Speaker 3: enormous and all the teachers that were there said they
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  Speaker 3: just they just have to get all of their at
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  Speaker 3: least your eleven kids through this every year. They thought
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  Speaker 3: it was that important. And so yes, I think it
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  Speaker 3: made an impact, and you know, we're looking to do
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  Speaker 3: this year on year. Yeah, I think because it's just
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  Speaker 3: one of those things that the kids can have in
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  Speaker 3: their talk kits when they as they get in behind
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  Speaker 3: the wheel of a car. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And look, I don't want to end on a low,
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  Speaker 1: but I know that when you do look at those figures,
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  Speaker 1: eighty six young people under twenty five lost their lives
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  Speaker 1: and a further one thousand and five hundred and ninety
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  Speaker 1: eight as I understand it, seriously injured on territory roads
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  Speaker 1: in the last ten years. So it is so important,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's so important that we are educating our youngsters.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, and I think you know an important statistic is,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the day a learner driver, when you've got
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  Speaker 3: your parents in the car, once they get their provisional
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  Speaker 3: driver's license and they're out there by themselves, they're crash
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  Speaker 3: risk increases by twenty to thirty times. So these messages
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  Speaker 3: I think as to what they're in control of and
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  Speaker 3: what can happen. I think if we can make an
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  Speaker 3: impact early, we can save one life out there. It's
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  Speaker 3: made a positive impact.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, hey, Anthony Hill, I know that if I don't
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  Speaker 1: ask you and I'll let you go, We're definitely going
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  Speaker 1: to have people text in and ask mate, what about
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  Speaker 1: these bloody petrol prices? Did you get much of a
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  Speaker 1: word back from the A Triple C.
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  Speaker 3: In fact, I'm this week. I'm going to leave this week, Kadie,
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  Speaker 3: And actually I received I received a response from the
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  Speaker 3: A Triple C, and it's not what I wanted to hear,
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  Speaker 3: So I'd be happy. Actually next week if when I'm
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  Speaker 3: back with hand to make some time and have a
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  Speaker 3: chat about it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, let's do it. We appreciate you having a chat
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  Speaker 2: to us while you're on leave. Anthony Hill, good on
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  Speaker 2: you mate. Thank you, thank you.