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Katie Woolf spoke with Zuccholi IGA and Cellarbrations owner Shellie Lay one week on after the breakin · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 2: It is just after ten thirty and it was only
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  Speaker 2: last week that we woke up to the news of
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  Speaker 2: that crime spree in Palmerston. It included an unlawful entry
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  Speaker 2: at the shops in Rosebury, Hungry Jack's, and then celebrations
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  Speaker 2: in Zacoli will They were targeted in a big way.
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  Speaker 2: Thieves allegedly smashed through the front door in a car,
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  Speaker 2: entered the store, stole alcohol and attempted to move draws
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  Speaker 2: now joining me on the line to let us know
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  Speaker 2: how things are going now following on from that terrible
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  Speaker 2: situation and devastating well dammage, I think you'd have to say,
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  Speaker 2: zacholee IgA and Celebrations owner Shelley Lay, Good morning, Shelley.
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  Speaker 3: Morning, Katie. How are you today?
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  Speaker 4: Very well? How are you going a little.
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  Speaker 3: Bit better than that last week? Hope I won't cry
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  Speaker 3: in the show today.
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  Speaker 2: No, Honestly, it touched such a nerve with so many
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  Speaker 2: people because we all just felt for you. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we know that you and your husband work incredibly hard
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  Speaker 2: out there running the business, Shelley, and it was just
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it was devastating damage.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it sure was. And it took that whole day
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  Speaker 3: and the best part of the next morning to even
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  Speaker 3: get the shop ready to be able to trade again
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  Speaker 3: due to the glass that was just throughout the whole shop.
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  Speaker 3: I think the floor was mopped twenty two times just
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  Speaker 3: to try and get the stickiness of the alcohol off
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  Speaker 3: the floor because we were just squeaking every time we
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  Speaker 3: walked on it. So look, we had a massive effort
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  Speaker 3: from our amazing stuff. But then we're able to get
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  Speaker 3: open again at ten am the following morning, which was
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  Speaker 3: a testament to their amazing work ethic here the day
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  Speaker 3: before and that morning.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it sounds gosh, but Shelley, I know that you
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  Speaker 2: had those huge glass windows.
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  Speaker 4: How did you go getting all that replaced? Yeah, so that's.
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  Speaker 3: Still not replaced. However, we've got bored there at the
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  Speaker 3: moment that they Pete's glass came out and did that
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  Speaker 3: that day, so that was at least secure to some extent. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: and the quotes have come in on that and now
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  Speaker 3: we're just waiting for that to be made so that
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  Speaker 3: can be replaced and.
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  Speaker 4: Is it going to be an expensive process?
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  Speaker 2: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: Just the just the glass was nearly nine thousand dollars.
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  Speaker 4: Oh goodness me. And then what about it?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, when you talk about everything else, I'm assuming
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  Speaker 2: it's a it's a phenomenal amount.
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  Speaker 3: Phenomenal the you said the damage of the stock. The
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  Speaker 3: floor has holes in it from where the car drove
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  Speaker 3: the grass glass into it. There's alcohols beneath the underneath
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  Speaker 3: the flooring now that we can't get out. So I mean,
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  Speaker 3: it's just it's massive. But you know what, Katie, we
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  Speaker 3: were so upset last week, and it wasn't until we
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  Speaker 3: actually read in the news and saw on the TV
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  Speaker 3: that we were kind of the lucky ones because there
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  Speaker 3: was that poor lady who had her home invaded or
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  Speaker 3: she was in there when she when she was robbed
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  Speaker 3: to take her keys to use her car as the
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  Speaker 3: vehicle to drive through. And we thought, we've kind of
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  Speaker 3: put into perspective and thought her home has been her
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  Speaker 3: safe place has been invaded, you know, and we really
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  Speaker 3: felt for her. In the end. You know, our things
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  Speaker 3: will be replaced and we will go on, but she's
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  Speaker 3: got to sleep at night. And that really made us
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  Speaker 3: sort of realize that there's always someone that's worth off.
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  Speaker 2: Well an eight and a half months pregnant, she was.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it was so devastating for her. And I
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  Speaker 2: understand that they ended up recovering that car, but yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's true, and I think that it really sort of
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  Speaker 2: impacts or it really sort of highlights.
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  Speaker 4: The impact that you know that this senseless crime.
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  Speaker 3: Has, Oh, totally. And she did get her car back, actually,
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  Speaker 3: and I phoned her that following day and said, look,
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  Speaker 3: I know you don't have a car. You're not going
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  Speaker 3: to be able to get any groceries. You've got a
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  Speaker 3: baby on the way. Let me come and pick you up,
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  Speaker 3: get all the groceries that you need, well drop you
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  Speaker 3: back home so you don't have to leave your house.
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  Speaker 3: And she said, my car's just been I couldn't believe it.
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  Speaker 3: Like she got it back and she ended up driving
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  Speaker 3: it down here. So we all came out and had
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  Speaker 3: a look at this vehicle that was of the weapon
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  Speaker 3: of Joyce, that was only here virtually twenty four hours earlier,
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  Speaker 3: creating all that destruction, and here we were looking at
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  Speaker 3: this car. Was really a surreal experience. But yeah, if
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  Speaker 3: anything was connect did with Laura now and chatted about
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  Speaker 3: our experiences and what we've all been through, and that
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  Speaker 3: was that was really nice actually to connect with her
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  Speaker 3: after such a terrible circumstance.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, oh absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, I always think that in these really
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  Speaker 2: crappy situations you do see the wonderful community shine through,
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  Speaker 2: and Reef, we've really seen that, you know, from speaking
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  Speaker 2: with you and also speaking with Laura, and the reaction
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  Speaker 2: from the community following on from this terrible situation is
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  Speaker 2: that the community has just had so much support for
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  Speaker 2: you all.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, it's flown us away. And if I can say
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  Speaker 3: thank you to those who turned up unannounced with gloves
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  Speaker 3: on ready to start listing glass into the skips, in
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  Speaker 3: the phone calls, the text messages, we are just so
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  Speaker 3: grateful for everybody who offered their help and who came
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  Speaker 3: down and to see how we were going. And that
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  Speaker 3: was amazing that that really really helped us get through.
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  Speaker 4: I bet it did, Shelley.
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  Speaker 2: Any would you know, as I understood it, the police
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  Speaker 2: had apprehended somebody, But has there been much of an
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  Speaker 2: update as far as you've been told.
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  Speaker 3: What I'm aware of is that one fifteen year old
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  Speaker 3: has been charged that is out on bail now, So
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  Speaker 3: that's the only update that I have got at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: How does that sort of make you feel? I mean,
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  Speaker 2: how do you feel about that?
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  Speaker 3: Look, I think the police's hands are tied with with
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  Speaker 3: what the law states that they can do and can't do,
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  Speaker 3: so I'm probably feeling a bit frustrated that these people
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  Speaker 3: can be walking free again and can potentially do it again.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know if the law is strong enough to
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  Speaker 3: prevent people from doing these things again. And I don't
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  Speaker 3: know if you're saw it, well, you probably did see
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  Speaker 3: in the news there was a group of views on
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  Speaker 3: Friday night involved in a car chase around Palmerston and
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  Speaker 3: they seem to be quite young from the media reports too.
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  Speaker 3: So it seems like there's a lot of young people
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  Speaker 3: who are out and about and choosing to do the
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  Speaker 3: wrong thing. So if there's nothing to stop them, well,
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  Speaker 3: if they enjoy this thing, well they might continue to
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  Speaker 3: choose to do the wrong thing. You know, I don't
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  Speaker 3: know what to have all the answers, but yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: just I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I agree, you know, I think we're in
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  Speaker 2: a situation where the community is certainly fed up with
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  Speaker 2: with you know, young people who are breaking the law,
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  Speaker 2: and you know, like you say, we don't all have
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  Speaker 2: all the answers, but there's got to be some change
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  Speaker 2: in this space. And I guess only time will tell
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  Speaker 2: if those legislative changes that went through last week will
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  Speaker 2: make any kind of difference. Shelley, we are going to
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  Speaker 2: have to wrap up. Thank you so very much for
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  Speaker 2: having a talk with us today.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for having me, Katie, and once again, thank you
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  Speaker 3: to all of those who have supported us through this time.
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  Speaker 3: We've really appreciated it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, no worries at all. I'm so glad to hear
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  Speaker 2: that everything's back on track. And as I said, I
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  Speaker 2: know you guys run a fantastic business out there. Oh, Shelley,
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  Speaker 2: you mentioned last week though, after that terrible breaking, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the kids had nap plan to go to as well
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  Speaker 2: at school. How are the kids going?
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  Speaker 4: Are they all right? They're good, They're good.
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  Speaker 3: We don't have the nap Land results. Everyone keeps asking,
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  Speaker 3: then how did you go? How did you go? Well,
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  Speaker 3: we don't have the results, so anyway, time will tell.
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  Speaker 3: But look, they're resilient. Yeah, but look, hey, I've got
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  Speaker 3: an almost fifteen year old, you know, like to think
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  Speaker 3: the troubles that some fifteen year olds are getting up to.
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  Speaker 3: It just blows my mind. It really into.
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  Speaker 2: Perspective, absolutely, Yeah, that's exactly right.
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  Speaker 4: It does put it into perspective.
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  Speaker 2: And you do sort of wonder that, don't you as
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  Speaker 2: a parent sometimes how we end up with young people
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  Speaker 2: who are out on the street like that late at night.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, worrying anyway, there, good, thanks for asking.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, no worries. Good on you, Shelley, thanks so much.
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  Speaker 4: We'll talk to you again soon.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, Katie, thank you.
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  Speaker 2: That is zacholi IgA and celebration Zoner there, Shelley lay
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  Speaker 2: And And yeah, I think it's you know, it's it's
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  Speaker 2: really interesting for us all to actually hear how that
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  Speaker 2: business is going now and how they are going sort
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  Speaker 2: of a week after something like this has happened, because
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  Speaker 2: very often, you know, you see these reports in the news,
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  Speaker 2: you see it all in the media, you listen to
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  Speaker 2: it on this show, and and you do sort of
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  Speaker 2: wonder what impact it has longer term. And as we've
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  Speaker 2: spoken to Shelley about, but also as we've heard, you
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  Speaker 2: know from Laura last week, it is that domino effect
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  Speaker 2: as she'd called it, where the impact is far beyond
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  Speaker 2: on just having your car stolen,