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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You would have just heard us catching up with the
Northern Territory Police Commissioner, Martin Dole and finding out a
bit more about this incident that had occurred well late yesterday.
So I was pretty disturbed when I saw this post.
Caleb Burke, many of you will know he's a local
footy coach. He also ran at the last Northern Territory election,
but he'd posted on social media that during junior training
(00:21):
he found himself doing something that no junior coach should
ever have to do, keeping a group of under tens
focused on training while police responded to a man who'd
allegedly been stabbed nearby and ran on to Molden Oval
seeking help. Now, what the Northern Territory Police Commissioner confirmed
with us is that it was a sixteen year old
(00:41):
who had been who'd been injured, and that he'd been
in an altercation with somebody else who police have identified,
but they are yet to capture and charge. But look,
joining me live on the line is CAYLEB Burke. Good morning, Cayleb.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Morning Katian.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Though you were listeners, Caleb, thanks for your time this morning.
I tell us what happened yesterday at the Oval.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeah, so pretty wild scenes. It happened just before six
o'clock and you know, the young young boys, he's ran
onto the field and he's sort has made his way
to the seniors who were starting to warm up. But
we've got our juniors or coaching them on the field
as well, and we'll given the parents were a bit shocked.
They thought there was an altercation with players. Then it
(01:29):
turns out no, that he's actually come from outside, and yeah,
it was seeking help from there. The senior players have
provided first daid to him.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Caleb tell us, you know, like paint a bit of
a picture for us in terms of what you know,
what those young kids saw.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well, it was a bit hard. So as soon as
we've seen him run on, I've sort of got the
kids to turn him face me, so we weren't facing
him getting treated on the green. But you know, obviously
inquisitive under tens, they're always going to go look over
and start to see what's going on. But you know,
we just got to keep them directed back in the
training and while those scenes were unfolding, and full credit
(02:12):
to the police as well, they got there pretty quick.
You know, we had to take a brief pause because
I had to get the keys to open up the
gate to allow the vehicle on to get him off
to the hospital. But yeah, well I don't think my
kid's seen anything really, because you know, we try to
keep them a bit shielded from that. It is quite
(02:32):
confronting when someone's getting first aid done on them on
the field, and then you know, only dadd to it,
you've got police lights flashing around as well, so I'll
be bringing on.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Look, if if my kids are anything to go by,
they'd all be really sticking their necks out trying to
see what's going on and not really understanding, you know,
the horror behind it. It's you know, it is something
like kid said then on your Facebook post. It's something
that you never really want to have to be trying
to explain to anybody, let alone a group of ten
(03:04):
year old kids. Were they frightened?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Well, look, no, because I think you know, the club
and all the coaches there did their best to try
and you know, I'll put it in the post. Some
people have misinterpreted a bit long, but just just tried
to pretend nothing was happening. Just keep that bit of
normality and look, this was sort of the straw that
broke the camel's back with me just putting a post
up because incidents at Mold and Oval are just reoccurring. Look,
(03:32):
there's been weeks there where we've had people heavily intoxicated
loitering in the car park, yelling at people, yelling at kids,
or been there and had to confront somebody to move
them along. You know, you'd remember back to twenty four November,
we had the sexual assault of somebody just at Mold
and Oval. And this is why you know, Jacob Brands
(03:53):
and I'll give him a shout out here, was really
pursuing to get those lighting upgrades, not only for our
playing tea, but to also get some more light around
the area so we can actually deter people from hanging
around in those bushes because people do loiter there. We
see motorbikes screaming up there regularly, cars hooning. It is
(04:16):
a bit of a mess sometimes, but we try and
shield our kids the best of it. Like I said,
kids are there to play sport, be with their mates,
have fun.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
But oh mate, it's what we want them to do, right, Like,
what we want our kids to do is be involved
in that good positive behavior where they're playing footy, they're
playing sport, they're doing something constructive. But you know, for
some parents it might make them think twice about whether
it's a safe area to bring them to. It sounds
like you guys, as the coaches and the senior players,
(04:45):
kicked in and did exactly what you should do, and
that was look after those young ones and try your
best to help the bloke that had allegedly been stabbed
as well. But it's not something that any of us
want to have to deal with.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
No, and unfortunately like this discontinues to happen. That's why
I had a crack at government. And yes, and for
all those people, you know, I'm in the Labor Party
two and I'm not saying that they were great. You know,
I'm going to admit here on radio that they got
things wrong with crime as well. You know, I went
a part of the review and you know, everybody getting
voted out in that twenty four election and listen to
the community saying that you were soft on crime. And yes,
(05:19):
I acknowledge, and I agree we need to be doing things,
but we also need to be doing preventative things in
our community. And I'm a massive advocate for strong role
models in our community, because what I see in Palmerston
is a lot of kids just walking around with no
purpose and no direction, and the only person that's giving
(05:39):
them direction and purpose is some sixteen year old idiot
who decides it's a great idea to go bully, gang
up on some kids walking home from the gym and
then start assaulting them. Now, you know, there's a saying
going around that you are the sum total of the
five people you hang around most. You know, these kids
are hanging around bad influences, going to turn into a
(06:00):
bad influence themselves. So we should be looking as and
me for a coach, I look at it, how can
we get that sixteen year old into footye? How can
we get him into structure and discipline and off the
streets and in a positive area. And that's what we
need to sort of be pushing as well, you know,
funding our clubs, getting the money into them. We need volunteers,
(06:21):
you know, one of these after thoughts. I was just
talking to my wife about it. How do we get
volunteers into our clubs, into our communities? And look, does
government need to increase an incentive for our sports vouchers
for families who are going to volunteer their time to
get them in as a sort of incentive. I don't know,
but you know, there's a lot of things that we
need to look at in our community to because this
(06:44):
is a problem that isn't going away.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
N and we've got to do it, Like we've got
to do something. And I will say the Northern Territory Police,
you know, they've obviously got the operation going on out there.
They can't be everywhere every time either, and so like
you've sort of touched on, we do like there needs
to other things happening to try to like to try
and change the behavior. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yeah, I'm one hundred percent with you. Police can't be
where they well, but you know, as you know us
as adults, you know, it used to go around. It
takes a community to raise the child. But since COVID happened,
everybody retreated back into their homes, put on Netflix, and
it was sort of like, well, not my problem. It's
a lot easier to just sit here. But you know,
I'm all for the community getting out, getting around our kids.
(07:28):
I love sport because it brings the community together. You
get to meet people, you get to meet people, your neighbors,
those in different suburbs, those who you may not connect
with regularly, you get to have a chat with them.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I agree. Oh, look, I love sport. You don't have
to you don't have to push me in that director.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Made.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
I really appreciate your time this morning, appreciate your having
a chat to us, and and you know, shout out
to all those players, to everybody that was there that
you know that helped out in that scenario, and to
really you know, try and pretend the kids as well.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
And before I go Okaedie, can I just give a
shameless plug out. Look, we've got a for our Parmesan
Crocs family and an unfortunate thing that's happened to one
of our junior players. You know, he's a Rep player,
made the Rep squad, but unfortunately, and I've got permission
from them to raise this, it may be out in
the public already. I've been tied up with impacts as well,
so it's been a bit of a full on days.
(08:23):
But we've got our poor under thirteen zol Smith, who's
just been diagnosed with brain cancer. He's been transported down
to Adelaide and now we've set up a GoFundMe and
excellent work from the crocs and for those who have
set the page up and the go fund me to
get funds around because this is community coming in to
help one of our juniors, to help one of our own,
(08:45):
and to get around him. So I'd like to just
if you can and the community can get around him.
Any donations are welcome. If businesses want to donate things
to Ruffle Off, We're all for it. I'll send the
link to Kathleen so maybe you can put it up
onto your page. But look, I just want to give
a shout out to the family, Sarah, rob zol Sonny
(09:07):
and Reef. Look you're in our prayers. We're all thinking
of his and keep your heads up. You'll get through it.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
How old is zol Zols thirteen thirteen? What kind of
kid is he? Mate?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
He's a great kid. He's a great footy player. You know,
it was going to be a year mark him as
one of our up and coming stars as well. Like
I said, he's made the REP teams. Look, this is
just a hurdle. It's a hurdle in his pathway to success,
and he'll get through it. I'll know we'll get through it.
And look, we're backing him in all the way and
(09:42):
he can continue his footy journey once once we jump
this hurdle.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Yeah, mate, please do pass on that go fund me
page those details for us. We'd be more than happy
to share that. And big shout out to him, to
his family, to his team, to the whole club because
you know, like you said, it is hurdle that he's
going to. I hope that he just absolutely leaps over.
The young fella. He should not be having to worry
(10:07):
about that as a thirteen year old. And well, you know,
we'll try and help out however we can to spread
the word.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Greatly appreciate it, Katie, Thank you
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Tom, Thanks Taylor, but appreciate your time.
You would have just heard us catching up with the
Northern Territory Police Commissioner, Martin Dole and finding out a
bit more about this incident that had occurred well late yesterday.
So I was pretty disturbed when I saw this post.
Caleb Burke, many of you will know he's a local
footy coach. He also ran at the last Northern Territory election,
but he'd posted on social media that during junior training
(00:21):
he found himself doing something that no junior coach should
ever have to do, keeping a group of under tens
focused on training while police responded to a man who'd
allegedly been stabbed nearby and ran on to Molden Oval
seeking help. Now, what the Northern Territory Police Commissioner confirmed
with us is that it was a sixteen year old
(00:41):
who had been who'd been injured, and that he'd been
in an altercation with somebody else who police have identified,
but they are yet to capture and charge. But look,
joining me live on the line is CAYLEB Burke. Good morning, Cayleb.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Morning Katian.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Though you were listeners, Caleb, thanks for your time this morning.
I tell us what happened yesterday at the Oval.
Speaker 2 (01:06):
Yeah, so pretty wild scenes. It happened just before six
o'clock and you know, the young young boys, he's ran
onto the field and he's sort has made his way
to the seniors who were starting to warm up. But
we've got our juniors or coaching them on the field
as well, and we'll given the parents were a bit shocked.
They thought there was an altercation with players. Then it
(01:29):
turns out no, that he's actually come from outside, and yeah,
it was seeking help from there. The senior players have
provided first daid to him.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Caleb tell us, you know, like paint a bit of
a picture for us in terms of what you know,
what those young kids saw.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Well, it was a bit hard. So as soon as
we've seen him run on, I've sort of got the
kids to turn him face me, so we weren't facing
him getting treated on the green. But you know, obviously
inquisitive under tens, they're always going to go look over
and start to see what's going on. But you know,
we just got to keep them directed back in the
training and while those scenes were unfolding, and full credit
(02:12):
to the police as well, they got there pretty quick.
You know, we had to take a brief pause because
I had to get the keys to open up the
gate to allow the vehicle on to get him off
to the hospital. But yeah, well I don't think my
kid's seen anything really, because you know, we try to
keep them a bit shielded from that. It is quite
(02:32):
confronting when someone's getting first aid done on them on
the field, and then you know, only dadd to it,
you've got police lights flashing around as well, so I'll
be bringing on.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
Look, if if my kids are anything to go by,
they'd all be really sticking their necks out trying to
see what's going on and not really understanding, you know,
the horror behind it. It's you know, it is something
like kid said then on your Facebook post. It's something
that you never really want to have to be trying
to explain to anybody, let alone a group of ten
(03:04):
year old kids. Were they frightened?
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Well, look, no, because I think you know, the club
and all the coaches there did their best to try
and you know, I'll put it in the post. Some
people have misinterpreted a bit long, but just just tried
to pretend nothing was happening. Just keep that bit of
normality and look, this was sort of the straw that
broke the camel's back with me just putting a post
up because incidents at Mold and Oval are just reoccurring. Look,
(03:32):
there's been weeks there where we've had people heavily intoxicated
loitering in the car park, yelling at people, yelling at kids,
or been there and had to confront somebody to move
them along. You know, you'd remember back to twenty four November,
we had the sexual assault of somebody just at Mold
and Oval. And this is why you know, Jacob Brands
(03:53):
and I'll give him a shout out here, was really
pursuing to get those lighting upgrades, not only for our
playing tea, but to also get some more light around
the area so we can actually deter people from hanging
around in those bushes because people do loiter there. We
see motorbikes screaming up there regularly, cars hooning. It is
(04:16):
a bit of a mess sometimes, but we try and
shield our kids the best of it. Like I said,
kids are there to play sport, be with their mates,
have fun.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
But oh mate, it's what we want them to do, right, Like,
what we want our kids to do is be involved
in that good positive behavior where they're playing footy, they're
playing sport, they're doing something constructive. But you know, for
some parents it might make them think twice about whether
it's a safe area to bring them to. It sounds
like you guys, as the coaches and the senior players,
(04:45):
kicked in and did exactly what you should do, and
that was look after those young ones and try your
best to help the bloke that had allegedly been stabbed
as well. But it's not something that any of us
want to have to deal with.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
No, and unfortunately like this discontinues to happen. That's why
I had a crack at government. And yes, and for
all those people, you know, I'm in the Labor Party
two and I'm not saying that they were great. You know,
I'm going to admit here on radio that they got
things wrong with crime as well. You know, I went
a part of the review and you know, everybody getting
voted out in that twenty four election and listen to
the community saying that you were soft on crime. And yes,
(05:19):
I acknowledge, and I agree we need to be doing things,
but we also need to be doing preventative things in
our community. And I'm a massive advocate for strong role
models in our community, because what I see in Palmerston
is a lot of kids just walking around with no
purpose and no direction, and the only person that's giving
(05:39):
them direction and purpose is some sixteen year old idiot
who decides it's a great idea to go bully, gang
up on some kids walking home from the gym and
then start assaulting them. Now, you know, there's a saying
going around that you are the sum total of the
five people you hang around most. You know, these kids
are hanging around bad influences, going to turn into a
(06:00):
bad influence themselves. So we should be looking as and
me for a coach, I look at it, how can
we get that sixteen year old into footye? How can
we get him into structure and discipline and off the
streets and in a positive area. And that's what we
need to sort of be pushing as well, you know,
funding our clubs, getting the money into them. We need volunteers,
(06:21):
you know, one of these after thoughts. I was just
talking to my wife about it. How do we get
volunteers into our clubs, into our communities? And look, does
government need to increase an incentive for our sports vouchers
for families who are going to volunteer their time to
get them in as a sort of incentive. I don't know,
but you know, there's a lot of things that we
need to look at in our community to because this
(06:44):
is a problem that isn't going away.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
N and we've got to do it, Like we've got
to do something. And I will say the Northern Territory Police,
you know, they've obviously got the operation going on out there.
They can't be everywhere every time either, and so like
you've sort of touched on, we do like there needs
to other things happening to try to like to try
and change the behavior. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Yeah, I'm one hundred percent with you. Police can't be
where they well, but you know, as you know us
as adults, you know, it used to go around. It
takes a community to raise the child. But since COVID happened,
everybody retreated back into their homes, put on Netflix, and
it was sort of like, well, not my problem. It's
a lot easier to just sit here. But you know,
I'm all for the community getting out, getting around our kids.
(07:28):
I love sport because it brings the community together. You
get to meet people, you get to meet people, your neighbors,
those in different suburbs, those who you may not connect
with regularly, you get to have a chat with them.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I agree. Oh, look, I love sport. You don't have
to you don't have to push me in that director.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Made.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
I really appreciate your time this morning, appreciate your having
a chat to us, and and you know, shout out
to all those players, to everybody that was there that
you know that helped out in that scenario, and to
really you know, try and pretend the kids as well.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
And before I go Okaedie, can I just give a
shameless plug out. Look, we've got a for our Parmesan
Crocs family and an unfortunate thing that's happened to one
of our junior players. You know, he's a Rep player,
made the Rep squad, but unfortunately, and I've got permission
from them to raise this, it may be out in
the public already. I've been tied up with impacts as well,
so it's been a bit of a full on days.
(08:23):
But we've got our poor under thirteen zol Smith, who's
just been diagnosed with brain cancer. He's been transported down
to Adelaide and now we've set up a GoFundMe and
excellent work from the crocs and for those who have
set the page up and the go fund me to
get funds around because this is community coming in to
help one of our juniors, to help one of our own,
(08:45):
and to get around him. So I'd like to just
if you can and the community can get around him.
Any donations are welcome. If businesses want to donate things
to Ruffle Off, We're all for it. I'll send the
link to Kathleen so maybe you can put it up
onto your page. But look, I just want to give
a shout out to the family, Sarah, rob zol Sonny
(09:07):
and Reef. Look you're in our prayers. We're all thinking
of his and keep your heads up. You'll get through it.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
How old is zol Zols thirteen thirteen? What kind of
kid is he? Mate?
Speaker 2 (09:20):
He's a great kid. He's a great footy player. You know,
it was going to be a year mark him as
one of our up and coming stars as well. Like
I said, he's made the REP teams. Look, this is
just a hurdle. It's a hurdle in his pathway to success,
and he'll get through it. I'll know we'll get through it.
And look, we're backing him in all the way and
(09:42):
he can continue his footy journey once once we jump
this hurdle.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Yeah, mate, please do pass on that go fund me
page those details for us. We'd be more than happy
to share that. And big shout out to him, to
his family, to his team, to the whole club because
you know, like you said, it is hurdle that he's
going to. I hope that he just absolutely leaps over.
The young fella. He should not be having to worry
(10:07):
about that as a thirteen year old. And well, you know,
we'll try and help out however we can to spread
the word.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
Greatly appreciate it, Katie, Thank you
Speaker 1 (10:16):
Tom, Thanks Taylor, but appreciate your time.
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