Speaker 1: The Bruce Reynolds is the Deputy Lord Mayor of the
Speaker 1: City of Perth and joins you. Now, Bruce, thanks for
Speaker 1: your time, Simon, Yeah, I'm well, thank you. Is that
Speaker 1: the case Orange and Purples there going on trucks as
Speaker 1: we speak?
Speaker 2: Yeah, correct, mate, Both both service providers have have been
Speaker 2: suspended while we go through this phase of assisting with
Speaker 2: the authorities with all the collection of data and providing
Speaker 2: of all information that we can to assist in the
Speaker 2: ongoing investigation. Investigation.
Speaker 1: So, Bruce, did you meet last night? Did you have
Speaker 1: a special meeting with counsel on this? And obviously it
Speaker 1: comes off the back of what happened last Saturday.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Correct. So as you can imagine, since Saturday through
Speaker 2: till tunesday afternoon, when information came through around the actual fatality,
Speaker 2: we've we've had to act and irresponsible and respectful. So
Speaker 2: we called a special meeting where the counselors were able
Speaker 2: to come together. Information was provided to US Fire administration
Speaker 2: and the decision was made to suspend the scooters whilst
Speaker 2: we go through this phase of assisting with the authorities
Speaker 2: in the investigation.
Speaker 1: So suspended at this stage, but not necessarily a permanent.
Speaker 1: Did you give any thoughts to somehow trying to police
Speaker 1: the use of scooters better or is it just easier
Speaker 1: at this stace to take them take them off the road.
Speaker 2: At this stage, certainly to be respectful to the families involved,
Speaker 2: we think that there's more and more an absolute appropriate measure,
Speaker 2: and then we'll go. We're fully committed to assisting with
Speaker 2: the investigation. Once we've collected all the data, the next
Speaker 2: phase of decision making will obviously come into play. We
Speaker 2: need to get this right, Bruce.
Speaker 1: What happens with the contract? Is there any not sunset
Speaker 1: clauses the wrong word, but is there any clause where
Speaker 1: you can suspend? Supply? Because Beam are in all those
Speaker 1: other major senses that I mentioned, you know, not Calgol anymore,
Speaker 1: but Bustled and Bumbrie, Rockingham, Albany and the Lie. Pretty
Speaker 1: much everyone uses Beam and I already imagine they'll be
Speaker 1: watching what you guys do fairly seriously. But how does
Speaker 1: the pulling of the contract work?
Speaker 2: Yeah, so there is, without having the contract in front
Speaker 2: of me, there are clauses in the contract around suspension,
Speaker 2: and an incident of this of this type would obviously
Speaker 2: be one of those one of those clauses.
Speaker 1: Yep, all right, all right, Bruce Will thanks for talking
Speaker 1: to us. Is it just a one day operation to
Speaker 1: get rid of them? And how many purple ones and
Speaker 1: how many orange ones are there?
Speaker 2: Off the top of your head, yeah, there's around two
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty of each, so five hundred in total.
Speaker 2: The notification has obviously been sent out and as your
Speaker 2: caller mentioned, this scooter companies and collection of those scooters.
Speaker 2: So yeah, so that's that's where that is. We've imagined
Speaker 2: so that it's probably going to be forty hour hours
Speaker 2: before they're all collected off the streets. But from twelve
Speaker 2: o'clock they will be disabled, so even the ones that
Speaker 2: are on the streets they won't be used. But also,
Speaker 2: you know, mate, this is a tragedy at all levels.
Speaker 2: So so our thoughts go out to everyone associated with
Speaker 2: the families, and especially the Fun the Fun family, and
Speaker 2: they're extended family and friends.
Speaker 1: It's it's a tragedy, yeah, it is. Bruce, Thank you
Speaker 1: very much for talking to us. Really appreciate your time.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Seem