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Speaker 1: A bit of a change of pace, because we spoke

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Speaker 1: lot of you get in contact with us last week

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Speaker 1: about nunamar Ridge. Now we know that there's been a

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Speaker 1: fresh bid from developers to build thousands of homes on

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Speaker 1: undeveloped land in Darwin's rural area, after a similar proposal

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Speaker 1: was rejected in twenty twenty due to opposition from locals.

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Speaker 1: Now Melbourne based developer Intrapac Property has written to the

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Speaker 1: Planning Minister Josh Burgoyne asking for an amendment to the

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Speaker 1: Northern Territories Planning Scheme to make way for that project,

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Speaker 1: set to be named Lloyd Creek not nunamar Ridge. I

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Speaker 1: do apologize Lloyd Creek rural Village. I think before it

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Speaker 1: was nunamar Ridge. Now the proposal would see four thousand

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Speaker 1: homes built south of Humptydo in an area which is

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Speaker 1: zoned for rural living. Now joining me on the line

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Speaker 1: is a member for Goid, Andrew McKay. I believe he

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Speaker 1: had a community meeting about this on the weekend. Good

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Speaker 1: morning Andrew.

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Speaker 2: Katie, and morning to your listeners.

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Speaker 1: Good you did you have a meeting? Did you have

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Speaker 1: a meeting on the weekend with the with the public.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so this this proposal has gone up again. So

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Speaker 2: I thought the best thing to do would be in

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Speaker 2: my job, would be to hear from people who'd be

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Speaker 2: directly affected by this proposal. So on Friday last week

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Speaker 2: I went out and I put a letter on everyone's

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Speaker 2: hear from you. Come on down. So Monday, the public holiday,

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Speaker 2: We've got about seventy people down to the village green

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Speaker 2: and basically I walked them through some of the details

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Speaker 2: Planning Scheme notices online every days. True, a bit of

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Speaker 2: it's a bit of a process sometimes. So what walked

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Speaker 2: them through that spoke about, you know, what is being

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Speaker 2: proposed this time because it is slightly it is different

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Speaker 2: from what was proposed a couple of years ago. The

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Speaker 2: rather than the development approval, so it's slightly more technical

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Speaker 2: in nature. So had the crowd had Jerry would come along, yep,

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Speaker 2: I mean speaking of Jerry throughout this process, so he

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Speaker 2: gave his understanding of what's going on. Emma Sharp as well,

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Speaker 2: a local community member who was quite unfolved the last

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Speaker 2: time this came around. And then we just heard from

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Speaker 2: the community to see what concerns they actually have, and

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Speaker 1: Like, what were some of the concerns that you'd heard

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Speaker 1: at that meeting. Were people opposed to it or for

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Speaker 2: I think probably speaking those that attended, there was a

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Speaker 2: strong sentiment against it, and part of that was the

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Speaker 2: concerns that have been raised around in particular traffic management. Right,

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Speaker 2: all this development happens, and it is happening over thirty years,

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Speaker 2: like it's not going to be an immediate tomorrow, but

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Speaker 2: you know what would happen to the Redcliffe Road or

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Speaker 2: Alvely Road or Elizabeth Villy Elizabeth Valley Road. You know

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Speaker 2: that kind of more local concern where they're like, well,

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Speaker 2: you know, would those roads? Would Redcliffe Road become another

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Speaker 2: Guirroene Road, Yeah, which is a number of traffic every morning.

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Speaker 2: And then you know storm water considerations there is some

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Speaker 2: flooding in the area, as well as the general concern

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Speaker 2: around sizing of blocks and that kind of thing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and so from your perspective, I mean, obviously you've

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Speaker 1: heard the concerns of locals. You've you've spoken to those locals,

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Speaker 1: what like where too next? Because the developers obviously written

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Speaker 1: to the to the minister Josh Bergo and so we're

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Speaker 1: too next for you as the local member.

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Speaker 2: I'm organizing to have a follow up meeting, which the

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Speaker 2: original meeting I only letterbox the people neighboring that the

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Speaker 2: the broader community. So this Sunday, I know it is

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Speaker 2: Mother's Day and can have a sleep in, But Monday,

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Speaker 2: So I encourage everyone to put forward their concerns, any

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Speaker 1: Well, look, I think it is such an important thing,

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Speaker 1: I mean, like, how do you feel about it?

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Speaker 2: I think it's a unique approach to the way development

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Speaker 2: planning and area over thirty years, right. So the moment.

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Speaker 2: What happens with a lot of developments is people passle

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Speaker 2: what was there, what wasn't And you'll be surprised how

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Speaker 2: much has developed over the last thirty years. You know,

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Speaker 2: it's longer. I haven't been around for thirty years. Hopefully

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Speaker 2: in another couple of years i'll be thirty. But it's

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Speaker 2: It's all happened in that last thirty years. And what

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Speaker 2: So but my job ultimately is to listen to the community,

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Speaker 2: and that's what I'm doing. So I've had people ring me.

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Speaker 2: Some people don't like going to meetings, and you know,

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Speaker 2: I've been meeting with as many people as possible, and

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Speaker 2: I encourage everyone to read through the documents put in

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Speaker 2: this permission, make sure your voice is heard, and I'll

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Speaker 2: continue to advocate for them.

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Speaker 1: Well, Andrew, I really appreciate you having a chat with

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Speaker 1: us this morning. So just a reminder to anybody out

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Speaker 1: there listening this morning that does want to have their say,

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Speaker 1: where's the best place for them to die?

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Speaker 2: So if you type in the Google MT planning notices

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Speaker 2: zero nine and that'll have all the documents there. You

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Speaker 2: can put in the submission on the website as well.

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Speaker 2: If you have any confusion about it, please reach out

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Speaker 2: to my electorate office. Come see me next to Domino's

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Speaker 2: and Wallies and call Linga and we can walk you

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Speaker 2: through it. We can print off documents because not everyone

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Speaker 2: is a fan of the technology we have.

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Speaker 1: Now yeah, well that is true. Andrew McKay, good to

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Speaker 1: catch up with you this morning. Mate, really appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Member for goid Sorries, have a lovely day. Thank you too.

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Speaker 1: Thank you