1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: We are so busy in here this morning. We are 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: going to apologies. We're going to drop the national news 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: so that we're able to talk to con for a 4 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: little bit longer this morning, because joining me in the 5 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: studio right now is Darwin's Lord Mayor convat Scarlets. Good 6 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: morning to your. 7 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 2: Corn, Good morning Kat. You never a dull moment, Never. 8 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: A dull moment in the territory, that is for sure. 9 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: The City of Darwin's launched this new Cycle and Tracy 10 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,639 Speaker 1: website to bring together information on events, activities initiatives that 11 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: have been planned to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the disaster. 12 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: How is this website going to work. 13 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 3: Well, quite rightly, as you said, this is actually to 14 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 3: collate information on events, activities and initiatives are taking place 15 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 3: to commemorate the fifth anniversary. So what we want the 16 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 3: members of the community going have a look at the website. 17 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 3: If you've got any events organized, please submit your events details, 18 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 3: the activities initiatives, signing for updates so you can get 19 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 3: an update all the time, so you get it to 20 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 3: stay inform and contribute to the digital archive by books, artworks, 21 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 3: documentation are There are a lot of people there that 22 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 3: they might have that might have information there, the stories 23 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 3: that might organize an event put it there so everybody 24 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 3: knows about it. 25 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 2: So it's going to be a broader. 26 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 3: Community rather than me and you and three other people 27 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 3: know about it. And it's actually something that's very useful. 28 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: Do you reckon? There's going to be quite a few 29 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: events like that. Quite a few people are going to 30 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: be wanting to hold events, I hope. 31 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 3: So now look the fitback I get is some people 32 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 3: it says, look, I can't bring myself to remember that time, 33 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 3: it was very traumatic. 34 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: Other people says we should remember, and I agree with 35 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: that one. I respect all options. 36 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,639 Speaker 3: But there are some people that will just sit quiet 37 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 3: and reflect what happened without any anything at all. And 38 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,880 Speaker 3: also the people who might bring ideas and we might 39 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 3: find stories we never heard before. I have to give 40 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 3: you a personal note that we had to look at 41 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 3: the table me and my wife that actually outside the 42 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 3: council yep, And there's a Chinese person's called the same 43 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 3: surname with my wife, all right, and now we're trying 44 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 3: to find out who that person is, what the relationship 45 00:01:58,280 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 3: there is one He might be from the same pro 46 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 3: well my wife because my wife's got a very. 47 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: Rare Chinese name. 48 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 3: So these kind of things you never knew about it 49 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 3: until somebody brings it up. Let's find out. Let's explore 50 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 3: the things that will never been bit broad and never 51 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 3: ever people knew about it. We might find something very interesting. 52 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: So is that website already up and running or where 53 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: can people go to find it? 54 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 3: Yes, it's successful via the Dwnwin City City of down website. 55 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 3: Ye cyclone Tracy dot Darwin dot dot gov dot AU. 56 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: I mean, the council's copped a bit of stick obviously 57 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: over the public artwork and the kinetic structure. But do 58 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 1: you think that you know by having people all able 59 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: to jump on there to put all this information on 60 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: the website themselves as well, are you hoping that it 61 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: sort of means that you know that everybody comes together 62 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: and works out what events are going to be happening, 63 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: It works out if they want to travel here. 64 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 3: And I'm not hoping I want people to come on board. 65 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 3: This is not mine, this is not yours. These our 66 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 3: community cyclon Tres affected Darwin significantly. 67 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: And we have to not to commemorate to command rather 68 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: than celebrated. 69 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 3: We celebrate the resilience, the fact that that we destroyed 70 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 3: ninety five percent look at it now, but at the 71 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 3: same time, we remember what happened that. 72 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: Night corn Has there been a color chosen for that 73 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: kinetic structure? 74 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 2: We led this one to the artist. 75 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 3: I mean, you can't just dictate a piece of artwork 76 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 3: and says I want this color one. This way, we 77 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 3: provide all the information so the kinetic structure will stand 78 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 3: out rather than blend with the sunset. The artist knows 79 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 3: all this information, he will come up with ideas. 80 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: There was a bit by one councilor BRIANO Gallaghan to 81 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 1: delay that project until next year. Is that something that 82 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: the council is considering? 83 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 3: Well Brian brought to the table and everybody said, no, 84 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 3: that's not a good idea. We're going to do it. 85 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 3: You have to do it just before Tracy. Rather what's 86 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 3: the point of doing after Tracy. It's a structure that 87 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 3: actually signify the forces of nature because that kinetic structure 88 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 3: will move the wind. Something that actually try. 89 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: Was you annoyed that you sort of copped a lot 90 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: of stick over this structure, when the reality of it 91 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: was that the whole counsel, all the all the councilors 92 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: actually voted on this, didn't I. 93 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 3: Absolutely, And what look, I can take it. I've been 94 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 3: in politics for a long time. I can accept good 95 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 3: criticism and constructive criticism. But what happened I said to 96 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 3: you before I switched off the Facebook and I didn't 97 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 3: follow it again the moment they started blaming us about 98 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 3: changing names to our original names, and the Greeks luted 99 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 3: Darwin and became very political, and then of course everything 100 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 3: stopped when you know, my friend, very good friend, Mick Palmer, 101 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 3: who is on the other side of politics, came in 102 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 3: and explained everything. Now, everything is quite done, and I'm 103 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 3: very pleased about it. This is not about taking punches 104 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 3: in each other. This is about sticking together as community 105 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 3: to commemorate something that brought the down community together at 106 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 3: that time. 107 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 2: And I heard stories how. 108 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 3: People even save food, people have seen if they had water, 109 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 3: allow people other people to come and have a shower. 110 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 2: That bringing the community together, and that's what we want 111 00:04:59,320 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 2: to do. 112 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: Yeah. Look, something that I was sort of not surprised by, 113 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: but something that you know, that I found really quite 114 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 1: sort of moving to hear as well, is I MC 115 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: the Civil Contractors Awards recently and just sort of hearing 116 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: you know, some of those organizations that have been here 117 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: in the Northern Territory since, you know, since Cyclone Tracy 118 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 1: and the rebuild that had to happen, and and you know, 119 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,440 Speaker 1: just look, I think we all understand that that Tracy 120 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: absolutely you know, knocked it went down, but you know, 121 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 1: talking about that rebuild and what the work that had 122 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: to happen in the aftermath is also quite incredible. 123 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 2: The one that really moved me is when I spoke 124 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 2: to some of my friends. They're Greek people. They had 125 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 2: a place to go to Greece, Carlin. 126 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 3: Or some of them left and they came back and said, 127 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 3: hold on, your house destroyed, the life was destroyed. This 128 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 3: place was a full of bad memories for you. 129 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 2: Why do you come back? He said, because Darwin is home. 130 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 2: Darwin was home and they were coming back home. That's 131 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 2: a matter. 132 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 3: If they came from grice, young people, they came back 133 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 3: and helped rebuild Darwin. And that's what really really cuts 134 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 3: not only the Greeks. When you talk about the Italians, 135 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 3: they came back, the Chinese didn't go anywhere, and most 136 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,919 Speaker 3: important what it talks about the indigenous people did not 137 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 3: go anywhere. They stayed here and helped build back that. 138 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: Now just on I want to move along to these 139 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: parking meters because people it's another one that's getting people 140 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: pretty fired up there. We are still being contacted by 141 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: people with concerns about the council's plans to go cash 142 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:26,919 Speaker 1: lists with parking in the CBD. I was in the 143 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: CBD yesterday and did see you know that there's those 144 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: pieces of cardboard or whatever that go over the meters. Now, like, 145 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: what do you say to some of our more senior territorians, 146 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 1: even some of those that do not like using technology, 147 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: that are now in a situation where if they want 148 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: to come into the CBD, that's the only way they 149 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: can park. 150 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 2: No, you can still come to CBD. 151 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 3: You can pare with the download the application, the same application. 152 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 3: You can use it in Palmerston, or can use it 153 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 3: in the waterfront. Or you can use your credit card 154 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 3: if youve got a credit card, or you can use 155 00:06:57,760 --> 00:06:59,839 Speaker 3: a debit card. The debit card you use when you 156 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 3: go shopping to Willi's and calls and you pay for 157 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 3: your grocery. The problem with the coins was it was 158 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 3: so expensive and so sometimes difficult to find machines nowadays 159 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 3: because everybody is moving electronic and the other complicated. 160 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: Things when it's say expensive, expensive. 161 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 3: For cacs, coun so we don't want action to increase 162 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 3: the parking fees because we have to pay to collect 163 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 3: the coins. And the other thing we find out is 164 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 3: and that complicate the G three system closed down by Telstra. 165 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 2: These machines there were actually G three. We had to 166 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 2: renew it. So we have the technology to G four 167 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,239 Speaker 2: and G five. But that's the two year before. Again, 168 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 2: I know change is difficult. 169 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 3: I remember when we first brought the application, nobody was 170 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 3: going to use it, and eighty percent of people using 171 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 3: the application now, so we're going with the times. Technology 172 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 3: is here is not going to go away. It's going 173 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 3: to stay. There are options for you to pay, and 174 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,559 Speaker 3: it's easy to pay. If you've got a problem, please 175 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 3: contact our customer service. We're happy to help them. 176 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 1: What about to some of the older people that maybe 177 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: don't have the phone app and don't use their credit cards. 178 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 3: Well, look there are people that might not, but it 179 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:04,680 Speaker 3: has to be most of the people I know, does 180 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 3: matter how they are, they have a phone, and nowadays 181 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:10,880 Speaker 3: you have to go and buy a dumb phone somewhere 182 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 3: in eBay. 183 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 2: You can't. 184 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 3: Most of the phones are actually smartphones and you can use it. 185 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 3: But you can still use your debit card that you 186 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 3: used to buy to the crosseries. 187 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,280 Speaker 1: So if you if your cash user. 188 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 3: Well again change happening as I do you before you 189 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 3: can you go back to cars and it's going to 190 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 3: increase the cost and way could increase the cost of parking. 191 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 2: Are not to find balance. We have to find the 192 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 2: best way for everybody. 193 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: Just lastly this morning, because we're pretty well out of time. 194 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: The new Cash Arena Aquatic and Leisure Center. It is 195 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: opening this weekend. What's planned for the opening. 196 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 3: Ten o'clock would be the official opening by the Vapis 197 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 3: and then from eleven o'clock to three pm it's free 198 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 3: for all. Get your bathers, budgers, mugglers, bikinis, you name it, 199 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 3: Mankinnis and come in and have a look in a 200 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 3: brand new facility. It's going to blow your mind. It's 201 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:01,359 Speaker 3: something that you haven't seen it. It's the best facility 202 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 3: in the territory with a fifty. 203 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 2: Minute of swimming pool, twenty five swimming pool. 204 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 3: Remember how many times we talked about perhaps not space 205 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:10,199 Speaker 3: for the young ones, well, there is plenty of space 206 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 3: for the little ones and the toddlers. There's a soccer pitch, 207 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,599 Speaker 3: there's a half basketball court, there's barbecues. 208 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 2: They are changing. 209 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 3: Rooms especially for people with disabilities, and the entry in 210 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 3: the pool is facilitate people with disability. So state of 211 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 3: the art, brand new, absolute magnificent, wonderful landscape. Great job, 212 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 3: and most importantly it came into budget early ahead of time. 213 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 2: So ten o'clock Saturday. 214 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 3: Eleven o'clock for the public for the public, ten o'clock 215 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:40,600 Speaker 3: for the official opening, eleven o'clock free for the public. 216 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 2: I'll see you there. 217 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: Good stuff got on you can. Thanks so much for 218 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: your time this morning. Morning you two