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Speaker 1: Joining me in the studio right now, in the absence

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Speaker 1: of the Lord Mayor conbat Scalas, we've got the CEO

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Speaker 1: of the City of Darwin Council, Simone and Saunders.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you morning, Katie.

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Speaker 3: How are you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, really well, thank you so much for your time. Now,

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Speaker 1: first things first, did you catch that Four Corners episode

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Speaker 1: overnight that highlighted security, the private security that we have operating,

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Speaker 1: well a lot of that security actually operating in the

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Speaker 1: Darwin municipality.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I just said the report on Four Corners

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Speaker 2: last night. And City of Darwin does contribute four hundred

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Speaker 2: thousand dollars a year to those safe City patrols. The

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Speaker 2: contracts are managed and overseen by the Northern Territory Government,

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Speaker 2: but City of Darwen does provide funding for those for

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Speaker 2: those contracts.

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Speaker 1: So for any of that vision, I guess said a

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Speaker 1: merge that showed, you know, some behavior that people may

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Speaker 1: not expect of that private security, does that then fall

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Speaker 1: upon the City of Darwen, the or the or the

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory government to have a closer look at.

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Speaker 2: It's a Northern Territory government contract. They're not operating under

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Speaker 2: City of dull And by laws. So therefore those questions

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Speaker 2: really are for the Northern Territory government and we've had mixed,

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Speaker 2: you know, feedback from the community. A lot of people

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Speaker 2: do say that they feel comfortable and safe in the

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Speaker 2: city when they can see the blue shirts so to speak.

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Speaker 2: And also I have sudden seen the stats over the

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Speaker 2: period of time. There's a lot of I guess cotic

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Speaker 2: predictions that they make for people on the streets and

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Speaker 2: people sleeping, raugh to other services and also link them

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Speaker 2: with our you know Larache Nation or our outreach team

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Speaker 2: for assistance as well, so there's a lot of provision

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Speaker 2: of services as well that come with with those patrols.

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Speaker 1: Would you say that they have made a difference in

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Speaker 1: our CBD in terms of some of that anti social

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Speaker 1: behavior and well, I guess, you know, the police are

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Speaker 1: having to deal with crime, but with that anti social

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Speaker 1: behavior and that public drinking.

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Speaker 2: Look, I think you know, residents do do say that

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Speaker 2: they do feel safe in the city. But ultimately, I

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Speaker 2: think for City of Dun, we do want a seeing

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Speaker 2: increase in the policing numbers, so where it is tipping

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Speaker 2: out of alcohol, moving people on responsibilities that do sit

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Speaker 2: within the Northern Church Police Service. That's where City of

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Speaker 2: Darwin would like to see those resources and increasing in

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Speaker 2: our policing numbers.

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Speaker 1: All right, So the answer from the council's perspective really

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Speaker 1: is that, you know, if we've got more police on

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Speaker 1: the beach, then we're not actually going to need that security.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think Lord Mayor said this, said this bit,

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Speaker 2: but really the visibility of police in the city and

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Speaker 2: over the whole municipality is really what we'd like to see.

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Speaker 1: So from your perspective, are there any changes or anything

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Speaker 1: that the council will be reviewing as a result of

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Speaker 1: what was seen last night.

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Speaker 2: No, it's not a decision for council. Our funding is

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Speaker 2: up until the thirtieth of June next year, and that

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Speaker 2: that funding remains remains in place by the Northern Church Government.

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Speaker 1: Now, Simone, I do want to ask you about another

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Speaker 1: issue that we spoke quite extensively about yesterday. We spoke

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Speaker 1: to mum Imagen Bristol, whose little girl was attacked by

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Speaker 1: a dog on Jabaru Street in Willagi just a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks ago. Now, to those out listening who missed

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Speaker 1: that interview, take a listen to what she had to say. Now,

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Speaker 1: tell me, what's been the reaction then from counsel and

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Speaker 1: what's sort of been the reaction since the attack?

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Speaker 3: I had really no response from the rangers. Yeah, one

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Speaker 3: of the rangers has been on leave. He asked me

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Speaker 3: to do a stat deck before he went on leave,

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Speaker 3: so I had to complete a form about what had happened.

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Speaker 3: I'd gotten that all filled out and sent back through

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Speaker 3: him and then I hadn't heard from him for you know,

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Speaker 3: over a week. It's been two weeks now, and he said, look, sorry,

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Speaker 3: I've been on leave in Melbourne. Passed on to this

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Speaker 3: other ranger, so I spoke to him the other day

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Speaker 3: and yeah, there's just no urgency about you know, locating

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Speaker 3: the dog and impounding or seizing him. The second ranger

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Speaker 3: that contacted me was asking me information that had already

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Speaker 3: been provided at the start, like where does the person

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Speaker 3: live or what's the description of the dog the police

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Speaker 3: recall there. You should have this information. The dog should

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Speaker 3: have been taken immediately. They haven't contacted me or anything.

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Speaker 3: I've been one pressing it, pressing it.

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Speaker 1: So that was image and on the show yesterday, simone,

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Speaker 1: are you aware of what the latest is with this?

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Speaker 1: With this situation, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So this, this particular dog attack happened on the fourteenth

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Speaker 2: and it is under investigation. On that day that was

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Speaker 2: reported to police and police didn't attend, but rangers did

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Speaker 2: attend that day. They sought information from from Miss Bristin

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Speaker 2: and went to the property that was provided and there

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Speaker 2: was no dog at that property. Over the past period

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Speaker 2: of time, there's been various various conversations, statue declaration and

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Speaker 2: at this stage other properties have been visited where this

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Speaker 2: dog could potentially be and they had not been able

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Speaker 2: to locate the dog.

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Speaker 1: So are they hiding the dog?

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Speaker 2: Look, it's a really really serious incident and dog attacks,

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Speaker 2: you know, can be extremely frightening. And our ranges open

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Speaker 2: the investigation file and they continue to make inquiries where

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Speaker 2: the potential location of the dog could be. And if

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Speaker 2: this dog is located and there they can prove that

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Speaker 2: it is in fact the dog, then it will absolutely

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Speaker 2: be impounded. So they'll continue. Ranges are in the process

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Speaker 2: now of doing some more door knocking in the neighborhood

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Speaker 2: to see if anybody else has any additional information.

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Speaker 1: I mean, do the owners of that property have any

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Speaker 1: kind of responsibility to take here? Though, given the fact

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Speaker 1: that that little girl's had to have surgery and has

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Speaker 1: been you know, has been attacked.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think we need to first work out

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Speaker 2: what property it is and work out who is actually

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Speaker 2: the owner of the dog. So at this stage we

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Speaker 2: need to work through the process in accordance with the

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Speaker 2: bylaws to make sure we have the right animal and

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Speaker 2: the right owner before we take it further. And the

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Speaker 2: bylaws are worse strengthened with the new City of duh

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Speaker 2: And bylaws, and there's absolutely responsibilities and penalties for owners

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Speaker 2: in relation to not having a dog under control or

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Speaker 2: having a dog that has injured or hurt a member

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Speaker 2: of the public.

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Speaker 1: Do you think it's good enough right now though, that

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Speaker 1: there's a little girl that's had to have that surgery

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Speaker 1: and then you've still no dog's actually been impounded or found.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think the ranges will continue to look

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Speaker 2: look for the dog and try to locate the dog.

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Speaker 2: And it must be really upsetting for miss Bristin and

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Speaker 2: her and her child given the nature of the attack,

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Speaker 2: But ranges will continue with the investigation to locate the

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Speaker 2: dog and it may be moved out of the municipality.

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Speaker 2: One of the challenges that we have in the Northern

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Speaker 2: Territory is we don't have uniform animal management legislation that

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Speaker 2: we see in South Australia or Western Australia, and that

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Speaker 2: would enable us if a dog is declared dangerous anywhere

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Speaker 2: within the territory, it can't move between jurisdictions without us

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Speaker 2: being aware. So it really is really is consumed where

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Speaker 2: has this dog now now gone to?

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Speaker 1: So is that part of the problem here is that

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Speaker 1: you know this dangerous dogog, Well, it clearly is dangerous

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Speaker 1: if it's attacked a child. This dangerous dog could be

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Speaker 1: just about anyway.

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Speaker 2: Well, we don't know the whereabouts of the dog in

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Speaker 2: this particular time. So we have provided submissions to the

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Speaker 2: Northern Terretary Government that City of Darwin would really like

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Speaker 2: to see uniform animal management legislation enacted with within the

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Speaker 2: NT to help support councils in being able to manage

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Speaker 2: animals in the territory.

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Speaker 1: All right, So it does sound as though the rangers

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Speaker 1: are going to be back in contact with her though

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Speaker 1: to try and sort this issue out.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, they'll be. They'll be in continued contact with Miss

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Speaker 2: Preston in relation to to the to the issue and

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Speaker 2: any update that they will provide provide back when they can, just.

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Speaker 1: A very quick one because we're fast running out of time.

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Speaker 1: But I understand the forty k speed limit start in

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Speaker 1: the around the CBD tomorrow. Is that right?

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Speaker 2: Yes, so forty k's within within the Central Business District

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Speaker 2: with inside a grid right in the CBD. It doesn't

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Speaker 2: include the Esplanade, Daily Street, Mcmin Street, they remain the same,

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Speaker 2: but that that grid within the within the CBD will

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Speaker 2: become forty forty commners per hour. I mean, this has

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Speaker 2: been done with considerable community consultation and it will enable

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Speaker 2: City of Darwin to really further green the city, put

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Speaker 2: in what we call parklet some buildouts that are just

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Speaker 2: difficult to manage that in those high speed zones, and

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Speaker 2: lived to you know, more pedestrian friendly city safe Liverpool.

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Speaker 2: Everything that's in now, I guess our strategic plan.

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Speaker 1: Some owns Saunders. We really appreciate your time this morning,

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Speaker 1: the CEO of the City of Darwin Council. Thank you