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Speaker 1: You can never get me in convat Scarlas to be

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Speaker 1: quite really. In the ad break chat, don't we gone do?

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Speaker 1: Exactly now, Corne you are indeed the Lord Mayor of Darwin.

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Speaker 1: It's always good to have you on the show. We

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Speaker 1: to Parliament on Tuesday next week, is my understanding, and

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Speaker 1: it is going to mean that there will be restrictions

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Speaker 2: I think it's a very good move.

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Speaker 3: However, the government has to be very very careful because

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Speaker 3: by putting restrictions to communities through out the territory, whether

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Speaker 3: going to find their alcohol, that means that it's going

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Speaker 3: to be an influx of drunks in Tennant Creek, Catherine

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Speaker 2: But also Darwin, so the gum he has.

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Speaker 3: To actually put police on the streets be effective again

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Speaker 3: with two kilometer lows, no even, but they have to

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Speaker 3: do it. What's the second supply? That's a big, big

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Speaker 3: have to say people talk about backflip, but the Chief Minister,

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Speaker 3: well done. I'm glad you did that back backflip. Natasa.

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Speaker 3: We've got a problem. Yes, we made a mistake, all

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Speaker 2: We made a mistake. We're going to fix.

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Speaker 1: It all of there's a lot of anger towards I

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Speaker 1: I made mistakes, and I move on, but you know

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Speaker 3: We're not perfect. Come on, let's face it. It was

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Speaker 3: a mistake. She made the back flip, and I don't care.

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Speaker 3: I've done something in my political life, but only for

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Speaker 3: the best of the community. Buckflips for the bad things

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Speaker 1: Speaking of some of that antisocial behavior that you just

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Speaker 1: but Thursday night last week, he watched two people smash

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Speaker 3: Well, most of these things are results of alcohol. Come on,

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Speaker 3: let's face it. People they say they're angry, No they're not. Angry,

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Speaker 3: they have bloody drunk okay, and when they're drunk, they're stupid.

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Speaker 3: If you're racially abused, just ignore it, just report to

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Speaker 1: Con let's step aside from some of those alcohol issues

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Speaker 2: Don't know either.

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Speaker 3: But the bus stops o the responsibility not the territory government,

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Speaker 2: Time, and now the have you, I bet.

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Speaker 3: My argument is the government is you're going to put

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Speaker 2: Makes a difficult police on the streets.

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Speaker 1: That's a difficult thing right now as well is they

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Speaker 2: I don't care. I want to see results on the streets.

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Speaker 3: because I've got police officers complaining to me about that.

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Speaker 2: On that one. That's territory government, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, push though to have that moved. Didn't you trying

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Speaker 2: Have it moved.

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Speaker 2: Bus stops near the Woolworths. Now you have to find

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Speaker 1: Which is unbelievable. And I know you said that last week,

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Speaker 1: It's unbelievable. It truly is unbelievable.

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Speaker 3: I'm very sorry if people in the government don't like

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Speaker 1: Con let's move along. I know that I had noticed

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Speaker 3: Then we've got a nightcliff walk that's going to be

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Speaker 2: It's going to spend money there.

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Speaker 3: We put water tanks there to water the plants we're

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Speaker 3: So you think you're going to be sturbuing in Middle Beach,

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Speaker 2: So when is that being installed, Well, it's happening now.

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Speaker 3: It's having one million dollars and we decided to that one.

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Speaker 3: We've got to come up with grant and then by

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Speaker 1: And is that as a result of some of the

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Speaker 3: Do We decided not to wait until it just behavior happens.

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Speaker 3: We decided to actually do it before it starts happening,

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Speaker 3: so people will know that that place is monitored, so

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Speaker 3: they will not do it. If there is police on

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Speaker 3: the ground, if there is lighting, if there is activity

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Speaker 3: the river, I is going and that's what I'm asking.

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Speaker 3: I'm not just blindly says bring ball of the ground

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Speaker 3: because I like having blue uniforms on the ground. It's

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Speaker 3: the effect you've got if you say somebody in a.

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Speaker 1: Blue uniform, well, Combat Scarlus, the Lord Mayor of Darwin,

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Speaker 1: we better leave it there. Good to speak to you.

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Speaker 1: As always.

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Speaker 3: I just want to tell you that I'm not aiming

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Speaker 3: again for politics, and I'm so strong about addiscsive behavior.

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Speaker 3: I just support my community. This is what I hear

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Speaker 2: It very well.

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Speaker 1: I reckon I've defriended you at this point.

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Speaker 2: Card, I haven't received many Christmas cars this year.

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Speaker 1: Combat Scarlus, Good to speak with you. Thank you,