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Speaker 1: Well, the City of Darwin's annual cyclone cleanup said to

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Speaker 1: get underway with Zone one kicking off on Saturday, the

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Speaker 1: twenty third of August and Sunday the twenty fourth. Now

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Speaker 1: joining us on the line to talk about this is

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Speaker 1: the CEO of the City of Darwin, Simone Saunders. Good morning, Simone.

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Speaker 2: Morning, Katie.

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Speaker 1: Now tell me which areas are going to be included

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Speaker 1: in this weekend's clean up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so this weekend Zone one, So for this Saturday

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Speaker 2: and Sunday, it's generally the northern suburbs, So we're talking

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Speaker 2: from Aloa Jingly going right out to Mirahead. It also

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Speaker 2: then leads across to Kurama as well. So it's the

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Speaker 2: northern suburbs that need to be out on the verge

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Speaker 2: this Saturday and Sunday, and then they'll be collected that

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Speaker 2: the period after that, and then Zone two will start

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Speaker 2: on Saturday the twentieth and Sunday the twenty first of September.

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Speaker 2: And Zone two is the CBD going out to Rupper

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Speaker 2: Creek and also includes Winelli and North Crest.

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Speaker 1: And so in terms of what people can sort of

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Speaker 1: put out to be collector what kind of stuff can

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Speaker 1: we leave out there.

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Speaker 2: Look, this is for residents, so really what we're looking

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Speaker 2: to do is anything in your backyard that may become

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Speaker 2: a projectile or become hazardous during a cyclone, that's what

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Speaker 2: we want to collect. It's not for commercial or business ways,

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Speaker 2: so if you're a commercial business or you've got business waste,

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Speaker 2: we won't be collecting that. But look, really anything you know,

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Speaker 2: broken outdoor furniture, if you've got any white goods that

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Speaker 2: maybe you know you've put outside because they no longer work,

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Speaker 2: that's the sort of things we want. Metal items, garden tools,

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Speaker 2: anything like that. What we can't collect though, there's prohibited items,

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Speaker 2: so we can't collect paint, gas bottles, tires or this

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Speaker 2: isn't the opportunity for garden waste or asbestos as well.

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Speaker 2: So it's really those broken outdoor furnitures, you know, white

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Speaker 2: good or metal items and things that you've got outside

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Speaker 2: and the art that we're going to be able to collect.

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Speaker 2: And it's also it's under two meters in lengths. You

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Speaker 2: have to make sure it's not longer than that so

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Speaker 2: that it will fit in the trucks and to be

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Speaker 2: able to lift it. And it's a limit of two

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Speaker 2: cubic meters per household as well. So isn't the opportunity,

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Speaker 2: I guess to put all your inside furniture out on

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Speaker 2: the verge. That's not what it's about. It's for that

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Speaker 2: precyclone to make sure the community's safe during that period.

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Speaker 1: Now, if people are after a little bit more information,

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Speaker 1: they can head to the Council's website to double check

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Speaker 1: their area, double check what they can sort of put

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Speaker 1: out on the verge as well, can't they.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if you head to the Council's website, everything's there.

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Speaker 2: And the other thing though, that just to mention is

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Speaker 2: that if you're a senior or a resident with mobility issues,

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Speaker 2: we have an assistant pickup service for you, So please

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Speaker 2: ring into council and the team can arrange that as well.

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Speaker 2: But as soon as possible to get those bookings in

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Speaker 2: so that the teams can come and collect that stuff.

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Speaker 1: Now, someone we know it is the final week of

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Speaker 1: the election campaign this week, how have things been going

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Speaker 1: from the votings to perspective? From Council's perspective, there was

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Speaker 1: certainly that Arjibaji earlier in the week, oh last week,

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Speaker 1: I should say, following complaints around the issues with the

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Speaker 1: how to vote cards. Did things settle down a little bit?

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Speaker 1: From council perspective.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look that they're voting centers. Feedback I'm getting from

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Speaker 2: people that are using either Casuinea or a Daren Entertainment Center,

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Speaker 2: it's an easy process to get in there, park, complete

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Speaker 2: your vote, and get out. I think if you want

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Speaker 2: the I guess, full campaigning experience and having to talk

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Speaker 2: to the candidates, then it really is a Saturday that

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Speaker 2: you go and go and have that opportunity. From a

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Speaker 2: library patron perspective, it's been easy. Our library patrons can

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Speaker 2: still come and use the library without being disturbed, and

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Speaker 2: it's worked well at dal and Entertainment Center there in

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Speaker 2: relations to tables and the how to vote cards, they've

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Speaker 2: been put out every morning at eight o'clock and being

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Speaker 2: displayed during that period of time, and we just really

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Speaker 2: asked candidates to continue to follow the instructions that have

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Speaker 2: been provided by the Electoral Commission, which is to bring

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Speaker 2: those any of those how to vote cards into the

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Speaker 2: civic center and don't take them directly to the premise premises,

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Speaker 2: because that's where there has been some confusion where they've

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Speaker 2: tried to take them directly.

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Speaker 1: Samon, what do you say two candidates listening this morning

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Speaker 1: to people listening this morning that feel that the Darwin

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Speaker 1: Council has been well undemocratic in their processes in terms

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Speaker 1: of people not being able to just found those how

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Speaker 1: to vote cards out wherever they want look.

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Speaker 2: I think it would be the same as Kula Linga

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Speaker 2: and what you see at the moment with the shopping center,

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Speaker 2: both the casual and a library is a highly utilized

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Speaker 2: area for library patrons and so it's a working working

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Speaker 2: shop so to speak. And the same to the dar

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Speaker 2: and entertainment center, especially due to the Darwin Festival time. So

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Speaker 2: the conditions of use for those venues were that there

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Speaker 2: was no campaigning during those pre polling periods, same as

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty one, same as in the two by elections.

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Speaker 2: And also as I said, for what happens in a

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Speaker 2: lot of other news in shopping centers, and it was

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Speaker 2: interesting I did notice that they're running a by election

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Speaker 2: in Mackay soon and they're not doing any actual pollings

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Speaker 2: or postal votes. So I think we'll see shift more

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Speaker 2: broadly in a whole range of voting trends over the

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Speaker 2: upcoming decade as well a.

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Speaker 1: Couple of really quick ones simone because we are expecting

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Speaker 1: the Chief Minister in just a moment's time. But in

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Speaker 1: terms of some of the tactics that we've seen by

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Speaker 1: some of these Council hopeful, some of them have been atrocious.

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Speaker 1: Like we've seen some really dirty I don't even think

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Speaker 1: you could call it politics being played. I would just

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Speaker 1: call it dirty tactics. To be honest with you, do

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Speaker 1: you have concerns around that? I mean as the CEO

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Speaker 1: of council and do you think that there does need

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Speaker 1: to be a look at some of the legislative, like

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Speaker 1: some of the legislation that we've got in place to

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Speaker 1: try and raise the bar not only when it comes

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Speaker 1: to the people putting their hand up, but the behavior

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Speaker 1: from people.

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Speaker 2: Look, I won't end into that political space. However, what

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Speaker 2: we have been through a whole range and it's you know,

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Speaker 2: it's trending not only in this election, but more broadly,

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Speaker 2: is the use of social media or misinformation that can

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Speaker 2: be you know, promulgated that in that forum. But it's

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Speaker 2: good to hear one of the websites that was or

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Speaker 2: Facebook page has actually been taken down by meta for

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Speaker 2: providing misinformation and that was a good I guess. So

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Speaker 2: we don't often get success with meta, but there was

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Speaker 2: success with one of those, one of those websites that

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Speaker 2: has been providing that misinformation during the election.

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Speaker 1: Here, Eric, I'll have to have a look into that

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Speaker 1: before I let you go. Still a bit of graffiti

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Speaker 1: around the place. So one listener's been in contact with

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Speaker 1: us and said, Katie, there's Palestinian flags painted on the

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Speaker 1: road in Perrap near Lame Way Coffee and the cool

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Speaker 1: spot in Fanny Bay. Is the council aware and are

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Speaker 1: they going to be removed?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, look, absolutely, we have a joint graffiti removal program

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Speaker 2: with the Northern Church of Government, which is also funded

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Speaker 2: by the Northern Church of Government, so the teams will

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Speaker 2: work on removing that graffiti. We obviously have CCTV around

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Speaker 2: the city and police have access to that footage and

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Speaker 2: police will continue to do the work in relation to

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Speaker 2: any I guess you know outcomes of people that are

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Speaker 2: that are legally graffiting counsel and community property.

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Speaker 1: Simone Saunder's CEO of City of Darwin. We'll have to

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Speaker 1: leave it there. Good to speak with you. Thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for your time.

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Speaker 2: Today, Thanks Katie, thank you