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Speaker 1: We have been discussing the fact that a well known

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Speaker 1: Hannah said, the Rapid Creek markets have been running longer

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Speaker 1: than most locals can remember, every weekend, decade after decade,

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Speaker 1: through cyclones, pandemics, and every build up since the dawn

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Speaker 1: of time. And he said, yes, we're here. We are

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Speaker 1: in the nineteen eighties. Jason joins me on the line

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Speaker 1: right now. Good morning to you, Jays. Yeah, good to

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Speaker 1: have you on the show. Now, you've been around the

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Speaker 1: markets for quite some time, I reckon or've certainly been

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Speaker 1: looked after these days? Ah?

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Speaker 2: Look, you know, I mean, as we're approaching out, you know,

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Speaker 2: we're in our build up season, it's just a bloody

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Speaker 2: heaton And you know, I'm not thinking about myself as

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Speaker 2: a consumer or the customers. I'm thinking first and foremost

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Speaker 2: about the market stall, you know, the operators and the

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Speaker 2: they'll never complain, yep, you know, and if you ask

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Speaker 2: them they won't. However, you just have a casual conversation

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Speaker 2: and you'll get the gist of what would make their

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Speaker 2: life a little bit easier. And you know, it's just

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Speaker 2: a common sense approach. It just appears that, you know,

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Speaker 1: You know, you've sort of seen those stallholders, as we

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Speaker 1: all know. They're the heart and soul of the place.

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Speaker 1: You know, when you were having those few discussions around

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Speaker 2: Just how hot the bloody join is? You know, some cooling,

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Speaker 2: some cooling. That's a good old fashioned start. From there,

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Speaker 2: obvious blind Freddie can see that that there hasn't been

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Speaker 2: In fact, the only investment I've seen in that area

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Speaker 2: Why wouldn't have they just ask the question, Hey, is

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Speaker 2: it worth doing that. Are we still going to do

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Speaker 2: the market here if they're an opportunity to move it

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Speaker 2: somewhere else, or more importantly, if we do this for

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Speaker 2: that shopping center, what are they going to do for us,

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Speaker 1: We just spoke to the Lord Mayor of Darwin, Peter Styles,

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Speaker 1: a few minutes ago, and I put this to him.

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Speaker 1: You know, I said that you'd sort of started that

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Speaker 1: He said that, you know, the council obviously can't go

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Speaker 1: into deficit to be you know, building that shade, but

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Speaker 1: I believe, when they're in town. I mean, do you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, of course there can be influence and encouragement. You know,

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Speaker 2: A little bit of pressure applied in the right place.

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Speaker 2: But you know, I'm more for hearing about the about

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Speaker 2: getting the counsel and getting government together as a task

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Speaker 2: just put some fans in there for the poor baskets, yeah,

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Speaker 1: You know, Oh mate, I can't think of anything more

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Speaker 2: Look, I also don't I mean that the you know,

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Speaker 2: But I don't think many people realize just how many

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Speaker 2: just how many of those restaurants rely on those markets

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Speaker 2: for their fresh local Asian produce. You know, we've had

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Speaker 2: being spent there just from us, let alone every other restaurant.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure someone like Jimmy she would have a would

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Speaker 2: And so I don't care. I We've got a crowdfund

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Speaker 2: some damn fans, you know, and everyone can put their

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Speaker 2: maybe if you just had this discussion, we'll see some change.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you, and I think that's where

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Speaker 2: I mean, ja screaming at the internet, but we.

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Speaker 1: Try to do it a bit more constructively. On the radio,

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Speaker 1: you know, try not to, but I mean, obviously the

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Speaker 2: I mean, you know that that car park, you know what,

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Speaker 2: I'm going to churn up and buy some eggs and

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Speaker 2: see cook them on the ashphalt. That is just that

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Speaker 2: up with the Rapid Creek Markets on a bloody Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, hey, when you like you were talking just

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Speaker 1: but that you know, like they are instrumental really in

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Speaker 2: Look, I mean this is you know a lot of

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Speaker 2: they're farming this stuff out in the bloody heat. You know,

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Speaker 2: the least we can do is give them just somewhere

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Speaker 2: But but yeah, that you know, we're using as much

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Speaker 2: where else do you go get Where do you go

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Speaker 2: local fruits? You know, it's it really is one of

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Speaker 2: the backbones of our local food scene and it should

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Speaker 1: Before I let you go, mate, I know you and

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Speaker 1: I had spoken, you know, in recent years so often

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Speaker 1: comes to crime. There's been a lot of discussion over

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Speaker 1: as those things are going at the moment.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, it's funny when Christine in my office said,

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Speaker 2: I did you see that Facebook comment? Said Jason Anaer,

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Speaker 2: hasn't it a wings about the crime and the new

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Speaker 2: government lately? I didn't see it because obviously we're not

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Speaker 2: can tell you why I haven't been winging, because it's

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Speaker 2: actually been improved. It's been improving, it's improved. I'll be

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Speaker 2: But I can tell you right now things have been

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Speaker 2: pretty good. I'd like to see some more security in

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Speaker 2: the city after eight pm. Yet we know that those

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Speaker 2: those blue shirts were instrumental towards you know, improving the CBD.

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Speaker 2: But that's where the Dalcy Council really needs to step up.

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Speaker 2: You know, they've refused to fund it. I think it's

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Speaker 2: a disgrace and I think that conversation needs to happen.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we might have to have that next time we've

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Speaker 1: got the mayor on. Well, Jason, Hannah always really good

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Speaker 1: to catch up with you. I appreciate your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for having a chat with us, and hopefully it

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Speaker 1: gets a few people talking about some fans or some

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Speaker 1: shade there at Rapid Creek Markets. And if you start

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Speaker 1: a go fund me page, let us know, well, well

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Speaker 1: let people you know, pay for a blade of a fan.

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Speaker 2: Maybe we'll probably end up with a shiploader fans and

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Speaker 2: no one's going to let them put it, let us

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Speaker 2: put it up, you know.

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Speaker 1: But the more.

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Speaker 2: Conversations like this, I think we're going to we're going

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Speaker 2: to see some improvement. We've got to come on absolutely absolutely. Community,

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Speaker 2: you know, let's just get out there and support it.

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Speaker 2: Be nice to your local Rabbit Creek food tender because

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Speaker 2: you know what, they've been there all bloody day and

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Speaker 2: it's stinking hot.

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Speaker 1: That's exactly right, Jason, good to talk to you. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for having a chat with me this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Cottie, you thanks mate,