1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: Joining me in the studio right now is the Lord 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Mayor of Darwin convat Scarlets. 3 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 2: Good morning Corn, Good morning Katy. What a beautiful day 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 2: it is. 5 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 3: It's been absolutely magic since Territory dayshtful and so many tourists. 6 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: Oh, it's always wonderful to see the town pumping, isn't it. 7 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: Lots of people around the place. 8 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 3: I love when I go to a restaurant and I 9 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 3: can see them pushing people out because they have made 10 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 3: their reservation and they're fully booked. It looks like we 11 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,240 Speaker 3: are for a bumper season and a lot of people 12 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 3: decide to escapt the cold weather down south. 13 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: Really welcome here at all? 14 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:30,479 Speaker 4: Yeah, I really hope. 15 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: So I hope that we have a fantastic, fantastic dry 16 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: season and we'll wait and see how it all goes. Now, Corn, 17 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: obviously Territory Day over the course of the weekend. How 18 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,599 Speaker 1: did the cleanup and everything go for the council over 19 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: the last couple of days. 20 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: Well, from what my crew said, they were not a 21 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 2: much problem. The people did the right thing. 22 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 3: However, this year we had extra help because we negotiate 23 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 3: an agreement with the government and we have now the 24 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 3: law security prisoners helping out to clean up not only 25 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 3: Territory day but other days. As you know, there's a 26 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:02,959 Speaker 3: lot of mess around town cause by people that come 27 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 3: from outside town and they slip rough for their own 28 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 3: reasons and unfortunately they leave behind a lot of rubbish. 29 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 3: It's great help by the security, by the lot of 30 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 3: security prisoners. The other good thing is of course giving 31 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 3: opport to them to get out of prison sitting there 32 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 3: doing nothing at least do something for the community. 33 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: In the phild is for Yeah, I went for a 34 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: run around East Point on Sunday morning and you could 35 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: see people out from clean Up Australia and also the 36 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: low security prisoners by the look of things at their cleaning, 37 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: which was really good. I understand though there's a bit 38 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: of an incident at. 39 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:35,479 Speaker 2: Somebody who rooting for everybody. 40 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 3: We had a situation where some idiots decided it was 41 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 3: great fun to blow up the toilets in East Point. 42 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 3: They broke into the toilets that were locked, they put 43 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 3: the fire crackers down the toilet basins and they blew 44 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 3: them up. 45 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: Which is toilets in East Point. 46 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 3: Near the turret, near the gun turrets. So look at 47 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 3: the photographs. They smashed the toilets, the basins. It is 48 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 3: unfortud and of course it's such a deserted place at 49 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 3: the time, at nighttime, we didn't have any information. Hopefully 50 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 3: somebody will see have seen something or let us know. 51 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 3: But I mean, really, guys, is that fun glowing up? 52 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 3: Let's how about blowing up the fire crackers and have 53 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:14,839 Speaker 3: a good time. 54 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's exactly right. 55 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: There's always some idiots that have to ruin it for everybody, 56 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 1: but Connor, I would imagine that that will be costly 57 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: exercise for the case as well. 58 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 2: So that's probably one hundred and fifty thousand dollars plus. 59 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 4: You are joking, not joking, because I. 60 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 3: Mean trying to get you have to actually replace every 61 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 3: damage area. You have to fix it, you have to 62 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 3: repaint it, you have to reconnect it. It's going to 63 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 3: be an expensive exercise because some idiot and please don't 64 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: feel offended because I call it because that's they are idiots. 65 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: Well, I've got one hundred and fifty grands worth of damage, 66 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: like one hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of damage. 67 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 4: I'm sorry calling it like. 68 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 2: It is money. 69 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 3: Everybody, every person who live sent down will contribute to 70 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 3: that one, through their raids, through everything. 71 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: You'd rather see that money spent on other infrastructure, you know, 72 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: things for the kids. 73 00:02:58,400 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, on playgrounds. 74 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 3: I mean, we don't have to spend the money for 75 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:03,399 Speaker 3: things we don't have to fix if you don't blow 76 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 3: them up. 77 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 4: That is really frustrating. 78 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: So what's the process now for the counsel in terms 79 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: of having to fix that? And it's obviously closed. People 80 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: aren't going to be able to. 81 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 3: Be being convenienced for a while. And it will fix it, 82 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 3: will open it. But again, the toilets were locked. They 83 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 3: broke intentionally, they broke into it, so they want to 84 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 3: do mischief, and they do. 85 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 4: The mischief, and you know, it is frustrating. 86 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: Like I said, I've been running a lot around there 87 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: lately because I'm training for a marathon and so on 88 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 1: Sunday morning, you actually say that there's a big group 89 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: of people that are just near there having a champagne breakfast, 90 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 1: they're not able to use that toilet, then I would assume. 91 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 3: A small number of people do something really bad and 92 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 3: affect everybody. It's a very small number of people. They 93 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 3: don't think at the time. They think, oh, it's great fun. No, 94 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 3: it's not fun. It's idiocy and they do it and 95 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 3: they'll pay for it. 96 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: Now, corn I do just want to ask, in terms 97 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: of dogs and animals over a territory day, did you 98 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: see a large increase in the number being taken to 99 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: the pound. 100 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: No, from what I hear, was a usuable number for animals. 101 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 3: People now they have realized that they have to look 102 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 3: after their animals. They keep them inside, some of them 103 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 3: they give the medication, some of them check the fences 104 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 3: and everything else so they are not any way to escape. 105 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 3: But we didn't have a big problem. We had a 106 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 3: problem with a straight dog that attacked another dog in nightclid. Yeah, 107 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,720 Speaker 3: we don't think that this dog is owned by anybody, 108 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 3: just a straight dog that currently the pound and most 109 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 3: likely to be put down. It's unfortunate. We've got some 110 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 3: dogs abandoned and they turn straight. And of course God 111 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 3: knows that poor animal what he has been through, because 112 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 3: that's a normal reaction for a dog. 113 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was very like. 114 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,760 Speaker 1: It was a terrible reaction though, obviously to see what 115 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:46,600 Speaker 1: had gone on. And we spoke to the shopping center 116 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: manager last week and he'd say like he was really 117 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: quite shaking about the whole ordeal. As I would imagine 118 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 1: the person who was on the receiving end of that attack. 119 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: And yet it's pretty horrible that something like that can happen. 120 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: So the council currently reviewing that by the sounds of things, 121 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: but in all likelihood that. 122 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 3: Don't impounded at the moment and we don't expect anybody 123 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 3: to claim it, so most likely we'll put it down 124 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 3: as soon as possible. 125 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: Corn I did get a message from a in Palmerston, 126 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: so I'm not sure whether this is obviously for the 127 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: for the Darwin City Council, but also I'm assuming for Palmo, 128 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: but she said, could you please bring to cons attention 129 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,039 Speaker 1: the pound web page isn't kept up to date and 130 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: it's always a few days behind. 131 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 4: It doesn't help those. 132 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: Owners with missing pets, nor help the admins of the 133 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: lost and Found page groups, etc. 134 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 3: Well, if we get an animal, the first thing we 135 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 3: do is to actually check if it's microchip. If it's microchip, 136 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 3: we personally contact the owner and we advise them we've 137 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 3: got their animal there. So yes, website probably is not 138 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 3: updated every day, but rest assure if you lose your 139 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 3: animal and it's registered and it's microchip, you'll be contacted 140 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 3: straight away. That's why I said to people, if you've 141 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 3: got an animal, there's always a possibility you might lose. 142 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,719 Speaker 3: It happened to me when I had my dogs. First 143 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 3: thing I did I looked around rung the council and 144 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 3: the council told me yes, they had a dog. But 145 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 3: now the council rings you to tell you we've got 146 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 3: your dog or your cut. 147 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 1: A few things I really want to get through this morning. Firstly, 148 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 1: this r V park was knocked back by the Minister. 149 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: I know that you'd hoped, based on some anecdotal sort 150 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: of advice you've being given by the Department, that it 151 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 1: may still have the opportunity to go ahead. 152 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 2: It's a minister of decision. We respect the Minister of decision. 153 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:34,119 Speaker 3: It's unfortunately the Minister has made this decision which didn't 154 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,359 Speaker 3: go our way. Our proposal was to actually try something 155 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 3: for a slimmit period of time. 156 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 2: Our experience have. 157 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,000 Speaker 3: Someone that when you activate an area, all the education 158 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 3: behavior disappear, all the people cause the behavior go somewhere 159 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,799 Speaker 3: else to hide. Unfortunately this case, this didn't go away. 160 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 3: We will be looking for another site to put an 161 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,240 Speaker 3: RV park because we believe bringing an RV people into town. 162 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 3: It will activate the town, It will put more money 163 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 3: to our economy, will allow people to go to activities 164 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 3: around town. 165 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,480 Speaker 4: What other sites could potentially be used, Oh, there are. 166 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 3: Plenty of councils, cot plenty of sites and we'll find 167 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 3: the best one. 168 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 2: There's some size you can't put them. 169 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 3: There's no intention of puttingm in the middle of the 170 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 3: city like in the explanat This is a second side, 171 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 3: you know that. But there are places around eas point. 172 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 3: And again it's not going to be a massive caravan park. 173 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 3: It's going to be a small site for a few 174 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 3: vents that they can come in self contained. Now these 175 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 3: vents are two hundred thousand dollars. It's they are not 176 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 3: people that actually they don't have the money. They've got 177 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 3: good money and they look after the van. So it's 178 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 3: going to be a good proposition. We'll be looking, we'll 179 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 3: be finding a place to do it and we will 180 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 3: look forward to doing so. 181 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 4: How soon could that happen? 182 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 3: Well, my people are looking now different areas around town. 183 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 3: They will come to us with a proposal and will 184 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:50,120 Speaker 3: consider it. 185 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 4: Con Can I get a bit of an update on 186 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 4: the casual in a pool? 187 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: I understand that there may be some road closures with 188 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: some power works being carried out. 189 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: It's some necessary work. We have to do it. 190 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 3: We try to do it during the school holidays so 191 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 3: not to be convenience people because there's a school next 192 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 3: to the Casina pull. I understand we didn't have any 193 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 3: complaint from the pit because we let the box. 194 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 2: All the people there. 195 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 3: If we close roads there would be for the minimum 196 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,640 Speaker 3: time required to do work. It happens all the time 197 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 3: people do road works, parentwater does you know, maintenance and 198 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 3: some roads have to close, But I say it will 199 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,360 Speaker 3: be to the minimum required period of time. 200 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 4: How far off are we from it all being finished. 201 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 2: Well, it's a huge project. 202 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 3: If you look at it where we are now, all 203 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 3: the old structures gone. If we find some as bests 204 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 3: that's been removed, we have to update the power that's 205 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 3: been doing and that's what happens now. We're going to 206 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 3: put two new pools, We're going to be landscaping, We're 207 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 3: going to put covers. It's going to go for more 208 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 3: than a year. Probably at the end of the next year. 209 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 3: I believe it will be ready. But it's a massive work. 210 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 3: I said that one because I was the minister overseen 211 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 3: the Leania Lake, the age, you know, the right, et cetera. 212 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 3: Not good, an enormous amount of time. But look at 213 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 3: it now, how beautiful. 214 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: A couple of quick ones that I want to get 215 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: through before we have to go to the national news. 216 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 4: I know that you are the. 217 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: Counselors currently on the lookout for Cyclone Tracy Commemoration Advisory 218 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: Committee members. 219 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 2: We have decided to form a committee. 220 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 3: We want to actually commemorate the anniversary of cyclone tracers. 221 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,719 Speaker 3: We're coming to now fifty years and it's I think 222 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 3: it's the right thing to do to remember the people 223 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 3: they were lost and also a lot of people that 224 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 3: were not even born then then told them about that one, 225 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,080 Speaker 3: what happened, why it happened, how it happened, and what 226 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 3: has changed. 227 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 2: We're now in the States. We made to form of 228 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:47,320 Speaker 2: the committee. 229 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 3: We're looking for the members and we will be looking 230 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:54,079 Speaker 3: for members survivors. If we can get people and other 231 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 3: people somehow will involved the Cyclone Tracy. 232 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: I reckon that's a great thing to do, and to 233 00:09:58,760 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: make sure that they have got to. 234 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 3: See if I can bring back a type of her 235 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:07,040 Speaker 3: plan that actually did the biggest lift ever Wow, from 236 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 3: an airport, six hundred and fifty people in their jumble jet. 237 00:10:10,280 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 3: That was the biggest a lot ever they had to 238 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 3: take out of an airport do something different. 239 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 1: Absolutely, yeah, unbelievable it was, and just unbelievable the way 240 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,559 Speaker 1: that the town was able to rebuild itself. Now, before 241 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: I let you go con these Barley flights, you may 242 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: have heard we revealed this news on the show last 243 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: week after a listener had been in contact with us 244 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: and said Katie not able to book flights between this 245 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: date and this date. It turns out a whole month, 246 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: where are those Barley flights are not going to be 247 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: going ahead? I mean the concern here, and we spoke 248 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: to the Chief Minister about this just a little bit 249 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 1: earlier this morning. She said she wants to know exactly 250 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: what the you know, what is going on in terms 251 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: of that schedule, so that they are able to try 252 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: their best to continue to entice or to try and 253 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: entice other airlines to actually operate out of the Northern Territory. 254 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: It's going to be bloody hard if you don't even 255 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: know what works going on at the moment. 256 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 3: The airline it actually will stop flying because and the 257 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 3: official excuse is because of the work of the runway. 258 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 3: The reality is the airport here it's a defense airport, 259 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 3: it's Royal air Force. Now there's been a lot of 260 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 3: talk about the run away need to be upgraded for 261 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:19,160 Speaker 3: a long period of time. Now if Chief Minister wants 262 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 3: to know, he only has to ask of the commanding 263 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 3: officer of the rough based Darwin, which I did the 264 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 3: other day, and the advisor I s I from there 265 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 3: is they are going to do the first thousand meters. 266 00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 2: They were hoping to do it in June. 267 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 3: Unfortunate negotiation with the airport did not go their way. 268 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 3: The airport put change their mind a few times, so 269 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 3: our double AF now has to change when they're going 270 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,559 Speaker 3: to do it. They believe they will start in August 271 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,440 Speaker 3: and then we'll finish the first thousand meters. 272 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 2: However, the runway it's huge. 273 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 3: It's about three and a half kilometers, so by doing 274 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 3: some of it first, it should be affecting even a 275 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 3: seven three seven landing on it. That's the world of 276 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 3: the defense, Okay. So I think the truth it lies 277 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 3: somewhere between. I find it inexcusable that and the airline 278 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,120 Speaker 3: says they are not going to fly because I work 279 00:12:09,160 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 3: on the runway. 280 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 2: But I hear the grapevine are Asia might be flying 281 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 2: to Darwin soon. 282 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: Well, we heard the same, But then I don't know 283 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: whether that's going to be able to happen if we're 284 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: being told that, you know that we can't actually have 285 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: these jet stuff flights going. 286 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:26,319 Speaker 3: Well, jetstat made their own decision, and Air Asia might 287 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,559 Speaker 3: make their own decision. Let's well, you've got twenty a 288 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 3: half thousand kilometers a runaway to land an airplane, and 289 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 3: an airplane is about eighteen hundred. 290 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 2: Might be a different sort of opinion there. 291 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 4: Are you thinking that's lighter this year or how so? 292 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm keep my fingers crossed. 293 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 3: But again, the runway has to be done for the 294 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:46,840 Speaker 3: safety of airplanes, right absolutely. It's a very old one. 295 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 3: It has offered quite a lot of you know where 296 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,680 Speaker 3: it has to be done. It's the airport has to decide. 297 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: When convat Scarlets, the Lord Mayor of Darwin always good 298 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: to catch up with you. 299 00:12:57,400 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 4: Thanks so much for your time.