1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Now we know that work on the City of Darwin's 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: new Civic Center development it's set to get underway following 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: the formal handover of the construction site last week. Now 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: joining me in the studio is the Lord Mayor of Darwin, 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: convat Scalas. Good morning to Yukon. 6 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 2: Good Morningked. Before we go there, we'd like to congratulate 7 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: all of Italian descent citizens for a very successful Italian frstration. 8 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,639 Speaker 2: Oh yes, I was down to the waterfront. The weather 9 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 2: was amazing, the food was amazing, a lot of people 10 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: turn up. Guys, you've done really, really well and that's 11 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: the beginning of a number of events that's going to happen. 12 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 2: And we know that very well. 13 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 3: Absolutely it's a dry season. 14 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: So Colm, tell me what is the go with the 15 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: handing over now of the construction site for the Civic center, 16 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: because I know there'd been some legal jibaji or potential 17 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: you know, legal ramifications for the council. 18 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: The land was handed officially to Dico, the company that's 19 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: going to develop the civic center. They're doing the survey, 20 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 2: they will start digging for the foundation. The great thing 21 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: is that the Supreme Court dismissed the court case and 22 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: now it's all system go. We don't have any challenges anymore. 23 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 2: Everything was done and we're very happy with that. 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 3: Challenges anymore, and we go ahead. 25 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 2: Look, the reality is we live in the twenty first 26 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 2: century in Darwin. Do we really want to sit down 27 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 2: in the twenty first century or the nineteen fifties. We 28 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 2: need to do it. We have a moral obligation and 29 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 2: legal obligation to provide a safe environment to our people. 30 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 2: We'll be talking about it for four years. It's in 31 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: every year the past four years is in a municiaba plan, 32 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,839 Speaker 2: so people knew about it. Now. The difference of the size, well, 33 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 2: we're trying to maximize what can we make out of 34 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 2: the land we've got, so we don't hit the people 35 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 2: with rates increase all the time. Having a four hundred 36 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 2: and fifty car parks this is going to provide income 37 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:45,880 Speaker 2: to the council. And having ten stories above on the 38 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: council building is going to provide rate payments to the council. 39 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: So council is going to have another source of income 40 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 2: rather hit taxpayers all the time. 41 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: So com what's the next step from council's perspective. I mean, 42 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: obviously that site's now being handed over to DECO, who 43 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: won the tender to do that job. What's the next 44 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: step from your perspective, Well, for. 45 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: The next two years until it finished, will be staying 46 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: where we are because we don't want to actually spend 47 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 2: five six seven million dollars renting property. And when it finishes, 48 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,239 Speaker 2: we will move to the new building and the old 49 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 2: buildings will demolished. Apart from the worlds have got some 50 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 2: significant heritage issues that will provide a huge open space 51 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 2: that will open the whole land towards Governor Street, a 52 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 2: great piazza, and also will protect the history of heritage 53 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,359 Speaker 2: which currently is constrained by the building that surrounds you. 54 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: So from what you are saying now, the council, you know, 55 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: there really isn't going to be any room to stop 56 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:39,720 Speaker 1: that development. 57 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,360 Speaker 3: To those people that don't want it to go. 58 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 2: I don't know, but I mean the first challenge we've 59 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 2: caught it was this my Supreme Court. Because the reality 60 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 2: is we've done everything by the book. We had a 61 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,639 Speaker 2: pro auditor from the very beginning, the government had a 62 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 2: look at it. The Minister signed the approval for the loan. 63 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 2: So councils try to do everything and not try it. 64 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: We did everything by the book because we have to. 65 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 2: We're legally obliged to follow the Act and we did that. 66 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: One con can I move on to a different topic 67 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: that's actually I guess for you as mayor, but also 68 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,279 Speaker 1: with your hat on with LEGAN, the Local Government Association 69 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: of the Northern Territory, because my understanding is that the 70 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: Northern Territory government's proposing changing the Local Government Act so 71 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:25,399 Speaker 1: that all mayors are elected by councilors instead of voters. 72 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: Now I know that this is it's still very much 73 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: at the consultation phase. But what's the situation and what 74 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 1: are your thoughts on potentially moving down this path rather 75 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: than the mayor being elected by the people of the 76 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: Northern Territory. 77 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: Well, last week we had a LEGAN meeting down in Catherine. 78 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 2: We're participating all the members, and the members really blusted 79 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 2: the Department of Local Government for their proposals they put out. 80 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 2: Not only that, but also blasted the Department because they 81 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 2: failed to consult with the industry when they put the 82 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 2: first trunch of changes. Because the government's going to do 83 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 2: number of changes, and now that have put another two 84 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 2: discussion papers in on the second discussion papers the proposing 85 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: change of the way we elect the mayors. I can't 86 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 2: see the reason if it's not broken what you're trying 87 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 2: to achieve. Not only that, but when the Department puts 88 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: something out it should be factually correct and what they 89 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 2: put out its borderline misinformation. I'll give you an example. 90 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: They're telling us that the trend now is to move 91 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:30,360 Speaker 2: away from directly elected mayors to mayors elected by the council. 92 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 2: That's incorrect. Queensland or mayors are elected by the public 93 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 2: Tasmania or mayors elect by the public from the next year. 94 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 2: South Australa is moving to elect by the public. New 95 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 2: South Wales got a hybrid both public and thin. The 96 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 2: players that have got the most problems with the local 97 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 2: government casquere Victoria, where the mayors are elected by the councilors. 98 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: Yeah. Look, and I did hear Steve Edgington, the Minister 99 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: for Local Government, speaking on the IBC yesterday morning. 100 00:04:58,880 --> 00:04:59,839 Speaker 3: He said it's very. 101 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: Much in the consultation phase. But what I think is 102 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: really interesting is I sort of wonder if if the 103 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: government was to go down this path, are we then 104 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: going to see sort of political factions coming into play. 105 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 3: On our local governments. 106 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,560 Speaker 1: I e. If you've got a hanful of Greens, let's 107 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: say on the Darwin City Council, or a handful of 108 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: colp aligned you know, aldermen or counselors, are we going 109 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:28,239 Speaker 1: to then end up with the mayor that they vote 110 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: in or that they've got the numbers to push for. 111 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 2: That's exactly what's happening in Victoria. It's very political. The 112 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 2: people doing the numbers, they are aligning and elect a 113 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 2: person that's actually aligned to one political party. Thank god, 114 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 2: in the territory, we don't hear that if you look 115 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 2: today at the that was the country. Let's say, for example, 116 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 2: I mean I come from the Level party. Everybody knows 117 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 2: that one Mick Palmer come from a Liberal party and 118 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 2: the others come from whenever we're we are, but we 119 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 2: never aligned politically to make decisions. We make desues the 120 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 2: best of our ability, the best of our knowledge, at 121 00:05:58,000 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 2: the best for our community. 122 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:00,520 Speaker 1: Well, the other thing that I see being a real 123 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 1: issue with it is if you've got a fantastic candidate 124 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: that puts their hand up for me, but they do 125 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: not have any alliances on the council, how do they 126 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,679 Speaker 1: go about then trying to elevate themselves to get into. 127 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 2: That point, and why you want to destroy democracy. This 128 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 2: is a democratic process. Let the people decide if they 129 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 2: want their own mayor or not. Now ministers said, oh, well, 130 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 2: if here's the elector, can remove them. Wrong, minister, you 131 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 2: can remove them by going to the end cut. But 132 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 2: also we have actually warned you about that fixed the 133 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 2: Code of conduct and then you can have the mechanism 134 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 2: induction penalize people either by suspend them for a period 135 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 2: of time and monitor penalty. Now I have to admit 136 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 2: it's not this minister's fault. It was the previous government 137 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,040 Speaker 2: and I had a big argument with the previous minister, 138 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: asked him it was a stubid idea to remove the 139 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 2: penalties and I was proven right. 140 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: So the Colpea government's now just staying on the same 141 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 1: parth the Libor Party government, you. 142 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,840 Speaker 2: Know the third Discussion paper. Now they come up with 143 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 2: some changes on the Code of Conduct and want to 144 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 2: introduce monetary penalties and suspensions, which actually the right way 145 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 2: to go. It should he be done a long time ago. 146 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: It was not up to their creage. Now they're talking 147 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 2: about it. But again with regard to the elections. It's 148 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 2: not Brokens what we trying to fix. 149 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: So con from Legant's perspective, they're not supportive of this change. 150 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 2: Well, our members are not supportive of this change. We've 151 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 2: got sixteen councils, sixteen council express really concerned about that. One. 152 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,680 Speaker 2: Some countries of the territory the elect the mayor inside 153 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 2: from the elected members. That's fine, it's their freedom to 154 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 2: do it. There are small councils that can do it, 155 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,280 Speaker 2: but the big cities, why you want to do it? 156 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 2: I mean, there's nothing is broken. 157 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: Well, but I also think it's really important for Territorians 158 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: to have their say on who they think should be 159 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: the mayor. Whether you live or Palmerston or wherever you 160 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: may live. I think it's important for Territorians to determine that, 161 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: not for party factions or you know, or council factions 162 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: to get to determine then who the mayor is going 163 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: to be. 164 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 3: I feel quite strongly. 165 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 2: My great concern is when we change the system. If 166 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:58,560 Speaker 2: we change the system, the mayor will spend more time 167 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 2: doing the numbers than doing Yeah. 168 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: That's exactly right, Coln. Let's go back to council topics. 169 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: I know the Council's reminding people to correctly dispose of 170 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: household batteries. After a fire broke out in a recycling 171 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: truck caused by a lithium ion battery, how bad. 172 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 2: Was well, fortunately we didn't lose the truck. That was 173 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 2: immediately was found out that the driver was alerted. And 174 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 2: the problem is we've got something like that, we have 175 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:25,559 Speaker 2: to enter the truck in order to prevent the fire. 176 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 2: The warring thing is this is happened to Darwin now, 177 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 2: But when I looked around in Australia, there are many 178 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 2: councils that had exactly the same instant with people disposing 179 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 2: their batteries not properly and causing these kind of problems. Look, 180 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 2: there are pleasure you can dispose your buttteries if you 181 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: come to the council, we can actually have a site 182 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 2: to dispose your living batteries. I've seen in some of 183 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 2: the other detailers they've got players to dispose your liting batteries. 184 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,599 Speaker 2: Lifting butteries are very interesting. They're very very good to 185 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: actually power electronic equipment. But something goes wrong with them 186 00:08:56,880 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 2: that cats fire and then the fire does not extinguish, 187 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:03,280 Speaker 2: and if you put water it's even worse, it gets worse, 188 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 2: So I suggest please so all day there's a place 189 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 2: to dispose your batteries. Civic Center is a place to 190 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 2: dispose your batteries and of course as a shragment station 191 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 2: are the Nightclift Community Center. 192 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: So all right, so make sure that you dispose of 193 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,080 Speaker 1: them correctly. Con I know that you touched on obviously 194 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: the Italian Festival happening. There's so many wonderful events, the 195 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 1: Sea Breeze Festival as well over the course of the weekend. 196 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: But my understanding is that the council is actually hosting 197 00:09:27,400 --> 00:09:31,199 Speaker 1: a free community event at the Jingling Water Gardens this Saturday. 198 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 3: What's planned, Well, this is. 199 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: A community event. You know, in the community events, you 200 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 2: turn up with your family and your kids and you 201 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 2: enjoy beautiful day out at the beautiful surroundings that will 202 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 2: be going to be a lot of food, vents, are 203 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 2: going to be opportunities for you to play and from 204 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 2: once I tend before, boy, it's fun to be there 205 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 2: and suddenly I will be there. I love to listen 206 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,800 Speaker 2: to the voices of kids excited running around and I 207 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 2: like to see the families be there. From nine am 208 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 2: to twelve twelve mid day this Saturday, seventeenth of May 209 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,160 Speaker 2: are the g The gardens is organized by the Council 210 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 2: and the Channel World elected members. It would be the 211 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 2: first one and I want to see it happening not 212 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 2: only in Jingly but in other places like tilly Anula 213 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 2: and everything else. Let's bring the parts back to life 214 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 2: and guess what, You're not going to have the problems 215 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 2: we usually have with well. 216 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 3: Yeah, we can only hope. 217 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: Hey, I also know that the City of Darwin's teaming 218 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: up or partnering with Sport for All, Australia's leading disability 219 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 1: inclusion program. 220 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:28,440 Speaker 3: What's this all about. 221 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 2: Well, Sports for All is or an award winning program 222 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 2: was developed by Get Skill Access, a disability business that 223 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 2: was founded by a paralybical metallist and Grand Slam champion, 224 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 2: Dylan alcott Ao. So we want actually to make life 225 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 2: easier for people with disabilities to access for events. And 226 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 2: at the end of the day, this place belongs to everybody, 227 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 2: not to able body people, and we want people disabilities 228 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 2: to be able to go out there and actually use 229 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 2: our sport facilities the same way everybody else. So the 230 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 2: program is funded by the Australian government. WET with Sports 231 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 2: for All, which is the Australian's leading disability inclusion program, 232 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 2: and that collaboration will underscore a share commitment to create 233 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 2: welcoming and accessible environment within our in sporting areas. If 234 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: you've got disability, you've got a child with disability, with disability, 235 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 2: we want that person to be able to access our 236 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 2: sporting grounds the same way. Me and I doing it 237 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,360 Speaker 2: and partnering with Sports for All, we can make it happen. 238 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: Well, Lord Mayor convat Scalas, I will let you go, 239 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: but I know you'll probably be interested to hear this 240 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: as well. It's a big morning politically obviously the Northern 241 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: Territory budget being handed down, but it is now being 242 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: reported in very much breaking news on Sky News that 243 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,240 Speaker 1: Susan Lee has been elected as the first female leader 244 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: of the Federal Liberal Party after defeating rival candidate Angus 245 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 1: Taylor in a tightly contested ballot. She won that ballot 246 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,720 Speaker 1: this morning after stepping up from deputy to acting leader 247 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: following our former leader Peter Dutton's ousting from the parliament. 248 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 2: Congratulations one of the commoners that the comments I actually 249 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:06,319 Speaker 2: heard and read in the media was the Liberal Party 250 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 2: lost the women's vote. Women voted labor overwhelmingly. One of 251 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 2: the criticisms from within the Liberal party was we did 252 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 2: not pre select women with pre select blogs, and guys, 253 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 2: guess what fifty percent population are women. If you don't 254 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 2: change your attitude, you remain outside the cities, and you 255 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 2: remain in a position for a long time. Congrastulatus, and 256 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 2: I hope this is the beginning of a new year 257 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 2: for the Liberal. 258 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 3: Part, just a very quick one. 259 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: Anything you're hoping to see from the Northern Territory budget 260 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: when it turned it down today. 261 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 2: I know they're talking about crime and law and order, 262 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 2: which is actually important. I would like to see more 263 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 2: police on the streets. I would like to see instead 264 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 2: of putting kids on prison, putting kids in camps where 265 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 2: they can learn to read and write, because I bet 266 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 2: you most of them don't, and camps where they can 267 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,360 Speaker 2: learn some skills. But the important thing is invest in 268 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,000 Speaker 2: the communities. If you don't invest the communities to have 269 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 2: opportunities for jobs and recreation, all these young kids will 270 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 2: leave to come to the bright lights of Darwin and 271 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,359 Speaker 2: other springs, and we will have problems. 272 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 3: Also very quickly. 273 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: Nightcliff has absolutely been in the headlines following the tragedy. 274 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 3: That we saw there a couple of weeks ago. 275 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 1: But we've had so many incidents of crime, really terrible 276 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: stuff happening in recent days. There was a teenager who 277 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: sexually assaulted women on the Foreshow. Allegedly there was also 278 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:24,199 Speaker 1: another teenager who was hitting cars with a metal pole 279 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 1: and allegedly threatening. 280 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:26,680 Speaker 2: People throwing bricks. 281 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:29,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, has the council. 282 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 1: Seen an increase in crime in the nightcliff, in that 283 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: ward or in that area, and are there different things 284 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: that counselors had to do, you know, to try and 285 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 1: make sure the streets are clean and that kind of 286 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: thing within council's realm. 287 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 2: We're trying to prevent crime by changing the conditions of 288 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 2: the area and night giveins versity significant amount of money 289 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 2: to put lights in the Foreshore, so much as one 290 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 2: council complaint to us there's too much light in the Foreshow, 291 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 2: but we believe that if you greve lights then you 292 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 2: deter people doing stupid things. But come on, you know 293 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 2: very well, unless there's police patrolling the streets, this reef raven, 294 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:08,320 Speaker 2: this law life will continue to stupid things. When we 295 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 2: had police on the streets, we didn't he remember five 296 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,719 Speaker 2: years ago, ten years ago, we didn't have this kind 297 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 2: of instance which we have now. 298 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 3: Now. 299 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 2: I know the government's trying to bring police on the streets, 300 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:19,760 Speaker 2: but I'm still away. 301 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 3: We need more of them. 302 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: I'm still awaiting con Would you support the government having 303 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: private security in the Nightcliff area? 304 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 2: Well, they can, but what are they going to do. 305 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 2: The only thing they do is actually they look in 306 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 2: the blue uniforms and probably will deter people actually doing 307 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 2: something in the open. But when you throw a brick 308 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 2: in the dark to a car, and doesn't matter how 309 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 2: much security, if youve got on the streets, nothing's going 310 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 2: to happen. But if you've got police cars patrol in 311 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,480 Speaker 2: the streets, people realize that this police can actually arrest them, 312 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 2: move them, take them the back of the van and 313 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 2: charge them. Security cannot do that. 314 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: Well, convat Scarlets, the Lord Mayor of Darwin. Always good 315 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 1: to catch up with you. Thank you so much, great 316 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: time this morning.