1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: If you want to know what's happening on the local 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: political landscape, Kay Wolf has it covered on three sixty. 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 2: Every one is listening mixed one O four point nine, as. 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: He does about this time every Tuesday morning, the Lord 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: Mayor convat scarlets, Good morning Corn. 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 2: Good morning Katya and Christo Sesti. Happy Greek ister. 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 3: We've had it the beautiful explosive ister this weekend. I 8 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 3: know there were a few foreigners that never experienced before. 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 3: They're complaining about the noise of the fire crackers and 10 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 3: as somebody said. 11 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: Well you reasten the arrival. So this has been going 12 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: on in down. 13 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:36,400 Speaker 1: For ten twenty thirty forty years and get used absolutely absolutely. 14 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: And I tell you what I saw some vision over 15 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: the weekend. It looked like there was thousands of people 16 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: walking through the city as part of Greek Easy there. 17 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 3: I went down to the Funny Bay, it's the usual 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 3: spot of the Greek families called. There were lots of 19 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 3: them down there, and it was a great time, great weather, 20 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 3: great feeling in around the city. 21 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 2: And of course I'm so proud of my council. 22 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 3: I have to tell you we scooked the awards in 23 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 3: the MV Technology awards done at Victoria. 24 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: So what awards did you win? 25 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 3: Well, there's actually awards done by the municipal Victoria, but 26 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 3: everybody can participate from around Australia. 27 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: So we did. 28 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 3: So we got the Australian Achievement of the Year award, 29 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,040 Speaker 3: we got the Smart City Achievement of the Year award 30 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 3: and we got the Digital Leadership Achievement of the Year award. 31 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,480 Speaker 3: So here little Darwin putting against places like Melbourne and 32 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 3: Sydney and everything else and we come tops with three 33 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 3: fantastic awards. 34 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:31,959 Speaker 2: Well done guys, you've. 35 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 3: Done a tremendous job and we wave the flag everywhere 36 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 3: in Australia. 37 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,320 Speaker 1: All good stuff. Well that is great to hear. I 38 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,080 Speaker 1: always enjoy a good news story. Now con we know 39 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: the casual in or Acordic and Leisure Center. There's a 40 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: lot happening in terms of consultation at this point, isn't there. 41 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 3: We went out, we wanted people to have a look 42 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 3: at it, didn't tell us what they think if they 43 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 3: wanted any changes, and yes they did want some changes. 44 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 3: So now we had five lanes in the big swimming pool. 45 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 3: Now we've got eight because that's what people told us. 46 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 3: They want more LANs for competition. We brought closer all 47 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 3: the clubrooms and everything else. We remodeled the change rooms. 48 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 3: The lagoon style remains the same. We're now going to 49 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 3: have an open air cinema and we're going to have 50 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,240 Speaker 3: a half basketball court as well, plus all the facilities 51 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 3: for a cafe restaurant, and also we think of bringing 52 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 3: a light health and considering even bringing the Casarina childcare 53 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 3: center there because it's the existing one. It's all needs 54 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 3: to be renovated. Why we don't combine everything to one area. 55 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 3: Whi's our property and we can do it really well 56 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:36,679 Speaker 3: and we get touch on it really well. 57 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: Con How soon is that we're going to get. 58 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 2: On the Why. 59 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 3: Look, we're planning to turn the shod sometime in the 60 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 3: next two or three months. It will take about eighteen 61 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 3: months to be completed because a really big job. The 62 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 3: only thing you have to remember is that was a 63 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 3: fifty year old project. We've got pipes now bursting because 64 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,679 Speaker 3: old we can't find parts. The technology is also we're 65 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 3: going to redesign from scratch and we're going to do 66 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 3: really well well to last more than fifty years. 67 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,399 Speaker 1: Sounds like it's going to cost an arm and a leg. 68 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 3: How much is it going to crist five million dollars 69 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 3: but twenty five million investment for a fifty year project. 70 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:10,959 Speaker 2: It's a very very good investment. 71 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: And it does sound as though and I always think 72 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: that this is incredibly important to you when I speak 73 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 1: about keeping kids active. I think it's really important to 74 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 1: make sure that it's also a pool where the club 75 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: and where others are able to do labs. And it 76 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:23,119 Speaker 1: sounds like that's what you've heard. 77 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 3: We need to do that one because we've got to 78 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,240 Speaker 3: puer up when it was the competition pull, but people 79 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 3: have to be training. The other tidy, forget is the 80 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 3: issue you have brought up you before, another mother's toddless pull. 81 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 2: So we're going to actually. 82 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 3: Make sure that there would be an area they are 83 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 3: suitable for toddlers, but also suitable for families and older kids. 84 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 3: They're going to be facilities for little kids five to 85 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 3: ten year old other than ten year old and families. 86 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,000 Speaker 1: Well. Con we know that today is a big day 87 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: actually for the Northern Territory, given the fact that the 88 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: government is going to be handing down their budget. Is 89 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: there anything that the Council is going to be keeping 90 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: a close eye on when it comes to that budget delivery. 91 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 3: Well, absolutely, because first of all is the Stage Square 92 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 3: that we had a lot of promises. Now we actually 93 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 3: had inquiries from the government that says they want to 94 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 3: talk to us because at the end of the day, 95 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: sixty percent of the land that the Stage Square will 96 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 3: take place belongs to the Council and we have to 97 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 3: be partners also. 98 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 2: We want to be partners how it's going to be run. 99 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 3: I we don't want to be put an association or 100 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 3: an administration on top of us without has been part 101 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 3: of it. If it's going to be run properly, it 102 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 3: has to be done by the city and the government. 103 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 3: It's going to be a beautiful place. We look no 104 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 3: doubts about it, and I said to the Chief Minister, 105 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 3: We're all for it. 106 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,480 Speaker 2: We will support you, but we have to be part 107 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:34,840 Speaker 2: of it. 108 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: Sounds you've still got some concerns about it. 109 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 3: I don't have concerns. I've got I want to see 110 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 3: it because we have seen anything yet. My understanding is 111 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 3: there might be some money this budget for the Stage Square, 112 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 3: but as I said to the Chief Ministers, the Council 113 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 3: is actually putting a new civic center in that area 114 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: that we want to do it in such a way 115 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,160 Speaker 3: to compliment the stage square. You can't do all at once. 116 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 3: I know that one. It has to be done in stages. 117 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 3: But let's talk about it. 118 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: How do we look in the fact, So do you 119 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: think that they could be a double up here? No? 120 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 2: No, no, no, we work. 121 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:04,799 Speaker 3: We'll be working together with the government on that one. 122 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 3: I always try to avoid dumbling up. If we're going 123 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 3: to do it, let's do it well and let's do 124 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 3: it together, rather than I'll do a little bit, you 125 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:13,720 Speaker 3: do a little bit and at the end we feel 126 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,839 Speaker 3: the same thing, spending the same money for the same project. 127 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 2: Let's do one thing partnership. It can work out really well. 128 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: Well combat scarlets. It's always an interesting day, Old budget day. 129 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: We'll be keeping it very close on things and we 130 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 1: will head across live to Parliament House just on eleven 131 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: o'clock and find out exactly what we're going to say after. 132 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 2: That would be our budget. He has to remember the country. 133 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 2: We has to bring our budget. 134 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 3: We'll be going out for public circulation and I'll tell 135 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 3: you what this year, we're going to have a massive 136 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,720 Speaker 3: capital work programs. When I first was elected, there was 137 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 3: seventeen million dollars in capital works. I took them in 138 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 3: the first year to twenty seven, then to fifty five, 139 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 3: then to to seventy two million dollars a year. 140 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:56,919 Speaker 2: You give you a hint this year is going to 141 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 2: be even bigger. 142 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: And does that mean there's going to be a right rise. 143 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 3: Nope, it's going to be what we've done. You have 144 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 3: to remember last year we didn't increase the rates. We 145 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 3: put a lot of money in the economy with my voucher. 146 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 3: If it's going to be a rate rise, it's going 147 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 3: to be one that's very, very modest in order to 148 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 3: cover our courts, which are not because we don't want 149 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 3: to go down to being solvent. We're going to actually 150 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 3: make a healthy economic future for our citizens. But also 151 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 3: we want to deliver project for our citizens that will 152 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 3: make the city pretty, that make the people want to. 153 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: Go out well combat Scarlus. We will wait and hear 154 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: all of that detail a bit closer to the date. 155 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: Always good to catch up with you. Thank you for 156 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: your time this morning. 157 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 3: Very much. 158 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: Kate. 159 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 3: It's not going to be a seven percent rise as 160 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 3: I hear it's going to be in Catherine. 161 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: Oh well, we'll have to ask him about that combat Scarlus, 162 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: good on you, Thanks for catching up with us this morning.