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Speaker 1: Joining me live in the studio right now is the

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Speaker 1: City of Darwin CEO Simone Saunders.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you, morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: Now Simone, we have spoken on a few occasions last

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Speaker 1: week about this project on Nuckie Straight with the tiles

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Speaker 1: being laid. We'd spoken to one of the retailers last

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Speaker 1: week who'd raised some concerns. He was worried about the

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Speaker 1: duration that it might take to happen. Then we had

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Speaker 1: Counselor Mick Palmer on the show. He had brought in

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Speaker 1: a tile for us to see what it looked like

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Speaker 1: and said it will only take a couple of days

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Speaker 1: that the tiles are going to be laid over the

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Speaker 1: existing concrete. Simone as the CEO, and no doubt overseeing

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Speaker 1: this project's roll out, how long is it going to

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Speaker 1: take and what exactly is it going to say?

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Speaker 3: So what the councilors are looking to do and this

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Speaker 3: came out of our streetscape projects and better suburbs so

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Speaker 3: very much say the Lion's Hoards counselor, but also supported

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Speaker 3: by it by all of counsel is that the exposed

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Speaker 3: ag that we have around the city is really difficul

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Speaker 3: to clean once it gets dirty, it looks, it looks terrible.

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Speaker 3: So the project that elected members are looking to do

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Speaker 3: is a trial tiling in a really high traffic area

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Speaker 3: in the city to see whether this will absolutely improve

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Speaker 3: the way that it looks and to just see how

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Speaker 3: it wears in the city. So, as you said, we're

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Speaker 3: not actually digging up the pavement for this project, so

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Speaker 3: different for other works that we sometimes do in the city.

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Speaker 3: And the tiles will be laid over the top. So

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Speaker 3: this is a project that is sort of like maybe

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Speaker 3: a three to four day time frame, and what the

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Speaker 3: tiler can do is that there'll always be access to

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Speaker 3: stores so that they can have it, you know, make

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Speaker 3: sure there's a traffic area people can move around while

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Speaker 3: they do the tiling. The final area where the tiling

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Speaker 3: gets done, like I said, it needs to be a

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Speaker 3: high traffic area, and I believe that councilor Palma is

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Speaker 3: currently looking at either the corner where Delaney is is

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Speaker 3: in doing Delaney or also there's obviously three other corners

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Speaker 3: at that intersection, so potentially it might beger over the

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Speaker 3: other side of the road where the trial's done. So

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Speaker 3: all that's happening at the moment is the Tiler is

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Speaker 3: doing some scoping and taking the measurements on both areas.

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Speaker 3: They'll come back to Council with exactly what needs to

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Speaker 3: be done and then the final decision can be made retiming.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So it's not definite that it's going to happen

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Speaker 1: outside Delaney's there. It could be even across the road

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Speaker 1: or a little further down.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it could be. We're just getting the final final

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Speaker 3: specs and scoping. And the difference with this project, it's

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Speaker 3: not grant funded, so we're not beholden to any other

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Speaker 3: timeframes maybe coming from the federal government or the Northern

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Speaker 3: Territory government, so Council can be flexible with how they

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Speaker 3: delivered in the exact timing of it to work with

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Speaker 3: the business owners in the area.

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Speaker 1: Because I know that obviously a concern that had been

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Speaker 1: raised is the length of time that it's taken Smith

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Speaker 1: straight the upgrades there or the changes there to be complete.

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Speaker 1: So it's not going to be a situation like that.

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Speaker 3: No, it's a completely different project. Like I said, it

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Speaker 3: is just laying the tiles over the top and it

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Speaker 3: can be cordoned off and you know, they'll lay layer

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Speaker 3: a stretch and then move to another stretch to make

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Speaker 3: sure that there's pedestrian access to not only the corner

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Speaker 3: but to the businesses. And yeah, not like a large

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Speaker 3: scale project like Smith's greet. We we're actually digging up

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Speaker 3: pavements and footpaths.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So to those retailers listening this morning, it will

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Speaker 1: it will take a few days.

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Speaker 2: It's not one that's going to take weeks.

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Speaker 3: No, definitely not. And like I said, there is flex

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Speaker 3: with the timing. So some traders are open on Sundays,

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Speaker 3: some traders are not open on Sundays and Mondays, so

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Speaker 3: we can work around that as well. And like I said,

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Speaker 3: it's just laying the tiles and they go over the

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Speaker 3: top and it really will make quite a difference. The

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Speaker 3: other thing with this tile is it's laboratory tested, so

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Speaker 3: really tough tile, easy to clean, but also from a

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Speaker 3: slip resistance perspective, it is less slippery than the exposed

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Speaker 3: ag from a scale that they do in relationships.

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Speaker 1: So people have also raised some concerns about I believe

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Speaker 1: it was corn who'd said to us that they'd been

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Speaker 1: ordered from Indonesia.

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Speaker 3: I can't say exactly where they come from. I don't

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Speaker 3: believe it's Indonesia, but I'm not sure it's currently it's

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Speaker 3: come via Singapore to us. I can't have to talk

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Speaker 3: to the tyler. We can come back with where they're

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Speaker 3: coming out of. Yeah, I know that.

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Speaker 2: I guess the point is that it's not been sourced locally.

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Speaker 3: No it's not, but it's a local business that sources

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Speaker 3: tiles internationally and they've actually got a very high quality

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Speaker 3: coming in.

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Speaker 1: All right, I've got a couple of listener questions. I've

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Speaker 1: got one here from Juce, and Juce says, good morning, Katie.

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Speaker 1: He will lead us whether we could ask con but

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Speaker 1: obviously I've got you this morning. Some mine saying, all

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Speaker 1: the bins along the esplanade, we're discussing an over full

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Speaker 1: on the weekend with glenty, they should be emptied several

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Speaker 1: times a day with busy events, and he said, you

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Speaker 1: know the council were busy enough driving or sorry giving

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Speaker 1: people parking fines on Saturday.

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Speaker 2: Two aspects there.

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Speaker 1: I suppose to that those bins, I mean, are they

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Speaker 1: empty regularly?

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Speaker 3: What's the go Yes, So the normal schedule would be

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Speaker 3: in place and they would have had an additional pickups

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Speaker 3: over the Glenty, and unfortunately, by the sounds of things,

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Speaker 3: we just didn't when able to cope with the volume

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Speaker 3: of rubbish. I mean, Glenty was really well attended. I

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Speaker 3: was down there on the weekend, and I think it's

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Speaker 3: probably something for our planning team and event team for

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Speaker 3: next year to work with the Glenty to get even

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Speaker 3: additional pickups of bins over that period. As far as parking,

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Speaker 3: the only parking that would have been in place would

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Speaker 3: have been Zone A, so right in the CBD Center.

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Speaker 3: So any of that parking on Saturday along the Esplanade

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Speaker 3: and Zone B and C would have all been free

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Speaker 3: of charge. So there was lots of parking. I actually

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Speaker 3: parked down at deck Chair Cinema and walked up and

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Speaker 3: there was lots lots of parking available in the city.

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Speaker 1: Simone, can I ask I understand the council has got

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Speaker 1: an expression of interest out at the moment at the

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Speaker 1: Casarina Aquatic Center of what exactly are you trying to?

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Speaker 1: Are you trying to get here at the Accordic Center.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so there's an expressions of interest out at the moment,

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Speaker 3: and it closes on the twenty seventh of June, but

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Speaker 3: we're looking for additional tenancy opportunities out there. There's a

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Speaker 3: space that lends itself really nicely to a beautiful cafe

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Speaker 3: we'd love to see. Ideally Allied Health maybe in there

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Speaker 3: as part of the whole set up, but it could

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Speaker 3: be any any business that moves into that area. The

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Speaker 3: other piece with Casurina, it's some clocks are finally in

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Speaker 3: so the swimming time clocks are now in place, and

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Speaker 3: then the other clocks. But I think with the opening

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Speaker 3: of Club Lime out there, the new gym, which is

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Speaker 3: a great facility, the whole precincts really coming together.

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Speaker 1: Now Mark has called through. Now you're aware of this

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Speaker 1: issue at the in perrap there, he says, the council

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Speaker 1: and body corporates still haven't done anything about the fence

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Speaker 1: that he says is falling down and unsafe from the

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Speaker 1: council's perspective. Where are things at with this yep.

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Speaker 3: So just for your listeners, Katie, the fence is compliant

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Speaker 3: and it is safe. It's not falling down. Our team's

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Speaker 3: been out there, they've done an inspection and at me

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Speaker 3: meets the requirements. Where it's sitting at the moment is

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Speaker 3: our team has been speaking with the Body corp and

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Speaker 3: we're waiting for the Body Corporate to come back with

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Speaker 3: final details and specifications and costing. And as we've said before,

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Speaker 3: once that comes back, City of Darwin will agree to

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Speaker 3: pay fifty percent of that.

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Speaker 2: All right, So you reckon it is safe?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the fence, the fence is safe. The team's done

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Speaker 3: the inspection on that and the challenge with that fence

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Speaker 3: is that it's not level the ground underneath, so you've

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Speaker 3: got slight high changes across the line of that fence.

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Speaker 3: But it is does meet all the requirements at all

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Speaker 3: the points.

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Speaker 2: All right. Just quickly before I let you go.

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Speaker 1: This morning, there is another native plant giveaway as I understand.

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Speaker 3: There is indeed, so this Saturday morning down at the

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Speaker 3: Mindle Beach car Park area, City of dul And be

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Speaker 3: giving away two thousand plants to Darwin residents. So we

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Speaker 3: encourage people to come down there early. It kicks off

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Speaker 3: at eight am, bring your license and you can get

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Speaker 3: up to six plants to plant wherever you'd like to

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Speaker 3: in the municipality.

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Speaker 1: Hey, just another quick one snap and send. Now I

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Speaker 1: know that some people have been in contact with me

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Speaker 1: and sort of said, kat, if I see something that's broken,

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Speaker 1: where do I send it to? What's the process through

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Speaker 1: the City of Darwin.

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Speaker 3: Yep. So the app that we really encourage people to

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Speaker 3: use is snap Send Solve. You can download it and

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Speaker 3: then you can take a picture. It will also give

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Speaker 3: us a pin location which is really helpful. That goes

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Speaker 3: straight into our corrective action requests and the operations team

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Speaker 3: or it's triaged appropriate within City of Darwin, and it's

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Speaker 3: really helpful because then if we've got a repeat issue

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Speaker 3: in a particular area, if it's broken irrigation that continues

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Speaker 3: to fail, then the team can kind of look at

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Speaker 3: alternative remedies and fixes. So snaps and Solve, yeah it

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Speaker 3: really it's an app yep, all right.

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Speaker 2: So people just have to download that then they'll be

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Speaker 2: able to send it through. Yeah, yeah it can.

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Speaker 3: But if you don't have access to that, you can

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Speaker 3: always still email dahen it Dawn, or you can call

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Speaker 3: in and the teams can take the details and they'll

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Speaker 3: all so processor process or requests.

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Speaker 1: Well. Simone Saunders, CEO of the City of Darwin, good

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Speaker 1: to speak with you this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much. For your time, Thanks for having

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Speaker 2: us