1
00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,480
Speaker 1: Joining me on the line is the Lord Mayor of

2
00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,360
Speaker 1: Darwin convat Scarlets, I believe, coming to his life this

3
00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:06,920
Speaker 1: morning from Alice Springs.

4
00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:10,239
Speaker 2: Good morning corn, Good morning Katy, and it's a very

5
00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,879
Speaker 2: wet Alice Springs. We had a huge storm last night

6
00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:14,680
Speaker 2: and hasn't stopped raining since.

7
00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:15,960
Speaker 3: And Connor I had well.

8
00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,720
Speaker 1: I've actually seen some warnings come out, I believe from

9
00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,080
Speaker 1: the Bureau of Meteorology about that storm.

10
00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,319
Speaker 3: So plenty of rain by the sounds of.

11
00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:27,000
Speaker 2: It, plenty of rain and no power last night the

12
00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,040
Speaker 2: power went off twice, but things are back normal now.

13
00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,360
Speaker 2: But everything is so beautifully wet and very cool.

14
00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:35,559
Speaker 1: Well, and a bit of irony, I think you'd have

15
00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,680
Speaker 1: to say, because you're there for the legant General meeting

16
00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,240
Speaker 1: in Alice Springs the Local Government Associations of the Northern.

17
00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,440
Speaker 3: Territory and the main topic was water security.

18
00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:48,559
Speaker 2: Was it absolutely, Katie. We've got a number of communities

19
00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,040
Speaker 2: that have come to us complaining about lack of water

20
00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,760
Speaker 2: or security of water. Some of these communities are in

21
00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,560
Speaker 2: the center of Australia, but most of them are the

22
00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,800
Speaker 2: north of Australian And you think when we get so

23
00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,880
Speaker 2: much water and you're the rain period. While these communities

24
00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,680
Speaker 2: do not have water, some of them want actually desalination

25
00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,800
Speaker 2: plans to be installed to have water. It's extraordinary. We

26
00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,080
Speaker 2: have to actually find a solution to that one and

27
00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,320
Speaker 2: certainly will be a hot topic to be discussed in

28
00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:15,040
Speaker 2: this conference.

29
00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, what else is only a gender at that conference con.

30
00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,280
Speaker 2: As we speak, a Katie, we've got a presentation by

31
00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,560
Speaker 2: a doctor from the Aboriginal Health Medical Service. Congress will

32
00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:29,080
Speaker 2: give us an update about vaccination in the in central Australia.

33
00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:31,400
Speaker 2: It doesn't look very good. There's a lot of resistance.

34
00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,199
Speaker 2: A lot has to do with the misinformation and again

35
00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:37,280
Speaker 2: some of the religious leaders done here. They have let

36
00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:42,120
Speaker 2: the communities downe by providing crazy ideas about magnetism, about

37
00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,559
Speaker 2: five G, about micro chip, about you name it. It's here.

38
00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,120
Speaker 2: They're doing a really good job there to overcome this.

39
00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:52,600
Speaker 2: People slowly come to understand there are problems and they

40
00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:55,680
Speaker 2: tend up to vaccinate, but more work has to be done.

41
00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,400
Speaker 1: Con just moving along from that, because I know that

42
00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,760
Speaker 1: there is quite a bit happening around the place. And

43
00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,880
Speaker 1: on Friday afternoon you're actually going to be at the

44
00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,840
Speaker 1: Young Territory Author's event.

45
00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:07,320
Speaker 3: What is this?

46
00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:10,799
Speaker 2: Well, I hope i am, but if I'm not, by

47
00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,600
Speaker 2: my Deputy Lord Mayor will be there because this is

48
00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,399
Speaker 2: the place we announced the winner of the Young Territory

49
00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:19,919
Speaker 2: Over Awards and that will take place at Marra Netball Stadium.

50
00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,359
Speaker 2: This time we've got more than two hundred entries. It's

51
00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:25,799
Speaker 2: a great initiative. We give the opportunity to very young

52
00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,520
Speaker 2: people to actually write a story, and this story then

53
00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:32,760
Speaker 2: it's presented, it's read by people, and awards are presented.

54
00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,360
Speaker 2: This year we have a school entry written in an

55
00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:40,440
Speaker 2: Aboriginal language. That's a very very first ever. I tell you,

56
00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,400
Speaker 2: I seen some of the works that these young moses

57
00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,480
Speaker 2: have done, and I've read some of the stories and

58
00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,920
Speaker 2: they blew me away. These guys they're going places and

59
00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,040
Speaker 2: you will be very proud to say I was there

60
00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,799
Speaker 2: when this guy started writing a story. It's something I'm

61
00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,239
Speaker 2: very proud of to support, and I'm encouraging every parent

62
00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,440
Speaker 2: and every young student to participate in future events.

63
00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon it sounds like a fantastic initiative, conn

64
00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,800
Speaker 1: Is it kids of all age groups or those that

65
00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,320
Speaker 1: are in sort of high school or middle school, or

66
00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,320
Speaker 1: even the young ones we've.

67
00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,200
Speaker 2: Got from a very young one from pre school to

68
00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,839
Speaker 2: all kids that are finishing high school. So it's all

69
00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,000
Speaker 2: young territorials are called to participate and they've done it,

70
00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,480
Speaker 2: and I've seen entries by six year old and eight

71
00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,640
Speaker 2: year olds. You think, when these guys find this imagination,

72
00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:25,040
Speaker 2: why could think about it?

73
00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:26,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's wonderful.

74
00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,720
Speaker 1: Well, I'll be very interested to hear who wins those awards.

75
00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,680
Speaker 1: Now before I let you go on, are the Great

76
00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,560
Speaker 1: Plant give Away continues?

77
00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:37,080
Speaker 3: Have you got ball plants to give away?

78
00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,280
Speaker 2: I've got great news about that. Because of the huge

79
00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,720
Speaker 2: demand we had, we decided to bring more plans and

80
00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:45,280
Speaker 2: by the end of the time we give all the

81
00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,680
Speaker 2: plans and we have given more than ten thousand plants.

82
00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,400
Speaker 2: We've got four more events take place. The next one

83
00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,960
Speaker 2: is actually this Saturday, November the six at the Dina

84
00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:59,280
Speaker 2: Beach Oval and then we're followed by Wergaman Nakara Nightcliff

85
00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,400
Speaker 2: and our bring back the tiory that we missed out

86
00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,560
Speaker 2: because they didn't have enough plants. Ten thousand more trees

87
00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,000
Speaker 2: in down on top of the fifteen thousand plus we

88
00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,119
Speaker 2: plant it. Certainly we increasing our urban forest and will

89
00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,600
Speaker 2: make Dowin a cooler and better place.

90
00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,239
Speaker 3: It's been a real he hasn't had this plant give away.

91
00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,400
Speaker 2: It's been amazing. Not only pee from Darwin enough to

92
00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,839
Speaker 2: get plants, but I had pep from the Mandora, bit

93
00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:27,240
Speaker 2: from Lichfield, Frim from Palmerston. I'm sorry to only give

94
00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:29,800
Speaker 2: them to Darwin residents. They have to prove they live

95
00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,360
Speaker 2: here with an identification. But it's been a great hit

96
00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,159
Speaker 2: and I'm very, very proud that people now actually realize

97
00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,640
Speaker 2: what we're trying to do. Planting trees make this place beautiful.

98
00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,560
Speaker 2: Don't put ownings and everything else. Trees are better, they

99
00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,080
Speaker 2: look better, they grow, the provider said, and the provide color.

100
00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:49,920
Speaker 3: Well, con you're.

101
00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,000
Speaker 1: At that legam mating, maybe you should let some of

102
00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,160
Speaker 1: the other councils know that you have had people from

103
00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,480
Speaker 1: other municipalities. They're trying to get their hands on a

104
00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,720
Speaker 1: free plant, and I need to look at doing the sign.

105
00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:01,760
Speaker 2: Down that one and I think some of them they

106
00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,279
Speaker 2: might follow our example in Darwi.

107
00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,760
Speaker 1: Convat Scarlas, the Lord Mayor of Darwin. Good to catch

108
00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:08,520
Speaker 1: up with you. We'll talk to you again next week.

109
00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:09,719
Speaker 2: I have a good morning.

110
00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:09,800
Speaker 1: Ke