1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,599 Speaker 1: Just to keep you up to date with what's going 2 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: on around the place. We know that a number of 3 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: locations are still experiencing power outages this morning, Powerwater advising 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: that Burry Springs, Collick Creek, Darwin River, Southport, Tumbling Waters, Bachelor, 5 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: Dundee Beach, Dundee Downs, Fog Bay, Litchfield Park, Rum Jungle, Stapleton. 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: Also power out in Adelaide River, Robin Falls, Stapleton and 7 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: parts of Catherine, the Rope of Golf and vic Daily. 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: Now there are also water outage issues in Adelaide River. 9 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: Kathleen has indeed requested an update from Power and Water 10 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 1: and will let you know when we get it through. 11 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,320 Speaker 1: So we'll certainly try our best to keep you up 12 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: to date. I know that a lot of you really 13 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: grappling with the impacts of the wild weather that we 14 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: experienced over the weekend, and well, Catherine, Catherine was certainly 15 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: pretty concerned that they were going to have high levels 16 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: of rain yesterday as Cyclone Norrell was downgraded. Now joining 17 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: us on on the line is the Mayor of Catherine, 18 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: Joanna Holden. Good morning to you. Joanna. 19 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 2: Good morning, Katie. How are you this morning? 20 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: I'm good, I think more importantly, how are you guys 21 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:13,040 Speaker 1: in Catherine? 22 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 2: Well, all the better for talking to you Katie myself. 23 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 2: What I've got to do to get you on the 24 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 2: phone to think. 25 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,759 Speaker 1: Anytime. You just got to have a flood and we'll 26 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: have you on every. 27 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: Day, Joanna, I know right anyway. 28 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 1: Goodness for you. How's it trapped? Look how much train 29 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: did you get yesterday in the end and overnight? 30 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 2: So overnight there's been falls in the catchment told of 31 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: around one hundred and less, so you know, eighty two 32 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: one hundred Catherine itself, the falls were around thirty mil so. 33 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 2: The river was sitting at thirteen this morning at about 34 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 2: halfas six, and I believe it's dropping now. And Nippoluk 35 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 2: was sitting at around four this morning as well, and 36 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 2: that was that might have been falling in. The river 37 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 2: was steady so and there hasn't been much rain today. 38 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 2: It is overcast. I think people are probably still feeling 39 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 2: quite anxious about what today will bring. You know, I 40 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 2: think until the cloud's gone, and you know it's gone, 41 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 2: you're just going to hold your breath for a little 42 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 2: while longer. 43 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, So, Joe, by the sounds of it, you know 44 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: you didn't cop it as bad as what everybody was 45 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: pretty worried that you would, but still certainly holding your 46 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: breath to you know, and hoping that you know that 47 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: more doesn't come. 48 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, Katie. So we didn't. We didn't get the 49 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,640 Speaker 2: rainfall they predicted. I think it was one hundred to 50 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 2: two hundred mil. However, there is still a warning in place, 51 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:44,200 Speaker 2: so we still need to be aware and informed and 52 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 2: to watch what's happening because it's not over yet. As 53 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: we all know, it doesn't take much with conditions like 54 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 2: the ones we've got. It doesn't take much rain to 55 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 2: push that river up and to cause local life flooding 56 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: in other areas as well. 57 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 1: What's the vibe around town this morning? I mean, how 58 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: are people feeling? Residents and business owners, no doubts, still 59 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: on tender hooks. Yeah. 60 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 2: I think it was a very anxious night for a 61 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 2: lot of people last night, and that's understandable. I find 62 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 2: the running now wakes me up but doesn't put me 63 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: to sleep. But I think this morning, given the lack 64 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 2: of rain. There was a wild storm yesterday afternoon with 65 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 2: swaly winds and whatnot, but that's subsided and there hasn't 66 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: been that rain overnight. So I think people are optimistic 67 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: but not ready just yet to call. 68 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: It now in terms of in terms of the schools 69 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: and everything, you know that's opened or you know, what's 70 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: the situation around town. 71 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,200 Speaker 2: So the schools are closed today, minderstanding. Most of the 72 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 2: businesses and that have are closed today as well because staff. 73 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 2: If you've got staff in our rural areas where we 74 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 2: don't need a nineteen, you know, the road start to 75 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: shut at sixteen, So people are preparing them elves, staying 76 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: at home as much as they can and staying where 77 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 2: they are so don't get caught with road closures. 78 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: Yeah. Hey, Now in terms of the oh, you've got 79 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: the National Critical Care and Trauma Response enter the ozmat 80 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 1: team they set up after the hospital was evacuated. How's 81 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: all that tracking today? 82 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 2: I believe it's good. It isn't the NT government that's 83 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: looking after that. But I have heard that it was 84 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: all up and running yesterday afternoon and the emergency department 85 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 2: was the last thing to be shifted over late yesterday. 86 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 2: So it is there, it's running. It looks pretty good. Yeah, 87 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:39,679 Speaker 2: and I think some of the staff are pretty happy 88 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: with it. I think they feel it might be they 89 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 2: might want to pack it up and keep it. 90 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll have I'm going to catch up with Lena 91 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,280 Speaker 1: Taras from the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Center 92 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: this morning as well to find out a bit more 93 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: about it after ten o'clock. But Joe, in terms of, 94 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: you know, the level of sandbagging and the way that 95 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: the community really got together, you know, post the flood, 96 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:07,280 Speaker 1: just you know, less than two weeks ago, but then 97 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: also last week and over the course of the weekend. 98 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: What's it been like for you as the mayor to 99 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: see the way your town just gets together and helps 100 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:17,720 Speaker 1: each other out. 101 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 2: You're going to give me a sec here. It is 102 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 2: absolutely incredible. And as people said to me, this is 103 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 2: why we live in Katherine, because when we're asked, when 104 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 2: somebody asks for help, we turn up, and we turn 105 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 2: up in numbers to help. We support each other. I 106 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 2: mean it just and the people doing the sandbagging on 107 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 2: the weekend, they were there all day. It was hot, 108 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 2: it was you know, the worst possible weather to be 109 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,680 Speaker 2: sandbagging in, but they were there. They were there all day. 110 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 2: Our idea of personnel as well were there too, in 111 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 2: the thick of it. They are just champions are just 112 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:03,240 Speaker 2: I am immensely proud of this town. It's just yeah, 113 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 2: I mean yeah, and the number of sandbags, I mean, 114 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 2: eight thousand sandbags in a day without a machine that 115 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 2: is a machine in itself to produce that, and then 116 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 2: to get them out yep, yep, and then get them out, 117 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 2: I mean, the whole town looks like a bloody sandbag. 118 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: But rightly so right, you know that's what you want, absolutely, 119 00:06:24,320 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: and just helping each. 120 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: Other, that is exactly it. And you know that helping 121 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 2: each other that's critical in that it sends a message 122 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 2: to people that we're here to support you. For those 123 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 2: people that have just been hit and they're about to 124 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 2: get hit potentially again, they know that there is this 125 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,599 Speaker 2: huge community standing behind them and there to help when 126 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 2: the time comes. And that is so important I think 127 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 2: to your well being and your mental health to know 128 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 2: that you've got that, yeah, that support. 129 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, that no matter what, you're not alone, You've got 130 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: the whole town behind you and standing with you and 131 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: ready to help out as required. 132 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, yep, yeah, it is. It's our superpower. 133 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, it truly is. Well, I tell you what, Joanna Holden, 134 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: if you want to be the mayor of somewhere, Catherine, 135 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: sounds like the place to be at the moment in 136 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: terms of the way the community, you know, gets together 137 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 1: and helps one another out. It is such a beautiful place, 138 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: and I really hope that you guys have seen the 139 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: last of it. I honestly, I hope that this is 140 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: it and that everybody can get back to life as normal. 141 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: Thank you, Katie, I do too, And yes it is 142 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 2: the town to be the mayor of. But just to 143 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 2: remind everybody, I've got another three and a half years, 144 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 2: so you don't need to come looking for a job 145 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 2: just yet. 146 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: You're happy in there for now. Just really quickly, what's 147 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,160 Speaker 1: next over the next couple of days. I mean, it 148 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: sounds like you're all doing everything you can to look 149 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: after each other, and once you you know, hopefully things 150 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: are all clear. I'm assuming that it's it's clean up mode. 151 00:07:56,720 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 2: It will be, so everybody's holding their breath until Wednesday. 152 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 2: So that's the sort of We've been told that there's 153 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 2: potentially a rise this afternoon, potentially a peak tomorrow, So 154 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 2: I think Wednesday's a day that we will know whether 155 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 2: or not wearing cleanup mode or we are just unpacking sandbags. 156 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 2: So it's you know, this next twenty four hours will 157 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 2: be critical to the town and I think, I think 158 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 2: if we are not cleaning up on Wednesday, we will 159 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 2: be looking to have some sort of massive party to 160 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 2: celebrate that we're not cleaning up. 161 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: But it's good. 162 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's yeah, yep, I yeah, anyway, I tore with you. 163 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:38,959 Speaker 2: I can't remember what it is. 164 00:08:39,160 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: Oh, that's all right, well, ye give reg us another time. 165 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: You can still tell us, Joe. We're happy to have 166 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: you back on anytime. 167 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:47,720 Speaker 2: Thank you, thank you, oh. 168 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 1: Joanna Holden. We are everybody across the Northern Territory is 169 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: thinking of you know, every flood affected area at the moment, 170 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: but particularly you guys in Catherine after what you've gone 171 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: through over the last couple of weeks. So we'll all 172 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: be holding our breadths for you until Wednesday and hoping 173 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 1: and praying that everything is going to be okay. 174 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Katie, and we appreciate all the 175 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,319 Speaker 2: support we've had across the territory, but also recognizing the 176 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,959 Speaker 2: daily in those areas too. Just yeah, yeah, it's been 177 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 2: full on. 178 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: Welljanna Holden, the mayor of Catherine, so good to talk 179 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 1: to you. We'll talk to you again soon and all 180 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: the best over the next couple of days. 181 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 2: Thank you, Katie, thank you, talk soon.