1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: And joining me in the studio is the Lord Mayor 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: of Alice. Sorry, down contract, scarlets, corn, I've been talking 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: so much about Alice Springs regards you the wrong location. 4 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 2: Sorry, Patterson Springs, you are. 5 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: Oh my jeez, are going through a bit of a 6 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: hard patch again, not at the moment two, but. 7 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,759 Speaker 3: I'm surprised everybody says what the service is doing. My 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 3: question is what the parents are doing. While we expect 9 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 3: the service to look after somebody as his kid, when 10 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 3: the parents do not. So how about we target the parents. 11 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 3: How about we go heavy on the parents. Your kid 12 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 3: eight years old, are three o'clock in the morning. What 13 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 3: the hell you're doing as a parent. Do you get 14 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 3: the child alarms? Take it back, take it back and 15 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 3: put to somebody. 16 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 2: Actually look after your kid. 17 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 3: If you're the piece again BDR Income Management, hit the parents. 18 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,599 Speaker 2: But again, Katie, we can blame everybody. 19 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 3: The reality is a lot of people in and we 20 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 3: had the legand conference a few days ago. The thing 21 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 3: that came out is there are no jobs in the communities. 22 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 3: The previous liberal government cut the old CDP. The communists 23 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 3: be asking for CDP to be brought back again. Well, 24 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 3: let's be sitting on the Minister's office in Canberra for 25 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 3: the past year and there's no decision. They're begging for 26 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 3: the CDP to come back. Why the hell is not 27 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 3: coming back? 28 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: Which minister? 29 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 3: Well, the minister was responsible for it. It doesn't really 30 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 3: matter who is it is a minister, he has a responsibility. 31 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 3: Now you had the CDP, peop got up the morning 32 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 3: to go to work and got the kids up to 33 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,119 Speaker 3: go to school. Now there's no CDP. People don't get 34 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 3: up in the morning. Kids don't get up in the morning. 35 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 3: You know what they colon the community is vampires. They're 36 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 3: sleepy the day they go out at night. 37 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: You know, some of what you're saying some people might 38 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: think sounds radical or like the wrong thing to do. 39 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 1: You know that if parents aren't getting their children to school, 40 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 1: then they shouldn't have you know, they shouldn't have the 41 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: Center Link payments cut. Then it would wind up in 42 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: a situation where kids, you know, wouldn't then be getting 43 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: a feed. I mean, what do you say to people 44 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: that think that that is a radical idea? 45 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: Tough, big scared guys. 46 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 3: The reality is if you find a kid it's not 47 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 3: fed by the partners. You take it that way, you 48 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 3: look after it. That's what we're doing. If you can 49 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 3: manage and you actually put and you can't have enough 50 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 3: money to go to the piece of biarcle to buy drugs, 51 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 3: you have to feed the kid. If you can't do it, 52 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 3: somebody else would do it. As simple as that. I mean, 53 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 3: I cannot accept arguments and bleeding hearts. 54 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 2: Spare me the thoughts. 55 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 3: If you don't like it, go back to inner suburbs 56 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 3: of Melbourne. This place here is tough. And I've seen 57 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 3: kids starving, and I've seen kids being neglected, and I've 58 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,079 Speaker 3: seen women being bussed because the partner, the husband or 59 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 3: a boyfriend was you know, in the alcohol. You have 60 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 3: to make some radical decisions. You cannot just close your 61 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,239 Speaker 3: eyes and ignore it. And as a policeman said, all 62 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 3: these indigenous women have been basted. Everybody is like in 63 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 3: the corner of silence. Enough is enough. And the late 64 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 3: San Blanasi, who unfortunately passed too young, too quickly, he 65 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 3: always told me that we have to do something as 66 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 3: a community to stop the cycle of violence and give 67 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: our children the future. 68 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,040 Speaker 2: In words by bleeding hearts that do not help. I 69 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 2: need to do. 70 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: Something, corn I do want to move along there has 71 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:05,880 Speaker 1: been quite a bit happening over the last week or so. 72 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: But last week on the show, we caught up with 73 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: some stroke and disability advocate Richard Krooks, who did his 74 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: own ordered on car parking in the CBD and says 75 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: that there's not enough free disability parking for people. Is 76 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:19,239 Speaker 1: this something that the Council would look at? 77 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 3: Council allocates and disability parking. According to the Australian standards 78 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 3: for so many able body parkings, there are actually parking 79 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 3: for people disability. 80 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 2: But the Richard wants to talk to me. 81 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 3: Please Richard, pick up the phone, give me a call, 82 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 3: give send me any email. He was in a particular area. 83 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 3: Things should be more like a place where people disabilities 84 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 3: have to go because there are tried. 85 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: I think he's tried to write to you. I think 86 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: he's also tried to come in and actually hand a 87 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 1: letter to the council and he's sort of been knocked away. 88 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 3: No, no, no, just just give me a ring, call 89 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 3: me so many mail Lord dot mayor at Darwin dot 90 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 3: n T dot gov dot AU. 91 00:03:58,440 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: I read my mails and our response. 92 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: Now. He did mention the size of parking spaces was 93 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: also an issue those, especially for those people with wheelchairs. 94 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 3: Again, these are is actually designed by the Australian Standards, 95 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 3: not by the Council. We've got the problem now even 96 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 3: with the normal parkings. They were designed many years ago 97 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 3: and they were designed for proper cars. But now you 98 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 3: see the cars they're bigger, wider, longer. So we've got 99 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 3: a problem. But the standards haven't changed it. And we 100 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 3: can't change the standards by ourselves because then we've kept 101 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 3: problems with insurance and responsibility and liability. 102 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: So I guess the big you know, the big question 103 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: will be is will you would you have a chat 104 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 1: with Richard about you if. 105 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 2: He riches or right to me, I've perhaps done. 106 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,200 Speaker 3: What concern me is there might be some areas that 107 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 3: people their services, that people disabilities have to go if 108 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 3: they're not enough parking there for people with disabilities. 109 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 2: Let's have a look again, Yeah. 110 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 1: Right, And I mean I guess just looking at somewhere 111 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: like them all it can be quite difficult to get 112 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: the disability park. I know from when my father was 113 00:04:54,720 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: you know, was terminally ill, unless you get one that's 114 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 1: sort of right down the end, the near Rangeree park, 115 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: it can be tough to get a spot that is closed, 116 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: So particularly if someone's in a wheelchair, if they're in 117 00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 1: a walking from. 118 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 2: Certainly we look into it. 119 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:08,600 Speaker 3: The other thing is to remember if you use an 120 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 3: aural park and you've got to sign people disability, that 121 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 3: entells you twice the time, not two hours. 122 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,679 Speaker 2: You can stay for four hours. So there's no problem. 123 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 2: But talk to us and we'll see what. 124 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, look, I reckon that's a good idea. We 125 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: will will try and make sure that Richard can get 126 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: in contact with you. Hey, are they going to be? 127 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:28,240 Speaker 1: The council received, as I understand it, a ninety thousand 128 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: dollars grant for a cardboard compact or as part of 129 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 1: the Northern Territory government's recycling program. How is this waste 130 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: going to divert from landfill? 131 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 3: Well, cardboards very a valuable resource and I know down 132 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 3: south there are factors that actually take the cardboard and 133 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 3: convert it back to cardboard, and by here in the 134 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 3: territory because a disonce factor and the court to take 135 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 3: them down south would tend to bury them. If you 136 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 3: bury a cardin that's compacted, it takes a lot of space. 137 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,520 Speaker 3: If you compact it takes much less space. And if 138 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 3: you bury it. The other thing is arr and devil 139 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 3: is to recycle as much as possible. And we're trying 140 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 3: to find people that actually they can use the car, 141 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 3: the cupboards. But again I said the year before, you 142 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,479 Speaker 3: compact the rabbist properly, you can double the live span 143 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 3: of your rabbi step by reducing the volume of the 144 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 3: rubbish you bury. Remember though, that the rabbis stip is 145 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 3: not only to bury the rabbish. We actually recycle everything 146 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 3: and we use the gas produced by the composition of 147 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,720 Speaker 3: the rabbish to run a generator that powers a thousand houses. 148 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,320 Speaker 3: And this year, in the next two years we're going 149 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 3: to actually put another generator to increase the production of electricity. 150 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 1: Now, Coln, I want to move along because something that 151 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: a lot of people too. That's exactly right on the weekend, 152 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,919 Speaker 1: they're excited. The council has released its program for the 153 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 1: Smith Street Mall, as well as what's going to happen 154 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 1: for the Christmas pageant. Tell us a bit more. 155 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 3: It's going to be fun, fun, fun. You remember last 156 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 3: year we had seven thousand people. People really liked it. 157 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 3: This year is going to be bigger, believe it or not. 158 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 3: We had forty floats expressing indoy, so it's going to 159 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 3: be really big that of course it would be down 160 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 3: in the CBD the area where they're going now you've 161 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 3: got Kavanagh Street, Nake, Bennet Street, you name it. And 162 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 3: of course we will have the lighting of the tree 163 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 3: after that. I expect to have a lot of people. 164 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 3: The reason we have it early so we don't have 165 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 3: a rain. I know people pray for rain at the moment, 166 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 3: but please do not rain on our parade. And it's 167 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 3: the beginning of a series of events about the Christmas. 168 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 3: We're going to have fun fair in Karama. They sat 169 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 3: a fun ride and carrels by the sea in Nightcliff, 170 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 3: Carls by candlelight, the Cashualtian Cinema's party for the richeson 171 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 3: ward and of course the Sandra Village will open on 172 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 3: the twenty fifth of November in the gallery at this time, 173 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 3: come along, bring the kids, take a photo with Sanda. 174 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 2: It's all free. 175 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:49,040 Speaker 1: So no happy festive season for the Darwin City Council. 176 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: It's a big merry Christmas. 177 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 2: By the sounds of it, that's what I said, and 178 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 2: that's what will be. It's very merry. 179 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: Christmas con Just a very quick one before I let 180 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: you go. Somebody spending contact calling through wanting to ask 181 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: you there's an old rusty car REX sitting opposite the 182 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: community on dick Word Drive. Why can't the council come 183 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: and collect it? Saying it's an eyesore? 184 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 3: I know. 185 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: Unfortunately it's on a private property. 186 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 3: The council has no right to enter a private property 187 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 3: unless and it's the responsibility of the owner of the property. 188 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 3: I've seen a couple of cars around, but then we 189 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 3: can't end without permission. 190 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,119 Speaker 2: And certainly it's somebody owns that land. That person should 191 00:08:26,120 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 2: actually remove the car. 192 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: Con just on the Christmas festivities. People can jump on 193 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,839 Speaker 1: the Darwin City Council website count the City of Darwin website. 194 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 2: See it if you want to just go to the 195 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 2: U slash. 196 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 1: Christmas excellent convat Scarlas the Lord Mayor of Darwin. Thank 197 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 Speaker 1: you very much for your times. 198 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 2: Have a good morning, kay. 199 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 1: Thank you you two