1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: Joining me in the studio right now is the Lord 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Mayor of Darwin convat scarlets. 3 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 2: Good morning, corn, good morning in this beautiful dry seism 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 2: day and beautiful dry seism. And I hear the grape 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 2: vine there are lots of tourists so badly I can't 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,319 Speaker 2: find a place to park in the CBD, which is 7 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 2: really good news. That's good news people here, people are 8 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 2: spending businesses happy. 9 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: I won't be parking at that RV parkt well. 10 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: To hear that one, because we're still going on about it. 11 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:33,120 Speaker 2: I heard the grapevine that following our application, the Minister, 12 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:37,639 Speaker 2: the officers of the Depot actually recommended that the exception 13 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 2: is granted. So he will be down. 14 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 1: Are you going to find out about that. 15 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 2: When the Minister decides about it. Let's find out, obviously, 16 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 2: col I don't know. I'm up to the minister. But 17 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 2: again the officers, of course, they will exercise their their 18 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: adjudgment on the on the facts. If they think there's 19 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: nothing wrong there, they will advise the Minister accordingly. I 20 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: know because I was the Minister for Lance and Planning 21 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 2: and I used to listen to my to my advisors. 22 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: I was going to say, though, how like, how do 23 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,040 Speaker 1: you know that the Tiples given it the green tick. 24 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 3: It's a small town, Kate, it's a small town people talk. 25 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: Well, let's wait and see what happens. 26 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: Well, the news of getting from Queensland, Mackay and Kirn's 27 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,920 Speaker 2: did exactly the same. So I don't know why we 28 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 2: actually argue about considering that I took some people there 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 2: and when they look at the place, yep, there's media 30 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 2: people and they said where the people they are not 31 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: living here, they're. 32 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 3: Living far away. 33 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 2: They can't even see anything because it's a big park 34 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: between the road and the and the parking area. 35 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: Well, we've spoken to Christina Boothby, who whose dame you 36 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: will recognize. She's Mary Clair Boothby's mum. And also you 37 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: know it does a lot with those with the r 38 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: V travelers around Australia, and she had said that it 39 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: would actually be a really great thing to see a 40 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: spot in the city. You know that they'd been advocating 41 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 1: for maybe at the old hospital site at one point. 42 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 1: So it does seem as though there's a bit of 43 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: a demand. And after I'd spoken to her, I thought, well, 44 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,799 Speaker 1: this is actually an industry that is a little bit different, 45 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: I think than what a lot of listeners would have 46 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 1: realized as well. 47 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: Not camping, it's actually people. They've got to self contained 48 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 2: units on wheels. Okay, it's not going to create problems. 49 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 2: They're not going to be there for days and days. 50 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 2: They're going to be two days maximum and they are 51 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 2: going to be aw self contented and it's going to 52 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 2: bring activity place by pushing away people who actually create problems. 53 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 2: We've got problems at social behavior, drunkenness, domestic violence, screaming, yelling. 54 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 3: You name it. I know that because I get a 55 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 3: complainer all the time. 56 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 1: Now, Corn questions come through from one of our listeners 57 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,359 Speaker 1: this morning, Good morning, Katie. Could you please ask Corn 58 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: if Darwin City Council are able to clean up the 59 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: cliffs of Casuarina Reserve. These weeds, rubbish, overgrown, horrible when 60 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: it should be being sold as a tourist site. Put 61 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: your RV camp there too, says that text. 62 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 3: But it's say they love too. 63 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 2: But it's not Darwin City Council's property. That's the Northern 64 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 2: Territory and Parks and Wildlife property. I don't know what 65 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 2: they're doing if they're doing anything, and suddenly it would 66 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: be at great idea, but they over there. But you 67 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 2: have to approach your local members and the Northern Territory government. 68 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: Corn another message, this time from Allen. Now he had said, 69 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: residents on the northern sides of both McMillan's Road and 70 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: Trowe Road seem to have been abandoned by the government 71 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: and the council when it comes to road reserves, as 72 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: many are dying and unt kept. The council is spending 73 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: all the money in the city and delete suburbs and 74 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: verges and center islands in the northern suburbs look brown 75 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: and the trees quite sad. Now he's most concerned about 76 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: that area that i'd said there McMillan's Road and Trowe 77 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 1: Road on the northern side. Is that the Northern Territory 78 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: Government or the council. 79 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 2: Macmillan Roads, vanderlind Drive mcminstry. There are Northern Territory Government roads. 80 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 2: We don't have any jurisdiction there. I'd love to. I 81 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 2: proposed many times to Devil to give us the contract 82 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 2: from maintaining them. 83 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 3: I have heard from them. No, we're not spending all 84 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 3: the money in the city. 85 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 2: If you look at the bag Har Park and how 86 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 2: we did a whole lot how we planted mot trees. 87 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,520 Speaker 2: If you look broads or terraces in Casurina, you find 88 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 2: out we revegetate all of it and we have plans 89 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: in place and we're talking to the government to take 90 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,400 Speaker 2: over some of the methods of their roads to maintain them. 91 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 2: If you look at the Stuart Highway towards Casarina, that's 92 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 2: government road. 93 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 3: And yes there are problems. 94 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 2: If you look at Daily Street past the bridge, it's 95 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 2: council and responsibility and the place is green. It's unfortunately 96 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 2: we've got these two jurisdictions to our roads. A typical example, 97 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 2: it's all territory government, not trees in the middle, no 98 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 2: median street flowers, nothing at all. 99 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: Corn. One of the other things that is sort of 100 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: bubbling along is the East scooters. Now, I know you've 101 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: spoken to us about this before and spoken about the 102 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: potential for them to be written in well, to be 103 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: written on the bike paths and on roads instead of 104 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: on those footpaths. Where are things that with the review 105 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: and with that research that you are doing. 106 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 2: Well, government promise that are going to put legislation to 107 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 2: help to allow the scooters to be on the road 108 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 2: because currently it's illegal to actually ride a scooder on 109 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 2: the road. 110 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 3: That'd be great because that will take the scooters. 111 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 2: Off the paths where people pedestrians walk. We had incidents 112 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 2: where people nearly cleared out by scooters and we put 113 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 2: them in the road and bike paths. It would be 114 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 2: good also to put on the roads because if you 115 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 2: ride a scooter on the road and you're drunk. 116 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 3: You get fined. 117 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 2: Currently, it can evade that one if you actually are 118 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: in a bike path. So it will help us and 119 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 2: will help the public to feel safer in the footpaths 120 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 2: rather than have scooters zoming, not all of them zooming. 121 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 2: I mean, let's be clear, a lot of people do 122 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 2: the right thing, but some of them think they can 123 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:44,159 Speaker 2: do anything they like. 124 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: Can somebody else's message through to us, who's got responsibility 125 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: for the Mitchell Street strip and making sure that it's clean, 126 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,000 Speaker 1: and nine times. 127 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,599 Speaker 3: We do and we maint a regularly. 128 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 2: Which met street strip is that one? Let me know, 129 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 2: because I can't imagine any metro street strip. I don't 130 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 2: know any unless the daily street. 131 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: Apparently there is leftover food and things like that along there. 132 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: I don't know whether it's maybe before the cleaners go through. 133 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 2: Well, we clean up and regularly. We've got cleaning teams 134 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 2: all the time. If it happens after people decided they 135 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 2: had much drink and too much to it and throw 136 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 2: the rubbish on the road, I'm sorry. 137 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 3: We haven't got twenty four hour cleaners. 138 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 2: We go at the morning early and we're clearing the 139 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 2: place and pressure cleaning too. Hey. 140 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: Con another message from a listener, This person wondering what's 141 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: the latest down there at Doctors Gully where the rock 142 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 1: climbing center used to be and is there still plans 143 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: or is there any plans to do anything there? 144 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 2: Again, Well, we had long long legal issue which we want. 145 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 2: We actually now looking at indegrity of the structure. We 146 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 2: have an engineer looking because you have to remember the 147 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 2: very old structures built in the war. 148 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 3: We have to find out if it's any good. 149 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 2: If it's any good, then we clean it up and 150 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 2: probably we'll go for expression of interest. 151 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 3: I know there's some people that want. 152 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 2: To do things there, and we would like to do 153 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 2: things there because if you live in abandoned and it 154 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 2: will be completely occupied by people they want somewhere to drink. 155 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 3: We want to activate and we want to bring life 156 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 3: back into it. 157 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I great, buys, We'll get things moving. Can't anything 158 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:19,720 Speaker 1: else that's going on that we should be aware of. 159 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 1: I know the councils always pretty busy, busy. 160 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 2: Remember in the Admintans coming up, So give your dancing shoes, 161 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 2: Bollywood dancing shoes. And we've got a lot of events 162 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 2: happening at the moment in town. The people in town celebrating, 163 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 2: the people in town having good time. Actually, I have 164 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 2: to say that there are not many people from outside town. 165 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 3: It seems to quieten down. 166 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 2: And the other good thing is finally the agreement we 167 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 2: had with the government to give some of the low 168 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 2: risk prisoners to clean the place up is being finalized. 169 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 2: We're going to see these people coming around and cleaning 170 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 2: the place up to well. 171 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 1: Contact scholars, the Lord Mayor of Doarwin. It's always good 172 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: to catch up with you. Thanks so much for joining me. 173 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 3: Weekends coming up, and enjoy the rest for the weekends. 174 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: Can't good fun? 175 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 2: So do I? 176 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 3: So do? 177 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 2: I No, actually don't, because I've got more things to 178 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 2: do on the weekend than I've got during the week. 179 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: Actually, before I let you go, someone who's just messaged, 180 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: this person's saying just seeking some clarification about the drink 181 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: driving on the scooters. He thought you could get done 182 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: for being in control of anything on the footpath, a bike, 183 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: a scooter or anything. 184 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 3: Well, I don't think technical they can do that one. 185 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 2: But again it's not being drunk in a public place 186 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:32,960 Speaker 2: is not an offense anymore. So if you'd give a 187 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 2: few drinks and walk on a back path of the path, 188 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 2: you're not going to be arrested. But you dare to 189 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 2: go down on the street, the police will get you. 190 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 3: Well. 191 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: Cont good to catch up with you is always Thanks 192 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: so much for your time.