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Speaker 1: As I said, the Northern Territory Government this morning and

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Speaker 1: for locals and enticing visitors to stay longer. So the

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory Government, in partnership with the City of Darwin

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Speaker 1: and also the Australian Government have launched Laneways and Small

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Speaker 2: For Darwin City.

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Speaker 1: It is a commitment from the historic Darwin City Deal

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Speaker 1: between the three levels of government to position Darwin as

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Speaker 1: a vibrant.

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Speaker 2: And liveable city.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 1: The action plan aims to coordinate existing and future work

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Speaker 1: and investment in a number of laneways and small streets

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Speaker 1: in the Darwin Central Business District. Now joining us on

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Speaker 1: the line to tell us more about this announcement and

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Speaker 1: exactly what it means. Well, it is the Minister for

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Speaker 1: Business Paul Kirby. Good morning to your minister.

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Speaker 3: Morning Katie. Morning everyone now.

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Speaker 1: Tell us funding has been announced to revive Chapel Lane

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Speaker 1: as I understand it and the easement between the Hilton

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Speaker 2: What does the plan involved?

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Speaker 3: Well, I think if people turn their mind to like

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Speaker 3: now do some nighttime markets or some evening markets through

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Speaker 3: continues the work that we're doing with Council to try

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Speaker 3: a lot of the activation that we're doing. The town

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Speaker 3: just looks beautiful at the moment for the festival. It's

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Speaker 2: Cap Yeah, you can really tell the difference, can't you?

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Speaker 1: When the Darwin Festival's on and all of those areas

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Speaker 1: what kind of activations can we expect to see Well in.

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Speaker 3: That particular area out the front of those restaurants and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was going to ask, how do you think

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Speaker 3: Oh, there's a plan to do a lot of this

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon it's something that needs to happen and

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Speaker 1: How much is it going to cost?

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Speaker 3: I we'll put one point three million into this particular project.

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Speaker 3: But as you said, the festival park and places like that.

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Speaker 1: Now Minister, there are people messaging through going Katie good idea,

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Speaker 1: But what about our restaurant closing as a result of

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Speaker 3: Look, we've worked, we've or reached out to the people

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Speaker 1: Look, I get that, and I understand that there does

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Speaker 1: But char like they've told the NT News, the decision

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Speaker 1: But I can you know, I just know that there's

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Speaker 3: Understand that. Understand that you know these incidents, you know

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Speaker 2: Any opportunity that there might be.

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Speaker 3: More of them, like I said, the Darwen City Council,

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Speaker 1: Now, I do want to ask, we did get a

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Speaker 3: It has taken quite some time to get to this stage.

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Speaker 3: But as I mentioned, earlier to somebody else. Since the

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Speaker 1: How come this one has taken so long because it

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Speaker 3: Well, and that's everybody's right during negotiations if they think

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Speaker 3: through for the Fieries. But we certainly very very much

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Speaker 3: So it is an acknowledgment of their hard work and

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Speaker 1: So when are you expecting it all to be signed

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Speaker 2: The deal with the fires.

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Speaker 3: From this point it takes a few days to a

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Speaker 2: Are you able to say how much the pay is

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Speaker 3: Oh, look at it's really similar to well similar to

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Speaker 1: Minister, no doubt it's been a busy time trying to

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Speaker 1: Commissioner going to be having her contract renewed.

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Speaker 3: I think our public sector commissioner has recently announced within

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Speaker 3: for all her hard work and with the role into

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Speaker 1: So she's not going to reapply. Was that a surprise

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Speaker 3: Well, now, I think there'd been conversations for a while

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Speaker 3: about whether she would reapply for that position, Katie. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: like I said, there's never been a time in the

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Speaker 3: So yeah, a massive states due to her and her

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Speaker 1: And so it wasn't a situation like she still had

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Speaker 3: Yeah, certainly, yep. It was just a position where at

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Speaker 3: not exactly sure the term of that position, but yeah,

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Speaker 2: Well, Minister, we appreciate your time this morning.

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Speaker 1: Hey, just on that area that is going to be revitalized, Chapelaine,

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Speaker 1: building when can we expect that to be complete.

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Speaker 3: Well, we'll try and get through that body of work.

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Speaker 3: It's out for consultation, out for consultation at the moment,

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Speaker 3: so we'll certainly take into account the businesses that are

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Speaker 1: Well, Minister Paul Kirby, appreciate your time this morning. Thank

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Speaker 1: you very much for having a chat with us.

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Speaker 3: No worries. Thanks you