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Speaker 1: Joining me live in the studio is the Lord Mayor

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Speaker 1: of Darwin convat Scarles.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, morning, and what a wonderful morning.

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Speaker 1: It's beautiful weather and it must have been glorious whether

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Speaker 1: on Saturday for the Jingly Water Festival and families.

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Speaker 2: You know it's good when you have to walk ten

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Speaker 2: minutes from where you parked to go to the event.

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Speaker 2: It was so good, Katie. I was advised there were

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Speaker 2: more than four thousand people turn up the event. It

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Speaker 2: was full of kids, full of families. The weather was great,

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Speaker 2: We had a sizzle, we had the fun batch, we

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Speaker 2: had everything there, the cues for the pain face painting

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Speaker 2: and the cues for the other events. Patting the animals

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Speaker 2: was just so big. I couldn't believe it. And everybody

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Speaker 3: And so you're reackon about four thousand people there.

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Speaker 2: That's what my stuff taught us about in excession. Four

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Speaker 2: thousand people turn up and that's so that actually you've

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Speaker 2: got good weather and the family is going to take

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Speaker 2: their kids out. And I want how to do that

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Speaker 2: one annual event and also to expand to the other words.

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Speaker 2: That was a channel war right rapidly area And now

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Speaker 2: I would like to do it in let's say Karama area.

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Speaker 2: I would like to do it up in cas Aurina

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Speaker 2: and certainly down here in the city of Dawn. We

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Speaker 2: plan your space in the Esplana, we can do it.

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Speaker 2: Just bring the families out, give the kids something to do.

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Speaker 1: I reckon it's a good idea. I think it's good

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Speaker 1: to have those different things to do. When it looks

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Speaker 1: like the council's doing well quite a bit. You're actually

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Speaker 1: hosting an international trade show this week as well.

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Speaker 2: Well. It used to be done by the Sister City

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Speaker 2: Association of Australia, which actually they haven't done anything for

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Speaker 2: a while. But we have so many sister cities in

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Speaker 2: the region and in the past we use them really

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Speaker 2: effectively for education. We're attracting students from the regions, from Indonesia,

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Speaker 2: from Ambon, from China. For cultural changes. We had people

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Speaker 2: coming from Indonesia and from China to performance here. So

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Speaker 2: this year I thought it was going to be a

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Speaker 2: small one. Well it turned bigger than burn Her. I've

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Speaker 2: got the Abbassador of China coming up, the Ambassador of

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Speaker 2: Greece is already here, the Ambassador of Vietnam, and the

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Speaker 2: Council Journal of Vietnam are here that I'm meeting with

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Speaker 2: them to the High Commissioner for India is here. I

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Speaker 2: even got the mayor of Santa Cruz in Calabacos, which

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Speaker 2: actually a sister city. I've got the people from Quanjo.

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Speaker 2: The Deputy Mayor of Kuanjoy is coming here. I've got

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Speaker 2: the Lord Mayor of Hobart, Anna Reynolds is coming up

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Speaker 2: to down because we work very clearly real to develop

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Speaker 2: this relationship. And of course that's on Thursday, we've got

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Speaker 2: a big event. But on Friday we've got an international

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Speaker 2: trade so everybody will exhibit. They are wares and try

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Speaker 2: to stick some businesses with each other. But the important

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Speaker 2: thing for the afternoon, the Garri Milla is the National

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Speaker 2: Food Fair, open to everybody. We're going to have a

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Speaker 2: lot of food vents. We're actually going to It's going

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Speaker 2: to be done at the esplant near the playground and

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Speaker 2: people and families can come there enjoy food either local

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Speaker 2: or in the national.

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Speaker 3: So that's on Friday.

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Speaker 2: Friday afternoon from five o'clock to nine pm.

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Speaker 1: Five pm to nine pm, just thinking where I can

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Speaker 1: get my dinner own.

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Speaker 2: It's going to be family friendly, alcohol free, feel free

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Speaker 2: to come down there. Kids can play the playground, you

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Speaker 2: can enjoy your food and enjoy some interaction with our vi.

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Speaker 3: So that's longly esperate.

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Speaker 2: That's right.

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Speaker 3: It'd be good to see food vans there more often.

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Speaker 2: Conn We're trying to get them. But you know what

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Speaker 2: the problem is, they're so busy everywhere. They Actually I

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Speaker 2: had people, we invited people and they said, sorry, I

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Speaker 2: can't do it because I'm so busy night or I'm

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Speaker 2: so busy. And now we're trying to do that one

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Speaker 2: in the Esplanade, but also we're trying to do it

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Speaker 2: in Bandila, so we're trying to bring some vandilla. Now

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Speaker 2: we're going to do an opening in the middle of

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Speaker 2: the middle end of May. Already put the fillers out.

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Speaker 2: We had some people says yes, happy to come. Other says, sorry, guys,

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Speaker 2: I can't make it. I'm too busy. In calum Bay

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Speaker 2: busy everybody goes out. Yeah, because it's the dricis.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, it's a busy time of the year.

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Speaker 2: Colin.

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Speaker 1: I've got a few listener questions. I've got one here

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Speaker 1: from Susie in Annula and it says, good morning team,

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Speaker 1: A question for corn How often are the streets in

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Speaker 1: Darwin City cleaned? I walk different parts of the city

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Speaker 1: and it's looking a bit grubby. There's broken glass or

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Speaker 1: blood and human facing quite common. We are now in

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Speaker 1: peak time for tourists and our city doesn't look great

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Speaker 1: at different times. Could more be done for a cleaner city?

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Speaker 1: Questions Susi in anula Suzi.

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Speaker 2: Our team is out there five o'clock in the morning

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Speaker 2: with a big pressure machine, pressure cleaning the streets. The

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Speaker 2: interesting thing is you find this kind of dirt in

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Speaker 2: certain areas, not everywhere. We have some problems in the

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Speaker 2: all of the moment because there's some construction taking place,

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Speaker 2: but the team is aware of that one and it's

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Speaker 2: actually the mall is in our in our focus. We're

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Speaker 2: going to clean it up. But certainly the areas around

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Speaker 2: pubs and alcohol venues. Yes, I can't understand, Kate. I

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Speaker 2: mean you live a pre a venue that you've got

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Speaker 2: a toilet, and you go one hundred meters down down

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Speaker 2: the road and you decide to go to the toilet

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Speaker 2: against the wall. Come on, guys, lift a game, especially guys.

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Speaker 2: Usually it's guys, not women. But yes, I understand that

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Speaker 2: we've got quite a few visitors. We try to actually

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Speaker 2: keep on top of everything. We've got so many people

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Speaker 2: to clean the streets and we've got quite a few

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Speaker 1: I mean, are you noticing or have you seen an

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Speaker 1: increase in uh, you know, in some of the anti

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Speaker 1: social issues around the place again, and does that main

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Speaker 1: additional cleanups required?

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Speaker 2: It comes and goes, so we we sometimes we notice

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Speaker 2: if there's an influx of visitors and they camp in

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Speaker 2: the parks and we see a lot of problems in

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Speaker 2: the parks. The interesting thing is now is some of

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Speaker 2: them at decide to came in casualty across the reserve

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Speaker 2: and this is not our area, so we can't do anything,

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Speaker 2: but certainly if anywhere does. And we eased points another

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Speaker 2: place where we regular clean up. The good thing is

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Speaker 2: we've got the prisoners that helping us with the agreement

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Speaker 2: we had with the government, and we're trying to keep

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Speaker 2: on top and we will continue to do so.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, a couple of quick ones in terms of the

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Speaker 1: Smith Street Streetscape. How's that project coming along?

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Speaker 2: As you see, they're progressing really really well. They actually

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Speaker 2: they dug the pits for the trees, they put irrigation

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Speaker 2: nowt and they're progressing the very fast. I'm driving, Katie.

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Speaker 2: Every time I live here, I drive there and I

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Speaker 2: tell you what, last time I went there were seven

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Speaker 3: Disingenuous to.

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Speaker 2: And I'm happy about that. I said you before. I

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Speaker 2: sympathize with the businesses, but again, I can't do anything

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Speaker 2: if I don't dig the road, I can't put trees.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the issue is how quickly is it going to.

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Speaker 2: Happen as quickly as we can and our target is

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Speaker 2: middle of June to have the top end where the

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Speaker 2: business are finished and we can progress the others as

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Speaker 2: it goes.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I understand as well that there is feedback closing

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday when it comes to the municipal plan and

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Speaker 1: the budgets. I mean, have you had a chance to

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Speaker 1: look at some of those comments.

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Speaker 2: Yes, we actually when everything is finished that we take

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Speaker 2: all the comments, who compile them and will put them

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Speaker 2: together and that would present to counsel.

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Speaker 1: Okay, another quick one com It's coming from Allen, and

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Speaker 1: Alan asked, Hi, Katy and Crystal, Katie, can you please

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Speaker 1: make a note to ask Corn when will the council

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Speaker 1: trim overhanging vegetation in the streets surrounding the markets of

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Speaker 1: Rapid Creek, per Rap and Nightcliff, not just one straight

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Speaker 1: back but all the streets. There are motorists needing to

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Speaker 1: find a park, says Alan Allen.

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Speaker 2: I travel there regularly. I go there. I haven't noticed

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Speaker 2: anything that obstruct people's parking because they're pretty good. But

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Speaker 2: if you have a problem, please let us know. Use

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Speaker 2: our application. Give us the addressive particular area. It's confidential.

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Speaker 2: We will certainly visit it and trim it and fix it.

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Speaker 3: Con really quick.

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Speaker 2: One.

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Speaker 1: I know there's a number of dog behavior workshops been announced.

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Speaker 1: What are they going to focus on? And how can

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Speaker 1: people register?

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Speaker 2: We've got it's a territory day coming and you know

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Speaker 2: the fireworks and a lot of poor dogs free cards. Yes,

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Speaker 2: so we've got the Noise for b workshop on Wednesday

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Speaker 2: twenty first of May twenty five tomorrow and Don't Bite

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Speaker 2: Bit Polite on Wednesday twenty eighth of May twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: You can find exactly what everything is to be held

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Speaker 2: if you look at our website. Animals or animals they

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Speaker 2: behave like animals sometimes and if they're under threat, they

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Speaker 2: will buy. Also, if I had a dog that used

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Speaker 2: to be freaking out with the fireworks and I had

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Speaker 2: to actually keep it inside, otherwise it would just jump

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Speaker 2: the fence and go somewhere, we have to look after them.

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Speaker 2: But again we don't know what's happening with the fireworks. Corn.

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Speaker 3: That's right.

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Speaker 1: Well, we're going to be catching up with one of

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Speaker 1: the fireworks supplies very shortly.

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Speaker 3: Corn.

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Speaker 1: Someone's just messaged through. I'm assuming it's a person who

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Speaker 1: messaged about the dirty Streets earlier saying please sell corn

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Speaker 1: behind wisdom monsoons.

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Speaker 2: It has, yes, already done that one. I spoke to

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Speaker 2: our team because it was raised last time. My team

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Speaker 2: is aware of that one and we'll be targeting that

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Speaker 2: one as well.

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Speaker 1: Con.

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Speaker 3: That's Scarlus, the Lord Mayor of Darwin. Good to catch

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Speaker 3: up with you. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Have a great morning and a beautiful morning.

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Speaker 3: You too, Thank you. Thanks Con