1
00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,200
Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie wolf On mixed one oh four

2
00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,760
Speaker 1: point nine thanks to Joyce Main Darwin. Well, if you

3
00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,280
Speaker 1: hadn't heard, the Northern Territory Government is intending to expand

4
00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,840
Speaker 1: the boundary of the City of Palmerston to include unincorporated

5
00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,959
Speaker 1: land to the north of Palmerston, including the Wisharp Business

6
00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:20,560
Speaker 1: Precinct as well as North Crest. Now joining us on

7
00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,640
Speaker 1: the line to tell us a little bit more about

8
00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:26,320
Speaker 1: this situation, where it is when it's potentially going to happen.

9
00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,639
Speaker 1: Is the Palmerston mayor Athena Pasco Bell. Good morning to

10
00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:30,240
Speaker 1: you Athena.

11
00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:31,600
Speaker 2: Good morning Katie.

12
00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,080
Speaker 1: Now what is the situation here Athena? When are we

13
00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:37,839
Speaker 1: going to see the expanding of the boundary of the

14
00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:39,800
Speaker 1: Palmerston the City of Palmerston.

15
00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:45,040
Speaker 2: Oh, Look, the proposals still out for community consultation until

16
00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,639
Speaker 2: the thirtieth of June and then the Minister will make

17
00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,199
Speaker 2: a decision on whether that will go ahead, but it

18
00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:58,040
Speaker 2: won't be for the immediate financial year or possibly even

19
00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,880
Speaker 2: for next financial year. It will still be a while

20
00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:02,080
Speaker 2: before it takes effect.

21
00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,160
Speaker 1: And mayn how much land are we talking?

22
00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:08,880
Speaker 2: Well, I haven't got the figure exactly in front of me.

23
00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,440
Speaker 2: But as you mentioned, it covers the Wishark industrial estate

24
00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,360
Speaker 2: right over to North Crest, so it is a substantial area.

25
00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:22,080
Speaker 2: But it is where we're seeing development occurring. And currently

26
00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,680
Speaker 2: it is unincorporated, which means there's no local government servicing

27
00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,840
Speaker 2: the area and there's no local government representation for the

28
00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:30,120
Speaker 2: community right now.

29
00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,080
Speaker 1: How and I guess the next question is how big

30
00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:35,720
Speaker 1: is that community? Is it a very populated area at

31
00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,320
Speaker 1: this point? How many people are out that way.

32
00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:43,000
Speaker 2: At the moment, we estimate around four hundred people have

33
00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,640
Speaker 2: moved into North Crest, but that is expected to expand

34
00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,080
Speaker 2: between ten and fifteen thousand people by the time the

35
00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,400
Speaker 2: area is developed. So you can imagine an area that

36
00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,880
Speaker 2: size with residential and then commercial and industrial area without

37
00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:04,360
Speaker 2: community council services such as regulatory, dog management, parks, maintenance,

38
00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:09,680
Speaker 2: road light all the work that council does is not

39
00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,960
Speaker 2: going to be sustainable in the long term. Council are

40
00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,680
Speaker 2: very excited to be able to have this opportunity to

41
00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,520
Speaker 2: welcome North Crest into our community.

42
00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:20,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, I was going to say some people might have

43
00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:25,720
Speaker 1: thought that it would have come into the Darwin municipality.

44
00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:32,400
Speaker 2: Look, every council term, every council across the Northern Territory

45
00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,240
Speaker 2: has a requirement under the local government to review its

46
00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:40,560
Speaker 2: constitutional arrangements. So our council did that and we looked

47
00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,840
Speaker 2: at that unincorporated area and said, this is an opportunity

48
00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,200
Speaker 2: for Palmerston to expand, recognizing that the KOLI will be

49
00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,560
Speaker 2: completely developed in the next few years and it is

50
00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,320
Speaker 2: a good opportunity. It will allow us to provide a

51
00:02:55,320 --> 00:03:00,440
Speaker 2: whole range of services to that area, so we intend

52
00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:05,679
Speaker 2: on including events such as breaking in the park, flick nicks. Yeah,

53
00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,440
Speaker 2: and you know, potentially even in the long term a

54
00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,680
Speaker 2: library annex out that way as well. So we are

55
00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,600
Speaker 2: thinking ahead. This is a very long term vision, it's

56
00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,240
Speaker 2: even beyond the term of the next council. But we

57
00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,880
Speaker 2: think this is a great opportunity for the residents of

58
00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,000
Speaker 2: North Prest to be welcomed into our community.

59
00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:26,120
Speaker 1: Well, I suppose if you're one of those residents, you'd

60
00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,400
Speaker 1: be excited about the services, but they may be a

61
00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,000
Speaker 1: little bit concerned about the rates and things like that.

62
00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,560
Speaker 1: Have they been currently paying rates or those service fees?

63
00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,200
Speaker 1: I'm assuming not. If they don't have any services.

64
00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:44,520
Speaker 2: They do pay rates usually to the Nord Territory government

65
00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:48,560
Speaker 2: for some areas they might be paying some money towards

66
00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:52,240
Speaker 2: the North Crest developer as well. Currently right we're not

67
00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:57,200
Speaker 2: planning on changing the rating strategy any in any significant way.

68
00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:00,240
Speaker 2: It'll be the same as what they used to it

69
00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:04,520
Speaker 2: at the moment for the properties that pay rates the

70
00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:08,520
Speaker 2: Northern Territory Government. The Northern Territory Government applies a very

71
00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,360
Speaker 2: similar system to what we use here in Palmerstan, so

72
00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:12,880
Speaker 2: there shouldn't be much different.

73
00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:15,480
Speaker 1: And so as you know, what can the people living

74
00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,599
Speaker 1: in those areas sort of expect when and I know

75
00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,120
Speaker 1: it is still a little way away, but what should

76
00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:23,479
Speaker 1: they expect and what can they expect when they do

77
00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:29,960
Speaker 1: eventually come under the municipality of Palmerston. They'll have the.

78
00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,279
Speaker 2: Same access to everything that the current residents of Palmerston have,

79
00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,720
Speaker 2: So regulatory services will have dog management in that area,

80
00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:42,520
Speaker 2: their rubbish will be collected in accordance with council's current policies,

81
00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:47,960
Speaker 2: which is twice a week for Palmerston. Will extend our

82
00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,960
Speaker 2: events and social activities and programs like Activate Breck in

83
00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,240
Speaker 2: the Park technics into those areas, so will feel like

84
00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:01,680
Speaker 2: they're part of our community. I'll also have represent through

85
00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,039
Speaker 2: the elected members of the council, so they'll have that

86
00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,919
Speaker 2: ability to engage with elected members to further any of

87
00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,800
Speaker 2: their concerns and a systems with anything that they need.

88
00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,520
Speaker 1: Now, is there somewhere where people can go Athena to

89
00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,560
Speaker 1: provide some feedback or if they want to have the

90
00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,200
Speaker 1: say on this situation.

91
00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:21,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, there is and it's actually up on the Northern

92
00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:26,200
Speaker 2: Territory Government website. So they are running this process. It's

93
00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,040
Speaker 2: on their have your Say website the City of Parkerston

94
00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:33,000
Speaker 2: Council boundary, so that's open until the thirtieth of June,

95
00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,400
Speaker 2: and following that time the Minister for Local Government will

96
00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:37,600
Speaker 2: make their final decision.

97
00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,360
Speaker 1: Asena Pasco Bell, the Mayor of Palmerston, it's always good

98
00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,320
Speaker 1: to catch up with you. Anything else going on in

99
00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:44,800
Speaker 1: Palmerston that we should know about.

100
00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:48,680
Speaker 2: Look, we always have a lot of exciting events and

101
00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,160
Speaker 2: activities and you can check them out on our website.

102
00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,480
Speaker 2: Coming up shortly we have Taming of the Shrew at

103
00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,320
Speaker 2: Thanks Free Lake, so if you're into a bit of Shakespeare,

104
00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,800
Speaker 2: you can get your tickets on council's websites. We just

105
00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,760
Speaker 2: had a Brickie in the park Our Dog Park at

106
00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:08,640
Speaker 2: Baseball has its grand opening this weekend, so lots lots

107
00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,320
Speaker 2: of going on, and Plicnicks is also back very shortly

108
00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,280
Speaker 2: as well, so and that's moving around now as well,

109
00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,760
Speaker 2: so we'll have that at Durak Heights Sanctuary Lakes as

110
00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:19,719
Speaker 2: well as we to Square.

111
00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,720
Speaker 1: Oh good stuff. And it's the perfect weather to enjoy a.

112
00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,839
Speaker 2: Movie, absolutely perfect, so grab a picnic, a picnic blanket

113
00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:28,599
Speaker 2: and go out and enjoy the evening.

114
00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:32,040
Speaker 1: Good stuff. For Sena Pasco Bell, always good to catch up.

115
00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:33,320
Speaker 1: Thanks for your time this morning

116
00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:34,840
Speaker 2: No worry, thankk you