1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: Now joining me in the studio right now, very big 2 00:00:04,840 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: change of pace. It is the Lord Mayor of Darwin 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: convat scarlets. Good morning Conn, Good morning Katie. 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 2: How are you yeah? 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: Really good? Con Good to have you in the studio now. 6 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: I know that you have indeed confirmed that you are 7 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,600 Speaker 1: planning to run for mayor again. I believe Sam Western's 8 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: put his hand up, and Sylvia Clenaris, I believe it's 9 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: also put her hand up. Is it gonna be like 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: a Melbourne cup Field con. 11 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 2: Well, it was last time. If you remember, there are 12 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 2: quite a few people with their hands up. We're living 13 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 2: in a democracy. 14 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: Come on, absolutely sure. 15 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 2: We live in democracy. People are entitled to stand for 16 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: elections wherever they want to. The decision is rest with 17 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: the public. It depends what the public wants and what 18 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: to see in this city. They have to make up 19 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 2: their minds. My record is well known. I mean people 20 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 2: can see it by driving down Daily Street or going 21 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 2: to Bandilla or even going to Warators. Remember the story 22 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: with the lights. I'm not just making promises. I will 23 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 2: do things. I already done things and I will continue 24 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: to do things. 25 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: Corn is the fact that other counselors are putting their 26 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: hand up to run against you, an indication that they 27 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: maybe feel you could do more. 28 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: Well, look, everybody's good ideas, but you have to remember 29 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 2: also these councils put their hands up for counselors and 30 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: Lord Mayor, while I'm putting my hand only for Lord Mayor. 31 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 2: So in some cases a lot of councilors put their 32 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 2: hands up to increase their visibility and their profile so 33 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: they can actually then claim whatever they want to claim. 34 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,479 Speaker 1: Busy man, this morning, colors, it's. 35 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 2: Been absolutely crazy because I've got things happening, like finalizing 36 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:34,200 Speaker 2: the bandilla and finalizing another three playgrounds Smith Street. 37 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: Well, thank god, we'll get all that in a second 38 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: before we go there. Though I know the nominations do 39 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: indeed open for the councilors or yeah, this Friday, Friday 40 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: the eleventh, and as I understand that the Counselor is 41 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: actually hosting candidate information sessions. 42 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: Yes, we do that. We do that every time. We 43 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 2: just want to let people know what the responsibilities is 44 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 2: because it's easy to put your hand up, but you 45 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 2: have to know what you'd expected from you and what 46 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,560 Speaker 2: your obligation, your sility expects, the community expects for you. 47 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: How to behave about conflict of interest, about things that 48 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: actually you have to know before you put your hand up. 49 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: It's not just standing up he says, I'm going to 50 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 2: be a counselor. Great, but you know what, it's a 51 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 2: lot of work, and a lot of work that sometimes 52 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 2: doesn't pay. But the other hand is, you know, it's 53 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 2: all my fault. If the weather it's bad, it's my fault. 54 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: If the weather's good, it's not my my thing. Somebody 55 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: else is said. 56 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: Good, why do you reckon? I mean, you are somebody 57 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: who with the people like you or not. You're somebody 58 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: who's been a minister. You have dedicated a large part 59 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: of your life as the mayor as well to public service. 60 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: Why do you reckon? People should put their hand up. 61 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 2: To run because if you don't put your hand up, 62 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: you don't have You have no right to complain. If 63 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: you're not going to actually decide that you're going to 64 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,760 Speaker 2: do something for the community, don't pick up the phone 65 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,400 Speaker 2: and talk to Katie Woolf on the radio and complain 66 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 2: about everything when you've done nothing about the community. And 67 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:56,880 Speaker 2: I'm saying that one because some people says, oh, stuff it, 68 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: I'll go fishing. I'm not going to vote, and the 69 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 2: first one is to ring you complain about things. Guys, 70 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 2: we live in a democracy, and living in a democracy 71 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: has got some obligation responsibilities. Don't take it for granted. 72 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 2: The people out there in other countries that they're not 73 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 2: allowed to vote, they can't vote, and if they ask 74 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,399 Speaker 2: for their right to vote, they go to prison. We'll 75 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 2: live in a lucky country. I've lived in a country 76 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 2: like that before, and that's what I said to you before. 77 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: I don't care who put the hand up. It's a 78 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: good indication that we're living in a very healthy democracy. 79 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: Con Look, we'll move along. There's quite a bit happening, 80 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,400 Speaker 1: as you touched on before Smith straight those fences have 81 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: come down in some areas, and I will say I've 82 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: given you lots of stick about this over the last 83 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: few weeks, and those businesses contacted me immediately to say Katie, 84 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: the fences have come down. They're happy. 85 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 2: Well, Katie, I told you before we had a plan 86 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 2: and we wanted to accelerate. We sympathize with the business. 87 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 2: I was the first to say it had to be done, 88 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: but in order to be done, we had to take 89 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: some precautions because required by a low to protect the 90 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 2: public and our workers. I know it was difficult, and 91 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 2: I promise that we're going to actually accelerate the end 92 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: of the area where the business are. And we did 93 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 2: it and now I passed the other day. Yes, there 94 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 2: are some fences, especially around the excavator because for obvious reasons, 95 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 2: but the rest get been removed and continue to do 96 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 2: the work to beautify it. It already looks beautiful because 97 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 2: plans are planted, will start now having the stencils on 98 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 2: the road and it's going to be a beautiful, beautiful place. 99 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: Con In relation to night Okuak, we know that obviously 100 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,800 Speaker 1: night or quake celebrations kicked off. Yesterday the council hosted 101 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: a flag rising ceremony to kick things off, had at 102 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: Old Guy. 103 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,360 Speaker 2: It went extremely well. There was significant number of people there. 104 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,480 Speaker 2: And what I like very much. I like the theme 105 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 2: of NADOC this time is look into the future. Look 106 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 2: we starotyping sometimes and there are a lot of people 107 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 2: that actually blame everything because somebody in a community group 108 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 2: did something, they blame the whole community group. I don't 109 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 2: look at I don't wake up in the morning thinking 110 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,719 Speaker 2: who am I going to hear today? I wake up 111 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 2: in the morning thinking how am I going to work 112 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 2: with somebody today to do something better? And I was 113 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: so pleased to see James Parkert there and Michael Routema 114 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 2: and others there, and Mike Long and so many French 115 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 2: who live in Darwin. It didn't French who live in 116 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 2: Darwin to actually look to the future. And we have 117 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 2: to look at the future. We can't complain what's happening. 118 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 2: It will do nothing to prevent from happening or correct it. 119 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: Conne in terms of the Council providing grant funding for 120 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: activities and events, what groups were successful and what if 121 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: they organized? 122 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 2: I can't tell you because I tried to tell you, 123 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 2: but I was told I was embargoed until tomorrow. Okay, well, 124 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 2: there are some three groups, very very well known. It's 125 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 2: very important and I don't want to steal there they 126 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 2: want to do it. But I'll tell you what first 127 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 2: thing tomorrow morning. Will send you least and you can 128 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 2: actually announced. I wanted to announce it. 129 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: I was ready to go. You know, usually follow rulest. 130 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 2: I have to. I have to otherwise they won't talk 131 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 2: to me, they won't give me any inform it. But 132 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 2: that's one other thing. I have to remind you that 133 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: being an elected member you do it. 134 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 1: You do have to follow rules. How can you hey, 135 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: I know that the council has also We spoke to 136 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: the CEO of Anti Swimming last week about the new 137 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: facility there a per rap. What are the next steps 138 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: from council's perspective. 139 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 2: Well, we provided the land yep. Now I know there 140 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 2: were quite a few people says, oh, coun'try give away 141 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 2: the land. We don't. The land belonged to us. And 142 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 2: you know what, when you build something and somebody else land, 143 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 2: that building belongs to you. However, what we want to do, 144 00:06:22,240 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 2: it was a strategic step for us because we attracting 145 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,239 Speaker 2: more talent to training Darway and we put it down 146 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 2: now in the focus in the map of Streaming Australia. 147 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 2: We are going to have a recovery area, a gym, 148 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 2: a meeting room and storage space support professional high performance 149 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 2: aquatic training. And the building with the fund that Streaming 150 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 2: Northern Territory has already secured, will start in July twenty 151 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:47,599 Speaker 2: twenty five, which is actually now. 152 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, look it is. It is good news. And as 153 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: I said, I spoke to the CEO of Anti swimming 154 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,720 Speaker 1: last week about us and talked more about what it 155 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:57,920 Speaker 1: is going to mean for swimming in the Northern Territory. 156 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: So a good step and and you know, I think 157 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: it's a positive thing. We've got to see these kinds 158 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: of things happening in the Northern Territory. If we want 159 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: to make this place attractive for our young people and 160 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: want our young people to stay living here as well, 161 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: they've got to have opportunity. 162 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 2: That Katy, I mean, we've got to build up now 163 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 2: the Defense Forces. A lot of the Defense Force personnel 164 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 2: decide to retire or leave, we should keep them here. Absolutely, 165 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 2: they're not going to stay here with provides. 166 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: We've got no opportunity for their children. 167 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: And that's exactly what we're doing. 168 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: Absolutely. Hey, I'm just following on from Territory Day last week. 169 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: Was there any damage to counsel infrastructure? 170 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 2: Fortunately, we had the usual idiots and I say that 171 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: to one because that's what it is. They actually put 172 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 2: the fire crackers inside the toilets in this point again destroyed. 173 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: I guess again the gun Tara. 174 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Speaker 2: I think so they were near there, which is actually stubid, stupid, stupid. 175 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 2: This is this is what is going to cause the 176 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 2: government to ban the fire crackers and then everybody will 177 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:58,680 Speaker 2: complain the stubid act of a very small minority is 178 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:01,679 Speaker 2: going to affect the law by decisions or another territory. 179 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: This happened last year as well. 180 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 2: Done last year, have you got the life, guys, do 181 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 2: something else better rather than actually put a fire crag, 182 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 2: put it in your own toilet. What's this happening? 183 00:08:10,760 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: Exactly? Well? And last year you told us it was 184 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: going to cost a bloody arm and a leg to fix. 185 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: Do you know how much it's going to fix? 186 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,119 Speaker 2: You try to fix a toilet lately. It cost probably 187 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 2: about one hundred thousand dollars one hundred grand. They're completely 188 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 2: destroyed inside. 189 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: That's insane. Does the counsel have any idea? Who's done us? 190 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,160 Speaker 2: No, we can't because you can't put into. 191 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: A toilet area. But can you just outside? 192 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 2: Well, dark time and probably two o'clock in the morning, 193 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 2: believe it or not, they're still here eleven o'clock, twelve 194 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 2: o'clock midnight, a fire crack is still going on. I mean, 195 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 2: you're going to destroy a very good tradition with another 196 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 2: territory because you're a child. 197 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: But I thought the gates closed to this point at 198 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: a certain time of night, and then surely you can lock. 199 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 2: Up the toilet where you can go in if you 200 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,640 Speaker 2: want to. Again, but even if even before closing eleven 201 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 2: o'clock somebody doesn't does it. But it must take a 202 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 2: lot of effort and a lot of fire crackers, so 203 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 2: it costs a bit of money. 204 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: But again, guys, real, yeah, life absolutely, Hi, com before 205 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: I let you go. I know, construction started on the 206 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 1: northern expansion of Stage two of the waste sell at 207 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 1: shoul Bay. What's that all about? 208 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 2: Well, one other things we have is actually we're start 209 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 2: in the beginning with the rubbistip that was going to 210 00:09:21,880 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 2: last about fifty to twenty years. We have now expanded 211 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 2: a live span of the rab of the rabbit step 212 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 2: to go further than thirty to forty years, because we 213 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 2: call it a very good management, very good compaction increase recycling. 214 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 2: The problem we've got is now all every time the 215 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,120 Speaker 2: standards changed, so where we have to bury some of 216 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 2: the noxious waste waste that contained us best and everything else, 217 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 2: it has to be done in a certain way. We 218 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 2: have a plan for three seals. We have already the 219 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 2: first one, but We're not waiting until that one completed 220 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 2: and then start it will be terrible. So we start 221 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 2: now the second stage. We're going to actually do it properly, 222 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 2: line it, material design it properly. And the other thing 223 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 2: we do very well is actually we dig water them 224 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 2: and we put pipeline to actually take the gas out 225 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 2: and send it to the generator that generates power to that. Actually, 226 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 2: the one we've got now powers one thousand houses. We 227 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 2: tend to put another generator or private sector we put 228 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 2: another generator generator to increase the capacity. Instead of actually 229 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,000 Speaker 2: leaving the methane going to the air, we just use 230 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 2: it to power houses and actually recycling it rather let 231 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 2: it destroy the atmosphere. 232 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: Con Before I let you go, I understand there is 233 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: a bit of an update as well on the recycling 234 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: shop there at the tip What's Ago. It's been operating 235 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:38,680 Speaker 1: now for about six months. 236 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 2: Well, we had some really results and we had about 237 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 2: fifteen thousand people coming through. They had about twelve thousand sales. 238 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 2: They diverted one hundred and fifty nine tons of material 239 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:54,560 Speaker 2: from landfill. They've sold thirty five one thousand items, eleven 240 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 2: and a half tons of scrap metal. The other thing 241 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 2: is employed. Some of the three members of HPA that 242 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 2: you used to good before, they keep them back. Currently 243 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 2: the employee eight members people they had difficulty finding a 244 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 2: job of had difficulty of adjusting to a job, and 245 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 2: we've got a lot of people now that actually go there. 246 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 2: It's a totally different environment. I have to admit in 247 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 2: the beginning when I saw that thought who it looks 248 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 2: like a supermarket. But boy, people like it because now 249 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 2: things are stack at properly arranged. Probably people can find 250 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 2: whether they want much much easier. The interesting thing is 251 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 2: two towns of White Cold and two point one times 252 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 2: of e West and they have donated a lot of 253 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:38,079 Speaker 2: material like clothing and other things to this thrifty shops 254 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 2: we've got around Darwin. So they're doing a good job. 255 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:42,840 Speaker 2: I'm really repleased about it. And the most important is 256 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 2: that actually employ HPA people they want to stay and 257 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 2: also the employee people they can't find a job that 258 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 2: they've got differently. 259 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 1: Fine, good to hear well, contact scholars the Lord Mayor 260 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: of Darwin. Good to catch up with you. Thanks so 261 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: much for your time. 262 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 2: You have a great day and a great week in 263 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 2: this beautiful weather. 264 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: You too, Thank you