1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: But I tell you what one person who looked as 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: though and certainly looks as though they've romped it in 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,720 Speaker 1: is conbat Scarlets. Good morning to you, Corn. 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 2: Good morning, Katie Corn. 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,400 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what pretty convincing win. By the look 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: of things for. 7 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 2: You, it looks like it, doesn't it two thousand votes 8 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 2: difference between the first and second candidate. It is a 9 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: convincing win. And also it's a mandate. But people really 10 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 2: like what I did in the past four years and 11 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 2: they're looking forward for me to do what I promised 12 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: to do in the next four years. 13 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: Con what is first on your agenda now? Like? Are 14 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: you back to work today or how does it all go? 15 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: Of course I'm back to work. I was here in 16 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 2: my office. I pulled out my program for the next 17 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 2: four years, got a highlighter and highlight the things I 18 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 2: want to be done very very quickly. 19 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,919 Speaker 1: And what about do you? I mean, I'm assuming that 20 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,879 Speaker 1: you know there's quite a bit happening today from the 21 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: council's perspective in terms of the cleanup from the fireworks 22 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: and that kind of thing as well. 23 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 2: Well. It is because every year we've got the same thing. 24 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: But what I have to saying I'm very pleased about it. 25 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 2: More and more people now pick their rabbits, take than 26 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 2: with them or put them in the appropriate areas and 27 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 2: makes things much much easier for us to pick up rabbish. 28 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 2: It's territory day. We celebrated in style. We put the 29 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,479 Speaker 2: fireworks out, and I'll tell you what, some people spend 30 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 2: a lot of money because some of the fireworks they 31 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 2: are commercial quality, not the old little bangers we used 32 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 2: it to have twenty years ago. 33 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: Conn, do you know if there was many fires sort 34 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: of in the Darwin municipality. 35 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 2: Well, I haven't got any information about our area because 36 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 2: most of our areas it's densely populated. Plus people are 37 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: quite clever not to let the fires or the fireworks 38 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 2: in our parks. I know there are some fires, especially 39 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 2: outside Darwin, but here, apart from very few grass fires, 40 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: some very few spots within have a major incident. 41 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: So Conn, from your perspective, I mean moving away from 42 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: the crackers for a moment, and from your perspective upon 43 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 1: now we're looking as though you are well and truly 44 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: said to be re elected as the mayor. What's going 45 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: to be first on your agenda? You know what do 46 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,559 Speaker 1: you really want to get stuck into well. 47 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: First thing the agenda was keep planting trees and my 48 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 2: plan for these years eight thousand trees. But other things 49 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: we want to do is start planning about more avenues 50 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 2: and like daily Street they are quired. If you gravel 51 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 2: pits around the area, then needs to be upgraded. And 52 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 2: of course another thing is to reactivate the Lania depot. 53 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 2: You know all the Ania depot that council used to 54 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: have in the northern suburbs. I want to bring it 55 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 2: back online so we can have people there to respond 56 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,760 Speaker 2: quickly and efficiently if there is any emerging problem anywhere 57 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 2: in Dowin. These are the first three things that can 58 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 2: be done very very quickly. But the other things like 59 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: the El Fresco fees to be removed that will happen 60 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 2: next in a few meetings in council and also the 61 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 2: thirty minutes free parking in the city. Some of these 62 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 2: things I'm waiting for the new council to be elected 63 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 2: because everything will go to preference. You've seen the results. 64 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 2: And after this happened and we have the get to 65 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 2: know each other as new councilors and Lord of Maya, 66 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 2: we start talking about these issues and. 67 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: Con when do you think we'll know who exactly has 68 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 1: been elected as the Alderman. It's looking as though there's 69 00:03:11,880 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: going to be some new faces on the Council. 70 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 2: My estimate is there will be five new faces and 71 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,239 Speaker 2: the results have to be known by the sixteenth of September. 72 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: So the sixteenth of September, the end of the elections 73 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 2: will be taking place formally and the Commissioner will announce 74 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 2: who the winners are. 75 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: A couple of them in there obviously that looked like 76 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 1: they could potentially have political alliances. Is that ever an 77 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: issue do you think when you talk about the makeup 78 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: of the council? I know that you are a former 79 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 1: labor minister. 80 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,280 Speaker 2: Well, a lot of people make an issue about poly 81 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: but every person's got his political ideas. Let's not forget. 82 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 2: In the last council. Yes, I was an ex label minister, 83 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 2: Mick Palmer was an EXCLT minister. Gary Haskett was a 84 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 2: member of the CLP and stood for elections. People who 85 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 2: got their political views, but one thing we made sure 86 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 2: all of us we then brought politics into the decision 87 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 2: of the council. We kept a non aligned line all decisions. 88 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 2: We made to the benefit of the community, not to 89 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 2: the benefit of one or another party, and the same 90 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 2: thing will continue in the future. 91 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:23,240 Speaker 1: So conn howson will counsel seats like once all the 92 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 1: older men are indeed elected, and once you work out 93 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: the makeup, when do you first seat? 94 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: The official swearing in will happen on the twentieth of September, 95 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 2: and then on the next week there will be an 96 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 2: official council meeting. 97 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: Good stuff well Convat scholars, good to catch up with you. 98 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: We'll be able to resume our usual Tuesday catch ups 99 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: again from next week. 100 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: Hi there next Tuesday. 101 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: Don't worry. Sounds good. Thanks, con congratulations, thank you. That 102 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,919 Speaker 1: is combat scholars there who is well the mayor for 103 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: another four years.