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Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line. Right now, we know

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Speaker 1: that there was a meeting yesterday with all of the

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Speaker 1: Northern territories mayors. As I understand it, they met with

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Speaker 1: the Chief Minister and attached to files. I also met

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Speaker 1: with the Police Minister and the Police Commissioner. Now joining

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Speaker 1: me is convat Scolars. Good morning conn Good morning Katie Corn.

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Speaker 1: How did that amazing go yesterday?

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Speaker 2: It went very well, Katie. Seventeen councils of the Northern Territory,

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Speaker 2: all the councils of the Northern Territory were there, either

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Speaker 2: by the Presidents of Mayors or the CEOs. We had

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Speaker 2: a very constructive meeting and we actually first of all

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Speaker 2: would pull our heart out to the Chief Minister out

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Speaker 2: planning the problems we face not only in Dawell and

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Speaker 2: Parmers and other springs, but also the smaller councils and

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Speaker 2: remote communities and associal behavior, kids running a mack, criminal activities,

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Speaker 2: flashing off schools, burning schools down, child cares and as

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Speaker 2: we actually speak, spoke openly to the Chief Minister, and

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Speaker 2: I have to say that they all listen to us.

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Speaker 2: And the outcome out of this meeting was that actually

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Speaker 2: we now have another meeting coming up in about four

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Speaker 2: months time. The Chief Minister wants to meet again with

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Speaker 2: the Presidents and with myself of course more regularly. But

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Speaker 2: the commitment that the government is prepared to work with

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Speaker 2: us to address these issues is something we wanted.

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Speaker 1: Now, Colin, what does it all mean for Territorians, because

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Speaker 1: I guess that you know the message we're hearing loudly

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Speaker 1: and clearly from our listeners is that people are over us.

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Speaker 1: You know, they thick of the talking. I want to

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Speaker 1: see some action. Are you expecting to see some action?

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Speaker 2: I don't expect, Katie. I want to see some actions.

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Speaker 2: People are fed up. We had enough. Everybody had enough.

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Speaker 2: It's not happening only in down in Palmiston, raid springs

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Speaker 2: is happeningsline money, Grida in you demon in other places.

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Speaker 2: The presidents that mayors gave real examples to the Chief

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Speaker 2: Minister of what's happened in the communities, the level of violence,

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Speaker 2: domestic violence, people drinking, people misbehaving, the loss of customer

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Speaker 2: authority of the elders in the communities, and as the

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Speaker 2: Mayor of Tea we put it bluntly, people now think

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Speaker 2: the abnormal has become normal. And should not be like that.

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Speaker 2: We should step in now and stop this happening, because

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Speaker 2: if you don't do it, it's going to get much

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Speaker 2: much worse than the real future.

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Speaker 1: Con from your perspective, what action has been.

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Speaker 2: Flagged, Katie. We identify problems, but we said the Chief Minister,

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Speaker 2: we're not here to wins. We give you a list

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Speaker 2: of the problems, but at the same time he gives

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Speaker 2: you a list of solutions, real solutions, because we know

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Speaker 2: our communities, we know what works and what doesn't work.

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Speaker 2: So Chief Minister, we prepare to work with you. Make

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Speaker 2: sure that your government's prepared to work with us.

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Speaker 1: And any you know, any sort of potential action that's

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Speaker 1: going to well, it's already been flagged, that's going to happen.

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Speaker 2: Yes, the Chief Minister promised that actually the heir Ministers

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Speaker 2: and heir CEOs will work closely with the local governments.

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Speaker 2: And we're the ones close to the people. We know

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Speaker 2: the problems, we know where the problems are. We can

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Speaker 2: actually highlight them. We also told them we're there to

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Speaker 2: actually do things. They don't have to fly public servance

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Speaker 2: in and out of communities. They only have to talk

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Speaker 2: to us, and not only we can provide the solutions,

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Speaker 2: but we can do the work for them. We've got

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Speaker 2: the skills, the capacity, the knowledge and the will to

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Speaker 1: And con do you feel as though the council has

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Speaker 1: a pretty big role to apply in all of those

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Speaker 1: communities in trying to sort of, you know, to calm

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Speaker 1: this issue down and sort things out.

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Speaker 2: Yes, o Katie. We can. Currently seventy percent of our

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Speaker 2: workers are Indigenous people because we have a big significant

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Speaker 2: number of Indigenous councils. We know how to do things.

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Speaker 2: We have been done. We have done it in the past.

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Speaker 2: A lot of communities in the past had their own

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Speaker 2: working groups, their own equipment, They kept their communities alive,

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Speaker 2: When we start centralizing things and we had to fly

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Speaker 1: So con, following on from this meeting yesterday, do you

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Speaker 1: some change in this space.

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Speaker 2: I think the fact that within four months after we

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Speaker 2: asked for a meeting. We've got a meeting with the

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Speaker 2: and a half years before we never got a meeting.

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Speaker 2: This time we've got a meeting. And the fact that

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Speaker 2: the Chief Minister and the Ministerial policean housing we're there,

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Speaker 2: it sows that actually they realized they've got a problem,

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Speaker 2: and they realized I need people and to help them,

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Speaker 2: and the local government is one of this group that

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Speaker 2: can help the government and of course helping our people.

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Speaker 1: So con you've been asking for a meeting with the

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Speaker 1: Chief Minister for the last three and a half years, Legain.

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Speaker 2: He's been asking for a meeting with the Chief Minister

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Speaker 2: for three years. We didn't get to one. We got

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Speaker 2: one yesterday.

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Speaker 1: All right. Well, let's hope that you that meeting does

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Speaker 1: lead to some you know, to some change in this space.

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Speaker 1: As you and I have discussed before, there's certainly been

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Speaker 1: issues that our listeners have been raising. I'm sure that

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Speaker 1: the constituents that live throughout Darwin and all of the

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Speaker 1: other councils around the territory have been raising those issues

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Speaker 1: with their mayors and presidents as well. So let's hope

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Speaker 1: that everybody can work together and really see some change.

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Speaker 2: We have been asking for a lot of things. One

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Speaker 2: of the things we have been asking in Darwen and

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Speaker 2: Palmerston more police on the streets. Guess what community is

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Speaker 2: asking for? More police on their communities. So everybody thinks

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Speaker 2: that community policing is the key to address a the

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Speaker 2: social behavior because people do not misbehavior. They think they're

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Speaker 2: going to be a policeman around the corner or a

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Speaker 2: police woman around the corner. And we have to start

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Speaker 2: on the basics. We don't We're not going to change

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Speaker 2: the world tomorrow, but let's start slowly and steadily and

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Speaker 2: we will make a change. Well.

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Speaker 1: Combat scarlets, the Lord Mayor of Darwin, we appreciate your

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Speaker 1: time this morning. Thanks for having a chat with us.

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Speaker 2: Thank you mate, Thank you