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Speaker 1: Well, are real change of pace right now because we

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Speaker 1: know that this Christmas pageant, the first Christmas pageant is

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Speaker 1: happening this weekend. And joining us on the line to

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Speaker 1: tell us a bit more, the Lord Mayor of Darwin

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Speaker 1: convat Scarlets.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Corn, good morning Katie. And this is the

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Speaker 2: first Christmas pageant for Darwin, and a pageant that actually

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Speaker 2: haven't taken place for many many years. I know we

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Speaker 2: had before the book and Vidia festival with floats and everything,

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Speaker 2: but this is a brand new one and with fifty

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Speaker 2: floats in the pageant and lighting the Christmas tree on.

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Speaker 1: Saturday Saturday, so very exciting. Now Conn talk us through

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Speaker 1: exactly what the Christmas Pageant's going to include and what

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Speaker 1: we can expect.

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Speaker 2: We work really closely with the Activate darwhen we want

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Speaker 2: to actually bring some life in our city. It's November,

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Speaker 2: it's hot, it's humid, the tourists have gone, so let's

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Speaker 2: have some holiday spirit. Let's enjoy Christmas is coming in

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Speaker 2: a few days, so let's bright the city lights, the lights,

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Speaker 2: listen to the music. Brass band you mentioned it's going

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Speaker 2: to be there. A lot of organizations put a hand up,

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Speaker 2: so we've got fifty floats in the pageant. A start

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Speaker 2: would come down in Nike Street in front of the

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Speaker 2: Raintree Park. We have people there. It will be festivities

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Speaker 2: and of course lighting the tree. Now some people says

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Speaker 2: it's a bit early, but I tell you what, I've

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Speaker 2: been to some other capital seats around Australia now and

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Speaker 2: the trees is already lit. So I don't know why

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Speaker 2: people think it's early. But let's again say bring the

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Speaker 2: spirit of Christmas in our town.

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Speaker 1: So about fifty floats, who's signed up to do it?

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Speaker 1: Con it?

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Speaker 2: What kind of community groups everybody? I don't have the

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Speaker 2: complete list in front of me, but I know from

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Speaker 2: community groups to businesses and everything else participating. So there's

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Speaker 2: a lot of industs out there. And what really really

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Speaker 2: surprised me is before I've seen some photos of the

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Speaker 2: Bocavilla Festival and I thought, well, look at that. Everybody's

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Speaker 2: coming together, different communities, organizers. In Darwin. I've seen some

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Speaker 2: fantastic flows by the Choungua Society, by the Greek community.

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Speaker 2: Why we can't have it now? And all of a sudden,

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Speaker 2: here it is fifty flows from our community and it's happening.

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Speaker 2: The community is getting together again and celebrating Christmas.

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Speaker 1: Connor, I think the big question is the Big Man

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Speaker 1: going to be there. Santa, of course will be there.

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Speaker 2: You can't have Christmas without Sandra. Come on, this is

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Speaker 2: not Holidays, it's Christmas. I said before. I don't believe

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Speaker 2: in happy holidays or season greetings. I believe in merry Christmas.

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Speaker 1: Well come, we've been talking a lot this morning about

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Speaker 1: the changes to the Anti Discrimination Act, and maybe someone

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Speaker 1: will be offended by you saying that you know that

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Speaker 1: it's Christmas, it's not the holidays.

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Speaker 2: Well hold on, hold on. If you live in the community,

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Speaker 2: you have to give and take. Now, I'll give you

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Speaker 2: an example. I'm a Christian, a gry Orthodox, but I

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Speaker 2: have no problem going to the mosque celebrating some of

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Speaker 2: the Islamic celebrations, and I don't have a problem going

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Speaker 2: to the buddhistem and celebrating some of these celebrations. I'm

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Speaker 2: not offended by that. Actually, I find it very enriching

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Speaker 2: in our community. If anybody offended, it might be in

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Speaker 2: the wrong place. And because downs a multicultural society with

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Speaker 2: a lot of people from other places. And of course, addition,

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Speaker 2: honest here in DOWI so we all share in this space.

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Speaker 2: We all have our own beliefs, our own customs, and

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Speaker 2: we see them around. I mean, it's a extra places

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Speaker 2: where the parliament opens by the lion dancing. In June,

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Speaker 2: we've got the Greek clenty, followed by the Indian media.

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Speaker 2: There has so many different celebrations of different communities. If

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Speaker 2: you're offended, well perhaps downs of the place for you.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's right. There is such a multicultural place, such

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Speaker 1: a wonderful place. Con what else is going on at

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Speaker 1: the moment? From a council perspective? Before I let you die,

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Speaker 1: would you.

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Speaker 2: Like some trees? We just gave away two thousand trees

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Speaker 2: last weekend, and I have to tell you I turn

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Speaker 2: up eight thirty in the three giving a parade, I

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Speaker 2: should say, and there were four hundred people waiting to

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Speaker 2: receive a plan. And another one is coming Jue guriowl

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Speaker 2: on the tenth of December. We have given already more

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Speaker 2: than ten persand trees, Katie, and that really helps us

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Speaker 2: city become a grenner and cooler place. And before you

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Speaker 2: ask me, I have to tell you that the Rapid

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Speaker 2: Creek Bridge works underway, and I expect that the rabbit

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Speaker 2: creek walks will be finished by the twenty fifty sixth

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Speaker 2: of November to give him back to the traffic, and

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Speaker 2: I mean the proper traffic with bicycles because we had

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Speaker 2: a look at some of the cameras there, we found

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Speaker 2: out that some people decide to drive cars on top

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Speaker 2: of that bridge, so please it's for pedestrians and bicycles.

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Speaker 2: The bridge is going to be repaired so it can

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Speaker 2: be passable again, but then it will be replaced with

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Speaker 2: the brand new bridge because that he has sustained significant damage.

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Speaker 1: Well, Colin, thank you very much for the update on

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Speaker 1: the bridge and also letting us know exactly what's going

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Speaker 1: on for the wonderful Christmas event on the weekend. We're

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Speaker 1: all looking forward to us.

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Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to see you all there because it's

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Speaker 2: a unique of tunity for our community to come once

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Speaker 2: again together and celebrate Christmas.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time this morning. Lord

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Speaker 1: Mayor Combat Scholars see you. Thank you,