1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: And joining me in the studio right now, the Lord 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Mayor of Darwin conveat scarlets. 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 2: Good morning, corn, good morning, and what a wet morning here. 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 2: Can't believe me when I work this morning, it's actually 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 2: felt like it was four o'clock in the morning. It 6 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 2: was so dark and so much rain and guys, unfortunately, 7 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: the rain brings a lot of problems. So of course 8 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,479 Speaker 2: I hear about the potholes, and the problem is you 9 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:24,479 Speaker 2: can't do anything until the weather dries out and the 10 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: water receds, because even if you patch them now tomorrow 11 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 2: that we'll go I'm stuck again. Yeah, it's a big 12 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 2: problem we face all the time. We had actually just 13 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 2: last week about one hundred calls about potholes and trees really, 14 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 2: and we responded very quickly, clear the trees and move 15 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 2: the trees, patch the potholes. Because we had a little 16 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,520 Speaker 2: bit of dry weather. They start getting us stuck again. 17 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 2: Lake Alexander is closed because of the big influx of 18 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: water that has changed the chemistry of the water and 19 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 2: also increased the bacteria loading. We testing every two days 20 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:57,959 Speaker 2: and we'll open it when it's safe. But I bet 21 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:58,959 Speaker 2: you nobody's swiaming there. 22 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, con How have the roads been in terms of 23 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: like the council roads. Have you had a lot of 24 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: damage over the last couple of weeks. 25 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:10,559 Speaker 2: Well, yes, I've been driving around do it World Drive 26 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 2: Drive road which is not ours, but generally they're all right. 27 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 2: There are some spots that they've got potholes, but not 28 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 2: the huge one like here today down in Tigre Brenna 29 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 2: or Gari Milla Boulevard. It's actually there small ones. But 30 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,959 Speaker 2: again when you drive your car, and if you've got 31 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 2: a small car, you really feel it. So please, if 32 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: you see the potholes, click and fix. It's our application 33 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 2: Advice Council straight away. If you don't tell us where 34 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 2: it is, we can't fix it. And hopefully this weather 35 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 2: I don't think so, but hopefully it will stop quick 36 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: soon and we have some dry patch or we can 37 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 2: patch them. 38 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 3: So tell us that website or is it the app 39 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 3: you go. 40 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: On clear up, Click and Fix. You can find it 41 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 2: in Android or iOS. You can actually go in, just 42 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 2: notify the counsole and we followed up as soon as possible. 43 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 3: Excellent. That is a really good thing to do. 44 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: So if you are out there listening and you do 45 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: want to jump online and do that, certainly, make sure 46 00:01:59,760 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: you do. 47 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 2: But okay, it's wet weather. But we had a good 48 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: start of the new year. We just received seven and 49 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 2: a half million dollars grant from the federal government for 50 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,839 Speaker 2: the Casuarina Aquatic Center, so the money is in the bank, 51 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 2: which is taking very much the government. And my advice 52 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 2: is if the weather is good, we might have an 53 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 2: early opening rather than actually the end of the year. 54 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 2: When do you think, keep you informed. I'll keep you informed. 55 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 3: When are you thinking maybe like middle of the year. Geez. 56 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,600 Speaker 2: Helicos have done a really good job. We had actually 57 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 2: were lucky. We had to dry weather until now, so 58 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: they deal a lot of work and we have to wait. 59 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 2: Keep your fingers crossed. If we don't get cycles and 60 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: things like that. Like in Queensland, we might actually see 61 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 2: the causine opening earlier than the end of the year. 62 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: That would be wonderful to say it. 63 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people, particularly if you live 64 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: out in the northern suburbs, will be really keen for 65 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: that to reopen as soon as possible. 66 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 2: And again, because of the weather tomorrow we're supposed to 67 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 2: open the duplication of Leap Point in a new head 68 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: that section of the road that we duplicated. Hopefully they 69 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:01,400 Speaker 2: will not rain tomorrow, so if it does rain will 70 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 2: open it. So we've got this good news coming. They 71 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: have got also the nightli Oval change room proposal. Fel 72 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 2: And put one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars to actually 73 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 2: put four rooms, change rooms, medical rooms, office, canteen and 74 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,639 Speaker 2: storeroom in Nightcliff Country is very supportive of that one. 75 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: We actually are now in public consultation asking people to 76 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 2: come to us by Monday, the fifth of February ten, 77 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 2: twenty four and tell us what they think. I think 78 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 2: it's a very good proposal, and it's a very good oval. 79 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 2: It's in the middle of a lot of people, a 80 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: lot of kids, kids are involved. We're working very closely 81 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 2: with the local club. Actually, we're working closely with all 82 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 2: clubs here in Darwin, and we want to see bring 83 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,200 Speaker 2: the kids into the sports. Don't on the streets, don't 84 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 2: let them get into play. 85 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: You know, well, and this is the thing, there's actually 86 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: hundreds and thousands of kids taking part in wonderful sports 87 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: across the weekends, throughout the week. 88 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 3: You know. I think it's an incredible thing. 89 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: To say and if we're able to get those facilities 90 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: up to the standard, you know, to make sure that 91 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: we can have more kids involved. 92 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 3: And that is a good thing to do. 93 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: Absolutely, And from my personal experience, Katie, when I coached 94 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 2: my kids' soccer club, I had fourteen fifteen kids, all 95 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: of them good. One left early and went down to Adele, 96 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 2: got a bad company and he got into real big troubles. 97 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 2: All the others. I'm proud to say that twenty years later. 98 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 2: They have my friends in Facebook when they're similar streets, 99 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 2: say hello and sit down, renuminition, keep in touch with 100 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 2: my sons, got the old photographs. Sports, engage kids, sports, 101 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 2: given opportunity for kids, just do it. 102 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree. 103 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: You will never get an argument from me when it 104 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: comes to sport, that is for sure. Hey, con in 105 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: terms of like Alexander, what kind of work needs to 106 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: happen to make sure that it gets back to that 107 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: level or is it just a white and watch game. 108 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 2: It's wet and wards, Well, there's nothing much we can 109 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 2: do it. There's a lot of waters get into the 110 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 2: lake at the moment because the runoffs and that was 111 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: some of the soil. It stairs the bottom and saw 112 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:57,440 Speaker 2: the bacteria's coming up. But look, it's a physical process. 113 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 2: The moment the wind gets better oxygen and the son 114 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 2: would reduce the bacteria loading. And of course we filter 115 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 2: the water. We put some fresh water from the sea 116 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:08,360 Speaker 2: of salt water from the sea, and that would bring 117 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 2: the bacteria down. 118 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: Well, hopefully it's all liable to open soon enough. Con 119 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: good to catch up with you. 120 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 2: That's a good break. And you saw your family like 121 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 2: everybody else. 122 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, hang out with the family, so it's good. Keeps 123 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 3: me out of trouble. 124 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 2: Yeah. We had to go to my wife's family in China. 125 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,160 Speaker 2: We had seen them for four years because of COVID. 126 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 2: In these four years, a lot of things happening. She 127 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 2: lost her mother and we couldn't were not able to 128 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 2: go there for the funeral. And it was good to 129 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,720 Speaker 2: actually have the seven sisters together. So I felt like 130 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 2: the snow white sounds like. It was fun. It's typical 131 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 2: downin Kate. I mean, most people in downin they've got 132 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 2: families either in the state or seas. And we have 133 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 2: such a big population from overseas and migrant population. And 134 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 2: that's the beauty of Darwin that a lot of people 135 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 2: got family. Other in Europe or in Asia, and we're 136 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 2: in the same group. Got My family is in Europe 137 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: in Greece, and my wife's family is in China. That 138 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 2: Wh've got friends who've got family in Timor and Indonesia 139 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 2: and Vietnam, and we enjoy it. 140 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: We are an incredibly multicultural place, no doubt. Hey, con 141 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: just a really quick one before I let you go. 142 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 1: What do you think of these changes that the government's 143 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: introducing when it comes to alcohol and people having to 144 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 1: show that they've got a residence to actually drink alcohol. 145 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 2: Ash Remember we talked about it. We have this is 146 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 2: the way to do it because in another state. Do 147 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 2: you remember we said that let's you use the BDR 148 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 2: to find out about second supply. I believe the minister 149 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 2: is doing that one. Do you remember put the polish 150 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 2: on the streets? The government's doing that one. The only 151 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 2: thing I'm disappointed is that they brought back the opening 152 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 2: of the liquor store ten o'clock. Why, well, you're making 153 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 2: a different ten o'clock. 154 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: Was it really making a difference opening at twelve o'clock 155 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: aside from cutting back the hours for those stuff? 156 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 2: Well? No, Actually, the other thing that I want to 157 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 2: see you ten o'clock, very difference to the people that 158 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 2: had did. They have to quit with drunk people from 159 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 2: ten o'clock in the morning. Thing I have to tell 160 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 2: you is I spoke to people in liquor stores they 161 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 2: walk there. They said to me the only way to 162 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 2: cut second supply in drunkeness is make all transactions in 163 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 2: the liquor store electronic. So why that, Because because the 164 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 2: woman comes in with a want of money, cash buys 165 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 2: ten twelve bottles of ramy of ram and next day 166 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 2: she is there with another one of cash buying more. 167 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 2: If you do transaction electronic, then you will know who 168 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 2: buys how much they buy. He can follow the second supply. 169 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 2: That's a good idea for mister Potter to actually follow it, 170 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: because I know he is very keen to make a difference. 171 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 2: Eight months out of the elections, something has to be done. 172 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 2: People are really fed up, fed up with crime and 173 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 2: are here that all the time there's a review police 174 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 2: review take taking place. Just got an email this morning 175 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 2: from Vin Skelle's group. They want to speak to us, 176 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 2: and boy would love to speak to them about our 177 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 2: ideas about the police review and police on the streets 178 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 2: they actually put people in a nightcliff, and all of 179 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 2: a sudden we hear that there was not much trouble 180 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 2: in the nightcliff area. So polition on the streets make 181 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 2: a difference, It really does. 182 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: Combat Scarl is good to catch up with you. As always, 183 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: We'll talk to you again soon in a dry day. 184 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: Thank you.