1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: But joining us in the studio right now is the 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Lord Mayor of Darwin. Well, well, he's the I should 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: rephrase that the candidate for Lord Mayor of Darwin, conbat Scarlets. 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: Good morning to you. 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,000 Speaker 2: Good morning kid, Con. 6 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: That was a bit of a habit there. Obviously, usually 7 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: you do come into the studio previously. Now, how this 8 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 1: is going to work is you're each going to have 9 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: five minutes to answer following questions which you've all been sent. 10 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: An alarm will go off once your five minutes is up. Now, Corn, 11 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: are you ready to get started? 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 2: Let's go. 13 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 1: Let's go. Firstly, Conn, what job were you in before 14 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: putting your hand up for the. 15 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 2: Election, As you correctly said, I was a Lord Mayor 16 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 2: of Darwich. 17 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: Now, how long have you lived in Darwin? 18 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 2: I came here ninety three for two years and I'm 19 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 2: still here, so it's nearly thirty years now. 20 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: Now why did you decide to put your hand up 21 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: for run? To run for the mayor's job, Katie? 22 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 2: Four years ago I put my hand up to be 23 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 2: electors and mayor first time. And I have to say 24 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 2: that the city you see today is different what was 25 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 2: four years ago. However, there are a lot of things 26 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: still to be done. We've got age infrastructure, We've got 27 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: facilities that need to be upgraded. We need to provide 28 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 2: access to kids and people with disability. We have to 29 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:14,400 Speaker 2: look after the oldest and we have to look our 30 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,440 Speaker 2: community and our businesses, especially during these difficult times with 31 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: COVID nineteen and the pandemic. Look what happened around Australia. 32 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 2: Look how people are affected and business are affected. I 33 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 2: want to be mayor for next four years to provide stability, 34 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 2: to provide leadership in this city, to change the city 35 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 2: even more, to make it a real tropical city, a 36 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 2: destination for tourists and Australians alike, and make this place 37 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 2: a place that you want to live, you want to 38 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 2: bring up your family and you want to work. 39 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 1: Colin, what do you say as paying the big issues 40 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: in daw And right now? 41 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 2: The big issues at the moment is actually the uncertainy 42 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: with the pandemic. Another issue is youth and some of 43 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: the problem got with youth. I can address the pandemic 44 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 2: from the point of City Council and I've done it 45 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 2: already and will continue to do it even as we speak. 46 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: Next on Thursday and the weekend the Madame and vaj 47 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 2: are coming back into effect to help by businesses and 48 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 2: in my program for the next four years, I've got 49 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 2: a plan to address some of the youth issues, creating 50 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,079 Speaker 2: a youth army like the Green Army before utilizing our 51 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 2: system and the libraries and our youth services to get 52 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,799 Speaker 2: kids and teach them some skills and suddenly work very 53 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 2: closely with the government and police to support a youth 54 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: center somewhere in the Northern suburbs. 55 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: Now taking those issues into account, why do you feel 56 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: that you're the best place person to work with the 57 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: community in an effort to try to fix them. 58 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 2: Well, I have a long history of working with community 59 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 2: in my private life as a public seven in the 60 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 2: Health Department, also in l Kimia Foundation, as a member 61 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: of Parliament and as a mayor. I'm always out there. 62 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 2: People pick up the phone and talk to me directly. 63 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 2: Doesn't happen anywhere else in Australia. People see me in 64 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: the street and stop me in the supermarket and I 65 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: respond to the community. I'm known as a can do person. 66 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 2: I don't find problems, I find solutions. If you want 67 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 2: to know why I'm the best person, just take a 68 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 2: driver out down and see what has happened or has 69 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 2: happened in down the part few years from the Dale 70 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: Street to Bradshaw Terrors to Leappoint Road, to the sport 71 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 2: infrastructure upgraded in Tiwi malak and coconut growth and some 72 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: other things that actually were never happened before. You remember 73 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 2: lights at the ovals. How long previous council took to decide? 74 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 2: It took a few months to go in and make 75 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,839 Speaker 2: a decision. I can work very well with my team 76 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 2: of elected councils, irrespective the political background or affiliations or opinion. 77 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: Now con why should people VTE for you? 78 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 2: Well, if they want to continue changing the city, I'll 79 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 2: be the person if they want the people to see 80 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,520 Speaker 2: a green coal city. I already planted fifteen thousand trees 81 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 2: and I promised for the first year next year to 82 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 2: plant another eight thousand trees. I declare the first console 83 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 2: in Australia climatic emergency and we're progressing with this one 84 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: our teap. Now, since we did that one, we have 85 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: extend its life by another thirty years by improving and recycling, 86 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 2: improving the operations. Everything around you has changed a lot 87 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 2: for the best the trees, the cities, the landscape, public heart. 88 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: First time after many years, we're going to see public 89 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 2: hert in the esplanet. Access for people with disability in 90 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 2: the middle Bitch. They talked and talked and talked. I 91 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: made it happen, playgrounds for kids with disabilities. There was 92 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 2: a lot to talk about it. It's happening. In hours 93 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 2: we speak. All these things happen. It's not because just 94 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 2: a peer and thin air. Is because I provide the 95 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 2: leadership necessary to make people agree and to see what 96 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 2: the people want for our city. I'm very good at 97 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,200 Speaker 2: getting people together. I'm very good at listening to the community, 98 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 2: and I'm very good translating what I hear from the 99 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 2: community and what people think into reality. 100 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,719 Speaker 1: Con You've got about thirty seconds left. Is there anything 101 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: else that you'd like to add? 102 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 2: Well, my records are there for you to see it. 103 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 2: It's not promises in a piece of paper on Facebook. 104 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 2: Just take a drive around down and have a look yourself. 105 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: What I have done for this city in the pust 106 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,880 Speaker 2: four years, and that'll give you an idea what I'll 107 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:06,479 Speaker 2: do for the city in the next four years. 108 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: Well, Conn, I don't even have to play the buzzer 109 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,839 Speaker 1: because that is time and you've still got about twenty 110 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: seconds left. But we will leave it there. Conbat scarlas 111 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,159 Speaker 1: one of the candidates, one of the people who've put 112 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: your hand up for the mayor's role. 113 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 2: All the best and thank you very much to all 114 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 2: the people in Darwin for their support. 115 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: Thanks Con Combat Scarlets there who has indeed put his 116 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: hand up for the mayoral position.