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Speaker 1: The Lord Mayor joining us on the phone this morning

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Speaker 1: as he's attending the National General Assembly as I understand it,

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Speaker 1: in Canberra. Convat Scarlets, good morning to you.

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Speaker 2: Good morning from a very wet and a very cold

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Speaker 2: canbra Kadie, Oh god, what.

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Speaker 1: Is going on in Canberra? What are you doing there?

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Speaker 2: Well? I was attending the National General Assembly of the

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Speaker 2: Australia Local Government Association and actually fourteen out of the

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Speaker 2: seventeenth Council from the territory. They have center preserves down here.

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Speaker 2: It's an opportunity to meet each other, but also an

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Speaker 2: opportunity to meet different ministers. And this morning I hadmas

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Speaker 2: first meeting with Minister King, who is the Minister for

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Speaker 2: Infrastructure and Local Government.

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Speaker 1: And what was on the agenda with Minister King? Are

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Speaker 1: you advocating for some additional funding for Darwin.

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Speaker 2: Con not only for Darwin, for the Northern Territory. We

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Speaker 2: have brief them about the situation with the local territory,

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Speaker 2: the new initiatives by the territory government about the reform

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Speaker 2: of the territory local government. Yes, we ask for more funding.

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Speaker 2: We are also spoke to here about the need for

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Speaker 2: age care facilities here in the territory in the regions

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Speaker 2: and also the increase of the number of GPS. They

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Speaker 2: have to find a way to increase a number of

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Speaker 2: GPS to be available not only in Darwin but also

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Speaker 2: in the regional centers in the territory.

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Speaker 1: Con that is, We've been speaking about that earlier this

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Speaker 1: morning with Louke Gosling, the Member for Solomon, but also

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Speaker 1: speaking a bit earlier on the show as well, we

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Speaker 1: had the Health Minister Stave Edgington on not talking so

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Speaker 1: much about the GPS with Stave Edgington, but certainly you know,

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Speaker 1: talking about the care for our aged territories. I mean,

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Speaker 1: on any day across the Northern Territory at the moment

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Speaker 1: we've got between sixty and eighty age care patients.

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Speaker 2: In hospital gates and it's going to get worst care.

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Speaker 2: You have to remember that the number of people that

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Speaker 2: choose to retire in the territory, either from their own

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Speaker 2: come from, it's increasing. We've got a lot of migrants

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Speaker 2: that actually they aged here the good family here, uncle

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Speaker 2: back in the country of origin because they would miss

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Speaker 2: their family, so they stay here. These people have to

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Speaker 2: go somewhere and families in some cases they are unable

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Speaker 2: to look after them, especially when they get very old

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Speaker 2: and they need special care.

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Speaker 1: So Corn, what will be you advocating for with Minister

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Speaker 1: Catherine King? Was it some you know funding for additional

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Speaker 1: like you know, further age care facilities.

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Speaker 2: We actually ask her to engage the common with government

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Speaker 2: to actually spend money in the regions because we're not

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Speaker 2: the only ones. Western Australia and Northwestern Australia and North

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Speaker 2: Queensland is the same. We said, it's about time instead

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Speaker 2: of relying on the private sector which is not coming,

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Speaker 2: the federal government has to step in, has to put

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Speaker 2: the money to organized to have these facilities.

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Speaker 1: All right, con moving along, I just want to ask

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Speaker 1: I understand that there's a tree that needs to be

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Speaker 1: removed at the Perrap shops. It's a mature Hills fig tree.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be removed on Thursday. How come the

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Speaker 1: councils had to get rid of that tree or going

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Speaker 2: We pay for the mistakes made in the past. Times

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Speaker 2: in the past we plant the trees in the wrong

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Speaker 2: place without taking consideration. What will happen where the tree

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Speaker 2: grows up, how big is going to grow and will

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Speaker 2: impact the surrounding environment. What we find out is the

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Speaker 2: roots of the tree is impacting the foundation of the

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Speaker 2: building near it, and also footpaths and everything else. It's

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Speaker 2: the same story kady trees were planned before. They look

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Speaker 2: great in the first ten years, and then we get

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Speaker 2: throwing and footpaths or they actually upset the foundation of buildings.

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Speaker 2: It is unfortunate we have to cut this beautiful tree.

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Speaker 2: There's nothing else we can do, otherwise we lose more assets.

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Speaker 2: Of course, we've got a policy. For every tree we remove,

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Speaker 2: we plan two more and it will be replaced with

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Speaker 2: to other trees in a more suitable location. We take

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Speaker 2: now extra care where we plant trees, and only special

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Speaker 1: And so that tree will be coming down on Thursday,

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Speaker 1: as I understand it. There will be some diversions in place,

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Speaker 2: We only remove trees absolutely when it's necessary, when they've

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Speaker 1: Now coin I do want to ask you about well

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Speaker 1: about the Bundla Beach opening on Friday night, How did

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Speaker 1: that go well? The you know, the family, the park,

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Speaker 1: the bit of area down there. Had it all go?

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Speaker 2: Was it great? It was fantastic. Who had so many

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Speaker 2: weather was absolutely magnificent. We had nearly a thousand people

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Speaker 2: turned up and not only that, but I would turn

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Speaker 2: up on Saturday morning, had been a look to see

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Speaker 2: what it looked like afterwards, and there was a part

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Speaker 2: in full streeing a birthday party in the barbecue area,

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Speaker 2: which actually hading know, but I found out they actually

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Speaker 2: saw a power of barbecues. So we had a really

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Speaker 2: good job there and a family with lots of kids

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Speaker 2: and enjoy it. And the few is to die for.

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Speaker 2: You can sit down in the areas, you can bring

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Speaker 2: your dogs there to exercise them, You have a barbecue,

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Speaker 2: and we are going to have programs for kids, especially

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Speaker 2: during these school holidays. The Basketball Association of an authority

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Speaker 2: will be there and we already put expression of windows

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Speaker 2: from Woodvands to go and stay there on Friday and Saturday.

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Speaker 2: It is a great, great facility. You miss out, go

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Speaker 2: and have a look. You'll be amazed. So one of

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Speaker 2: the best places in Darwich.

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Speaker 1: I will I'll make sure that I go and check

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Speaker 1: it out. Con Has the council got much else planned

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Speaker 1: for the school holidays?

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Speaker 2: Have we? Well, the thing is we've got laundry week

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Speaker 2: holidays and we have to give a break to the people,

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Speaker 2: especially the parents. We're going to have opportunities for young adults,

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Speaker 2: teens and children. Some of the highlights. We're going to

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Speaker 2: have creative sessions like making dream cotches, bracelets and loom bands,

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Speaker 2: game tournaments, gaming after Dog, they keep up the steam

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Speaker 1: Fun.

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Speaker 2: Just go on our website site and find out what

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Speaker 2: should your children's age and go have a look, have

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Speaker 2: fun and enjoy the beautiful weather and reconnect with your children.

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Speaker 2: Sometimes we focus too much at work and we tend

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Speaker 1: Ha. Go a couple of listener questions. I've got one

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Speaker 1: here that's come through saying good morning, Katie. Keen to

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Speaker 1: see what the mayor has to say about the council

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Speaker 1: site where the civic center is. Apparently there are Chinese

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Speaker 1: graves there, and Judith had messaged in to say that

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Speaker 1: we've now got two thousand archaeologists in town keen to

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Speaker 1: dig up the site. I don't know, you know what

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Speaker 1: the situation is there with the is there Chinese graves

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Speaker 2: I can tell you what the Chinese graves are in

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Speaker 2: its old Chinese cemetery next to Tech target bren And Drive.

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Speaker 2: What we know that's underneath that side is the old tunnels,

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Speaker 2: and we knew that, and you knew that for a

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Speaker 2: long time. Deconizing control of the site. They already put

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Speaker 2: in place an archeology management plan and they're engaging in

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Speaker 2: archaeologists to actually have a look at the site to

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Speaker 2: make an assessment. You know, we have found different all

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Speaker 2: things in Darwin. We have found an old column that

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Speaker 2: was given to the city of Darwin in nineteen fifty

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Speaker 2: back of a barber shop somewhere in Kavanagh Street. Don't

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Speaker 2: forget this statue that we found out at the fish

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Speaker 2: is an old city and we keep finding all things.

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Speaker 1: It's not a Chinese drive from your perspectives there.

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Speaker 2: From look, nobody will put a car pack if there

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Speaker 2: have continued presence in Darwin and they will know where

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Speaker 2: they are. But there are certainly DICO is going to

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Speaker 2: do a survey, engage the people, they know how to

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Speaker 2: do it, and they will find out what's done there.

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Speaker 1: On another one that I keep getting messages about, and

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Speaker 1: you and I have spoken about this on so many occasions,

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Speaker 1: the work on Smith Straight. Those business owners back in

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Speaker 1: say that the work is now not going to be

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Speaker 1: complete until September. That is according to paperwork that they've

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Speaker 2: Let me tell you, on Friday twenty seventh of June

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Speaker 2: the fencing will come down in the area in front

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Speaker 2: of the shops, and every week after that more work

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Speaker 2: would be completely towards the banks and will Wards. I

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Speaker 2: don't know who is putting this information out. I'll find

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Speaker 2: advised by the CEO today this morning that the fence

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Speaker 2: the twenty seven or June.

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Speaker 1: Okay, chis, I've got this update in front of me

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Speaker 1: that was actually issued by the City of Darwin, so

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Speaker 1: you know, it's the project overview, so it is literally

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Speaker 1: there in black and white Update twelve, mister.

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Speaker 2: Pert overview, but also the year before. Things are changing

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Speaker 2: because we're take into consideration the needs of the business

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Speaker 2: shops who come down on Friday, twenty seventh auctions.

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Speaker 1: But the estimated end date of the project. So yes,

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Speaker 1: so I get what you're saying that some of those

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Speaker 1: fence works are going to come down, but the estimated

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Speaker 1: end date is the nineteenth of September.

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Speaker 2: That it's actually the when we actually complete the whole

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Speaker 2: project at the very end towards Woolwards. So we are

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Speaker 2: working as soon as possible to accommodate the needs of

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Speaker 2: the businesses and that's what will happen this week.

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Speaker 1: Con that is incredibly frustrating for those businesses.

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Speaker 2: Well, I'd love to be able to do things over night,

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately with I can't. And also this project, I said

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Speaker 2: the year before, it was specified when to completely, how

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Speaker 2: previous government that actually handed to us. We do our

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Speaker 2: best weekend to accommodate the businesses and we before remember before,

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Speaker 2: we're talking about sometime at the end of August. Now

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Speaker 2: it's actually the business part. It will finish this week.

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Speaker 1: But then the other work is still continuing right up

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Speaker 1: until September.

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Speaker 2: Well, I didn't have any complaint from Naja, I didn't

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Speaker 2: have any complaint from the empty vacant shop, So obviously

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Speaker 2: the people that were really really concern about now it's

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Speaker 2: the businesses, because it's a drive and a lot of

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Speaker 2: people and we want them to do business as much

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Speaker 2: business as possible. The others can be done later, but

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Speaker 2: we will accelerate it and every week we'll be delivering

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Speaker 2: a part of the project.

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Speaker 1: All right, Colin, we are going to have to leave

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Speaker 1: it there. We've got to head across to the National News.

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Speaker 1: Good to catch up with you. Thank you very much

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Speaker 1: for your time. This morning, and.

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Speaker 2: I hope you enjoyed the hot weather because I don't

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Speaker 2: enjoy the cold.

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Speaker 1: No, I wouldn't like it. Good on, you can't thank you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks morning, you too,