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Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf. Join the conversation with Katie Wolf.

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Speaker 2: You are our eyes and ears in the territory Mixed

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Speaker 2: one oh four point nine. Last month we heard the

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Speaker 2: Darwin Council's plan, their draft to twenty twenty one to

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty two municipal plan was going to see pandemic

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Speaker 2: pre pandemic rates return and it will see or it

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Speaker 2: was going to see seven dollars per table per week

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Speaker 2: for our outdoor dining tables for some of our restaurants

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Speaker 2: that have the Alfresco areas. Now, my understanding is that

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Speaker 2: the Lord Mayor convat Scarles has had a change of

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Speaker 2: heart based on the situation in Victoria right now and

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Speaker 2: he joins me on the line, good morning to you, con.

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Speaker 1: Good morning Katie. Yes, sir, I agree with you about

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Speaker 1: the question or it is not about a good look.

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Speaker 1: But at the same time I find out and I

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Speaker 1: heard on that we can't on the radio a lot

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Speaker 1: of tourist operators now they claim that a lot of

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Speaker 1: Victorian visitors have canceled their plans to visit territory because

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Speaker 1: of the emerging situation in Victoria.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, this is the thing. There are a lot

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Speaker 2: of people that are concerned about traveling, I guess, and

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Speaker 2: all can't simply travel around as freely as what they

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Speaker 2: could prior to the situation in Victoria. So con what

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Speaker 2: you're saying is that you're going to be moving emotion

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Speaker 2: to halt the seven dollars per table per week for

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Speaker 2: those venues that have el fresco dining areas.

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Speaker 1: If tourists from Victoria do not come to the territory,

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Speaker 1: certainly the hospitality industry is going to be affected. Let's

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Speaker 1: not make the things difficult for them. They're coming from

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Speaker 1: a really, really tough period because in the last two

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Speaker 1: years we didn't see any tourists here, and I thought

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Speaker 1: that let's give them a break. It's not a lot

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Speaker 1: of money we get out of these fees. We can

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Speaker 1: find them somewhere else. So yes, I will be moving

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Speaker 1: emotion to at least put suspension for twelve months so

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Speaker 1: to give them time to recover and make up some

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Speaker 1: of their losses. I said to you again, it's not

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Speaker 1: a lot of money we get out of the fees,

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Speaker 1: but it's public space. It's the rate pay property. We

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Speaker 1: already on their behalf. But I think anybody can afford

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Speaker 1: not to have this money for twelve months. I'll put

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Speaker 1: the motion and see what my fellow order man will

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Speaker 1: decide on that.

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Speaker 2: Well, I think that it would be a good thing

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Speaker 2: if everybody you know it comes to the table and

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Speaker 2: decides that it does get held off for twelve months.

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Speaker 2: You know, at the end of the day, it is

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Speaker 2: a clear example of the fact that this thing is

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Speaker 2: still happening. COVID is still such a huge part of

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Speaker 2: our lives at the moment. And you know, even though

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Speaker 2: we've been having quite a bumper season when it comes

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Speaker 2: to tourist surviving, something like this has a big impact,

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Speaker 2: really very quickly when a state is locked down, Katie.

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Speaker 1: The situation is still fluid. This morning per found another

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Speaker 1: person who came out of quarantine. He was tested positive.

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Speaker 1: New South Wales now is searching for tracing context because

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Speaker 1: they will be from Victoria go to New South Wales.

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Speaker 1: Don't expect this to be resolved quickly until all Australians

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Speaker 1: are actually immunized. The years from UK today is the

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Speaker 1: new delta variety is five percent more infectious. So we're

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Speaker 1: still in a very very fluid situation. We have to

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Speaker 1: move quickly. Oh well, not big, but it's actually a

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Speaker 1: sign that we are prepared to support our industry. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Well and corn We've just received comments from Hospitality NT

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Speaker 2: and they said, we thank the Lord Mayor for listening

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Speaker 2: to small businesses across the local government area that are

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Speaker 2: trying to rebuild and still face ongoing uncertainty. The City

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Speaker 2: of Darwin were the first to the field in support

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Speaker 2: and stimulus for our industry and today's news continues that

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Speaker 2: strong connection, says Alex Bruce from Hospitality NT. So no

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Speaker 2: doubt they are pleased to hear this announcement.

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Speaker 1: And I said to you before, it's not to be

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Speaker 1: course to the council. We'll find the money somewhere else.

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Speaker 1: But if we lose businesses, we're losing people, we're losing employment.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we don't wonder that's exactly right. Well, Lord Mayor

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Speaker 2: conbat Scarless, we are going to have to leave it there.

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Speaker 2: We've got such a busy morning lined up. But thanks

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Speaker 2: so much for letting us know what you're going to

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Speaker 2: be doing. And no doubt there'll be further news in

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Speaker 2: the space in when are you next you to meet?

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Speaker 1: Well, we have to accept the budget. After the nine

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Speaker 1: lost June, when all the line for the submissions, will

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Speaker 1: study the submission and will make a decision. And on

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Speaker 1: that day I will put my emotion and I'm pretty

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Speaker 1: sure mar fellow Alderman will support it.

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Speaker 2: Fantastic Sola this.

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Speaker 1: Week, well, probably next week.

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Speaker 2: Okay, next week, all right, sounds good. Convat Scarlus. We'll

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Speaker 2: talk to you again, possibly tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: We'll see how we go for good morning, and see

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Speaker 1: you tomorrow. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: That's the Lord Mayor. Convat Scarlets there