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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now we know the City of Darwin's calling on the
community to share their final feedback on the draft Bundila
Beach Area master Plan as part of a second phase
of engagement on that project. Now joining us in the
studio is the Lord Mayor of Darwin. Convat scarlets, goodboarding, corn.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Good morning kid, and I'm so pleased. In the first
stage we had seven hundred people that actually responded, which
was really really good. So we're proceeding now from the
middle of the year to actually establish the dog park,
the half court basketball court, do a lot of working
Pandilla to change it so we actually become a people friendly,
(00:36):
attract more people, and of course we are going to
put the Cyclone Tracing monument there by November, a big
nine meters kinetic monument. It would move with a wind
and to pay homage to the people that they went
through Cyclon tracing. The second stage now is we want
to know people think about the next five to seven
(00:56):
years because we plan to actually change the role currently
around of the load to push it back. Put their
platform for fishing in the lake that's there believed or
not there are fishs there. Put more trees, increase the
canopy by eighty five percent and change the whole place
to make a place where people want to be. That
would be like another Nightcliff Night to Foreshore that for
(01:18):
the people that living decide or the city.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
I reckon it's a really good idea.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
It is a beautiful area, but very often it's sort
of plagued with anti social behavior. I go running around
there sometimes, and to be honest with you, unless I'm
with someone I actually like, I actually feel like it's
a bit dangerous.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
And I agree with you. And we have found out
that if we actually activate a place, you bring people in,
all the people that course that this is a behavior issues,
they just disappear. They go somewhere. I know, they go
somewhere else. But at least there's peaceon quite in that area.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
And so con when is this work going to get
on to waya the first stage, you know, in terms
of the landscaping and making it look nice.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
The middle of the year. Yeah, and we expect to
finish by the end of the year, okay, and then
we will proceed with the next design and everything else
for the next stage. From between three five years, we've
got three and a half thousand and three and a
half million dollars, three million dollars from the gunment, half
a million dollars from the city council. So we work
very close to get delivered for our community something outstanding,
because that's what that thing it is. Think about it.
(02:15):
Be there sitting down with chair and table, and we
plan to have a couple of only a couple of
food vans because there are plenty of restaurants around the clubs,
the yacht club, the trail boat club, the ski club,
so we don't want to compete with them, but some
barbecues people can bring their own food to cook it.
So sit down there and experience something the real dog.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
It's a great idea, especially in the draw well, a
little bit like what you see at the point of course.
You know you got ken scrapes down there or you
know which have a food then you've got there. It's
parties too.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
It's a city. You sit in the open air, not
in the in the air condition, especially during the drives.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, no, look, I think it's a good idea really
such an underutilized space and to be able to see
it utilized.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
But there was discussion about a v park the call
o the window.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Yeah, that's not going to happen there. We think it's
an appropriate for that area, that it would be better
for open activation. There are other places down when we
can consider and have a look at it. But again
I say Irvi Park doesn't mean an ivy park which
you go in park for a week or two weeks.
It might be two days maximum and move on something
to have a respite and recharge your buttteries. What's the
(03:21):
sunset and go on. But it's not going to be
in Bandilla.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Go on some of the message through and say could
you please ask the Lord mayor who is Bondilla? And
when the public consultation was carried out for the name
change of Vesta's Beach, yeah, two years.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Ago by the name it used to because Vestis, it
was actually nothing official. It was Vestas because it was
the old Abbatois where the Darwin High School is now
and that was called Vestis, Bandilla's traditional original a name
which actually after consultation would change.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
The name now tell me expressions of interest a now
as well for local artists to apply to showcase they
work through the next installment of the City of Darwin's
light Box exhibition series, Where's this and What's it?
Speaker 2 (04:01):
All about if you want to show your work, If
you're an artist and you want to saw it somewhere
prominently like the mall, Dragonfly car Park and outside the
Nightclift Pool, please come and talk to us. We'd love
to hear see your proposals. You can put your expression
on inders until Friday, the third of May and you
can receive up to eight and a half thousand dollars
(04:21):
for your work, and your work be published or be
displayed at the light boxes. If you've got the mall
near the coffee shop, if you got a nightclift swimming pool,
you can see these big frames which light behind it.
We displayed all the work there and they'd been quite popular.
I have since some incredible work be displayed there and
I'm so proud to actually walk in the street and
have public card displayed in light boxes and be helped
(04:44):
by the council.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Yeah, oh look it's again.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
It's a nice thing to be able to say, and
it's good to make the city look nicer to see
some of that local talent on display. Connor did get
an email from one of our listeners, Carrie Now. She
wanted to ask if we could ask you next time
you're on the show about mall secure.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
The word is.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Around town that council may not renew the security contract.
US traders in the CBD will be up Shit's Creek
without them.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Very concerned, says carry Kerry.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
I've been having all along that I want, not security.
That security has no powers to move people to pour
alcohol out. They might look good, might give you some
security by looking at them, But the one I want,
I want the dark blue, not allied blue people, the
dark blue, which is the policeman. I'll give you an
example how good it is if you got the policeman
on the streets. Last week, I was in Alice Spring
as president of legand I walked into the mall. It
(05:34):
was absolutely peaceful and beautiful. There were police patrolling the streets.
The ilic Spring mayor told me that there were people
that went out at night to the cinema restaurant, first
time in two years because the Felts were secure. Decided
to put a function at the ilic Spring Town Council
for the gang members. I want to buy some beer
and wine in the liquor store in Todd Tavern and
(05:57):
four policemen asked me where we were am I? So
my lastest before I buy the alcohol. So police on
the street, it makes miracles.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
We don't have enough up here at the moment, surprising.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
That will surprise me. We don't have enough. But how
I mean, when there's a problem all of a sudden
they find police to put on the street, it might
be something we have to They have to look again
the organization. I'm not the expert. I can't call it
police commissions to do.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Well, that's right.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Obviously you don't have control over the police and how
they roster things, but you do have some control over
whether the security continues or.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Not, don't that's actually the government.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
I thought it was an agreement with the government and.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Counts only contribute to that one. Now that will be
part of the next year's budget. We haven't, so we're
still paying for the patrol. So until the end of Financially, yeah,
the patrols are happening, but it has to happen the
next financial year. It has to be part of the budget.
We're looking carefully.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
How much does it cost each financial.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Year to councrol four hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Four hundred thousand dollars, Then how much does the government contribute?
Speaker 2 (06:56):
I think about a million or a million million.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
But we sort of at the whim of the government
with this as to whether it continues.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
To sunder the agency, not the council. But again I
said to you before, I don't want patrols. I want
the police.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
I get it, Like I totally get that. But for
a lot.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Of you know, for a lot of those retailers, and
I know even for me yesterday afternoon I was out
with my son in the CBD getting a haircut, you know,
doing different things with him. You see the security walking around,
and it does give you some comfort that if there
is anti social behavior, you've at least there's two big
blokes there.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
That might be able to help you, or that can
help you if required.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Look, I get it, but you know what I remember
in two thousand and three, two thousand and four, thousand
and five when Police commission are White had every single
polishman on the street. I felt much much more secure there.
We never had any problems in the moral and the
city for the same reason because the polism street. Remember
the said, well we got luck.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
You saw the report obviously from the police that just
came out from Vince Kelly that we're you know we're
two hundred down. It's going to take some time for
us to get those numbers boosted. So I guess what
I'm asking for ken like on her behalf and on
behalf of retailers in the CBD. Is that security going
to continue until we've got enough police to be able
to patrol the straits.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Well, the government to decide where they want.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
To do about but does the council support Well, the.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Problem we've got is if I've got security that does
nothing like they look good, they walk around and make
you feel good, but they can't move the people if
they're in the mall drinking, which actually is a policious
posibility to kilometer law.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
So you don't think they can do anything.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
You don't think that help you the power to do anything.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
So do you don't reckon they've helped over the last
couple of years.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Look, but in me and you and everywhere out of
state in Australia, it's the policies from the streets, not
security patrols. Security patrols are good enough to have your premises,
but certainly on the streets should be patrolled by the police.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
And it's going to be pretty controversial what you're saying
right now, there's going to be a lot of retailers
and a lot of others in the CBD totally disagreeing
with the security being taken off the straits.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Well, the thing is is the government decision taken on
the streets of living on the streets. But as do
you before, if I was there the tailor, I'll be
for police on the streets, not the not the patrol.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Look, but look, I know you're something.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
I know you're something comes down of the government decision,
but the council has to support or endorse it continuing
as well.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Right, I'll be asking for police, Katie, and I'm very
strong about it. So you're to be asking for the
patrols make you feel good, but they don't do anything.
The police is do one makes you feel good and
they can actually ask people to move. They take alcohol away,
poor alcohol away and charge people misbehaved.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Do you think the other councilor themen or counselors are
going to agree the security.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
For the council, the thirty councilors there will come down
to the democratic decision what are we going to do?
But as I do you before, I've been asking for
police all the time. My focus is police, police, police, police.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
I mean, we had you know, when is that decision
going to be made. When's that decision going to be
made about whether they don't continue.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
We're not going to be adopted before July. So we've
got a few months ago, two months ago. But we've
got cars are stolen, we've got crime, we've got the
invasion at home. The patrols, private patrols can't do anything
about it. It's the police.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
But when you're talking about those invasions of homes and
that kind of stuff that's not in the mall, you know,
we're not talking about the mall. I mean we're talking
about the mall. We're talking about the CBD. I know
that that kind of stuff is happening. I know that
those I report on it every single day. But when
you're talking about one of them, yeah, well, and this
is the thing, when you're talking about that safety for
people while they're in our city, even for tourists when
(10:27):
they come into town to see security sort of walking around,
it does I know, it doesn't stop the crime, but
it does assist in some ways.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Right, it's a very good diversion. We don't have police
or put the patrol that can't do anything. You see
it because they're prominent. But the prop the reality is
we're liking police, and that's what Vincequlley said. We need
more policemen now, don't We're two hundred below. That can
be fixed. Government decision to employ more policemen, the commission
(10:56):
to actually change the conditions of employment because unlimited sick
lifts seems not to work very well. As a private citizen,
I said, it's not the all of the patrol to
control the streets? Is there all of the police.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I'm getting messages from retailers right now saying this is
incredibly disappointing to hear from the Lord may Well.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
If you think that that patrol will help you, good
luck to you, because I've seen people doing stubid things
in them all. Well, the patrol is there, because the
patrol can't do anything. What you be asking? If I
was a retailer, I'll be asking the government where is
the police?
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Well, look, I think everyone's asking where is the police?
Speaker 1 (11:32):
But the report But the reports found they were two
hundred short, you know, so we were short on police.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
I can put to I mean, there was an idea
about the government to actually authorize the rangers to pour
out alcohol to move now. Rangers are not trained to
do that one. Rangers are not trained to do actually
address at the social behavior the way the police does.
And they can put themselves to danger because I have
registers threatened with sub weapons those a year before.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
What.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Don't be distracted by something that looks good as for
the real thing, I'm asking for the police now. If
patrol are good, happy to have the patrols they're patrolling,
but I want more police on the streets.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Colin, before I let you go, somebody else's email through
to ask about the toilets at night cliffs.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
We have some problems with that one. The mechanism, the
electronic mechanisms. Because of the environment, they're broken down and
we have replacing them regularly, so we're trying to find
a different way of doing it. We actually find out
to make them manual, and we convert some of them
to manual. We keep an eye on it. But please,
if you could a problem with toilets or any other
issue that the Council comes under control, please click and
(12:39):
fix is the application to use. Let us know immediately
and we will address it as soon as possible. We're
looking for replacing toilets. They're not cheap. The cost about
two hundred thousand dollars each because we've got problem with
the mechanisms as they're getting older and suddenly we are
in the progress of renewing the toilets.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Our recall last time toilets we built thinking goodness may
these is the tis Mahal of toilets. But they're really
expensive to get those, to get those automatic ones out.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
It is because they're self cleaning, so you've got to
hear the macage to clean themselves. Again. If they're good,
easy to install, easy to clean because we don't have
to use cleaners. But again, if you put them somewhere
they've got salt air, salt spray, they are going to
be affected.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Contact scarlets, Lord Mayor of Darwin, always good to speak
with you.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Thanks so much for your time today. Thank you
Now we know the City of Darwin's calling on the
community to share their final feedback on the draft Bundila
Beach Area master Plan as part of a second phase
of engagement on that project. Now joining us in the
studio is the Lord Mayor of Darwin. Convat scarlets, goodboarding, corn.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Good morning kid, and I'm so pleased. In the first
stage we had seven hundred people that actually responded, which
was really really good. So we're proceeding now from the
middle of the year to actually establish the dog park,
the half court basketball court, do a lot of working
Pandilla to change it so we actually become a people friendly,
(00:36):
attract more people, and of course we are going to
put the Cyclone Tracing monument there by November, a big
nine meters kinetic monument. It would move with a wind
and to pay homage to the people that they went
through Cyclon tracing. The second stage now is we want
to know people think about the next five to seven
(00:56):
years because we plan to actually change the role currently
around of the load to push it back. Put their
platform for fishing in the lake that's there believed or
not there are fishs there. Put more trees, increase the
canopy by eighty five percent and change the whole place
to make a place where people want to be. That
would be like another Nightcliff Night to Foreshore that for
(01:18):
the people that living decide or the city.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
I reckon it's a really good idea.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
It is a beautiful area, but very often it's sort
of plagued with anti social behavior. I go running around
there sometimes, and to be honest with you, unless I'm
with someone I actually like, I actually feel like it's
a bit dangerous.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
And I agree with you. And we have found out
that if we actually activate a place, you bring people in,
all the people that course that this is a behavior issues,
they just disappear. They go somewhere. I know, they go
somewhere else. But at least there's peaceon quite in that area.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
And so con when is this work going to get
on to waya the first stage, you know, in terms
of the landscaping and making it look nice.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
The middle of the year. Yeah, and we expect to
finish by the end of the year, okay, and then
we will proceed with the next design and everything else
for the next stage. From between three five years, we've
got three and a half thousand and three and a
half million dollars, three million dollars from the gunment, half
a million dollars from the city council. So we work
very close to get delivered for our community something outstanding,
because that's what that thing it is. Think about it.
(02:15):
Be there sitting down with chair and table, and we
plan to have a couple of only a couple of
food vans because there are plenty of restaurants around the clubs,
the yacht club, the trail boat club, the ski club,
so we don't want to compete with them, but some
barbecues people can bring their own food to cook it.
So sit down there and experience something the real dog.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
It's a great idea, especially in the draw well, a
little bit like what you see at the point of course.
You know you got ken scrapes down there or you
know which have a food then you've got there. It's
parties too.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
It's a city. You sit in the open air, not
in the in the air condition, especially during the drives.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, no, look, I think it's a good idea really
such an underutilized space and to be able to see
it utilized.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
But there was discussion about a v park the call
o the window.
Speaker 2 (03:01):
Yeah, that's not going to happen there. We think it's
an appropriate for that area, that it would be better
for open activation. There are other places down when we
can consider and have a look at it. But again
I say Irvi Park doesn't mean an ivy park which
you go in park for a week or two weeks.
It might be two days maximum and move on something
to have a respite and recharge your buttteries. What's the
(03:21):
sunset and go on. But it's not going to be
in Bandilla.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Go on some of the message through and say could
you please ask the Lord mayor who is Bondilla? And
when the public consultation was carried out for the name
change of Vesta's Beach, yeah, two years.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Ago by the name it used to because Vestis, it
was actually nothing official. It was Vestas because it was
the old Abbatois where the Darwin High School is now
and that was called Vestis, Bandilla's traditional original a name
which actually after consultation would change.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
The name now tell me expressions of interest a now
as well for local artists to apply to showcase they
work through the next installment of the City of Darwin's
light Box exhibition series, Where's this and What's it?
Speaker 2 (04:01):
All about if you want to show your work, If
you're an artist and you want to saw it somewhere
prominently like the mall, Dragonfly car Park and outside the
Nightclift Pool, please come and talk to us. We'd love
to hear see your proposals. You can put your expression
on inders until Friday, the third of May and you
can receive up to eight and a half thousand dollars
(04:21):
for your work, and your work be published or be
displayed at the light boxes. If you've got the mall
near the coffee shop, if you got a nightclift swimming pool,
you can see these big frames which light behind it.
We displayed all the work there and they'd been quite popular.
I have since some incredible work be displayed there and
I'm so proud to actually walk in the street and
have public card displayed in light boxes and be helped
(04:44):
by the council.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Yeah, oh look it's again.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
It's a nice thing to be able to say, and
it's good to make the city look nicer to see
some of that local talent on display. Connor did get
an email from one of our listeners, Carrie Now. She
wanted to ask if we could ask you next time
you're on the show about mall secure.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
The word is.
Speaker 1 (05:01):
Around town that council may not renew the security contract.
US traders in the CBD will be up Shit's Creek
without them.
Speaker 3 (05:08):
Very concerned, says carry Kerry.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
I've been having all along that I want, not security.
That security has no powers to move people to pour
alcohol out. They might look good, might give you some
security by looking at them, But the one I want,
I want the dark blue, not allied blue people, the
dark blue, which is the policeman. I'll give you an
example how good it is if you got the policeman
on the streets. Last week, I was in Alice Spring
as president of legand I walked into the mall. It
(05:34):
was absolutely peaceful and beautiful. There were police patrolling the streets.
The ilic Spring mayor told me that there were people
that went out at night to the cinema restaurant, first
time in two years because the Felts were secure. Decided
to put a function at the ilic Spring Town Council
for the gang members. I want to buy some beer
and wine in the liquor store in Todd Tavern and
(05:57):
four policemen asked me where we were am I? So
my lastest before I buy the alcohol. So police on
the street, it makes miracles.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
We don't have enough up here at the moment, surprising.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
That will surprise me. We don't have enough. But how
I mean, when there's a problem all of a sudden
they find police to put on the street, it might
be something we have to They have to look again
the organization. I'm not the expert. I can't call it
police commissions to do.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Well, that's right.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Obviously you don't have control over the police and how
they roster things, but you do have some control over
whether the security continues or.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Not, don't that's actually the government.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
I thought it was an agreement with the government and.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Counts only contribute to that one. Now that will be
part of the next year's budget. We haven't, so we're
still paying for the patrol. So until the end of Financially, yeah,
the patrols are happening, but it has to happen the
next financial year. It has to be part of the budget.
We're looking carefully.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
How much does it cost each financial.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Year to councrol four hundred thousand dollars.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Four hundred thousand dollars, Then how much does the government contribute?
Speaker 2 (06:56):
I think about a million or a million million.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
But we sort of at the whim of the government
with this as to whether it continues.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
To sunder the agency, not the council. But again I
said to you before, I don't want patrols. I want
the police.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
I get it, Like I totally get that. But for
a lot.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Of you know, for a lot of those retailers, and
I know even for me yesterday afternoon I was out
with my son in the CBD getting a haircut, you know,
doing different things with him. You see the security walking around,
and it does give you some comfort that if there
is anti social behavior, you've at least there's two big
blokes there.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
That might be able to help you, or that can
help you if required.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
Look, I get it, but you know what I remember
in two thousand and three, two thousand and four, thousand
and five when Police commission are White had every single
polishman on the street. I felt much much more secure there.
We never had any problems in the moral and the
city for the same reason because the polism street. Remember
the said, well we got luck.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
You saw the report obviously from the police that just
came out from Vince Kelly that we're you know we're
two hundred down. It's going to take some time for
us to get those numbers boosted. So I guess what
I'm asking for ken like on her behalf and on
behalf of retailers in the CBD. Is that security going
to continue until we've got enough police to be able
to patrol the straits.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Well, the government to decide where they want.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
To do about but does the council support Well, the.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Problem we've got is if I've got security that does
nothing like they look good, they walk around and make
you feel good, but they can't move the people if
they're in the mall drinking, which actually is a policious
posibility to kilometer law.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
So you don't think they can do anything.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
You don't think that help you the power to do anything.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
So do you don't reckon they've helped over the last
couple of years.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
Look, but in me and you and everywhere out of
state in Australia, it's the policies from the streets, not
security patrols. Security patrols are good enough to have your premises,
but certainly on the streets should be patrolled by the police.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
And it's going to be pretty controversial what you're saying
right now, there's going to be a lot of retailers
and a lot of others in the CBD totally disagreeing
with the security being taken off the straits.
Speaker 2 (08:53):
Well, the thing is is the government decision taken on
the streets of living on the streets. But as do
you before, if I was there the tailor, I'll be
for police on the streets, not the not the patrol.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Look, but look, I know you're something.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
I know you're something comes down of the government decision,
but the council has to support or endorse it continuing
as well.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
Right, I'll be asking for police, Katie, and I'm very
strong about it. So you're to be asking for the
patrols make you feel good, but they don't do anything.
The police is do one makes you feel good and
they can actually ask people to move. They take alcohol away,
poor alcohol away and charge people misbehaved.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Do you think the other councilor themen or counselors are
going to agree the security.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
For the council, the thirty councilors there will come down
to the democratic decision what are we going to do?
But as I do you before, I've been asking for
police all the time. My focus is police, police, police, police.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
I mean, we had you know, when is that decision
going to be made. When's that decision going to be
made about whether they don't continue.
Speaker 2 (09:49):
We're not going to be adopted before July. So we've
got a few months ago, two months ago. But we've
got cars are stolen, we've got crime, we've got the
invasion at home. The patrols, private patrols can't do anything
about it. It's the police.
Speaker 1 (10:05):
But when you're talking about those invasions of homes and
that kind of stuff that's not in the mall, you know,
we're not talking about the mall. I mean we're talking
about the mall. We're talking about the CBD. I know
that that kind of stuff is happening. I know that
those I report on it every single day. But when
you're talking about one of them, yeah, well, and this
is the thing, when you're talking about that safety for
people while they're in our city, even for tourists when
(10:27):
they come into town to see security sort of walking around,
it does I know, it doesn't stop the crime, but
it does assist in some ways.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
Right, it's a very good diversion. We don't have police
or put the patrol that can't do anything. You see
it because they're prominent. But the prop the reality is
we're liking police, and that's what Vincequlley said. We need
more policemen now, don't We're two hundred below. That can
be fixed. Government decision to employ more policemen, the commission
(10:56):
to actually change the conditions of employment because unlimited sick
lifts seems not to work very well. As a private citizen,
I said, it's not the all of the patrol to
control the streets? Is there all of the police.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I'm getting messages from retailers right now saying this is
incredibly disappointing to hear from the Lord may Well.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
If you think that that patrol will help you, good
luck to you, because I've seen people doing stubid things
in them all. Well, the patrol is there, because the
patrol can't do anything. What you be asking? If I
was a retailer, I'll be asking the government where is
the police?
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Well, look, I think everyone's asking where is the police?
Speaker 1 (11:32):
But the report But the reports found they were two
hundred short, you know, so we were short on police.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
I can put to I mean, there was an idea
about the government to actually authorize the rangers to pour
out alcohol to move now. Rangers are not trained to
do that one. Rangers are not trained to do actually
address at the social behavior the way the police does.
And they can put themselves to danger because I have
registers threatened with sub weapons those a year before.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
What.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Don't be distracted by something that looks good as for
the real thing, I'm asking for the police now. If
patrol are good, happy to have the patrols they're patrolling,
but I want more police on the streets.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
Colin, before I let you go, somebody else's email through
to ask about the toilets at night cliffs.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
We have some problems with that one. The mechanism, the
electronic mechanisms. Because of the environment, they're broken down and
we have replacing them regularly, so we're trying to find
a different way of doing it. We actually find out
to make them manual, and we convert some of them
to manual. We keep an eye on it. But please,
if you could a problem with toilets or any other
issue that the Council comes under control, please click and
(12:39):
fix is the application to use. Let us know immediately
and we will address it as soon as possible. We're
looking for replacing toilets. They're not cheap. The cost about
two hundred thousand dollars each because we've got problem with
the mechanisms as they're getting older and suddenly we are
in the progress of renewing the toilets.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Our recall last time toilets we built thinking goodness may
these is the tis Mahal of toilets. But they're really
expensive to get those, to get those automatic ones out.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
It is because they're self cleaning, so you've got to
hear the macage to clean themselves. Again. If they're good,
easy to install, easy to clean because we don't have
to use cleaners. But again, if you put them somewhere
they've got salt air, salt spray, they are going to
be affected.
Speaker 1 (13:21):
Contact scarlets, Lord Mayor of Darwin, always good to speak
with you.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
Thanks so much for your time today. Thank you
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