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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now, there was a lot happening last week with Parliament sitting,
(00:03):
so you might have missed a few things, and the
government did announce a new and improved bus tracker app
that's being rolled out now. The app provides what they
say is real time information about buses, initially for Darwin
and Palmerston Alice Springs to come online soon now. The
Minister for Logistics and Infrastructure, Bill Yan said the new
NTI Bus Tracker app is another step to give passengers
(00:27):
greater confidence to feel safe and informed when they get
on the bus network. Now, Minister Bill Yan joins me
on the line right now. Good morning to your minister.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Good morning Katie, and good morning to everybody up there
on the top end.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Now, Minister, what exactly does this app do?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Yeah, well we had the old app which was sort
of not working as it was supposed to, so the
department said, got to move on. I've got the new
bus tracker app online. So what this does, Katie, It
gives people the ability to see that bus real time,
so you can I think you can download it via
the Apple Store or via Google Play for other devices.
(01:06):
But this starts now to work into that bigger piece
on that whole network stuff Katie around the closure of
the Casuarina in a change, so there'll be different stops
we can grab a bus to go onto your different
locations around Casuarina now and the app plays a part
in that, so you can see real time where your
bus is at. Look at one hundred meters down right
(01:27):
or a couple of k's away, so you know how
long it's going to be before it's at your stop,
and then you can jump on the bus and then
move on to your next destination. So this will then
work into the bigger piece we're doing around the changes
to the actual dal and sitting in a change and
of course out to Parmo and I think us mob
Dan here and Alis. We'll get the app a little
(01:48):
bit later, but it's up and running now in Darham,
which is great to see.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
It is it is good to see and particularly if
you're catching the bus every day. And as some of
those routes change with like you've touched on the closure
of the Casuarina and go and bus interchanges, where are
things at with those?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
My understanding is that we're still on course for the
closure out at Casuarina by October so the work's being
done on that now and there's some consultation papers I
believe that are out from the department, So because questions
are being asked for our people or how will I
know where to be, which bush will I catch? This
app helps with that of course. So that's on schedule
(02:31):
for October. The Darwin City one is not too far
away after that. I believe Parmesan is a little bit
more complex because of its requirements for the school inter
change as well. So the department's working through what that's
going to look like out at Parma, but that will
(02:52):
probably be the last piece in that and that larger project.
So that work is being done, and we're doing a
review of the time network as well, timetables where bus
stops are increased safety. There's a task force now set
up to improve safety on the networks. Yeah, that's with
(03:13):
terratory families, Police DLI, the security officers and of course
that big important move of the transit safety officers across
to police auxiliary. So there's a lot happening at the
moment in the public Transport Network bill. Be exciting to
see with.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Those just after you'd raised it there with those transit
safety officers. The last time we spoke to the union,
there was really bugger all of them wanting to go
across to those new PPSO positions. Is there any update there,
like how many of them are actually going to transfer
across to those new roles.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Look, I don't have the exact numbers off the top
of my head, card EV and I can try and
get them, but I know that the agency has been
working with those the teas on what that transition is
going to look like. And then of course everyone's a
little bit hesitant to change as we know, So the
department's working with the tsos currently and then looking at
(04:13):
what the program is going to look like with police
as well as working on that transition. So I said,
I'm going to try and catch up with some of
those tsos when I'm back in dar one next and
just sit down and have a chat and they haven't
hear their thoughts as well, and try and answer any
questions that they have of me. But I just need
to get back up there soon to do that.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Minister.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
We've got lots of messages coming through on the text
line for you this morning.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I've got one, let's just come through.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
When is the government going to get rid of the
bus stop at Woolworth's CBD.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yeah, I've heard that there's been a lot of stuff
about that bus stop at Woolli's CBD. It's a really
difficult one because of the way that the network is structured.
So you get to that one at Woolies and then
I think some of the buses had off down Garamune
Boulevard on the Tiger Bend and then out towards Palmerston.
So it's been raised with me. I'm having a little
(05:07):
bit of a look at and I've spoken with the
department about it about how that may work. But I've
got to have a bus stop along there somewhere so
the people get access to that bus coming out of
the various supermarkets in that area and then being able
to get down on the Garamude Boulevard because so it's
on the car if you got past it and turn
(05:27):
around and come back. It's a real major issue for
the buses. And at the end of the day, is
that there's a pretty serious cost involved by adding kilometers
onto the network.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yeah, right, but it is something that is being looked
at at this point in time.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, No, it's been raised with me. And I said,
I'm having a little bit of look at it. It's
a really difficult one. We know that we know there's
issues on certain stops. That's part of this whole review
of the network that's being done. We know we have
we know have issues in certain places on certain routes,
and it's how that we best address those.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Making and also though making sure people can still catch
the bus if they're needing to come and from you
move from the city and into the city.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Minister, I want to ask you as well though.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Last week in Parliament you introduced the Transport Legislation Amendment Bill.
These reforms aim to give police stronger tools and courts
heavier penalties to keep territory and safe. Now they include
stronger penalties for a peed offenders that's when you're looking
at people disqualified for drink and drug driving on the spot,
(06:29):
fines for unlicensed driving, faster removal of abandoned vehicles, something
we see all too often around the place, and the
changes as you've spoken about there around transit safety officers.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Why are these changes required?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Yeah, there was a couple of things there chaos. I'll
start with your bandoned vehicles. That was really an interesting
one is that previously to be able to get rid
of the banded vehicles, they had to be on the
road and an obstruction, and we all too often see
vehicles on foot paths, verges and in other places public
car parks. This change allows councils or authorized persons which
(07:09):
is generally counsels at the end of the day, to
be able to get those vehicles and get them away.
We've even seen, sadly, we've seen abandoned vehicles that are
on foot paths or verges that under the legislation couldn't
be moved and people actually pushed them out onto the
road so they can get them so get them taken away,
So that this little change solves that problem. So so
(07:31):
and abandoned vehicle has been left in in a public
car park for a period of time. Under the old legislation,
it was really really difficult to get that move We've
changed that's to the allow of cancel to be able
to do that.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
On the seven days Is it Minister that like, after
seven days you can report it and hopefully get it
moved on.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Now we've brought that back. It was previously seven days,
we've now reduced that to three. So we can make
it a little bit more, a little bit more timely,
and get some of those particularly some of those if
you get a car that's dumped somewhere and set on fire,
and previously, if it wasn't on the road or on
the road, it was really really difficult for anybody to
(08:09):
get it and move it. So these are good changes,
and it'll clean up some of these things that are
littering and making our roads and road reserves and look,
our communities look pretty open.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
One of those things where it's like bureaucracy gone mad
in some ways with this kind of thing. If you've
got a car that's there that's clearly abandoned, you know,
how are we in a situation where it's not able
to be moved. I think that a lot of people
would see it as common sense.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Yeah, and that's what a lot of these changes are
Katie's common sense. And with the stuff for police who
police couldn't if someone was didn't have a license police
actually there were some charges police couldn't actually charge them
because they didn't actually have a license. So this changes that.
So if you've got an unlisted triber doing the wrong thing,
the police are able to the police are actually issue
(08:56):
charges and bring them before the courts, and some changes
around drinking drug driving offenses. When they were if there
was a numerous offenses sometimes well the way the legislation
has written, the courts would generally do them cumulatively so
they were all together, even if they were one after
the other. Say if someone had been done once and
(09:18):
then got done again and then again and again, this
gives the courts the power to sorry they were done. Currently,
this gives the power for the courts to do them cumultive,
so they can say, well, you'd get six months for
this offense three months or another offense six months for another.
So the courts now had the ability to do them
cumulatively for ongoing and repeat offenders, whereas they didn't have
(09:41):
that opportunity before. So it fixes up some loopholes and
tie is some things up and gives the police the
ability to do a little bit more, particularly around those
unlicensed drivers or drinking drug drivers and learner drivers. There
was restrictions on what they could do with learner drivers
who didn't have a license per in with them. So
(10:01):
it just tide is up some of this stuff.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Well, they sound like they're good. Changes minister, I want
to talk to you about the Mandora upgrades. We know
that that obviously the construction of the eighty five million
dollar Mandora Marine Facility. It's now complete, not able to
be accessed or use. So until the sixteenth of this month.
Can you tell us why not until the sixteenth and
(10:25):
really what these changes actually include.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Yeah, well, this has been a bit of an ongoing saga, Katie,
I think for the people up in down twenty fourteen.
I think this project was sort of spoken about in
the first instance. There we are in twenty twenty five
and finally it's delivered. And look, there was a lot
of consultation happened with the community over there at bill
EU and Woggi and of course of Mandora about access
(10:50):
to The initial plans didn't really didn't really meet those
disability access requirements, so there were some changes made there.
So the great thing now is like for disability people
and like mums and dads with prams and things, the
facility is now mutwell is accessible for them. So just
(11:14):
finishing off a few bits and pieces now for opening
on the sixteenth. So it's got a new big pontoon
and the two new big rock walls, so it'll hold
down on a pontoon with some shade there. I think
one hundred and fifty people. Is new facilities at the
top before you walk down to the pontoon for people away.
Some car park upgrades as well, and that is along
(11:38):
with trailers. So there's been a considerable amount of work
done over there. I got open and how to look
particularly around the breakwaters and things earlier in the year
and the amount of rock that was put into that too.
I was opposed to safeguard that facility long term. Now
it was absolutely standing. So the people over at Wagai
and Belliu and Amandora, now I've got a silly that
(12:00):
will certainly last a very very long time. We've got
those dredging pieces done over a Culum Bay. I've got
that done early a couple of weeks ago, so that
gives that surety for the ferry service now before Mandora
over to Calum Bay.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
It's absolutely needed, you know.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
And as you touch on top of that dredging now yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Well and as you touched on though, you know that
disability access. But do you know what, even if you're
heading across fishing and you've got a trolley or you know,
like the kids have got a bit of a cart.
It's it's it's absolutely terrible to try and get in
there at the moment, even if you live over there
and you're taking your groceries home like it presents a
lot of difficulties.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
But Minister, those changes address that, which is great to see.
It makes it just makes life easy for everybody.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Minister.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
We've got some avid fishermen obviously that listened to the show.
Somebody's messaged and said Katie. The Mandora Jetty is famous
as one of the best land based fishing spots in Australia.
It's very pop with locals and tourists. I know for
a fact my son was there on the weekend and
it says, can you please ask Minister jan about the
(13:07):
projected life of the Mandora Jetty now that it won't
be getting damaged by the mooring of the ferry.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Yeah, And this is something that's came up because for
Fishos too, they've been a bit of an avid fish
I think everybody knows that. It's spoken about in Parliament regularly.
We're doing some upgrades to the boat ramp over there
at Mandora as well. For Fishos The original jetty is
staying in place as a fishing platform, because I think
(13:38):
the original design was for a fishing platform as part
of the new jety facilities. But we're leaving the old
jetty in place, the old facility, the old structure in
place for fishing. We've got to assess it. Look, it
was always an issue for the fairies pulling up to
the course. Of course, that all important access. But we're
(14:01):
going to assess the structure and see what it looks
like and see if it needs any work, and if
it does, try and plan it into some future works
because okay, we want to leave the old structure there.
I hear fishers and fish. I'll do my absolute best
never to remove fishing infrastructure. I like to add it.
But we'll have a little bit of a look at it.
(14:22):
But it's staying in place there for land based fishing optionation.
So go and catch the ferry over and go and
sit the jetty and over fish.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
It's actually a fantastic thing to do, Like I would
encourage anybody if you've never done it. It's beautiful to
go across there, and if you're early enough in the morning,
you catch the sunset like it's.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
A beautiful, beautiful experience.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
But so to those listening this morning that go and
fish there, that land based fishing, there is no plan
whatsoever to get rid of that Mandora jetty.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
A lot of this stage, o k Now, we just
got to assess the structure, make sure it's safe. But
we've been using it for years now for the jetties
to pull up, so it's reasonably sound. We've just got
to make sure that whatever's there is going to be
there for the long term and if we will do
a little bit of work to it, we will so
we can keep those land based options Forfichows.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
Good stuff.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Well, Bill Yan, the Minister for Various Portfolios also the
Treasurer of the Northern Territory, good to speak with you
this morning.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Thanks Katie, you have a great day you too.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Thank you,
Now, there was a lot happening last week with Parliament sitting,
(00:03):
so you might have missed a few things, and the
government did announce a new and improved bus tracker app
that's being rolled out now. The app provides what they
say is real time information about buses, initially for Darwin
and Palmerston Alice Springs to come online soon now. The
Minister for Logistics and Infrastructure, Bill Yan said the new
NTI Bus Tracker app is another step to give passengers
(00:27):
greater confidence to feel safe and informed when they get
on the bus network. Now, Minister Bill Yan joins me
on the line right now. Good morning to your minister.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
Good morning Katie, and good morning to everybody up there
on the top end.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Now, Minister, what exactly does this app do?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
Yeah, well we had the old app which was sort
of not working as it was supposed to, so the
department said, got to move on. I've got the new
bus tracker app online. So what this does, Katie, It
gives people the ability to see that bus real time,
so you can I think you can download it via
the Apple Store or via Google Play for other devices.
(01:06):
But this starts now to work into that bigger piece
on that whole network stuff Katie around the closure of
the Casuarina in a change, so there'll be different stops
we can grab a bus to go onto your different
locations around Casuarina now and the app plays a part
in that, so you can see real time where your
bus is at. Look at one hundred meters down right
(01:27):
or a couple of k's away, so you know how
long it's going to be before it's at your stop,
and then you can jump on the bus and then
move on to your next destination. So this will then
work into the bigger piece we're doing around the changes
to the actual dal and sitting in a change and
of course out to Parmo and I think us mob
Dan here and Alis. We'll get the app a little
(01:48):
bit later, but it's up and running now in Darham,
which is great to see.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
It is it is good to see and particularly if
you're catching the bus every day. And as some of
those routes change with like you've touched on the closure
of the Casuarina and go and bus interchanges, where are
things at with those?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
My understanding is that we're still on course for the
closure out at Casuarina by October so the work's being
done on that now and there's some consultation papers I
believe that are out from the department, So because questions
are being asked for our people or how will I
know where to be, which bush will I catch? This
app helps with that of course. So that's on schedule
(02:31):
for October. The Darwin City one is not too far
away after that. I believe Parmesan is a little bit
more complex because of its requirements for the school inter
change as well. So the department's working through what that's
going to look like out at Parma, but that will
(02:52):
probably be the last piece in that and that larger project.
So that work is being done, and we're doing a
review of the time network as well, timetables where bus
stops are increased safety. There's a task force now set
up to improve safety on the networks. Yeah, that's with
(03:13):
terratory families, Police DLI, the security officers and of course
that big important move of the transit safety officers across
to police auxiliary. So there's a lot happening at the
moment in the public Transport Network bill. Be exciting to
see with.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Those just after you'd raised it there with those transit
safety officers. The last time we spoke to the union,
there was really bugger all of them wanting to go
across to those new PPSO positions. Is there any update there,
like how many of them are actually going to transfer
across to those new roles.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Look, I don't have the exact numbers off the top
of my head, card EV and I can try and
get them, but I know that the agency has been
working with those the teas on what that transition is
going to look like. And then of course everyone's a
little bit hesitant to change as we know, So the
department's working with the tsos currently and then looking at
(04:13):
what the program is going to look like with police
as well as working on that transition. So I said,
I'm going to try and catch up with some of
those tsos when I'm back in dar one next and
just sit down and have a chat and they haven't
hear their thoughts as well, and try and answer any
questions that they have of me. But I just need
to get back up there soon to do that.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Minister.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
We've got lots of messages coming through on the text
line for you this morning.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I've got one, let's just come through.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
When is the government going to get rid of the
bus stop at Woolworth's CBD.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
Yeah, I've heard that there's been a lot of stuff
about that bus stop at Woolli's CBD. It's a really
difficult one because of the way that the network is structured.
So you get to that one at Woolies and then
I think some of the buses had off down Garamune
Boulevard on the Tiger Bend and then out towards Palmerston.
So it's been raised with me. I'm having a little
(05:07):
bit of a look at and I've spoken with the
department about it about how that may work. But I've
got to have a bus stop along there somewhere so
the people get access to that bus coming out of
the various supermarkets in that area and then being able
to get down on the Garamude Boulevard because so it's
on the car if you got past it and turn
(05:27):
around and come back. It's a real major issue for
the buses. And at the end of the day, is
that there's a pretty serious cost involved by adding kilometers
onto the network.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yeah, right, but it is something that is being looked
at at this point in time.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, No, it's been raised with me. And I said,
I'm having a little bit of look at it. It's
a really difficult one. We know that we know there's
issues on certain stops. That's part of this whole review
of the network that's being done. We know we have
we know have issues in certain places on certain routes,
and it's how that we best address those.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Making and also though making sure people can still catch
the bus if they're needing to come and from you
move from the city and into the city.
Speaker 3 (06:07):
Minister, I want to ask you as well though.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Last week in Parliament you introduced the Transport Legislation Amendment Bill.
These reforms aim to give police stronger tools and courts
heavier penalties to keep territory and safe. Now they include
stronger penalties for a peed offenders that's when you're looking
at people disqualified for drink and drug driving on the spot,
(06:29):
fines for unlicensed driving, faster removal of abandoned vehicles, something
we see all too often around the place, and the
changes as you've spoken about there around transit safety officers.
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Why are these changes required?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Yeah, there was a couple of things there chaos. I'll
start with your bandoned vehicles. That was really an interesting
one is that previously to be able to get rid
of the banded vehicles, they had to be on the
road and an obstruction, and we all too often see
vehicles on foot paths, verges and in other places public
car parks. This change allows councils or authorized persons which
(07:09):
is generally counsels at the end of the day, to
be able to get those vehicles and get them away.
We've even seen, sadly, we've seen abandoned vehicles that are
on foot paths or verges that under the legislation couldn't
be moved and people actually pushed them out onto the
road so they can get them so get them taken away,
So that this little change solves that problem. So so
(07:31):
and abandoned vehicle has been left in in a public
car park for a period of time. Under the old legislation,
it was really really difficult to get that move We've
changed that's to the allow of cancel to be able
to do that.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
On the seven days Is it Minister that like, after
seven days you can report it and hopefully get it
moved on.
Speaker 2 (07:49):
Now we've brought that back. It was previously seven days,
we've now reduced that to three. So we can make
it a little bit more, a little bit more timely,
and get some of those particularly some of those if
you get a car that's dumped somewhere and set on fire,
and previously, if it wasn't on the road or on
the road, it was really really difficult for anybody to
(08:09):
get it and move it. So these are good changes,
and it'll clean up some of these things that are
littering and making our roads and road reserves and look,
our communities look pretty open.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
One of those things where it's like bureaucracy gone mad
in some ways with this kind of thing. If you've
got a car that's there that's clearly abandoned, you know,
how are we in a situation where it's not able
to be moved. I think that a lot of people
would see it as common sense.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Yeah, and that's what a lot of these changes are
Katie's common sense. And with the stuff for police who
police couldn't if someone was didn't have a license police
actually there were some charges police couldn't actually charge them
because they didn't actually have a license. So this changes that.
So if you've got an unlisted triber doing the wrong thing,
the police are able to the police are actually issue
(08:56):
charges and bring them before the courts, and some changes
around drinking drug driving offenses. When they were if there
was a numerous offenses sometimes well the way the legislation
has written, the courts would generally do them cumulatively so
they were all together, even if they were one after
the other. Say if someone had been done once and
(09:18):
then got done again and then again and again, this
gives the courts the power to sorry they were done. Currently,
this gives the power for the courts to do them cumultive,
so they can say, well, you'd get six months for
this offense three months or another offense six months for another.
So the courts now had the ability to do them
cumulatively for ongoing and repeat offenders, whereas they didn't have
(09:41):
that opportunity before. So it fixes up some loopholes and
tie is some things up and gives the police the
ability to do a little bit more, particularly around those
unlicensed drivers or drinking drug drivers and learner drivers. There
was restrictions on what they could do with learner drivers
who didn't have a license per in with them. So
(10:01):
it just tide is up some of this stuff.
Speaker 1 (10:03):
Well, they sound like they're good. Changes minister, I want
to talk to you about the Mandora upgrades. We know
that that obviously the construction of the eighty five million
dollar Mandora Marine Facility. It's now complete, not able to
be accessed or use. So until the sixteenth of this month.
Can you tell us why not until the sixteenth and
(10:25):
really what these changes actually include.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Yeah, well, this has been a bit of an ongoing saga, Katie,
I think for the people up in down twenty fourteen.
I think this project was sort of spoken about in
the first instance. There we are in twenty twenty five
and finally it's delivered. And look, there was a lot
of consultation happened with the community over there at bill
EU and Woggi and of course of Mandora about access
(10:50):
to The initial plans didn't really didn't really meet those
disability access requirements, so there were some changes made there.
So the great thing now is like for disability people
and like mums and dads with prams and things, the
facility is now mutwell is accessible for them. So just
(11:14):
finishing off a few bits and pieces now for opening
on the sixteenth. So it's got a new big pontoon
and the two new big rock walls, so it'll hold
down on a pontoon with some shade there. I think
one hundred and fifty people. Is new facilities at the
top before you walk down to the pontoon for people away.
Some car park upgrades as well, and that is along
(11:38):
with trailers. So there's been a considerable amount of work
done over there. I got open and how to look
particularly around the breakwaters and things earlier in the year
and the amount of rock that was put into that too.
I was opposed to safeguard that facility long term. Now
it was absolutely standing. So the people over at Wagai
and Belliu and Amandora, now I've got a silly that
(12:00):
will certainly last a very very long time. We've got
those dredging pieces done over a Culum Bay. I've got
that done early a couple of weeks ago, so that
gives that surety for the ferry service now before Mandora
over to Calum Bay.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
It's absolutely needed, you know.
Speaker 2 (12:20):
And as you touch on top of that dredging now yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:23):
Well and as you touched on though, you know that
disability access. But do you know what, even if you're
heading across fishing and you've got a trolley or you know,
like the kids have got a bit of a cart.
It's it's it's absolutely terrible to try and get in
there at the moment, even if you live over there
and you're taking your groceries home like it presents a
lot of difficulties.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
But Minister, those changes address that, which is great to see.
It makes it just makes life easy for everybody.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Minister.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
We've got some avid fishermen obviously that listened to the show.
Somebody's messaged and said Katie. The Mandora Jetty is famous
as one of the best land based fishing spots in Australia.
It's very pop with locals and tourists. I know for
a fact my son was there on the weekend and
it says, can you please ask Minister jan about the
(13:07):
projected life of the Mandora Jetty now that it won't
be getting damaged by the mooring of the ferry.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Yeah, And this is something that's came up because for
Fishos too, they've been a bit of an avid fish
I think everybody knows that. It's spoken about in Parliament regularly.
We're doing some upgrades to the boat ramp over there
at Mandora as well. For Fishos The original jetty is
staying in place as a fishing platform, because I think
(13:38):
the original design was for a fishing platform as part
of the new jety facilities. But we're leaving the old
jetty in place, the old facility, the old structure in
place for fishing. We've got to assess it. Look, it
was always an issue for the fairies pulling up to
the course. Of course, that all important access. But we're
(14:01):
going to assess the structure and see what it looks
like and see if it needs any work, and if
it does, try and plan it into some future works
because okay, we want to leave the old structure there.
I hear fishers and fish. I'll do my absolute best
never to remove fishing infrastructure. I like to add it.
But we'll have a little bit of a look at it.
(14:22):
But it's staying in place there for land based fishing optionation.
So go and catch the ferry over and go and
sit the jetty and over fish.
Speaker 1 (14:29):
It's actually a fantastic thing to do, Like I would
encourage anybody if you've never done it. It's beautiful to
go across there, and if you're early enough in the morning,
you catch the sunset like it's.
Speaker 3 (14:38):
A beautiful, beautiful experience.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
But so to those listening this morning that go and
fish there, that land based fishing, there is no plan
whatsoever to get rid of that Mandora jetty.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
A lot of this stage, o k Now, we just
got to assess the structure, make sure it's safe. But
we've been using it for years now for the jetties
to pull up, so it's reasonably sound. We've just got
to make sure that whatever's there is going to be
there for the long term and if we will do
a little bit of work to it, we will so
we can keep those land based options Forfichows.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
Good stuff.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Well, Bill Yan, the Minister for Various Portfolios also the
Treasurer of the Northern Territory, good to speak with you
this morning.
Speaker 2 (15:19):
Thanks Katie, you have a great day you too.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Thank you,
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