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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Well, it is a busy morning in here and joining
us live in the studio right now, the Lord Mayor
of Darwin convat Scalis. Good morning, Conn, Good morning Kate,
oh very well, Conn. Busy, busy Now. We had quite
a few people messaging through yesterday with different issues that
they'd like us to raise with you. Now. The first
off this morning, and I know that you are already
onto this. A few people calling through about the Palestinian
(00:24):
flag being painted on the middle of the Stuart Highway.
Perap there is a war memorial park that was vandalized
by the same group in Nightcliff. Also at the Jetty.
Somebody else had been in contact and saying that there
was free Palestine messages plastered on heritage signs at the
(00:44):
Nightcliff Foreshore. Andrew and Leanna, you know, he rang in
and well he's like, everybody's pretty annoyed that this is
everywhere around Darwin. Is that the Council's responsibility to get
read off? What's the process here?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
I'm not just annoyed, I'm really angry.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Gate.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I got the information on Sunday. I went down to
the Jety and I had to look at it. I
saw the signs and I say to the people who
did it, yes, I expect you got the point of view,
and I don't disagree with it. Some of us share
your point of view. But what I'm really angry with
you is vandalizing the signs that the army had in
Nightly for a long time. This is this army defended
(01:25):
Australia and value defending your bloody right to protest, and
you go and saving all these message on top of
this one, so total disrespect for and at the end
of the day, obviously you don't like the rights you've got,
because if you did, you wouldn't then deface the signs,
especially the signs you put people off. Even you put
(01:46):
the people off against the Palestine that some people think
it's a right course to argue about. But there is
a way to do it. You do not go out
and paint on signs that we all respect and we
should respect. The Jetti. I can live with it. I
don't have a wrong with that one. We can paint
over it. But to do that one with a pain
that we can eraise, and we have not to prossibly
(02:07):
replace all the science in.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Night which ones now need to be replaced.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
They actually signed free Palestine and everything else a free
gaza because they painted with the pain that the council
went to actually erase it and yesterday straight away and
we couldn't. So we're working together with the government because
we've got a responsibility to remove graffiti. But what I
say is.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
One of the things like war memorial.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Science, it's heredience it science that points out the heritage
place in Nightcap where the army was camping and was
defending us to in nineteen forty.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
And I painted all over the pend over it.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
I mean, where's the sense there? Tell me you want
to protest, I don't have a problem. You want to
write a message on the asphalt, so b it, but
not on this kind of of science. You just put
a lot of people off. Even people probably were sympathetic
with your course now they said, stuff it. We don't
want to know. You did more damage to your coast
that good well.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
And also though I do not think it's appropriate when
you're defacing things that then it's going to cost the council,
i e. Rate payers, me, everybody else exactly money to
get sorted out. Con what's the process now for counsel
in terms of removing all of this stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
We're trying to we're using some different equipment, different material today,
trying to remove as much as we can. If we're
luking the pend can be erased, that's fantastic. It doesn't
we have to actually go and replace them at a cost,
at a cost. But again, why tell them there isn't
Why that's.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Right, corn, I want to ask as well. We got
a phone call earlier in the weekend, also message so
yesterday about the Bundla Beach skate Park. You know it's
this beautiful new three point five million dollar bundlea beach
skate park. Really disappointed this person was. There was a
group of thirty people there at five pm on Saturday, drinking, swearing,
(03:50):
shouting it was unsafe to stay with their children. They
went back the next day and they found it with
well just rubbish all around the place, the bin overflowing,
you know, like for you must be annoyed by it
as well. You've done accounts.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
I'm annoyed when I see that happening in Bandillas, very
annoyed when I see this happening in Nightcliff where the
barbecues are. These are for everybody uses, not for an
exclusive group of people we got the same as a
skating straight away. We proceed to send the patrols there.
Now we've got joint patrols with the police, the public
Order unit and the rangers keep an eye on it,
(04:26):
and we will actually enforce every regulation about drinking and
creating rubbish and players. This is not your pack, this
is our pack, and we prepare to reclaim it back
and give a hard time to every idiot, any idiot
who goes there and ruin it for everybody else.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Col before I let you go, I know the Citizen
of the Year awards for twenty twenty sixty calling forh
nominations already. Yes, we are awesome.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
The version for that is because we have to start early.
You see, we've got the elections as well, and we
have to A month will be lost because we're going
to care taken mode. So we call an election. If
you know anybody who'd done something good, if you know
anybody who does that the good in your neighborhood, a group,
a sporting group, a policeman, an old person, a young
person that helps the family, please nominate them, because if
(05:09):
we don't recognize them, we're missing out as a community.
We have to recognize these people and honor of these
people that do under community.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Con One other very quick one. I understand there was
a temporary closure by a centennial park, the walkway bridge
which is there at Aquasaying now. It was from Tuesday
the twenty second, due to reopen today, I believe at
some point for essential repair works. Do you know how
it's all tracking.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
It's a very very difficult environment which exposed the sault.
All the time we inspect them and we find something,
we repair them because we don't want anybody to help
them himself with himself. It takes time. Some of the
material they're not we can't source it locally and we
have to bring in the state. But it's going to
be drobened soon as soon as possible. It depends on
the extent of the walks he has to be done
(05:53):
and how it's done.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Convats Galus, the Lord Mayor of Darwin. I don't know
if we get to catch up with you one more
time before the because because.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Next week this weekend, we're going to care mind the elections.
But I'll be always available and.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
We will be catching up, I'm sure with all the
meyoral candidates. Con thank you as always for your time.
We greatly appreciate it, and certainly have over the last
few years. We'll talk to you next week, though probably
as the mayoral candidate, looking forward to thank you. Thanks,
Con
Well, it is a busy morning in here and joining
us live in the studio right now, the Lord Mayor
of Darwin convat Scalis. Good morning, Conn, Good morning Kate,
oh very well, Conn. Busy, busy Now. We had quite
a few people messaging through yesterday with different issues that
they'd like us to raise with you. Now. The first
off this morning, and I know that you are already
onto this. A few people calling through about the Palestinian
(00:24):
flag being painted on the middle of the Stuart Highway.
Perap there is a war memorial park that was vandalized
by the same group in Nightcliff. Also at the Jetty.
Somebody else had been in contact and saying that there
was free Palestine messages plastered on heritage signs at the
(00:44):
Nightcliff Foreshore. Andrew and Leanna, you know, he rang in
and well he's like, everybody's pretty annoyed that this is
everywhere around Darwin. Is that the Council's responsibility to get
read off? What's the process here?
Speaker 2 (01:01):
I'm not just annoyed, I'm really angry.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Gate.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I got the information on Sunday. I went down to
the Jety and I had to look at it. I
saw the signs and I say to the people who
did it, yes, I expect you got the point of view,
and I don't disagree with it. Some of us share
your point of view. But what I'm really angry with
you is vandalizing the signs that the army had in
Nightly for a long time. This is this army defended
(01:25):
Australia and value defending your bloody right to protest, and
you go and saving all these message on top of
this one, so total disrespect for and at the end
of the day, obviously you don't like the rights you've got,
because if you did, you wouldn't then deface the signs,
especially the signs you put people off. Even you put
(01:46):
the people off against the Palestine that some people think
it's a right course to argue about. But there is
a way to do it. You do not go out
and paint on signs that we all respect and we
should respect. The Jetti. I can live with it. I
don't have a wrong with that one. We can paint
over it. But to do that one with a pain
that we can eraise, and we have not to prossibly
(02:07):
replace all the science in.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
Night which ones now need to be replaced.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
They actually signed free Palestine and everything else a free
gaza because they painted with the pain that the council
went to actually erase it and yesterday straight away and
we couldn't. So we're working together with the government because
we've got a responsibility to remove graffiti. But what I
say is.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
One of the things like war memorial.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
Science, it's heredience it science that points out the heritage
place in Nightcap where the army was camping and was
defending us to in nineteen forty.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
And I painted all over the pend over it.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
I mean, where's the sense there? Tell me you want
to protest, I don't have a problem. You want to
write a message on the asphalt, so b it, but
not on this kind of of science. You just put
a lot of people off. Even people probably were sympathetic
with your course now they said, stuff it. We don't
want to know. You did more damage to your coast
that good well.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
And also though I do not think it's appropriate when
you're defacing things that then it's going to cost the council,
i e. Rate payers, me, everybody else exactly money to
get sorted out. Con what's the process now for counsel
in terms of removing all of this stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
We're trying to we're using some different equipment, different material today,
trying to remove as much as we can. If we're
luking the pend can be erased, that's fantastic. It doesn't
we have to actually go and replace them at a cost,
at a cost. But again, why tell them there isn't
Why that's.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Right, corn, I want to ask as well. We got
a phone call earlier in the weekend, also message so
yesterday about the Bundla Beach skate Park. You know it's
this beautiful new three point five million dollar bundlea beach
skate park. Really disappointed this person was. There was a
group of thirty people there at five pm on Saturday, drinking, swearing,
(03:50):
shouting it was unsafe to stay with their children. They
went back the next day and they found it with
well just rubbish all around the place, the bin overflowing,
you know, like for you must be annoyed by it
as well. You've done accounts.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
I'm annoyed when I see that happening in Bandillas, very
annoyed when I see this happening in Nightcliff where the
barbecues are. These are for everybody uses, not for an
exclusive group of people we got the same as a
skating straight away. We proceed to send the patrols there.
Now we've got joint patrols with the police, the public
Order unit and the rangers keep an eye on it,
(04:26):
and we will actually enforce every regulation about drinking and
creating rubbish and players. This is not your pack, this
is our pack, and we prepare to reclaim it back
and give a hard time to every idiot, any idiot
who goes there and ruin it for everybody else.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Col before I let you go, I know the Citizen
of the Year awards for twenty twenty sixty calling forh
nominations already. Yes, we are awesome.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
The version for that is because we have to start early.
You see, we've got the elections as well, and we
have to A month will be lost because we're going
to care taken mode. So we call an election. If
you know anybody who'd done something good, if you know
anybody who does that the good in your neighborhood, a group,
a sporting group, a policeman, an old person, a young
person that helps the family, please nominate them, because if
(05:09):
we don't recognize them, we're missing out as a community.
We have to recognize these people and honor of these
people that do under community.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Con One other very quick one. I understand there was
a temporary closure by a centennial park, the walkway bridge
which is there at Aquasaying now. It was from Tuesday
the twenty second, due to reopen today, I believe at
some point for essential repair works. Do you know how
it's all tracking.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
It's a very very difficult environment which exposed the sault.
All the time we inspect them and we find something,
we repair them because we don't want anybody to help
them himself with himself. It takes time. Some of the
material they're not we can't source it locally and we
have to bring in the state. But it's going to
be drobened soon as soon as possible. It depends on
the extent of the walks he has to be done
(05:53):
and how it's done.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Convats Galus, the Lord Mayor of Darwin. I don't know
if we get to catch up with you one more
time before the because because.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Next week this weekend, we're going to care mind the elections.
But I'll be always available and.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
We will be catching up, I'm sure with all the
meyoral candidates. Con thank you as always for your time.
We greatly appreciate it, and certainly have over the last
few years. We'll talk to you next week, though probably
as the mayoral candidate, looking forward to thank you. Thanks,
Con
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