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Katie Woolf spoke with Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf thanks to Joyce Main Darwin
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  Speaker 1: Homes owned Stuart Highway.
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  Speaker 2: Beromarte, Lord Mayor of Darwin, convat Scarlets. Good morning to Yukon.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning to you, and if you're prepared to go
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  Speaker 3: anywhere this weekend, be prepared to stay home because everything
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  Speaker 3: is booked. I was littally ready today that the caravan
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  Speaker 3: parks at Chokers hotels are actually fully booked, and not
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  Speaker 3: only for now. But you can't find a ticket for
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  Speaker 3: the VH or you can't find anything for the Glendy
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  Speaker 3: Well and you can't find anything for the.
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  Speaker 4: Cup So hope Well, I meant.
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  Speaker 1: For people in Darwin, but for us if you want
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  Speaker 1: to go anywhere, And.
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  Speaker 2: Look we did actually we spoke quite extensively about this
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  Speaker 2: yesterday and we know some of those hotels still aren't
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  Speaker 2: operating at one hundred percent capacity people.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, I the Springs they operate to fifty to seventy
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  Speaker 3: percent capacity because they an't good enough people to clean
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  Speaker 3: the rooms to service rooms.
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  Speaker 2: Now, con tell us a bit about these Lions Street
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  Speaker 2: upgrades that I'm hearing about.
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  Speaker 3: Well, the Council of the moments actually having a very
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  Speaker 3: very big push to upgrade streets footpaths. We're doing an
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  Speaker 3: investigation of aura of all our footpaths to see in
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  Speaker 3: what condition they are. But also when we get complaints
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  Speaker 3: from people that they've got problems with traffic with speeding,
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  Speaker 3: we have a look at it and then we step
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  Speaker 3: in to actually do the streets more easy for people
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  Speaker 3: to walk from one footpath to the other by reducing
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  Speaker 3: the speed that cars can travel. So now we're doing
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  Speaker 3: a number of traffic management improvements in the line streets
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  Speaker 3: in Ganguri that will help to reduce speeding because that's
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  Speaker 3: the main complaint. The intersection will be modified with the
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  Speaker 3: construction of traffic island and pedestrian refuge, so when you
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  Speaker 3: cross the street you can actually stop in the middle
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  Speaker 3: if you see a car coming, so you don't to
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  Speaker 3: the marathon to get quickly. We're starting this week and
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  Speaker 3: we expect you to take about a week to complete.
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  Speaker 3: This is an ongoing issue. Cape We've got people telling
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  Speaker 3: us that people speeding in suburban streets. You should know
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  Speaker 3: that in suburban streets, and now it's fifty k loves
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  Speaker 3: per hour. I think when you used to be down
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  Speaker 3: the street, it's somebody's kid.
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  Speaker 1: You's got to be so speeding, so take care.
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  Speaker 3: Sixty kilometers seventy kilos will not take you where you
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  Speaker 3: want to go faster, but it can take you faster
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  Speaker 3: as you think, to a court if you cause an accident.
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  Speaker 1: Or hit somebody.
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  Speaker 2: Well, speaking of Corn, I've got a message here. It says, Katie,
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  Speaker 2: can you please ask con the speed limit for the
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  Speaker 2: Esperante People use it as a racing strip, as there
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  Speaker 2: are no speed signs confirming what you should be doing.
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  Speaker 3: If there's no speed sign, it's fifty kilometers per hours.
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  Speaker 3: That's what it says, fifty k per hour unless otherwise
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  Speaker 3: indicated by speed signs. I know the esplans are very
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  Speaker 3: straight street, a lot of people coming down, you know,
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  Speaker 3: very very fast. Don't forget, don't forget. This is a
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  Speaker 3: tourist area. People walk out of the hotels trying to
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  Speaker 3: cross the road. So be very very careful, extra careful.
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  Speaker 1: Well in doubt.
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  Speaker 2: Cost low, yeah, right, Well, particularly along there, you know
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  Speaker 2: there's pedestrians everywhere. You know, there's a kid's playground there.
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  Speaker 2: Try to slow down and make sure that everyone stays safe.
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  Speaker 4: Corn.
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  Speaker 2: Another message, this one from Trevor, a question asking Hi, Katie,
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  Speaker 2: can you please ask on why people riding e scooters
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  Speaker 2: are not being fined for not wearing helmets and other
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  Speaker 2: breeches and how many have been fined to date.
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  Speaker 3: Well, if you ride an Inscuda in a footpath, you
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  Speaker 3: don't have to wear helmets.
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  Speaker 1: It's only when you ride on the street. But apparently
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  Speaker 1: you can't ride on the street it's illegal.
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  Speaker 3: So if you can only cross the road, so you
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  Speaker 3: can't go down Sminis Street with it's coda, that's actually
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  Speaker 3: the police will stop you and probably can reach your fine.
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  Speaker 1: The council cannot find them.
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  Speaker 3: If you're actually not wearing a helmet in the footpath,
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  Speaker 3: it's not illegal.
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  Speaker 1: It's actually some bikes.
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  Speaker 3: I've seen some bikes in Nightcliff coming down thirty kilometers
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  Speaker 3: an hour and I have to yell at them. That's
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  Speaker 3: only twenty kilometers per hour allied in footpaths.
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  Speaker 1: It's a sare footpath for pedestrian and bike riders. Think
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  Speaker 1: about it.
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  Speaker 3: When bike riders complain about misbehaving on the road, please
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  Speaker 3: do behave yourself when you're actually riding on a sare path,
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  Speaker 3: do you reckon?
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  Speaker 2: We'd see lotless issues. So if people actually just wore
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  Speaker 2: their helmets and the company.
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  Speaker 3: Starts posing fines if you if you don't use a helmet,
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  Speaker 3: you pay more. If you actually do the wrong things,
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  Speaker 3: you pay more. I'm aware that the company has banned
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  Speaker 3: people from using their scooters because you have to use
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  Speaker 3: your phone. So now you use your phone, people know
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  Speaker 3: who you are and they can actually put a stop
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  Speaker 3: on you're using the scooters.
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  Speaker 4: Oh so what if I've done what are they getting there?
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  Speaker 1: They bridge the scooters if they don't leave them where
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  Speaker 1: they're supposed to do. If they find them that just
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  Speaker 1: throw down the bushes or something like that. Repeat it
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  Speaker 1: offenders not wearing helmets, things like that. The company can
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  Speaker 1: actually put a lot on you enough, and Kate, you
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  Speaker 1: can't write sCOD it if you don't do there.
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  Speaker 4: I think fair enough.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I think it's fair enough.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so now. Con you've got a council
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  Speaker 2: meeting tonight. What's on the agenda.
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  Speaker 1: It's very easy today. There's some of the issues as
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  Speaker 1: the run of the mill. Nothing exciting. It's not the usual.
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  Speaker 3: Some things you know very well that we talk about
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  Speaker 3: them for weeks and weeks and weeks, but today we
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  Speaker 3: just talk about the use of things, mainly administer of things,
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  Speaker 3: which is really really good sometimes because we don't have
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  Speaker 3: to stay until eleven o'clock at night.
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  Speaker 2: Corn, everyone's excited about you being on this morning. Someone
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  Speaker 2: else's ask Corn, can you if are you able to
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  Speaker 2: keep the grass green at east Point and cut back
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  Speaker 2: the trees over the fence line to view the sunset
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  Speaker 2: better east Point? Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: It must be all right at the top there at
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  Speaker 4: east Point. I reckon.
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  Speaker 1: Now, some of these.
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  Speaker 3: Trees, we can cut them. There's no promotare but someway
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  Speaker 3: we don't the tree massacre. We do the same thing
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  Speaker 3: we did in the astronaut. We cut the trees, especially
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  Speaker 3: invasive species and species that actually can cause a problem.
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  Speaker 3: The other people were reluctant of cutting the trees. Is
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  Speaker 3: some of these trees holding the coastline together. The root
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  Speaker 3: system is actually buying the soil. And probably if you
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  Speaker 3: go to night if you see a little single tree
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  Speaker 3: hanging for dear live but it holds together that piece
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  Speaker 3: of land. So I'm very lucky to cut, you know,
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  Speaker 3: wholesale trees, but certainly we close them. The other thing
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  Speaker 3: with grass, think about how much water we have to
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  Speaker 3: use the dry sism to keep some of the grass green.
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  Speaker 3: We keep grass green and water we need to. Fortunately
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  Speaker 3: and thankfully some of these crash might dry out in
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  Speaker 3: the dry season and with the first rain comes back
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  Speaker 3: green and we have to morow every day.
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  Speaker 1: We try to keep areas of high traffic.
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  Speaker 3: An area where kids and families use green as much
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  Speaker 3: as possible.
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  Speaker 1: Others will let nature take it course.
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  Speaker 2: Corn, we are going to have to get ready to
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  Speaker 2: wrap up. But the Young Territory Author Awards are they currently?
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  Speaker 2: Are you calling phenomenations at the moment?
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  Speaker 1: Kate?
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  Speaker 3: This is an event that blows me away. Every year,
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  Speaker 3: were calling all young authors, and I'm talking about eight
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  Speaker 3: and under, nine to twelve, thirteen to fifteen, and sixteen
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  Speaker 3: to eighty submit their work to be assessed and we
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  Speaker 3: give awards. Now, I've written stories written by twelve years
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  Speaker 3: old that blew me away. I cannot believe that a
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  Speaker 3: person twelve years old, we have this imagination and this
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  Speaker 3: insight in life, that would sit down and write such
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  Speaker 3: a beautiful story. Some of these stories I think that
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  Speaker 3: some American writers or Australian writers would love to be
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  Speaker 3: able to write and.
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  Speaker 1: Because they are so good.
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  Speaker 3: So if you have a young talent in your family,
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  Speaker 3: if you know somebody your scoore, that's a young talent.
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  Speaker 3: If you want to do something to actually highlight these people,
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  Speaker 3: just be part of it, and please visit our website
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  Speaker 3: and you can actually find out how to submit your
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  Speaker 3: entry as I do you before. Any kid under eight
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  Speaker 3: between nine and twelve, thirteen and fifteen, and sixteen and eighteen,
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  Speaker 3: they're welcome to submit their work or we'll welcome you
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  Speaker 3: to nominate them for the Young Author of Work.
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  Speaker 1: Corn.
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  Speaker 2: One very quick last question from a listener, Katie. Can
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  Speaker 2: you ask Corn why is the parking really hard to
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  Speaker 2: navigate around the Mindle markets. It's too tight to reverse
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  Speaker 2: out of the parks and pass other cars.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we don't manage this one.
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  Speaker 3: It's actually managed by the markets themselves, something that actually
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  Speaker 3: the markets would take control of.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you can't just pack everything there.
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  Speaker 3: You have to leave space for people to open their doors,
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  Speaker 3: You have to leave space for people to reverse or leave.
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  Speaker 3: But certainly will bring that to the attention of the
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  Speaker 3: market it operators to see how it can be improved.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, good idea. Convat Scarlets always good to catch up with.
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  Speaker 1: Good morning and then I'll talk to you next week.
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  Speaker 4: Sounds good. Thanks con that is the Lord Mayor of
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  Speaker 4: Darwin convat scarlets