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

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  Speaker 1: Coming to you live this morning from the Berry Springs tavern.
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  Speaker 1: It's all starting to happen. I did just see them
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  Speaker 1: handling a crocodile over there before. So the crocodile races, well,
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  Speaker 1: they kick off just after twelve o'clock today. It is
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  Speaker 1: the best place to do Melbourne Cup. There is no
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  Speaker 1: doubt about that.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: We were talking to the Health Minister Natasha Files a
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  Speaker 1: little earlier this morning about the situation in Catherine. Now
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  Speaker 1: I know that this is something that a lot of
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  Speaker 1: residents who live in Catherine are seriously concerned about.
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  Speaker 2: And every time, well each and every day, you'd have.
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  Speaker 1: To say, we're getting continuous messages on this topic. If
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  Speaker 1: you do have something that you reckon we need to
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  Speaker 1: know about, feel free to send us a text. But
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  Speaker 1: we have been sent that most up to date pressure
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  Speaker 1: release which does say Northern Territory Primary Health Network has
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  Speaker 1: been continuing to discuss a range with the range of
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  Speaker 1: stakeholders to identify both short term and interim long term
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  Speaker 1: solutions for the provision of GP services in Catherine and
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  Speaker 1: that is obviously at this point in time now, so
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  Speaker 1: we will keep you up to date with that situation.
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  Speaker 1: The Health Minister did commit that she is going to
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  Speaker 1: let us know when that new service is available, but
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  Speaker 1: said that it will.
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  Speaker 2: Be in the coming weeks.
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  Speaker 1: So I think that hopefully that provides some peace of
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  Speaker 1: mind to those residents of Catherine. If you live in Catherine, though,
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  Speaker 1: and what to let us know your thoughts, please feel
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  Speaker 1: free to get in contact. But joining me on the
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  Speaker 1: line right now is the Lord Mayor of Darwin Conbat Scarlets.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning Corn, Good morning Katie, and I believe you're
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  Speaker 3: somewhere far away from here and watching what is it?
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  Speaker 3: The frogs.
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  Speaker 1: The crocodile races. They don't kick off until just after
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  Speaker 1: twelve o'clock. But I tell you what, no better place
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  Speaker 1: to do Melbourne cup Corn than at the Berry Springs tavern.
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  Speaker 2: They've got a crocodile out right now. It's looking a
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  Speaker 2: bit slippery and wild.
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  Speaker 3: You stay away from there and never smile on the crocodile.
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  Speaker 1: I certainly won't combat scarlas now Corn lots to cover
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  Speaker 1: off on this morning.
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  Speaker 2: I do want to ask you very quickly.
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  Speaker 1: I know that last week it was being reported on
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  Speaker 1: the ib S that the RSL have said that they
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  Speaker 1: may not now be able to make a decision or
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  Speaker 1: as to whether they will continue with that site or
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  Speaker 1: with the process that they need to go through with
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  Speaker 1: the site on the Esplanade, and so they have their
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  Speaker 1: annual general meeting early next year. Is the Council concerned
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  Speaker 1: that the RSL might just turn their back on the
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  Speaker 1: Esplanade or are you you pleased if that ends up being.
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  Speaker 3: The case, Kate, We're not concerned at all. Our cell
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  Speaker 3: came to us with the proposals. Their decision where they
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  Speaker 3: want to go is the member's decision that they want
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  Speaker 3: to go to the esplan or not. They have to
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  Speaker 3: put the proposal to council. At the moment, the proposal
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  Speaker 3: is in limbo because of course we've got the issues
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  Speaker 3: of their secret sites on that area. But if they
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  Speaker 3: come to us with the proposal, we'll consider it, but
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  Speaker 3: will take it to consideration all the other events and situations.
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  Speaker 3: I said you before. It's a deal Thersel, not for
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  Speaker 3: the Council. We are not the proponents. They are the proponents.
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  Speaker 1: It does make it hard, though, who doesn't support that decision,
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  Speaker 1: doesn't it.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we're not going to make a decision unless we
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  Speaker 3: actually be able to assess the decision for the proposal properly,
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  Speaker 3: and as I did before, I want the old one
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  Speaker 3: to make an informed decision, have the facts in front
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  Speaker 3: of them, and then they have to make a decision.
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  Speaker 3: It happens all the time. Usually when people make a
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  Speaker 3: decision without having all the facts and information before them,
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  Speaker 3: they make the wrong decisions.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Well, come, let's move along.
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  Speaker 1: It is a topic that no doubt we'll continue to
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  Speaker 1: bubble along for some time. I do want to ask you,
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  Speaker 1: as I understand that the Citizen of the Year nominations
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  Speaker 1: are open at the moment, how much longer are they
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  Speaker 1: opened for?
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  Speaker 3: They open until the twenty sixth of November twenty twenty,
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  Speaker 3: and I will suggest everybody was somebody or an event
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  Speaker 3: that had made the difference to our community. Nominate them,
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  Speaker 3: recognize the people that give something of their lives to
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  Speaker 3: our community. If you don't do that, one that will
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  Speaker 3: way would bother. But even without denomination and white awards,
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  Speaker 3: people in a community, they dedicate their lives to save
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  Speaker 3: our communities. They do things that some people says, wow,
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  Speaker 3: why you did that one, simply because they care for
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  Speaker 3: our community. They are metters of our community and they
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  Speaker 3: want to do something for our fellow citizens.
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  Speaker 2: What are the different categories.
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  Speaker 1: I know there'll be people listening right now who are thinking, oh,
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  Speaker 1: maybe I do know somebody. What are the different categories
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  Speaker 1: that you can nominate people for.
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  Speaker 3: We've got a Citizen of the Year, We've got a
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  Speaker 3: Young Cities of the Year, which is open to those
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  Speaker 3: who are between sixteen and thirty, and of course they've
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  Speaker 3: got the Community Event of the Year. You know somebody
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  Speaker 3: who does something for the community really beyond the call
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  Speaker 3: of duty, please nominate him or nominate here if you
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  Speaker 3: know a young person who does something similar to the same.
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  Speaker 3: Recognize our fellow citizens, Recognize for the affort they put
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  Speaker 3: and the ededucation.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a fantastic thing to do and certainly
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  Speaker 1: well worth recognizing those wonderful people who go above and
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  Speaker 1: beyond within the community.
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  Speaker 2: Con I want to ask you as well.
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  Speaker 1: I know that you actually and now it's the winners
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  Speaker 1: of the Young Territory Author Awards on Friday last week.
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  Speaker 2: How did that go?
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  Speaker 3: It was awesome. We had some incredible nominations. We had
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  Speaker 3: about two two hundred and four entries, seventy five of
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  Speaker 3: them received online who had entries from Alice Springs catering
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  Speaker 3: on England and everywhere else. And the winner was an
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  Speaker 3: Atherly Spring young person, Richard the cop for the book
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  Speaker 3: Spring and His Flower. We had a lot of people
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  Speaker 3: actually came to the down Entertainment Center. We had all
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  Speaker 3: the authors there, and I was actually amazed about the
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  Speaker 3: age of the Some of them were really very young,
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  Speaker 3: eight years old and here they are writing books. And
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  Speaker 3: these books are going to be given out from our library.
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  Speaker 3: You can actually pick them up and with them. And
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  Speaker 3: I had the opportunity to read some of them in
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  Speaker 3: past awards, and I was blown away with the talent
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  Speaker 3: that these people have. I can't imagine a young person
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  Speaker 3: eight years old writing such a complicated and such a
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  Speaker 3: gripping story that you don't want to put the book down.
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  Speaker 2: Oh wonderful stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Well, convat Scarlus, we are going to have to leave
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  Speaker 1: it there very quickly, you go.
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  Speaker 3: I want to tell you. I want to tell you
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  Speaker 3: that Christmas is not cancel like in the other states
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  Speaker 3: and other cities. We have got full blown Christmas Christmas
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  Speaker 3: and cuddled by candle lights and a full diary that
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  Speaker 3: tells you what's happening in our Cityfore Christmas from the
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  Speaker 3: fourth of December to the twenty fourth of December. Grab
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  Speaker 3: one from our libraries. Hey, look what's happening. Take your
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  Speaker 3: kids to the down to the city, to the city mall.
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  Speaker 3: When we lie the Christmas lights or reopening the Sandra's Village.
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  Speaker 3: Christmas is coming to Darwin. Might not come to other cities.
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  Speaker 3: Love evil, It's coming here.
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  Speaker 2: I love it. Corn.
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  Speaker 1: Now, if I'm sounding a bit distracted, that's because I've
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  Speaker 1: literally got a crocodile about ten centimeters away from me
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  Speaker 1: right now.
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  Speaker 3: Because contact kay, please don't it.
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  Speaker 2: Cake good on you.
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  Speaker 1: I'll talk to you again soon. Convat Scolus there, the
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  Speaker 1: Lord Mayor of Darwin.