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Darwin Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis on what can be done about the escooter problem with injuries around the city · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Joining me in the studio right now is the Lord
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  Speaker 1: Mayor of Darwin convat Scalas.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you.
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  Speaker 3: Colled, Good morning Katy. How are you there? You don't
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  Speaker 3: sound very well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm a big crook, but I'll solder on. I
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  Speaker 2: don't have COVID when I do the same. That's exactly right.
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  Speaker 2: And talking too much has always corn. That's how I
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  Speaker 2: end done with In.
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  Speaker 3: Change with U, Kate, Nothing changing.
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  Speaker 2: With you now. God, let's talk about the scooters.
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  Speaker 1: I understand that there's a there is going to be
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  Speaker 1: an expansion to the scooters.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they want to expand to Casarina, Night Clift, per Up,
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  Speaker 3: Funny Bay districts, which is really good. The government's working
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  Speaker 3: furiously to put new legislation with reguard into scooters because,
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  Speaker 3: believe the or not, scooters are not considered a vehicle,
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  Speaker 3: so they can't be legally on the road. So this
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  Speaker 3: will change the next few months. We have now five
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  Speaker 3: hundred scooters and this stuggering number is that in the
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  Speaker 3: past last year, the people they use the scooters did
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  Speaker 3: one point two million kilometers. Wow, So they must be
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  Speaker 3: popular because I don't think I've done any of these
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  Speaker 3: kilometers myself, but I see a lot of young people
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  Speaker 3: using it and surprising, I've seen a few lawyers coming
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  Speaker 3: down Bennett Street going to these heads on a scudder
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  Speaker 3: with the road flowing and weeks and everything.
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  Speaker 2: Goodness, mate, I know it's it seems to be very
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  Speaker 2: popular that they are certainly very popular.
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  Speaker 1: I know that you and I had spoken in the
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  Speaker 1: past corner about well about I thought there was going
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  Speaker 1: to be a report done into whether there should be
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  Speaker 1: times of the day where they're not able to be
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  Speaker 1: used in the city, you know, when you've got people.
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  Speaker 2: The neuron. Yes.
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  Speaker 3: However, with the government now coming to the game and
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  Speaker 3: changing the legislation, that might be still Actually I will
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  Speaker 3: ask for some of these things to happen, because most
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  Speaker 3: of the times with accident with scutters is late at
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  Speaker 3: night when people had one too many and think they're
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  Speaker 3: superhumans and they are not.
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  Speaker 1: And so is there a way that you could have
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  Speaker 1: you know, there's not really you can't have a breathalyser
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  Speaker 1: or anything on there can I.
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  Speaker 3: Mean, look at the moment they actually if they're on
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  Speaker 3: the road, then you can breathalyze them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't breathalyze.
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  Speaker 3: Them, but common sense, and Neuran's quite good because they've
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  Speaker 3: done it in other places like the d In Bridge
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  Speaker 3: in Brisbane, the Ring Ring fence in an area, especially
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  Speaker 3: in the Temin area that you can't use them.
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  Speaker 2: After said, well that's what you've spoken to us.
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  Speaker 3: Vision is what I want to do here. Now I've
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  Speaker 3: got ongoing negotiation with Neurope.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, Now, if you see my producer Danielle, she's in
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  Speaker 1: a moon boot after she stacked the scooter.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the time it was and where it was, it
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  Speaker 2: was about.
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  Speaker 1: Nine o'clock at night. She tells me it was because
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  Speaker 1: she's very hot heels. Yeah, anyway, show me wearing our
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  Speaker 1: heels for a while. Can I give you that tip? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: moons no scooter for a while. But look, I know
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  Speaker 1: that there are quite a few injuries. There is a
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  Speaker 1: situation obviously, even overnight. I understand that the paramedics located
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  Speaker 1: someone who crashed into a pole about three o'clock this morning.
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  Speaker 3: So cool pole, so he decided to go between them.
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  Speaker 3: Unfortunately it was only one.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a worry in some cases. It's a worry now,
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  Speaker 1: but it does look as well. Nonetheless, Neuron's wanting to
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  Speaker 1: expand them to other areas, which is Look, we.
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  Speaker 3: Can't blame Europeah, we can't blame this goodness is the
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  Speaker 3: people who writes to the idea is all right, sorry
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  Speaker 3: and I mean if you drink the careful what you do, Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You have to be there is no doubt about that,
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  Speaker 2: No doubt about that. Kine. A few questions from our
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  Speaker 2: listeners this morning.
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  Speaker 1: I have got one firstly wanting to know a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more detail about what work is going on at
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  Speaker 1: the water gardens. So it says, good morning, could you
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  Speaker 1: please ask the Lord mayor why the footbridge at the
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  Speaker 1: back of the water gardens jingly has been closed slash
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  Speaker 1: blocked off and for how long we.
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  Speaker 3: Do regular respection to all our facilities. The recent inspection
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  Speaker 3: we did discover there was rush there to create problem
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  Speaker 3: with the structure of the of the of the bridge,
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  Speaker 3: so we've fenced it until we did thorough investigation to
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  Speaker 3: find out how extensive is the corrosion and we will
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  Speaker 3: repair it. At this stage, I can't give you any
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  Speaker 3: answers because we haven't finalized the whole investigation. We're not
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  Speaker 3: better when we actually know how extend the corrosion.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so don't know how long that work's going to
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  Speaker 1: take at this point.
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  Speaker 3: But however, today we're opening the Water Gardens all inclusive
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  Speaker 3: playground officially that was designed to actually to be used
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  Speaker 3: by all children, including children with disabilities. And of course
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  Speaker 3: the new playgrounds, the new facilities, the new toilets, the
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  Speaker 3: whole lot which looks absolutely fantastic.
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  Speaker 2: Well, that is good to hear.
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  Speaker 1: Corn. Another question from a listener, could you please ask
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  Speaker 1: Corn about the works along Bayview Pathway? Where is that
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  Speaker 1: project at It appears the polls are too long?
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  Speaker 2: Have mistakes been made?
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  Speaker 3: I Witch pokes.
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  Speaker 2: Bayview Pathway? Is there work happening there?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, there'd be work happening there because actually we had
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  Speaker 3: quite a few inquiries about it. Can I take it
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  Speaker 3: or notice enough count back to you and find out
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  Speaker 3: exactly what's happening and why. The concern of the listener
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  Speaker 3: is yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Right, we'll see what we can find out. Now, Corn,
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  Speaker 1: I'm keen to know. Do you have any understanding or
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  Speaker 1: do you know so why I know the obviously the
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  Speaker 1: main glente had been had been called off this year.
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  Speaker 1: There was going to be a smaller event now that
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  Speaker 1: has also been postponed by the look of things, due
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  Speaker 1: to circumstances beyond control, any idea, what's the guy with
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  Speaker 1: the mini glenty.
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  Speaker 3: I actually met the president, Nick Ponia's last week of
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  Speaker 3: the Great Community, who advised me they had great difficulty
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  Speaker 3: sourcing equipment and sourcing supplies, even some of the generators
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  Speaker 3: that couldn't get them, toilers that couldn't get them. Some
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  Speaker 3: of the food was difficult to get. I mean, this
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  Speaker 3: is a problem with facing now everywhere, especially three in
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  Speaker 3: plays like that too far away from the main centers.
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  Speaker 3: On the way here today, I had another fought from
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  Speaker 3: Nick who told me that actually they look into having
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  Speaker 3: it later. In decision, I would not steal his stundard.
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  Speaker 3: I'll let him announce it because he has to go
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  Speaker 3: to do his process and everything else. But I'm confident
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  Speaker 3: that the Glenty will happen later.
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  Speaker 1: In the drive sho well, it looks like we're going
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  Speaker 1: to have Nick on the show after eleven o'clock this morning,
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  Speaker 1: so hopefully we'll have some further detail about that and
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  Speaker 1: be able to let our listeners know exactly what the
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  Speaker 1: go is, because I know everybody loves the Glendee. No
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  Speaker 1: matter what size the event is, everybody absolutely loves it
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  Speaker 1: and certainly wants to be part of it and to
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  Speaker 1: go and enjoy all the beautiful food.
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  Speaker 3: Now talking about Bayview, yes, you're talking about the sea wall.
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  Speaker 3: Then there's a five hundred thousand dollars expenditure we're doing
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  Speaker 3: in mattenus work and that will take about eight weeks.
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  Speaker 3: We had to supply problem with lights and we have
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  Speaker 3: again supply problem. So the Bayview Walk is going to
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  Speaker 3: be done within eight weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, but there has been a bit of a delay
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  Speaker 1: on it. Part the way.
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  Speaker 3: Well, the problem we've got is you order something yep,
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  Speaker 3: I'm still arriving. Yeah, and of course the same problem
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  Speaker 3: you try to order stuff from Mebay. They promise to
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  Speaker 3: deliver it in five days and then you get an
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  Speaker 3: email says sorry, supply problems you get in three weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Well, let's just shop local. But for some of those
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  Speaker 2: big supplies.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously suppliers, they have the same problem because things coming
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  Speaker 3: from overseas.
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  Speaker 1: Problem at the moment, particularly when you're talking about measles
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  Speaker 1: and things like that.
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  Speaker 2: It makes a huge difference.
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  Speaker 3: And one thing I want to tell youse problems not
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  Speaker 3: only with supplies but with stuff. My friend Evan at
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  Speaker 3: the yos he told me he does not been on
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  Speaker 3: Sunday anymore because he can't find stuff either in the
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  Speaker 3: kitchen or waitressing. Hilton's got problems to services their rooms.
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  Speaker 3: The Crocodile Hotel in Jaburu does not serve dinner anymore.
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  Speaker 1: No, the staffing issue is a massive issue.
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  Speaker 3: And yes, we were approached last year from the city
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  Speaker 3: of den Pasad. They wanted to actually have a relasion
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  Speaker 3: with Dowin and we actually talked to them and they
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  Speaker 3: said to us they want to send students to study
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  Speaker 3: in Darwin in the new campus, which was a great idea.
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  Speaker 3: And also they said, as Ballet's been hit really hard
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  Speaker 3: by lack of tourism, there plenty of people with the
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  Speaker 3: skills in hospitality, they speak good English, they can't get
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  Speaker 3: a job. Is down and interested. I said, he's down interests.
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  Speaker 3: He must be joking. Of course we wanted. So we're
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  Speaker 3: signing now a Eadly city agreement with the city of Tampasa.
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  Speaker 3: We'll be heading down there in a two weeks time.
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  Speaker 3: We take with us a number of people from Darwin
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  Speaker 3: with interest in education and hospitality. They will be paying
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  Speaker 3: their own way and we'll be trying to actually talk
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  Speaker 3: to them about opportunities.
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  Speaker 1: For education, for employement, a delegation heading across to.
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  Speaker 3: It's a very small delegation with a very small expenditure,
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  Speaker 3: but if we can pull that through, the benefits for.
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  Speaker 1: Dow will be announce How soon are you expecting that
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  Speaker 1: we could see some of those employees or some of
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  Speaker 1: those workers coming across to the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 3: You're taking people who have to expend to them exactly
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  Speaker 3: how they can get the visits, how they can actually
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  Speaker 3: get employment here, how can they study here? So the
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  Speaker 3: moment we give all this information of them, it will
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  Speaker 3: be very easy, considering the lack of working hands here
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  Speaker 3: to actually with the federal government, and will be lobbying
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  Speaker 3: the federal government to accelerate this process so we can
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  Speaker 3: get some people as soon as possible. Well, we haven't
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  Speaker 3: got any backpackers.
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  Speaker 2: No, we don't. This is the issue issue.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's hard. It's very hard for a lot of
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  Speaker 1: businesses at the moment. Combat scarlets. We will leave it there.
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  Speaker 1: We'll catch up with you again next week. Thanks so
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  Speaker 1: much for your time.
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  Speaker 2: As always, get better and you might get a call
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  Speaker 2: you pay for it. I'm only kidding, No, Thanks God