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

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  Speaker 1: Joining me on the line is the Lord Mayor of
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  Speaker 1: Darwin convat Scarlets, I believe, coming to his life this
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  Speaker 1: morning from Alice Springs.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning corn, Good morning Katy, and it's a very
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  Speaker 2: wet Alice Springs. We had a huge storm last night
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  Speaker 2: and hasn't stopped raining since.
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  Speaker 3: And Connor I had well.
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  Speaker 1: I've actually seen some warnings come out, I believe from
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  Speaker 1: the Bureau of Meteorology about that storm.
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  Speaker 3: So plenty of rain by the sounds of.
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  Speaker 2: It, plenty of rain and no power last night the
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  Speaker 2: power went off twice, but things are back normal now.
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  Speaker 2: But everything is so beautifully wet and very cool.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and a bit of irony, I think you'd have
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  Speaker 1: to say, because you're there for the legant General meeting
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  Speaker 1: in Alice Springs the Local Government Associations of the Northern.
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  Speaker 3: Territory and the main topic was water security.
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  Speaker 2: Was it absolutely, Katie. We've got a number of communities
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  Speaker 2: that have come to us complaining about lack of water
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  Speaker 2: or security of water. Some of these communities are in
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  Speaker 2: the center of Australia, but most of them are the
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  Speaker 2: north of Australian And you think when we get so
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  Speaker 2: much water and you're the rain period. While these communities
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  Speaker 2: do not have water, some of them want actually desalination
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  Speaker 2: plans to be installed to have water. It's extraordinary. We
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  Speaker 2: have to actually find a solution to that one and
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  Speaker 2: certainly will be a hot topic to be discussed in
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  Speaker 2: this conference.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, what else is only a gender at that conference con.
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  Speaker 2: As we speak, a Katie, we've got a presentation by
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  Speaker 2: a doctor from the Aboriginal Health Medical Service. Congress will
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  Speaker 2: give us an update about vaccination in the in central Australia.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't look very good. There's a lot of resistance.
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  Speaker 2: A lot has to do with the misinformation and again
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  Speaker 2: some of the religious leaders done here. They have let
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  Speaker 2: the communities downe by providing crazy ideas about magnetism, about
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  Speaker 2: five G, about micro chip, about you name it. It's here.
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  Speaker 2: They're doing a really good job there to overcome this.
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  Speaker 2: People slowly come to understand there are problems and they
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  Speaker 2: tend up to vaccinate, but more work has to be done.
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  Speaker 1: Con just moving along from that, because I know that
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  Speaker 1: there is quite a bit happening around the place. And
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  Speaker 1: on Friday afternoon you're actually going to be at the
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  Speaker 1: Young Territory Author's event.
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  Speaker 3: What is this?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I hope i am, but if I'm not, by
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  Speaker 2: my Deputy Lord Mayor will be there because this is
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  Speaker 2: the place we announced the winner of the Young Territory
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  Speaker 2: Over Awards and that will take place at Marra Netball Stadium.
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  Speaker 2: This time we've got more than two hundred entries. It's
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  Speaker 2: a great initiative. We give the opportunity to very young
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  Speaker 2: people to actually write a story, and this story then
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  Speaker 2: it's presented, it's read by people, and awards are presented.
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  Speaker 2: This year we have a school entry written in an
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  Speaker 2: Aboriginal language. That's a very very first ever. I tell you,
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  Speaker 2: I seen some of the works that these young moses
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  Speaker 2: have done, and I've read some of the stories and
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  Speaker 2: they blew me away. These guys they're going places and
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  Speaker 2: you will be very proud to say I was there
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  Speaker 2: when this guy started writing a story. It's something I'm
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  Speaker 2: very proud of to support, and I'm encouraging every parent
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  Speaker 2: and every young student to participate in future events.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I reckon it sounds like a fantastic initiative, conn
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  Speaker 1: Is it kids of all age groups or those that
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  Speaker 1: are in sort of high school or middle school, or
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  Speaker 1: even the young ones we've.
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  Speaker 2: Got from a very young one from pre school to
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  Speaker 2: all kids that are finishing high school. So it's all
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  Speaker 2: young territorials are called to participate and they've done it,
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  Speaker 2: and I've seen entries by six year old and eight
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  Speaker 2: year olds. You think, when these guys find this imagination,
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  Speaker 2: why could think about it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I'll be very interested to hear who wins those awards.
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  Speaker 1: Now before I let you go on, are the Great
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  Speaker 1: Plant give Away continues?
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  Speaker 3: Have you got ball plants to give away?
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  Speaker 2: I've got great news about that. Because of the huge
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  Speaker 2: demand we had, we decided to bring more plans and
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  Speaker 2: by the end of the time we give all the
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  Speaker 2: plans and we have given more than ten thousand plants.
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  Speaker 2: We've got four more events take place. The next one
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  Speaker 2: is actually this Saturday, November the six at the Dina
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  Speaker 2: Beach Oval and then we're followed by Wergaman Nakara Nightcliff
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  Speaker 2: and our bring back the tiory that we missed out
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  Speaker 2: because they didn't have enough plants. Ten thousand more trees
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  Speaker 2: in down on top of the fifteen thousand plus we
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  Speaker 2: plant it. Certainly we increasing our urban forest and will
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  Speaker 2: make Dowin a cooler and better place.
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  Speaker 3: It's been a real he hasn't had this plant give away.
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  Speaker 2: It's been amazing. Not only pee from Darwin enough to
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  Speaker 2: get plants, but I had pep from the Mandora, bit
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  Speaker 2: from Lichfield, Frim from Palmerston. I'm sorry to only give
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  Speaker 2: them to Darwin residents. They have to prove they live
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  Speaker 2: here with an identification. But it's been a great hit
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  Speaker 2: and I'm very, very proud that people now actually realize
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  Speaker 2: what we're trying to do. Planting trees make this place beautiful.
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  Speaker 2: Don't put ownings and everything else. Trees are better, they
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  Speaker 2: look better, they grow, the provider said, and the provide color.
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  Speaker 3: Well, con you're.
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  Speaker 1: At that legam mating, maybe you should let some of
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  Speaker 1: the other councils know that you have had people from
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  Speaker 1: other municipalities. They're trying to get their hands on a
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  Speaker 1: free plant, and I need to look at doing the sign.
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  Speaker 2: Down that one and I think some of them they
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  Speaker 2: might follow our example in Darwi.
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  Speaker 1: Convat Scarlas, the Lord Mayor of Darwin. Good to catch
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  Speaker 1: up with you. We'll talk to you again next week.
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  Speaker 2: I have a good morning.
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  Speaker 1: Ke