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Katie Woolf spoke with Alice Springs Mayor Damien Ryan on Alice Lockdown · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf on Mixed one oh four
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  Speaker 1: point nine thanks to Joyce Main Darwin from Howard Springs
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  Speaker 1: down to Alice Springs and joining us on the line
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  Speaker 1: is Damian Ryan, the mayor of Alice Springs. Good morning
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  Speaker 1: to you, Damien.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning Katie. It seems like you're doing a wrap
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  Speaker 2: up of the springs.
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  Speaker 1: It seems that way, doesn't I don't know where to
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  Speaker 1: go to next, Damian. How are you guys going in
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  Speaker 1: Alice Springs? Well, almost today into lockdown.
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  Speaker 2: I look the all of the frontline workers are doing
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  Speaker 2: a terrific job in assisting everybody across Alice Springs. There
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  Speaker 2: was a bit of panic buying yesterday happen then when
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  Speaker 2: the lockdown was first called. And you know, I'll take
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  Speaker 2: this opportunity to call on people to understand, no matter
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  Speaker 2: where you are the Jersey, if facing a lockdown, that
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  Speaker 2: we don't have any dramas on our food chain supply
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  Speaker 2: this day. So just you respect those people who work
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  Speaker 2: in those shops and just take it a bit easier. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: it was crazy, no different to day and earlier in
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  Speaker 2: the week, but other than that's pretty quiet town this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Old Bess, what was the reaction when everybody found
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  Speaker 1: out that you know that you'd be heading into lockdown
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  Speaker 1: and that the airport was an exposure site.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look, you take the advice the Chief Medical officer.
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  Speaker 2: We had all heard of what had happened at the
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  Speaker 2: Granite gold mine late last week and not realizing i mean,
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  Speaker 2: the authorities were tracking people all over the country. Then
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  Speaker 2: to learn yesterday that one of the people involved had
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  Speaker 2: been at the Yellow Springs airport and it's always concerned.
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  Speaker 2: We're very lucky that was combined to the airport as
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  Speaker 2: we haven't heard any others at this stage, so that
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  Speaker 2: was a good setup. But it is impingement on business,
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  Speaker 2: on people. I mean there's a lot of disgruntled people
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  Speaker 2: yesterday around the fact that there would be no fireworks
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  Speaker 2: today or tonight with Territory Day just that's not been canceled,
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  Speaker 2: that's been postponed. The next event that was disappointing was
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  Speaker 2: this morning there about sixty people ready to receive their citizenship.
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  Speaker 2: Well that was canceled, which is something that counsel doues,
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  Speaker 2: but that was canceled by the Department in Canberra yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: We then have the show this weekend and we didn't
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  Speaker 2: have one last year and we're not going to have
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  Speaker 2: one this year. That was canned twenty four hours ago
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  Speaker 2: or so, as far as counsel's concerned, we're working with
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  Speaker 2: the authorities. We have closed our library until Monday, can
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  Speaker 2: leads a sent until Monday. Also the fact that our
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  Speaker 2: landfill or waste management is closed to private people till Monday,
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  Speaker 2: but the collection of household rubbish, the curbsite collection continues,
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  Speaker 2: so people don't need to be concerned about that.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that is good to hear, but by the sounds
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  Speaker 1: of it, Diamien, everything has sort of calmed down a
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  Speaker 1: little bit, and no doubt you'll all just be hoping
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  Speaker 1: that this goes nice and smoothly. When are you due
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  Speaker 1: to come out of lockdown?
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  Speaker 2: Seventy two hours it was put down for so Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: You know, at this stage we look right at this moment,
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  Speaker 2: there's another Southern Region emergency meeting going on. These are
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  Speaker 2: working right through. Our council attends that we do whatever
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  Speaker 2: is asked of us. So at this stage you look
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  Speaker 2: out your window and it's a blue sky and a
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  Speaker 2: beautiful day, but you understand it that everybody's been locked
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  Speaker 2: away for seventy two hours. So it's tough on some
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  Speaker 2: and not on others. So yeah, you just you look
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  Speaker 2: after your household, you look after your family, and you
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  Speaker 2: respect the five rules that have been put in place.
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  Speaker 2: You know, only go out if you're going for a
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  Speaker 2: test or a jab. Do your shopping, but only one
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  Speaker 2: at a time, don't take the whole family were a mask.
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  Speaker 2: You are allowed out for exercise for an hour a
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  Speaker 2: day with your mask. Yep. And so it's just you know,
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  Speaker 2: you pay attention to those rules. We'll all come through.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's exactly right. And Damian Ryan, we know that
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  Speaker 1: all of those rules relating to us here in Darwin
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  Speaker 1: at the moment as well. We really appreciate your time
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  Speaker 1: this morning. All the best and I hope you get
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  Speaker 1: through lockdown and these minimal impact to Alice Springs.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, we'll keep you updated. Yeah, please do.
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  Speaker 1: That is Damien Ryan there, the Alice Springs Mayor