Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm christaname it with
Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. One Nation has unveiled the team
Speaker 1: that will take on Labor and the Liberals at the
Speaker 1: Victorian state election in November. Pauline Hanson named Warren Pickering
Speaker 1: as the party's state leader. He said their policies would
Speaker 1: be unveiled in the coming weeks and vowed to crack
Speaker 1: down on crime in Victoria and establish a corruption Royal Commission.
Speaker 1: Quote with teeth.
Speaker 2: Top of the list is crime, crime and corruption. Absolutely,
Speaker 2: we absolutely support Royal Commission and a one Nation government.
Speaker 2: Royal Commission won't be a soft touch. It will have
Speaker 2: teeth and heads. We'll roll. Do you expect you'll be
Speaker 2: able to govern in your own rights? Absolutely we do
Speaker 2: and we intend to.
Speaker 1: If you don't anticipate needing to be in coalition with anyone.
Speaker 2: We'll manage that situation if it eventuates.
Speaker 1: Hanson defended her decision to bar the ABC and The
Speaker 1: Guardian from the party's official campaign launch on Monday.
Speaker 2: I'm not putting up with their rubbish. I'm not putting
Speaker 2: up for their spin, their lives whatsoever.
Speaker 1: I want truth and omstick you get it from me,
Speaker 1: I expect it back from the media. The trial of
Speaker 1: once powerful radio broadcaster Alan Jones got underway in Sydney
Speaker 1: on Monday. The court heard Jones allegedly gifted one complainant,
Speaker 1: known by the pseudonym J a car to drive himself
Speaker 1: to training. The Crown also alleged Jones told the complainant
Speaker 1: he loved him and kissed him without consent at Jones's
Speaker 1: apartment overlooking Sydney Harbor in two thousand and three. Jones
Speaker 1: has pleaded not guilty to twenty counts of indecent assault
Speaker 1: and two counts of sexual touching, and vehemently denies the
Speaker 1: allegations made by six complainants. The trial is expected to
Speaker 1: last for four months. You can read rolling coverage and
Speaker 1: analysis by our journalists at the Australian dot com dot au.
Speaker 1: Two people were killed when two firefighting helicopters collided in
Speaker 1: mid air in Greece on Sunday local time. The aircraft,
Speaker 1: which were leased from the Sunshine Coast based McDermott Aviation Group,
Speaker 1: were fighting catastrophic wildfires near Athens when the incident occurred.
Speaker 1: A Danish pilot and a Greek liaison officer on board
Speaker 1: one of the water bombers were killed when it exploded
Speaker 1: and crashed after clipping the underbelly of the second aircraft.
Speaker 1: The pilot of the second helicopter was able to execute
Speaker 1: a safe landing, and Greek Fire Services said four crew
Speaker 1: members had been recovered. Firefighters are battling wildfires amid record
Speaker 1: breaking heat waves and widespread drought across Europe. Australian pop
Speaker 1: star Delta Gudram closed the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in
Speaker 1: sensational fashion on Monday morning. Will Swanton writes for The Australian.
Speaker 1: The Glasswegian rescue mission was a spectacular success after the
Speaker 1: Scottish city acquired hosting rights from Victoria. In twenty twenty four,
Speaker 1: seventy six year old lawn bowl sensation Louise Hoskins made
Speaker 1: history as the oldest competitor to win a Commonwealth Games
Speaker 1: gold medal overnight. Her victory in the women's power pairs
Speaker 1: with teammate Serena Bonnell takes Australia's medal hall to seventy gold,
Speaker 1: forty five silver and fifty six bronze. Check out those
Speaker 1: stories live right now at the Australian dot Com dot
Speaker 1: AU and come back to the front first thing in
Speaker 1: the morning for our look at what the future holds
Speaker 1: for Australia's spiraling housing market. That's right here, Tuesday morning,