1 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: From the Newsroom Are news. 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:04,359 Speaker 2: To come today. 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 1: A major twist after a pub group bans Australia Day events, 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: a neighbors actor reveals he has terminal cancer, and Travis 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: Head makes some wild comments about an Indian bowler. That's 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: all coming up in this episode of From the Newsroom. 7 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:21,119 Speaker 1: It is Tuesday, the third of December. Well, Australia's second 8 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: biggest pub group has seemingly backflipped on its decision to 9 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: ban Australia Day events next year. There was widespread outrage 10 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 1: when Australian Venue Co, which owns more than two hundred 11 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 1: pubs around the country, announced over the weekend that it 12 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: would cancel celebrations on January twenty six because the day 13 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,560 Speaker 1: causes sadness and hurt for some customers and staff. Their words, 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: not mine. It has now apologized, saying it is not 15 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: for us to tell anyone whether or how to celebrate 16 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: Australia Day, and has confirmed it would be happy to 17 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: book events on that day next year. Moving on, Victoria 18 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: is officially the worst state in Australia to do business in. 19 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: It came last in an annual report by the Business 20 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: Council of Australia, which found the state's payroll tax and 21 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: land taxes were among the most burdensome in the country. 22 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: South Australia secured the top spot for having the best 23 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: regulatory environment. It's actually my home state, so go SA. 24 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: In the US, now, the fallout continues after Joe Biden 25 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: issued a full and unconditional pardon for his son Hunter. 26 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: Democrats have warned the move Undermine's efforts to reign in 27 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: Donald Trump and to worry the incoming president will use 28 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: Biden's actions to justify pardoning j Six rioters some sad 29 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: celebrity news now Ian Smith, the actor who plays Harold 30 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: Bishop on Neighbors, has terminal cancer. He's what the eighty 31 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: six year old told Channel ten. 32 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 2: I've had three chemos. The first one wasn't chemo, it 33 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: was immunotherapy, which is reasonably new to the medical world. 34 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: I've really put my hand up, but I think just 35 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: to be a guinea pig, I think, plus the fact 36 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 2: I don't want to die. I want to stay alive 37 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 2: with quality as long as I can, and if they 38 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 2: can do that, I'm very happy. Yeah, but I wake 39 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: up every morning hoping there's no pain, because I know 40 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 2: that's the beginning of the bad part. 41 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: And Elton John made a sad confession as he attended 42 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 1: the premiere of The Devil Wears prior to musical, which 43 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: he wrote the music for. He's what he had to 44 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 1: say on stage in London. I haven't been able to 45 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 1: come to many of the previews because, as you know, 46 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: I've lost my eyesight, so it's hard for me to 47 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 1: see it. I love to hear it, and boy it's 48 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: soundly good tonight Okay. Elton lost his eyesight back in 49 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: July after contracting an infection in France. The sport Now 50 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 1: and in Cricket, Travis Head has heaped praise on Indian 51 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: bowler Jasper boom Right, saying he's said to be a 52 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 1: legend of the game. 53 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, just we's going to go down. Is 54 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 3: probably one of the greatest fast ballers to play the game. 55 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 3: I think we're finding that at the moment how challenging 56 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,480 Speaker 3: he can be. And it's nice to play against that. 57 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 3: It's gonna be nice to go back and look at 58 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 3: you back in your career and go tell the grand 59 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 3: kids that he faced him, so not that as he's 60 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 3: playing with him, so opuy, I have to face a 61 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 3: few more times but it has been challenging. 62 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: Boom took eight wickets in the first Test, guiding India 63 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: to a pretty easy when the second Test starts this 64 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: Friday in Adelaide. You are now today with the latest 65 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: from the newsroom. Follow us, subscribe to from the Newsroom 66 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,279 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts.