WEBVTT - Why ASIO spies are furious with the ABC

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<v Speaker 1>From The Australian. Here's what's on the front. I'm Claire Harvey.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Monday, February nine, twenty twenty six. They broke up,

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<v Speaker 1>made up, split again, and now they're back together. The

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<v Speaker 1>federal opposition parties are once again a coalition after weekend

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<v Speaker 1>talks between Liberal leader Susan Lee and National's leader David

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<v Speaker 1>Little Proud. Lee has back down on her threat to

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<v Speaker 1>banish three rebel National MPs to the backbench for six months.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll serve a much shorter sentence, and Little Proud says

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<v Speaker 1>he's confident they can stand together against the Labor government

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<v Speaker 1>when Parliament resumes this week. For all our reporting and

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<v Speaker 1>analysis of that, check out Beaustralian dot com dot AU

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<v Speaker 1>spy agency AZO says it's not responsible for the Bondai

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<v Speaker 1>Beach anti Semitic massacre. The spooks have come out ahead

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<v Speaker 1>of an ABC four Corners report shared for Monday Night

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<v Speaker 1>with a forceful defense of their twenty nineteen conclusion that

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<v Speaker 1>shooter Navid Akram was not a violent extremist. AZIO says

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<v Speaker 1>the source for the ABC's yarn is a disgruntled, unreliable

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<v Speaker 1>former informant. It's awkward timing for the ABC, with editor

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<v Speaker 1>in chief and Managing director Hugh Marks due to appear

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<v Speaker 1>at a Senate estimates hearing this week, which will focus

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<v Speaker 1>on the broadcasters impartiality. Steve Jackson is The Australian's Media

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<v Speaker 1>Diary editor and is here to discuss how the grilling

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<v Speaker 1>will go. Plus, Jacko has a red hot scoop today

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<v Speaker 1>about an on assignment blow up between a star reporter

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<v Speaker 1>and a cameraman. Steve Jackson edits The Australian's Media Diary. Steve,

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<v Speaker 1>we've both been in the position where a government organization

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<v Speaker 1>denies our story, but it's rare for that to happen

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<v Speaker 1>before the story's published.

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<v Speaker 2>What's going on with Four Corners? You're right, Claire.

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<v Speaker 3>Usually the denials come to you alone, not to the

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<v Speaker 3>whole public. It's come from ASIO, which we all know

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<v Speaker 3>is the chief spying agency in Australia, and they think

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<v Speaker 3>they've got an inkling about what's going to be in

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<v Speaker 3>Four Corners on Monday Night. Now they are a spying agency,

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<v Speaker 3>you'd think their mail could possibly be correct. They tend

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<v Speaker 3>to this is what they do for their trade, and

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<v Speaker 3>they reckon that what is coming is unfair, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>been served up by a disgruntled former insider, and they're

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<v Speaker 3>so alarmed by it that they've actually gone to the

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<v Speaker 3>unprecedented step. And I don't know if you'll remember clear

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<v Speaker 3>any time in history where ASIO has come out and

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<v Speaker 3>categorically said we're going to go on the record and

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<v Speaker 3>say this isn't true. I can't recall that ever happening.

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<v Speaker 1>They try to remain in the shadows obviously. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>a few times I've rung ASIO because they do have

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<v Speaker 1>a landline and someone picks up and just says hello,

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<v Speaker 1>which leads to an awkward conversation where it's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>hang on, is this Asio?

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<v Speaker 2>And they say how can I help you? Could they

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<v Speaker 2>help you? No?

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<v Speaker 1>In fact, they generally say no comment, So for them

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<v Speaker 1>to make a preemptive denial is very interesting. Now this

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<v Speaker 1>is part of a welter of Bondi stories that television

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<v Speaker 1>Current affairs shows are doing. Of course, everyone's already been

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<v Speaker 1>scooped on the big interview with the hero, haven't they.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Anna Koran flew in from Hong Kong for she

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<v Speaker 3>works for American cable television and she flew into Australia

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<v Speaker 3>in December and she scooped everyone. Nobody even knew she

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<v Speaker 3>was doing it. Next thing we know the interviews on air.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been broadcast around the world and everyone's going on,

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<v Speaker 3>did you know that nobody had any idea to happen?

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<v Speaker 3>Now sixty minutes is going to be interviewing Ahmed al

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<v Speaker 3>ah Met. They won't comment interestingly whether or not he's

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<v Speaker 3>been paid. Obviously, that's one of the questions that always

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<v Speaker 3>slopes around how much you know, has he been paid?

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<v Speaker 3>But I think in this circumstance, given he's a hero

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<v Speaker 3>and what he's done, let's remember this is a guy

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<v Speaker 3>ran towards a terrorist firing a shotgun at people and

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<v Speaker 3>disarmed them and saved countless lives. I think no matter

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<v Speaker 3>what they've given him, whether it be a free lunch

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<v Speaker 3>or you know, another night down at the Crown Towers,

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<v Speaker 3>then we're probably all okay with that one.

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<v Speaker 1>BABC is going to be under more scrutiny this week

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<v Speaker 1>when Hugh Marx appears at Senate estimates what will be

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<v Speaker 1>the tone of the grilling he'll get.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it's going to be tough for Hugh Marx. He

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<v Speaker 3>is now coming up to a year in that top job,

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<v Speaker 3>and he's got a lot of news breaking just on

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<v Speaker 3>the eve of his Senate estimates. And we know that

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<v Speaker 3>Sarah Henderson, herself, a former ABC journalist who won a

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<v Speaker 3>Walkley for her coverage while she's with the public broadcaster,

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<v Speaker 3>is a strong believer in holding the organization to account.

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<v Speaker 3>So she's going to be doing that again. I've spoken

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<v Speaker 3>to her in the past week about what she'll be

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<v Speaker 3>grilling mister Marks on, So one topic she'll definitely be

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<v Speaker 3>asking about is this how she had with the host

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<v Speaker 3>of seven thirty in the Halls of Canberra last November.

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<v Speaker 3>She says that Sarah Ferguson took umbrage with the Senator

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<v Speaker 3>critiquing her journalism, particularly a show she had done for

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<v Speaker 3>four Corners. On top of that, we can expect four

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<v Speaker 3>Corners to be getting a few mentions given the latest

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<v Speaker 3>developments with ASIO, and I think we're also going to

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<v Speaker 3>hear questions about Gavin Fang's insistence that no ABC journalists.

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<v Speaker 2>Pulled out of the Adelaide Writers.

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<v Speaker 3>Week because they supported the pro Palestinian author Randa Abdelfhatar.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so that's a scoop you broke in Diary where

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<v Speaker 1>two very senior ABC journalists Laura Tingle and Louise Milligan

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<v Speaker 1>pulled out of Adelaide Writer's Week at the same time

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<v Speaker 1>as two hundred authors pulled out in support of director

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<v Speaker 1>Louise Adler. That was after the board of the Writer's

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<v Speaker 1>Week canceled in appearance by pro Palestinian academic Randa Abdelfhatar.

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<v Speaker 1>Editorial director Gavin Fang said that that wasn't in any

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<v Speaker 1>way an endorsement of Randa Abdelfhatar. That's an interesting interpretation,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it. Do you think Sarah Henderson bought that?

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<v Speaker 3>Senator Henderson, very very intelligent lady. I don't think she's

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<v Speaker 3>bought that for a minute, and I don't think anyone's

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<v Speaker 3>bought it. Gavin Fang shouldn't be trying to sell it.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously.

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<v Speaker 3>Hundreds of authors also pulled out. I think if you

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<v Speaker 3>asked them, they'd say, yeah, we'll support in it. That's

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<v Speaker 3>what we were doing. So it just seems like very

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<v Speaker 3>weird argument to suggest No, no, everyone else was supporting

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<v Speaker 3>our guys. We just decided not to turn up to Adelaide.

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<v Speaker 1>Hugh Mars has been in the chair at the ABC

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<v Speaker 1>for a year and he came into the job at

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<v Speaker 1>a time when one of the big controversies was top

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<v Speaker 1>tier talent of the ABC expressing personal opinions on social media. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a tough one for media organizations because many

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<v Speaker 1>of them actively encourage journalists to be on social media

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<v Speaker 1>promoting their yarns being part of the conversation. ABC journal

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<v Speaker 1>has found a very receptive audience for their opinions, particularly

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<v Speaker 1>on X and have continued just expressing themselves very frankly,

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<v Speaker 1>what's your understanding of what Hugh Marks actually thinks about

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<v Speaker 1>that issue and do you think he's made any inroads

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<v Speaker 1>in getting them to stick to the party line, which

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<v Speaker 1>is don't have an opinion.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, he has made some inroads. We've seen it be

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<v Speaker 3>wound back already to some extent, and he's reinforcing the

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<v Speaker 3>strict guidelines around that. But it's different for the ABC

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<v Speaker 3>than most media organizations. So for us, you know, if

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<v Speaker 3>we want to share an opinion, that's a matter for

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<v Speaker 3>our employers and us to discuss. You know, i'd like

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<v Speaker 3>to say this or this is what my stance is

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<v Speaker 3>when it comes to the ABC. Their employers are all

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<v Speaker 3>of us, so they can't have that conversation. You know,

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<v Speaker 3>I think this. I want to be actively supporting this

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<v Speaker 3>matter in my role as an ABC journalist. So they're

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<v Speaker 3>not going to get a consensus sign off from the

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<v Speaker 3>Australian public. That's why there are strict rules. It's all

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<v Speaker 3>going to be impartial, no bias, no opinion. You're there

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<v Speaker 3>to do a job. You're effectively a public servant and

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<v Speaker 3>it's an important role that they've got. But they've got

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<v Speaker 3>to remove that activism.

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<v Speaker 1>Another story you're breaking in the media diary today, Jacko,

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<v Speaker 1>is about an on the road staush between a reporter

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<v Speaker 1>and a cameraman. Now you and I have both spent

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of time on the road reporting.

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<v Speaker 2>It gets tense. There's confined quarters.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes you might be sharing a hotel room or at

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<v Speaker 1>least eating every single meal together from dawn till dusk.

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<v Speaker 2>It's natural for tempers to fray.

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<v Speaker 1>What happened in the rural New South Wales town of

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<v Speaker 1>Lake Carjelligo when a seven crew was there reporting on

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<v Speaker 1>the disappearance of someone who's accused of murder.

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<v Speaker 3>Seven News reporter Inga Nielsen and cameraman Finn Hawkins, who

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<v Speaker 3>are actually really good friends or at least they were

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<v Speaker 3>up until two weeks ago. Have turned up in town

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<v Speaker 3>to realize there's only one room for them because they've

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<v Speaker 3>come with the rest of the Sydney media pack. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 3>as you say, that's really close quarters. A lot of

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<v Speaker 3>pressure on the story, chasing down the best angles each day,

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<v Speaker 3>and tensions have grown and tempers have flared, and look,

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<v Speaker 3>they've shared more than a room. They've ended up sharing

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<v Speaker 3>some frank and very honest feedback with each other about

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<v Speaker 3>what they think about certain things, and they're approached covering

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<v Speaker 3>the story, and unfortunately for them, it's been caught on

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<v Speaker 3>hot mic and on camera, not just their own, but

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<v Speaker 3>everyone's as they were setting up for a press conference.

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<v Speaker 3>Now you can imagine as this vision's being fed back.

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<v Speaker 3>It's been sent around to all the networks and onto

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<v Speaker 3>diaries in box, so everyone is seeing what that interaction

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<v Speaker 3>is like, and it's ugly.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen, you still an Arseholewise, there are a lot of expletives.

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<v Speaker 3>But that said, it's probably not in the top ten

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<v Speaker 3>blow ups I've had on the road with reporters while

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<v Speaker 3>I was working in television this year at Stake. Here

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<v Speaker 3>is quite often there's a rule what happens on the road,

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<v Speaker 3>stays on the road. That's what happened here. They've come

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<v Speaker 3>back and it's ended up in the HR office. Now

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<v Speaker 3>there's a whole heap of very serious allegations and accusations

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<v Speaker 3>being flown around. HRS involved, Lawyers have become involved, and

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<v Speaker 3>all of a sudden, what was an embarrassing hot mike

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<v Speaker 3>moment has become what I fear is going to be

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<v Speaker 3>a legal battle.

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<v Speaker 1>It comes back again to social media, doesn't it. Apparently

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<v Speaker 1>the source of the dispute was that Finn Hawken's the cameraman,

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<v Speaker 1>shared an innocent, happy snap on Instagram, noting that he

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<v Speaker 1>and the reporter in gan Nielsen were going to have

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<v Speaker 1>to share a hotel room. That prompted, of course, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's social media, some discus in comments from people who

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<v Speaker 1>read a sexual allusion into that. You can sort of

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<v Speaker 1>see how it got hot quite quickly, can't you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And look, to be honest, they both post up

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<v Speaker 3>for that photo. They thought it was fun. They put

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<v Speaker 3>it up together. But you know, you can't always moderate what.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's face it, a bunch of idiots are sometimes going

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<v Speaker 3>to say on social media about what you put out there.

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<v Speaker 3>It's one of those problems where you know, you make

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<v Speaker 3>a joke and all of a sudden it gets out

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<v Speaker 3>of hand, it gets out of control, and unfortunately it

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<v Speaker 3>looks like it's cost these two people their friendship, and

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<v Speaker 3>let's just hope it doesn't cost them their jobs.

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<v Speaker 2>Coming up more of my conversation with Steve Jackson Jacko.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the things I love about the Media Diary

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<v Speaker 1>is that it's a bit of an equal opportunity tickle up.

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<v Speaker 1>You often have items about every single media organization in

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<v Speaker 1>a row, and then they're all left wondering who you're

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<v Speaker 1>really having a go out. They're all complaining to you

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<v Speaker 1>that you're unfairly targeting them. This week, you've got an

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<v Speaker 1>item about nine Radio, which has recently been bought by

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<v Speaker 1>the pub baron Arthur Lorndy and his son Craig. They're

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<v Speaker 1>going to come in with a new broom. I would

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<v Speaker 1>suspect to nine Radio and the current management who are

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<v Speaker 1>in there now have found themselves in a bit of

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<v Speaker 1>celebrate a significant milestone.

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<v Speaker 2>What's gone wrong?

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<v Speaker 3>Look, The Continuous Call Team is one of the most

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<v Speaker 3>It's a big deal and having a big bash to

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<v Speaker 3>celebrate it reaching a big milestone, it's fortieth anniversary. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 3>somehow they've accidentally forgotten on purpose to invite the guy

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<v Speaker 3>who started the show and led.

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<v Speaker 2>It for much of its time.

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<v Speaker 3>It hasn't gone down very well with many of the

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<v Speaker 3>people who work on that show, and suffice to say,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think it'll go down well with him either.

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<v Speaker 1>Can't wait to read all about it, Jackson, Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>very much, Thank you for having me on. Steve Jackson

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