WEBVTT - Bonus: Melbourne Venues Are Under Attack

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<v Speaker 1>Twenty venues around Melbourne have been attacked since February.

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<v Speaker 2>The wave of firebombings at Melbourne hospitality venues. Police cracked

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<v Speaker 2>down on the crime days fire bombing Melbourne's clubs and bars,

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<v Speaker 2>setting up a new task force to end Melbourne's hospitality

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<v Speaker 2>wars before someone's killed. It's a scary time right now

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<v Speaker 2>if you're a hospitality owner or someone who frequents night

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<v Speaker 2>spots around Melbourne.

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<v Speaker 1>Right It's like we've thought twice about even like going

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<v Speaker 1>out for a drink in some places recently. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, we go on to stay home.

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<v Speaker 2>So police right now looking into who exactly is pulling

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<v Speaker 2>the strings. It points to organized crime. All these arson

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<v Speaker 2>attacks are spaded them the CBT South Melbourne Paran. Twelve

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<v Speaker 2>arrests have been made so far, So what's happening out there?

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<v Speaker 2>Christine Hearn from The Today Show has some exclusive details

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<v Speaker 2>on all this morning.

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<v Speaker 3>Chris, Good Morning, Morning guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, am I right in suggesting this all revolves around

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<v Speaker 2>activity on encrypted apps? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>That's right. I mean I'll be going to a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of these firebomb venues and talking to owners that didn't

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<v Speaker 3>want to go on camera for obvious reasons, but they

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<v Speaker 3>kind of told me the story behind it. They said

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<v Speaker 3>that these kids go on the encrypted app signal and

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<v Speaker 3>they described it to me. One owner described it to

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<v Speaker 3>me as air tasker for criminals. So there's a list

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<v Speaker 3>of jobs, say a job, you know, firebomb this venue.

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<v Speaker 3>They accept the job, they go and do it. Then

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<v Speaker 3>they have to video it and you'll see on some

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<v Speaker 3>of the CCTV the criminals are filming it because that

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<v Speaker 3>is how they get paid. It's their proof. Then they

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<v Speaker 3>go back and get paid by the crime gang.

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<v Speaker 4>That's crazy. So the gang members are pretty much using

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<v Speaker 4>high and help young kids because they know if they

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<v Speaker 4>don't want to get caught themselves, and b if juveniles

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<v Speaker 4>get caught doing it, then they just get off pretty easy.

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<v Speaker 3>Correct, said Pawned. And the other thing, one owner was

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<v Speaker 3>telling me that when these kids, sixteen year old kids

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<v Speaker 3>get caught and police they will tell us who paid

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<v Speaker 3>you honestly say, I don't know because it's all anonymous

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<v Speaker 3>on this app.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh so Chris, is it safe for us to be

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<v Speaker 1>going out at the moment?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I can only go what police say, and police

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<v Speaker 3>they continue as normal. However, be vigilant and I have

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<v Speaker 3>to say, to give you an example, police are on it,

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<v Speaker 3>particularly if you're out in Paran Sathierra. Because we were

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<v Speaker 3>using the Emerson as a bit of a backdrop yesterday,

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<v Speaker 3>which has been the subject of a drive by shooting.

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<v Speaker 3>Clinton doon't away you'd.

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<v Speaker 1>Know it well.

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<v Speaker 3>And basically we pulled up my cameraman there was a

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<v Speaker 3>cop right onto him as soon as he pulled up.

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<v Speaker 3>Then an unmarked cop pulled up and wanted to know

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<v Speaker 3>what he was doing. And then when I pulled up

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<v Speaker 3>as well, another unmarked cop did a slow drive by.

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<v Speaker 1>But is this like in the early hours if you're

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<v Speaker 1>doing it Today's Showcross or something. Is this at like

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<v Speaker 1>five o'clock in the morning or.

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<v Speaker 3>Is this in the middle of No, this is four

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<v Speaker 3>point thirty to five o'clock in the morning, pulling up

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<v Speaker 3>in front of a venue like the Emerson which has

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<v Speaker 3>been targeted. Yeah, we had police on to a straightaway

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<v Speaker 3>just wanting to know what we were doing while we

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<v Speaker 3>were there.

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<v Speaker 2>So Herna police are trying to get to the bottom

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<v Speaker 2>of this. Why is this happening? Is it to do

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<v Speaker 2>with some we've seen the tobacco wars erupt in Melbourne?

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<v Speaker 2>Has this to do with some sort of bootleg grog.

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<v Speaker 2>What is it?

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<v Speaker 3>I can only go on what I've been told. So

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<v Speaker 3>police is saying that they're unable to identify any motivation. However,

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<v Speaker 3>and the owners that I've spoken to, they have told

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<v Speaker 3>me that the reason they're being targeted they've got no demands.

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<v Speaker 3>They've been taught, they said to me, they have received

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<v Speaker 3>no demands from any kind of crime gang. However, one

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<v Speaker 3>owner said to me that they believe the theory behind

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<v Speaker 3>it is that this crime gang is sending a statement

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<v Speaker 3>targeting these popular spots to send a statement to all

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<v Speaker 3>venues in Melbourne that you better when the demands come,

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<v Speaker 3>you better comply with us or else. And those demands

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<v Speaker 3>are selling their bootleg alcohol, which like tobacco, does not

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<v Speaker 3>have the Australian hack on it, which is more than half.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're looking at a bottle of vodka, it's the

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<v Speaker 3>tax is more than hard.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, So you're talking booze that's illegally snuck into the country,

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<v Speaker 4>not necessarily like made in Jimmy's backyard.

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<v Speaker 3>Correct. I asked that, because I obviously we're all concerned

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<v Speaker 3>about you know what happened exactly, and he said, no,

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<v Speaker 3>it is first of all stolen two ways, and I

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<v Speaker 3>can only tell you what these owners are telling me

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<v Speaker 3>stolen alcohol or alcohol that has been smuggled into the

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<v Speaker 3>country not getting the tap.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh gosh, it's frightening is and it's also frightening that they're,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, doing it when there's no customers in at

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<v Speaker 1>the moment. But it's only amount of times in.

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<v Speaker 2>The Emerson the night when those shots.

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<v Speaker 1>Have many more details on that because the Emerson put

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<v Speaker 1>out a statement saying it was Christine, do you know

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<v Speaker 1>about that? They said it was it was a cap

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<v Speaker 1>gun or something it was.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they put out a statement saying it was blanks,

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<v Speaker 3>but I have not got that information.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>Mum always said nothing good happens after midnight, Christine, especially

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<v Speaker 4>not two of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Great, a lot of fun things happened, won't.

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<v Speaker 4>You said to the cops when they failed you up?

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<v Speaker 4>Just so you're just picking up Quinn.

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<v Speaker 3>This is normal taxi service for.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm doing house parties.

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<v Speaker 4>Sees day Christina and from Channel Lines Today show. Thanks

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<v Speaker 4>you for jumping on the sawning.

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<v Speaker 3>Christ You're the best.

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<v Speaker 4>Christine, see mate, it is just going twenty eight past six.

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<v Speaker 4>It's good to be a cross if you are heading

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<v Speaker 4>out around melbourne'll be aware of it's only warming up,

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<v Speaker 4>all right. We're gonna check your round the work latest

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<v Speaker 4>in years next here on over.

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<v Speaker 2>Jason Lauren Lauren wake up feeling good.

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<v Speaker 1>Follow them, I'm on the socials