1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamie with the 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. The New South Wales government will rush 3 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: through new laws that will make it illegal to utter 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: Nazi slogans in public. That's after members of the National 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 1: Socialist Network Nazi group rallied outside the state's parliament on 6 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: the weekend. Here's what Premier Chris Mins had to say 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: on Monday. 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 2: This proves in my view that letting anti semitism and 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 2: racism out of the bag in any context metastasizes in 10 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: the community and results in more division and racism, not 11 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 2: less not less so. The hate speech laws that we're 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 2: pursued in the New South Wales Parliament, we believe are 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 2: important and send the clear message that we are not 14 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 2: going to stand for this kind of hatred in our 15 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 2: community and we're going to take steps to get in 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 2: the way of it and disrupt it. 17 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 1: We might have misjudged it, that's the admission from the 18 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 1: Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser. He told investors O 19 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: the rate cuts are looking unlikely due to limits on 20 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: the economy's ability to supply enough goods and services to 21 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: meet demand. Tributes are flowing for iconic talkback radio broadcaster 22 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: John Laws, who died on Sunday. He was ninety. Prime 23 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:20,319 Speaker 1: Minister Anthony Albanizi, New South Wales Premier Chris Mins, Laws's 24 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: former neighbor Russell Crowe, and his longtime rival Ray Hadley 25 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: all reflected on his legacy. 26 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 3: He was not just a legend, he was a radio 27 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 3: icon and those who follow him and drink from the 28 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 3: well like I have in the past, should remember the 29 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 3: person who dug that well, and that will was dug 30 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 3: by the great John Laws. 31 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:44,760 Speaker 1: Known for much of his decades long career as the 32 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: Golden Tonsils, Laws only retired from talkback radio a year ago. 33 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: His no holds barred approach to broadcasting fostered deep loyalty 34 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: among Sydney radio listeners and also landed him in hot water. 35 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 2: Hello world, this is John Lawd's a little dream of 36 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 2: exquisite bliss. How are you? 37 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: How fantastic to hear your voice? 38 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 3: So? I don't think anybody cares to beat? 39 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: Oh they do? 40 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 2: Are they doing? 41 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: It's time for a rest is what I think. Laws's 42 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: reputation was shaken at the turn of the millennium when 43 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: the so called cash for comment scandal broke, He never 44 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: formally apologized for accepting payments from companies to present advertising 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: on air as editorial content. He was born in the 46 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: New Guinea Highlands in nineteen thirty five and began his 47 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: working life as a jackaroo in regional and remote parts 48 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: of Australia. Ever, the entertainer Laws took to life behind 49 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: the mic after singing at a ball in Wellington in 50 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 1: the New South Wales Central West Slopes region. He famously 51 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 1: later commuted to and from two yui's Sydney offices in 52 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: his rolls Royce Phantom. Laws is survived by two sons 53 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: and five step daughters, as well as his grandchildren. Check 54 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 1: out those stories live right now at the Australian dot 55 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: Com dot a U and come back to the front 56 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for a look at the 57 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:13,839 Speaker 1: moment that changed Australian politics and Australia forever, the dismissal 58 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: of the Whitlam government fifty years ago.