Speaker 1: This is the latest from your new speed. It's Wednesday,
Speaker 1: the twelfth of June. CFMEU boss John Setka has demanded
Speaker 1: the AFL sack its umpire boss, former building watchdog Stephen McBurney,
Speaker 1: or face delays on its league related projects nationwide. The
Speaker 1: threat comes after mister McBurney launched legal action against the
Speaker 1: union during his time as the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner,
Speaker 1: resulting in the CFMEU being penalized millions of dollars. Mister
Speaker 1: Sedka on Tuesday evenings said the union would not cooperate
Speaker 1: with the League to manage deadlines and costs on its
Speaker 1: projects under mister McBurney, appointed to his new role as
Speaker 1: head of umpiring in April, was given the boot in
Speaker 1: New South Waleses disruption to Sydney's light rail network for
Speaker 1: twenty four hours on Wednesday could soon extend to the
Speaker 1: city trains and buses. The Sectors Union has warned. The
Speaker 1: light rail shutdown comes after a breakdown in negotiations between
Speaker 1: the rail trim and Bus union and light rail operator Trensdev,
Speaker 1: in which the union demanding a twenty three percent pay
Speaker 1: rise over four years and an extra five six days
Speaker 1: for tram staff each year. The strike will effect thousands
Speaker 1: of commuters who normally use the three light rail lines,
Speaker 1: with an average of more than one hundred and twenty
Speaker 1: five thousand trips taken each weekday in April on the trams.
Speaker 1: We're back after this. Taxes on Queenslanders will help plug
Speaker 1: the state's revenue hole as the golden era of coal
Speaker 1: royalties comes to an end. Treasurer Cameron Dick's controversial royalties
Speaker 1: increase has helped break in a whopping twenty five billion
Speaker 1: dollars from coal in the last two years, but his
Speaker 1: later state budget has revealed this will shrink to a
Speaker 1: trickle of five billion dollars a year out to mid
Speaker 1: twenty twenty eight. But the coffers remain healthy amid a
Speaker 1: spike in taxes and other revenue gleaned from Queenslanders through property,
Speaker 1: payroll and misbehavior on the roads. There is also an
Speaker 1: impending crackdown on tax compliance and overdue fines worth nearly
Speaker 1: one billion dollars. And in South Australia, two former Adelaide
Speaker 1: coaches have questioned the team's mentality on the back of
Speaker 1: a string of narrow defeats that has left its season
Speaker 1: in free fall. Inaugural Crow's coach Graham Korn's called the
Speaker 1: side struggle to cope with being favorites as a psychological weakness,
Speaker 1: while dual premiership mentor Malcolm Blynt said some players would
Speaker 1: be lacking belief they could win tight games. Over the
Speaker 1: past two years, Adelaide has a nine to one seven
Speaker 1: record when favored by bookmarkers, and are two to one
Speaker 1: nine in matches decided by eight points or fewer. The
Speaker 1: Crows's eight point home loss to one win Richmond last
Speaker 1: Thursday left Adelaide in fifteen spot on the ladder, with
Speaker 1: its finals hopes all but over. And those are your
Speaker 1: headlines from the newsfeed. We'll be back with another update
Speaker 1: for you tomorrow