WEBVTT - Paul Murray Our Town: Newcastle | 29 June 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:05.280 Live from Newcastle. This is Paul Murray live our town. 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:09.640 Welcome beautiful Newcastle. 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:12.720 Well what a great crowd you know everyone alle Why 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:14.320 don't it set to your website? 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:16.520 A great go ahead tonight. 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:18.079 I can't wait to show. 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:20.880 You everything from well watching the footing Gordius. Now, Mark, 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:23.479 how are you great man? How long have you been 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:24.320 around Newcastle? 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:25.880 And why are you love it? So? He is? 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:29.200 Love the beaches and all the old buildings and the 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:30.400 beaches and things like. 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:31.960 That's the top play some restaurants. 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:33.360 When you go to the beach, do you wear the 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:37.120 budgie smuggling my lantern? Come on, get them out, go 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:39.519 see you? Hello mate, lovely to see you all right, 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:41.000 So what what's your name? 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:42.440 And how long have you been in and around this 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:45.360 joint in my whole life? What do you love about Newcastle? 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:48.440 Just beaches? We used to have that was great. 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:53.400 Don't start the supercars debates? Sorry, all right, cool, lovely 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:55.440 to see you. Thank you again for everyone for coming along. 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.280 We have got a great night in one of the great. 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:00.280 Cities of Australia. You are going to love it. Every 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:02.080 single minute we have for you tonight. 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:04.080 But as always, we'd like to tell you about the 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:07.000 news that is in and around. In fact, here is 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.720 some of what you're going to see tonight here in Newcastle. 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:22.600 They told me this was electric and it is, but 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:23.240 I'm still me. 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:27.160 He's going for a walk on the beds. 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.120 It's gonna be fun, pedal powered whale watching and a 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:38.959 whole lot more. We here, of course at the Earth Distillery, 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:41.240 which is a spectacular location for. 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.440 Functions in the way to hang out here in Newcastle. 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:46.160 Now, before we get to what we've done over this 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.560 incredible weekend, let's talk about some of the news that 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:53.600 is around. It's been cold, no giant surprise, it's winter, 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:57.200 but it is particularly cold, and in fact in parts 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:00.400 of New South Wales and in the act it is recorded. 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:00.920 Cold right now. 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.320 In fact, we told you last week that Golbert was 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:08.440 colder than Antarctica. Going into last week they were minus 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:12.320 ten when the station in Antarctica was minus eight and 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:15.320 a half. Well, now we're in a scenario where June 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:17.720 has been the coldest month of winter in now nearly 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:21.000 twenty years in parts of you said Wales. Canberra is 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.720 getting ready for one of the coldest nights it's had 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:27.480 in a long time in living memory. Weatherzone has confirmed 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:31.400 today that Canberra's minimum temperatures have averaged just minus two 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:34.480 and a half degrees in June and they are expected 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:36.080 to get a little frostier. 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:37.040 And go towards minus three. 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.440 The combined averages in and around June has made it 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:44.000 the coldest June since records began in nineteen thirty nine. 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.560 So if you have been annoying family members with Jesus 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.320 and this winter cold, yes, officially and of course to 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:53.680 the good people of Canberra. Now also I want everyone 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.720 to get rather excited because you know, when Australia has 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.600 wonderful moments of success on the global stage, we need 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:02.440 to sell a okay, and this show is about celebrating 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:06.080 Australian success. And I believe that we should get ready 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:10.560 for another Olympian style parade up the main drag of. 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:13.639 Every single city in this country. 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:17.280 Why because it has been finally confirmed and plays around 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:23.280 of applause. Australia now has one million public servants. 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:25.200 We did it, We did it. 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.760 One million public servants. How good is that? 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:33.040 Think of all the clipboards, think of all the coffees. Well, 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.640 Australia now has a million bureaucrats that according to the 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:40.240 nine newspapers this weekend. This is despite federal and state 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.360 governments vowing to find new ways to lift productivity and 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:45.840 encourage the private sector to get the economy growing. 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:46.000 You. 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.520 Figures out from the far right wing think tank the 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:52.120 Australian Bureau of Statistics, released on Thursday, tell us that 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.760 nine hundred and ninety thousand people are directly employed during 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:57.720 May in public administration. 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.680 Again, please, what a achieved? Paying for it? 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:04.240 You're paying for it? I mean, that's fantastic. 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:06.640 Oh, what a joy. 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:10.880 Honestly, congratulations to everyone. And of course the Treasure is 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:14.080 getting ready for his productivity summit in the next few weeks. 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:17.279 And if only there was an idea about reducing Oh 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:20.240 that's right, the election happened, didn't, so that isn't going 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.719 to be happening anytime soon. Meantime, people working in the 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.640 private sector, guess what. The majority say that they are 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.200 currently underpaid and they want pay rises of up to 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:31.479 twenty percent. Almost three in five or fifty eight percent 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:34.560 of people spoke in this survey, presumably by the Ponds Institute. 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:36.400 I don't know until I know the reference. That's what 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:37.120 I'll always say. 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.120 Australians believe they're not being paid enough appropriately and they 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.719 want higher salaries are justified, particularly what they bring to 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:45.840 the role and the duties that's required them. According to 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:49.120 new research, fifty eight percent hands up who thinks they're 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:51.919 being paid enough. I just want to double check. I 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:53.120 thought that might be the case. 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:54.159 So I don't know who. 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.520 Was lying in this survey, But to whoever was sucking 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:59.560 up to the boss, you're not helping. Okay, unless it's 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.120 one hundred center people saying that they want a pay rise, 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:04.640 then clearly it's not what people will think in the. 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:05.920 Private or public sectors. 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:10.200 Something that we never talk about enough in Australia is 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:14.359 food supply and food security. I know there's plenty of 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.480 people in the audience who would think about this over times, 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:19.840 but we learn that in the age of Trump, when 0:05:19.880 --> 0:05:23.080 we are talking about things like military spending, and the 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.200 military spending is the only way that we can keep 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.520 ourselves safe, regardless of what the threat be, be it 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:32.880 a friend or foe. Where we get our food from matters. 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:35.520 Let me explain a little further here Today a bloke 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.200 from the a n Z and what a business card 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:41.600 he's got. The head of Institutional Food beverage and agriculture. 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:45.479 What a business card said that Australia particularly is starting 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:48.320 to rely upon imports, mostly from places like China in 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:50.080 the Middle East. We're talking, of course, about things like 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:53.640 food for more than ninety percent of our fertilizer. 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:55.039 As well as our herbicides and pesticides. 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:59.760 Australia also is importing a surprising amount of food, including 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:03.680 half of all pig meat eaten in Australia is imported. 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:07.320 Much of our processed foods, the ingredients for manufactured foods 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:11.680 such as bakery mixes, tin tomatoes, cooking oils and frozen seafood. 0:06:12.880 --> 0:06:15.039 It goes on here to say, among other things, that 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.640 it's pretty important because the entire food supply chain matters. 0:06:18.920 --> 0:06:21.479 We have to look at our biggest vulnerabilities and where 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.159 the inputs are. On the food side, the Australian dairy 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:28.240 production continues to decline or imports are continuing to increase. 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:31.359 Are we prepared to put up with increasing reliance on 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:35.799 imports when vulnerabilities and trade shocks may take place? Now, 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:37.040 if you're in the room, have a look at a 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:38.880 big screen. If you're at home, keep doing what you're 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:39.479 doing now. 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:40.120 Because have a look at this. 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:44.240 Almost twenty percent of all fruit and beach in Australia 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:48.640 is imported into the country. About fifteen percent of our 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:52.279 processed foods. You can see things like soft soft drink, 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.960 seafood and dairy. Where does it all come from? All right, 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:58.000 I can tell you the biggest source of stuff that 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.560 we get into the country food wise is New Zealand, 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.960 followed by the United States. Good to see there's no 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.920 trade war happening there, Singapore, China, what could be wrong 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:06.160 with that? 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:07.640 And of course Thailand. 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:12.120 Now speaking of the President of the United States, he said, 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:14.400 quite the week. You may recall the F bomb that 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.480 was being dropped while real bombs were ending in the 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:22.440 twelve day war between Israel and Iran. Now, in fact, 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.400 let's just relivet that moment because I like swearing on television. 0:07:27.040 --> 0:07:30.600 We basically have two countries that have been fading so 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:32.520 long and so hard that. 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:34.400 They're don't know what they're doing. 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:39.080 Yes, I love when he says it, more F bombs 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:41.520 in politics, more F bombs in politics. 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:45.720 In terms of his actual agenda, pretty big stuff happened 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:47.160 in the past couple of days. 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:48.320 The big beautiful bill. 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.640 Now Trump being Trump has decided not to do things 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.480 issued by issue. He threw it all together in a 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.280 weird mishmash. It has made it through the Senate to 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:00.920 Republicans voted against it, so that's made it through. 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.120 And then the Supreme Court made quite. 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:06.640 The decision on the weekend, which was that no longer 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.480 could a local judge stop what the federal government is 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.360 trying to do. Now again, if it's a president, you like, yay. 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:15.200 If it's a president you don't. It's a big change. 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.920 As for Republican Bacus on CNN, they say times are great. 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:20.320 You know. 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:22.480 All a lot of Republicans are saying is nope, We're 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:23.240 not tired of winning. 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:24.440 Yet this happened. 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:26.160 The stock markets at a record high. 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:29.080 He brokeer the ceasefire in the Twelve Day War, his 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.920 peace broke out between Rwanda and the Congo. 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:33.679 I mean the gas. 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:35.640 Prices are at a four year low for the summer. 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:39.079 I mean, win after win after win, and this particular 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.240 one is the most important. 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:43.200 It's the most important. 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.000 Not so excited of people on the left. 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:50.319 This was MSNBC and their concerns about the court decision. 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:55.560 Imagine Donald Trump wants to do something illegal to you 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:56.440 ali Velshi. 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:06.320 Imagine that he wants to murder you. He wants. 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.920 Let's talk about Newcastle and this beautiful part of Australia. 0:09:07.960 --> 0:09:10.360 Of course, just about ninety minutes up the road from 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:13.359 Sydney Town, but it is a world unto itself. 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:14.720 You can see that from Brizzy. 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.280 It's about seven hundred and sixty nine cas Port Mcquarie 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:20.000 up the road the Hunter Valley, where so many people 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:22.080 make the most of both winter wonderland. 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:23.080 And also Christmas time. 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:26.040 Well, Newcastle is a spectacular joint where you can catch 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.760 away at Merriweather Beach or have a dip at Nobbies. 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.439 You can cheer on the knights at McDonald Jones Stadium, 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:33.400 and of course you can take a plunge in the 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:35.440 legendary ocean pools. 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:37.880 There are spot dolphins. 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.280 The Nobby Lighthouse is also a beautiful thing that you 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:42.720 can ride up to walk, take plenty of beautiful photos 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:44.280 of and a little late it tonight, I'm going to 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.440 talk about some of the great stories in and around 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.120 this proud part of Australia, and of course plenty of 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.360 things to see at the Newcastle Museum, about one hundred 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:53.880 and seventy six thousand people live here. The median age 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.959 is thirty seven, and apart from being born in Australia, 0:09:57.000 --> 0:10:00.079 there are many people who will come from England. You 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.200 will also notice that there are plenty of people who 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:04.560 over the past few days have been wearing a beanie, 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:06.120 particularly in rugby league world. 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:07.679 That's, of course because. 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:10.440 The Beanie for Brain Cancer campaign, which has been going 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:13.640 for many years, is one that actually started because of 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:17.319 what had happened to a member of the Newcastle Knights. 0:10:17.360 --> 0:10:20.199 Mark Hughes runs the Mark Hughes Foundation. Danny Bederus is 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:22.640 a legend around these parts and I was pleased enough 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:25.440 to say that, despite the fact that the Australian Institute 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:27.839 of Sport has declared me an UNCO and an UNCO 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.800 for life, I still was allowed into the Knight's dressing 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:35.000 room to talk about this incredible idea. Mark and Danny, 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:37.840 thank you for letting a fat UNCO bloke into the 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:39.080 inner sanctum of the Knights. 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:39.840 Love you to see you. 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:42.720 Congratulations on what you've been able. 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:45.679 To put together. Mark, I mean this is now nine 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:49.319 years in. It's a phenomenon, but it's a phenomenon that 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.160 has very much a personal story. How do you feel 0:10:52.200 --> 0:10:55.560 seeing beanies all over the rugby. 0:10:55.240 --> 0:10:58.720 League world very proud. It's really great to see the 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:01.760 NURL community at Larst right across Australia all getting behind 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:05.040 our beanies. And I think from sitting in these sheds 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.800 with blokes like this twenty or thirty years ago, to 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:10.880 be still sitting together fighting a new cause, and that's 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.680 brain cancer. It's really special. And a lot of my 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:16.800 teammates are just right behind me all the way in this, 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:19.400 and they do so much, so it's a team effort, 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.720 you know. It really is a team effort. 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:24.400 So your boys of course become your brothers, and the 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.640 brothers are here to help. But how did we settle 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:29.400 on the beanie as the way to get the word 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.040 out and to get some coin. 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:34.200 It was pretty easy. During when I was getting my treatments, 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:36.680 I was wearing a beanie and I just thought, you know, 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:39.360 beanie and brain cancer really rolls off the tongue well. 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:42.280 So we decided to get some schools to wear their 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:44.400 favorite beanie and bring a gold coin. They had fun 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:47.920 doing that, and we decided to design our own beanies 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:50.360 and it sort of went from there. So it's been 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:52.760 a great journey. We now designed two beanies every year 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:55.360 and we've been doing it for about ten years. 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:57.280 You know, it's amazing, Daddy. 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:59.120 You probably didn't even need to be asked to say 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:02.560 yes to get in behind it. Tell us about this 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.520 bloke and the admiration you have for him as a 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:08.120 bloke who's been able to fight it and beat it, 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:08.840 which is crazy. 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.440 Yeah, a lot of memories on the field, a lot 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:13.920 of memories off the field. Lived together for a lot 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:18.120 of years, grew up together, so I know him pretty well. 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.880 And to see the effects he's had in the community, 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:23.319 in the Bran cancer community is just very very inspiring. 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:24.480 Such a humble man. 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:26.560 But you know, you go through the figures, what's what 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:30.160 he's done in the community and the legacy he's creating 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:31.480 and leaving is enormous. 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.400 So yeah, it's. 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.920 A family then Bay for our wife Eran Boots and 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:37.520 all as well. 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:39.160 It's married to it. 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:43.000 Yeah, even if you. 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:44.840 Want to get away, it wouldn't be a good look 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:45.400 if I quit. 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:49.760 I don't think any wanted to forgive you. 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:50.560 A great lok. 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.960 But but also it's a thing mark where because it 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:58.440 is such a difficult and scary thing for people to 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:01.360 think about in the diagnosis. Those reading some of the 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:04.200 stats before about the incredible number of people who get 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:08.520 diagnosed with brain cancer where it's every few hours in. 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:09.880 Australia is pretty wild. 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:12.120 It's not just what you've been able to do when 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.080 it comes to the beatings, but it's your personal. 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:16.400 Health story as well, because the. 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.280 Diagnosis can be a lot shorter. 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.120 Than the life you've been able to live. 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:22.680 What does that mean to you about the importance of 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.200 trying to make sure that this becomes a symbol of 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:26.559 hope as well. 0:13:26.840 --> 0:13:29.600 Yeah, well, I certainly I'm getting a wonderful run at this, 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:32.560 Like I'm so grateful for you to be healthy and 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.560 fit and feeling great, whereas I meet so many others 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:38.720 that just don't get the opportunities that I get. Families 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:41.559 are getting torn apart, and during the burning around you 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.600 hear a lot about them and it's heartbreaking. So that 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:48.280 inspires me to keep going, to keep the research going 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.160 so that we can find the answer to this problem. 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.439 So it's job not done. But there's certainly a lot 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:56.200 of great stuff that's happened. 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:59.679 So give us an example about how many years and 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:02.560 like the best part of a minion beanies, how does 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:03.559 it helped someone. 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:04.040 Well. 0:14:04.400 --> 0:14:08.239 Firstly, when I started this journey, there was zero researchers 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:11.839 of brain cancer around town. Now at the moment, we've 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.240 got twenty four researchers at the Marqus Foundation Brain Cancer 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:18.800 Center here in Newcastle. We've got one hundred researchers across Australia, 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.760 all connected and wighed int to this. So we've got 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:27.160 a hundred researchers, all collaborating, teamwork, working together to try 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:30.240 and crunch this problem. So that's first and foremost. Our 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.920 brain cancer care nurses are absolutely unbelievable. They work in 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:37.680 Newcastle and regional New South Wales and what they did 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:41.240 for the families, what they do for the patients, there's 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:42.400 so much more than a nurse. 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:43.520 So we're very proud of that. 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.600 So now I wanted to ask you about the town, 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:49.880 about Newi and what it means to you outside of 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:53.600 this weekend. You represented it, It's loved you, you love 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:55.720 it back. But why do you love it so much? 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:58.560 Well, for so many reasons why I love Newcastle. I 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:01.240 went from two hours up the road in Tai so 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.000 I'm mid North Coast boy. But I moved down here 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:06.400 when I was fifteen, so I understood very quickly, especially 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.680 with the sporting realm and rugby league, what the town 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:12.800 and the team means to each other, the synergy along it. 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:15.960 We're a blue collar town, we're a blue collar footy team. 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.040 We're a hard working footy team, hardworking town. 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:19.400 And when the team's. 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:20.960 Going well, the town's going well. When the town's going well, 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:21.600 the team's going well. 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.320 So it just keeps going. And you know, it's a privilege, 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.600 a privilege have played for the Nights. I learned early 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:29.440 from ninety ninety seven when the Knights won the competition. 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:31.160 I was just a kid coming through. 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:32.200 I wasucky enough to be around it. 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:34.440 I go, wow, I wouldn't mind doing that one day 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.760 and every waking, sleeping minute, Okay, could just work harder 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:41.040 to fulfill that sort of that hope and that journey. 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.800 In two thousand and one we did it, so Jill. 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:44.520 Premiership winner here. 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:47.000 So and I learned how to party in ninety ninety seven. 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:48.960 I was going to say, nineteen ninety seven's party. 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:51.680 They should build a statue to it somewhere, but I 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:53.560 don't know whether it should be standing up all. 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:55.400 Yeah, who floating? 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:56.960 Could be floating? Correct? 0:15:57.800 --> 0:16:00.960 How long when you win a Green's final in this city. 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:02.840 How long before you have to buy a beer? 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:08.920 I bought my first beer last week. Look, we put 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:12.080 the whole town parted. Particularly the first one ninety seven 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:13.960 was a shock. We've never seen it before, and it 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:15.600 was amazing to get in two thousand and one. But 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.920 the first one, you know, we've never seen this before, 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:21.960 this type of success, and the way the town embraced 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.440 it and got beound it behind it and we all 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:27.520 partied and had fun. That's what it's about, isn't it. Yeah, 0:16:27.560 --> 0:16:29.000 And then we got to do it again in two 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:31.240 thousand and one, so we fought every three or four years, 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.760 this will be fun. We'll do this every couple of years. 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:34.120 Yep. 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:36.520 And unfortunately since two thousand and one we haven't held 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.160 up that silverware, so we've. 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:39.440 Got to be getting close. 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:41.240 But you're about to pull the panthers where you'll win 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.120 like nine in a row, so it'll make up for 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.200 on a run. Yeah, for all of that time. Let's 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:47.280 thank you so much, Congress to what you do. Your 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:49.360 story of inspiration when it comes to your health is amazing, 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:50.520 and Danny, that's what mates do. 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:52.560 Thank you, Thank you. 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:56.440 Much. 0:16:56.480 --> 0:17:00.000 You Janny Bders you can buy these stilled. 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.200 It in foundation dot com dot a year. You can 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.520 get them from lows, Willies and I GA. But now 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:07.040 I'm going to get all oprah on you because. 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.360 You get a beanie, you get a beanie. 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:12.760 Let's see if we can go all the way. You 0:17:12.800 --> 0:17:17.040 get a beanie and you get a beanie. D league. 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:23.719 Love you two jalem. All right, let's go whale watching 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:24.400 and make. 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:26.600 The most of the magnificen Stockton Beech. 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.800 Winter in Newcastle is spectacular, not just to food, the 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:34.479 restaurants plenty fireplaces, but right here on the water is 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:35.920 the gateway. 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:38.320 To the great experience of whale watching. 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:42.080 It is peak season humpback whales moving from south to north, 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:44.520 and there's only one way to watch it, which is 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:46.600 to get out there and have a look at these 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:47.920 incredible creatures. 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:52.439 Come on, come on. 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.880 So at the moment we're definitely in peak season. 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:10.440 Without a doubt. So that June July. 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:12.560 They were a little bit late to start this year, 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:14.640 but they've certainly come in massive numbers. 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.119 So why are they always coming up? 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:23.160 Why do they play? 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:23.960 What are they doing? 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:24.400 Look? 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:26.719 When they breach, there's a number of things they can 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:31.359 breach for possibly play exactly. Communication is massive one like 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:34.720