1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,254 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mea podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:18,934 Speaker 1: is recorded on. 4 00:00:21,414 --> 00:00:24,534 Speaker 2: Hey, I'm Taylor Strano. This is Mumma MIA's twice daily 5 00:00:24,574 --> 00:00:28,614 Speaker 2: news podcast, The Quickie. Other researchers have developed a world 6 00:00:28,654 --> 00:00:32,734 Speaker 2: first test that could revolutionize how we diagnose Celiac disease 7 00:00:33,054 --> 00:00:37,254 Speaker 2: without making people sick in the process. Plus, after twenty 8 00:00:37,334 --> 00:00:41,534 Speaker 2: nine years, leaked psychiatric reports have finally revealed why Martin 9 00:00:41,614 --> 00:00:45,134 Speaker 2: Bryant carried out the Port Arthur massacre. Before we get there, 10 00:00:45,174 --> 00:00:47,974 Speaker 2: here's Claire Murphy with the latest from the Quickie newsroom 11 00:00:48,014 --> 00:00:49,614 Speaker 2: for Thursday, June. 12 00:00:49,294 --> 00:00:53,254 Speaker 1: Twelve, Thanks Taylor. Former movie exec Harvey Weinstein has again 13 00:00:53,294 --> 00:00:55,894 Speaker 1: been found guilty of some of the sexual assault charges 14 00:00:55,934 --> 00:00:58,574 Speaker 1: he was again facing in his New York retrial, as 15 00:00:58,574 --> 00:01:01,534 Speaker 1: he made an unusual request to address the court himself. 16 00:01:01,854 --> 00:01:04,774 Speaker 1: Weinstein was first convicted five years ago, but the conviction 17 00:01:04,934 --> 00:01:07,574 Speaker 1: was overturned last year and the case sent back for 18 00:01:07,614 --> 00:01:11,134 Speaker 1: a retrial in the Manhattan court. The mostly female jury 19 00:01:11,134 --> 00:01:13,774 Speaker 1: found Weinstein guilty on one of the top charges of 20 00:01:13,814 --> 00:01:17,294 Speaker 1: forcibly subjecting Miriam Hayley to a criminal sexual act in 21 00:01:17,334 --> 00:01:20,294 Speaker 1: two thousand and six, but acquitted him of another charge 22 00:01:20,294 --> 00:01:23,654 Speaker 1: of forcible oral sex brought by Caius Scola. As they 23 00:01:23,694 --> 00:01:26,494 Speaker 1: remain unable to reach a verdict on the third charge, 24 00:01:26,614 --> 00:01:30,294 Speaker 1: Weinstein accused of raping Jessica Man. The jury four person 25 00:01:30,414 --> 00:01:32,694 Speaker 1: asked to speak to the judge, explaining that he didn't 26 00:01:32,774 --> 00:01:35,334 Speaker 1: want to change his position on the third charge, but 27 00:01:35,414 --> 00:01:38,134 Speaker 1: felt he was being bullied, indicating one of the other 28 00:01:38,254 --> 00:01:41,014 Speaker 1: jurors had said comments along the lines of I'll meet 29 00:01:41,094 --> 00:01:43,694 Speaker 1: you outside one day, the four persons saying there had 30 00:01:43,734 --> 00:01:46,574 Speaker 1: been a lot of yelling and screaming. The now seventy 31 00:01:46,574 --> 00:01:50,334 Speaker 1: three year old Weinstein denies sexually assaulting or raping anyone. 32 00:01:50,654 --> 00:01:54,054 Speaker 1: Before any verdict was reached, he asked to address the court, saying, 33 00:01:54,374 --> 00:01:56,214 Speaker 1: my life is on the line, and you know what, 34 00:01:56,574 --> 00:01:59,174 Speaker 1: it's not fair. He went on to say, it's time, 35 00:01:59,454 --> 00:02:02,934 Speaker 1: it's time, it's time, it's time to say this trial 36 00:02:03,054 --> 00:02:06,654 Speaker 1: is over. Tasmanians will go to the polls on July nineteen, 37 00:02:06,854 --> 00:02:10,214 Speaker 1: after the state's governor granted Premier Jeremy rockley gif's request 38 00:02:10,294 --> 00:02:13,294 Speaker 1: for a snap election following his no confidence vote loss. 39 00:02:13,654 --> 00:02:17,574 Speaker 1: The election will be Tasmanius fourth in the past seven years. Rockliffe, 40 00:02:17,574 --> 00:02:19,974 Speaker 1: who was returned to power in minority at the last 41 00:02:20,054 --> 00:02:23,174 Speaker 1: election back in March last year, has refused to step 42 00:02:23,254 --> 00:02:25,934 Speaker 1: down after the no confidence vote put forward by Labour, 43 00:02:26,254 --> 00:02:29,574 Speaker 1: vowing to come back stronger after this election. The Liberals 44 00:02:29,614 --> 00:02:33,974 Speaker 1: have been empowering Tasmania since twenty fourteen, presigning over worsening debt, 45 00:02:34,214 --> 00:02:36,654 Speaker 1: which is tipped to more than double to almost eleven 46 00:02:36,694 --> 00:02:39,734 Speaker 1: billion by twenty twenty eight twenty nine. There's also been 47 00:02:39,774 --> 00:02:42,694 Speaker 1: concerns over the delays and cost blowouts in the delivery 48 00:02:42,734 --> 00:02:45,894 Speaker 1: of two new Bastrait Service ferries. There are fears this 49 00:02:45,934 --> 00:02:49,974 Speaker 1: election will derail the license bied for Tasmania's first AFL team. 50 00:02:50,134 --> 00:02:52,414 Speaker 1: Part of the condition for being granted the license is 51 00:02:52,454 --> 00:02:54,734 Speaker 1: to build a new stadium as the Devil's Home Ground, 52 00:02:55,014 --> 00:02:57,574 Speaker 1: a bill that is supported by both the Liberals and Labor, 53 00:02:57,894 --> 00:03:01,174 Speaker 1: but opposed by the Greens and several crossbenchers who all 54 00:03:01,254 --> 00:03:05,334 Speaker 1: voted against Rockliffe to force this election. Elon Musk is 55 00:03:05,414 --> 00:03:07,854 Speaker 1: walking back some of the inflammatory comments he is made 56 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:11,294 Speaker 1: about President Donald Trump, saying he went too far. Mask 57 00:03:11,374 --> 00:03:13,694 Speaker 1: has been working for the Trump administration as head of 58 00:03:13,694 --> 00:03:17,494 Speaker 1: the Department of Government Efficiency after donating hundreds of millions 59 00:03:17,534 --> 00:03:20,494 Speaker 1: of dollars to the Trump campaign. However, when his role 60 00:03:20,534 --> 00:03:22,734 Speaker 1: came to an end, it seemed the relationship between the 61 00:03:22,734 --> 00:03:26,174 Speaker 1: pair began to sour, with Musk throwing accusations at Trump 62 00:03:26,254 --> 00:03:29,534 Speaker 1: on his social media platform and Trump responding with threats, 63 00:03:29,574 --> 00:03:33,454 Speaker 1: including to cut all of Musk's government contracts. Musk deleted 64 00:03:33,454 --> 00:03:36,294 Speaker 1: a post that claimed the government was concealing evidence that 65 00:03:36,334 --> 00:03:39,614 Speaker 1: Trump was involved in the Jeffrey Epstein child sex trafficking ring, 66 00:03:39,934 --> 00:03:42,734 Speaker 1: but he also called Trump's Big Beautiful Spending Bill and 67 00:03:42,774 --> 00:03:46,734 Speaker 1: abomination and claimed credit for Trump getting elected. Trump then 68 00:03:46,774 --> 00:03:49,414 Speaker 1: suggesting that if Musk chose to throw his money behind 69 00:03:49,454 --> 00:03:53,814 Speaker 1: the Democrats instead of his Republicans, he would face serious consequences. 70 00:03:54,174 --> 00:03:56,814 Speaker 1: Mask has now posted on social media that he regrets 71 00:03:56,974 --> 00:03:59,974 Speaker 1: some of his posts about President Trump last week, saying 72 00:04:00,014 --> 00:04:03,574 Speaker 1: they went too far. The genius behind iconic songs like 73 00:04:03,654 --> 00:04:07,494 Speaker 1: Good Vibrations, Surfin USA and California Girls Beach Boy co 74 00:04:07,574 --> 00:04:11,374 Speaker 1: founder Brian Wilson has died aged eighty two. Wilson had 75 00:04:11,414 --> 00:04:14,774 Speaker 1: been suffering from dementia and was unable to care for himself, 76 00:04:15,054 --> 00:04:18,454 Speaker 1: his family placing him under a conservatorship in twenty twenty four, 77 00:04:18,574 --> 00:04:21,614 Speaker 1: after his wife Melinda passed away. A statement from his 78 00:04:21,694 --> 00:04:23,774 Speaker 1: family said they were at a loss for words and 79 00:04:23,854 --> 00:04:26,294 Speaker 1: realized that they will be sharing this grief with the world. 80 00:04:26,614 --> 00:04:29,934 Speaker 1: They did not disclose Wilson's cause of death. Brian Wilson 81 00:04:30,094 --> 00:04:32,374 Speaker 1: was the eldest of the three brothers who formed the 82 00:04:32,374 --> 00:04:35,254 Speaker 1: band in nineteen sixty one. They, along with their cousin 83 00:04:35,294 --> 00:04:37,814 Speaker 1: and a school friend, played in their garage until their 84 00:04:37,814 --> 00:04:42,094 Speaker 1: debut single, Surfin, created waves. Their second studio album, Surf 85 00:04:42,094 --> 00:04:45,454 Speaker 1: and Safari, rocketed them to start im in nineteen sixty three. 86 00:04:45,814 --> 00:04:49,014 Speaker 1: They've since sold more than one hundred million albums worldwide. 87 00:04:49,174 --> 00:04:52,254 Speaker 1: Brian was the last surviving brother. Dennis drowned in nineteen 88 00:04:52,294 --> 00:04:55,334 Speaker 1: eighty three and Carl died from lung cancer in nineteen 89 00:04:55,414 --> 00:04:55,934 Speaker 1: ninety eight. 90 00:04:56,454 --> 00:05:05,454 Speaker 2: Thanks Claire Next a breakthrough for siliac testing. What if 91 00:05:05,454 --> 00:05:08,974 Speaker 2: I told you getting a celiac disease diagnosis no longer 92 00:05:08,974 --> 00:05:13,654 Speaker 2: included making potential patients sick on purpose. Well, a new 93 00:05:13,654 --> 00:05:16,974 Speaker 2: world first blood test might just be the ticket for 94 00:05:17,094 --> 00:05:19,894 Speaker 2: more than three hundred and fifty thousand Australians living with 95 00:05:20,054 --> 00:05:24,894 Speaker 2: coeliac disease. Getting diagnosed has always meant making themselves deliberately sick, 96 00:05:25,494 --> 00:05:29,134 Speaker 2: but now researchers at Melbourne's Water and Eliza Whole Institute 97 00:05:29,174 --> 00:05:32,094 Speaker 2: have developed a simple blood test that can diagnose the 98 00:05:32,134 --> 00:05:37,174 Speaker 2: condition without requiring patients to eat gluten. Coeliac disease is 99 00:05:37,214 --> 00:05:40,814 Speaker 2: an autoimmune condition where your body reacts badly to gluten, 100 00:05:41,214 --> 00:05:45,494 Speaker 2: the protein that's found in wheat, barley, and rye. Basically, 101 00:05:45,534 --> 00:05:48,414 Speaker 2: eating gluten damages you're small intestine and can we be 102 00:05:48,454 --> 00:05:54,214 Speaker 2: feeling pretty awful think floating, fatigue and gut issues. Okay, 103 00:05:54,294 --> 00:05:56,334 Speaker 2: so before we toss out the old for the new, 104 00:05:56,454 --> 00:05:59,694 Speaker 2: well co host and GP doctor Mariam explains how we 105 00:05:59,774 --> 00:06:02,014 Speaker 2: currently diagnose coeliac disease. 106 00:06:02,534 --> 00:06:05,934 Speaker 3: Traditionally, if we suspect someone has Celiac's disease, we'd start 107 00:06:05,974 --> 00:06:09,294 Speaker 3: with a blood test looking for certain antibodies, but that 108 00:06:09,534 --> 00:06:12,414 Speaker 3: it was just the warm up. If they came back positive, 109 00:06:12,774 --> 00:06:14,974 Speaker 3: it need to have a gastroscopy, which is a fancy 110 00:06:15,054 --> 00:06:17,614 Speaker 3: a of saying we'd pop a camera down your throat 111 00:06:17,774 --> 00:06:21,294 Speaker 3: and take a little bilbcy from your small intestine. Not 112 00:06:21,494 --> 00:06:24,934 Speaker 3: exactly anyone's idea of fun, especially for your little ones. 113 00:06:25,334 --> 00:06:26,574 Speaker 1: But here's the real kicker. 114 00:06:26,694 --> 00:06:29,494 Speaker 3: You had to be eating a decent amount of gluten, 115 00:06:29,534 --> 00:06:31,734 Speaker 3: so think about two slices of bread a day for 116 00:06:31,894 --> 00:06:35,414 Speaker 3: weeks beforehand. That's what we call the gluten challenge. So 117 00:06:35,574 --> 00:06:38,494 Speaker 3: if gluten made you feel like crap, you had to 118 00:06:38,574 --> 00:06:41,054 Speaker 3: keep eating it just to get a diagnosis. And for 119 00:06:41,094 --> 00:06:44,214 Speaker 3: a lot of people, especially kids, that was pretty confronting 120 00:06:44,334 --> 00:06:46,374 Speaker 3: and put them off getting tested at all. 121 00:06:46,934 --> 00:06:49,614 Speaker 2: So what is this new test potentially promising? 122 00:06:49,974 --> 00:06:53,174 Speaker 3: This is where it gets exciting. Aussie researchers have developed 123 00:06:53,174 --> 00:06:56,214 Speaker 3: a world first blood test that's a real game changer. 124 00:06:56,414 --> 00:06:58,134 Speaker 3: Unlike the old tests, you don't need to be eating 125 00:06:58,134 --> 00:07:00,534 Speaker 3: gluten for this one to work, so no more gluten 126 00:07:00,614 --> 00:07:03,894 Speaker 3: challenges making you feel sick. They take a sample of 127 00:07:03,894 --> 00:07:06,574 Speaker 3: your blood and mix it with gluten in our test shoops, 128 00:07:06,614 --> 00:07:09,414 Speaker 3: So if you've got Celiac's disease, your immune systems tea 129 00:07:10,294 --> 00:07:12,694 Speaker 3: will react to the gluten and the test picks up 130 00:07:12,694 --> 00:07:15,534 Speaker 3: on that. It's super accurate, even for people who have 131 00:07:15,614 --> 00:07:18,614 Speaker 3: already gone gluten free. So just a simple blood test 132 00:07:18,894 --> 00:07:19,214 Speaker 3: with a. 133 00:07:19,174 --> 00:07:21,614 Speaker 2: New test on the horizon, this could be a game 134 00:07:21,734 --> 00:07:25,774 Speaker 2: changer for patients. As doctor Mariam explains, the traditional diagnose 135 00:07:25,814 --> 00:07:28,534 Speaker 2: its process was actually putting a lot of people off. 136 00:07:29,374 --> 00:07:31,774 Speaker 3: I've seen plenty of patients who couldn't face the gluten 137 00:07:31,854 --> 00:07:35,134 Speaker 3: challenge or the thought of a biopsy through gastroscopy. Some 138 00:07:35,214 --> 00:07:37,254 Speaker 3: even went gluten free on their own, which made it 139 00:07:37,334 --> 00:07:40,054 Speaker 3: even triggier to get a proper diagnosis down the track. 140 00:07:41,414 --> 00:07:45,414 Speaker 2: So with a new potentially faster path to identifying Celiac disease, 141 00:07:45,574 --> 00:07:48,494 Speaker 2: doctor Mariam is hopeful it'll also stop the flow and 142 00:07:48,534 --> 00:07:50,414 Speaker 2: effects of the autoimmune condition. 143 00:07:51,134 --> 00:07:53,934 Speaker 3: This means people can get diagnosed and start feeling better 144 00:07:54,174 --> 00:07:57,294 Speaker 3: much sooner. Plaster encourage more people to get tested, and 145 00:07:57,334 --> 00:07:59,134 Speaker 3: so we'll catch a lot more cases that it would 146 00:07:59,174 --> 00:08:01,974 Speaker 3: have otherwise slipped through the cracks. And let's not forget 147 00:08:02,094 --> 00:08:05,614 Speaker 3: getting the right diagnosis is so important. Celia disease isn't 148 00:08:05,734 --> 00:08:08,774 Speaker 3: just about gut symptoms. If left untreated, it can lead 149 00:08:08,814 --> 00:08:12,894 Speaker 3: to serious long term issues like osteoporosis, infertility, and even 150 00:08:12,934 --> 00:08:16,254 Speaker 3: some cancers. So this new test isn't just convenient, it 151 00:08:16,294 --> 00:08:19,774 Speaker 3: could actually save lives. It's a massive win for patient care. 152 00:08:19,894 --> 00:08:22,054 Speaker 3: I reckon or make a real difference for lots of 153 00:08:22,054 --> 00:08:24,054 Speaker 3: ossis living with Celiac's disease. 154 00:08:28,934 --> 00:08:31,174 Speaker 2: The horror of the Port Arthur massacre has left a 155 00:08:31,214 --> 00:08:35,494 Speaker 2: scar on Australia's history, affecting major changes to our gun 156 00:08:35,534 --> 00:08:36,294 Speaker 2: control laws. 157 00:08:36,854 --> 00:08:39,974 Speaker 1: The primes to John Howard Tonight detailed sweeping plans to 158 00:08:40,014 --> 00:08:41,774 Speaker 1: reform Australia's national gun. 159 00:08:41,614 --> 00:08:46,174 Speaker 2: Laws, becoming the subject of a feature film, I. 160 00:08:46,174 --> 00:08:50,654 Speaker 3: Know your friends are You have to promise me, I 161 00:08:50,734 --> 00:08:51,934 Speaker 3: can't keep on. 162 00:08:51,814 --> 00:08:55,014 Speaker 2: All the time Forever Etched into the dark history of 163 00:08:55,054 --> 00:08:56,654 Speaker 2: a small Tasmanian town. 164 00:08:57,014 --> 00:08:59,774 Speaker 3: With the dead outnumbering the survivors two to one, there 165 00:08:59,774 --> 00:09:02,934 Speaker 3: aren't many who can tell police exactly what happened. Those 166 00:09:02,974 --> 00:09:05,414 Speaker 3: who can are told of how they'll be haunted by 167 00:09:05,414 --> 00:09:06,414 Speaker 3: their narrow escapes. 168 00:09:07,494 --> 00:09:11,494 Speaker 2: Now, newly leaked psychiatric reports have finally revealed the why 169 00:09:12,134 --> 00:09:16,534 Speaker 2: why Martin Bryant carried out one of Australia's deadliest mass shootings. 170 00:09:17,094 --> 00:09:19,654 Speaker 2: Before we get there, a reminder of how the events 171 00:09:19,654 --> 00:09:24,494 Speaker 2: of April twenty eighth, nineteen ninety six, played out, Bryant 172 00:09:24,534 --> 00:09:29,134 Speaker 2: killed thirty five people and wounded eighteen others at Tasmania's 173 00:09:29,134 --> 00:09:33,454 Speaker 2: Port Arthur historic site. The massacre began around midday when 174 00:09:33,534 --> 00:09:37,734 Speaker 2: Bryant murdered David and Noline Martin at their seatscape guesthouse. 175 00:09:38,534 --> 00:09:40,974 Speaker 2: He then drove to Port Arthur, where he open fired 176 00:09:41,014 --> 00:09:43,374 Speaker 2: in the Broad Arrow Cafe around one point thirty in 177 00:09:43,414 --> 00:09:48,654 Speaker 2: the afternoon, before continuing his rampage across the site. According 178 00:09:48,694 --> 00:09:51,454 Speaker 2: to the reports, Bryant's original plan was to murder the 179 00:09:51,494 --> 00:09:54,494 Speaker 2: Martins over their refusal to sell his family their bed 180 00:09:54,574 --> 00:09:59,134 Speaker 2: and breakfast. He told psychiatrist Paul Mullen that he decided 181 00:09:59,134 --> 00:10:01,774 Speaker 2: to kill a few more people because well, it wouldn't 182 00:10:01,774 --> 00:10:07,214 Speaker 2: make any difference now. Bryant remains in Hobart's Risden Prison, 183 00:10:07,414 --> 00:10:11,454 Speaker 2: serving thirty five life sentences plus one thousand, six hundred 184 00:10:11,494 --> 00:10:16,054 Speaker 2: and fifty two years without parole. He's currently fifty eight 185 00:10:16,134 --> 00:10:21,054 Speaker 2: years old. The massacre led to John Howard's government introducing 186 00:10:21,054 --> 00:10:25,614 Speaker 2: the National Firearms Agreement just twelve days later. It dramatically 187 00:10:25,694 --> 00:10:30,254 Speaker 2: restricted access to automatic and semi automatic weapons across the country. 188 00:10:31,534 --> 00:10:33,414 Speaker 2: If you want to learn more about the event, our 189 00:10:33,454 --> 00:10:36,934 Speaker 2: True Crime Conversations podcast actually look back on what happened 190 00:10:36,974 --> 00:10:40,054 Speaker 2: that day. Hearing from one of the survivors of the massacre. 191 00:10:40,614 --> 00:10:42,854 Speaker 1: The next few nights, I actually had a dream of 192 00:10:42,934 --> 00:10:46,374 Speaker 1: him running after me with the gun, hunting me down. 193 00:10:46,774 --> 00:10:48,334 Speaker 1: So that was a really horrible nightmare. 194 00:10:48,654 --> 00:10:51,574 Speaker 2: There'll be a link to that episode in our show notes. 195 00:10:53,094 --> 00:10:55,294 Speaker 2: Thanks for taking some time to feed your mind with 196 00:10:55,374 --> 00:10:58,254 Speaker 2: us today. The quickie is produced by Me, Taylor Strano, 197 00:10:58,334 --> 00:11:02,334 Speaker 2: and Claire Murphy, with audio production by Lou Hill Mum 198 00:11:02,334 --> 00:11:05,934 Speaker 2: of MIAs Studios. Are styled with furniture from Fenton and Fenton. 199 00:11:06,134 --> 00:11:11,134 Speaker 2: Visit Fenton and Fenton dot com dot au.