1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Murray Old's Ossie corresponds with us, hey mus go an 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,439 Speaker 1: sad news, So that Melbourne teen has now died. 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 2: And that's what the reports are saying here now this afternoon, 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 2: there were two best friends from Melbourne, first year out 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: of school UNI students and having a break in Lao 6 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: and you know they were out drinking as young people do. 7 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 2: You did it, I did it, and swags of other 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: people have done it. And sadly, both of these young 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 2: women were stricken with what looks to be methanol poisoning. 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 2: Not the only ones, because we understand that three people 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 2: have died too, young women from Scandinavia, a girl from 12 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 2: the United States. And now this afternoon we understand that 13 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 2: Biancha Jones has died. She's nineteen. Her friend Holly Bowles 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 2: is still alive. We understand another nineteen year old. They 15 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 2: became ill and loud and were flown down to a 16 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 2: hospital in Bangkok. Of course mum and dad family members 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 2: jumped the first plane they could up there to be 18 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: by their daughter's bedsides. And sadly, the news appears to 19 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 2: be very grim and d for the Jones family, with 20 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 2: young Bianca Jones reportedly dead in hospital. 21 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: And Thailand must do we know why these drinks are 22 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: being spiked like this? 23 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 2: Well, the the the inference, according to the reports I've 24 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: seen here on Australian television and in Australian media, is 25 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 2: that they dilute the drinks with methanol to make them 26 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: go further. If you've got a brandy, okay, let's just 27 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: put it a couple of you know, egg cups full 28 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: of methanol and the brandy bottle and make you know, 29 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,959 Speaker 2: they may get a few more nips out of the bottle. 30 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:38,119 Speaker 1: Okay, So it's a cost saving thing. That's terrible. 31 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: Ass. 32 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: Listen, okay, what's going on with this car seat on 33 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: fire in Sydney? 34 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 2: Oh, dreadful. This is just absolutely dreadful. Look Sydney's Eastern suburbs. 35 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: Everyone knows it's the home to the Sydney's Jewish community. 36 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 2: More Jewish people live in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney 37 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 2: than anywhere else in this city. The only place with 38 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 2: the higher concentration is down in Melbourne. Pardon me, excuse 39 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 2: me now. Overnight one car was set on fire and 40 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: about a dozen vehicles were spray painted with the words 41 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: f Israel. All these cars. There was an entrance to 42 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 2: an apartment block as well with this graffiti over three 43 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 2: or four streets. The cars were attacked and now the 44 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,839 Speaker 2: police say, well, there were two people caught on CCTV 45 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 2: heather both wearing dark clothing, hoodies, face masks and the like. 46 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 2: Police so more than one hundred thousand dollars damage and 47 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 2: the Prime Minister, Anthony Alberinezi was asked his response, well, 48 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: it's absolutely disturbing and very deeply troubling that this can 49 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: happen in a place like Sydney. I mean, come on, really, 50 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: is this what we're reduced to? 51 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: So do we I mean, do we know are the 52 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: cars that have been targeted as supposed to be owned 53 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: by Jewish people or is it just because hey, there 54 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: are a bunch of Jewish people living in the area. 55 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: Let's just have a crack at anybody's car. 56 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 2: I think it's the latter. And you know, this is 57 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 2: a nice looking car, better Jewish guy owns it, let's 58 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 2: set it on fire. I mean, this is the sort 59 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: of intellectual capacity of the morons who are doing this. 60 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: I reckon their IQs about room temperature just dreadful. 61 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: Really is quite bad. Hey have you seen that footage. 62 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: You know, we're talking about that Bunning stuff the other 63 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: day with the Privacy CCTV. Have you seen the footage 64 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:15,959 Speaker 1: of what people are getting up to in Bunnings. 65 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 2: Absolutely, and Bunnings now released a whole lot more. I mean, 66 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:21,919 Speaker 2: here's the thing. Okay. They were wrapped out of the 67 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 2: knuckles for using facial recognition technology without telling anyone. And 68 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 2: Bunnings has said listen, it was done as a safety 69 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:31,399 Speaker 2: measure to better protect our staff and better protect people 70 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: who are coming into our stores and spending money. Well, 71 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: you know, the orwelly and sounding Australian Information Commissioner found 72 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: that Bunnings breached privacy laws and bunningses have a look 73 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 2: at this stuff. There's a guy wandering around in Bunnings 74 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: with a face mask and a shotgun. There are other 75 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 2: people holding bloody grate knives up to the throats of 76 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 2: Bunning staff members. Bunning staff members get skittled by people 77 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 2: and running out of the store shop lifting. I mean, 78 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: what is that? What the Privacy commissioner you know, or 79 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. I mean, Buddings, just hang on a second. 80 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: This is what we're confronted with on a daily basis, 81 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 2: and the Retailers Association of Australia says, listen, Privacy Commissioner 82 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 2: bugger Off Buddings is doing. This is a safety measure 83 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 2: for everybody who comes to the shop, staff and customers. 84 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 2: Are you really going to, you know, wrap them over 85 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: their knuckles for that? It is absolutely disgraceful. I mean, 86 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 2: is it going to be Is it going to be 87 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: okay to use facial magnition technology when someone stabbed to death? 88 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 2: Is that what they're waiting for? 89 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:27,839 Speaker 1: I agree with you, mus I think we've got the 90 00:04:27,839 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: whole thing complete. We're worried about the wrong thing here. 91 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 1: I really appreciate your time. It's Murray Yolds, our Australia correspondent. 92 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: For more from Hither duplessy Alan Drive, listen live to 93 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,239 Speaker 1: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 94 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.