1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:02,280 Speaker 1: Mariol's Australia corresponds with us. 2 00:00:02,320 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 2: Now he mus very good afternoon, Heather. 3 00:00:04,680 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: So what's our favorite cook eron got to. 4 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 2: Say, well, look, the defense wound up this morning, Aaron Patterson. 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 2: Of course, six weeks into this trial. It's likely to 6 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 2: go another two weeks, according to the judge, and her 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 2: defense council finished be questioning her this morning. Colin, Mandy, 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: did you ever intentionally put death cap mushrooms in that lunch? No? 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: I didn't. Did you ever go out and pick death 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: cap mushrooms? No? I didn't. Did you ever lie about 11 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 2: kids having leftovers? No I didn't. Did you use wild 12 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: mushrooms in the deadly meal? No? Well it was in 13 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 2: fact a lie. And under cross examination she's a bit 14 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 2: in lying to believes about owning a vegetable dehydrator. Now, 15 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 2: I've never used one. I've never seen one. I don't 16 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 2: know what they do. But photographs showed her disposing of 17 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 2: a dehydrator at a local tip. Now there's a receipt 18 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 2: that the police had from a local store. She bought 19 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 2: that equipment only three months earlier. And yeah, she had 20 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: been dehydrating mushrooms in that bit of equipment. Now, Patterson 21 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 2: admits she took the dehydrated to the transfer station because 22 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 2: she had been using it to dehydrate mushrooms. She's already 23 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 2: admitted lying about having cancer. And look, it's just it's 24 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 2: been a bit of a mess now as far as 25 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 2: the prosecutor is concerned. Her name is where is it now, 26 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 2: doctor Nannette Rogers? And she looks to me. It's not 27 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 2: being carried live here, but I'm following it live in 28 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 2: terms of transcripts that are being made available every twenty 29 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 2: minutes or so. And she looks to be an absolute 30 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 2: and I use this very kindly, a bulldog of a 31 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 2: prosecutor everything. I mean, she's just looks forensic in the 32 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: way she's conducting her cross examination. So look, it's all 33 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 2: on another couple of weeks of fascinating headlines. 34 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: Absolutely, Now tell me what's going on in Tasmania. Does 35 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: it look like he's going to be less? He going 36 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: to lose this vote? 37 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: Well, i'll tell you if he does, it means there'll 38 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 2: be no liberal government. We're in Australia, Tasmani's currently ruled 39 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: by a minority Liberal government. The Porole lives down there. 40 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 2: Have've got fourteen seats in the thirty five seat Lower House. 41 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 2: Jeremy Rockcliffe looks like a dead man walking. He will 42 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,239 Speaker 2: face a no confidence vote. We understand this afternoon. I mean, 43 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 2: as I say, the only liberal government in the entire 44 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 2: country now, Tasmania is facing a budget crisis. They had 45 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 2: a budget on a week or so ago and this 46 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 2: is kind of what's brought this on. Even though Rockcliffe 47 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: is an underwhelming performer, let's put it that way. They've 48 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 2: got a rapidly climbing government debt. They've got cuts coming 49 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 2: up the services. The income this year less than ten billion, 50 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: the spending nearly eleven billion, so that doesn't add up. 51 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 2: And you've also got this great, big white elephant. The 52 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 2: last mob promised to spend at least one billion dollars 53 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 2: on a covered, heated stadium to host Australian rules football. 54 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: That's the condition to have an Aussie rules team in 55 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 2: the national competition from Tasmania. So we have to wait 56 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 2: and see. But as I say, Rockcliffe does look like 57 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 2: a dead man walking. 58 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: Absolutely doesn't sound very smart at all at the minute 59 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: the way this is playing out. And then tell me 60 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: about Bradfield. So we got the final count, have we well. 61 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 2: We have twenty six vot If you can imagine one 62 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: hundred and twelve thousand people cast their ballots on day 63 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 2: the third, and this afternoon we're sitting here, the margin 64 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 2: is twenty six votes out of one hundred and twelve thousand. 65 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 2: That's how small it is. The Independent let's call her 66 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 2: a Teal Nicolatt buller. She has edged out a very 67 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 2: very carefully selected If the Liberal Party's got female a 68 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:36,839 Speaker 2: problem with women over here and all the critics say 69 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: it does, this is a woman who should have been 70 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 2: elected somewhere in parliament. She's very very able. She's an 71 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 2: international lawyer who has decided to put that career on 72 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 2: hold to try and become an MP for the Liberal Party, 73 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: a wonderful communicator and as I say, a very able 74 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 2: and very competent woman. But she has lost out of 75 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 2: this Independent and if this stands, Labor head that will 76 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 2: have ninety four seats in the National Parliament in canbrid 77 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: the Coalition will have just forty three and that's two 78 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 2: parties and will be thirteen on the cross bench. Labor 79 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 2: is just you know, it's going to take a catastrophe 80 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 2: to alb and easy to lose he's there for the 81 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 2: next two terms. If he wants to be good. 82 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: Stuff hate very good to talk to you as you 83 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: look after yourself. 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