1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: International correspondence with ends in Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: for New Zealand Business and Australian corresponding. Murray Olds is 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 1: all with us this afternoon, GEO Murray. 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 2: Hello Jack in afternoon, right, so talk to. 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Us a bit more about this call to ban terrorist 6 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: flags being waived at protests. 7 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, for the last twelve months there's 8 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 3: been a pro Palestinian group in Australia that's been staging 9 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 3: rallies anti Israeli rallies, it must be said, in. 10 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 2: Pro Palestinian rallies. 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 3: And there were two well, in fact there were more 12 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 3: than two, but the two biggest on the weekend on 13 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 3: Sunday Melbourne and in Sydney, and both Sydney and Melbourne 14 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 3: there were Hesbalah flags waved and apparently I did not 15 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:46,519 Speaker 3: see these, but Hummas flags waved as well. Currently in 16 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 3: Australia those flags may not be displayed in public because 17 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 3: both organizations prescribed terrorist organizations. You can't waive this stuff 18 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 3: in public. But here's the big butt. There more than 19 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 3: a couple of people waving flags. They need incitement to 20 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 3: racial vilification or incitement to violence. Then they can go 21 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 3: and bust some heads. Press charges and prosecute. So in 22 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 3: New South Wales two years ago the government, the conservative 23 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 3: government of. 24 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 2: The day, passed anti Nazi laws. 25 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 3: Right, so you can't do Nazi salutes, you can't have 26 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 3: Nazi flags, you can't have any of that Nazi nonsense 27 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 3: on the streets of New South Wales. And the opposition 28 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 3: leader this morning, I spoke to him very early and 29 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 3: he said, guess what if there's a whole on the 30 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:39,759 Speaker 3: federal law that bans these flags, Lets pass laws resemble 31 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 3: the anti Nazi legislation we passed at state level two 32 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 3: years ago. Now will the federal government go down this 33 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 3: path and outlaw and even you know, equate Hesbalah flags? 34 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 3: How amos flags with Nazi paraphernalia. Peter Dutton, the opposition leader, 35 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 3: he's going straight out of the Tony Abbot's playbook. 36 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 2: He says, guess what. The government is. 37 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 3: Too gutless to go down this path because guess why 38 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: You've got lots and lots of Muslim voters in Sydney's 39 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 3: western suburbs and Melbourne's western suburbs, and the labor government 40 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 3: anthey Alberinezi does not want to upset those people. As 41 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 3: we head in an election. Yeah, so look it is. Look, 42 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 3: it's very very difficult atmosphere. You feel sorry for the 43 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,240 Speaker 3: police they have to try and deal with these There 44 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 3: were thirty thousand people in Sydney jack on Sunday now, 45 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 3: so it's not small. It's a big deal and these 46 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,119 Speaker 3: flags are being waved around. 47 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: And it's only going to get more more complex, isn't it, Murray, 48 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 1: Because I mean, let's be totally clear. I know there 49 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 1: are many people in Lebanon who are totally opposed to 50 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:44,399 Speaker 1: his BOLLA, but there are so many Lebanese Australians. These 51 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 1: are really big communities. And now seeing that, you know, 52 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: these Israeli troops on the ground in southern Lebanon and 53 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: you know, continuing to shell parts of Beirute, I mean 54 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: this is only going to get more. 55 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 3: Complex, absolutely, one hundred percent right, It's only going to 56 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 3: get a lot more complex. I was in Beroute not 57 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 3: long after the end of the Civil War when the 58 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 3: new South Wales government sent a whole bunch of public 59 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 3: senior public servants in charge of water, sanitation, electricity, road 60 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 3: making all this stuff to try and repair this beautiful 61 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 3: city of Beirut. Because the joint was just a mess 62 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 3: that had been smashed to smithereens in the Civil War, 63 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 3: and we're seeing the same thing happen again. 64 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. 65 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: Now a major retailer has announced it's closing two hundred stores. 66 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: I thought two hundred stores, what is this going to 67 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: be like Azara or a sports Girl or something like that, 68 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: But no, this is Rockman's autograph w Lane. Still, two 69 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: hundred stores nationwide isn't insignificant. 70 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 2: And I'm very happy you know all these brands. Jack. 71 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 3: I didn't know you're in touch of your feminine fashion 72 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 3: side there, because I must say I've never heard of Mosaic. 73 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 3: Apparently it's been listed on the Stock Exchange for quite 74 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 3: some time. News Come this afternoon says that Mosaic has 75 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 3: been suspended from trading because it failed to hit a 76 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 3: deadline to post its annual results. Here's the thing, how 77 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 3: bus is going to be because Mosaic And I must 78 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 3: admit I'd never heard of Mosaic, to be honest, but look, 79 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 3: there are four thousand staff. It closed a couple of 80 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 3: hundred stores a year ago. Apparently it's really struggling. Four 81 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 3: thousand staff. It's still got around seven hundred stores. Apparently 82 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 3: around Australia. But how deep are these cuts going to go? 83 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 3: Because it's a lot of jobs and obviously trouble times 84 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: for fashion retail, bricks and mortar. But you go to 85 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,280 Speaker 3: the other side, the online side, and all the young 86 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 3: people I work with tell us that's where they buy 87 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 3: their clothes these days. 88 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: Online. 89 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: You mean, you don't murray, But I. 90 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 3: Don't buy clothes anymore. If I get a pair of 91 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 3: jeens a year, I'm doing well. 92 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 2: Buy any more. Closed. 93 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: Jordan Pattaya is going to pursue a career in the 94 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: NFL with the backing of the Queensland Reds. 95 00:04:57,960 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 2: That's right, Yeah, yeah, yeah. 96 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,799 Speaker 3: Look he's a he is a problematic rugby union player. 97 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 3: At his best he's a star, a total star. But 98 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 3: look he keeps getting injured, which is not as fault. 99 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 3: I mean, it's just the way he's built. He's very, 100 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 3: very you know, as one of these slender outside backs 101 00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 3: as I was for Christy's Boys high school. 102 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 2: When you get those. 103 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 3: Big, meaty, meat headed forwards running into you, it does hurt. 104 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 2: Anyway. 105 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,480 Speaker 3: He hasn't played for Queensland a year, hasn't played with 106 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 3: the Wallabies either, But as I say, on his day 107 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 3: he's a fabulous player. So he approached the Queensland Reds. 108 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 3: Could I seek a release? They said, go your harder. 109 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 3: So what he's going to do is go to the 110 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 3: United States in January. The National Football League's got something 111 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 3: over there called the Player Pathway, the International Player Pathway 112 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 3: camp in January. That's where Patia is going to go. 113 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 3: And apparently they get people from all over the world 114 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 3: who go and try out their luck in the NFL. 115 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 3: The last player to do quite well there was Jared Haynes, 116 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 3: rugby league star here of course, and he played for 117 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 3: the San Francis Go forty nine ers over ten years ago. 118 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: Yeah was that ten years ago? No? 119 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 2: Twenty fourteen, fifteen? I'm pretty sure that fast. 120 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,359 Speaker 1: It doesn't that's insane, isn't IOUs? It felt in my 121 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: bones like only two or three years ago. 122 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:18,480 Speaker 2: But there you go. 123 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: Thank you Murray. That is Australian correspondent Murray Olds for 124 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 1: this this afternoon. Thank you for your feedback as well. 125 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: So parking fines are up today, Jack consider putting up 126 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,599 Speaker 1: parking fines. Why don't they put up speeding fine, says Colleen. 127 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: They're currently pathetic. They're far more dangerous than parking That 128 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 1: is a I mean, that is not an unreasonable point, Colleen. 129 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: Is the purpose of, like you said, take a really 130 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 1: expensive parking fine, right, so one for parking in a 131 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,279 Speaker 1: disabled spot. We can all agree if you're not disabled, 132 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: you shouldn't be parking in a disabled spot. Seven hundred 133 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 1: and fifty bucks. That's the fine now. But if you 134 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: compare that to a speeding fine, which is arguably more 135 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: dangerous for the public at large, I guess, depending on 136 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: the circumstances, then there is a good argument to be 137 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 1: made that maybe they're a little bit out of whack. 138 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: Thank you for that. Ninety two ninety two is the 139 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: text number if you want to get in touch for 140 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: talking to politics. Barry Soper and next Score at five 141 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: on News Talks. He'd be for more from Hither Duplessy 142 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: Allen Drive, Listen live to Newstalks i'd Be from four 143 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: pm weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.