1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Murray Hold's Australia correspondents with US Murray, Good afternoon, Hello 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: there mate. The visit from the Chinese navy has become 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 1: quite the hot political issue today, and whiles. 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 2: I thought I was watching a rerun of Dad's Army 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 2: with Captain Bannering and Lance Corporal Jones, to be honest 6 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:18,240 Speaker 2: and mend three Chinese warships sailing down the coast into 7 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:22,479 Speaker 2: the Tasman Stea and popping off with live ammunition. It 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 2: took the crew of a commercial aircraft to alert Australian 9 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 2: authorities half an hour after the whole thing began. New 10 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: Zealand charmed in about an hour later. Apparently, oh excuse me, 11 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 2: we've got something here that you may want to be 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 2: interested in this The Defense Minister was asked as to 13 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 2: delay in getting notification indicated any flaws in the system. 14 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:45,319 Speaker 2: Could there be possible inadequacies to be seen here? No, No, 15 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 2: nothing to see at all. Here's the quote. It's an 16 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 2: example of how we've been able to surveil the Chinese warships. 17 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: We've been watching them and we're going to keep doing 18 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 2: so until they leave. Great watching them so closely that 19 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 2: it took a virgin airline's plane to actually call it in. Earlier, 20 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 2: Miles said the delay was because it was a drill 21 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: and not a real incident. It must be okay, then 22 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 2: there'll no doubt tell us when Wollongong's about to disappear. 23 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: I mean, it's pathetic. 24 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: Anyone is that your quite worth exercised about this, Murray 25 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: is and as you should be. Is anyone upset at 26 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: New Zealand for taking an hour to fill them in? 27 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 2: Well, I think when one considers the adequacies of the 28 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 2: defense forces of both countries, I think Australia can puff 29 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 2: You can puff out a little pigeon chest and say, oh, 30 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: we've got a bigger one than you. But really, I'm 31 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: not sure what's going to happen. It doesn't look like 32 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: Washington's going to be galloping to our ad any time soon. 33 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 2: If something happens, and it's just it just seems like, 34 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: like I said, Dad's army, you know, large Corporal Jones, 35 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: remember him. We're on our own defense, Minister. 36 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: We're on our own down here, Murray. The least we 37 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: could do is actually talk to one another, right. 38 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 2: That's that's true. 39 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: I know the yarremiis is North Richmond has become Disneyland 40 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: for drug users. 41 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, this is the safe injecting room. It opened 42 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 2: in North Richmond in twenty nineteen, and the locals have 43 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 2: had a guts fall. They don't like it. It was 44 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 2: the once peaceful, very very lovely, quiet suburb. They say, 45 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: now as you say, Disneyland for druggies, begging the state 46 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 2: government to do something about it. But what locals, as 47 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 2: I say, violence apparently very common now. Anti Semitism also 48 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 2: appearing on local buildings. One state government agency says, listen, 49 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 2: when our less up in August, we're out of here. 50 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 2: We're going back to the CBD. And the local mayor's furious. 51 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: He said, you know, the residents who were bringing this up, 52 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,920 Speaker 2: I mean gas of the government criticized for speaking out, 53 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 2: he says, there are lots of lovely, nice local homes 54 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 2: ripe for burglary that helped feed the habit. They sell 55 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 2: the stuff on the way down to the injecting room 56 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 2: by the gear outside and then they go. It's a 57 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: pity because Sydney's injecting room opened in two thousand and 58 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,839 Speaker 2: one and since then. I looked up the stats because 59 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 2: I knew you'd want to talk about this one point 60 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 2: two eight million injections have been safely injected since two 61 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 2: thousand and one. There have been eleven thousand overdoses treated, 62 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 2: but no one's died who's gone to this place since 63 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 2: two thousand and one, and they've been over twenty two 64 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: thousand referrals on for extra care, so they're doing it 65 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 2: well here. Admittedly it's up and King's cross out the back. 66 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 2: It's not a you know, like a built up area 67 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 2: where there are kids going to school and stuff. So 68 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 2: you know, it remains me seen how seriously Melbourne's going 69 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 2: to take. 70 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: This quantas have they got any issues with the Rolls 71 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 1: Royce Engines, because in New Zealand here has just reported 72 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: their profit wasn't great, but that you guys are looking 73 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: at a what one and a half billion dollar profit. 74 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 2: That's before tax, that's right after tax, nine hundred and 75 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: twenty million dollars. Customer numbers up ten percent, so shareholders 76 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 2: have got a nice little dividend coming. It's the first 77 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 2: since covid arright the first and six years. Quite a 78 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: share price up by seven point one percent. And I'll 79 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 2: tell you how much the after tax profit was here 80 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: nine hundred and twenty million dollars, which is a particularly 81 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: strong performance considering I have had some headwinds. I mean 82 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 2: the particularly strong result by the budget carrier jet Star. 83 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 2: Domestic travel up very strongly. Plenty of Australians are going overseas, 84 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 2: but the international arm of quantas is struggling that. I mean, 85 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 2: they've got a lot of competition out there now and 86 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 2: more on the way with cutter airlines arriving. But you 87 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 2: know we're spoiled for choice out We know I must 88 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 2: have twenty five international airlines I can use. I'll just 89 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 2: go online and OK, what's the best guys, Sydney, London, 90 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 2: and chances I will take that because it'd likely be 91 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 2: twelve hundred bucks return. 92 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: Brilliant Murray, thanks for that. Murray Olds are Australia correspondent 93 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: with us. For more from Hither Duplessy Alan Drive, listen 94 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: live to news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, 95 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.