Speaker 1: I know you're a Frio fan and one of the
Speaker 1: great Prio players. Anthony Grove played two hundred games for
Speaker 1: Frio number fourteen. He's also the Combat Sports Commissioner his
Speaker 1: heads up. The Combat Sports Commissioner have had a chat
Speaker 1: to Groves yet about the bare Knuckle Championships. Where are
Speaker 1: you on that?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I did. Actually, both him and Bob Katura came
Speaker 2: in to brief me about the sport and in particular
Speaker 2: what they've been doing in relation to the regulation of
Speaker 2: that sport. So in relation to that sport that was
Speaker 2: put forward as a sorry in relations to that sport,
Speaker 2: there were some regulatory changes that were made that were
Speaker 2: signed off just before the last election, and that regulatory
Speaker 2: change was based on advice from the Combat Sports Commission
Speaker 2: saying that with extra precautions, they believe that that bear
Speaker 2: knuckle boxing could have occurred in the state. So those
Speaker 2: regulations were changed, and now there's been an event that's
Speaker 2: come forward, So the Combat Sports Commission is going through
Speaker 2: that proposed event and in particular looking at what additional
Speaker 2: regulations could be put in place, in particular the experience
Speaker 2: of the boxes. The other point being the medical practitioners
Speaker 2: that need to be on hand, so they're working through
Speaker 2: that with this proposed event.
Speaker 1: All right, it's not far away if he does happen
Speaker 1: when the event organizers wanted to happen, So decision soon,
Speaker 1: I guess.
Speaker 2: Yeah. So the combat that's in front of the Combat
Speaker 2: Sports Commission. I think they've put forward a proposal, but
Speaker 2: as I said, there's a strong regulatory environment that they're
Speaker 2: put in place for this, in particular the levels of
Speaker 2: experience of the boxes, the medical practitioners that need to
Speaker 2: be on hand. So they're working through what safeguards and
Speaker 2: mechanisms can be put in place to make sure it
Speaker 2: can be done as safely as possible.
Speaker 1: Are you the ultimate arbiter on this reta.
Speaker 2: It's actually the Combat Sports Commission, who, as I said,
Speaker 2: the regulations have been changed to allow it. So that
Speaker 2: was probably the key thing that happened. So the regulatory
Speaker 2: the regulation has changed that allowed the sport to be
Speaker 2: conducted in Wa. But then for an event, the Combats
Speaker 2: Sports Commission has to fans that event, and that's what's
Speaker 2: been worked through at the moment.
Speaker 1: All right, No, they and then you I think you
Speaker 1: met when you talked about last week you mentioned potential
Speaker 1: for a veto from yourself. Do you think you need
Speaker 1: to exercise that?
Speaker 2: Not at this day. As I said, the Combat Sports
Speaker 2: Commissions have gone through and identified a number of safeguards
Speaker 2: and safeguards and mechanisms to make it as safe as possible.
Speaker 2: And they've been working through that and they seem very
Speaker 2: very rigorous.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, thank you for your time, Thanks for
Speaker 1: talking to our listeners.
Speaker 2: Thank you