WEBVTT - Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard – Full Show June 5th 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:16.640 Onto GV. This is Sydney now with Clinton Maynard. 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:19.600 Thursday, June five. It is Clinton Maynard. He won three 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:22.439 one eight seven three Right now in the city seventeen degrees. 0:00:22.480 --> 0:00:25.680 It actually feels like thirteen point seven. But a little earlier. 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:28.440 I was walking across Pimont Bridge about eight thirty this morning, 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:31.240 my way to work cross Darling Harbor, and I had 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:33.400 to look at the phone because it felt pretty chilly. 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:38.280 The feels like temperature was zero point two degrees. Yes, 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:41.440 it was zero degrees. It was freezing, but mind you, 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:43.360 it is winter. It's the first week of winter. It 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:46.040 feels like it's a bit early for zero temperatures. The 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.360 average top temperature in Sydney for June is actually seventeen degrees, 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.479 so today and this week is nothing out of the ordinary. 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:54.640 Coming up on the program, we'll give you an insight 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:56.800 into what's going to happen in the seat of Bradfield. 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.600 Will there be a legal challenge now the teal Nicolette 0:00:59.600 --> 0:01:02.520 Buller has won. I've been talking to my contacts within 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:05.039 the Liberal Party. They are certainly looking at their options today. 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:07.959 They need grounds, They need grounds to take to the 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:11.039 Court of Disputed Returns before there's even a hearing, so 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:12.760 I assure you they're looking at it hard. We're going 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:15.880 to talk about legalities today. David Elliott is our Thursday 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:19.600 Straight Shoot. He'll have some choice words about veteran liberal 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:22.880 Alan Stockdale. Mark Geyer is back. He's over the flu, 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:26.119 so MG is back in action. Craig Bellamy has signed 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.560 on as the Melbourne Storm coach for another year. It'll 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:30.680 be his twenty fourth year in the job. We might 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.320 talk about how long you can spend in the one 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:35.920 job now. Certainly if you're running the Melbourne Storm, you'd 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:38.080 want Craig Bellamy to stay on as the coach. And 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:40.280 I do have some family passes to give away to 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:43.839 Taronga Zoo. Today is Taronga Giving Day to raise funds 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.959 for Taronga's Wildlife Hospital. So in recognition of their great 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:49.120 fundraising efforts and not give the details about HAG can 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:51.360 help out. I have double passes to give away a 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:53.400 little later in the program. I'm going to play some 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.440 mystery animal sounds a little later. You are my eyes 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:58.360 and ears when it's happening in Sydney now, so if 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:00.160 you see something we need to know about, set me 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:03.000 a text message zero force zero eight seven three, eight 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:12.320 seven three our number one three one eight seven three. 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.600 Well in Sydney. Now the trams are not running to 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:19.680 the eastern suburbs at the moment. Trams are still blocked 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:23.079 between Circular Key and Moore Park following the tragic death 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.000 of a man in Devonshire Seat Street, Surrey Hills a 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:27.760 little earlier this soufter and I want to go straight 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.600 to Howard Colin's and Transport from New South Wales for 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:34.160 the latest. Obviously we're dealing with an awful situation in 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:36.079 Devonshire Street. What can you tell us Howard. 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:41.480 Yes, obviously the operator trans Dev advised us at coult 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:43.919 a past one this morning this terrible incident and we 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:48.400 certainly reach out and offer our condonances. But also the 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:53.080 customers involved, the people who obviously witnessed the incident, and 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.080 there is an officer needs for the supporting them as well. 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:58.880 And then also shout out to the emergency services and 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.239 even our Sydney Train team who came to the rescue 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:04.160 pretty quickly, but unfortunately someone started. Look, this is a 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:07.840 police investigation. The police are doing a very thorough job, 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.800 as you would imagine. We are hoping clinton to get 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:15.639 the trams between Central and Circular Key operating about three 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:17.000 point thirty this afternoon. 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:19.400 We're asking people to use. 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:23.040 The alternative background buses, the schedule buses, because at this 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:25.160 time of the day it is very difficult to risk 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:29.000 up additional buses. It will take longer, but you can 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:33.079 imagine this is important. The investigation via the operating company 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.720 and the police is the thorough and then once the 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:39.640 police clear site, we will then start to operate services again. 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.320 So the expectation would be you mentioned three point thirty, 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.320 so that would just be the trams between Circular Key 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.360 and Central. They wouldn't continue on to More Park than beyond. 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.320 And you know, quite often it is important the police 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:55.960 do do their analysis and forensic review and we've got 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:58.760 to leave them to do that. Often people ask me, 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.320 well how long is this going to take? It is 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:04.720 important it's done thoroughly, so we are certainly believing that 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:08.720 the afternoon peak will be impacted this. We're working with 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:11.120 the police and as soon as we get information that 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:14.440 they're clear and they've satisfied they've gathered all the evidence, 0:04:14.800 --> 0:04:17.760 then we will start to recommission the service. 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:18.400 End to end the. 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:22.480 Moment, More Park South is okay, but the bit between 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:26.159 more Park and Central is closed. Use alternative bus routes 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:29.360 and then we hope about three point thirty today will 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:34.160 run a shuttle service between Circular Key and Central Station 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.400 which will get you up through town Hall when you're 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:37.119 at Bridge Street. 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.080 Howard, I realized it's very early in the investigation and 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.200 you also dealt with a similar incident within two years 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:45.799 ago when a teenage girl I think she was trying 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:48.720 to move between two of the carriages and she was 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:51.400 struck on George Street. At this early stage, is there 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:53.720 is there any idea about how this happened? 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:58.120 Clinton, You know, it's too early to say. The operator 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:03.520 has obviously ers and much evidence and information plus eyewitnesses. 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:06.880 The police will go through that whether they're similar or 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:10.919 not is pure speculation at this stage. We're just making 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:14.599 sure that everyone is kept safe. Obviously the police will 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:18.320 through and also the our regulator who's on site. They 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.440 will make their findings and obviously of the operator and 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:24.640 US as Transport for New South Wales will obviously understand 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:25.240 what that means. 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.680 We'll keep in touch. Thank you, Howard, Thank you very much. 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:30.000 Howard Colin's from Transport for New South Wales. So probably 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.839 in around fifteen to twenty minutes time, the trends should 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:35.440 be operating between Central and Circular Key, but they won't 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:38.800 be going from Central down towards More Park probably for 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:42.000 the peak out. Given how far of this investigation needs 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:43.560 to be do you want to. 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:47.359 Know what's happening in Sydney stay tuned to Sydney Out 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:49.279 with Clinton Lane long. 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:50.400 To GV twelve. 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.119 Past three police have made several arrests and now laid 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.839 charges as well for the first week of the operation 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:58.840 Task Force Falcon now Task Force Falcon was announced to 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.280 just about a fortnight ago. So cracking down all the 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.640 violent crime, the organized crime that we're witnessing across Sydney 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.120 at the moment. Authorities have now sees ten cars in 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.560 the past week. Also they've alleged these cars and they 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.400 have made arrest of some very young people here. But 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.599 they had alleged these cars could have been used in 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:18.679 serious organized crime. For more on this, Detective Superintendent Jason Box, 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.359 who is the commander of Task Force Falcon joins me, 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.200 thank you for your time. Thank you some important rest 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:26.560 you've ever made today and I know one of the 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:28.880 arrests you made is of agent only fourteen. 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:35.640 Yeah, that's correct. Task Force Falcon operatives for about conducting 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:39.160 taskings around the Lincoln area last night about eleven thirty 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:42.279 pm and they saw a stolen vehicle. They went to 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:44.839 pull it over. The two occupants fled, one being a 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.080 fourteen year old male and the second one of being 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:49.960 a fifteen year old male who was just arrested in 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:53.000 the last hour that ridden that car, and also in 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:56.520 that car was Jerry Canes. There was another vehicle driven 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:58.279 by a seven een and nineen year old that was 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:03.080 in convoy with that vehicle. All being charged for being 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:05.400 in a joint currental enterprise with that stolen mate of 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:09.000 vehicle and also for being accessory before the fact that 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:10.360 damaged property by fire. 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.360 Task for as Facon and I understand you bringing together 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.440 about a dozen different strike forces that are investigating the 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:20.160 most serious of crimes. What you believe the gang land shootings, 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:24.840 these arrests, and the people that you have charged. Are 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:27.200 these people at the bottom end of the food chain, 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:27.680 You might. 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:33.120 Say, no, not necessarily, they're facilitating these serious crimes. This 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:36.040 vehicle will alleged was going to be used for a 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:39.640 serious crime somewhere in the Sydney area. It was either 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:43.760 going to be staged for people to use in these 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.440 serious crimes or used as means to get away after 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:49.080 commit the serious crimes. And a number of other people 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.880 will charge yesterday for possessing style of firearms and are 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:54.440 property out at austral and we're alleging that they were 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:58.360 being retained and stored at that location for that same use. 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:03.400 And last week we also arrested a juvenile for being 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:05.320 in possession of a stolen motor vehicle at a semi 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.520 automatic weapon in that and a pistol and Jerry Kens 0:08:08.560 --> 0:08:12.560 and face covering. So in terms of they're being complicit 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.560 to major offenses, I wouldn't say they're at the bottom there. 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:18.320 They're assisting these people can commit these crimes and they're 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:22.239 just as complicit as the people that carry out the offenses. 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.400 Because Jason Nothen, when we report on this and you 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:27.760 tell us about what's occurred, we see gang land hits 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:30.320 and then a few suburbs away there's a car that's 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:32.440 set a light burnt out. So it may well have 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:34.480 been that the cars that you've seized and those you've 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:37.319 arrested involved in that process. 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:39.680 Actually to be used for the offense for the shooting 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:42.360 or attempted murder, or to be used to flee the scene, 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:44.920 or you know, in a chain of vehicles that will 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:46.680 be used. You know, it's not uncommon they have multiple 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:50.000 vehicles that will be used to flee these you know, 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:50.720 these offenses. 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:55.000 Is the interpretation Jason, that these very serious criminal gangs 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:59.800 that are conducting these hits are recruiting teenagers. 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.839 Well, we believe that that is happening. We believe that, 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:08.120 you know, through social media, through encrypto devices, through word 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:11.640 of mouth, they are in fact recruiting young offenders. And 0:09:11.640 --> 0:09:13.480 we've proven that. We just chawed someone last week for 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.559 that for an offense, for having a semi automatic firearm 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.760 like a rifle in the vehicle and a pistol, and 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:23.320 you know, and you look at the you know, the 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.680 reasoning behind that is that it's probably cheaper to recruit 0:09:25.720 --> 0:09:28.760 these people. There's less chance of ever connecting them back 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:30.600 to the people who are going to commit the offenses, 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:33.840 and you know it, you know, and if they are caught, 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.040 you know, they probably believe that the punishment will be less. 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:37.600 It's quite that's attractive problems. 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.559 Yeah, it's quite frightening. Congratulations, on the work so far. 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:42.440 Not a problem, thanks very much. 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:45.520 Detective Inspector Jason Box, who is the commander of Task 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:48.240 Force Falcon. Critical work they're now doing, and this is 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.280 the early stage of this task force, but we are 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:54.200 seeing it's all about drugs. It's about turf the game 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:57.160 war that's broken out that has claimed some innocent lives. Now, 0:09:57.840 --> 0:09:59.760 I think about that twenty three year old who was 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:02.360 show dead arriving home from work late at night. He 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:04.480 was a plumber in his driveway Condale Park a couple 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:06.600 of weeks ago. And then there was a burnout car 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:09.880 found a few suburbs away. Well, what police are alleging 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:13.200 is it's these kids who are recruited to go and 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:16.599 steal the car in the first place. It is quite terrifying. 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.800 We'll have a look at the future of superannuation. Some 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.080 significant developments in Canberra to day in a moment, if 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:23.800 you'd like to have your say one three one eight 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.680 seven three. This is Sydney now. It's seventeen degrees in 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.560 the city, seventeen degrees in Campbelltown. It is a wild 0:10:29.600 --> 0:10:32.560 afternoon in mcquarie Street at State Parliament. In about ten 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.080 minutes we expect a vote in the Upper House on 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:38.559 the future of the new South Wales government's workers' compensation legislation. 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:40.920 I'll bring you the details of some of that shortly. But 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.760 there's also been a massive blow up about sexism in 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.080 the Lower House and i'll bring that to you in 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:49.640 just to tick one three one eight seven three. Butt's 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:52.520 want to cross to Canberra and what's going on in 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.079 federal politics to mom about the future of superannuation. This 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.199 has been such a big issue on this station in 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:59.400 the past couple of weeks, the changes that have been 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.600 proposed by Jim Charmers and the newly elected government that 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:06.600 would increase superannuation for some Australians. Michael Packey has all 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:08.880 the way to Kiday, Michael good A Clinton. There has 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.720 been a resolution of sorts in the coalition will oppose 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:12.439 these changes. 0:11:12.679 --> 0:11:12.880 Yeah. 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:16.480 Look, the Shadow Treasurer Ted O'Brien, he had flagged a 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:20.120 potential compromise with Labor a few days ago. He got 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:23.000 slapped down and in today's cabinet meeting, which was the 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:26.439 first shadow Cabinet meeting since the Liberals and the Nationals 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:30.800 agreed to keep the coalition intact, they've formally decided that 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:35.960 they will not support Labour's superannuation policy that the tax 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:39.280 would double on super earnings above three million dollars. 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:41.480 Which is and that's what you would expect. You would 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.560 expect that. But the suggestion was perhaps and Ted O'Brien 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:47.079 are giving this indication that the be some negotiation between 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.640 the government coalition, So there'll be no negotiation'll just to 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:50.040 pose it. 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:53.360 They will just suppose that. And that's because especially the Nationals, 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:57.200 they were demanding that the coalition oppose this policy because 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:59.720 one of the biggest problems that they have with it 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:03.800 is but not only is this policy not index, the 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:07.960 other thing is that it would tax unrealized gains on 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.840 assets that are held in super funds and those assets 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:14.040 could be shares or a property like a farm, and 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:17.199 there are plenty of farmers with self managed super funds 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:20.880 that would be especially worried as a result of this tax. 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:24.440 Now probably still coming into play because Labor will no 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:26.760 doubt get the support of the Greens to get it 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:27.440 over the line. 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.520 But the Greens actually want to make some changes to this. 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:30.280 Yeah. 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.720 They similar to the Liberal Party. They believe that it 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:36.559 should be index, so it should be linked to inflation 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:40.520 and the unrealized gains aspect of all of this, they're 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.040 not quite comfortable with it. The other change that the 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:45.880 Greens want to make as part of their negotiations with 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:50.440 labor is, for instance, at the moment the tax hit 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:54.000 superbalances above three million, the Greens believe that should be 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:57.840 lowered to two million. So potentially more people could be 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:00.760 targeted if it goes from three down to two million. 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:03.480 We will follow that. Thank you, Michael, No problem, how 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.520 federal political Leedit to Michael Packy until six. 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:10.160 This is Sydney now with Clinton Maynard on two GB 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:12.160 call now one to three one. 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:16.200 Twenty four past three. There is more controversy about Meghan Marken. 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.480 There's a video now doing the rounds of her dancing 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:20.880 when she was heavily pregnant. We'll talk to Peter Ford 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.040 shortly about that. Reese on the text line talking about 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.280 how cold it's been the last couple of days, says, 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.320 I've just done the trip down to the snowy hydro 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:31.760 Scheme yesterday and today this morning the feels like temperature 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.200 was minus ten minus four this morning when I woke 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:37.439 up in Cuba. Thank you, Reese. So yeah, when we're 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.559 winging about her feels like temperature of half a degree. 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.560 We shouldn't be complaining now in Macquarie Street. There are 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:46.880 dramas unfolding, firstly in the Upper House with the changes 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:50.240 to workers compensation, and that's potentially going to go to 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.440 a vote about five minutes time, and I'll bring in 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:55.040 some of the details of that soon. But in question 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:58.920 time today, the Police Minister Yasmin Catley has called the 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:03.280 Opposition leader mar Speakman a sexist man. This relates to 0:14:03.320 --> 0:14:07.160 comments that Mark Speakman has made in a press conference. Now, 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:10.240 mister Speakman has described the Police Minister Yasmin Cattley as 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:13.560 being out of her depth and then said she gave 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:17.920 hysterical answers in Parliament. Well, this is Yasmin Cattley's response. 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:21.560 Yesterday the leader of the Opposition got up after question 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:26.440 time and called me hysterical, not once, but twice. 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:28.200 Mister Speaker, if a man. 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:31.119 Came in here with a strong view about you deliberately 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:34.600 bagging the cops and trying to confuse the public about 0:14:34.640 --> 0:14:37.720 who is responsible for cracking down on a list of tobacco, 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:40.880 would you have used that language. 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:46.400 Sterical? No, it's a sexist word used by a. 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:51.880 Sex the ladies that I work with here in the office, 0:14:51.920 --> 0:14:55.760 and they tell me as females. If somebody calls them hysterical, 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:57.880 it's one of the most offensive things, one of the 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:00.080 most offensive pieces of language that can be used. So 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:03.840 Mark Speakman now labeled sexist. We have a response now 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:06.920 from Mark Speakman via our friends at the SMA, he 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:10.280 says in regards to Yasmin Catley now accusing him of 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:14.320 being sexist, because Yasmin Cattley says, Mark Speakman called her hysterical. 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:18.600 Mister Speakman said, I said the minister's response was hysterical, 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:22.760 and that's about tone, not gender. When serious questions regularly 0:15:22.800 --> 0:15:25.240 met with yelling and finger pointing instead of an answer, 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.960 the public deserves to call those responses for what they are, 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.800 over the top. Des Hasler could be in a little 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:33.040 bit of trouble. The NRL has issued the Gold Coast 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:36.360 Titans coach with a final warning for direct and targeted 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:40.560 criticism of NRL match referees. The warning relates to comments 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:43.960 that Desi made after the last match the Titans play 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.240 in Round thirteen. Now you recall just a couple of 0:15:46.240 --> 0:15:48.960 weeks ago, Adam O'Brien, the Newcastle Knights Coat. He caught 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:51.960 the same warning from the NRL. So at this point 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:54.480 des Hasler has not been fine, but he's been told 0:15:54.720 --> 0:16:01.360 you are in your last warning. Pangarterid in Josh Bryant. 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.640 Good afternoon, Clinton. A third teenager has now been arrested 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:07.320 after a stolen car was seized by police who are 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:11.200 investigating gangland violence across Sydney. The vehicle at Lincoln is 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:14.120 the tenth car that's been seized so far by Task 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:17.560 Force Falcon investigators. A man has died after being hit 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:21.760 by a light rail in Sydney CBD Emergency Services arrived 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:23.640 at the scene at Surrey Hills to find the man 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:26.840 in his forties under the carriage and he couldn't be saved. 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.920 A report into blackouts in the States Far West caused 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:33.440 by a storm last year has made twenty recommendations on 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:36.920 how to close gaps in energy and mobile phone reliability. 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:39.840 In New South Wales and National Parks and Wildlife Service 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:43.200 workers have spent World Environment Day on Botany Bay completing 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.640 training on how to get Wales free from netting. In Sport, 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.200 the manager of Finland's women's football team has been left 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:52.040 red faced after accidentally naming a fifty one year old 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:55.560 former player in for a match with Serbia. A twenty 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.040 three year old defender who is supposed to be selected 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:01.160 shares a surname with the former player who was included. 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:02.840 We'll have Morenius and sported for. 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.200 Thank you, Josh. Seventeen degrees in the city, sixteen degrees 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.560 in Penrith. At the moment, it looks like the Tasmanians 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:09.879 will be going to an election, and effectively what they'll 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:13.159 be going to an election over is a Tasmanian AFL team. 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:17.000 There is no confidence motion being considered by the Tasmanian 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:20.199 Parliament against the Liberal Premier, Jeremy Rockcliffe, and that's going 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:22.159 to transpire in the next couple of hours or so. 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:25.200 A vote of no confidence. It's likely to be successful 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.360 and that will mean that there'll be an election, and 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:31.320 the Premier has indicated that today. But what's the core 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.600 of this? That much of it is about funding of 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:37.080 infrastructure in Hobart and the fact that like most state governments, 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:40.320 Tasmanian governments virtually broke, they don't have enough money. But 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:43.120 at the core of this is the new stadium in Hobart, 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.879 the stadium for the Hobart or the Tasmanian Devils as 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:47.760 they're going to be called, and it very much puts 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:50.280 the AFL team at risk because if the stadium isn't built, 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:54.800 the AFL won't allow the team to actually start, and 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:59.080 so that's a massive deal for Tasmanians. But funny that 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:02.280 an enticed election could be fought out over an AFL team. 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:07.080 Basically until six, This is Sydney now with Clinton Maynard 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:10.800 on two GB call now one three one A seven. 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:14.639 Three twenty seven to four. Meghan Markle is making headlines, 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.520 or rather her videos are sweeping the world once again. 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:19.280 Peter Ford, what did you make of the video of 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:20.640 her dancing while pregnant. 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:24.040 Look, I didn't have a problem with her doing it 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:27.639 or Prince Harry joining in. I'm just curious as to 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:30.040 why she fell the need to make it public. 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:31.680 So this stems back. 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:34.720 Four years ago and Lily Bett was due to arrive 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:38.200 and she was overdue, so they were just letting off 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:40.600 steam and messing about and they did this sort of 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:44.240 dance routine together in front of an iPhone, I imagine, 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:47.480 and never saw the light of day. And of course 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:50.680 we know Lily Bett arrived safely and she's now four 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:54.200 years old. So last night Meghan went to her social 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:57.239 media put up some never before seen photographs of her 0:18:57.280 --> 0:18:59.960 and Lily bet together, one of the photographs of Lily 0:19:00.320 --> 0:19:02.159 actually showing quite a lot of her face. 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:04.000 It's kind of odd. 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:05.760 When you think about it, that Harry is always going 0:19:05.760 --> 0:19:08.720 on about don't let your kids near social media, and 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:11.680 they're putting their own kids on social media so often now. 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:14.680 But then a few hours after those photographs, she put 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:18.040 up this video, which again was meant to be in 0:19:18.119 --> 0:19:22.200 honor of Lily Bette's birthday. But if you look at it, 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:26.119 to me personally, I think it's unbecoming of a member 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:28.919 of the royal family to be putting that type of 0:19:28.960 --> 0:19:32.200 thing up. She's dancing in there, and some people are 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:36.440 describing it as being provocative or that she's twerking. She's 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:40.120 obviously nine months pregnant, and I think she's having fun. 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:43.000 Good luck to her, But I just question her judgment 0:19:43.040 --> 0:19:45.960 as to why she wants to make that public. And 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:48.440 sometimes I think she's her own worst enemy. I mean, 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:52.199 sometimes I think people attack her unfairly. But when you 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:54.480 put something up like that up, you know it's not 0:19:54.720 --> 0:19:58.399 going to be unanimous praise. Well, maybe that, maybe she 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:01.679 doesn't know. Maybe she does and take advice and doesn't listen, 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:03.560 and she thinks the world's going to love her. 0:20:03.720 --> 0:20:06.000 Do you think she still considers herself I mean this 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:08.080 was four years ago, but does she consider herself a 0:20:08.080 --> 0:20:09.120 member of the royal family. 0:20:09.720 --> 0:20:11.840 Well, I don't think she could consider herself an active 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:14.440 member of it, but she certainly wants all the perks 0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:17.240 and the titles, There's no question about that, and she 0:20:17.280 --> 0:20:20.200 wants to be treated in a kind of regal way. Now, 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:23.359 some people will say, you know that the video was delightful. 0:20:23.640 --> 0:20:26.560 It shows them to be human and having fun. But 0:20:26.720 --> 0:20:29.560 you know, I just think she wants to have her 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:30.560 cake and eat it too. 0:20:31.080 --> 0:20:33.600 You couldn't imagine Queen Elizabeth back in the day dancing 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:35.800 around like that, But I don't think working had been invented. 0:20:36.200 --> 0:20:38.320 Well, I must say I did think when I saw it, 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:41.119 I thought what would the late Queen Elizabeth and Prince 0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:44.600 to make of this? I think they would be pretty 0:20:44.600 --> 0:20:45.640 appalled by it. 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:49.720 It seems Nicole Kidman enjoys massages in Paddington, Yes. 0:20:49.800 --> 0:20:52.120 But noss have you heard of this place? It must 0:20:52.160 --> 0:20:53.800 be very top shelf. 0:20:53.640 --> 0:20:55.200 I haven't heard of it, and I haven't been there. 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:57.760 It's in Oxford, straight and I had a look at 0:20:57.800 --> 0:21:01.040 their website and it looks great. I mean, it's clearly 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:04.320 you're paying top dollar and you get great service in return. 0:21:04.640 --> 0:21:06.760 And she was asked by The New York Times about 0:21:06.800 --> 0:21:09.840 her favorite things, and she lists to a whole bunch 0:21:09.920 --> 0:21:13.280 of things which are completely accessible for next to nothing 0:21:13.960 --> 0:21:18.160 or completely free, including Harry's Cafe de Wheels, the Royal 0:21:18.160 --> 0:21:21.000 Botanic Gardens, the Art Gallery, and. 0:21:21.200 --> 0:21:22.520 Also the Harbor Pools. 0:21:22.840 --> 0:21:25.240 The only one that sort of jumped out at people 0:21:25.359 --> 0:21:29.639 for being top end is the Venustas day spar And 0:21:29.720 --> 0:21:33.399 she recommends the six hand massage, which will set you 0:21:33.480 --> 0:21:37.120 back one thousand and fifty nine dollars. Now she's got 0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:41.080 that money, obviously, now she's coping blowback for that. Look, 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:43.200 if you can afford it, it's great. You know most 0:21:43.200 --> 0:21:46.480 of us can't or wouldn't fork at that kind of 0:21:46.480 --> 0:21:49.479 money for a massage. To her, it's obviously irrelevant. It's 0:21:49.480 --> 0:21:52.480 it'll be great for their business because these recommendations are 0:21:52.520 --> 0:21:56.399 appearing in the New York Times, So anybody from overseas 0:21:56.440 --> 0:21:58.639 who's looking to come to Sydney. I have no doubt 0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:01.160 we'll think, Gee, I'm better take know to those places. 0:22:01.520 --> 0:22:03.440 What's a six hand massage? Do you think? 0:22:03.600 --> 0:22:03.760 Well? 0:22:03.760 --> 0:22:08.119 It's three people, Oh right, so it has two hands, 0:22:08.359 --> 0:22:11.080 so the three people conduct the sixth hand massuch. So 0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:14.480 I'm sure it's a wonderful, blissful experience which you and 0:22:14.520 --> 0:22:17.120 I will probably never really fully comprehend. 0:22:17.200 --> 0:22:19.280 That's what it costs one and fifty nine dollars. I 0:22:19.320 --> 0:22:22.680 might you see there next week? Thanks Pete, see Peter Ford. 0:22:22.960 --> 0:22:26.080 If it's happening in Sydney, you'll hear it on Sydney 0:22:26.119 --> 0:22:28.320 Now with Clinton on. 0:22:28.240 --> 0:22:32.040 To GB The no confidence motion for the Tasmanian Premiere 0:22:32.280 --> 0:22:34.879 is now before the Tasmanian Parliament. There is a tie. 0:22:34.960 --> 0:22:38.440 It is seventeen a piece, so that's all playing out 0:22:38.560 --> 0:22:40.280 right now. The reality is that this will probably end 0:22:40.320 --> 0:22:42.800 up going to an election now in Mcquarie Street. The 0:22:42.840 --> 0:22:46.200 issue of workers' compensation right now is before the Upper 0:22:46.240 --> 0:22:49.119 House and what's probably going to happen. You can never 0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:51.639 predict what our MP's going to do in Mcquarie Street's 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:53.680 probably going to end up in an inquiry, which means 0:22:53.720 --> 0:22:56.000 the whole process will be delayed and there will be 0:22:56.080 --> 0:22:59.160 no change to workers compensation in the way the scheme 0:22:59.200 --> 0:23:01.679 operates before the budgets handed down in a couple of weeks. 0:23:02.400 --> 0:23:05.240 So what the government is suggesting is that that's going to 0:23:05.240 --> 0:23:07.760 push up the premiums immediately beyond just an eight percent 0:23:07.920 --> 0:23:11.520 increase and overall if these changes aren't made, the government says, 0:23:11.520 --> 0:23:15.200 the scheme that loses five million dollars a day, premiums 0:23:15.200 --> 0:23:18.000 for small businesses rise over three years by more than 0:23:18.040 --> 0:23:21.840 thirty percent. The Coalition claims the whole process is being rushed. 0:23:22.480 --> 0:23:24.800 Members of the labor back bench aren't happy either, because 0:23:24.840 --> 0:23:28.639 the unions are campaigning against it very heavily, and so 0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:32.440 various Labor MPs in the backbench they're unnamed at this point, 0:23:32.880 --> 0:23:36.119 have made their thoughts known to the premiere. And what 0:23:36.240 --> 0:23:38.359 happened is they were going to write a letter and 0:23:38.400 --> 0:23:40.199 this was published in the papers this morning, and then 0:23:40.280 --> 0:23:43.320 sign it. But apparently the premier's staff told them, no, no, 0:23:43.359 --> 0:23:45.600 don't sign the letter. Don't sign the letter. Anyway, it's 0:23:45.640 --> 0:23:47.400 before the Upper House of the moment, but it has 0:23:47.480 --> 0:23:51.199 dominated question time in the lower House a little earlier. 0:23:51.240 --> 0:23:53.440 And I want to play you this because I said 0:23:53.440 --> 0:23:55.280 I think it says a lot about the way politics 0:23:55.320 --> 0:23:58.000 operates in our state. This is a really serious issue, 0:23:58.040 --> 0:23:59.919 both for the injured workers but also the businesses who 0:23:59.920 --> 0:24:03.720 are facing potentially massive hikes in premiums if these changes 0:24:03.760 --> 0:24:06.639 aren't made. This is how our politicians are treating it. 0:24:06.760 --> 0:24:09.160 Mark Speakman asking the Premier a question. 0:24:09.440 --> 0:24:12.400 Who were the at least a dozen labor MPs who 0:24:12.440 --> 0:24:15.320 wanted to sign a letter to you to defer workers 0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:16.520 compensation legislation? 0:24:17.280 --> 0:24:21.480 Thank you, thank you, Premier. 0:24:24.440 --> 0:24:29.160 Man beze Man bez will come to order. So that's 0:24:29.160 --> 0:24:31.920 the speaker trying to calm the crowd down. We'll yelling 0:24:31.920 --> 0:24:32.320 at each other. 0:24:32.440 --> 0:24:37.840 Hambo Castle mamber Vale, Castle Hill. 0:24:37.960 --> 0:24:39.440 You're on the first call for the day. 0:24:39.800 --> 0:24:41.679 I think it might be the first for your career. 0:24:42.400 --> 0:24:48.760 You'll come to order, and it goes on and it 0:24:48.800 --> 0:24:49.159 goes on. 0:24:49.240 --> 0:24:51.080 The Premier has been asked the question. 0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:53.920 He will be given the opportunity to answer it. 0:24:53.960 --> 0:24:58.000 In silence, mister Speaker, I don't know. 0:25:00.320 --> 0:25:02.480 Okay, okay, we'll leave it there. So I just wanted 0:25:02.480 --> 0:25:05.480 to demonstrate there was I timed it thirty eight seconds 0:25:06.240 --> 0:25:09.960 of the politicians carrying on light there in kindergarten. These 0:25:10.000 --> 0:25:12.560 are the men and women who are trying to decide 0:25:12.680 --> 0:25:16.919 with the workers compensation scheme which loses five million dollars 0:25:17.000 --> 0:25:20.119 every single day, is going to be changed. So small 0:25:20.119 --> 0:25:22.399 businesses meeting business, big business as well don't have their 0:25:22.400 --> 0:25:25.159 premium skyrocket, and of course those costs are going to 0:25:25.160 --> 0:25:26.679 be passed on to us. And then there is the 0:25:26.720 --> 0:25:29.200 issue of the workers who may be injured at working 0:25:29.280 --> 0:25:31.560 legitimately need some help. So it's a really important issue. 0:25:31.600 --> 0:25:34.240 It's now before the Upper House and that's the way 0:25:34.280 --> 0:25:36.880 our politicians carry on. There were dramas a little early 0:25:36.920 --> 0:25:39.560 this afternoon on the T three, the T three train lines, 0:25:39.600 --> 0:25:42.240 the T two train line as well throughout the southwest 0:25:42.240 --> 0:25:44.960 as Sydney. There was a drama, an incident at Cabramattat 0:25:45.040 --> 0:25:46.960 that has now cleared, so the trains and the T 0:25:47.160 --> 0:25:50.359 two and the T three are now operating. Okay. Straight 0:25:50.400 --> 0:25:54.399 to the Tasmanian Parliament. That's no confidence motion against the 0:25:54.400 --> 0:25:58.320 Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockcliffe has been successful. It was locked 0:25:58.359 --> 0:26:01.800 at seventeen all the speed has had the final vote 0:26:01.840 --> 0:26:03.800 and she has voted against the Liberal Party. So the 0:26:03.840 --> 0:26:06.440 Premier is speaking right now. And so what this will 0:26:06.440 --> 0:26:09.400 mean there'll be an election. There was last a Tasmania 0:26:09.400 --> 0:26:11.480 election not long ago. It was only March of last year, 0:26:11.520 --> 0:26:14.840 March of twenty twenty four. But given a no confidence 0:26:14.920 --> 0:26:17.640 this motion has passed against the premier, he basically has 0:26:17.680 --> 0:26:20.040 to go to the state's governor and say we've got 0:26:20.040 --> 0:26:22.080 to call an election. So they'll be an election, and 0:26:22.119 --> 0:26:23.920 it looks like that's going to be fought out over AFL. 0:26:24.320 --> 0:26:27.440 If it's happening in Sydney, you'll hear it on Sydney 0:26:27.480 --> 0:26:28.920 Now with Clinton. 0:26:29.280 --> 0:26:32.560 On to GB I've got tickets to give away to 0:26:32.640 --> 0:26:34.920 Taronga Zoo. Keep listening. I'm going to give a double 0:26:34.960 --> 0:26:37.040 pass away, a family double pass, a family pass away 0:26:37.080 --> 0:26:39.800 this hour. Do you drive along Henry Lawson Drive at 0:26:39.840 --> 0:26:44.160 Padstow Heights or specifically Alford's Point Road, River Road Reesby 0:26:44.440 --> 0:26:47.359 because I received this message from James. James says I 0:26:47.400 --> 0:26:49.520 wanted to bring up an issue regarding Henry Lawson Drive 0:26:49.520 --> 0:26:52.520 Padstow Heights. There are a number of large heavy vehicles 0:26:52.840 --> 0:26:56.600 trucks parked alongside the road where they're serviced and they're washed, 0:26:56.880 --> 0:27:00.320 looks like they've been abandoned. On top of that, seem 0:27:00.359 --> 0:27:03.240 to be dumping rubbish there. There are currently about four 0:27:03.320 --> 0:27:06.240 piles in that section. I've co tacked the local council. 0:27:06.320 --> 0:27:08.720 Nothing's being done. Well, I've been sent some of the 0:27:08.760 --> 0:27:13.560 photos and we're not talking bags of rubbish being dumped. 0:27:14.359 --> 0:27:18.720 Looking at the photos, lots of tires, old tires. There 0:27:18.760 --> 0:27:21.439 is a piano or maybe it's an organ that's been 0:27:21.560 --> 0:27:25.159 dumped and a lot of other rubbish one three one 0:27:25.240 --> 0:27:27.080 eight seven three. If you're from that area, have you 0:27:27.160 --> 0:27:31.080 seen the rubbish that's dumped along Henry Lawson Drive. Now 0:27:31.119 --> 0:27:34.600 we contacted the Canterbury Banks Down Council about this. They 0:27:34.640 --> 0:27:37.240 say Henry Lawson Drive is a state owned road and 0:27:37.280 --> 0:27:40.560 the responsibility falls on the RMS. Having said that if 0:27:40.600 --> 0:27:43.000 councilor is made aware of dump rubbish, steps are taken 0:27:43.040 --> 0:27:46.199 to ensure it's removed. Recently a Councilor report outline some 0:27:46.200 --> 0:27:49.639 of the measures being undertaken to prevent illegal dumping. Transport 0:27:49.680 --> 0:27:51.600 for New South Wales who's sort of response from them? 0:27:51.640 --> 0:27:54.159 They say dumping is a serious offense. Transport for New 0:27:54.160 --> 0:27:57.240 South Wales has identified where this is locating. We're working 0:27:57.240 --> 0:28:00.680 with the appropriate contractor to remove the offending material. If 0:28:00.680 --> 0:28:04.160 people witness a legal dumping. You can make a report. Okay, 0:28:04.680 --> 0:28:07.800 let's talk to James. James, tell me what happened? What 0:28:07.840 --> 0:28:08.520 did you see? 0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:09.280 Hi? 0:28:09.440 --> 0:28:12.720 Clinton, Thanks for having me on look. I contacted to 0:28:12.800 --> 0:28:15.840 raise you about this ongoing issue at Henry Lawson Drive 0:28:15.840 --> 0:28:18.680 at Padstow Heights, especially between that section of row that 0:28:18.720 --> 0:28:21.880 you're talking about. What started to be one or two 0:28:21.920 --> 0:28:24.640 trucks about four years ago has now become a makeshift 0:28:24.680 --> 0:28:28.080 truck debot with about thirty heavy vehicles and trailers regularly 0:28:28.119 --> 0:28:31.280 parked there. And I noticed them being washed and serviced 0:28:31.280 --> 0:28:33.640 on the road side, which is causing what I think 0:28:33.680 --> 0:28:38.680 would be possible serious environmental concerns. It's also a safety issue. 0:28:38.680 --> 0:28:39.280 It's on a. 0:28:39.200 --> 0:28:42.040 Blind corner, so when the trucks are pulling out of there, 0:28:42.080 --> 0:28:44.200 there's been a lot of near misses that I've witnessed 0:28:44.200 --> 0:28:47.520 and I'm sure other people have witnessed as well. This 0:28:47.960 --> 0:28:50.760 spot is on the Georgia's River catchment. It's right alongside 0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:53.480 Little Salt Penn Creek and the Georgias River National Park, 0:28:54.440 --> 0:28:58.560 and it supports a vital aquatic mangrove v system and 0:28:58.600 --> 0:29:00.920 they run off from these oils into two agency waste 0:29:01.520 --> 0:29:03.640 You know it threatens these areas which are critical for 0:29:03.720 --> 0:29:06.920 the quality of the water in our local wildlife. And 0:29:07.000 --> 0:29:09.280 to make it worse, it's just being used as a 0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:12.240 dumping ground. This has been happening for years. The locals 0:29:12.240 --> 0:29:13.280 are fully aware of it. 0:29:13.320 --> 0:29:15.000 So I guess you got two issues here, James. You 0:29:15.040 --> 0:29:17.440 have the fact that the trucks are parked there so 0:29:18.240 --> 0:29:20.520 using as you point out, as a depot. But it's 0:29:20.560 --> 0:29:23.800 the rubbish that's been left behind, which I'm assuming some 0:29:23.840 --> 0:29:25.160 of it's coming from these trucks. 0:29:26.800 --> 0:29:28.960 I'm not blaming these truck drivers. They've got to park 0:29:29.000 --> 0:29:31.800 their trucks somewhere, but I believe it's not the appropriate 0:29:31.880 --> 0:29:35.720 location to park them. But there's trades people and that 0:29:35.800 --> 0:29:39.320 are just been reversing their dump trucks. They're their little 0:29:39.360 --> 0:29:42.240 tippers and their trailers and then just chucking the stuff 0:29:42.240 --> 0:29:43.320 out and doing the run up. 0:29:43.360 --> 0:29:46.120 I wonder whether maybe it's and we're just speculating here, 0:29:46.160 --> 0:29:48.400 whether some people are dumping all this garbage. And as 0:29:48.440 --> 0:29:50.720 I mentioned that, we're not talking just bags of rubbish. 0:29:50.760 --> 0:29:52.719 There a piano and one of the photos have been 0:29:52.760 --> 0:29:56.400 sent because those trucks are parked there. Whether they think 0:29:56.440 --> 0:30:00.520 they can hide the rubbish effectively behind those trucks hundred percent. 0:30:00.600 --> 0:30:03.239 Yes, it seems to be more behind the trucks than 0:30:04.400 --> 0:30:06.480 out in the open. But there's a little park that 0:30:07.080 --> 0:30:10.040 no one uses unfortunately. It's a beautiful little spot where 0:30:10.080 --> 0:30:14.400 the ROMs does truck inspections and that's a regular dumping 0:30:14.400 --> 0:30:14.960 spot too. 0:30:15.520 --> 0:30:17.360 Okay, thanks for letting us know about that. I'm going 0:30:17.400 --> 0:30:18.760 to put you in the running for our Word on 0:30:18.800 --> 0:30:20.840 the Street. We want to actually get this rectified, obviously 0:30:20.840 --> 0:30:22.680 by the local Council of Transport for New South Wales. 0:30:22.760 --> 0:30:25.120 Good on you, James, Thank you. Yeah, if you see 0:30:25.120 --> 0:30:26.720 something around Sidney that we should know about, that's what 0:30:26.760 --> 0:30:28.400 Word on the Street is all about. Word on the 0:30:28.440 --> 0:30:31.239 Street for Temper, a great night's sleep, night after night. 0:30:31.240 --> 0:30:32.880 The difference is temper and James is going on the 0:30:32.960 --> 0:30:36.040 running to win our Temper cooling pillows tomorrow. So if 0:30:36.040 --> 0:30:37.720 you see something like this, let us know, but be 0:30:37.720 --> 0:30:40.560 intrigued to know whether you've actually passed this spot Henry 0:30:40.640 --> 0:30:43.280 Lawson Drive. Look, it's such a busy part of Sydney 0:30:43.320 --> 0:30:46.920 and Padstow where there's just this piano actually looks like 0:30:46.960 --> 0:30:48.640 it's been sitting there by the side of the road 0:30:48.640 --> 0:30:50.560 for about a year. I don't know how long it's 0:30:50.600 --> 0:30:52.920 been there for. So transport in New South Wales that 0:30:52.960 --> 0:30:56.000 they say we take this issue seriously dumping. If you 0:30:56.080 --> 0:30:58.360 witness a legal dumping, you can make a report through 0:30:58.600 --> 0:31:02.800 rid rid online line which is RID online, dot EPA, 0:31:02.960 --> 0:31:07.400 dot n SW, dot gov, dot AU. And the council 0:31:07.440 --> 0:31:09.720 is saying, look, it's a state owned road, so effectively 0:31:09.720 --> 0:31:12.880 it's the responsibility of Transport for New South Wales. But 0:31:12.920 --> 0:31:15.120 if you see similar things around Sydney, let me know 0:31:15.160 --> 0:31:17.320 about it. One three one eight seven three is our number. 0:31:17.440 --> 0:31:20.520 If it's happening in Sydney, you'll hear it on Sydney 0:31:20.560 --> 0:31:22.600 Now with Clinton Maynard on. 0:31:22.720 --> 0:31:27.480 To gb Taronga Zoo is running a special fundraising campaign today. 0:31:27.480 --> 0:31:30.360 It's called Taronga Giving Day. They are rising funds raising 0:31:30.400 --> 0:31:33.440 funds for the Wildlife Hospital at the zoo. They care 0:31:33.480 --> 0:31:36.720 for hundreds of injured and orphant animals every month. Often 0:31:36.760 --> 0:31:39.160 if you see and I know whyres has this relationship. 0:31:39.200 --> 0:31:40.960 If they see an injured animal by the side of 0:31:41.000 --> 0:31:44.640 the road, they take them to Wronga for help. But 0:31:45.160 --> 0:31:47.560 the zoo is trying to raise some money to the 0:31:47.600 --> 0:31:50.600 hospital hasn't had any renovations in decades. So they're trying 0:31:50.640 --> 0:31:53.120 to raise some money. If you want to give to Taronga, 0:31:53.320 --> 0:31:57.080 there's a website give dot Taronga dot org dot au 0:31:57.120 --> 0:31:59.640 and of course all donations over two dollors at tax 0:31:59.680 --> 0:32:03.880 to duct. Now, every contribution that's made today is quad 0:32:03.960 --> 0:32:07.320 rippled by the zoo's very kind partners. So it will 0:32:07.360 --> 0:32:10.280 help raise money to keep this hospital in operation and 0:32:10.320 --> 0:32:14.240 to upgrade the hospital. But in recognition of the fundraising 0:32:14.240 --> 0:32:16.480 campaign today, I've got a couple of double passes, a 0:32:16.480 --> 0:32:18.720 couple of family passes to give away. In fact, I'll 0:32:18.760 --> 0:32:21.080 give away one now, but I'm not gonna make it easy. 0:32:21.480 --> 0:32:25.400 You've got to guess what this particular animal is, okay, 0:32:25.520 --> 0:32:28.880 one three one eight seven three? What animal zoo? Animal 0:32:28.960 --> 0:32:34.720 is this? I was gonna say whale. But you don't 0:32:34.720 --> 0:32:37.160 find a way on Tarronga Zoo, do you. I'll have 0:32:37.200 --> 0:32:40.560 you in the harbor. Okay? What's that sound? One three 0:32:40.560 --> 0:32:45.120 one eight seven three. And our winner will get a 0:32:45.160 --> 0:32:47.520 family pass to gother to Wrongazoo. I'll give you a 0:32:47.600 --> 0:32:49.560 chance to win a family pass to Wrong Park Zoo 0:32:49.560 --> 0:32:51.520 in just a moment. This is breaking news from the NRL. 0:32:51.680 --> 0:32:55.120 This is actually a really big deal. The NRL has 0:32:55.120 --> 0:32:59.040 announced they are moving to suspend two leading player agents. 0:32:59.120 --> 0:33:02.280 Now agents have been in the news recently about the 0:33:02.280 --> 0:33:05.080 amount of control they have in the game. The NRL 0:33:05.120 --> 0:33:07.760 has issued what they call show caused notices to two 0:33:07.760 --> 0:33:10.960 of the agents for alleged breaches of the accreditation scheme. Now. 0:33:10.960 --> 0:33:16.240 The agents are Mario Tartak and Matthew de Zeira. Now 0:33:16.320 --> 0:33:20.920 it's alleged that mister Tartak communicated with an underage player 0:33:20.920 --> 0:33:24.880 without a parent or illegal guardian being present. He's also 0:33:24.920 --> 0:33:27.280 alleged to it entered a commercial agreement with two NRL 0:33:27.320 --> 0:33:31.760 clubs in breach of the scheme's rules. It is proposed 0:33:31.800 --> 0:33:34.400 to be suspended for twelve months and be fined twenty 0:33:34.400 --> 0:33:40.200 five thousand dollars. Mister Dazeira is accused of non reporting 0:33:40.760 --> 0:33:45.040 and dishonesty. Following police charges and court proceedings, it's proposed 0:33:45.040 --> 0:33:47.880 a six month suspension and a ten thousand dollars fine. 0:33:47.920 --> 0:33:51.520 Now he represents the likes of Jaden Campbell from the Titans, 0:33:51.560 --> 0:33:55.200 Greg Marzu, Williamy, Kickout from the Bulldogs and even Benji Marshall, 0:33:55.240 --> 0:33:58.960 the West Tiger's coach. Mario Tartak, Damian Cook and this 0:33:59.040 --> 0:34:02.479 is interesting Dominic Young now where this is important. Dominic 0:34:02.520 --> 0:34:05.160 Young at the moment places the roosters. He has been 0:34:05.200 --> 0:34:08.640 linked to a move right now to Newcastle. So it'll 0:34:08.680 --> 0:34:11.879 be mister Tartak who is negotiating that move. Well, that 0:34:11.920 --> 0:34:14.040 could be in jeopardy because of this. 0:34:14.719 --> 0:34:17.800 If it matters to you, you'll hear it here Sydney 0:34:17.840 --> 0:34:20.120 now with Clinton Maynard until six. 0:34:20.200 --> 0:34:25.920 Okay, what's this animal? Well, Dave reckons, that sounds like 0:34:25.960 --> 0:34:29.680 one of the parliamentary backbenches in McCrory Street. No it's not, 0:34:29.840 --> 0:34:34.200 it's not. Oh Andrews says, that's Maria Sharaprova. I know 0:34:34.280 --> 0:34:36.760 that grunt from No, that's what Michael's doing on his program. 0:34:36.760 --> 0:34:40.560 We're not doing tennis grunters. We're doing animals at Taronga Zoo. 0:34:40.880 --> 0:34:45.239 Hello Shelley, Hello Shelley, how are you doing? My friend? 0:34:45.280 --> 0:34:47.160 Do you know what? Do you know what that animal is? 0:34:48.120 --> 0:34:49.760 Yeah, it's a hysterical seal. 0:34:50.239 --> 0:34:53.440 Is an hysterical seal. It's the Yasmin Catley of the 0:34:53.520 --> 0:34:56.520 tah Yeah, of course you can on this show. We're 0:34:56.520 --> 0:34:57.960 going to send you out a family pass to go 0:34:58.000 --> 0:35:00.760 to Taronga. It is Taronga's Giving Day, the rise raising 0:35:00.800 --> 0:35:04.160 funds for the Wildlife Hospital, which helps kept hundreds of 0:35:04.160 --> 0:35:06.880 injured norphan animals every year. If you'd like to donate, 0:35:07.040 --> 0:35:10.200 give Taronga dot org dot au. Donations over two dollars 0:35:10.239 --> 0:35:14.000 a tax deductible. Every contribution today will be calld rippled 0:35:14.000 --> 0:35:16.719 by the zoo's partner. So congratulations, Shelley. You can take 0:35:16.719 --> 0:35:18.919 the family to Wronga Zoo. I do have another pass 0:35:18.920 --> 0:35:20.640 to give away and we'll give that away in the 0:35:20.640 --> 0:35:23.239 next hour of the program. One three, one eight seven three. 0:35:23.520 --> 0:35:26.400 Just on illegal rubbish dumping. Do you come across it 0:35:26.480 --> 0:35:27.720 much in Sydney, lou. 0:35:29.080 --> 0:35:32.360 Ah, Yeah, we do this. There's quite a bit of it, Quentin. 0:35:32.760 --> 0:35:34.880 I'm a local there and I've been there for twenty 0:35:34.920 --> 0:35:37.720 five years and it's just gut wrenching seeing what's happening. 0:35:37.800 --> 0:35:42.439 So in padsdo henry laws and drive that's correct. Yeah, 0:35:43.560 --> 0:35:45.360 what have you seen there? What have you seen? Dumped? 0:35:47.400 --> 0:35:47.879 Many things? 0:35:47.880 --> 0:35:49.840 So I do recall that piano that was there and 0:35:49.880 --> 0:35:52.720 that's been picked up at the moment. Good at the moment, 0:35:53.160 --> 0:35:57.880 there's four lots of rubbish being dumped, four lots of piles. 0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:00.680 Yeah, well, it's for the peace people that dump it. 0:36:00.760 --> 0:36:00.920 Lou. 0:36:01.000 --> 0:36:03.200 It's insulting to the rest of us because sure there 0:36:03.320 --> 0:36:05.839 is a cost with disposing of waste. You don't take 0:36:05.880 --> 0:36:08.400 it down to Lucas Heights, a wherever you're dump rubbish. 0:36:08.760 --> 0:36:11.520 But honestly it's insulting for the rest of us who 0:36:11.600 --> 0:36:14.000 then have to put up with it. It's quite frankly wrong. 0:36:14.239 --> 0:36:17.319 The Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockcliffe is still on his feet 0:36:17.400 --> 0:36:19.719 in the Tasmanian Parliament. He is now likely to get 0:36:19.719 --> 0:36:22.520 to an election and no confidence motion against him has 0:36:22.560 --> 0:36:24.800 been successful. And it's all about the AFL. 0:36:28.239 --> 0:36:32.760 This is Sydney now with Clinton on to GenB. 0:36:33.000 --> 0:36:35.920 It is a very busy US afternoon across Sydney this afternoon. 0:36:36.080 --> 0:36:39.279 The light rail network is still disrupted after Sadly, there 0:36:39.360 --> 0:36:42.600 was a fatality in Surrey Hills this afternoon in Devonshire Street, 0:36:42.760 --> 0:36:44.960 a man age believed in his forties has been struck 0:36:45.040 --> 0:36:48.640 by a tram. Police crime scene investigates they're on the scene, 0:36:48.640 --> 0:36:51.080 which means the trams cannot run through Surrey Hills at 0:36:51.080 --> 0:36:53.160 the moment. Now it is hope the trams will run 0:36:53.200 --> 0:36:57.120 a shuttle service shortly between Circular Key and Central, but 0:36:57.239 --> 0:36:59.640 the trams won't be operating from Central through to moor 0:36:59.719 --> 0:37:03.759 Park for quite some time. There is tram service between 0:37:03.880 --> 0:37:07.200 Moore Park and then Kingsford and Randwick, so it's quite 0:37:07.320 --> 0:37:11.000 limited there. At the moment this investigation will take several hours. 0:37:11.040 --> 0:37:13.400 The police are actually speaking about it right now in 0:37:13.480 --> 0:37:15.920 the city. It is hoped those trams can run through 0:37:15.960 --> 0:37:19.200 the CBD itself soon, but at the moment they've had 0:37:19.280 --> 0:37:21.480 to bring in some replacement buses. One three, one eight 0:37:21.600 --> 0:37:23.919 seven three is our number. If you see something around 0:37:23.960 --> 0:37:26.560 Sydney that we need to know about SEMIA, text message 0:37:26.719 --> 0:37:29.759 zero four six zero eight three eight seven three. It 0:37:29.920 --> 0:37:32.960 looks like Tasmania is off to an election. The Premier 0:37:33.000 --> 0:37:36.759 in Tasmania, Jeremy Rockcliff, who is a Liberal Premier, has 0:37:37.239 --> 0:37:40.520 failed to win support in Parliament to effectively remain in 0:37:40.560 --> 0:37:43.080 the job. There's been a no confidence motion against him. 0:37:43.719 --> 0:37:46.520 Now the vote was locked at seventeen all The Speaker 0:37:46.600 --> 0:37:48.279 then had a casting vote, and the Speaker is a 0:37:48.320 --> 0:37:51.160 member of the Labour Party and she has voted against 0:37:51.440 --> 0:37:55.880 the premier, so eighteen seventeen that means that an election 0:37:56.280 --> 0:37:59.399 is all but likely. Now Jeremy Rockcliffe has been quite 0:37:59.400 --> 0:38:00.480 emotionally parliament. 0:38:00.640 --> 0:38:02.879 In my personal opinion, this is a very sad day 0:38:02.960 --> 0:38:03.640 for Tasmania. 0:38:04.880 --> 0:38:07.960 It's a sad day as well because I put a 0:38:08.040 --> 0:38:10.560 lot on line, on a lot on the line for 0:38:10.680 --> 0:38:11.320 this parliament. 0:38:12.280 --> 0:38:15.520 It wasn't easy to get a thirty five seed parliament. 0:38:16.040 --> 0:38:20.759 And yes, not everything's gone to plan, namely. 0:38:20.560 --> 0:38:24.040 A parliament in the State of Australia where everything goes 0:38:24.080 --> 0:38:24.439 to plan. 0:38:25.280 --> 0:38:27.279 Now, what this is all about is financial issues the 0:38:27.320 --> 0:38:32.440 Tasmanian government is facing. They're spending on infrastructure, various infrastructure programs. 0:38:32.680 --> 0:38:35.000 What is critical here though, is the plan for a 0:38:35.040 --> 0:38:37.160 new stadium in Hoba, which is partially funded by the 0:38:37.200 --> 0:38:39.960 federal government. And this is where it is attracting a 0:38:40.000 --> 0:38:44.239 lot of attention because Tasmania will have a new AFL team. Well, 0:38:44.280 --> 0:38:46.520 I say will. The plan was for Tasmania to have 0:38:46.600 --> 0:38:49.640 the Devils in the AFL. If the stadium is not built, 0:38:49.920 --> 0:38:53.200 the AFL won't proceed with that new team won't happen. 0:38:53.400 --> 0:38:55.440 And they've already been hiring people for this team as 0:38:55.520 --> 0:38:58.080 there's a board, there's management of this team as well. 0:38:58.800 --> 0:39:01.319 So this election may will be fought out on whether 0:39:01.560 --> 0:39:05.319 Tasmanians have their own team in the Australian Football League 0:39:06.000 --> 0:39:06.680 until six. 0:39:07.040 --> 0:39:10.360 This is Sydney now with Clinton Maynard on two GB 0:39:10.880 --> 0:39:11.399 call now. 0:39:11.480 --> 0:39:15.399 One three, one A seven three Dramas on the roads. 0:39:15.440 --> 0:39:18.440 At nine past four, Gary is on the Northern Beaches. 0:39:18.480 --> 0:39:19.359 What have you seen? Gary? 0:39:19.920 --> 0:39:23.680 Okay, just your listeners heading north on Pittwater Road on 0:39:23.800 --> 0:39:27.239 the corner of Tamena Street and Pittwater Road. Please have 0:39:27.520 --> 0:39:32.560 the Kelearway lane closed. This two car accident. A white 0:39:32.640 --> 0:39:36.640 van has punted a small blade vehicle into a telegraph 0:39:36.719 --> 0:39:40.319 pole and their total way. But I don't think there's 0:39:40.360 --> 0:39:44.080 anything too serious. But the traffic now starting to bank 0:39:44.160 --> 0:39:46.920 back because you've got three lanes merging into two. And 0:39:47.080 --> 0:39:49.360 this is Sydney in peak house, so you can imagine 0:39:49.360 --> 0:39:49.960 what's happening. 0:39:50.160 --> 0:39:55.400 Yeah, so that's Pittwater Road to Metas Street Mona Vale, correct, right, 0:39:55.600 --> 0:39:57.480 Thanks letting us know about that, garyt. Look, it looks 0:39:57.560 --> 0:40:00.399 like those including the driver who's been pun it into 0:40:00.440 --> 0:40:03.480 the powerpole, looks like they're going to be okay. But 0:40:03.600 --> 0:40:05.920 obviously at this time of the day that is causing dramas. 0:40:06.000 --> 0:40:08.840 Ten past four. It is all happening in mcquarie Street 0:40:09.280 --> 0:40:11.680 at the moment. Now coming up later this hour, David 0:40:11.719 --> 0:40:13.960 Elliott will be my guest, my straight shooter for a 0:40:14.040 --> 0:40:17.560 Thursday afternoon, former Liberal politician, of course, a four minister 0:40:18.040 --> 0:40:21.160 in the last coalition government. And I'll ask David about 0:40:21.200 --> 0:40:24.520 his opinions on Alan Stockdale and the comments he made 0:40:24.600 --> 0:40:27.319 to the Women's Council in New South Wales. You've all 0:40:27.360 --> 0:40:29.040 heard about it now. We brought it to you yesterday. 0:40:29.520 --> 0:40:31.680 The suggestion and look he was joking, and he's today 0:40:31.719 --> 0:40:33.360 came out and said he was joking. But the suggestion 0:40:33.440 --> 0:40:35.840 where he said, oh look we might need some quotas 0:40:35.880 --> 0:40:39.880 for men in the Liberal Party completely, it's inappropriate, particularly 0:40:39.920 --> 0:40:41.480 given the state of the Liberals at the moment. It's 0:40:41.719 --> 0:40:44.400 not the sort of comment that was needed. Chris Min's 0:40:44.400 --> 0:40:46.399 has responded in Parliament, what do you reckon? 0:40:46.480 --> 0:40:46.719 Boys? 0:40:46.760 --> 0:40:47.879 Can we squeeze another bloke? 0:40:47.920 --> 0:40:48.440 You're over there? 0:40:48.880 --> 0:40:51.120 Look at them all, mister speaker. 0:40:51.160 --> 0:40:53.879 It's like a men's shed. It's like a men's shed 0:40:54.000 --> 0:41:00.600 up there, mister Premier, Premier. And that comes after Hasmen Cattley, 0:41:00.640 --> 0:41:03.160 the Police Minister, accused Mark Speakman of being sexist. 0:41:03.400 --> 0:41:03.920 Yesterday. 0:41:04.160 --> 0:41:07.279 The leader of the opposition got up after question time 0:41:07.520 --> 0:41:10.920 and called me hysterical, not once, but twice. 0:41:12.040 --> 0:41:14.040 Mister Speaker, if a man came in here. 0:41:14.040 --> 0:41:17.840 With a strong view about you deliberately bagging the cops 0:41:17.920 --> 0:41:21.080 and trying to confuse the public about who is responsible 0:41:21.320 --> 0:41:23.520 for cracking down on a list of tobacco. 0:41:23.840 --> 0:41:29.360 Would you have used that language, member for cough sterical. No, 0:41:29.840 --> 0:41:31.759 it's a sexist word used by. 0:41:31.680 --> 0:41:34.080 A sex man. 0:41:34.200 --> 0:41:36.520 Now, Mark Speaker's come out and said no, No, I 0:41:36.560 --> 0:41:40.480 didn't call Yasmin Catley hysterical. I said her comments were hysterical. 0:41:40.600 --> 0:41:43.399 So look, it's the last week of a city, last 0:41:43.440 --> 0:41:46.040 Davis sitting week. They're all going just a little bit crazy, 0:41:46.120 --> 0:41:50.560 I think in macquarrey Street today and the worker's compensation 0:41:50.719 --> 0:41:53.399 laws and amendments so currently before the Upper House. Now, 0:41:53.560 --> 0:41:55.400 yesterday around this time, we brought you the news that 0:41:55.440 --> 0:41:59.440 the AEC had confirmed that the recount in Bradfield had 0:41:59.520 --> 0:42:03.279 resolved in the tier independent Nicolette Bullet being elected. Now 0:42:03.400 --> 0:42:06.840 Gizelle Captirian was in front by eight votes after the 0:42:06.920 --> 0:42:10.880 initial count, but after the recount, Nicolett Buller has recorded 0:42:11.080 --> 0:42:14.719 a win by twenty six votes. But this saga is 0:42:14.840 --> 0:42:17.200 not over. I've been speaking with people within the Liberal 0:42:17.239 --> 0:42:20.879 Party today and they're examining what grounds they may well 0:42:21.000 --> 0:42:23.920 have to take this to the Court and disputed Returns. Now, 0:42:23.960 --> 0:42:26.919 that doesn't mean even if the Liberal Party then makes 0:42:26.960 --> 0:42:29.680 a submissionor makes an application of the Court of Disputed Returns, 0:42:29.680 --> 0:42:31.560 they've got to do so within forty days. It doesn't 0:42:31.640 --> 0:42:34.960 mean the Court itself and it's effectively three High Court 0:42:35.040 --> 0:42:38.480 judges who form the court. It doesn't mean they themselves 0:42:38.760 --> 0:42:41.719 would hold a hearing of some sort, but they could. 0:42:42.640 --> 0:42:45.080 Now there's not a lot of precedent, which what's happening 0:42:45.120 --> 0:42:49.240 here very rare that a recount is then challenged legally. 0:42:49.920 --> 0:42:52.800 Graham Or is a University of Queensland Law School professor. 0:42:52.920 --> 0:42:55.320 He is an expert in this area and joins us. Professor, 0:42:55.440 --> 0:42:59.000 thank you for your time. You've been monitoring what's been 0:42:59.040 --> 0:43:02.160 happening in Field and it's one of those seats that 0:43:02.239 --> 0:43:06.040 is so close. We've now seen recounts in your view 0:43:06.080 --> 0:43:07.800 and how you've followed it. How do we get to 0:43:07.880 --> 0:43:11.160 this point of a recount resulting in a different result 0:43:11.280 --> 0:43:12.440 from the first outcome. 0:43:13.440 --> 0:43:15.759 The first outcome was what we are in law called 0:43:15.760 --> 0:43:18.920 the bees dick outcome. So then have a very thorough, 0:43:19.239 --> 0:43:22.520 fresh recount where the scrutinys will argue over different votes, 0:43:22.520 --> 0:43:26.200 and they're using the most experienced counters in the AEC. 0:43:26.560 --> 0:43:28.840 So there might still be some ballots that would be 0:43:29.239 --> 0:43:33.920 subject to disputation, but whether there's between fourteen and twenty 0:43:34.000 --> 0:43:36.959 seven to overturn the margin is one question. 0:43:37.520 --> 0:43:40.760 So AB's dick the legal terminology, Thank you, professor. 0:43:41.200 --> 0:43:43.600 Well, it's point oh two extent. But when you think 0:43:43.640 --> 0:43:46.279 about it, spent on many, many days doing a very 0:43:46.320 --> 0:43:48.719 thorough account, it's very unlikely that they would find enough 0:43:48.760 --> 0:43:51.520 contested ballots because the teals will have ballots that they 0:43:51.560 --> 0:43:53.800 would be wanting to contest, so the liberals will probably 0:43:53.840 --> 0:43:55.160 have to look for other grounds as well. 0:43:55.400 --> 0:43:57.719 So okay, so the grounds that the liberals will be 0:43:57.800 --> 0:44:01.600 looking for at the moment, what would they be examining. 0:44:02.360 --> 0:44:05.160 Right, So, in that long running recount, they would be 0:44:05.640 --> 0:44:08.240 taking notes and asking to have ballot sort of flagged 0:44:08.320 --> 0:44:11.200 where they disputed, whether it was formal or informal or 0:44:12.080 --> 0:44:13.440 you might think, well, how can this be? But there's 0:44:13.480 --> 0:44:15.560 a lot of older people or people who's handwriting is 0:44:15.600 --> 0:44:18.160 a bit shaky, people who might have signed the ballot, 0:44:18.200 --> 0:44:20.600 and there might be arguments about whether that identified them. 0:44:21.000 --> 0:44:23.120 The other type of ground that they might be trying 0:44:23.160 --> 0:44:25.520 to add to it, because if they can claim, like 0:44:25.640 --> 0:44:28.000 forteen votes are in the wrong pile, that they could 0:44:28.040 --> 0:44:30.759 claim the seat right, but that's very unlikely. But they 0:44:30.840 --> 0:44:33.400 may also be using the forty days to try and 0:44:33.480 --> 0:44:36.000 find other grounds, which could be things like, oh, there 0:44:36.040 --> 0:44:39.439 were some people enrolled who were improperly denied a vote, 0:44:39.560 --> 0:44:41.680 or there were a handful of people who weren't enrolled 0:44:41.719 --> 0:44:45.640 who were somehow voted. If they can cast enough doubt 0:44:45.880 --> 0:44:48.440 and show that we're likely the result would have been different, 0:44:48.520 --> 0:44:50.399 they might be able to get a fresh election as 0:44:50.440 --> 0:44:52.200 opposed to claiming the seat. 0:44:52.640 --> 0:44:55.680 So they would take just for instance, they do find, 0:44:56.000 --> 0:44:58.839 is the Liberal Party, for example, finding some grounds, they 0:44:59.040 --> 0:45:01.040 put that to the court. Does that then mean the 0:45:01.120 --> 0:45:03.840 court has an obligation themselves to conduct a hearing of 0:45:03.920 --> 0:45:05.080 some sort? Is that the way it works? 0:45:05.719 --> 0:45:07.839 Yes, So normally this would go to a single judge 0:45:08.000 --> 0:45:09.759 like of but because there's almost no law on this, 0:45:09.920 --> 0:45:12.160 it's all just fact based stuff, which would take several 0:45:12.239 --> 0:45:14.120 days in court, they'd refer it to the federal Court 0:45:14.160 --> 0:45:15.800 because the High court is not really a court, the 0:45:15.840 --> 0:45:19.719 whole trials and hearings, and then yes, the judge would 0:45:19.800 --> 0:45:21.920 have to summon up those ballots that may be being 0:45:21.960 --> 0:45:24.760 disputed and go through them one by one. The liberals 0:45:24.760 --> 0:45:26.480 would also have to try and find evidence in a 0:45:26.560 --> 0:45:29.080 reliable evidence, not just people saying, oh, you know, I 0:45:29.160 --> 0:45:32.200 didn't get a vote, people that were somehow denied aboute. 0:45:32.239 --> 0:45:33.640 And it won't just be the teal. 0:45:33.440 --> 0:45:36.440 Who would resist it. The AEC will be likely defending 0:45:36.520 --> 0:45:40.279 their own practices. So it's not so close that you 0:45:40.360 --> 0:45:42.560 could you'd say, look, it's it's a toss up coin. 0:45:42.680 --> 0:45:45.239 Would the judges themselves got to that point, would they 0:45:45.320 --> 0:45:47.320 be physically examining the ballot papers? 0:45:47.920 --> 0:45:50.080 They would, they would take some of them into custody. 0:45:50.080 --> 0:45:52.880 I think this happened in McEwan in two thousand Victoria, 0:45:52.960 --> 0:45:56.040 but it's very rare. As you said, I think the 0:45:56.120 --> 0:45:57.800 last time I can remember where you know, there was 0:45:57.840 --> 0:45:59.960 a very close margin of like twelve votes out of 0:46:00.120 --> 0:46:04.200 thirty thousand in Queensland nine ninety five, and some ballots 0:46:04.239 --> 0:46:06.560 didn't reach the defense horse in time, no salt of 0:46:06.560 --> 0:46:10.520 the Electric Commission. That result was overturned of the fresh 0:46:10.560 --> 0:46:13.080 election and actually change the government of the gost government laws. 0:46:13.120 --> 0:46:14.759 But that's the last time I can think we're a 0:46:14.880 --> 0:46:18.600 very close vote was overturned and sent to a new ballot. 0:46:19.320 --> 0:46:23.760 And so the court could the Court itself declare a winner. 0:46:24.200 --> 0:46:27.200 For instance, they could they overturn the decision of effectively 0:46:27.200 --> 0:46:29.279 the AEC is what the ac has come to. Or 0:46:29.360 --> 0:46:32.480 would they just by process call a new election and 0:46:32.600 --> 0:46:33.360 by election. 0:46:34.120 --> 0:46:35.960 If, and I think it's are unlikely there were enough 0:46:36.080 --> 0:46:38.960 votes that the court ruled should have been in the 0:46:39.040 --> 0:46:41.640 liberals pile and not in an informalre of the Teal pile, 0:46:41.920 --> 0:46:43.480 then they could award the seat to the Liberals. 0:46:43.520 --> 0:46:44.919 That would be very very rare. 0:46:45.680 --> 0:46:47.959 More likely they would probably find it weren't enough votes 0:46:48.000 --> 0:46:50.960 and they would reaffirm the Teal. But if there are 0:46:50.960 --> 0:46:52.920 other grounds, including as I said, you know, people who 0:46:52.920 --> 0:46:55.719 shouldn't have voted, people who couldn't vote because of some 0:46:55.840 --> 0:46:57.880 ara of the AEC, and they might be able to 0:46:58.200 --> 0:47:01.440 get it into the fresh election territory. The last time 0:47:01.480 --> 0:47:03.600 we had a quarters to the returns case was actually 0:47:03.640 --> 0:47:06.759 a Liberal seat down in Victoria in twenty nineteen, but 0:47:06.840 --> 0:47:10.040 that was they had misleading Chinese how to vote material, 0:47:10.560 --> 0:47:12.560 but the margin was five hundred there so even though 0:47:12.600 --> 0:47:15.360 the Liberals had broken the law, the margin was just 0:47:15.800 --> 0:47:16.760 too big to overturn. 0:47:16.800 --> 0:47:19.319 It's a much bigger margin. Yeah, So in your view, 0:47:19.440 --> 0:47:21.520 how you've watched this, how do you think the next 0:47:21.560 --> 0:47:22.720 couple of weeks going to transpire. 0:47:23.760 --> 0:47:25.480 I suppose it'll be on the radio. But if they 0:47:25.520 --> 0:47:27.759 do go to court, there's two issues. I mean, the 0:47:27.760 --> 0:47:29.760 issue is that, you know, we've got a good case, 0:47:29.800 --> 0:47:31.279 and there's also this issue where we want to risk 0:47:31.320 --> 0:47:32.920 the money if they end up. If they lose, the 0:47:32.960 --> 0:47:35.840 Liberals would have to pay the costs of the AAC 0:47:36.160 --> 0:47:39.080 and the Teal. Even if the Liberals get Barrasses to 0:47:39.120 --> 0:47:41.000 do it at rates for themselves, it still could be 0:47:41.000 --> 0:47:43.839 a several day hearing. On the other hand, they might 0:47:43.920 --> 0:47:45.520 want to, you know, at least keep us some kind 0:47:45.520 --> 0:47:48.200 of cloud over the Teal, just because they hate losing 0:47:48.280 --> 0:47:52.120 seats like this, and once the Teal's getting trenched, it's 0:47:52.239 --> 0:47:54.360 very hard to win back. But that's something for the 0:47:54.440 --> 0:47:57.520 Liberal Party and their lawyers to discuss. But we all 0:47:57.600 --> 0:47:59.560 know that North through or Sydney is the center of Australia, 0:47:59.600 --> 0:48:00.920 so I'm sure we'll be talking about this. 0:48:01.400 --> 0:48:03.239 If there's a case, certainly we'll be thank you for 0:48:03.239 --> 0:48:08.040 your expertise anytime. Professor Grahmore Law, he's from the University 0:48:08.360 --> 0:48:11.960 of Queensland. He's an expert in electoral law. I've spoken 0:48:12.000 --> 0:48:13.640 to people within the Liberal Party the moment they up 0:48:13.800 --> 0:48:16.279 obviously because it's such a type margin twenty six they're 0:48:16.320 --> 0:48:18.560 looking at this very closely. They're not making any commitment 0:48:18.560 --> 0:48:21.759 at the moment. They will have about forty days once 0:48:21.840 --> 0:48:24.279 the ritz are finalized. They have forty days from that 0:48:24.440 --> 0:48:27.560 point they will be looking at whether there are grounds 0:48:27.600 --> 0:48:31.440 that potentially there is a group of voters who weren't 0:48:31.480 --> 0:48:34.160 given the opportunity to vote. For instance, So if you 0:48:35.000 --> 0:48:38.120 and I had to look at a seat back in Queensland, 0:48:38.960 --> 0:48:42.640 was the seat of Herbert in twenty sixteen and it 0:48:42.760 --> 0:48:45.600 was won by Kathy O'Toole who was the Labour candidate, 0:48:46.040 --> 0:48:48.279 and then there was a recount and then she still won. 0:48:48.360 --> 0:48:50.800 But there was and this was Malcolm Turnbull was the 0:48:50.920 --> 0:48:53.280 leader of the Liberal Party, and there was a claim 0:48:53.400 --> 0:48:56.640 that soldiers at a local barracks in Toowoomba weren't given 0:48:56.640 --> 0:48:59.760 the opportunity to vote because they were on an exercise 0:48:59.760 --> 0:49:02.560 in Australia and then they didn't vote. Now, the Liberal 0:49:02.600 --> 0:49:06.040 Party looked closely at that. But even despite that claim, 0:49:06.239 --> 0:49:08.040 it didn't get all the way to the Court of 0:49:08.080 --> 0:49:11.839 Disputed Returns, so those three High Court judges. So it's 0:49:11.880 --> 0:49:13.879 while it's happened at a few times at a state level, 0:49:14.320 --> 0:49:17.920 it's basically unprecedented at a federal level. There was a 0:49:18.000 --> 0:49:21.480 case in two thousand and seven in Victoria, McEwan where 0:49:21.560 --> 0:49:25.680 on first count Labour's Rob Mitchell won from fran Bailey. 0:49:25.719 --> 0:49:28.000 You remember hers, she was a tourism minister in Liberal Party. 0:49:28.600 --> 0:49:31.160 He won by seven votes. There was then a recount 0:49:32.600 --> 0:49:36.279 and Bailey won by twelve votes. So Mitchell then challenged it. 0:49:36.400 --> 0:49:40.080 Labour challenged it and it was considered by the High 0:49:40.160 --> 0:49:43.160 Court justices, the three judges, but it didn't actually get 0:49:43.160 --> 0:49:45.839 to the point of a hearing as such. So there's 0:49:45.880 --> 0:49:47.719 still a fair bit of water to go under the bridge, 0:49:47.760 --> 0:49:49.719 but it will take a lot for the Liberals to 0:49:49.800 --> 0:49:53.200 get this result overturned. It's twenty past four, twenty four 0:49:53.239 --> 0:49:56.480 past four. This news just to hand. Some limited light 0:49:56.600 --> 0:50:01.360 rail services are now running between Circular Key and more Park. 0:50:01.840 --> 0:50:06.160 Now it's very slow, it's not moving quickly, but very 0:50:06.280 --> 0:50:08.520 limited services are now running, so if you are planning 0:50:08.520 --> 0:50:09.800 to use a lot rail you're going to have to 0:50:09.840 --> 0:50:12.000 give yourself a lot of extra time. But they were 0:50:12.080 --> 0:50:15.520 completely cut because of the fatality that's occurred devon Shear 0:50:15.600 --> 0:50:18.800 Street in Surrey Hills this afternoon. A man aged in 0:50:18.920 --> 0:50:22.400 his forties has been killed. A little more detail has 0:50:22.480 --> 0:50:26.120 now come from Inspector Andrew Lessing from New South Wales Police. 0:50:26.239 --> 0:50:28.840 At this stage he was waiting on the platform and 0:50:28.960 --> 0:50:31.640 then stepped off to try and cross the tram line 0:50:32.040 --> 0:50:34.600 between the carriages. But obviously that had formed part of 0:50:34.640 --> 0:50:38.800 our report to the coroner, witness statements and further CCTV 0:50:38.920 --> 0:50:43.120 canvas and it appears to be a set of tragic circumstances. 0:50:44.080 --> 0:50:46.320 But yeah, it was on the platform moving off, so 0:50:46.440 --> 0:50:50.160 that investigation will continue. In Parliament House, the upper House 0:50:50.239 --> 0:50:54.200 is currently debating the State government's workers' compensation legislation. The 0:50:54.280 --> 0:50:57.520 government is desperate to have this legislation passed by the 0:50:57.640 --> 0:50:59.279 end of the night. Today is the last sitting day 0:50:59.320 --> 0:51:01.800 of the week. They want to pass now so the 0:51:01.920 --> 0:51:04.359 changes can be included in the budget, and they say 0:51:04.920 --> 0:51:08.600 by making these changes it will prevent significant premium increases 0:51:08.680 --> 0:51:11.880 kicking in from July one. There are arguments now being 0:51:11.920 --> 0:51:14.719 made in the Chamber against what is occurring and what 0:51:14.840 --> 0:51:17.239 the government wants to do, including from the Greens MP. 0:51:17.400 --> 0:51:19.160 Abigail Boyd has been quite emotional. 0:51:19.400 --> 0:51:22.680 Labor members often talk about change from within, but how 0:51:22.800 --> 0:51:26.120 far do you have to change yourselves from within, to 0:51:26.320 --> 0:51:29.879 change your own principles in order to contort yourselves into 0:51:29.920 --> 0:51:33.360 a person here today who is capable of sitting quiet 0:51:33.840 --> 0:51:38.840 while something this unconscionable, something that would cost actual lives 0:51:39.440 --> 0:51:42.719 in a more immediate way than anything else you've been 0:51:42.760 --> 0:51:46.080 asked to support happens in your name. You may not 0:51:46.440 --> 0:51:49.719 like me particularly right now, or my party. You may 0:51:49.800 --> 0:51:51.920 not like the coalition most of the time, I don't. 0:51:52.440 --> 0:51:54.880 You may not even like your own party right now. 0:51:55.600 --> 0:51:59.320 But you need to like yourselves, Abigail boy they're appealing 0:51:59.360 --> 0:52:01.160 to Greens back benches in the Upper House to vote 0:52:01.160 --> 0:52:03.840 against their own legislation, which that's not going to happen, 0:52:04.239 --> 0:52:06.279 and she's claiming that lives will be lost if this 0:52:06.480 --> 0:52:10.279 legislation is passed. There's a fine balance there because there 0:52:10.320 --> 0:52:13.080 are clearly many people also routing the system, and that's 0:52:13.080 --> 0:52:17.480 what the government is trying to now prevent one three 0:52:17.560 --> 0:52:20.359 one eight seventy three, so legally the New South Wales 0:52:20.440 --> 0:52:22.680 Liberal Party is considering what grounds they may have to 0:52:22.800 --> 0:52:25.719 challenge the result in Bradfield that has seen Nicolette Bull 0:52:25.880 --> 0:52:28.600 the Tea Or claim the seat by twenty six votes. 0:52:28.640 --> 0:52:31.680 Hello Ryl Hi, do you live in the area. 0:52:32.200 --> 0:52:34.560 I live in the area of Bradfield, Yes, I do. 0:52:34.960 --> 0:52:35.919 What do you think should happen? 0:52:36.640 --> 0:52:38.759 There should be a by election or whatever you want 0:52:38.800 --> 0:52:42.799 to call it. It's too close and with the preferential 0:52:42.880 --> 0:52:45.320 voting system that you have here. I mean I was 0:52:45.360 --> 0:52:49.560 born overseas, I'm Australian, but there are people who manipulate 0:52:49.760 --> 0:52:53.200 know how to manipulate the preferential voting and this margin 0:52:53.360 --> 0:52:56.080 is so close that I don't think anyone's going to 0:52:56.080 --> 0:52:57.560 be comfortable with either of them. 0:52:57.840 --> 0:53:00.840 And I think the big difference is between previous close 0:53:00.960 --> 0:53:03.680 votes is the fact that it has changed what happened 0:53:03.680 --> 0:53:06.000 to Kewan many years ago in Victoria. The fact that 0:53:06.080 --> 0:53:09.439 the Liberal initially was the leader and now it's it's 0:53:09.960 --> 0:53:12.600 gone to the Teal. That's different from usually when there's 0:53:12.600 --> 0:53:16.160 these bit close votes. There's still the same outcome, but 0:53:16.280 --> 0:53:18.400 this is significantly different. I think there'll be quite a 0:53:18.400 --> 0:53:21.160 lot of people in Bradford who want a revote. I 0:53:21.520 --> 0:53:25.040 doubt that's going to happen, but time will tell. It's 0:53:25.080 --> 0:53:26.920 Clinton Maine with you this afternoon, but dealing with a 0:53:26.960 --> 0:53:28.800 lot of hard news on the program so far. But 0:53:29.320 --> 0:53:31.880 this has just been sent to me via email today. 0:53:32.480 --> 0:53:34.640 I'm on the mailing list for Domino's pizzas they don't 0:53:34.640 --> 0:53:37.600 have any commercial arrangements at the radio station. And it's 0:53:37.640 --> 0:53:41.120 their new meat pie crust pizza. Believe they're selling it 0:53:41.200 --> 0:53:45.160 from this week and it's it's a pizza and instead 0:53:45.200 --> 0:53:49.400 of the normal base, the edge of the base, so 0:53:49.520 --> 0:53:53.520 the crust of the pizza features four and twenty beef 0:53:53.719 --> 0:53:56.880 mini pies one, two, three, four, five, six, The seven 0:53:56.960 --> 0:54:00.320 pies around in a circular in a circle at the 0:54:00.440 --> 0:54:02.920 edge of the pizza. So just think about that. You're 0:54:02.920 --> 0:54:05.560 having your Hawaiian pizza, you're having your ham and pineapple pizza, 0:54:06.239 --> 0:54:08.160 and you're about to bite into the crust. But instead 0:54:08.160 --> 0:54:11.719 of just biding into usual pizza dough, you're biting into 0:54:11.760 --> 0:54:14.680 a meat pie and it's actually got dollops of sauce 0:54:14.760 --> 0:54:17.520 on each one of the little party pies before you 0:54:17.560 --> 0:54:21.640 get to the meat. The actual pizza bit a curious flavor. 0:54:22.040 --> 0:54:27.920 The mixing the pineapple with the meat pie flavor very strange. 0:54:28.120 --> 0:54:31.320 Now we have been absolutely treated here at TWOGB today. 0:54:32.160 --> 0:54:37.960 Our boss Burnsy actually he moonlights making donuts. And I 0:54:38.040 --> 0:54:40.400 know there's one of the big donut retailers who's going 0:54:40.440 --> 0:54:44.640 to have some special donut promotion tomorrow. Forget them. Burnsy 0:54:44.800 --> 0:54:46.520 is the king of donuts. I know there's that outlet 0:54:46.560 --> 0:54:48.239 called Donut King. Well, Burnsy, I think he's going to 0:54:48.280 --> 0:54:49.960 open his own donut King on the side of working 0:54:50.000 --> 0:54:52.320 here at TWOGB running the show. He has made the 0:54:52.400 --> 0:54:56.200 most delicious cinnamon donuts today. He's done three running. He 0:54:56.280 --> 0:54:59.279 brought it seriously. He brought in the deep fryer. We've 0:54:59.280 --> 0:55:01.520 got a little balcon here at two GB that's usually locked. 0:55:01.600 --> 0:55:03.920 People don't go out there. Burns. He found the key, 0:55:04.080 --> 0:55:07.320 set up the deep fly And how how many donuts 0:55:07.360 --> 0:55:10.880 has he produced today? Probably about three hundred. I reckon 0:55:11.280 --> 0:55:13.080 the one nine eighty five. He would have heard about 0:55:13.080 --> 0:55:16.840 that on Levey as well as his baconing worl. Absolutely sensational. Burnsey, 0:55:17.200 --> 0:55:19.160 well done, We are you one let's check out his 0:55:19.239 --> 0:55:25.360 headlines and we all latest Josh Bright. 0:55:25.400 --> 0:55:29.200 Good afternoon, Clinton, Tasmania's premier will request the state's second 0:55:29.280 --> 0:55:32.880 election in fifteen months. A no confidence motion forcing him 0:55:32.920 --> 0:55:36.040 out of the state's top job has passed State Parliament. 0:55:36.400 --> 0:55:39.640 Police in Sydney say they're speaking to witnesses and reviewing 0:55:39.719 --> 0:55:43.040 security footage as they investigate how a man came to 0:55:43.120 --> 0:55:46.600 be fatally struck by a light rail carriage in Surrey Hills. 0:55:46.920 --> 0:55:50.400 The Coalition has formally decided to oppose the Federal government's 0:55:50.480 --> 0:55:53.800 super tax changes in parliament, and drivers are being reminded 0:55:53.880 --> 0:55:56.840 double demerits will be inforced from midnight to night ahead 0:55:56.880 --> 0:55:59.800 of the King's Birthday long weekend in Sport. The Giants 0:55:59.800 --> 0:56:03.120 and being back Breton Daniels for Saturday nights AFL clash 0:56:03.160 --> 0:56:06.120 with Port Adelaide. The small forward missed the past eight 0:56:06.239 --> 0:56:08.680 games with an abdominal injury. We'll have more news and 0:56:08.719 --> 0:56:09.279 sported five. 0:56:09.360 --> 0:56:11.360 Thank you, Josh. Fifteen degrees on the coast at the 0:56:11.400 --> 0:56:14.479 moment at Holsworthy, it's sixteen degrees. Josh just mentioned. Double 0:56:14.520 --> 0:56:18.280 demerits reinforced from midnight tonight, running across the King's Birthday 0:56:18.360 --> 0:56:20.560 Long weekend. No, it's not the Queen's Birthday Long week anymore, 0:56:20.800 --> 0:56:23.520 the King's Birthday Long weekend. I'll be speaking with the 0:56:23.600 --> 0:56:26.360 head of the Highway Patrol a little after five o'clock, 0:56:26.600 --> 0:56:29.800 David Elliott, with straight Shooters coming up as well. Trams 0:56:29.800 --> 0:56:33.359 are now running again in the city, limited service. They 0:56:33.400 --> 0:56:35.560 are delayed, so ife you usually use the light rail, 0:56:35.640 --> 0:56:38.480 the T two or the T three line to Kingsford 0:56:38.840 --> 0:56:41.160 and Randwick. I'd suggest still giving it a miss. Sadly, 0:56:41.160 --> 0:56:43.839 a man in his forties has been killed today. There 0:56:43.920 --> 0:56:47.280 was an accident devon Shears Street, Surrey Hills a little earlier. 0:56:47.680 --> 0:56:50.759 But they do have light rail operating once again. It 0:56:50.920 --> 0:56:53.080 is very slow and at the moment it is a 0:56:53.200 --> 0:56:56.640 limited service. The toy retailer Toys Are Russ has gone 0:56:56.719 --> 0:56:59.479 bust once again. Now Toys are US and they owned 0:56:59.800 --> 0:57:02.200 They had a lot of stores around the country and 0:57:02.239 --> 0:57:05.600 it was an adaptation of the American brand. They closed 0:57:05.600 --> 0:57:07.680 down I would have been maybe five, six, seven, eight 0:57:07.760 --> 0:57:10.400 years ago. Now they couldn't compete with Big w and 0:57:10.480 --> 0:57:13.920 some of the other discount retailers, but they were revived 0:57:13.920 --> 0:57:16.320 and there've been an online retailer well. It looks like 0:57:16.560 --> 0:57:19.560 they've gone bust once again. Their shares have been suspended 0:57:19.600 --> 0:57:22.240 today from the Australian Stock Market. They've handed themselves over 0:57:22.280 --> 0:57:25.160 to administrators. And this is the second time buyers are 0:57:25.160 --> 0:57:27.200 being sought out for the collapsed business. So it was 0:57:27.240 --> 0:57:30.440 twenty eighteen administrators were last appointed and that's when they 0:57:30.520 --> 0:57:32.640 did have stores across the country. You'd remember them. They 0:57:32.640 --> 0:57:34.160 were in most of the big shopping centers and I 0:57:34.240 --> 0:57:37.240 actually think it's such a loss not having a big 0:57:37.320 --> 0:57:41.000 toy chain like Toys r US anymore. Australia Posters today 0:57:41.040 --> 0:57:44.440 announced that it's equipping its posters with citronella spray. Now, 0:57:44.640 --> 0:57:47.760 yesterday afternoon we spoke a lot on the program about 0:57:47.920 --> 0:57:51.360 dogs off leash, off their leads and the troubles they 0:57:51.360 --> 0:57:53.640 can cause, and some local councils have made submissions to 0:57:53.680 --> 0:57:56.160 the state government and the state governments reviewing the Companion 0:57:56.200 --> 0:57:59.000 Animals Act. At the moment, they've made submissions to increase 0:57:59.040 --> 0:58:04.120 penalties for owners, in particular doing the wrong thing. Well, incidentally, 0:58:04.440 --> 0:58:07.160 Australia Posts says they're going to need to equip posties 0:58:07.200 --> 0:58:10.800 with citronella spray. Why because of the big increase in 0:58:10.880 --> 0:58:14.640 the number of dog related incidents. In six months, forty 0:58:14.720 --> 0:58:18.400 four posties a week fall victim to a threatening dog, 0:58:18.600 --> 0:58:22.560 So it's nine per day. Australia's Post says, despite repeated 0:58:22.600 --> 0:58:26.280 appeals from dog owners to secure dogs during deliveries, data 0:58:26.320 --> 0:58:30.240 reveals more than one and fifty dog related incidents occurring 0:58:30.280 --> 0:58:33.320 in just six months. It highlights the growing concern for 0:58:33.400 --> 0:58:36.919 the physical and psychological well being of posties. Australia Post 0:58:36.960 --> 0:58:39.720 says the spray won't be harmful. It will only be 0:58:39.800 --> 0:58:42.200 used as a last line of defense to protect team 0:58:42.240 --> 0:58:48.240 members from imminent attack. Wow, okay, so the posts they 0:58:48.240 --> 0:58:52.240 will now have citronella spray to fight the attacking. 0:58:51.920 --> 0:58:58.800 Dogs on Sidney. Now you trance handle the truth the 0:58:59.120 --> 0:59:00.040 streets into. 0:59:01.680 --> 0:59:04.200 Our straight shotor on a Thursday afternoon. Is the former 0:59:04.280 --> 0:59:07.120 Minister in New South Wales and the coalition government, David Elliott, 0:59:07.160 --> 0:59:09.400 longtime Liberal Party member, So he can give us an 0:59:09.400 --> 0:59:11.200 insight and exactly what's going on in the Liberal Party 0:59:11.200 --> 0:59:14.080 at the moment. Hello David, Hello Clinton, Alan Stockdale. 0:59:15.560 --> 0:59:18.200 Well, if I had to write an episode of Yes 0:59:18.400 --> 0:59:21.960 Minister dedicated to how you'd send the political party into 0:59:22.560 --> 0:59:29.600 implosion mode, I'd probably include two entitled geriatrics from another state, 0:59:30.200 --> 0:59:32.680 and that's exactly what we've got at the moment. And 0:59:33.120 --> 0:59:35.919 Allen has actually done something that many in the Liberal 0:59:35.960 --> 0:59:38.280 Party have been trying to do for decades and he's 0:59:38.400 --> 0:59:41.080 united everybody, but they've all been united to oppose his 0:59:41.920 --> 0:59:44.520 role in the restructure of the party. 0:59:44.640 --> 0:59:46.600 So it's been very well reported now in the past 0:59:46.600 --> 0:59:48.560 twenty four hours. We brought you the news yesterday about 0:59:48.560 --> 0:59:52.080 the comments that he made in early a teleconference to 0:59:52.680 --> 0:59:57.120 a women's council meeting. Completely can't read the room clearly 0:59:57.160 --> 0:59:58.959 on Stockdale, but just for a bit of background because 0:59:58.960 --> 1:00:01.240 some people aren't quite aware of going on here, Alan 1:00:01.280 --> 1:00:04.720 Stockdale and Richard Austen former how a government minister had 1:00:04.880 --> 1:00:07.320 along with Peter Seaton, had been appointed to try and 1:00:07.920 --> 1:00:11.360 sort out the Liberal Party rewrite the constitution. He's from Victoria, 1:00:11.400 --> 1:00:12.280 He's not from New South Wales. 1:00:12.400 --> 1:00:12.760 That's right. 1:00:12.840 --> 1:00:15.440 There was and there was probably a good reason for 1:00:16.600 --> 1:00:19.200 Peter Dutton step in, particularly after the Devaca with the 1:00:19.280 --> 1:00:21.760 local government campaign, and there was a you know, and 1:00:21.880 --> 1:00:24.160 it was the party does have some issues when it 1:00:24.200 --> 1:00:29.760 comes to fastionalism. But I must say when we're looking 1:00:29.800 --> 1:00:32.280 at the demographic that we have to now appeal to 1:00:33.600 --> 1:00:36.080 and looking at the demographic that is represented in that 1:00:36.240 --> 1:00:39.920 three person committee, you have to ask yourself if we're singing. 1:00:39.680 --> 1:00:40.800 From the right song sheet. 1:00:41.320 --> 1:00:42.040 And I think. 1:00:42.400 --> 1:00:44.680 If I was, if I was out in Stockdale, i'd 1:00:44.720 --> 1:00:47.600 resigned today. And I think that there should be people 1:00:47.760 --> 1:00:50.680 in the Liberal Party calling for him to resign because 1:00:51.000 --> 1:00:52.720 he's put us, He's put. 1:00:52.600 --> 1:00:54.640 The party reputation in disrepute. Yes, it was a jake. 1:00:54.680 --> 1:00:58.040 We've all made stupid Jack's goodnessign that I'm king of 1:00:58.120 --> 1:01:02.000 stupid Jackson. But you know, when you're when you've got 1:01:02.200 --> 1:01:05.920 this issue with being so sensitive, and you've got that's 1:01:06.000 --> 1:01:11.439 the issue of demographics and of representation, and you've got 1:01:11.960 --> 1:01:16.840 a person that doesn't really understand politics in this city, 1:01:17.000 --> 1:01:19.800 let alone this state. I think it's proof positive that 1:01:20.800 --> 1:01:23.480 that that the reform that he's going to be trying 1:01:23.520 --> 1:01:25.320 to bring in will be probably just knocked on. 1:01:25.320 --> 1:01:26.680 The head out of spite. 1:01:26.880 --> 1:01:28.800 So his term was to end, I think at the 1:01:28.920 --> 1:01:33.040 end of this, and they're seeking extension because they actually 1:01:33.080 --> 1:01:34.680 haven't finished rewriting the constitution. 1:01:34.960 --> 1:01:39.440 Yeah, well, I mean nobody has seen a draft version 1:01:39.520 --> 1:01:42.120 of that. I hoping that Mark Speatman and Susan Lee 1:01:42.160 --> 1:01:46.640 have seen a draft. But nobody's saying that we didn't 1:01:46.720 --> 1:01:48.960 need to have federal intervention. We certainly did need to 1:01:49.000 --> 1:01:51.800 have federal intervention. But I think we got it wrong 1:01:51.840 --> 1:01:53.920 when we when we picked when we picked it a 1:01:54.000 --> 1:01:56.960 couple of our blokes from Victoria. I mean, I can't 1:01:57.040 --> 1:02:00.800 imagine going down to Victoria or South Australia and giving 1:02:00.880 --> 1:02:02.800 them instruction about how to do politics. 1:02:02.880 --> 1:02:05.439 Just couldn't imagine it. And this is all the same 1:02:05.520 --> 1:02:07.480 day it was revealed in the web, but it was 1:02:07.480 --> 1:02:09.800 revealed yesterday and the same day that the AEC declares 1:02:09.880 --> 1:02:12.200 that the Liberals have lost another Blue ribbon seat. 1:02:12.200 --> 1:02:15.040 That's exactly right, I mean, And this is an issue. 1:02:15.040 --> 1:02:17.600 While we're talking about quotas, which I don't agree with, 1:02:17.720 --> 1:02:20.200 but we're talking about diversity and while we're talking about 1:02:20.240 --> 1:02:24.320 who is our new constituency, Well, yesterday was proof positive 1:02:24.360 --> 1:02:27.320 our new constituency are working people from the outer suburbs. 1:02:27.640 --> 1:02:28.360 That's all we've got. 1:02:28.800 --> 1:02:31.080 We've got Lindsay, we've got Barrara, we've got Mitchell and 1:02:31.160 --> 1:02:31.840 we've got Cook. 1:02:32.040 --> 1:02:32.320 That's it. 1:02:32.720 --> 1:02:35.880 So if you're wanting to find out in this town, 1:02:35.960 --> 1:02:39.720 particularly who our demographic is it is lowell, middle class 1:02:40.600 --> 1:02:45.960 tradees and families that live in those out of perimeter areas, 1:02:46.000 --> 1:02:47.959 and now we've got to build on that. We can't 1:02:48.040 --> 1:02:50.800 lose them. And that's exactly what we're doing now. 1:02:51.040 --> 1:02:52.800 A lot of people because they tell me in that 1:02:52.920 --> 1:02:56.360 demographic bi legal cigarettes and they've been telling me now 1:02:56.400 --> 1:02:58.080 for the last year. The reeks, I've been banging on 1:02:58.160 --> 1:02:59.920 about this for a long time now, but have been 1:03:00.000 --> 1:03:01.640 telling me about this for the last year. There's simple 1:03:01.640 --> 1:03:03.520 reason they do, their law abiding citizens usually, but the 1:03:03.600 --> 1:03:05.800 reason they're doing is because the price differential is so bad. 1:03:06.600 --> 1:03:09.439 I took my hat off to Chris Mins this week 1:03:09.520 --> 1:03:11.800 for becoming really the first politician to actually argue against 1:03:11.840 --> 1:03:13.240 the excise or that the level of it. 1:03:13.600 --> 1:03:16.560 Well, and all power to Chris, and I think I'm 1:03:16.560 --> 1:03:18.240 seeing him next week and I'm going to give him 1:03:18.720 --> 1:03:22.600 a wrap for this because ten years ago, when I 1:03:22.720 --> 1:03:25.120 was first made Minister and the Justice portfolio, as the 1:03:25.160 --> 1:03:28.640 tobacco industry came and spoke to me and they said, listen, 1:03:28.720 --> 1:03:31.720 this chop chop is bad news. It is going to 1:03:32.000 --> 1:03:35.080 forfeit the taxpayer. It's a rightful excise. Okay, that's a 1:03:35.120 --> 1:03:38.440 good consideration, but it's going to be used to do 1:03:38.680 --> 1:03:44.560 everything from funding counter terrorism organizations to money laundering everything 1:03:44.720 --> 1:03:47.360 that the tobacco industry. And you can say what you 1:03:47.520 --> 1:03:49.040 like about them, but they did their work on this 1:03:49.160 --> 1:03:52.040 particular brief. Everything that they told me was going to 1:03:52.080 --> 1:03:54.080 occur has now occurred in the last couple of years, 1:03:54.560 --> 1:03:57.080 and I think that Mens is in the right space 1:03:57.640 --> 1:04:00.560 to push the envelope on this is dead. This is 1:04:01.560 --> 1:04:05.200 prohibition all over again. And the criminals, like they did 1:04:05.280 --> 1:04:07.280 in the nineteen thirties in the United States and now 1:04:07.440 --> 1:04:10.439 using tobacco, particularly the cost and the illability for people 1:04:10.520 --> 1:04:14.280 to afford tobacco. They're using that as low hanging fruit 1:04:14.320 --> 1:04:17.200 when it comes to funding their operations. And I think 1:04:17.880 --> 1:04:22.040 it just goes to show how disengaged Canberra is for 1:04:22.120 --> 1:04:25.000 their just immediately dismissing Chris on this. And I also 1:04:25.080 --> 1:04:27.640 think that it should be bipartisan. I'd like to see 1:04:27.680 --> 1:04:29.680 the opposition jumping up and down about this as well 1:04:29.720 --> 1:04:31.560 the new stuff I was opposition. I think I think 1:04:31.960 --> 1:04:34.919 Mark Speakman should be getting on this issue and making 1:04:34.960 --> 1:04:38.200 sure that the Premier has as the maximum amount of 1:04:38.200 --> 1:04:39.400 politically air cover that it can get. 1:04:39.520 --> 1:04:42.360 Jim Charmer's shot it down pretty quickly, though. Does it 1:04:42.520 --> 1:04:44.680 help in practice because you were in power when there 1:04:44.760 --> 1:04:46.800 was a liberal government, a coalition government power in Canberra? 1:04:46.920 --> 1:04:49.480 Does it help when there's a labor government? Canbra a 1:04:49.560 --> 1:04:52.120 labor government in New South Wales to negotiate on these 1:04:52.120 --> 1:04:52.560 sort of things? 1:04:53.800 --> 1:04:56.120 You know what, I never really found it. I had 1:04:56.520 --> 1:04:59.040 just as good a relationship with Catherine King when I 1:04:59.120 --> 1:05:03.640 was Transport Minister as I did with the federal Liberal transportman. 1:05:03.680 --> 1:05:06.160 This is that's the beauty about Australian politics. We actually 1:05:06.240 --> 1:05:11.360 have personal relationships on both sides and it's important that 1:05:11.480 --> 1:05:14.360 there's a bit of a level of trust there. Charterers 1:05:14.760 --> 1:05:17.840 I thought was quite bizarre him just basically immediately dismissing it, 1:05:17.920 --> 1:05:20.240 because clearly when the Treasurer is dismissing something, it means 1:05:20.280 --> 1:05:23.160 that he's worried about the bottom line. Well, I was 1:05:23.200 --> 1:05:25.520 coming down though, that's exactly right, and this is this 1:05:25.680 --> 1:05:28.040 is what I could. I don't think he understood exactly 1:05:28.120 --> 1:05:30.120 what the Premier was trying to highlight the fact that 1:05:30.200 --> 1:05:34.720 there we are forfeiting exercise by the illegal tobacco. You're also, 1:05:34.800 --> 1:05:39.320 by the way, Treasurer are potentially aiding money laundering and 1:05:40.320 --> 1:05:44.720 criminal activity. So if your argument is, oh, well I 1:05:45.040 --> 1:05:47.919 can't afford it, well you can't afford not to this new. 1:05:47.800 --> 1:05:49.640 South Well's health that has the job of And I 1:05:49.760 --> 1:05:52.720 spoke to an inspector at length off air this week 1:05:52.800 --> 1:05:54.800 and he went to chapter in verse how it all works, 1:05:54.840 --> 1:05:57.960 and look, he does his best, but he conceides it's 1:05:57.960 --> 1:06:01.040 just simply not enough of them. Christ miss is indicated 1:06:01.040 --> 1:06:03.240 that might need to move responsibility to the police. When 1:06:03.240 --> 1:06:06.160 you were a police minister, had police express concerns about 1:06:06.160 --> 1:06:06.800 the growing market? 1:06:07.240 --> 1:06:07.520 No, not. 1:06:08.120 --> 1:06:11.280 The irony is that I had my eye on this 1:06:11.480 --> 1:06:14.320 issue as the counter Terrorism Minister, not necessarily as the 1:06:14.400 --> 1:06:17.480 police minister, and for those reasons because it was very 1:06:17.560 --> 1:06:21.360 much a health in the health jurisdiction. But I think 1:06:21.400 --> 1:06:24.080 when you're looking at the element the type of people 1:06:24.160 --> 1:06:26.880 that are benefiting and profiting from a legal tobacco, then 1:06:26.920 --> 1:06:28.920 it does become a police matter because not only is 1:06:28.920 --> 1:06:32.360 it important for the police, who there's fourteen fifteen thousand 1:06:32.360 --> 1:06:34.520 of them out there, so they certainly have the ability 1:06:34.640 --> 1:06:39.400 to run an operation, an ongoing operation, or to maintain compliance, 1:06:40.120 --> 1:06:43.160 but also they know what to look out for when 1:06:43.200 --> 1:06:45.720 it comes to a legal activity, and people that have 1:06:45.920 --> 1:06:48.200 got unexplained wealth, they know what to look out for. 1:06:48.600 --> 1:06:51.560 A Department of Health inspector is not going to then 1:06:52.000 --> 1:06:55.959 have suspicion that the bloke that's selling illegal cigarettes also 1:06:56.080 --> 1:07:00.360 has a maserati and his wife's full of plastic. She's 1:07:00.360 --> 1:07:03.320 had public she's had plastic surgery in three times last week. 1:07:03.720 --> 1:07:08.280 And the kids are all driving, you know, sports cars. 1:07:08.280 --> 1:07:10.959 It's that's that's not something that a health inspector would 1:07:11.000 --> 1:07:11.680 be trying to look at. 1:07:12.160 --> 1:07:14.680 Police can police can do that. King's birthday, not the 1:07:14.760 --> 1:07:17.440 Queen's birthday. The King's birthday long weekend this weekend. Have 1:07:17.560 --> 1:07:18.160 you met the King? 1:07:18.480 --> 1:07:18.760 I have? 1:07:19.320 --> 1:07:22.000 I have, and in fact it's also my birthday. Thanks 1:07:22.080 --> 1:07:24.880 for thanks for mentioning that. You can get the point 1:07:25.080 --> 1:07:26.840 always probably the reason. 1:07:26.640 --> 1:07:29.080 Why from a very young age I was a staunch 1:07:29.160 --> 1:07:30.600 monarchist because I was scared they were going. 1:07:30.560 --> 1:07:33.120 To take away my birthday holiday. 1:07:34.160 --> 1:07:38.160 Yeah, tomorrow's column I'm dedicating to the royal family, nine 1:07:38.200 --> 1:07:40.240 of them who I've met, and I'm talking about my 1:07:40.440 --> 1:07:44.000 personal experiences. Which one do you think i'd want next 1:07:44.040 --> 1:07:46.720 to me in a pub brawl? In a brawl in 1:07:46.800 --> 1:07:49.479 a pub brawl, not just not a rugby pub brawl. 1:07:50.080 --> 1:07:51.200 How does Prince Andrew go? 1:07:51.440 --> 1:07:53.800 No, he doesn't get him. I've never met him, and 1:07:54.960 --> 1:07:57.240 now I'm glad. You know, I got enough scheme in 1:07:57.320 --> 1:07:58.320 my life to worry about something. 1:07:58.400 --> 1:08:01.240 Case. Well, look, he's a he's married into the royal family. 1:08:01.280 --> 1:08:03.280 I'll go Mike Tindall, the former rugby player. 1:08:03.800 --> 1:08:07.280 The only one that's married in that's mentioned that I've met, 1:08:08.360 --> 1:08:09.960 and I'm going to be honest with you. I'm going 1:08:10.000 --> 1:08:11.560 to be brutal with her. Is Meghan Markle? 1:08:12.880 --> 1:08:13.080 Yeah? 1:08:13.160 --> 1:08:15.760 Yeah, well I hosted the Invictors Games, of course, and 1:08:16.600 --> 1:08:17.680 so I had a fee bit to do with it. 1:08:17.840 --> 1:08:18.439 Harry's baby. 1:08:18.840 --> 1:08:21.599 Yeah yes, indeed. So in the three different jobs I've 1:08:21.600 --> 1:08:23.600 had as a member of Palmer's, an army officer and 1:08:24.000 --> 1:08:26.400 with my involvement with Sint John Ambulance, I've met nine 1:08:26.439 --> 1:08:28.320 of them in that capacity. One of them gets two 1:08:28.400 --> 1:08:31.479 mentions because this person I think changed after a certain 1:08:31.520 --> 1:08:32.559 event happened in their life. 1:08:33.920 --> 1:08:39.680 Who's that? So who would you want next to in 1:08:39.760 --> 1:08:42.479 a pub braw? So, okay, it's not Andrew. Although I 1:08:42.520 --> 1:08:44.720 did see some vision of Megan Markle dancing around while 1:08:44.760 --> 1:08:47.000 she was pregnant today. That's been released as Harry for 1:08:47.160 --> 1:08:48.400 it now. 1:08:48.600 --> 1:08:52.120 Harry, I think really can because he was a soldier. 1:08:52.200 --> 1:08:53.639 But no, he's not the one that i'd want next 1:08:53.640 --> 1:08:54.400 to me in a pub braw. 1:08:54.840 --> 1:08:55.679 We'll have to read tomorrow. 1:08:55.720 --> 1:08:57.320 I have to read tomorrow and I'd be very keen 1:08:57.400 --> 1:08:58.200 to get your feedback. 1:08:58.400 --> 1:09:01.880 David Elliott in the Telegraph. Thank you, thank you, David Elliott. 1:09:02.120 --> 1:09:02.960 You're listening to. 1:09:03.160 --> 1:09:07.080 Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard on two GB cool now 1:09:07.320 --> 1:09:08.679 one three one eight. 1:09:08.560 --> 1:09:10.439 Seven three, nine to five. This has just happened in 1:09:10.479 --> 1:09:13.880 mcquarry Street. The state government has failed in its attempt 1:09:13.960 --> 1:09:17.200 to get workers' compensational legislation through the upper House. The 1:09:17.400 --> 1:09:20.479 opposition has been successful in combining with the Greens. What 1:09:20.720 --> 1:09:23.840 this means is there will be an inquiry. Apparently it's 1:09:23.840 --> 1:09:25.760 a short inquiry, but there will be an inquiry, so 1:09:25.920 --> 1:09:29.040 the whole process will be delayed. We'll get a response 1:09:29.040 --> 1:09:35.920 from Mark Speakman after the five o'clock news. What's that? 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So their 1:10:13.720 --> 1:10:17.679 website to donate is give dot Tara dot org dot au. 1:10:17.800 --> 1:10:20.640 It's for the Tronga Wildlife Hospital. But if you'd like 1:10:20.760 --> 1:10:23.680 to win a family pass to the zoo, tell me 1:10:23.760 --> 1:10:30.240 what this is. No, no, no, that's not the premiere screening. 1:10:30.400 --> 1:10:33.160 Right across the city, Huge Moves is back for its 1:10:33.200 --> 1:10:36.240 tenth year at the International this Saturday. It's a cellar 1:10:36.280 --> 1:10:39.280 door wine tasting experience across all three levels. It's the 1:10:39.400 --> 1:10:43.120 International and of course Vivid continues to illuminate our city. 1:10:43.400 --> 1:10:46.000 Eight new landmarks and buildings are being lit up. There 1:10:46.120 --> 1:10:48.360 is plenty to do in city this weekend. Whatever you do, 1:10:48.840 --> 1:10:51.040 get up to it this weekend. In the all new, 1:10:51.240 --> 1:10:54.720 rugged yet refined jq J seven super Hybrid. 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This is back in February 1:11:31.360 --> 1:11:33.639 of this year now. Police have been investigating this crash 1:11:33.680 --> 1:11:35.479 ever since. The driver of the suv was a forty 1:11:35.520 --> 1:11:37.679 year old man. He had to be taken to hospital 1:11:37.720 --> 1:11:41.040 at a fractured hand well. Following the investigation, a male 1:11:41.160 --> 1:11:44.639 constable has today been charged. He will need to front 1:11:44.680 --> 1:11:48.080 court on a neg driving charge negligent driving. He's due 1:11:48.080 --> 1:11:55.960 to appear before the downing Stent of local court in August. Okay, 1:11:56.160 --> 1:11:59.519 let's give away a great prize. Family passed to go 1:11:59.600 --> 1:12:01.280 to toron Kazoo. But you need to tell me what 1:12:01.439 --> 1:12:07.040 this animal is. Is that a whale? That sounds a 1:12:07.080 --> 1:12:08.519 bit like a whale to me? No, that in any 1:12:08.560 --> 1:12:12.760 whales at Tronkazoo. Hello Philo, how are you good? Mate? 1:12:12.800 --> 1:12:13.439 What's that sound? 1:12:14.840 --> 1:12:16.200 It sounds like a devil? 1:12:16.600 --> 1:12:19.439 No, it's not a tazzy devil. Very appropriate, given it 1:12:19.479 --> 1:12:21.960 looks like the Tasmanian devils. May not make the AFL 1:12:22.040 --> 1:12:28.759 after all. Michelle's in Miranda, Hello, Michelle, Hi, what's this sound? 1:12:32.920 --> 1:12:33.240 What's that? 1:12:33.360 --> 1:12:35.880 I think it's a mountain goat? A mountain goat. 1:12:36.080 --> 1:12:38.440 I don't think they have any mountain goats at Tronkazoo. 1:12:39.080 --> 1:12:41.759 So no, it's it's not a mountain goat. Sorry Michelle. 1:12:42.160 --> 1:12:43.719 Try Damien, Hello Damien? 1:12:45.360 --> 1:12:45.920 Oh good eye. 1:12:45.960 --> 1:12:46.600 Quinton, how are you? 1:12:46.800 --> 1:12:47.479 What's this mate? 1:12:51.680 --> 1:12:51.720 What? 1:12:51.960 --> 1:12:52.280 No thing? 1:12:52.360 --> 1:12:54.719 It sounds like a I think it sounds like a giraffe. 1:12:54.920 --> 1:12:57.519 One hundred percent correct, Well done, my friend, you are 1:12:57.640 --> 1:13:00.560 right legend. Thanks May, how'd you had you pick that? 1:13:01.120 --> 1:13:01.760 How'd you pick that? 1:13:03.560 --> 1:13:05.240 I've been of the doo a couple of times. 1:13:05.280 --> 1:13:07.759 Not for a while though, But yeah, I just sort. 1:13:07.640 --> 1:13:09.800 Of remember when they are eating some carrot punti and 1:13:10.479 --> 1:13:12.439 I'm making a few noises, so I think that was it. 1:13:12.640 --> 1:13:14.800 Yeah, poor Giraff sounds like he's in a great deal 1:13:14.840 --> 1:13:16.400 of pain there. Given his zoo, he won't be in 1:13:16.439 --> 1:13:18.599 pain because they're very well cared for. Well done, mate, 1:13:18.600 --> 1:13:20.599 We're sending you out a family past. Today is tarrong 1:13:20.640 --> 1:13:23.600 get Giving Day as well to wronga Giving Day is 1:13:23.680 --> 1:13:27.320 raising funds for the Tronga Wildlife Hospital. You can donate 1:13:27.880 --> 1:13:31.280 at give dot Taronga dot org dot au. All donations 1:13:31.320 --> 1:13:34.240 over two doors at tax deductible. Every contribution made today 1:13:34.240 --> 1:13:36.559 will be quadrupled by the Zoos partners as well. If 1:13:36.560 --> 1:13:37.880 you don't want to go onto the internet, you can 1:13:37.920 --> 1:13:41.080 call this number one three hundred three sixty nine one 1:13:41.120 --> 1:13:43.280 double six MG is back in the next hour. 1:13:46.120 --> 1:13:47.160 This this Sydney. 1:13:47.240 --> 1:13:51.920 Now we've clinton on TGB. It is seven past five. 1:13:52.120 --> 1:13:54.280 The light rail network, the T to the T three 1:13:54.360 --> 1:13:57.320 between the city and the eastern suburbs Kingsford and Randwich 1:13:57.479 --> 1:14:01.320 is operating once again. It is slow. There are some delays. Sadly, 1:14:01.400 --> 1:14:03.639 there was a fatality. A man is being killed after 1:14:03.720 --> 1:14:06.160 being struck by one of the light rail carriages a 1:14:06.240 --> 1:14:10.799 little early this afternoon Devin Shear Street in Surrey Hills. 1:14:10.960 --> 1:14:14.000 Now police are still trying to figure out exactly what's occurred. 1:14:14.080 --> 1:14:16.160 This is Inspector Anderson listing at. 1:14:16.080 --> 1:14:18.800 This stage he was waiting on the platform and then 1:14:18.960 --> 1:14:22.120 stepped off to try and cross the tram line between 1:14:22.200 --> 1:14:24.680 the carriages. But obviously that had formed part of our 1:14:25.400 --> 1:14:29.519 report to the coroner, witness statements and further CCTV canvas 1:14:29.600 --> 1:14:33.600 and no, it appears to be a set of tragic circumstances. 1:14:34.680 --> 1:14:37.000 But yeah, it was on the platform moving off. So 1:14:37.120 --> 1:14:39.240 the emergency services have been in a way to clear 1:14:39.320 --> 1:14:42.320 out a path so the trams can actually get through, 1:14:42.400 --> 1:14:44.080 but it is slow going at the moment. 1:14:44.880 --> 1:14:48.439 You want to know what's happening in Sydney, stay tune 1:14:48.680 --> 1:14:52.320 to Sitney Now with Clinton laynar Onto GMB. 1:14:52.680 --> 1:14:55.200 The biggest issue this week in state politics, no doubt, 1:14:55.320 --> 1:14:58.160 is the future of the workers compensation scheme. And I 1:14:58.280 --> 1:15:00.800 know some of the detail this can be dry, but 1:15:00.880 --> 1:15:04.679 it's important because the changes the state government has wanted 1:15:04.720 --> 1:15:07.360 to mate are crucial for when it comes to premiums 1:15:07.400 --> 1:15:10.560 paid by business and if premiums go up by the 1:15:10.640 --> 1:15:14.160 amount the government forecasts, and they're predicting that if changes 1:15:14.160 --> 1:15:16.599 aren't made to work its compensation, the premiums will increase 1:15:16.640 --> 1:15:19.880 by more than thirty percent over three years. We're the 1:15:19.960 --> 1:15:22.320 ones who are going to pay more. The scheme is 1:15:22.400 --> 1:15:25.320 losing five million dollars a day now these changes, and 1:15:25.479 --> 1:15:28.960 it's quite a complex issue, but they concern workers who 1:15:29.040 --> 1:15:32.479 make claims for psychological injury and then on this scheme 1:15:32.560 --> 1:15:35.639 in the long term. The government has had legislation before 1:15:35.720 --> 1:15:40.040 Parliament today this afternoon. It has been knocked over effectively. 1:15:40.200 --> 1:15:42.560 What's going to happen is there's going to be an inquiry, 1:15:42.640 --> 1:15:46.840 which means the scheme is effectively up in the air somewhat. 1:15:46.880 --> 1:15:49.240 The changes the government wants to make cannot be made 1:15:49.560 --> 1:15:52.080 in time for the new financial year, in time for 1:15:52.160 --> 1:15:53.720 the budget. It's going to be handed down in a 1:15:53.760 --> 1:15:56.080 couple of weeks time, and the government has said that 1:15:56.240 --> 1:15:59.439 is going to force premiums up in July for businesses 1:15:59.479 --> 1:16:02.360 and those be passed on to us the customer. Mark 1:16:02.400 --> 1:16:04.439 Speakman is the opposition lead. Thank you for joining us. 1:16:04.479 --> 1:16:04.639 Mark. 1:16:04.960 --> 1:16:07.360 Thanks Lyinton, you've teamed up with the Greens to knock 1:16:07.400 --> 1:16:08.800 this over. Does that? 1:16:08.880 --> 1:16:09.040 See? 1:16:09.120 --> 1:16:09.439 Well with you? 1:16:10.640 --> 1:16:12.200 I wouldn't put it that way. Clinton. Then, just to 1:16:12.400 --> 1:16:16.000 correct something you set in you introductory remarks, premiums won't 1:16:16.040 --> 1:16:18.400 go up in July. The premiums have already been set 1:16:18.720 --> 1:16:21.280 for the next financial year, and the premiums for twenty 1:16:21.360 --> 1:16:23.720 six twenty seven won't be set until March. 1:16:24.000 --> 1:16:25.640 Daniel Bookie says that there was the risk that they 1:16:25.680 --> 1:16:27.479 would go up in July by more than the eight percent. 1:16:27.920 --> 1:16:31.160 Well, that's news to us to quite frankly, the premiums 1:16:31.200 --> 1:16:34.680 have already been set. We want reform, and we want 1:16:34.760 --> 1:16:37.360 reform that will drive down premiums of small business and 1:16:37.560 --> 1:16:41.679 all business actually, but we also want reform that is fair. 1:16:42.200 --> 1:16:43.760 And what the government has done at the heel of 1:16:43.760 --> 1:16:46.400 the hunt. They've given us a piece of legislation out 1:16:46.439 --> 1:16:49.679 of the blue a week ago that will stop long 1:16:49.840 --> 1:16:54.439 term benefits for the most seriously psychologically injured. They want 1:16:54.479 --> 1:16:57.000 to increase what's known as the whole person in thresh 1:16:57.200 --> 1:17:01.000 impairment threshold from twenty percent twenty one percent to thirty 1:17:01.040 --> 1:17:02.800 one percent. Now, these are the same people who are 1:17:02.840 --> 1:17:05.040 a couple of years ago, before the election, wanted to 1:17:05.080 --> 1:17:07.599 get rid of the twenty percent threshold altogether. They didn't 1:17:07.600 --> 1:17:09.439 want a threshold at all. They said it was harsh 1:17:09.479 --> 1:17:12.400 and unconsortable and unfair, et cetera. People would be thrown 1:17:12.439 --> 1:17:14.439 on the scrap peep. Now they want to increase it 1:17:14.560 --> 1:17:16.680 to thirty one percent. And the effect of that is 1:17:17.280 --> 1:17:22.400 you are almost completely abolishing long term support for psychologists, 1:17:22.400 --> 1:17:25.919 severely psychologically injured workers, or any Almost no one will qualify. 1:17:26.560 --> 1:17:29.880 But they've made the point though, that the amendments that 1:17:29.920 --> 1:17:32.759 you were considering would have added one point nine billion 1:17:32.840 --> 1:17:35.200 dollars to the cost of this scheme. Already, the scheme 1:17:35.280 --> 1:17:38.840 losers were told five million dollars a day. Obviously, there's 1:17:38.840 --> 1:17:41.360 a balance that needs to be found, but business can't. 1:17:42.080 --> 1:17:45.040 And the big point of difference between us and the 1:17:45.080 --> 1:17:48.080 government is on this WPI. But there were plenty of 1:17:48.120 --> 1:17:51.040 other savings they identified and which we were prepared to support. 1:17:51.520 --> 1:17:54.000 They could bank those savings and get the majority of 1:17:54.000 --> 1:17:57.560 their savings right now if they supported the amended legislation. 1:17:58.000 --> 1:17:59.800 And in addition to that, we've come up with others 1:18:00.080 --> 1:18:02.880 estions for savings. We think it would be fairer to 1:18:03.000 --> 1:18:06.280 be tackling lower level claims and what we proposed, which 1:18:06.520 --> 1:18:09.040 had been put to us by the bar associations, instead 1:18:09.040 --> 1:18:12.479 of attacking the most seriously injured workers, weed out the 1:18:12.560 --> 1:18:15.280 lower level claims, tighten the definition of bullying and save 1:18:15.360 --> 1:18:17.960 money that way. So we're trying to be constructive. If 1:18:18.000 --> 1:18:21.719 the government could have could have passed the meded legislation 1:18:21.880 --> 1:18:26.120 this week and got immediate savings straight away, and savings 1:18:26.200 --> 1:18:29.360 that would represent most of the increased costs they're talking about. 1:18:29.400 --> 1:18:32.480 But instead they won't come to the table to compromise 1:18:33.080 --> 1:18:35.599 in transient and this has now been This will now 1:18:35.680 --> 1:18:38.120 have to be the subject of an inquiry, whine inquiry 1:18:38.520 --> 1:18:40.360 because we've got figures plucked out of the air at 1:18:40.400 --> 1:18:43.120 the last minute. This is really serious legislation. 1:18:42.760 --> 1:18:44.960 We want as an inquiry. That means that this legislation 1:18:45.000 --> 1:18:47.320 obviously can't pass this week, so it can't be part 1:18:47.360 --> 1:18:49.120 of what happens from the new financial year. Now, I 1:18:49.200 --> 1:18:52.120 know you said that the premeremi the premiss will being 1:18:52.160 --> 1:18:54.720 sept Then why is Daniel Mookie so desperate to get 1:18:54.760 --> 1:18:55.240 it done? Now? 1:18:56.160 --> 1:18:59.120 Well, look I understand his point that. Well, firstly, it 1:18:59.160 --> 1:19:01.320 doesn't affect his Actually he says he's already budgeted for 1:19:01.360 --> 1:19:04.040 this is not happening. Secondly, premiums won't go up next 1:19:04.120 --> 1:19:06.760 financial year. They've already been said. But he says, and 1:19:06.840 --> 1:19:09.000 we accept that the scheme is losing money every day. 1:19:09.040 --> 1:19:10.760 We don't know whether it's five million dollars. That's a 1:19:10.760 --> 1:19:13.160 figure he's given us. He hasn't given us any modeling, 1:19:13.160 --> 1:19:16.200 any substantiation. We don't know whether that's right. But I 1:19:16.280 --> 1:19:19.080 accept the scheme is losing money every day, and that's 1:19:19.120 --> 1:19:22.200 why we need reform. Why we are supporting most of 1:19:22.240 --> 1:19:25.120 the amendments, sorry, most of the legislation which would deliver 1:19:25.640 --> 1:19:28.439 most of the savings, and why we suggest that additional savings. 1:19:28.479 --> 1:19:30.360 But it's got to be done in a fair way. 1:19:30.439 --> 1:19:32.680 But what is living everyone confused is you've got your 1:19:33.040 --> 1:19:37.120 traditional constituency business, small business now speaking out against it. 1:19:37.320 --> 1:19:39.400 You saw the comments from Daniel Hunter from Business to 1:19:39.400 --> 1:19:42.920 New South Wales today very well reported. Your core is 1:19:43.000 --> 1:19:44.479 against what you're doing, mister speakman. 1:19:45.200 --> 1:19:47.800 They want a rapid answer to this, and so do we. 1:19:48.120 --> 1:19:50.000 They want to drive premiums down and so do we. 1:19:50.120 --> 1:19:54.679 But we cannot in good conscience abandoned the most severely 1:19:54.880 --> 1:19:57.000 injured people. We think it is much fairer to be 1:19:57.120 --> 1:19:59.800 looking at savings at the other end, weeding out lower 1:19:59.880 --> 1:20:01.840 lee or claims. And at the end of the day, 1:20:01.920 --> 1:20:04.200 when we are there to represent small business, but we're 1:20:04.240 --> 1:20:07.519 also there to represent injured workers. And these are workers 1:20:07.600 --> 1:20:10.640 if they're beyond this thresholder basically incapable of going back 1:20:10.680 --> 1:20:14.160 to work. And the government's answer is throw all these 1:20:14.200 --> 1:20:16.559 people on the scrappeet. We think there are fairer ways 1:20:17.080 --> 1:20:18.679 to get a satisfactory solution. 1:20:19.080 --> 1:20:21.519 My colleague Mike Levy reported this this morning. But I've 1:20:21.920 --> 1:20:24.479 also spoken to people within your party today about this, 1:20:24.960 --> 1:20:28.639 and there is the suggestion that's being made that members 1:20:28.680 --> 1:20:32.000 of your party room, of your senior team, have pushed 1:20:32.080 --> 1:20:36.320 this to destabilize your leadership, to basically make you look 1:20:36.439 --> 1:20:39.280 bad with the traditional core Liberal Party supporters. 1:20:40.200 --> 1:20:42.439 Ah, Look, there always all sorts of theories. Are that's 1:20:42.439 --> 1:20:44.720 an interesting theory. I haven't heard that one before. Look 1:20:44.760 --> 1:20:45.400 what we are trying. 1:20:45.600 --> 1:20:47.679 That's come from people. I've spoken to two people today 1:20:47.720 --> 1:20:48.559 within the Liberal Party. 1:20:48.960 --> 1:20:52.439 Well, well that's the first I've heard. That's an interesting theory. Look, 1:20:52.479 --> 1:20:55.280 the reality is this is legislation where you have to 1:20:55.280 --> 1:20:58.559 get the balance right. We offered a sensible set of amendments. 1:20:58.800 --> 1:21:01.240 But even without those amendments, most of the savings the 1:21:01.320 --> 1:21:04.320 government is seeking it would be made if they passed 1:21:04.360 --> 1:21:07.639 the amended legislation. They could have had these savings straight away. 1:21:07.680 --> 1:21:10.240 They could have had less pressure on the system straight 1:21:10.280 --> 1:21:12.960 away and in the longer term, not this financial year 1:21:13.000 --> 1:21:15.320 because the premiums already said, but in the longer term, 1:21:15.840 --> 1:21:19.360 less pressure on premiums. But instead the government won't come 1:21:19.400 --> 1:21:21.919 to the table. They want to throw the most civilian 1:21:21.920 --> 1:21:24.360 injured workers on the scrap heap, and we can't in 1:21:24.439 --> 1:21:27.200 good conscience do that. We want to make savings, we 1:21:27.320 --> 1:21:29.920 want the scheme that's sustainable, but there are fairer and 1:21:30.000 --> 1:21:31.080 better ways of doing it. 1:21:31.320 --> 1:21:33.360 Rare that we see that the State Liberal Party is 1:21:33.600 --> 1:21:36.360 staying alongside the Union Movement and the Greens. Missus big, 1:21:36.439 --> 1:21:38.160 while I have you here, I need to play you 1:21:38.280 --> 1:21:41.280 some comments that Yasmin Catley made in Parliament following comments 1:21:41.320 --> 1:21:42.839 that you made in the press conference yesterday. 1:21:43.080 --> 1:21:46.559 Yesterday the leader of the Opposition got up after question 1:21:46.760 --> 1:21:52.360 time and called me hysterical, not once but twice, mister Speaker. 1:21:52.479 --> 1:21:54.679 If a man came in here with a strong view 1:21:55.000 --> 1:21:58.519 about you deliberately bagging the cops and trying to confuse 1:21:58.600 --> 1:22:01.840 the public about who is responsible for cracking. 1:22:01.560 --> 1:22:04.679 Down on a list of tobacco. Would you have used 1:22:04.760 --> 1:22:10.719 that language, remember for hysterical. No, it's a sexist word. 1:22:10.960 --> 1:22:11.680 Used a se. 1:22:13.880 --> 1:22:17.080 Menisa the police minister ysmen Katleyen question time today, she's 1:22:17.080 --> 1:22:19.519 accused you of being sexist. Are you sexist? 1:22:20.080 --> 1:22:23.960 No, that's rubbish. I didn't call her hysterical. I said 1:22:24.040 --> 1:22:28.240 her comments were hysterical. It's not a gender term. The 1:22:28.360 --> 1:22:32.040 tone of her comments yesterday were hysterical. I asked her 1:22:32.040 --> 1:22:34.840 a simple question, and every time you asked the police 1:22:34.880 --> 1:22:38.160 minister a question, her standard response is to scream across 1:22:38.280 --> 1:22:41.080 the chamber and said, why are you bagging police? And 1:22:41.840 --> 1:22:44.120 I asked her a question yesterday that had no criticism 1:22:44.200 --> 1:22:46.680 of police in it. But her answer, the manner of 1:22:46.800 --> 1:22:49.000 her response was hysterical. And that's a word that I 1:22:49.040 --> 1:22:52.240 would use whether she's a man or a woman. This 1:22:52.479 --> 1:22:56.040 is basically a diversion by labor finling to tell us 1:22:56.040 --> 1:22:59.680 what they're doing about illegal tobacco. I mean early in 1:22:59.720 --> 1:23:02.599 the week the premier wanted to divert resources from fighting 1:23:02.640 --> 1:23:06.160 domestic violence, fighting youth crime and fighting organized crime to 1:23:06.560 --> 1:23:10.080 police illegal tobacco. That was Plan A, and then Plan 1:23:10.280 --> 1:23:13.120 B was to lobby the Feds or ask the FEDS 1:23:13.200 --> 1:23:15.160 to cut the federal excise. They're not doing that. There 1:23:15.240 --> 1:23:18.120 is no Plans C. And my job as an opposition 1:23:18.200 --> 1:23:20.400 leader is to probe this and not to have a 1:23:20.479 --> 1:23:23.599 minister screaming abuse across the chamber, which is what she did. 1:23:23.720 --> 1:23:25.360 And I know you are very supportive of the police. 1:23:25.400 --> 1:23:26.320 Thank you for your time. Mark. 1:23:26.680 --> 1:23:27.200 Thanks Clinton. 1:23:27.400 --> 1:23:30.840 Mark Speakman, the New South Wales opposition leader until six. 1:23:31.200 --> 1:23:34.519 This is Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard on two GB 1:23:35.040 --> 1:23:36.519 call now one three one. 1:23:36.600 --> 1:23:40.000 Eight seven three sixteen past five and you report has 1:23:40.040 --> 1:23:43.160 been released today revealing how tough things are for the 1:23:43.280 --> 1:23:46.479 Sandwich generation. Have you heard of that term before? They're 1:23:46.479 --> 1:23:50.759 Australians who are juggling both their children and their aging parents. 1:23:50.880 --> 1:23:53.760 Now you may form to that category. Nine to ten 1:23:53.920 --> 1:23:57.240 careers say they're experiencing burnout and it's no wonder. They 1:23:57.320 --> 1:23:59.920 spend an average of thirty hours a week unpaid care, 1:24:00.320 --> 1:24:04.040 either looking after children, elderly parents or both. They're forking 1:24:04.080 --> 1:24:06.240 out an average of eighteen thousand dollars a year supporting 1:24:06.600 --> 1:24:08.960 their elderly parents or all the in laws while trying 1:24:09.000 --> 1:24:11.920 to hold down jobs raise kids. Annabel Readers, the CEO 1:24:11.960 --> 1:24:15.080 of Care as Australian, joins us. This is quite a challenge. 1:24:15.120 --> 1:24:17.759 Thank you for your time, Annabella, Thank you Cointin. 1:24:17.800 --> 1:24:18.960 It's a pleasure to join you. 1:24:19.360 --> 1:24:21.640 This is quite common that the Sandwich generation is not 1:24:21.720 --> 1:24:22.920 a small number of people. 1:24:22.720 --> 1:24:26.519 Is it absolutely not. I mean, in Australia there are 1:24:26.800 --> 1:24:30.960 three million family and friend cares and the Sandwich generation 1:24:31.360 --> 1:24:34.400 is that group of carers within those three million Australians 1:24:34.400 --> 1:24:39.040 who are juggling care, often for aging parents are also 1:24:39.400 --> 1:24:43.280 with parenting responsibilities as well, so that's you know, that's 1:24:43.320 --> 1:24:45.639 a big responsibility for that group. 1:24:45.880 --> 1:24:48.360 Is this just something we should accept that our demographics 1:24:48.400 --> 1:24:50.800 have moved in this way or because we do have 1:24:50.960 --> 1:24:52.439 an aging population overall. 1:24:53.760 --> 1:24:57.640 Well, given the aging population and the silver tsunami that 1:24:57.720 --> 1:25:01.040 we're talking about, we also have to consider that carers, 1:25:01.439 --> 1:25:04.760 you know, are often juggling paid employment at the same 1:25:04.880 --> 1:25:08.759 time as providing care. So we can't ignore this issue. 1:25:08.880 --> 1:25:12.920 We have to embrace more inclusive workplaces for carers so 1:25:13.000 --> 1:25:16.640 they can continue to participate in paid employment along with 1:25:16.800 --> 1:25:17.920 care and responsibility. 1:25:18.000 --> 1:25:21.160 So what's that you believe that that employers who in 1:25:21.560 --> 1:25:23.759 their workforce they have people who fall in this category 1:25:23.760 --> 1:25:25.599 and need to provide what more flexible working hours. 1:25:26.400 --> 1:25:29.519 Absolutely, and sometimes there are really simple things that can 1:25:29.560 --> 1:25:32.439 be done to help a care for example, advanced notice 1:25:32.479 --> 1:25:33.120 of rostering. 1:25:33.720 --> 1:25:35.000 So if they have to take. 1:25:35.439 --> 1:25:38.160 Mum with dementia to a medical appointment, they know in 1:25:38.240 --> 1:25:41.679 advance and are able to manage work around that care 1:25:41.760 --> 1:25:42.840 and responsibility. 1:25:43.840 --> 1:25:46.120 It must and I unfortunately at this point don't fall 1:25:46.160 --> 1:25:48.400 into that category. But it must just be so stressful 1:25:48.400 --> 1:25:52.320 when you're dealing with your own parents who may suffer dementia, 1:25:52.360 --> 1:25:53.960 as you say, but your kids might be in high 1:25:53.960 --> 1:25:56.680 school or early as university and they're struggling a lot. 1:25:57.479 --> 1:25:57.679 Yeah. 1:25:57.800 --> 1:26:00.720 Absolutely, And the report did show so you know, like 1:26:00.800 --> 1:26:03.519 you said, nine outs ken of Sandwich carers are showing 1:26:04.280 --> 1:26:10.080 signs that burnout, things like emotional stress, They're experiencing time pressure, 1:26:10.760 --> 1:26:14.120 it's interrupting their sleep and it's also impacting the time 1:26:14.200 --> 1:26:17.839 they have for themselves to look after themselves and remain healthy, 1:26:18.000 --> 1:26:20.360 like exercising or eating well or going. 1:26:20.200 --> 1:26:20.719 To the GP. 1:26:21.120 --> 1:26:23.840 So in a built other than workforce changes, what else 1:26:23.880 --> 1:26:24.360 could be done? 1:26:25.400 --> 1:26:28.800 Well, there's a real financial impult for carers. So we 1:26:28.920 --> 1:26:32.120 can't ignore that some carers have such a large responsibility 1:26:32.479 --> 1:26:36.000 they can't participate in paid employment. And we know those 1:26:36.120 --> 1:26:38.760 carers are able to get some paid support that some 1:26:38.880 --> 1:26:42.080 of those supports like the care of supplement and care 1:26:42.240 --> 1:26:45.360 Allowance has not been indexed for a long time, so 1:26:45.479 --> 1:26:48.720 the cost of providing care and the report shows, you know, 1:26:48.880 --> 1:26:52.519 eighteen thousand a year and caring associated costs was the 1:26:52.600 --> 1:26:56.439 average for the survey respondents. You know, the amount of 1:26:56.520 --> 1:26:58.960 money that a care can apply for and get support 1:26:59.000 --> 1:27:01.280 on it is really in comparison to that. 1:27:01.520 --> 1:27:04.080 And that care they're providing. May we'll be saving the 1:27:04.120 --> 1:27:06.600 government money in age care costs at the time or 1:27:06.600 --> 1:27:09.240 even down the track. We'll open it up to our listeners. Annabelle, 1:27:09.240 --> 1:27:09.880 thank you for your time. 1:27:10.400 --> 1:27:11.200 Thank you so much. 1:27:11.320 --> 1:27:13.280 Adabel Reid, who's the CEO of care Is Australia. Do 1:27:13.280 --> 1:27:15.799 you fall into that category? Do you still have children 1:27:15.840 --> 1:27:19.559 at home but you are effectively looking after your own parents, 1:27:20.000 --> 1:27:21.880 whether they're at the point of moving into age care 1:27:22.040 --> 1:27:23.720 or whether they're more reliant on you. 1:27:24.040 --> 1:27:24.600 I know it is. 1:27:24.920 --> 1:27:27.120 It is a really big toll that it's playing on 1:27:27.240 --> 1:27:29.400 so many people. Let me know, been intrigued to find out. 1:27:29.439 --> 1:27:31.840 One three one eight seventy three. A former NRL player 1:27:31.920 --> 1:27:35.719 has been charged with refusing to take a drink driving test. 1:27:36.000 --> 1:27:38.519 You'll remember Stuart Webb. He's now forty four, but he 1:27:38.640 --> 1:27:41.720 played for the Sydney Roosters and also played a little 1:27:41.760 --> 1:27:44.560 for St Georgia, Lawi and South Sydney. Please say. The 1:27:44.640 --> 1:27:46.760 forty four year old has been charged with refusing to 1:27:46.800 --> 1:27:49.720 submit to a breath analysis driving an understod vehicle as well. 1:27:50.000 --> 1:27:53.040 He was pulled over in Pagewood a couple of weeks ago. 1:27:53.160 --> 1:27:56.200 He is now before the courts now talking about our roads. 1:27:56.320 --> 1:27:59.360 The police operation for the King's Birthday long weekend is 1:27:59.400 --> 1:28:02.120 starting to Assistant Police Commissioner, he is head of the 1:28:02.160 --> 1:28:05.040 Highway Patrol. David Driver joins us, thank you for your time. 1:28:05.880 --> 1:28:06.920 Thanks good to talk to you. 1:28:07.240 --> 1:28:08.639 Double demerits from tonight. 1:28:09.960 --> 1:28:14.560 That's right at midnight they kick in for speed spreading offenses, restraints, 1:28:14.640 --> 1:28:18.679 phones and helmets, offenses on motorcycles, so they'll be double 1:28:18.720 --> 1:28:19.479 for those categories. 1:28:19.680 --> 1:28:21.240 Will you have extra police on the roads. 1:28:22.000 --> 1:28:26.320 We'll have available resources and we've get assistance from the 1:28:26.560 --> 1:28:29.360 perspective commands and police districts across the state and engaging 1:28:29.439 --> 1:28:32.200 the activity, plus the specialist commands as well, so there 1:28:32.240 --> 1:28:34.720 will be an elevated profile of police presence. 1:28:34.479 --> 1:28:34.840 On the roads. 1:28:34.880 --> 1:28:36.360 If I know, when you joined me in the studio 1:28:36.360 --> 1:28:38.720 a couple of weeks ago, after Easter and Anzac Day, 1:28:38.760 --> 1:28:41.240 we were talking about police resources, and I think we 1:28:41.320 --> 1:28:43.800 all agree that when you see a police officer on 1:28:43.840 --> 1:28:45.439 the road, that's what makes people slow down. 1:28:46.840 --> 1:28:49.360 Certainly, our presence acts as of the turnative effect. But 1:28:49.479 --> 1:28:52.040 we certainly, and I'm the first to acknowledge that we 1:28:52.160 --> 1:28:54.800 can't be everywhere all the time, but we can be 1:28:55.000 --> 1:28:59.880 anywhere anytime. But I certainly implore upon everyone to think 1:29:00.000 --> 1:29:03.080 about the safety of everyone else. You know, they shouldn't 1:29:03.080 --> 1:29:05.080 need the presence of the police to comply with the law. 1:29:05.560 --> 1:29:07.120 The mere fact that they don't want to hurt anyone 1:29:07.160 --> 1:29:08.240 else or anyone in their. 1:29:08.200 --> 1:29:10.559 Vehicle should be the incentive to comply. 1:29:11.040 --> 1:29:13.280 Double mirror points have been used as a tactic on 1:29:13.400 --> 1:29:16.000 long weekends and hillway periods for many years. Now do 1:29:16.120 --> 1:29:18.679 you think they're as effective as they were when they started? 1:29:20.000 --> 1:29:23.640 Well, look, what drives people to comply is going to 1:29:23.720 --> 1:29:24.880 vary from person to person. 1:29:25.040 --> 1:29:26.160 But we know that long. 1:29:26.000 --> 1:29:31.080 Weekends are periods of increased risk. Therefore, there is that 1:29:31.200 --> 1:29:34.280 additional incentive not to break the law because if, for example, 1:29:34.280 --> 1:29:36.120 if you use a mobile phone, you're going to lose 1:29:36.200 --> 1:29:38.720 ten points and that could be enough to take a 1:29:38.840 --> 1:29:40.840 license away. You've had one other infringement in the last 1:29:40.920 --> 1:29:43.240 three years. So I think we need to As I've 1:29:43.280 --> 1:29:45.479 said before, I think we need to pull every lever 1:29:45.600 --> 1:29:49.960 possible to reduce raid trauma and get to that aspirational 1:29:50.040 --> 1:29:50.680 target of zero. 1:29:50.840 --> 1:29:52.760 And I know, David over at the long weekend you 1:29:52.840 --> 1:29:55.280 will have a target of motorbike safety this weekend. Why 1:29:55.360 --> 1:29:55.920 is that the case? 1:29:56.960 --> 1:30:00.560 Yeah, Unfortunately we have sent an increase in motorcycle fatalities. 1:30:00.560 --> 1:30:03.200 We've had thirty six motorcyclists killed on our roads this 1:30:03.360 --> 1:30:06.600 year so far, and then last weekend we saw a 1:30:06.640 --> 1:30:11.080 spike again. Motorcyclists they are of unruallle cohortive road users. 1:30:11.200 --> 1:30:13.000 You know, they don't have the protection of the physical 1:30:13.040 --> 1:30:16.840 protection of a car, and obviously when they involved in 1:30:16.880 --> 1:30:19.320 a crash, the risk of serious injury and depth is 1:30:19.640 --> 1:30:22.320 far greater. They're also harder to see. So we're asking 1:30:22.520 --> 1:30:25.000 when we are when everyone's using the roads this weekend 1:30:25.479 --> 1:30:28.880 pay particular attention and look for motorcycles. They are harder 1:30:28.920 --> 1:30:31.080 to see. They can be blocked by the construction of 1:30:31.120 --> 1:30:32.000 the car by the pillars. 1:30:32.040 --> 1:30:33.439 It's a good message to get out there. Thank you 1:30:33.479 --> 1:30:33.920 for your time. 1:30:34.640 --> 1:30:35.760 Thanks much, appreciate it. 1:30:35.840 --> 1:30:38.599 David Driver, who's the assistant Police Commissioners headed the highway patrol. 1:30:38.640 --> 1:30:40.679 So double demerits enforced from tonight. 1:30:41.000 --> 1:30:41.840 If it matters to. 1:30:41.880 --> 1:30:45.080 You, then you'll hear it here Sydney Now with Clinton 1:30:45.160 --> 1:30:46.560 Maynard until six So. 1:30:46.720 --> 1:30:50.400 New research shows the Sandwich generation, people who are caring 1:30:50.439 --> 1:30:53.719 for both children and their parents. Aging parents are spending 1:30:53.880 --> 1:30:57.640 thirty hours a week on unpaid leave. Vince, are you 1:30:57.720 --> 1:30:58.360 a career. 1:31:00.880 --> 1:31:02.280 My sister is, and she's. 1:31:02.200 --> 1:31:05.599 Looking after a ninety year old woman and a fourteen 1:31:05.680 --> 1:31:09.320 year old autistic boy. Oh geez, my mother has got 1:31:09.400 --> 1:31:16.519 dementia and my nephew is a autistic he's non verbal. 1:31:16.720 --> 1:31:18.880 And does your sister have need to work as well? 1:31:21.120 --> 1:31:24.760 And she does. She works from home. She works for 1:31:25.240 --> 1:31:31.960 logistics company, so she's got all these balls in the here. 1:31:32.120 --> 1:31:36.879 She's an unbelievable person, someone I admire very much because 1:31:37.760 --> 1:31:40.200 at the end of the day, you will never find 1:31:40.320 --> 1:31:42.720 someone who can care for your loved ones as much 1:31:42.800 --> 1:31:46.759 as one of your own. And she's a fantastic young. 1:31:47.880 --> 1:31:49.680 You actually, in the end, Vince, you can't put a 1:31:49.800 --> 1:31:51.960 value on the work that she's doing. Good on you 1:31:52.280 --> 1:31:54.519 for the shout out as well. Frank is in Camden, 1:31:54.560 --> 1:31:55.280 Hello Frank. 1:31:56.560 --> 1:32:00.120 Hey Unquinn. Yeah, look only I was a care for 1:32:00.240 --> 1:32:05.280 my mum Last Wednesday, Senn just rang me up and 1:32:05.439 --> 1:32:09.240 just said thank You're not a care anymore. She's in 1:32:09.400 --> 1:32:13.920 age care. But during that age care I'm there all 1:32:14.000 --> 1:32:17.960 the time. I'm also she's had two and a half 1:32:18.080 --> 1:32:20.840 months in hospital because she's had two broken hips. 1:32:20.680 --> 1:32:22.799 And so you've got to when she's going to hospital, 1:32:22.800 --> 1:32:24.200 you've got to help her get there, and you got 1:32:24.280 --> 1:32:25.439 to visitor with. 1:32:25.439 --> 1:32:29.519 A person that I was also taking her to all 1:32:29.600 --> 1:32:33.200 her medical appointments until it got to a point where 1:32:33.400 --> 1:32:37.320 I couldn't physically get her in our car. But then 1:32:37.360 --> 1:32:40.800 I'd still have to attend those medical appointments. I've also 1:32:40.880 --> 1:32:47.040 got a down syndrome brother who who's getting dementia. And yeah, 1:32:47.320 --> 1:32:50.040 they never take all this into account of what you've 1:32:50.080 --> 1:32:50.479 got to do. 1:32:50.880 --> 1:32:52.799 We're good at throwing money at all sorts of causes. 1:32:52.840 --> 1:32:54.759 We're good at wasting a lot of money in our society. 1:32:54.800 --> 1:32:56.600 But this is an area that we do need to 1:32:56.640 --> 1:32:58.760 pay more attention to because there is so much that 1:32:59.040 --> 1:33:02.080 loved ones do for their families that just goes goes unnoticed, 1:33:02.320 --> 1:33:04.840 goes unpaid, and if we switch that care to the 1:33:04.880 --> 1:33:07.960 public sector, simply the budget wouldn't be able to afford it. 1:33:08.360 --> 1:33:09.439 Good on you, Frank for. 1:33:09.520 --> 1:33:09.880 What you do. 1:33:14.600 --> 1:33:16.679 And good afternoon, Josh Bright. Good afternoon again. 1:33:16.760 --> 1:33:17.120 Clinton. 1:33:17.240 --> 1:33:20.320 Changes to workers compensation in New South Wales will not 1:33:20.560 --> 1:33:22.960 go ahead for now, with a bill in the Upper 1:33:23.040 --> 1:33:26.759 House instead referred to an inquiry. Police say it's believed 1:33:26.800 --> 1:33:29.120 a man had stepped off a platform trying to cross 1:33:29.160 --> 1:33:32.160 between courriages when he was fatally struck by a light 1:33:32.280 --> 1:33:36.040 rail in Sydney, CBD. The Green say they won't conduct 1:33:36.080 --> 1:33:39.000 negotiations through the media, as the federal government tries to 1:33:39.040 --> 1:33:42.880 reach a deal on its superannuation tax changes, and Australia's 1:33:42.920 --> 1:33:46.160 short lived trade surplus with the United States has now ended, 1:33:46.360 --> 1:33:50.200 boosting the federal government's case for a tariff exemption. In Sport, 1:33:50.240 --> 1:33:52.800 an NRL star says he's open to offers to join 1:33:52.840 --> 1:33:55.920 the New Perth Bears. West Tiger's captain Happy Chorus out 1:33:55.960 --> 1:33:58.200 comes off contract at the end of next season, just 1:33:58.360 --> 1:34:00.280 in time for the Bears to be introduce to the 1:34:00.320 --> 1:34:02.840 Premiership in twenty twenty seven. We'll have more news and 1:34:02.840 --> 1:34:03.400 sport at six. 1:34:03.479 --> 1:34:05.919 Thank you Josh fourteen degrees in Sydney at the moment. 1:34:07.479 --> 1:34:08.920 Finance Update dead. 1:34:08.840 --> 1:34:11.360 Night hosting Money News from seven o'clock tonight. Hello deav 1:34:11.400 --> 1:34:13.360 Hello Dear Clinton. How did the markets fair today? 1:34:13.520 --> 1:34:14.439 Well, the US. 1:34:14.360 --> 1:34:17.120 Markets were pretty mixed overnight, so we thought we were 1:34:17.160 --> 1:34:19.479 in for a pretty strong day. The local boss was 1:34:19.560 --> 1:34:22.559 strong at the open, but it fell came back a bit, 1:34:22.920 --> 1:34:24.599 not a great deal of damage. The A six two 1:34:24.640 --> 1:34:28.439 hundred is still within really touching points of the record 1:34:28.560 --> 1:34:30.920 high as it closed just three points lower. Four of 1:34:30.960 --> 1:34:33.479 the eleven sectors were positive. Tech stocks for the real 1:34:33.560 --> 1:34:37.759 standout today and the dollars doing extremely well. Still it's rising. 1:34:37.880 --> 1:34:39.880 It's just under sixty five US cents. 1:34:40.200 --> 1:34:42.479 Is that because I guess the peak time for people 1:34:42.479 --> 1:34:44.519 to go overseason holidays for those that you know want 1:34:44.560 --> 1:34:45.840 to go on over this holiday can afford it is 1:34:45.840 --> 1:34:46.559 probably the end of the year. 1:34:47.120 --> 1:34:48.799 Well, unless you want. I got to Europe in summer, 1:34:48.840 --> 1:34:50.640 which is what people do at the moment, don't they 1:34:50.920 --> 1:34:53.280 you know, came to Italy and France, all of those 1:34:53.320 --> 1:34:55.000 people who've sworn off. 1:34:55.840 --> 1:34:57.519 If you can get some time off, yes, if you 1:34:57.520 --> 1:34:59.160 can get some time off. So yeah, maybe this is 1:34:59.160 --> 1:35:02.000 a good time to travel the moment streaming services and 1:35:02.080 --> 1:35:04.400 we touched on the cinema this week. While they're taking 1:35:04.520 --> 1:35:08.120 up the fight to cinema, they're also banking on children's films. 1:35:08.280 --> 1:35:11.760 Yeah, kids' movies are making a motza for the film 1:35:11.840 --> 1:35:13.759 studios and Lilo and Stitch. 1:35:14.160 --> 1:35:16.800 You know, if you've seen that, I've seen I haven't 1:35:16.840 --> 1:35:18.680 seen the movie. I've seen the primos for it. 1:35:18.760 --> 1:35:21.360 Well, it's Disney's live action film and it was made 1:35:21.400 --> 1:35:24.439 for one hundred million US dollars. It's on track to 1:35:24.479 --> 1:35:28.240 make one and a half billion dollars, so a massive 1:35:28.320 --> 1:35:30.720 payday at the box office around the world. And it's 1:35:30.800 --> 1:35:33.680 just the latest in movies targeting the under eighteens that 1:35:33.760 --> 1:35:37.560 are doing extremely well. The Minecraft movie, the critics hated it, 1:35:37.960 --> 1:35:40.439 but it grows nine hundred and forty eight million dollars. 1:35:40.520 --> 1:35:43.080 It cost one hundred and fifty million to make Moana 1:35:43.160 --> 1:35:46.840 two and Inside Out too as well, both hugely successful, 1:35:46.960 --> 1:35:50.160 making more than a billion dollars globally, and this is 1:35:50.200 --> 1:35:52.400 where a lot of the dollars are coming in because 1:35:52.479 --> 1:35:55.439 the cinemas know, the movie houses know that if they 1:35:55.439 --> 1:35:58.559 can get the kids attracted to come along, the parents 1:35:58.600 --> 1:36:02.360 will go to It's a family event. It's a guaranteed 1:36:02.400 --> 1:36:04.280 way of getting bums on seats in the cinema. So 1:36:04.400 --> 1:36:07.400 with returns like that, expect more kids movies. 1:36:07.160 --> 1:36:09.559 To be made, and then the Maltesers and the chop 1:36:09.960 --> 1:36:11.559 the rest of the popcorn, all. 1:36:11.479 --> 1:36:11.880 The rest of it. 1:36:11.920 --> 1:36:13.880 I'm sort of getting out of the age group now. Well, 1:36:13.960 --> 1:36:16.360 my youngest is still nine, so we still go to 1:36:16.479 --> 1:36:19.360 see a lot of these films. But yeah, every school holidays, 1:36:19.400 --> 1:36:21.160 I'm there front and center. I have been for a 1:36:21.240 --> 1:36:23.719 long time watching all of the new release of kids movies, 1:36:23.760 --> 1:36:25.960 and a lot of them are fantastic as well. For adults. 1:36:26.040 --> 1:36:28.800 Well, John Stanley's become a massive Formula one fan off 1:36:28.840 --> 1:36:31.519 the whole Netflix Drive to Survive. I'm taking him to 1:36:31.560 --> 1:36:32.920 the Formula one movie in a couple of weeks. 1:36:33.160 --> 1:36:33.599 Fantastic. 1:36:33.800 --> 1:36:35.320 We're going to go on the big screen. That'll be. 1:36:35.400 --> 1:36:37.400 We're going to do a listener competition, maybe do a 1:36:37.439 --> 1:36:40.439 listener promo as well have decided we were going to 1:36:40.479 --> 1:36:42.200 do that. Yet I think John's very keen to do that. 1:36:42.280 --> 1:36:45.040 It's some friends to go along with you throw roll 1:36:45.120 --> 1:36:45.719 the malts. 1:36:45.760 --> 1:36:47.479 It's actually going to be really The Formula one movie's 1:36:47.479 --> 1:36:49.360 gonna be really big. It's going to start is starring 1:36:49.439 --> 1:36:53.000 Brad Pitt and it was actually filmed during Formula One races. 1:36:53.560 --> 1:36:56.280 They actually set up a pit in the garard of 1:36:56.520 --> 1:36:58.439 the races throughout last couple of years. It's going to 1:36:58.439 --> 1:36:59.920 be quite quite realistic. 1:37:00.200 --> 1:37:02.439 Yeah, and after the success of the Netflix series, there'll 1:37:02.439 --> 1:37:03.960 be lots of people wanting to go along. 1:37:04.080 --> 1:37:05.840 That is why they're doing a debil here from seven 1:37:05.840 --> 1:37:07.639 o'clock tonight. Thank you Money News from. 1:37:07.560 --> 1:37:11.599 Seven on Sydney Now. A weather update will be here 1:37:11.760 --> 1:37:16.200 to help in unexpected weather. Nrima Insurance a help company. 1:37:16.320 --> 1:37:18.200 Fourteen degrees at the moment on the coast. I've got 1:37:18.280 --> 1:37:20.200 to say it's not as chilly as it could be, 1:37:20.360 --> 1:37:22.280 given how cold it was to start the day. It's 1:37:22.439 --> 1:37:25.200 eleven degrees across much of the western suburbs. It should 1:37:25.240 --> 1:37:28.160 remain drive this evening. The forecast for tomorrow are partly 1:37:28.200 --> 1:37:32.559 cloudy day eighteen degrees looking her head towards the weekend. 1:37:32.640 --> 1:37:35.960 What's the weekend looking like? Mostly sunny on Saturday, which 1:37:36.080 --> 1:37:40.320 is good, nineteen degrees, partly cloudy on Sunday and nineteen degrees. 1:37:41.000 --> 1:37:44.360 You want to know what's happening in Sydney, Stay tuned 1:37:44.520 --> 1:37:47.400 to Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard on to. 1:37:47.600 --> 1:37:50.639 Gimb We have a special guest, Yes to talk sport. 1:37:51.000 --> 1:37:52.040 Mark guyra Is back. 1:37:52.120 --> 1:37:55.160 Hello, MG, Hello buddy, how are you may I'm miss 1:37:55.160 --> 1:37:55.920 shirt mate? 1:37:55.920 --> 1:37:57.840 How are you? I know I've been joking a bit 1:37:57.920 --> 1:37:59.920 about Manfley, but I know you've been knocked around a bit. 1:38:00.640 --> 1:38:01.920 I have been knocked around a bit made. 1:38:01.960 --> 1:38:05.720 I've had a torrid week, had a bit of influenza 1:38:05.760 --> 1:38:08.760 A which I thought it might have been COVID to 1:38:08.840 --> 1:38:11.160 start with, but I had a COVID testament was negative. 1:38:11.200 --> 1:38:15.400 So yeah, mate, I've just been basically convalescing in bed 1:38:15.439 --> 1:38:17.280 and my wife Meigs has been looking after me and 1:38:17.320 --> 1:38:20.400 my mum come down today to jump on board and 1:38:20.479 --> 1:38:23.840 help help with the chicken noodle soup. But all good, buddy, 1:38:23.880 --> 1:38:25.000 Big game tonight in the footy. 1:38:25.000 --> 1:38:27.120 I'm looking forward to years before we talk about the 1:38:27.120 --> 1:38:31.040 foota tonight. See I'm accused of it of not handling 1:38:31.080 --> 1:38:33.479 illness as well as the women in my house, my 1:38:33.640 --> 1:38:37.000 daughters and my wife. You reckon, that's actually right, we're 1:38:37.000 --> 1:38:37.360 a bit more. 1:38:37.360 --> 1:38:39.960 I think it's I think it's one hundred percent accurate. 1:38:40.080 --> 1:38:41.720 I think it's one hundred percent. I think us man 1:38:42.320 --> 1:38:44.280 our horses somewhere that comes to illness. So I think 1:38:44.320 --> 1:38:47.040 we put it on and we take it for everything 1:38:47.080 --> 1:38:47.439 it's got. 1:38:47.840 --> 1:38:50.080 Is that just because we don't go through childbirth, so 1:38:50.120 --> 1:38:50.839 we really don't. 1:38:50.680 --> 1:38:53.000 Know really well, I think it's got something to do 1:38:53.080 --> 1:38:53.200 with that. 1:38:53.320 --> 1:38:56.360 I think that the female race is a lot tougher 1:38:56.439 --> 1:38:59.599 than we are at times, and I think especially when 1:38:59.600 --> 1:39:01.719 it's a there's a bit of a sniffle of the nose, 1:39:01.800 --> 1:39:05.160 we kind of we take it to the oscar proportions 1:39:05.160 --> 1:39:07.080 and go, I want to, I want to I want 1:39:07.120 --> 1:39:09.040 to meddle for that because I'm really crooked. 1:39:09.040 --> 1:39:10.160 So he's helped me out ployees. 1:39:10.200 --> 1:39:12.840 But yeah, look it's look, I would say one thing, 1:39:13.680 --> 1:39:15.719 I did get the flu shot, So I'm pretty glad 1:39:15.760 --> 1:39:18.639 that I got that because I could imagine how quick 1:39:18.680 --> 1:39:20.160 I might have been if I hadn't. 1:39:20.000 --> 1:39:20.639 Got the flu shot. 1:39:20.680 --> 1:39:23.960 Clinton, So if you're still thinking about not getting it 1:39:24.160 --> 1:39:26.760 get the flu shot this winter because it will help 1:39:26.800 --> 1:39:28.000 you profoundly. 1:39:28.400 --> 1:39:30.880 Let's talk some footy. Newcastle up against Manley tonight. This 1:39:30.960 --> 1:39:32.280 one's been played in Newcastle. 1:39:33.200 --> 1:39:36.000 Mate's look, it's around fourteen, already wrapped around fourteen in 1:39:36.040 --> 1:39:40.439 a year, just after halfway, and Newcastle Marley tonight appears 1:39:40.479 --> 1:39:43.000 to have more at stake than the two points, because 1:39:43.000 --> 1:39:46.880 it would appear that from the Maroon's camp in origin 1:39:46.960 --> 1:39:49.960 the DC Daily Cherry Evans for Manley and Kylen Ponger 1:39:50.000 --> 1:39:54.400 for Newcastle need massive games tonight to keep their origin spots. 1:39:54.439 --> 1:39:58.040 A game two in Perth, it suggested that they're looking 1:39:58.120 --> 1:40:01.879 at the Hammer to put him at back Hamsi Fido 1:40:02.240 --> 1:40:06.639 Fido fullback. Reck Walsh comes back. DC, on the other hand, 1:40:06.720 --> 1:40:09.519 is facing after a good game last week. He's facing 1:40:09.600 --> 1:40:13.559 some heat from Tommy Didon who is And I suppose 1:40:13.600 --> 1:40:19.679 of the reluctance of Billy Slater to endorse DC even 1:40:20.160 --> 1:40:23.200 as far as three or four days ago, made people 1:40:23.360 --> 1:40:25.240 kind of one day is he still in the frame. 1:40:25.320 --> 1:40:27.920 So look, personally, I think Bailey Sherivans is the man 1:40:27.960 --> 1:40:30.000 for the job. I think that you know that first 1:40:30.040 --> 1:40:31.920 game they were just blown away by a better team 1:40:31.920 --> 1:40:33.639 and I think they will come back bigger and better 1:40:33.680 --> 1:40:35.760 in Perth, but there is some pressure on them tonight. 1:40:35.800 --> 1:40:40.160 I think that mainly will prevail tonight because they've got 1:40:40.680 --> 1:40:43.639 a host of players out in Newcastle, they're injured lists 1:40:43.920 --> 1:40:47.560 something like something from Mash So look at you. I 1:40:47.600 --> 1:40:50.439 think mainly tonight in a probably thirteen plus. 1:40:50.520 --> 1:40:52.280 Yeah, I think mainly a win as well, looks like 1:40:52.400 --> 1:40:54.920 pretty much confirmed almost. I think the confirmation may will 1:40:54.920 --> 1:40:57.559 come tomorrow. Malmaninge to be the next Perth Bears coach, 1:40:58.200 --> 1:41:00.840 which means who's going to be the Kangaroo's coach. 1:41:01.640 --> 1:41:04.240 Well, that's that's the sixty four thousand dollars question of 1:41:04.360 --> 1:41:06.880 Brad Feller's name has been mentioned, Cameron Smith's name has 1:41:06.920 --> 1:41:09.200 been mentioned. I say, why don't you send both of 1:41:09.240 --> 1:41:11.639 them as coaches? As co coaches, you know you've got 1:41:12.040 --> 1:41:14.360 usually there's a lot of when you go away on camp, 1:41:14.400 --> 1:41:17.160 and I've done this on the Kangaroo tour. You've got 1:41:17.200 --> 1:41:20.920 a new South Wales coach which was Bob Fulton and 1:41:21.040 --> 1:41:23.800 the Coinsland aren't happy with that. And likewise, when malmon 1:41:23.920 --> 1:41:26.040 Inger's been coached, I suppose a lot of news Arth 1:41:26.080 --> 1:41:28.920 Welshman get the NAIs out of joint because they seem 1:41:28.960 --> 1:41:31.080 to favor their state, which is which is. 1:41:31.280 --> 1:41:31.920 I don't mind that. 1:41:32.439 --> 1:41:34.840 But if you take a Brad Feidler and a Kareron 1:41:34.880 --> 1:41:38.280 Smith as your co coaches, I think that would be fantastic. 1:41:37.840 --> 1:41:39.400 For the for the Australian team. I think. 1:41:41.000 --> 1:41:44.920 You have both both camps being appeased and you'd have 1:41:45.160 --> 1:41:48.240 two guys who are both worn in the jersey with pride, 1:41:49.160 --> 1:41:51.559 and I think Camera Smith hasn't coached before. Brad Fielder's 1:41:51.560 --> 1:41:53.639 obviously coached a bit of club foot, but mostly into 1:41:53.680 --> 1:41:55.880 hath Whales. I think it'd be great to put their 1:41:55.920 --> 1:41:58.400 heads together and take them on this in the season 1:41:58.760 --> 1:42:01.680 Ashes tour in October. 1:42:01.320 --> 1:42:03.320 And November over to France and England would be great 1:42:03.320 --> 1:42:03.599 for him. 1:42:03.800 --> 1:42:05.639 M Joe was having listened to your old coach Gus 1:42:05.760 --> 1:42:08.439 Good on his six Tackles with Gus podcast with Matt 1:42:08.479 --> 1:42:12.559 Thompson from the CCT and he was telling and Matt 1:42:12.600 --> 1:42:15.680 asked Gus about the prospect of Freddie being the Kangaroo's 1:42:15.720 --> 1:42:19.200 coach and Gus told the story of Freddy's first Kangaroo 1:42:19.280 --> 1:42:23.040 tour was when Bozo Fulton was the coach and they 1:42:23.120 --> 1:42:25.040 sent Freddy along to go and get experienced if he 1:42:25.080 --> 1:42:27.120 wasn't going to play in the test matches. Anyway, Freddy 1:42:27.200 --> 1:42:29.600 had just signed the new contract with the Panthers and 1:42:29.760 --> 1:42:31.960 in the deal Freddie wanted more money than Gus wanted 1:42:32.000 --> 1:42:33.760 to play, right, So they came up with a deal. Okay, 1:42:33.760 --> 1:42:36.160 if you ever go on a rep side, we'll cover 1:42:36.320 --> 1:42:41.920 your tab for your mini bar. And Gus tells the 1:42:41.960 --> 1:42:44.320 story that Well, Freddy made full use of that on 1:42:44.400 --> 1:42:47.240 the Kangaroo tour. It seems he entertained the whole team 1:42:47.400 --> 1:42:49.760 and the whole of England in his hotel room. Have 1:42:49.840 --> 1:42:50.800 you got any info about that? 1:42:51.439 --> 1:42:53.719 Well, I was on that Kangaroo tour right, What happened, 1:42:54.479 --> 1:42:57.160 Well I happened. All I know is that we got wade. 1:42:57.240 --> 1:42:59.400 Every Monday, we got wade. As far as you know 1:42:59.760 --> 1:43:03.439 how traveling on that Monday's brother would be gain missing. 1:43:03.520 --> 1:43:06.479 So Brad went away. Bradfield went away eighty eight kilos. 1:43:07.400 --> 1:43:11.240 On arrival back to Penrith for our ninety one pre season, 1:43:11.320 --> 1:43:13.160 he was one hundred and five hundred and four. 1:43:14.800 --> 1:43:16.400 He went to eighty eight to one hundred and four. 1:43:16.920 --> 1:43:19.040 He put on about or four a kilos on the 1:43:19.120 --> 1:43:19.800 Keg group too. 1:43:20.800 --> 1:43:22.280 So did you go into his room and enjoy the 1:43:22.320 --> 1:43:22.640 mini bar? 1:43:22.760 --> 1:43:22.920 Two? 1:43:23.280 --> 1:43:23.479 Ah? 1:43:23.960 --> 1:43:26.599 He was living lar, he was living large. What about 1:43:26.680 --> 1:43:27.439 MG restaurant? 1:43:28.120 --> 1:43:31.000 Ma, I was look, I actually here we go talking 1:43:31.000 --> 1:43:34.320 about sicknas. I got tonsolitis for the first two weeks 1:43:34.400 --> 1:43:35.840 on the Kangaroo to Us. So I sat in my 1:43:35.920 --> 1:43:37.320 bed for two weeks. 1:43:37.680 --> 1:43:40.680 Oh mate, I know, but look for kangaroos too. 1:43:40.720 --> 1:43:43.080 I turned twenty two. From the Kangaroo to I was 1:43:43.520 --> 1:43:46.600 in France. We met Kevin Costner. It was just a 1:43:46.720 --> 1:43:50.640 fantastic trip. Three months of playing footy and because I 1:43:50.800 --> 1:43:53.719 was in the EMUs which the Mews were the midweek team. 1:43:54.920 --> 1:43:56.840 We kind of played on Wednesday night. 1:43:57.000 --> 1:43:58.760 Mid week and then we'd have a drink on Wednesday night, 1:43:59.280 --> 1:43:59.920 have a drink. 1:43:59.720 --> 1:44:03.240 On Fesday night, have a drink on Friday night, train Saturday, 1:44:03.720 --> 1:44:05.799 and then go to the Big Boys game on Sunday 1:44:05.840 --> 1:44:07.960 and then be there kind of board boys and then 1:44:07.960 --> 1:44:09.280 have a drink with them and train Mondays. 1:44:09.320 --> 1:44:12.479 You're going for three months and you still went through undefeated. 1:44:12.560 --> 1:44:14.240 I said, I was one of the tragic sEMG. I 1:44:14.320 --> 1:44:16.000 was just a kid, but I'd stay up and I'd 1:44:16.080 --> 1:44:18.120 put my alarm on it and I watched the Kangaroos 1:44:18.120 --> 1:44:20.559 play Wiggin or Warrington or one of those teams. Hey, 1:44:20.600 --> 1:44:23.040 we're almost out of time. Craig Bellamy, did they confirming 1:44:23.160 --> 1:44:24.720 he's going to play. He's going to coach for the 1:44:24.760 --> 1:44:28.080 Storm yet again. Twenty fourth season next year, twenty four 1:44:28.160 --> 1:44:31.120 years in one job. You reckon. Anyone can match that. 1:44:32.000 --> 1:44:33.240 He's look at massive coup. 1:44:34.000 --> 1:44:37.160 Yeah, it's fantastic for Melbourne Storm, but it's also fantastic 1:44:37.200 --> 1:44:39.559 for the game because you're right, the sixty five year 1:44:39.560 --> 1:44:43.000 old Bellamy, he'll catch his twenty fourth consecutive season. That's 1:44:43.040 --> 1:44:46.639 five hundred and eighty eight games, twenty one final series, 1:44:47.280 --> 1:44:49.880 five Grand Finals. Obviously two of them have been stripped, 1:44:49.920 --> 1:44:52.080 but that you know, that's not worry about that. Six 1:44:52.320 --> 1:44:55.840 minor premierships. This guy is a winner. Look at just look, 1:44:56.360 --> 1:44:59.080 just have to look what he did subtly in the 1:44:59.400 --> 1:45:01.920 South Wales just recently with Lori Dally and Lorry Daily. 1:45:02.280 --> 1:45:05.120 Well done for you because you kind of put your 1:45:05.200 --> 1:45:06.240 ego aside. 1:45:05.920 --> 1:45:08.439 And you said I want Craig Bellamy encampered me because 1:45:08.439 --> 1:45:10.479 he's the best coach in the land at the moment 1:45:10.520 --> 1:45:12.760 and I want some of his wisdom to rub off 1:45:12.760 --> 1:45:12.920 on me. 1:45:12.960 --> 1:45:16.559 And so that was a very un question. Jack Son one. 1:45:16.439 --> 1:45:18.960 On the Melbourne One on Craig Bellamy, two great organizations. 1:45:19.080 --> 1:45:20.639 Glad you're back. MG. We'll talk tomorrow. 1:45:21.080 --> 1:45:23.200 So everybody, I miss job, see you tomorrow, like go out, 1:45:24.240 --> 1:45:24.680 time to. 1:45:24.720 --> 1:45:28.480 Expand your minds? Do you maybe agin your questioning. 1:45:28.360 --> 1:45:30.640 On Sydney Now asked his questions and. 1:45:31.000 --> 1:45:34.040 His question is Patentry, I know how you are. 1:45:34.080 --> 1:45:37.320 And as the question get right. 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And if you've ever 1:48:10.720 --> 1:48:13.160 seen the video clip for it, log onto YouTube to 1:48:13.280 --> 1:48:15.679 night Aha, take on meat, It's a cracker. 1:48:19.120 --> 1:48:22.360 And now a preview of what's coming up on Wide 1:48:22.439 --> 1:48:26.320 World of Sports for the Serrato successor, the turbo charged 1:48:26.439 --> 1:48:30.120 Kia K four kias on you small Sedan GT Line 1:48:30.280 --> 1:48:33.519 very unto available Now find out more about Kia's latest 1:48:33.600 --> 1:48:34.120 small car. 1:48:34.439 --> 1:48:36.920 Adam Halls wild Water Sports after the six o'clock news 1:48:37.000 --> 1:48:38.920 In a big game of footy tonight with many in 1:48:38.920 --> 1:48:39.559 the Knights playing. 1:48:39.720 --> 1:48:42.880 Yeah, indeed, Clinton brings back some great memories, doesn't it. 1:48:42.960 --> 1:48:46.599 Ninety ninety seven Darren Albert whizzing over for the Knights 1:48:46.600 --> 1:48:48.639 to give them their first premiership. We've got Jonathan Thurson 1:48:48.720 --> 1:48:50.640 coming onto preview the big game there. They need to 1:48:50.680 --> 1:48:51.760 win the Knights badly. 1:48:52.360 --> 1:48:54.639 And at home they usually grow a leg at home, 1:48:54.720 --> 1:48:57.120 but you can't tip the Knights with any confidence at 1:48:57.120 --> 1:48:57.479 the moment. 1:48:57.560 --> 1:49:00.479 Now merely bounced back to form against Bronco last week. 1:49:00.560 --> 1:49:02.599 Daly Cherry Evans will be up for another big game 1:49:02.680 --> 1:49:05.080 with selections for Origin just around the corner. Will he 1:49:05.200 --> 1:49:07.000 keep you spot? That's going to be a big focus tonight. 1:49:07.240 --> 1:49:10.000 We'll also talk about the who's going to coach the Kangaroos. 1:49:10.000 --> 1:49:13.400 That job is going to become available very shortly for Freddi, 1:49:13.439 --> 1:49:15.960 our man Freddie, He's going to get it. Brody Grundy 1:49:16.000 --> 1:49:18.479 from the Swans will join me. They're looking to redeem 1:49:18.560 --> 1:49:21.640 themselves against Richmond after that horror show against Adelaide and 1:49:21.760 --> 1:49:23.720 Robbie Slater will come on the Socker Ru's Legend to 1:49:23.760 --> 1:49:25.960 talk about the soccer US game tonight against. 1:49:25.720 --> 1:49:26.679 Japan in Perth. 1:49:26.800 --> 1:49:28.760 Yeah, it's at not nine o'clock out to on this Gusts. 1:49:28.800 --> 1:49:30.240 Yeah, they could be on their way to the World Cup. 1:49:30.280 --> 1:49:32.800 So that's a critical game, isn't it? You win this 1:49:32.920 --> 1:49:35.800 we're going yeah, just about pretty much. Hawsey with why 1:49:35.840 --> 1:49:38.040 would have sports coming up from six o'clock tonight, dev 1:49:38.200 --> 1:49:40.800 Night Money News from seven, John Stanley taking you through 1:49:40.840 --> 1:49:43.800 the night. Don't forget my man Phill O'Neil overnight before 1:49:43.840 --> 1:49:45.720 Ben Forder with our breakfast program. Thank you for your 1:49:45.760 --> 1:49:48.800 company on a very busy Thursday afternoon. That's Sydney now,