WEBVTT - Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard – Full Show June 12th 0:00:11.119 --> 0:00:16.440 Onto GV. This is Sitney Now with Clinton Mayne. 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:18.959 Thursday June twelve, one three one eight seven three. It 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:21.320 is Clinton Mainee with you. A little cloudy across Sydney 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:23.840 this afternoon actually feels warmer than it is at sixteen 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:26.000 degrees in the city. If you're on the road at 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:27.640 the moment, I want you to have a look around. 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:30.720 You can you spot buses? Probably can in the traffic. 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:33.680 Is it an electric bus? I reckon it probably isn't. 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:36.240 Because despot all the fuss about the state government making 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.320 a transition to an electric bus flip. The plan's not 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.199 going too well. Thanks to our listeners, I've uncovered the 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:46.120 truth about what's going on with ev electric buses in 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:48.960 our city and it's not great. Stay tuned. Coming up 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:51.280 in the program Proof those who are regulating the tobacco 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:55.560 industry really have no idea. This is startling. Former Policemanister 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:57.840 David Elliott is my straight shooter for a Thursday, we'll 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:00.440 look at youth crime. We'll also talk about the legacy 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:04.040 of Brian Wilson. You cannot overstate his importance when it 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:06.679 comes to twentieth century music. He was a genius and 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:08.840 Mark Guy's on the show after five point thirty. Mitch 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:10.559 Moses has been ruled out of the New South Wales 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:13.360 state of origin side. Jerome Leway has been brought in. 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:15.840 We'll talk to MG about that. You are my eyes 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.120 and ears when it's happening in Sydney. Now, if you 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:19.800 see something we need to know about, send me a 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:22.319 text message zero force like zero eight seven three eight 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:24.400 seven three and have you say one three one eight 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:35.240 seven three. Well in Sydney. Now there are three men 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:38.200 in custody after a house in Maryland's this morning was 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:41.440 shot at. Now this is significant because there's a twist 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:43.720 to this story. It was about quarter past nine this morning. 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:47.240 House is peppered with bullets. Shortly afterwards, burned house Porsche 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:51.720 was discovered. But the twist is the house reportedly belongs 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.120 to the Boss, one of the key figures within the 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:57.720 Alabadeine crime gang, and this particular man was actually on 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.200 his way to Paramount, a local court to see a 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:04.040 variation in his bail conditions. The head of Task Force Falcon, 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:07.120 Detective Superintendent Jason Box joins a stick you for your time, 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:10.440 no problems. It was at quarter past nine this morning. 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:13.840 What happened to Maryland's. 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.919 Porsche stopped out the front of those premises and a 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.400 number of shots were fired into those premises. The vehicle 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.239 was tracked to chester Hill. It was burnt out. They've 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:25.680 jumped into another vehicle being a Hi Yundai that was 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:29.480 followed by poll Air and police stopped that went to 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.160 stop that vehicle. The three occupants ran from the vehicle. 0:02:32.200 --> 0:02:35.040 The apprehended a short time later, and they're all in 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:37.840 custody and there being and spoke and ear by investigators 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:38.440 at this moment. 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:40.800 So the reports today are that the one of the 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.560 heads of the Alamedin crime family lives in that house 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:45.480 and he was actually on his way to Paramount, a 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:48.000 local court to seek a variation in his bail conditions. 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:51.120 That apparently he had been concerned for his safety by 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:54.120 living in that house, and the bail conditions stated that 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:55.960 he needed to be there. Do you have much information 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:56.760 about that aspect. 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:02.679 I can't comment who lives in that amuses, but there 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:06.640 was a bile variation sought by a member of the 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.320 alameddinacn occurring today. 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.240 The fact that the claim is that he had feared 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:15.360 for his security. Now I know the way that you 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.520 and your officers work when you're investigating these major crime gangs. 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:21.760 At times police actually do warn figures from this world 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.639 that their security may be at risk had that happened. 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:25.239 In this case. 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:32.160 There's been many persons attached to these organized crime networks 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:34.640 recently by a task force for our can end previously 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:38.240 warned about any information or intelligence that we get here, 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:40.680 we do make sure that we pass that on. We 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:43.280 do make them aware of what intelligence we have, what information, 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:46.880 and we pass it on accordingly to people as we 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:47.440 receive it. 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.320 The task force that you're now in charge of bringing 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.000 to you, those thirteen strikeforces, has made several arrests. We 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.160 spoke to you last week on the program about Jason 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:59.480 is do you believe that this particular incident is potentially 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.120 linked to us that you've already been investigating. 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:08.200 Potentially You know, they've been well documented and discussed that 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:11.840 there's internal conflict amongst these organized crime networks. This may 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:15.560 well be attributed to that. You know, it was a 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.480 genuine attempt, you know, there's no doubt you know, to 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:24.280 injure or potentially kill the occupants of those premises. 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:26.240 And I guess the concern that you would have is 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:29.440 I think most Sydney siders would have If those who 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:33.839 are behind these shootings get the address wrong, innocent people 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:35.279 could be in danger here. 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.880 Yeah, that's right. That's why I essentially Taskhaals fac and 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:41.719 has we stood up. We suppressed all this violence. You know, 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:43.839 we're arresting these people who've got three more today and 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:46.640 that was due to police being in the area and saturating. 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:49.680 There's been cars taken off the streets with firearms. There's 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:51.960 been numerous cars that have been located that we're going 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:53.720 to be used in serious criminal offenses. Are up to 0:04:53.800 --> 0:04:56.480 fourteen now that have had petrol and or you know, 0:04:57.240 --> 0:05:00.359 fake registration plates and being positioned to commit offense. So 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:03.880 we're taking that opportunity away or identifying the right people. 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:06.000 We're saturating. You know, we've got fifty police out in 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:09.039 the field that are targeting all these locations and speaking 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.599 of these people. So you know, we hope today's another 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.120 step forward and reducing any risk for the public. 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:15.839 Yeah, it's important work. Thank you for your time. 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:16.560 Thank you. 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:20.360 Protective Inspector Jason Box, he's the head of Task Force 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:22.839 Falcon which is investigating these series of crimes. 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:26.880 You want to know what's happening in Sydney. Stay tuned 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:30.640 to Sydney Out with Clinton on June It's. 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:32.559 Twelve past three if the Order the General has today 0:05:32.600 --> 0:05:35.440 released a report into the regulation of poker machines in 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.360 our state. It has found the state government lacks any 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:43.279 meaningful monitoring of poker machines and it doesn't collect enough 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:46.279 data about problem gambling. As you know, this was an 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:50.000 issue before the last state election, but Dominic Pereitet's plan 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:53.680 for a cashlest gaming card that was thrown out Green's 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:56.200 Uphouse MP Kate Feman has looked at this report. Thank 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:56.960 you for your time, Kate. 0:05:57.360 --> 0:05:58.480 Yeah, pleasure Clinton. 0:05:58.640 --> 0:05:59.960 Are you concerned by what it's found. 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:00.760 Yeah. 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:05.440 Look, basically, the government has a responsibility under the Gaming 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:11.039 Machine Act right to give due regard to gambling harm reduction. 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:15.040 What the Order to General has found is, in fact 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:18.160 it's not doing that at all. It's tinkering around the edges. 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.120 Here in New South Wales, we have seen an increase 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:25.839 in the number of poker machines under this government. We've 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:30.200 seen an increase in harm, We've seen an increase in losses, 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:33.360 so much so that here in New South Wales people 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:37.960 are losing twenty three million dollars a day to the pokies. 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:40.560 So the number of pokies has increased. We almost a 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.360 thousand in two years since since Labor came to power. 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.280 I just want you to listen cake to what the 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:47.599 Premieer has said about this today. This is Chris Mints. 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:51.000 Everything from signs out, the signage at the front of 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.719 pubs and clubs having to be removed, to the introduction 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:59.520 of problem gambling individuals on staff who are responsible for 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:04.160 those that might be not gambling responsibly. 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:06.040 So that's what the Premier says the government is doing. 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.080 Doesn't see what it goes far enough. 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:11.680 To me personally look it certainly isn't the order to 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.160 General found in fact that in relation to even looking 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:19.480 at responsible gambling in venues, he referred to staff having 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:24.320 to be responsible, that they're more concerned about complying with 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:30.360 the regulation than actually looking at the behavior of people 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.880 in you know, if they're experiencing harm, if they should 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:37.360 take a step away from the poker machines, plus things 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:40.640 like venue culture. There's actually one of the big things 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:42.480 is that there's a heap of venues out there that 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:47.280 got conditions imposed, say twenty years ago, that allowed them 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:51.880 to have these exemptions to operating between not sorry, closing 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:54.440 between four am and ten am. So there's a heap 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:58.400 of venues that have poker machines operating, which is a 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:03.440 very harmful time, and their conditions haven't been assessed for 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:09.640 like twenty years. So the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority, 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:13.640 which is the organization that looks at this basically, isn't 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:18.600 keeping up with making sure that you know, harm is reduced, 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.520 and to be honest, the Men's government isn't doing anywhere 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:22.120 near enough. 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.840 David Harris, the Minister, points out that the report in 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.000 the main looks at the time when the coalition was 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:28.880 in power. What it changes do you want to see? 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:29.960 Oh? 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:33.560 Look, I mean almost everybody other than the Men's Government 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.800 is saying that we do need cashless gambling cards. Of 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:41.360 course the industry itself is pushing back a bit with that. 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:44.880 But look, I've got a stat here that says calls 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.839 to the gambler where helpline increase by eight and a 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:51.520 half percent in twenty twenty three to twenty four. I 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:55.600 don't believe that what the Minister said is true. This 0:08:55.800 --> 0:09:01.560 order to this order report did look at statistics and 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:05.680 data that came in when the government was in power. 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:08.600 And one last thing with this, the Independent Panel on 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:14.360 Gaming Reform gave its recommendations to the Government in November 0:09:14.440 --> 0:09:16.880 last year and the Government said it was looking at that. 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:20.040 It will respond in due course. It's now June and 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:21.000 we've seen nothing. 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:22.840 We'll continue to follow this certainly. 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:24.920 Thank you, Kate, Thanks Clinton. 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:27.600 Kate Fairman, Upper House Greens MP. On this issue, the 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.680 Government says it is still considering further recommendations and the 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:33.720 Independent Panel on Gaming Reform, but I can assure you 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.679 they won't be going down the path of cashless gaming. 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:42.800 Sixteen past three. The former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.920 today played down concerns the Orchest submarine deal with the 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:49.439 United States is under threat. The Trump administration has revealed 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.640 that it's examining the plan to ensure it meets the 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:57.360 America First priorities that President Trump is introducing so effectively 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:00.480 the three hundred and sixty eight billion dollar pact is 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:02.600 in some doubt. But Scott Morrison has been asked on 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.040 Sky Today whether he's concerned. 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:04.960 No, I'm not. 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:09.599 It's totally within their remit. As I've said that the 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:12.880 incoming governments do reviews. Kiss Darmer so Keiths Starmer did 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:16.400 a review and that resulted in the UK government being 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.439 even more committed to aucas as a. 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:19.040 Result of that. 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:22.840 The issues being raised actually very well known. It's been 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:26.000 driven out of the Department of Defense by the Undersecretary 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:29.160 and who has made clear his concerns in the past 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:32.319 about the production rate of US submarines and that's what 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.160 their primary focus is. And that issue has been known 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:37.880 for some time, which is why under the Orcast Agreement, 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:42.120 Australia actually funds the support of the US industrial base. 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:45.120 So this is a known issue that definitely needs to 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:47.760 be addressed. It's a very important issue for the US 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:51.080 government in particular, and it's one that President Trump promised 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.400 it fix and so if he fixes that problem, well 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:56.000 then there shouldn't be any issue. 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:59.559 Scott Morrison and today expectedly Malcolm term but also the 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.400 form of Minister Bob Carr have pointed the finger at 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:05.840 mister Morrison, coming up why the transition to electric buses 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.920 in our city is failing? One three, one eight seven 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.720 three is our number. This is Sydney now seventeen degrees 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:13.880 in the coast, at sixteen degrees in Penrith at the 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:16.520 moment thanks to you message, Tim, I like to be positive. 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.679 So we've had this news this afternoon that Mitchell Moses 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:22.280 has suffered a calf injury during the training camp for 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:25.000 the New South Wales State of Origin side that match 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:28.440 to next Wednesday night in Perth. As a result Mitch 0:11:28.480 --> 0:11:30.800 Moses and really disappointing for Miss Moses, he's had to 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:33.839 pull out. Jerome Lewy has been brought in and we'll 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:36.240 talk to Mark Guyre about this after five point thirty. 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.960 I actually think the Blues may well be better off. 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:41.600 I know that might be controversial. I think the Blues 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.720 are going to be better off with a combination in 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:47.120 the halves of Nathan Cleary and Jerome Mark Guyre after 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:47.600 five point. 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:52.000 Thirty until six. This is Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:55.360 on two GB. You call now one to three, one eighty. 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:58.480 Seven three twenty two past three. I received a tip 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:01.320 off late last week about Ish use more issues with 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:04.679 electric buses at a particular depot in Sydney. I can 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:07.199 reveal this afternoon we have a major problem with the 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:10.920 electric bus fleet in Sydney. I've confirmed that dozens do 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:14.880 not work. Simple as that my initial contact told me 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.520 there are sixteen buses at the Speed and Grange depot 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:21.199 in the Southwest, sixteen electric buses that are not being used, 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.240 that have been sitting there at the depot for some time. 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:26.960 That depot is operated by Transit Systems. Now my contact 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:30.400 works on buses and they tell me they've been sitting 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:33.960 idle and they were concerned that the axles themselves have 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:37.240 seized up. Well, I alluded to this a couple of 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:39.440 days ago, and as a result, I've been sent lots 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.360 of correspondence by you, our listeners, telling me about more 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:45.760 problems within the industry, telling me about problems specifically with 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:48.120 electric buses, and just from the outset. Let me make 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:52.559 this clear, forget issues about climate change. I actually think 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:55.520 the transition to electric buses, if it makes financial sense, 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:57.320 may well be a good thing in the long term. 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:01.800 They're quite in traffic. You're not stuck behind a bus 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.760 that's spewing out diesel from its tail pipe, so it 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:08.240 does make some sense. But it's pretty clear from what 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:10.800 I've discovered today, the government has rushed into this over 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.360 the last couple of years and they're not getting it right. 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.320 So what I've found out I've confirmed this now from 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:20.199 Transport for New South Wales is the problem that was 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:24.480 identified by my contact is actually much worse than they thought. 0:13:25.400 --> 0:13:28.600 The departments told me. In twenty twenty two, an order 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:32.559 was placed for seventy two Element I electric buses from 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:36.000 a local manufacturer, Custom Denning. They're based in some areas. 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.280 I've actually been to their premises during the rollout. A 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:43.160 number of reliability issues were identified. The cause of several 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:47.520 performance and reliability issues has been attributed to the batteries 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:52.040 they use. The element IE buses require new batteries to 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.840 be installed. So that's seventy two buses that are being 0:13:55.080 --> 0:14:00.000 ordered from Custom Denning. They all need near batteries already. 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.800 That's far beyond the sixteen I was initially told about. 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:07.160 All seventy two need new batteries. Transport for New South 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:10.920 Wales tells me Custom Denning is undertaking a retrofit program 0:14:11.000 --> 0:14:14.680 directify the buses. We expect these buses will be returned 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:20.200 to service progressively into early twenty twenty six, so next year. 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.400 The seventy two buses that are ordered back in twenty 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.720 twenty two will not be in service until next year 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:31.880 in full because they've got problems with the batteries. Transport 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.320 for New South Wales tells me there are currently seventeen 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:38.800 element IE buses on the network. Two have had the 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:43.240 retrofit completed, so two have new batteries custom denning Element 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:45.680 one electric buses not in service are either in the 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:49.160 process of being retrofitted so that means fixed or in 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:55.240 storage awaiting retrofitting. Eleven are currently stored at the Transport 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:58.400 for New South Wales holding yard at Smeaton Grange. So 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.840 the buses I told you about, so seventy two electric 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:06.000 buses we order. Two are fully working. There are two 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.840 that have had the new butteries installed. That's all. And 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.000 electric buses are worth in the vicinity of a million dollars. 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:11.200 Now. 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:14.080 I've had further correspondence from our listeners this week, some 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.560 who work as bus drivers, others who work in the industry. 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:20.000 I won't name them because they value their jobs and 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:24.640 I appreciate their confidential information. This is regarding the smeat 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:28.480 And Grange depot. My listener says there are approximately twenty 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.840 five buses there. They've been out of action for six months. 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:34.720 They need major repairs before they can go back into service. 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:39.600 These buses have been plagued by problems ever since they're 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.840 delivery to Transport for New South Wales. There are a 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:46.160 large number of ev buses parked at the Sydney Bus Museum, 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:49.240 which is behind the Leichhardt Bus Depot. They've been paid 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.640 for by the Transport Department, so Transport for New South Wales. 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:55.800 They've never gone into service. That's from a bus driver. 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:58.880 Another contact of mine tells me there are at least 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:02.960 three electric buses operated by Transit Systems part near an 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:06.640 ROMs Road emergency vehicle and tow truck facility at Arndil Park. 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:09.720 It's near the intersection of the Great Western Highway Reservoir Road, 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.640 just down from the bunnings. You can see them. They're 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:14.800 sitting there in a grassy area. They're not hooked up 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:18.600 to power or anything. Now this information from a bus driver. 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:22.200 He drives an electric bus and it's actually quite disturbing. 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:24.800 He tells me. There have been many issues with these 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:30.960 buses simply not working. They stop, the bus will stop 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:34.880 and you have to reset it. It can happen in traffic. 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:38.520 It has a bus stops of traffic lights. If this occurs, 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.440 the buses need to be completely shut down for two 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:44.400 to three minutes in the traffic. This causes to stress 0:16:44.400 --> 0:16:47.600 to bus drivers and passengers and other road users. Also, 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:49.600 with the batteries in these buses, they're on the roof 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:52.840 of the bus. They're top heavy. If any of these 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:55.600 buses ever caught fire, the occupant's not going to have 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.840 long to get out of the bus. This is a 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.800 driver of electric buses, he says. I purse believe these 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.320 buses should not be on the roads until they're being 0:17:03.400 --> 0:17:06.199 charged one hundred percent from renewables. Now that raises the 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.320 issue that I'd brought you a couple of months ago. 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:12.199 We were sent photos of diesel generators diesel generators that 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.840 electric buses have been plugged into, and Transport for New 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:16.480 South Wales did confirm that to me a couple of 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:20.399 months ago, that they are charging some buses with diesel generators. 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:24.520 Completely misses the point, doesn't it. One of my listeners writes, 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:27.880 we have some of these buses that are made in St. Mary's. 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:30.800 Let me tell you, straight off the bat, most of 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.720 these electric buses in Sydney, because there are on the road. 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:37.320 Most of these buses do not charge via renewables. It's 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:41.040 straight off the grid. Now, I don't think the concept 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:44.400 of electric buses is all that bad. I don't think 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:46.600 any of us like to be behind a diesel bus 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.400 that's spewing out smoke. And some of them are great 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.959 Lord of ma Bart. But quite simply, the industry is 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:56.320 not ready for electric buses in Sydney. The charging infrastructure 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:59.640 is poor. They're either plugged into the grid or worse 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.760 DEAs all generators, so pointless from an environmental point of view, 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:05.359 but even worse as the fact that taxpayers us We 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:08.320 have ordered seventy two of these buses and they've got 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:11.360 forty batteries. Only two of them have been fixed so far, 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:14.200 and the rest in full won't be in service until 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:16.480 next year. And as now, drivers have told me they're 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:18.960 concerned about the safety risk. When the dam buses just 0:18:19.000 --> 0:18:21.080 stopped for no reason at a set of lights and 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.680 it needs three minutes for a restart. 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:24.200 It's not good enough. 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:27.639 We are living out this ev fantasy before the city 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:31.400 is ready. And why well, it's so we can tick 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:34.760 a box and bureaucrats and people in the department that 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:38.439 make themselves feel good that they're being environmentally friendly and 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:42.160 they're saving the planet. It ain't working. Peter Ford coming 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:44.439 up in a moment, we'll talk about the passing of 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:46.399 Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys. 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The White House has announced a review of 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:03.240 the three hundred and sixty eight billion dollar program, and 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:06.600 a dining chair is being recalled. The Dimy chair from 0:20:06.680 --> 0:20:11.119 Fantastic Furniture has a manufacturing defect, with warnings the legs 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:15.240 may break during use. In Sport, Giants Captain Toby Green 0:20:15.359 --> 0:20:18.359 is in dubt for Saturday's clash with AFL premiers the 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:22.199 Brisbane Lions. Green is struggling with a deep cork to 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:26.240 his buttocks after copying an accidental knee last weekend. Clinton 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:27.480 More News at four K. 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:30.199 Katie's sixteen degrees in the Coast. It's fifteen degrees in 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:32.320 Campbelltown at the moment. Our Hearts go out to the 0:20:32.320 --> 0:20:35.919 form Miss Australia and the Neighbors actor Aaron McNaught. She's 0:20:36.000 --> 0:20:39.960 revealed today on social media via Instagram that her son 0:20:40.680 --> 0:20:44.200 is suffering a baby a brain tumor. He's only one 0:20:44.280 --> 0:20:49.159 year old, Obi and Aaron says he's been having problems eating, 0:20:49.280 --> 0:20:53.440 sleeping and most recently keeping his head straight. So they 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:56.640 took their little boy, Aaron McNaughton her husband for an 0:20:56.760 --> 0:21:00.639 Mrry and that Mr Rai has confirmed his suffering a 0:21:00.720 --> 0:21:03.920 large brain tumor on the right side of his brain. 0:21:04.760 --> 0:21:07.959 McNaught says, we're absolutely shattered. His last days have been 0:21:08.000 --> 0:21:10.119 our hardest days. The team that the children's hostel in 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:12.480 queens and have been incredible. We remain hopeful that we 0:21:12.520 --> 0:21:16.040 can remove the mass and get Obi healthy and happy, 0:21:16.080 --> 0:21:19.680 pending the results. Our hearts out to Erin McNaught, little 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:25.520 Obie and the family twenty five to four just on 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:28.280 the buses. So the plan is for all eight thousand 0:21:28.320 --> 0:21:33.120 buses in New South Wales to eventually be running on 0:21:33.359 --> 0:21:35.800 electric power. So at the moment there are diesel buses, 0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:38.480 there are some electric buses and natural gas buses, but 0:21:38.560 --> 0:21:42.119 clearly the transition is hitting hurdles. David says on the 0:21:42.160 --> 0:21:45.520 text line Shanghai, China has thousands of electric buses. Someone 0:21:45.520 --> 0:21:47.560 from Transport for New South Wales. You go to Shanghai, 0:21:47.680 --> 0:21:50.120 have look how they manage their fleet well. Our bringing 0:21:50.119 --> 0:21:52.600 in some packed buses that have been constructed in Naura 0:21:52.680 --> 0:21:56.480 from China. Ben says, the Element I buses you mentioned, 0:21:56.520 --> 0:21:59.119 they're a complete waste of money and the Element twos 0:21:59.280 --> 0:22:02.960 aren't much better. The Jung Volvo electrics of beautiful busses 0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:06.480 to drive the three minutes shutdown restart process has actually 0:22:06.520 --> 0:22:09.440 been in place before the electric buses have been a consideration. 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:12.240 It resets the electrics. It's part of the process, but 0:22:12.320 --> 0:22:15.760 that is causing some concern. That process, when particularly in 0:22:15.800 --> 0:22:17.879 heavy traffic, is causing some concern for some of the 0:22:17.880 --> 0:22:19.280 bus drivers who listened to this show. 0:22:19.480 --> 0:22:21.679 Because John be. 0:22:23.520 --> 0:22:25.240 Grand Father. 0:22:27.400 --> 0:22:38.800 Round Well news early this morning the passing of musical 0:22:38.840 --> 0:22:43.199 genius Brian Wilson of Beach Boys Fate. He was the 0:22:43.280 --> 0:22:46.600 genius behind the Beach Boys. He has passed away at 0:22:46.640 --> 0:22:49.560 the age of eighty two. We talk entertainment with Peter Forden. 0:22:49.640 --> 0:22:51.200 He was a genius. Peter good afternoon. 0:22:51.680 --> 0:22:55.560 Yeah, although I would suggest probably a torture genius. You know, 0:22:55.640 --> 0:22:57.879 he had a lot of mental health issues going on 0:22:57.920 --> 0:23:01.120 which were probably not helped by his drive usage through 0:23:01.160 --> 0:23:05.200 the years. Had an abusive father, one of the constant 0:23:05.200 --> 0:23:08.520 things throughout his life. He kept hearing voices and then 0:23:08.560 --> 0:23:12.439 in more recent times they became hallucinations, and in the 0:23:12.480 --> 0:23:15.280 last two years he was diagnosed with dementia and his 0:23:15.359 --> 0:23:17.960 wife died at the beginning of last year. So as 0:23:17.960 --> 0:23:20.880 a result of that, she really did take care of him. 0:23:20.920 --> 0:23:23.720 So the family had to get a conservative ship put 0:23:23.760 --> 0:23:27.000 over him so that he wouldn't make any rash decisions 0:23:27.040 --> 0:23:30.560 financially or otherwise. But prior to say, the last two 0:23:30.640 --> 0:23:34.000 years he was going along pretty well. Was always a 0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:37.359 bit of a rollercoaster life because of the mental health 0:23:37.359 --> 0:23:40.439 issues and going in and out of institutions. But that 0:23:40.600 --> 0:23:43.760 music that he created, and of course, not to forget 0:23:43.880 --> 0:23:48.320 his brothers who predeceased him, who were also original members 0:23:48.320 --> 0:23:51.560 of the band You know well, Karl died in nineteen 0:23:51.600 --> 0:23:55.159 ninety seven and Dennis died in nineteen eighty three. He 0:23:55.920 --> 0:23:59.800 sort of ironically he drowned, So he's known great sadness 0:23:59.760 --> 0:24:02.119 in life. But when you look at the music, and 0:24:02.200 --> 0:24:04.840 that music takes you back to another time and place, 0:24:04.920 --> 0:24:08.639 and the people who've been putting out messages today like 0:24:08.720 --> 0:24:11.920 Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan all looked to him as 0:24:11.960 --> 0:24:14.080 being a great mentor and inspiration. 0:24:14.359 --> 0:24:16.159 He certainly was. And there's the story, and I know 0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:19.560 that it's well reported now that in the nineteen sixties 0:24:19.560 --> 0:24:22.639 when the Beatles heard pet Sounds, which is considered the 0:24:22.680 --> 0:24:25.440 Brian Wilson masterpiece, when they heard pet Sounds, they thought, oh, 0:24:25.480 --> 0:24:27.920 my goodness, this is going to take a lot to top. 0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:30.280 They then recorded Sergeant Pepper's in response. 0:24:30.840 --> 0:24:33.159 Yeah, yeah, exactly. Look, it was a great time of 0:24:33.880 --> 0:24:37.760 music creativity, but there was such a unique sound that 0:24:37.800 --> 0:24:39.960 they had created. There's a couple of interesting things that 0:24:40.040 --> 0:24:42.560 he did that sort of went under the radar. About 0:24:42.560 --> 0:24:45.159 fifteen years ago, he did an album of all the 0:24:45.200 --> 0:24:48.720 Disney classics Disney Classic tunes and gave them a kind 0:24:48.760 --> 0:24:51.080 of a beach boys vibe. He also did the same 0:24:51.119 --> 0:24:54.560 thing with Gershwin music. So he really was open to 0:24:54.680 --> 0:24:59.320 different styles of music, but then interpreted interpreted in his 0:24:59.440 --> 0:25:02.080 own way. But there's a couple of things I would 0:25:02.080 --> 0:25:05.440 point you towards. And one is a great documentary which 0:25:05.560 --> 0:25:08.520 was called Long Promised Road, which is only done about 0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:12.000 eighteen months ago. And to be honest, that dementia had 0:25:12.200 --> 0:25:16.199 set in and he wasn't very effusive, kind of talent anyway, 0:25:16.240 --> 0:25:20.439 he wasn't overly articulate. His gift was writing music. But 0:25:20.480 --> 0:25:22.879 in this he does talk a lot and it's a 0:25:22.920 --> 0:25:26.680 great insight into and his memory was still great looking back. 0:25:26.720 --> 0:25:29.400 It wasn't so good about last week, but looking back 0:25:29.440 --> 0:25:32.360 to the sixties, his memory was really good. Long Promised 0:25:32.400 --> 0:25:34.120 road that's called if you want to try and track 0:25:34.160 --> 0:25:34.520 it down. 0:25:34.680 --> 0:25:37.200 So, as you mentioned, the Wilson Brothers long since past, 0:25:37.359 --> 0:25:39.080 and the Beach Boys over the years have had many 0:25:39.119 --> 0:25:42.520 different members. Is there actually still an act using the 0:25:42.600 --> 0:25:43.520 name the Beach Boys. 0:25:43.800 --> 0:25:46.160 Yeah, there is, and Mike Love has god it. I'm 0:25:46.200 --> 0:25:49.280 assuming he's bought the right right somehow. You know, that 0:25:49.359 --> 0:25:51.960 whole concept of buying rights to the names of band 0:25:52.400 --> 0:25:55.199 is a very complicated thing. You know, no better example 0:25:55.240 --> 0:25:57.639 of that than a Little riverband and what happened there. 0:25:57.840 --> 0:26:00.639 But yeah, they still go around with Michael and obviously 0:26:00.640 --> 0:26:03.800 the others are all younger musicians. Al Jardine is still 0:26:03.800 --> 0:26:05.879 out there performing as well. He has a kind of 0:26:06.280 --> 0:26:09.520 a band that specializes in doing the Beach Boys music 0:26:09.800 --> 0:26:12.359 but doesn't have the rights to use the Beach Boys' names. 0:26:12.600 --> 0:26:15.879 An absolute legend. Thank you, Peter, Thanks Clinton, Peter Ford, 0:26:15.960 --> 0:26:17.639 our music correspondent. 0:26:34.840 --> 0:26:39.320 Knows now. 0:26:41.119 --> 0:26:43.440 This may be a big call to make. I would 0:26:43.480 --> 0:26:46.080 go as far to say that God only knows. He 0:26:46.160 --> 0:26:52.600 is in the top three songs ever composed. I had 0:26:52.640 --> 0:26:54.840 that music fame my wedding, and it was before it 0:26:54.920 --> 0:26:56.919 was so popular with love actually, but of course it 0:26:56.960 --> 0:27:00.440 was a massive hit from Petstounds, from the from the Mids. 0:27:00.520 --> 0:27:03.000 I honestly believe that he's one of the greatest songs 0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:07.360 ever recorded. He was a legend, and yes, for many 0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:10.200 years he was drug effected. He became a hermit. At 0:27:10.200 --> 0:27:13.760 one point he had fallings out with his brothers. But 0:27:14.040 --> 0:27:16.760 music has lost a legend today. And I will quote 0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:23.159 Sean Lennon, son of John Says on social media today. 0:27:23.600 --> 0:27:26.719 He was always very kind and generous. He was our 0:27:26.760 --> 0:27:38.359 American Mozart are one of a kind, genius from another world. 0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:53.360 She's coming up after five o'clock. 0:27:53.480 --> 0:27:55.880 I will speak to an expert in the matter. I'll 0:27:55.920 --> 0:27:59.439 be speaking to a musician from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. 0:27:59.480 --> 0:28:04.119 This is Sydney. A man has been questioned at Wogga 0:28:04.119 --> 0:28:06.920 Wogga Police station following the fatal shooting of another man 0:28:06.960 --> 0:28:09.360 in the River Areenda Town earlier this week. This occurred 0:28:09.400 --> 0:28:12.280 on Monday afternoon. The police were called to Ashmont, which 0:28:12.359 --> 0:28:14.800 is near Wagga Wogga reports a man had been shot 0:28:14.880 --> 0:28:17.399 during a fight of some sort. Well, today, a thirty 0:28:17.440 --> 0:28:20.080 five year old man's been arrested at a home at Norandra, 0:28:20.160 --> 0:28:22.359 which is in the Riverina not too far from Wagga Wogga. 0:28:22.640 --> 0:28:25.639 Police have searched a home they've located and see several 0:28:25.640 --> 0:28:28.800 items are closing for forensic examination. The man is still 0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:31.320 to be charged, but he is being questioned by Wagga 0:28:31.320 --> 0:28:32.040 Wogga police. 0:28:32.400 --> 0:28:35.440 If it matters to you, you'll hear it here Sydney 0:28:35.480 --> 0:28:37.560 Now with Clinton Maynard until. 0:28:37.520 --> 0:28:40.520 It's fortunately to four lots of messages here about Brian Wilson. 0:28:40.640 --> 0:28:43.360 Kim says, I absolutely agree. He is a legend, a 0:28:43.480 --> 0:28:46.400 legend of a songwriter. Kathy says, God Only Knows is 0:28:46.400 --> 0:28:49.280 one of the best songs ever. Tony, you're a Beach 0:28:49.320 --> 0:28:52.920 Boys fan? Yes, my word, what do you make of 0:28:52.960 --> 0:28:53.560 Brian Wilson? 0:28:55.000 --> 0:28:57.560 Oh Aton look fantastic program. And I just got to 0:28:57.600 --> 0:29:00.400 congratulate you on your fine judgement because you've just described 0:29:00.680 --> 0:29:03.200 God Only Knows as one of the greatest songs of 0:29:03.240 --> 0:29:06.760 the modern era, and We've played at your wedding. Paul McCartney, 0:29:06.840 --> 0:29:10.040 on numerous occasions, has described that song as the greatest 0:29:10.120 --> 0:29:13.120 piece of pop music ever written. You've got good judgment. 0:29:13.600 --> 0:29:15.800 It's hard to disagree with, sir Paul, isn't it. It's 0:29:16.080 --> 0:29:17.800 you know what it is about, Toney familiar. 0:29:17.800 --> 0:29:18.000 Okay. 0:29:18.400 --> 0:29:21.520 I'm in my late forties now, so I born in 0:29:21.520 --> 0:29:23.280 the mid seventies, grew up in the eighties. So my 0:29:23.400 --> 0:29:26.200 father was a fan of sixties music, and he'd always 0:29:26.200 --> 0:29:28.560 have lots of sixty music playing in the house, whether 0:29:28.600 --> 0:29:31.920 it was Australian music. He loved the BG's of the sixties, Beatles, 0:29:32.520 --> 0:29:36.800 Beach Boys, Herman's, Hermit's a lot right. Even though that 0:29:36.880 --> 0:29:39.520 music isn't actually of my era, I grew up with it. 0:29:40.000 --> 0:29:42.120 And so when you hear about the passing of somebody 0:29:42.200 --> 0:29:46.160 like Brian Wilson, even for somebody of my generation, it 0:29:46.240 --> 0:29:47.680 feels like the end of something. 0:29:49.000 --> 0:29:52.120 Yeah, it's timeless music. Though it sounds as good now. 0:29:52.240 --> 0:29:53.920 It stands up as well now as it did forty 0:29:54.000 --> 0:29:55.080 years ago, fifty years ago. 0:29:55.680 --> 0:29:57.840 Yep, certainly does good on your tony think if you 0:29:57.880 --> 0:29:59.960 call one three one eight seventy three. As I meant, 0:30:00.280 --> 0:30:02.120 we will speak a little bit more about Brian Wilson 0:30:02.280 --> 0:30:04.200 in the final hour of the program. 0:30:04.200 --> 0:30:08.200 Listening to Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard on two gb 0:30:08.440 --> 0:30:11.040 com now one three one eight seven three. 0:30:11.120 --> 0:30:14.400 Have you ever been ghosted? Not by a partner, by 0:30:14.440 --> 0:30:18.200 about a potential employer? Now, what ghosted means. It means 0:30:18.400 --> 0:30:20.920 not to receive a call or even a text message 0:30:20.920 --> 0:30:24.360 to end a relationship. And this is a very modern way. Unfortunately, 0:30:24.400 --> 0:30:28.320 sometimes relationships end. New data from Indeed reveals nine in 0:30:28.360 --> 0:30:33.200 ten Australians have been ghosted by a prospective employer. It's 0:30:33.200 --> 0:30:35.320 twelve and a half million workers. So I know job 0:30:35.400 --> 0:30:38.880 seeking is frustrating, particularly if you're in your fifties and 0:30:39.080 --> 0:30:42.120 you are looking for employment. It can be enormously frustrating 0:30:42.320 --> 0:30:45.280 because there's a lot of ageism out there. But I've 0:30:45.320 --> 0:30:49.080 heard from people about this before that they get so 0:30:49.160 --> 0:30:52.640 frustrated that they'll apply for dozens and dozens of jobs. 0:30:53.240 --> 0:30:57.080 They will do it electronically via LinkedIn these days, and 0:30:57.120 --> 0:31:00.320 they'll never hear anything back. Well, that's what ghosts in 0:31:00.360 --> 0:31:03.120 the employment market is all about. Selling mckibbon is a 0:31:03.120 --> 0:31:06.960 career expert and indeed and joins us. Hello, Sally, Hi Clinton, 0:31:06.960 --> 0:31:09.920 how are you? I'm good? Why is ghosting happening in 0:31:09.960 --> 0:31:10.840 the employment market? 0:31:12.120 --> 0:31:15.880 Well, look, sometimes it's due to things like poor hiring practices. 0:31:16.600 --> 0:31:20.040 It can be lack of communication systems or employers either 0:31:20.080 --> 0:31:24.920 being overwhelmed with high volumes of applications or high volume 0:31:24.960 --> 0:31:28.520 of roles that they're actually managing and looking. In other cases, 0:31:28.520 --> 0:31:31.480 it can be that you know, hiring gets canceled altogether 0:31:31.560 --> 0:31:33.560 and people just don't get informed. 0:31:34.160 --> 0:31:35.800 What are the common reasons? What do you think the 0:31:35.800 --> 0:31:37.960 common reasons are that employers ghost Is it because it's 0:31:37.960 --> 0:31:41.920 simply they receive too many. 0:31:40.680 --> 0:31:42.479 Look, I think in a lot of instances it is 0:31:42.480 --> 0:31:46.320 that that overwhelming number of applications. A lot of businesses 0:31:46.320 --> 0:31:51.320 are using AI now to measure who is the most 0:31:51.440 --> 0:31:55.080 relevant for the job, and in other instances, you know, 0:31:55.160 --> 0:31:57.480 they just can't get through the sheer volume of people 0:31:57.520 --> 0:31:59.160 applying for a certain position. 0:31:59.640 --> 0:32:03.080 If we're using modern tech like AI, surely there'd be 0:32:03.160 --> 0:32:06.280 a way we could get the autumn of the artificial 0:32:06.320 --> 0:32:09.680 intelligence to reply to somebody who's had the god of 0:32:09.720 --> 0:32:10.920 the effort to apply for a job. 0:32:11.200 --> 0:32:13.600 You would absolutely hope so, but it is definitely not 0:32:13.640 --> 0:32:16.120 built in every single practice out there. 0:32:16.640 --> 0:32:18.960 You know what I fear, Sally, I reckon this then 0:32:19.000 --> 0:32:22.520 has an effect on somebody's mental health. I think it'll 0:32:22.560 --> 0:32:27.080 have an effect on their ambition, their desire to try 0:32:27.080 --> 0:32:27.760 to find a job. 0:32:28.400 --> 0:32:32.320 Yeah, it absolutely can be disheartening and damaging to people's confidence, 0:32:32.800 --> 0:32:35.360 particularly in young people or even as you mentioned, you know, 0:32:35.400 --> 0:32:39.000 people that are facing things like ageism, minority groups and 0:32:39.040 --> 0:32:42.160 things like that. It often leads people questioning their abilities 0:32:42.880 --> 0:32:46.280 when in reality the silence is often more about the 0:32:46.320 --> 0:32:49.880 internal employer process rather than them as a person or 0:32:49.920 --> 0:32:51.160 their ability to do the job. 0:32:51.480 --> 0:32:53.840 Just lastly, Sally, is there something the person who's applying 0:32:53.840 --> 0:32:55.880 for the job can do about it? Do you recommend, 0:32:55.920 --> 0:32:58.800 for instance, they're get in contact with the potential employer, 0:33:00.080 --> 0:33:00.720 doesn't have hurt. 0:33:00.560 --> 0:33:03.200 To send a follow up email or even you know, 0:33:03.480 --> 0:33:05.239 the old fashioned way of picking up the phone and 0:33:05.240 --> 0:33:08.800 sometimes giving somebody a call. And potentially you can also 0:33:08.840 --> 0:33:11.600 give it time. Hiring can be longer than a little 0:33:11.600 --> 0:33:16.320 bit than expected in some instances, and then you know, 0:33:16.480 --> 0:33:20.120 just keep keep practicing because whilst it can shake your confidence, 0:33:21.240 --> 0:33:23.320 you know there is the right job out there. 0:33:23.320 --> 0:33:23.520 For you. 0:33:23.760 --> 0:33:26.280 Hey, just lastly, Sally, have you ever been ghosted? 0:33:27.160 --> 0:33:30.000 I have, and it's even worse. It was one of 0:33:30.000 --> 0:33:32.840 my first jobs that I keep thinking about. I went 0:33:32.880 --> 0:33:34.840 for a trial and that I never heard from them 0:33:34.840 --> 0:33:35.360 ever again. 0:33:35.960 --> 0:33:37.760 Oh, so you're actually doing the job on trial? 0:33:37.960 --> 0:33:42.400 Went for a trial, Ronnie. Ronnie is back in the day, 0:33:42.800 --> 0:33:44.320 a similar vintage of your Cleante. 0:33:44.440 --> 0:33:46.240 There was a fashion retailer, wasn't it Ronnie's. 0:33:46.240 --> 0:33:49.880 Never it was like a discount store. And yeah, they 0:33:50.640 --> 0:33:52.320 never called me back, Sally. 0:33:52.480 --> 0:33:54.480 You would have been good at Ronnie's. It would have 0:33:54.520 --> 0:33:57.920 been outstanding. Hey, thanks, Sally, thanks so much for your time. 0:33:58.440 --> 0:34:01.360 Jellie McKinnon, who's from Indeed, so they've conducted the research 0:34:01.400 --> 0:34:04.200 that's found nine out of ten people who apply for 0:34:04.240 --> 0:34:06.480 a job have been ghosted, so they never hear back. 0:34:06.720 --> 0:34:09.120 Have you been in that situation? Now? I know it's 0:34:09.120 --> 0:34:12.439 particularly frustrating for people when they enter the middle age 0:34:12.480 --> 0:34:15.359 years trying to find a job. You're trying to deal 0:34:15.400 --> 0:34:20.040 with modern technology like LinkedIn, like the automated systems that 0:34:20.040 --> 0:34:22.719 we all have to now get our heads around. But 0:34:22.800 --> 0:34:27.520 when the perspective employer doesn't even have the courtesy to 0:34:27.600 --> 0:34:30.640 respond to your application. Do you get in contact with them? 0:34:30.640 --> 0:34:32.360 How do you deal with it? Has it happened to you? 0:34:32.440 --> 0:34:34.800 Let me know three one eight seven three. It's closing 0:34:34.840 --> 0:34:36.880 maynight here. When you see something around Sydney that we 0:34:36.920 --> 0:34:38.880 need to know about, let me know about via the 0:34:38.920 --> 0:34:41.359 text line zero four six zero eight seven three eight 0:34:41.400 --> 0:34:43.800 seven three. That's our word on the street thanks to temper, 0:34:43.880 --> 0:34:46.520 a great night's sleep, night after night. The difference is temper. 0:34:46.680 --> 0:34:48.799 And if you'd like us to investigate something, if you've 0:34:48.800 --> 0:34:51.040 got a news tip, that's also a word on the street. 0:34:51.080 --> 0:34:53.600 And that's where this information came to me first about 0:34:53.640 --> 0:34:56.440 what's going with electric buses in Sydney, the fact that 0:34:56.520 --> 0:34:58.560 so many are now off the road because they have 0:34:58.640 --> 0:35:01.880 faulty batteries. I'll talk to Howard Colinson, Transport for New 0:35:01.920 --> 0:35:04.680 South Wales after the news about that. Lots of messages 0:35:04.719 --> 0:35:06.400 still coming in about the Beach Boys and the tragic 0:35:06.440 --> 0:35:09.879 passing of Brian Wilson. Mitch agrees with me that God 0:35:09.880 --> 0:35:11.960 Only Knows is one of the top five best songs 0:35:12.000 --> 0:35:15.040 ever composed. Bonnie says, I agree with you about that song. 0:35:15.360 --> 0:35:19.040 It's a wonderful, wonderful tune. Three to four one, three, 0:35:19.080 --> 0:35:22.000 one eight seven three. Have you ever been ghosted by 0:35:22.320 --> 0:35:25.239 a prospective employer, so when you've applied for a job, 0:35:25.400 --> 0:35:28.400 they haven't had the couragey to get back to you. Michael, 0:35:28.440 --> 0:35:29.440 have you been in that situation? 0:35:30.480 --> 0:35:30.680 Yeah? 0:35:30.680 --> 0:35:34.080 Okay mate, yeah I have. Actually, mine's a very unique 0:35:34.120 --> 0:35:39.120 sort of story because, after all, recently I was happily 0:35:39.160 --> 0:35:42.239 semi retired of just working a couple of days here 0:35:42.239 --> 0:35:46.480 and there, and out of the blue, a coworker, a 0:35:46.520 --> 0:35:49.279 friend rang me where I used to work and said 0:35:49.280 --> 0:35:50.839 what was I doing? And I said, oh, not much, 0:35:50.920 --> 0:35:52.640 you know, just just doing bitter this bit of that. 0:35:53.000 --> 0:35:55.200 He said, would you be interested in coming back to 0:35:55.280 --> 0:35:57.480 work for us? So I thought about it for a 0:35:57.520 --> 0:35:59.879 few days because I was sort of going to go 0:36:00.080 --> 0:36:02.759 back to full time work coming off semi retirement. And 0:36:02.760 --> 0:36:04.399 I thought, yeah, i'll do That was a good place 0:36:04.440 --> 0:36:07.359 to work. So I went in and saw them, and 0:36:07.440 --> 0:36:10.319 I saw the manager who I knew quite well, and 0:36:10.400 --> 0:36:12.759 we had a chat and he stood there and he 0:36:12.800 --> 0:36:14.680 shook me hand and he said it's going to be 0:36:14.719 --> 0:36:18.279 great to have you back. And I said, look, I'm 0:36:18.280 --> 0:36:21.920 going overseas for on for two weeks holiday. And I 0:36:21.920 --> 0:36:23.919 said I'd like to start when I get back. He said, 0:36:23.920 --> 0:36:26.480 we'll have it all organized when you get back. You'll 0:36:26.480 --> 0:36:29.520 be starting back at work, and I said sweet. Anyway, 0:36:29.520 --> 0:36:33.879 I went on the when I overseas, and I had 0:36:33.880 --> 0:36:36.920 some correspondence through email because I had to have an 0:36:36.920 --> 0:36:39.840 interview with the HR department just out of pad of 0:36:40.120 --> 0:36:40.480 like you know. 0:36:42.640 --> 0:36:44.000 Yeah, process. That was it. 0:36:44.360 --> 0:36:48.799 Anyway, I thought it went pretty good. Anyway, I got 0:36:48.800 --> 0:36:51.240 a message to say that they weren't going to proceed 0:36:51.320 --> 0:36:55.279 with the employment and I couldn't understand why. And so 0:36:56.480 --> 0:37:00.000 when I got back to Australia, I rang the manager 0:37:00.640 --> 0:37:02.359 to see what was going on, and he wouldn't take 0:37:02.360 --> 0:37:04.960 the call. And I send the messages and everything to 0:37:05.040 --> 0:37:07.560 him and he never returned them. So I went from 0:37:07.640 --> 0:37:12.840 being basically employed as by his word, who not employed, 0:37:13.719 --> 0:37:17.400 and I'd already given notice where I was working. 0:37:18.280 --> 0:37:20.799 That is disgusting, Michael. I mean that that's even the 0:37:20.800 --> 0:37:22.800 worst category. That you've actually been given the job and 0:37:22.880 --> 0:37:25.040 quit your job as a result. I'm sorry to hear 0:37:25.120 --> 0:37:26.040 that you've been in that position. 0:37:26.120 --> 0:37:26.440 Michael. 0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:28.120 I'm getting lots of messages about this, and I'm not 0:37:28.120 --> 0:37:29.640 going to get to all of your responses on this 0:37:29.680 --> 0:37:31.840 but Andrew makes a good point. Let's call it for 0:37:31.880 --> 0:37:33.800 what it is. It's not ghosting. Ghosting is just another 0:37:33.840 --> 0:37:37.440 word for being unprofessional and rude. Tracy says, funny, bring 0:37:37.480 --> 0:37:40.280 this up today. I applied via indeed with Telstra in April. 0:37:40.400 --> 0:37:43.120 No reply. I actually emailed them for the fourth time 0:37:43.200 --> 0:37:46.160 to day, expressing the lack of respect and manners and 0:37:46.200 --> 0:37:48.880 how disgraceful it was from such a large company. Haven't 0:37:48.920 --> 0:37:49.680 heard back from. 0:37:49.560 --> 0:37:56.080 Them this Sidney now whip Clinton on. 0:37:56.320 --> 0:38:01.520 To gb This news just in why killer Chris Dawson's 0:38:01.719 --> 0:38:06.600 legal challenge has effectively ended. This news has just been 0:38:06.640 --> 0:38:09.440 revealed that he has been denied special leave to appeal 0:38:09.480 --> 0:38:12.520 to the High Court against his murder conviction for killing 0:38:12.560 --> 0:38:16.799 his wife, Lynnette, and effectively this closed the case. He 0:38:16.920 --> 0:38:20.160 has run out of legal avenues. This was his last 0:38:20.239 --> 0:38:23.480 ditch bid for freedom. It has been rejected by the 0:38:23.560 --> 0:38:27.480 nation's highest court. A very brief judgment has been published 0:38:27.520 --> 0:38:31.120 online today and this now means that Dawson will spend 0:38:31.160 --> 0:38:34.000 the rest of his life in jail as he should. 0:38:34.640 --> 0:38:39.360 The judgment says the application the applicant requires an extension 0:38:39.440 --> 0:38:43.080 of time within which to seek special leave to appeal 0:38:43.200 --> 0:38:45.360 from the whole judgment of the Court Criminal Appeal of 0:38:45.400 --> 0:38:49.560 New South Wales. The applicant appealed against his conviction to 0:38:49.600 --> 0:38:52.799 the Court Criminal Appeal, which found error on the part 0:38:52.840 --> 0:38:56.319 of the trial judge, but dismissed the appeal on the 0:38:56.360 --> 0:39:00.919 basis that no substantial miscarriage of justice had occurred. There 0:39:01.000 --> 0:39:03.840 is no reason to doubt the correctness of the decision 0:39:04.239 --> 0:39:07.840 of the Quarter Criminal Appeal, including its dismissal of the appeal, 0:39:08.200 --> 0:39:12.520 notwithstanding the trial judge's errors. Accordingly, it will be futile 0:39:12.600 --> 0:39:16.920 to grant an extension of time. Special leave to appeal 0:39:17.560 --> 0:39:23.880 is refused. Good it means Chris Dawson will die in jail. 0:39:24.400 --> 0:39:28.040 Be a part of Sydney. Now with Clinton Maynard called 0:39:28.040 --> 0:39:29.440 one three one eight. 0:39:29.320 --> 0:39:32.840 Sixteen past four. I've brought you the story this afternoon 0:39:32.880 --> 0:39:37.120 about the transition for our electric bus fleet from traditional 0:39:37.160 --> 0:39:40.719 diesel buses gas buses to electric and it's not going well. 0:39:41.560 --> 0:39:44.120 Confirmed with me from Transport for New South Wales after 0:39:44.160 --> 0:39:45.759 a tip off from one of our listeners who's a 0:39:45.760 --> 0:39:49.839 bus driver, that all seventy two buses that have been 0:39:49.960 --> 0:39:54.360 ordered from Custom Denning. Custom Denning is a Sydney based manufacturer. 0:39:54.400 --> 0:39:58.080 So great that we have Australian manufacturing, but all seventy 0:39:58.120 --> 0:40:02.080 two buses need your back. Tes Howard Collins is the 0:40:02.120 --> 0:40:05.200 Transport for New South Wales Director General. Thanks for joining me, Howard, 0:40:06.080 --> 0:40:08.640 Thank you very much. Kinton, this sounds like a complete 0:40:08.680 --> 0:40:09.200 stuff up. 0:40:10.320 --> 0:40:12.840 Well, I think we've got to look at the industry 0:40:12.840 --> 0:40:16.160 and say, look, Custen Denning doing a great job. Our 0:40:16.239 --> 0:40:22.160 only real Australian manufacturer from ground upwards put their industry 0:40:22.719 --> 0:40:27.880 and chose a battery made in Europe. Unfortunately, this battery 0:40:27.920 --> 0:40:31.440 has proved very unreliable, so we have agreed with them 0:40:31.440 --> 0:40:33.279 we removed all seventy two. 0:40:33.440 --> 0:40:34.440 The good news. 0:40:34.200 --> 0:40:37.279 Though, is they have finally dealt with and agreed with 0:40:37.360 --> 0:40:39.640 the manufacturer of this battery to have a new type 0:40:40.160 --> 0:40:43.319 that's been sorted in the factory. Now they're probably a 0:40:43.360 --> 0:40:47.160 dozen vehicles being retrofitted. It takes a while for that 0:40:47.280 --> 0:40:50.239 to be done. There are vehicles already out and yes 0:40:50.280 --> 0:40:54.440 they're probably fifteen vehicles still waiting to be changed out. 0:40:54.640 --> 0:40:57.360 This can't be done overnight. It's not just a plug in. 0:40:57.960 --> 0:40:59.879 New battery goes in a bit like you know, you're 0:41:00.120 --> 0:41:03.319 your video recorder or something. Like that. It is really 0:41:03.360 --> 0:41:05.400 something which has got to be But are good on 0:41:05.560 --> 0:41:08.719 custom denning. You know, they're one of few Australian true 0:41:08.719 --> 0:41:13.480 Australian manufacturers. We are buying other vehicles from other states. 0:41:13.600 --> 0:41:17.160 We are We're not rushing this. We are behind the 0:41:17.160 --> 0:41:20.600 rest of the world. And to be honest, you know, 0:41:20.719 --> 0:41:23.160 every day I walk out the front door of Elizabeth Street, 0:41:23.600 --> 0:41:26.920 I hear the smooth quietness of dozens of electric buses. 0:41:27.000 --> 0:41:29.520 So those electric buses, how that you hear that are running? 0:41:29.560 --> 0:41:31.160 Where are they from? Are they're the ones from China? 0:41:31.239 --> 0:41:32.080 Are they from Europe? 0:41:32.280 --> 0:41:34.880 They are all sorts of different manufacturers. It is true 0:41:35.120 --> 0:41:38.760 that to get ourselves moving, this is a long journey, 0:41:39.239 --> 0:41:42.799 over a ten year program to replace four thousand vehicles. 0:41:43.160 --> 0:41:47.520 The first seventeen hundred are on their way, probably about 0:41:47.560 --> 0:41:51.440 three to five hundred a year. Some of them have 0:41:52.120 --> 0:41:55.560 direct manufacturing from abroad. But we are working with those 0:41:55.600 --> 0:42:00.439 manufacturers to gradually remove the content which comes from from 0:42:00.480 --> 0:42:04.560 other countries and set up fatteries to start to assemble 0:42:04.680 --> 0:42:08.440 and then manufacture custom denning. It's a bit like David 0:42:08.520 --> 0:42:11.839 versus Goliath. They have worked very hard to get an 0:42:11.960 --> 0:42:15.719 all Australian product apart from German gearboxes and what was 0:42:16.000 --> 0:42:19.399 a French battery. But that comes with what we call 0:42:19.480 --> 0:42:23.680 infant mortalities and challenges. You know, when other countries are 0:42:23.719 --> 0:42:27.040 building seventy seven thousand a year, they've had plenty of 0:42:27.160 --> 0:42:29.680 chance to get the reliability up. It's a bit like 0:42:29.719 --> 0:42:33.040 a Toyota, you know. They're the most reliable vehicles, I think, 0:42:33.080 --> 0:42:35.480 in the world because they've made millions of them. 0:42:35.600 --> 0:42:39.240 So the batteries were from France. These are the batteries 0:42:39.239 --> 0:42:41.879 that were installed in the seventy two buses, so they're 0:42:41.920 --> 0:42:45.319 now being replaced. My information from your stuff yesterday was 0:42:45.360 --> 0:42:48.759 that only two replacement buses are on the road. 0:42:49.120 --> 0:42:53.080 They're literally on the road with the companies. But what 0:42:53.120 --> 0:42:57.799 we're doing is there are dozens in the fattery at 0:42:57.840 --> 0:43:02.720 Custom Denning inside the sin Marri's alongside the Element to vehicles, 0:43:02.719 --> 0:43:05.799 which are the new version of this vehicle, which is 0:43:06.360 --> 0:43:09.759 a significant sort of improvement and certainly a lot of 0:43:09.840 --> 0:43:14.080 lessons learn. The issue we have here is the battery 0:43:15.560 --> 0:43:19.320 company and Custom Denning needed to have a great conversation 0:43:19.360 --> 0:43:23.320 about who's responsible, where's the warranty. That conversation took place 0:43:23.600 --> 0:43:25.600 it meant that for a while the vehicles had to 0:43:25.640 --> 0:43:29.640 sit in storage because we didn't want unreliable vehicles breaking down. 0:43:30.120 --> 0:43:33.759 But there again they needed to sort out with their supplier, 0:43:34.040 --> 0:43:38.080 who is accountable. That's now happened. New versions of the 0:43:38.080 --> 0:43:41.719 batteries are coming in, they're being supplied, they're in the 0:43:41.800 --> 0:43:44.560 factory and workers are changing those out. 0:43:44.719 --> 0:43:47.600 So when will the whole seventy two fleet be on 0:43:47.640 --> 0:43:48.000 the road? 0:43:48.680 --> 0:43:50.839 I reckon in the next few months we will see 0:43:50.840 --> 0:43:55.839 them all back in service. We are also introducing lots 0:43:55.880 --> 0:44:01.360 of other vehicles, the Element too's vehicles from other manufacturers, 0:44:01.760 --> 0:44:04.879 so we'll start to see more and more vehicles in 0:44:04.960 --> 0:44:07.040 Sydney starting to become electric. 0:44:07.560 --> 0:44:10.320 I've had drivers of these particular buses get in contact 0:44:10.320 --> 0:44:13.040 would be saying they were seriously concerned for the safety 0:44:13.440 --> 0:44:15.719 of the bus and the passages because they would stop 0:44:15.719 --> 0:44:17.320 at a set of traffic lights and the bus wouldn't 0:44:17.320 --> 0:44:17.879 start up again. 0:44:18.520 --> 0:44:20.800 I think there was that, and I think that's why 0:44:20.880 --> 0:44:23.960 we took the decision several months ago to say, look, 0:44:23.960 --> 0:44:29.279 we cannot accept this reliability issue and safety risks, so 0:44:29.320 --> 0:44:33.000 they were withdrawn from service. That hasn't put pressure on 0:44:33.040 --> 0:44:35.800 the bus companies because obviously they lost a lot of vehicles. 0:44:36.200 --> 0:44:38.800 But now the story is, and it's a clear story. 0:44:39.200 --> 0:44:42.319 They are less in storage, more in production. They've got 0:44:42.320 --> 0:44:45.560 a new battery fitted. We're going through a rigorous testing 0:44:45.640 --> 0:44:49.839 process before it gets to the bus operator and we've 0:44:49.880 --> 0:44:52.600 got good support from Custom Denny. It will take time. 0:44:53.040 --> 0:44:56.240 But like all brand new things which start from nothing, 0:44:57.320 --> 0:45:00.279 and sometimes you buy a component it doesn't work, you 0:45:00.320 --> 0:45:01.520 have to say, let's have. 0:45:01.480 --> 0:45:02.960 A different one, because you know, on the surface, I've 0:45:02.960 --> 0:45:04.400 got to say how and it just looks like to me. 0:45:04.560 --> 0:45:06.600 And I've been to that factory in some areas and 0:45:06.640 --> 0:45:09.600 it was announcement made by the previous coalition government, but 0:45:10.360 --> 0:45:12.520 it seems to me that there's so much rush to 0:45:12.520 --> 0:45:14.839 get electric vehicles on the roads. We're doing it before 0:45:14.840 --> 0:45:17.560 we're ready. And this was again confirmed by transporting yourself. 0:45:17.600 --> 0:45:19.560 I was a few months ago. We confirmed that diesel 0:45:19.680 --> 0:45:21.600 generators were being used to power it up the buses, 0:45:21.640 --> 0:45:23.480 which sort of defeats the purpose of the whole thing. 0:45:23.640 --> 0:45:25.320 Not all the buses, mind youself. 0:45:25.080 --> 0:45:28.959 Understand that, but look, the most important thing is we 0:45:29.000 --> 0:45:32.239 want to and this government wants to support local manufactory. 0:45:32.520 --> 0:45:37.120 But you're starting from a fledgling organization is working very 0:45:37.120 --> 0:45:40.560 hard to catch up. You know, we could have done, 0:45:40.640 --> 0:45:42.799 like many people do, you know, buy a load of 0:45:42.800 --> 0:45:46.440 off the shelf figure you know, entirely from another country 0:45:46.520 --> 0:45:50.239 which they made hundreds of thousands of vehicles. That is 0:45:50.320 --> 0:45:52.399 not the policy. We want to work through that. Yes, 0:45:52.440 --> 0:45:56.760 we've got to buy some imported vehicles, but over time 0:45:56.880 --> 0:46:01.120 we do see the opportunity for local manifest attering like 0:46:01.200 --> 0:46:03.080 it used to be where a lot of company's got 0:46:03.120 --> 0:46:07.640 involved in building great buses made in Australia, if not 0:46:07.719 --> 0:46:09.800 New South Wales. And that's what we're going to see 0:46:09.920 --> 0:46:13.920 over the next three to four years, seventeen hundred vehicles 0:46:14.200 --> 0:46:16.960 will be here. The other thing, Plon is not only 0:46:17.040 --> 0:46:20.839 as you say, buying the electric buses. We're opening our 0:46:21.000 --> 0:46:26.440 first major conversion of a bus electrification charging in Brookvale 0:46:26.719 --> 0:46:29.640 very soon. In the next couple of months. We're starting 0:46:29.640 --> 0:46:33.040 to see other bus depots being converted. It's a long 0:46:33.160 --> 0:46:35.719 game though, you can't do this overnight. This is like 0:46:35.800 --> 0:46:38.800 going from steam trains to diesel. It takes time. 0:46:38.960 --> 0:46:40.560 We've got to get it right though. Thank you, Howitt, 0:46:41.120 --> 0:46:43.359 thank you very much. Indeed, Howard Collins, who is the 0:46:43.360 --> 0:46:45.759 Transport for New South Wales Coordinator General. So there are 0:46:45.760 --> 0:46:49.480 the facts. All seventy two buses need new batteries, so 0:46:49.520 --> 0:46:51.120 they're in the factory at some areas at the moment. 0:46:51.200 --> 0:46:54.880 They're also being stored in storage facilities. There are depots 0:46:54.960 --> 0:46:56.960 not being used to them because they need new batteries. 0:46:57.120 --> 0:47:01.440 They ain't on the roads past four. Significant day for 0:47:01.560 --> 0:47:04.799 Virgin Australia. They've started their long tauted flight partnership with 0:47:04.880 --> 0:47:08.480 Qatar Airways. Now this will put more pressure on Quartus. 0:47:08.560 --> 0:47:10.719 It certainly steps up competition. Hopefully what it does for 0:47:10.840 --> 0:47:13.840 US is bring down some prices. So a daily Sydney 0:47:13.880 --> 0:47:18.240 Doha connection on Quitar planes is underway. That's now in service. 0:47:18.239 --> 0:47:20.759 That we followed by flights from Brisbane and Perth later 0:47:20.800 --> 0:47:23.680 in the month and then from Melbourne in December. Australia's 0:47:23.680 --> 0:47:27.520 second biggest airline has announced this is all underway. They 0:47:27.520 --> 0:47:30.440 have a what's called a wet lease arrangement, so Qatar 0:47:30.600 --> 0:47:33.239 provides aircraft and crew and maintenance to operate the roots, 0:47:33.280 --> 0:47:35.920 but they're then sold as Virgin flight. So you think 0:47:35.960 --> 0:47:38.200 you're buying well, you're on a Virgin website, you book 0:47:38.200 --> 0:47:40.160 yourself particularly you think you're jumping on a virgin plane. 0:47:40.320 --> 0:47:42.759 Probably not, It's probably a Quitar Airlines plane. What if 0:47:42.800 --> 0:47:45.799 you think about the merit of NAT, what the plan is, 0:47:46.160 --> 0:47:48.920 What hopefully happens is it puts pressure on the market 0:47:48.920 --> 0:47:51.600 as a whole and it brings down our prices. Mark 0:47:51.640 --> 0:47:53.320 Guy coming up after five point thirty. There is a 0:47:53.360 --> 0:47:55.800 lot of rugby league news today, particularly given that Mitchell 0:47:55.840 --> 0:47:57.319 Moses has been forced to pull out of the New 0:47:57.360 --> 0:47:59.560 South Wales State of Origin side. He has a calf 0:47:59.640 --> 0:48:02.960 injury suffered in the Blue Mountains the training camp. He's 0:48:03.000 --> 0:48:05.680 been replaced by Jerome Lewy. But this story broke breaking 0:48:05.760 --> 0:48:09.000 this afternoon. Sam Walker, who was meant to make a 0:48:09.040 --> 0:48:11.040 comeback to the Sydney Roosters, he's been out with an 0:48:11.040 --> 0:48:15.600 acl anterior cruciate ligament knee injury. He was to play 0:48:15.600 --> 0:48:19.120 against Newcastle on Saturday. He's been forced to pull out. 0:48:19.560 --> 0:48:22.279 So he's suffered a thumb injury. Apparently he's got a 0:48:22.280 --> 0:48:24.680 sore thumb. Actually it's a broken thumb and for a 0:48:24.680 --> 0:48:26.360 football who needs be able to catch the ball, that 0:48:26.520 --> 0:48:29.839 ain't great. So unfortunately Sam Walker has been ruled out 0:48:30.120 --> 0:48:32.880 of the Sydney Rooster's side to play Newcastle. It is 0:48:32.960 --> 0:48:35.160 hope that he won't be out for too long and 0:48:35.280 --> 0:48:37.520 certainly will be back in time for the Roosters to 0:48:37.520 --> 0:48:39.960 play in the semi finals. Let's check out his headlines 0:48:40.520 --> 0:48:43.640 an ease, update, upgrade and save with Winston with a 0:48:43.680 --> 0:48:47.800 Wine in twenty five percent of motorized blinds, curtains and dawnings. 0:48:47.880 --> 0:48:50.560 Book now at Winston dot com dot as. 0:48:54.400 --> 0:48:55.920 Good afternoon, Katie Pullack. 0:48:55.719 --> 0:48:58.600 Good afternoon. Clinton Police are treating the deaths of a 0:48:58.680 --> 0:49:02.480 man and woman on Sydney Northern Beaches as suspicious. The 0:49:02.600 --> 0:49:07.000 pair was found with lacerations inside a granny flat at Forestville, 0:49:07.120 --> 0:49:11.240 days after they were last seen by neighbors. Seventy two buses, 0:49:11.280 --> 0:49:14.920 which are part of the city's new electric fleet, already 0:49:15.080 --> 0:49:18.440 need new batteries. Transport for New South Wales says the 0:49:18.520 --> 0:49:23.239 vehicles are being retrofitted with better working batteries. An investigation 0:49:23.400 --> 0:49:27.360 has found no corruption in the federal government's controversial payout 0:49:27.400 --> 0:49:30.560 to former Liberal staff of Britney Higgins. Miss Higgins was 0:49:30.600 --> 0:49:34.640 paid two point four million dollars in compensation after alleging 0:49:34.719 --> 0:49:38.400 she was raped at Parliament House, and Disney and Universal 0:49:38.520 --> 0:49:42.920 have launched a copyright infringement lawsuit against AI image generator 0:49:43.120 --> 0:49:47.400 mid Journey for using images of its famous cartoon characters. 0:49:47.680 --> 0:49:51.040 It's the first major legal battle between Hollywood Studios and 0:49:51.120 --> 0:49:54.759 an AI firm. In Sport, Blues winger Brian Tole will 0:49:54.800 --> 0:49:57.720 be given until Saturday to prove his fitness for State 0:49:57.719 --> 0:50:01.160 of Origin. Two Toe is strong, ruggling with a hamstring 0:50:01.200 --> 0:50:04.879 injury ahead of Wednesday nights clash in Perth. Clinton More 0:50:04.920 --> 0:50:05.759 News at five. 0:50:05.880 --> 0:50:08.359 Thank you Katie. Now down to fourteen and a half 0:50:08.440 --> 0:50:11.520 degrees in the city at the moment. In Lucas Heights 0:50:11.560 --> 0:50:15.399 it's also fourteen degrees. Get ready, Sydney. From next week, 0:50:15.600 --> 0:50:18.879 we are going to spin two GB's Winter Wheel. What's 0:50:18.920 --> 0:50:20.880 the Winter Wheel all about. It's about giving you the 0:50:20.960 --> 0:50:23.120 chance to win money and we're turning up the heat 0:50:23.239 --> 0:50:25.919 forty thousand dollars worth of cash and prizes to give away. 0:50:26.160 --> 0:50:28.000 All you need to do is listen across the day 0:50:28.040 --> 0:50:29.960 for your chance to spin the wheel. You could be 0:50:29.960 --> 0:50:32.600 warming up this winter with cold hard cash, forty thousand 0:50:32.640 --> 0:50:34.960 dollars of it. We are spinning the wheel in breakfast 0:50:35.040 --> 0:50:38.360 mornings afternoons and on this show, Sydney now two GB's 0:50:38.480 --> 0:50:41.719 winter Wheel. It starts spinning from Monday, so don't miss out. 0:50:41.840 --> 0:50:43.040 Keep listening to two GB. 0:50:44.040 --> 0:50:48.000 Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard. If it's happening in your sitting, 0:50:48.200 --> 0:50:51.000 you'll hear it on Sydney Now to GB. 0:50:52.320 --> 0:50:54.760 Sure to people are always the butt of all the jokes. 0:50:54.960 --> 0:50:55.800 What have my groom to be? 0:50:56.360 --> 0:50:58.000 Lord Farquat? What's he late? 0:50:58.080 --> 0:50:58.279 Well? 0:50:58.440 --> 0:51:01.680 Let me put it this way, Prince Alice, Men of 0:51:01.800 --> 0:51:04.920 far Quard stats are in short supply. 0:51:06.120 --> 0:51:12.360 Oh no, check, there are those who think little of him. 0:51:12.400 --> 0:51:17.600 From shit and now confirmation confirmation. A study at the 0:51:17.640 --> 0:51:24.000 ACU has confirmed short Man's syndrome is real. The study 0:51:24.040 --> 0:51:26.600 has findings showing that shorter men are more likely to 0:51:26.640 --> 0:51:31.160 exhibit feelings of jealousy, envy, and competitiveness than taller men. 0:51:31.840 --> 0:51:37.319 Psychological perceptions of heights significantly influence social dynamics and behaviors. 0:51:38.040 --> 0:51:40.080 While the study is revealed that shorter men are more 0:51:40.160 --> 0:51:43.919 likely to display jealousy and competitiveness than taller men, it's 0:51:43.960 --> 0:51:46.840 also revealed that men and women who are satisfied with 0:51:46.880 --> 0:51:50.399 their height are less likely to exhibit these qualities and 0:51:50.640 --> 0:51:53.840 be disconnected from how tall they are, so that is 0:51:53.840 --> 0:51:57.640 now proof based on a study that's been conducted at 0:51:57.640 --> 0:52:02.399 the ACU, the Australian Catholic Unity confirmation that short Man 0:52:02.480 --> 0:52:05.400 syndrome is actually real. The big political issue of the 0:52:05.440 --> 0:52:07.640 day has been the future of the Orcas pack with 0:52:07.680 --> 0:52:10.600 the UK and the United States, and in particular what 0:52:10.680 --> 0:52:13.640 happens with our submarine deal with the United States. It's 0:52:13.760 --> 0:52:17.480 formally under review by the Trump administration. Now, whether this 0:52:17.520 --> 0:52:20.560 is a surprise or not, you tell me. But confirmation 0:52:20.680 --> 0:52:23.520 today that the PM and the Prime Minister is traveling 0:52:23.560 --> 0:52:26.960 to the G seven conference. Confirmation today that he's actually 0:52:27.040 --> 0:52:30.480 yet to secure a formal sit down meeting with Donald Trump. 0:52:31.239 --> 0:52:34.080 So we had been given the indication that mister Albineasy 0:52:34.120 --> 0:52:36.040 would meet with mister Trump on what they call the 0:52:36.080 --> 0:52:38.279 sidelines of the conference and would have a one on 0:52:38.280 --> 0:52:41.240 one discussion with him, and he then had the opportunity 0:52:41.280 --> 0:52:44.399 to say, mister Trump, don't forget our submarines. Don't forget 0:52:44.440 --> 0:52:46.800 the submarines. Will'll be worth a lot of money to 0:52:46.840 --> 0:52:49.680 the United States. But it would help for the PM 0:52:49.719 --> 0:52:52.279 to actually be able to face mister Trump and say, 0:52:52.320 --> 0:52:53.920 I know we've got all the dramas of the tariffs 0:52:54.040 --> 0:52:56.600 you love our Hamburgers. Let's sort out the beef. But 0:52:56.680 --> 0:52:59.399 can we get this Orchest deal done? But confirmation now 0:52:59.440 --> 0:53:02.440 that as it stands right now a meeting is not 0:53:02.480 --> 0:53:05.160 actually locked in. Lots of text messages here about our 0:53:05.200 --> 0:53:07.840 electric buses. Mark says, you just have to look at 0:53:07.880 --> 0:53:10.080 the bus depet BROOKVA. You'll see they have a huge 0:53:10.080 --> 0:53:15.200 diesel generator operating there going green. It's a load of rubbish. 0:53:15.360 --> 0:53:18.879 Another Mark has contacted me. This is typical of manufacturing 0:53:18.880 --> 0:53:20.920 when it comes to governments. I've been in manufacturing for 0:53:20.960 --> 0:53:24.320 thirty years. Governs never make one as a prototype first 0:53:24.360 --> 0:53:26.560 and then test it and then modify it for it 0:53:26.560 --> 0:53:28.239 to keep on happening. And that's why we end up 0:53:28.239 --> 0:53:30.000 having some of these problems. 0:53:30.760 --> 0:53:36.360 On Sydney Now. You can't handle the truth the streets 0:53:36.600 --> 0:53:38.160 too well. 0:53:38.200 --> 0:53:40.600 As luck would have it, our straight shooter on a 0:53:40.640 --> 0:53:43.759 Thursday afternoon is none other than the former Transport lister 0:53:43.880 --> 0:53:46.239 David Elliott. And David Elliott was in the chair when 0:53:46.280 --> 0:53:49.880 these deals were done. So just to recap what's occurred here, 0:53:49.880 --> 0:53:52.480 we've had confirmation now from Howard Collins Transport from New 0:53:52.520 --> 0:53:54.880 South Wales that the seventy two buses that have been 0:53:54.960 --> 0:53:58.560 ordered from Custom Denning based in Saint Mary's have problems 0:53:58.560 --> 0:54:02.520 with their patricks. In fact, entire fleet to seventy two 0:54:02.760 --> 0:54:06.239 needs new batteries. Most of them are either being held 0:54:06.280 --> 0:54:07.840 in storage at the moment. There are two that have 0:54:07.880 --> 0:54:10.040 been repaired that are on the roads. The rest arey 0:54:10.040 --> 0:54:11.880 that at St. Mary is now being fitted with some 0:54:12.120 --> 0:54:15.640 a different type of battery. The others are up on blocks. Basically, 0:54:17.040 --> 0:54:19.200 you would not have been aware of these issues when 0:54:19.239 --> 0:54:20.479 you sign the deal. 0:54:21.160 --> 0:54:23.279 No clet I mean there's always a risk when you 0:54:23.360 --> 0:54:25.640 go into new technology like that. There's always a risk, 0:54:25.680 --> 0:54:27.480 whether it's government or the private sector. 0:54:27.600 --> 0:54:28.240 It's a shame. 0:54:28.960 --> 0:54:31.840 Custom Dennings when I dealt with them, were first class 0:54:32.120 --> 0:54:35.680 in Western Sydney. I was a little bit worried about 0:54:36.280 --> 0:54:39.960 economies of scale because compared to some of the other manufacturers, 0:54:40.520 --> 0:54:46.399 our order and their ability to meet our demands were 0:54:48.120 --> 0:54:52.600 somewhat limited. The idea of electric buses has its pros 0:54:52.640 --> 0:54:54.600 and cons. I was always in favor of it. You know, 0:54:54.640 --> 0:54:58.880 I'm thinking about an electric bus going down the Church Street. Paramatter, 0:54:59.000 --> 0:55:02.080 you'd prefer to have an electric bus and diesel coming 0:55:02.120 --> 0:55:06.000 into your pasta and your pizzas when you're having dinner 0:55:06.040 --> 0:55:07.760 al fresco there at Paramatus. 0:55:07.840 --> 0:55:09.600 That was a good idea. And see that's where I 0:55:09.600 --> 0:55:11.680 think if you put the issues of climate change just 0:55:11.719 --> 0:55:13.920 to one side, and I know you've got your opinions 0:55:13.920 --> 0:55:15.640 on that, but just put that to one side. I'm 0:55:15.640 --> 0:55:19.080 actually not opposed the idea of electric buses because diesel buses. 0:55:19.640 --> 0:55:21.960 I've had different views here from our listeners, but they 0:55:22.040 --> 0:55:24.640 can be spewing out that thick, toxic smoke and if 0:55:24.640 --> 0:55:27.440 you are around them, it's not exactly pleasant. The electric 0:55:27.520 --> 0:55:30.080 I've been on the electric buses, they're pleasant, They're quiet. 0:55:30.320 --> 0:55:32.600 And then in regards to charging, if you've got the 0:55:32.680 --> 0:55:35.200 charging infrastructure in place, because they run on a timetable, 0:55:35.200 --> 0:55:37.360 you should be able to develop a timetable whether it 0:55:37.440 --> 0:55:38.959 enything's not going to run out of power at some point. 0:55:39.000 --> 0:55:41.279 But it seems to me this transition is just it's 0:55:41.360 --> 0:55:41.880 not working. 0:55:42.360 --> 0:55:44.200 So and it depends on where you are. As I 0:55:44.440 --> 0:55:46.400 used to have a unity ticket with Matt Kean on 0:55:46.440 --> 0:55:48.000 some of these matters. I used to say to them, 0:55:48.239 --> 0:55:50.680 we should be good custodians of the earth, but let's 0:55:50.680 --> 0:55:54.120 not wreck the economy. And I think what we're seeing here. 0:55:54.160 --> 0:55:56.040 With the electric buses they had, they were great to 0:55:56.080 --> 0:55:59.200 travel in, they were very quiet, they were pleasant to 0:55:59.280 --> 0:56:04.479 be a passenger in. We've had hybrid cars at home 0:56:04.520 --> 0:56:06.560 and I hate them because I can never work out 0:56:06.560 --> 0:56:08.440 when Nichole is driving up the driveway and you know, 0:56:08.440 --> 0:56:10.000 when I have to put the cigar out and put 0:56:10.000 --> 0:56:12.640 the put the wine away, because you don't know that 0:56:12.680 --> 0:56:16.560 it's very quiet. But I think that we and and 0:56:16.920 --> 0:56:20.000 of course, you know, let's face it, solar panels have 0:56:20.120 --> 0:56:23.920 been good for the economy, good for families. But I 0:56:23.960 --> 0:56:26.160 also there's there's a sidebar to the story too. With 0:56:26.200 --> 0:56:28.920 electric buses, they're much heavier, and as I've said on 0:56:28.920 --> 0:56:32.520 this program before, you know, I worry the work that 0:56:32.560 --> 0:56:34.640 I do with the Institute of Public Works. I don't 0:56:34.680 --> 0:56:36.680 think people are prepared for what the damage they're going 0:56:36.719 --> 0:56:39.600 to do to the roads, particularly the electric buses. And 0:56:39.680 --> 0:56:42.400 of course I'm worried about all those wooden bridges that 0:56:42.480 --> 0:56:44.560 are around regional New South Wales. But there's still a 0:56:44.600 --> 0:56:48.880 few in the peri urban areas. So it's it is 0:56:48.960 --> 0:56:51.280 going to be a transition, and this is a hiccup. 0:56:51.280 --> 0:56:52.959 I'll tell you one thing though, If there was one 0:56:53.000 --> 0:56:55.560 person in this country that I would trust to be 0:56:55.600 --> 0:56:58.640 able to manage this through where that's Howard Collins. He 0:56:58.760 --> 0:57:01.960 was a second best appointment Gladys purroject Land ever made 0:57:02.120 --> 0:57:04.279 what was the first well modesty for. 0:57:04.239 --> 0:57:08.560 Biers, the police minister, the transfermittis. But just finally on 0:57:08.680 --> 0:57:12.200 this electric buses issue, and you mentioned the economies of scale, 0:57:12.719 --> 0:57:15.680 Gladys biogically and famously said, and I was standing there 0:57:15.680 --> 0:57:17.280 at the press conference when she said it. She said 0:57:17.280 --> 0:57:19.240 it out at Sydney Olympic Park during a COVID press 0:57:19.240 --> 0:57:21.960 conference when we were questioned about I think it was 0:57:21.960 --> 0:57:24.760 the local ferries at the time local transmit instructure. She did, 0:57:24.840 --> 0:57:26.920 We're not good at it and Labour's had a field 0:57:26.960 --> 0:57:29.120 day with that for years. But do you think maybe 0:57:29.120 --> 0:57:31.200 the Labor government now they have to manage this situation 0:57:31.320 --> 0:57:33.880 is realizing because they are bringing flat pack busses in 0:57:33.920 --> 0:57:35.440 from China that they have to be put together down 0:57:35.480 --> 0:57:37.040 in the era. Well she knows, you know, it's not 0:57:37.080 --> 0:57:39.960 eatually flat packed. They're fully completed buses. They're just having 0:57:39.960 --> 0:57:42.080 the open card readers put inside them. Are they now 0:57:42.160 --> 0:57:43.760 realizing it? It's all and good to say, Yet we 0:57:43.800 --> 0:57:45.880 want Australian manufacturing. It ain't that easy to do. 0:57:46.040 --> 0:57:48.400 We've all said it in opposition, you know, we've all 0:57:48.440 --> 0:57:50.720 been protecting us in opposition because we think that it's 0:57:50.720 --> 0:57:54.040 the best way of placating the electric But yep, Gladys 0:57:54.120 --> 0:57:56.720 was right, and she was penalized for saying the truth. 0:57:56.760 --> 0:58:01.480 And there are things that much better made overseas, just 0:58:01.520 --> 0:58:03.160 like there are things that are better made in Australia, 0:58:03.160 --> 0:58:06.800 particularly food stuffs and agriculture. And but yeah, you're right. 0:58:06.800 --> 0:58:09.200 I mean I think I think Chris Mins and John 0:58:09.240 --> 0:58:11.680 Graham are learning the hard way with this one. 0:58:11.840 --> 0:58:14.760 Yeahn three, I wouldn't mind you calls on this one 0:58:14.840 --> 0:58:17.120 if you've got an opinion on how we're dealing with 0:58:17.160 --> 0:58:19.640 issues with youth crime. It's been highlighted throughout the day 0:58:20.040 --> 0:58:22.760 a mother who is of the belief that her son 0:58:23.040 --> 0:58:25.680 actually needs some tough love by the cops. 0:58:26.000 --> 0:58:26.200 Yeah. 0:58:26.640 --> 0:58:29.480 Well, I mean Clinton, I said this as police minister. 0:58:29.600 --> 0:58:32.000 I said, if my sons were over at risk of 0:58:32.040 --> 0:58:34.360 breaking the law, I would expect the police to search 0:58:34.400 --> 0:58:38.240 them because I would prefer them to be fined for 0:58:38.320 --> 0:58:42.840 having something illegal on them, then jailed for committing a crime. 0:58:42.920 --> 0:58:46.600 After the event, and I think what we've seen into 0:58:46.680 --> 0:58:50.360 the front page of the Telegraph today James Willis's story 0:58:49.720 --> 0:58:52.480 is the next step in that. I mean tough love 0:58:52.600 --> 0:58:54.400 is important. When I was corrected when I was Minister 0:58:54.640 --> 0:58:58.080 Responsible for Juvenile Justice, I said there are three things 0:58:58.120 --> 0:59:01.520 that a kid needs. They needed three square meals a day, 0:59:01.560 --> 0:59:05.040 a healthy diet, they need plenty of organized activities, and 0:59:05.080 --> 0:59:07.560 they need someone to love them enough to say no. 0:59:08.320 --> 0:59:11.120 And if you say no to a child, that means 0:59:11.160 --> 0:59:13.760 that you care for them, and they understand that they're parameters. 0:59:13.800 --> 0:59:15.600 And I think what this poor woman has said, and 0:59:15.640 --> 0:59:18.200 I'm told the kid is a really decent kid, he's 0:59:18.200 --> 0:59:20.120 good at school, but he's just in with the wrong crowd. 0:59:20.480 --> 0:59:24.960 And it does take a police officer. And Mick Fuller 0:59:25.000 --> 0:59:26.840 got criticized because he said, I think it's not a 0:59:26.880 --> 0:59:29.760 bad it's not a bad situation when kids fear the 0:59:29.800 --> 0:59:37.680 police because the risk of punishment is part of making 0:59:37.680 --> 0:59:40.600 sure our teenagers stay on the straight and narrow. 0:59:40.960 --> 0:59:42.600 If you're a view on that, send me a text 0:59:42.600 --> 0:59:45.240 message zero force e eight seven three seven three. Have 0:59:45.320 --> 0:59:47.240 you been in a situation when you've been bringing up 0:59:47.280 --> 0:59:49.480 your kids and you realize they maybe are going off 0:59:49.480 --> 0:59:52.960 the rails where you'd actually be grateful for some police action. 0:59:53.120 --> 0:59:54.960 Let us know, send me a text message zero force 0:59:55.120 --> 0:59:57.600 zero eight seven three eight seven three. David Elliott's with 0:59:57.600 --> 0:59:59.640 me our straight Shooter for a Thursday, just some messages 0:59:59.640 --> 1:00:02.000 on the sh of youth crime. Rich it as a suggestion, 1:00:02.200 --> 1:00:04.320 he says, why don't we change the legislation as it 1:00:04.480 --> 1:00:07.880 was in the nineteen sixties underage youth crime recidivism. They 1:00:07.880 --> 1:00:11.240 could be sent to farm camps, send them out bush. 1:00:11.280 --> 1:00:15.080 Maybe, yeah, and it's happened a lot, but unfortunately it 1:00:15.080 --> 1:00:18.560 can be pretty expensive and you'll have somebody coming and saying, 1:00:18.640 --> 1:00:20.680 of course, you know we've put them all in the army. Well, 1:00:20.680 --> 1:00:22.240 that's the last thing we need to do, because most 1:00:22.240 --> 1:00:24.520 of these kids, you don't want to tell a professional 1:00:24.520 --> 1:00:28.840 soldier that that you know their their their vocation is 1:00:28.920 --> 1:00:31.920 so disrespected that only the dregs of society can go 1:00:31.960 --> 1:00:34.840 to them. And if they if they want to be there, 1:00:34.120 --> 1:00:36.320 they they're going to. You're going to You're going to 1:00:36.320 --> 1:00:39.800 be a complete distraction. But I think there's no doubt 1:00:40.080 --> 1:00:43.320 that those organized activities that we used to put in 1:00:43.720 --> 1:00:46.840 for juvenile justice worked, and there were kids that you 1:00:46.840 --> 1:00:49.680 know would deliberately commit an offense the week before Christmas 1:00:49.720 --> 1:00:52.120 because they prefer to be in juvenile detention and be 1:00:52.200 --> 1:00:54.520 at home for Christmas. And I went out there a 1:00:54.520 --> 1:00:57.000 couple of times on Christmas Eve, and Nicole and I 1:00:57.040 --> 1:00:59.360 went up to one juvenile justice place on Christmas Eve 1:00:59.400 --> 1:01:01.200 and it was just so sad because you could tell 1:01:01.200 --> 1:01:04.480 these kids this was their safe place, was it, you know, 1:01:04.520 --> 1:01:07.040 the Central Case Juvenile Justice facility. 1:01:07.280 --> 1:01:10.120 Kel says in the text line look forget our kids. Personally, 1:01:10.200 --> 1:01:14.680 I was always scared, slash respected the police during my life. 1:01:14.760 --> 1:01:16.760 Otherwise I'm sure I would have pushed the limits. 1:01:17.200 --> 1:01:20.040 Yeah, and I mean it's it's a healthy thing for 1:01:20.040 --> 1:01:22.880 austraints to make sure that their police are you know, 1:01:23.640 --> 1:01:28.280 reflective of our values. And but yeah, that's what Mick 1:01:28.280 --> 1:01:30.800 Fuller said, you know, make sure that there's if there 1:01:30.880 --> 1:01:32.840 is not, there's nothing wrong with a little bit of fear. 1:01:32.880 --> 1:01:35.200 But on the flip side, that's why, you know, things 1:01:35.240 --> 1:01:37.360 like the blue light discos are always so good. That's 1:01:37.360 --> 1:01:39.960 why police Citizens Youth clubs. You and I used to 1:01:39.960 --> 1:01:42.680 call them police boys clubs, But that's why the police 1:01:42.720 --> 1:01:46.360 Citizens Youth clubs are all fantastic because they can give 1:01:46.440 --> 1:01:49.600 the children that direction. And you know, I'm a great 1:01:49.640 --> 1:01:52.840 believer of the it takes a village to raise a child. 1:01:52.880 --> 1:01:55.000 I haven't been the perfect father. Nobody has been a 1:01:55.000 --> 1:01:57.720 perfect father, but you know, I've always had friends and 1:01:58.120 --> 1:02:00.320 relatives and in laws and the like that have being 1:02:00.360 --> 1:02:03.000 there to assist me in raising my two boys. And 1:02:03.920 --> 1:02:07.000 the fact that they are where they are these days 1:02:07.560 --> 1:02:09.080 suggest that it was a good formula. 1:02:09.400 --> 1:02:11.080 Daniel Mookie will be one of my guests tomorrow on 1:02:11.120 --> 1:02:13.160 the program. The State's treasure will be talking about what's 1:02:13.160 --> 1:02:14.560 coming up in the budget. It's going to be handed 1:02:14.560 --> 1:02:16.160 down that mister Boki's going to hand down in a 1:02:16.200 --> 1:02:18.040 couple of weeks. But we'll also touch on the issue 1:02:18.040 --> 1:02:20.480 of workers' compensation. And even though you're from the other 1:02:20.520 --> 1:02:23.440 side of politics, you have some admiration for Daniel in 1:02:23.440 --> 1:02:23.840 this area. 1:02:24.080 --> 1:02:24.280 Yeah. 1:02:24.320 --> 1:02:27.360 And I've seen Chris Mins and Daniel Mookie a couple 1:02:27.400 --> 1:02:29.840 of times in the last week as they sell their 1:02:29.880 --> 1:02:33.240 government's reforms, and I've got to say I'm very very 1:02:33.240 --> 1:02:35.400 impressed that they took on the unions in this way. 1:02:36.160 --> 1:02:39.760 I'm very concerned that the opposition want to play political 1:02:39.800 --> 1:02:42.200 football with it, and I've made my views cleared. A 1:02:42.240 --> 1:02:45.680 number of shadow ministers, Daniel Lookie and Chris Mins, are 1:02:45.720 --> 1:02:49.840 trying to stop the business world from having to cop 1:02:50.080 --> 1:02:55.600 up to thirty seven percent increase in workers' compensation premiums 1:02:55.640 --> 1:02:58.920 because I've just been roughted to the extent that I've got. 1:02:59.040 --> 1:03:01.120 There's one hotel that I'm aware of in Sydney and 1:03:01.160 --> 1:03:04.680 the CBD that's paying one point three million dollars in 1:03:04.720 --> 1:03:07.880 a premium just for workers compensation. That can't go on. 1:03:08.160 --> 1:03:10.160 We're all going to pay for it. You talk about inflation, 1:03:10.320 --> 1:03:14.160 this is inflation. And I'm very disappointed that the Coalition 1:03:14.200 --> 1:03:16.320 wants to play political football. I tell you why, Clinton, 1:03:16.360 --> 1:03:20.919 because in nineteen ninety nine, Peter Collins, as Opposition leader, 1:03:20.960 --> 1:03:24.640 told Bob Carr he would give him support to reform 1:03:24.880 --> 1:03:29.240 and privatize electricity. When Peter got rolled, the base of 1:03:29.280 --> 1:03:32.840 the Liberal Party thanked the Liberal Party for walking away 1:03:32.840 --> 1:03:36.439 from that policy by relieving them of twenty seats. By 1:03:36.480 --> 1:03:38.600 relieving them of twenty seats, so if we walk away 1:03:38.600 --> 1:03:41.920 from the business community here and Men's has done a 1:03:42.000 --> 1:03:44.680 great job in wedging the Liberal Party from the business community. 1:03:44.720 --> 1:03:47.480 On Tuesday, there was a breakfast three hundred business leaders 1:03:47.960 --> 1:03:51.440 were basically rapparable that the coalition was making them delay this. 1:03:51.720 --> 1:03:54.160 We've spoken about the LA rights throughout the week and 1:03:54.600 --> 1:03:57.480 the incidents that Australian journalists, including some who we regularly 1:03:57.520 --> 1:03:59.240 speak to on this program. Lawrence to Marsi, you've been 1:03:59.240 --> 1:04:02.760 at the center at you worked with the peacekeeping mission 1:04:03.320 --> 1:04:06.240 some years ago, but your job was actually the liaise 1:04:06.280 --> 1:04:06.960 with media. 1:04:07.080 --> 1:04:07.400 Yeah. 1:04:07.760 --> 1:04:10.360 So my job, as when I was peacekeeping in Bogainville, 1:04:10.560 --> 1:04:14.880 was primarily to provide liaison civil authorities, but also to 1:04:14.920 --> 1:04:17.320 host journalists that came into the area of operations. So 1:04:17.760 --> 1:04:20.360 any journalists that came into Bogainville, that was my job 1:04:20.400 --> 1:04:22.840 to keep them safe. And I learned a very very 1:04:22.840 --> 1:04:26.440 important lesson there, and that is without journalists, we have 1:04:26.560 --> 1:04:29.720 no accountability. Can you imagine if there was no journalists 1:04:30.720 --> 1:04:33.680 on October seven, if there was no journalists in the Ukraine, 1:04:33.720 --> 1:04:36.800 if there were no journalists in LA. Now, setting aside 1:04:37.000 --> 1:04:40.040 the extreme views of what's going on in Los Angeles, 1:04:40.600 --> 1:04:43.400 there is a cause for concern in Western democracies when 1:04:43.480 --> 1:04:47.600 journalists get prohibited from doing their job. And it was 1:04:47.640 --> 1:04:50.920 a very important role in my mind when you're in 1:04:50.960 --> 1:04:54.560 the military and you're hosting the media because that's how 1:04:54.640 --> 1:04:57.120 the truth gets out, and there's nobody held accountable if 1:04:57.160 --> 1:04:58.160 there's no journalists. 1:04:58.160 --> 1:05:02.120 A good point. Just coinally, tomorrow, Telegraph, your column will 1:05:02.120 --> 1:05:04.360 be the best excuses we can use. 1:05:04.680 --> 1:05:07.960 Ben English must have been lied to for one one 1:05:08.000 --> 1:05:10.640 time too many last week, because he's tasked me with 1:05:10.680 --> 1:05:14.479 finding the best excuses I've ever heard, and excuses for 1:05:14.840 --> 1:05:17.479 having a little bit too much to drink, excuses for 1:05:17.880 --> 1:05:20.640 being home laid, excuses for having lipstick on your collar. 1:05:20.680 --> 1:05:22.320 There so nothing that you and I have ever been 1:05:22.440 --> 1:05:25.680 concerned about that, but I have heard others who got 1:05:25.680 --> 1:05:28.840 in trouble for that say yes, it's it's it's It's 1:05:28.960 --> 1:05:31.000 very much a handbook for suburban dads. 1:05:31.040 --> 1:05:32.800 Tomorrow, it's important. Best excuses. 1:05:32.920 --> 1:05:35.720 Excuses are like excuse they like tissues. You should only 1:05:35.800 --> 1:05:36.400 use them once. 1:05:37.360 --> 1:05:40.280 Doesn't work a second time around. He thanks David, Thank 1:05:40.320 --> 1:05:43.240 you Clinton. How straight shooter On a Thursday, David Elliott. 1:05:54.760 --> 1:05:58.200 On GV, this is sitting now. 1:05:58.960 --> 1:06:02.000 We've questioned me seven past five. There's been dramas on 1:06:02.000 --> 1:06:03.560 the roads, as they usually is at this time of 1:06:03.600 --> 1:06:06.120 the days. You've heard with Steve this afternoon. A car's 1:06:06.160 --> 1:06:08.880 on fire Hugh Motorway southbound the off ramp in the 1:06:08.920 --> 1:06:11.920 Reland Road in Campbelltown. We've just been speaking with Adam 1:06:11.960 --> 1:06:14.600 Newbury from Fine Rescue off air. He tells us that 1:06:14.680 --> 1:06:17.000 one truck is currently on the scene. The crews have 1:06:17.080 --> 1:06:20.080 now extinguished the fire, but it has spread to the grass. 1:06:20.160 --> 1:06:23.360 It looks like it looks like it's now been extinguished. Yeah, 1:06:23.360 --> 1:06:25.200 I'm just getting some information through at the moment. The 1:06:25.240 --> 1:06:28.560 grass fire is now out. Police are expected to be 1:06:28.600 --> 1:06:30.240 on the scene shortly because they've got to conduct some 1:06:30.240 --> 1:06:33.080 traffic management there. The TMC is also at the scene. 1:06:33.320 --> 1:06:35.880 Listeners have now told us off air the traffic is 1:06:35.920 --> 1:06:40.160 an absolute car park, so one of two southbound lanes 1:06:40.560 --> 1:06:44.880 remains closed. So it's the Hume southbound off ramped in 1:06:44.920 --> 1:06:48.280 the Relan Road in Campbelltown. Please take some care there. 1:06:49.360 --> 1:06:53.280 Sitney now with Clinton Maynard. If it's happening in your city, 1:06:53.560 --> 1:06:58.560 you'll hear it on Sydney Now to gb Well, you follow. 1:06:58.400 --> 1:07:01.480 This with Mark Levy this morning. The shooting just after 1:07:01.560 --> 1:07:04.280 nine o'clock in Maryland's and you'll see the vision on 1:07:04.360 --> 1:07:08.320 the news tonight. There was a home where gunmen have 1:07:08.400 --> 1:07:12.360 opened fire on it just after about quarter past nine 1:07:12.440 --> 1:07:15.240 this morning in Earl Street. There was no one in 1:07:15.280 --> 1:07:17.880 the house at the time. Short time later police have 1:07:17.920 --> 1:07:21.320 discovered a burnt out Porsche and it's suspected that vehicle 1:07:21.400 --> 1:07:24.280 was linked to the shooting. But the significant twist in 1:07:24.360 --> 1:07:27.920 this the house is home to the head of the 1:07:27.960 --> 1:07:32.200 Alameddine crime network. This is a man who's currently before 1:07:32.200 --> 1:07:34.520 the courts. He has charged with some very serious drug 1:07:34.560 --> 1:07:38.320 offenses and it turns out he wasn't home at the time. 1:07:38.600 --> 1:07:42.680 Why because he was actually driving to the paramounta local court, 1:07:42.840 --> 1:07:45.480 and he was making an application to the court about 1:07:45.760 --> 1:07:48.840 potentially being able to move house. Because when you're given bail, 1:07:49.320 --> 1:07:51.480 you are required to live at a particular event. It 1:07:51.560 --> 1:07:56.760 is address, it's spelled out in the documents, your bail documents. Well, 1:07:56.840 --> 1:07:58.560 this bloke didn't want to keep living there because he 1:07:58.600 --> 1:08:02.480 was worried about his safety. I spoke with Detective Superintendent 1:08:03.000 --> 1:08:05.360 Jason Box, who is the commander of the new Task 1:08:05.400 --> 1:08:08.480 Force Falcon about what occurred started the program. 1:08:08.920 --> 1:08:11.680 Porsche stopped out the front of those premises and a 1:08:11.760 --> 1:08:15.400 number of shots were fired into those premises. The vehicle 1:08:15.520 --> 1:08:18.439 was tracked to Chester Hill. It was burnt out. They've 1:08:18.520 --> 1:08:22.679 jumped into another vehicle being a Hyundai that was followed 1:08:22.680 --> 1:08:26.479 by poll Air and police stopped that went to stop 1:08:26.520 --> 1:08:29.200 that vehicle. The three occupants ran from the vehicle. They 1:08:29.680 --> 1:08:32.679 apprehended a short time later, and they're all in custody 1:08:32.680 --> 1:08:35.759 and there being spoke and every by investigators at this moment. 1:08:35.840 --> 1:08:37.920 So those three are still being interviewed at the moment. 1:08:38.000 --> 1:08:42.439 But I asked Jason about the Alamedan head hon show 1:08:43.000 --> 1:08:44.960 and the fact that he was on his way to 1:08:45.000 --> 1:08:45.960 court at the time. 1:08:46.280 --> 1:08:50.760 I can't comment who lives in that premises, but there 1:08:50.920 --> 1:08:54.680 was a bile variation sought by a member of the 1:08:54.680 --> 1:08:57.400 alamedin ACN occurring today. 1:08:57.920 --> 1:08:59.680 Well, that man was it would appear to be the 1:08:59.720 --> 1:09:02.439 target of this gangland shooting. And that's why Task Force 1:09:02.520 --> 1:09:06.799 Falcon has been formed because unfortunately, some of these crooks 1:09:06.840 --> 1:09:08.960 involved in this gang lan warre actually not very good 1:09:08.960 --> 1:09:11.320 at their jobs, and they have been known to get 1:09:11.360 --> 1:09:14.000 the wrong address. Sometimes they punch an address into their 1:09:14.040 --> 1:09:16.439 Sat nave into their iPhone, they don't get the right place, 1:09:16.680 --> 1:09:19.040 and they've been known to shoot up houses where their 1:09:19.040 --> 1:09:23.400 intended target actually isn't so this likely was the intended target, 1:09:23.439 --> 1:09:26.320 this boss of the Alabadin crime gang. Problem would be 1:09:26.320 --> 1:09:29.000 if they maybe get the wrong house and end up 1:09:29.000 --> 1:09:33.040 shooting somebody who's simply an innocent person sleeping in their 1:09:33.040 --> 1:09:37.000 bed at the time one through one, eight seven three. 1:09:37.080 --> 1:09:38.920 Now police have been at the scene of a home 1:09:38.960 --> 1:09:42.120 in Forestville throughout the day. You would have heard been 1:09:42.160 --> 1:09:44.680 discussed this this morning, the bodies of a man and 1:09:44.760 --> 1:09:47.640 woman found inside a grainy flat at a home in 1:09:47.720 --> 1:09:51.680 Cannons Parade, Forestville. Now, the bodies are still to be 1:09:51.720 --> 1:09:56.760 formally identified and police are still investigating exactly what's transpired here. 1:09:57.479 --> 1:09:59.760 The man is aged in his forties, the woman is 1:09:59.800 --> 1:10:04.759 a in his early fifties. Superintendent John Duncan hasn't ruled 1:10:04.760 --> 1:10:07.479 out the possibility of a murder suicide at. 1:10:07.320 --> 1:10:09.360 This point in time. It's still being processed. All I 1:10:09.400 --> 1:10:12.080 can say is there are two bodies in there. They 1:10:12.120 --> 1:10:14.559 have got lacerations to them. I can't give you any 1:10:14.600 --> 1:10:16.800 more details about what their cause of death thought, the 1:10:17.240 --> 1:10:19.479 level of injuries because it's still being processed by our 1:10:19.520 --> 1:10:22.120 crime scene and so at this point police are not 1:10:22.160 --> 1:10:25.160 revealing any further information. There is some speculation. The bodies 1:10:25.200 --> 1:10:27.639 may well have been that grainy flat for several weeks. 1:10:27.880 --> 1:10:30.960 If it's happening in Sydney, you'll hear it on Sydney 1:10:31.000 --> 1:10:34.519 now with Clinton Maynard on to gb in. 1:10:34.560 --> 1:10:36.680 Order the General's report has been released today into the 1:10:36.680 --> 1:10:39.719 way the government is managing poke machines in New South 1:10:39.720 --> 1:10:42.760 Wales and it's been quite critical. Now. The government came 1:10:42.800 --> 1:10:46.120 to power in twenty twenty three with an opposing view 1:10:46.160 --> 1:10:48.760 of how poke machines should be regulated to the Coalition. 1:10:48.960 --> 1:10:51.240 As you know, the former Premier Dominic Perrote wanted to 1:10:51.280 --> 1:10:54.920 introduce cashless gaming and the Labour Party is very much 1:10:55.280 --> 1:10:58.000 opposed to that. Well, the Order of the General has 1:10:58.080 --> 1:11:02.320 found that not in is being done effectively to monitor 1:11:02.600 --> 1:11:06.679 gambling and particularly to follow up problem gamblers. The Premier 1:11:06.720 --> 1:11:09.240 Chrismins though he has spoken about this today and he 1:11:09.240 --> 1:11:11.720 says the government is pursuing a range of measures. 1:11:11.439 --> 1:11:14.680 Everything from signs out the signage at the front of 1:11:15.040 --> 1:11:18.400 pubs and clubs having to be removed, to the introduction 1:11:18.560 --> 1:11:23.240 of problem gambling individuals on staff who are responsible for 1:11:23.280 --> 1:11:27.920 those that might be not gambling responsibly. 1:11:28.160 --> 1:11:30.599 I spoke with the greens Kate family earlier in the program. 1:11:30.600 --> 1:11:33.080 The opposition is also spoken about this today and they're 1:11:33.120 --> 1:11:37.280 all still pushing for a cashless gaming plan. Reality is 1:11:37.320 --> 1:11:39.960 that Labor Party is not interested in that. Twelve past 1:11:40.000 --> 1:11:42.000 five coming up, we're going to do a deep dive 1:11:42.160 --> 1:11:46.400 into the man being hailed as America's Mozart, Brian Wilson, 1:11:46.439 --> 1:11:50.120 who's passed away at the age of two thirteen past five. 1:11:50.400 --> 1:11:53.559 From the first to July, like many things, the price 1:11:53.600 --> 1:11:56.479 of your internet service could go up. Now we know 1:11:56.560 --> 1:11:59.400 insurance policies are going up, your energy bills will be 1:11:59.439 --> 1:12:03.080 going up. The likelihood is telecommunications costs are also going 1:12:03.120 --> 1:12:05.040 to rise. I wanted to check in with our partners 1:12:05.400 --> 1:12:07.800 at the NBN, and the NBN do advertise with us, 1:12:07.840 --> 1:12:09.519 but I wanted to have a look at what effect 1:12:09.600 --> 1:12:11.640 this price rise is going to have on you in 1:12:11.680 --> 1:12:14.479 the coming weeks and months. Jane McNamara is from NBN 1:12:14.920 --> 1:12:15.640 and joins us. 1:12:15.680 --> 1:12:17.240 Hello, Jane, good to be really. 1:12:17.320 --> 1:12:18.439 Clinton looked, like so. 1:12:18.479 --> 1:12:22.720 Many people in business and utilities and retailers, you are 1:12:22.720 --> 1:12:23.960 having to put some prices. 1:12:23.680 --> 1:12:26.720 Up on July one, That's right, So look from the 1:12:26.760 --> 1:12:31.000 first of July, there will be changes to the wholesale prices. 1:12:31.720 --> 1:12:35.880 That's the prices that NBN charge the phone and internet providers. 1:12:36.600 --> 1:12:39.639 And look, on average, those wholesale prices will be adjusted 1:12:39.640 --> 1:12:42.759 by just under the annual percentage change in the consumer 1:12:42.800 --> 1:12:46.640 pricing depths. So what that actually equates to is on 1:12:46.720 --> 1:12:52.559 our most popular residential plans across technologies and that fixed 1:12:52.640 --> 1:12:57.519 line network, that fiber technology base, the average wholesale price 1:12:57.680 --> 1:13:01.719 will increase between zero dollars and a dollar seventy one 1:13:02.080 --> 1:13:05.840 per month. And look, I think it's a good reminder 1:13:06.280 --> 1:13:09.960 that internet retailers set the retail price. So we charge 1:13:09.960 --> 1:13:12.519 the phone in internet providers the wholesale price, and then 1:13:12.600 --> 1:13:16.720 the internet retailers you know, charge you, me and our 1:13:16.800 --> 1:13:20.799 listeners a plan price depending on what plan you choose 1:13:20.880 --> 1:13:21.280 with them. 1:13:21.560 --> 1:13:23.959 And so it might have been that the retailer increases 1:13:24.000 --> 1:13:26.479 the price by more than that wholesale price will look 1:13:26.479 --> 1:13:27.400 at even less. 1:13:28.920 --> 1:13:31.519 Quite possibly that's right, And so I think it's a 1:13:31.600 --> 1:13:35.679 really important reminder for our listeners that if they haven't 1:13:35.680 --> 1:13:39.000 already heard from their phone in internet provider, we know 1:13:39.080 --> 1:13:41.320 a lot of them have actually already communicated with their 1:13:41.360 --> 1:13:44.960 customers about you know, price changes. If you haven't, maybe 1:13:45.040 --> 1:13:49.000 checking with them and you know, I think always it's 1:13:49.040 --> 1:13:52.360 a good annual thing to do. Check what plan you're on. 1:13:52.640 --> 1:13:54.559 You know, are you still on the right plan? Do 1:13:54.600 --> 1:13:57.160 you maybe need to get a different sort of plan 1:13:57.280 --> 1:13:59.599 depending on how much you know you need the NBN, 1:13:59.680 --> 1:14:03.120 how many connected devices you have, Chat to your phone 1:14:03.120 --> 1:14:05.680 an internet provider and ask the question which is the 1:14:05.720 --> 1:14:06.120 right plan? 1:14:06.200 --> 1:14:08.559 Which is important because you as the wholesale the NBA 1:14:08.640 --> 1:14:11.559 is the provider. You are releasing new technology and regularly 1:14:11.600 --> 1:14:14.960 you have Accelerate Great, which is being released I think 1:14:15.120 --> 1:14:17.120 in September, So then that would mean that there would 1:14:17.120 --> 1:14:18.680 be some changes to plans. 1:14:19.479 --> 1:14:22.799 Exactly right, And you know, do check in with your provider, 1:14:23.160 --> 1:14:26.400 you know today and say Accelerate Great, which we're launching 1:14:26.479 --> 1:14:28.880 on the fourteenth of September, where we're going to have 1:14:29.200 --> 1:14:33.919 you know, super fast speeds on the NBN, the fastest 1:14:33.960 --> 1:14:38.280 speeds that you know we've offered consumers and customers you know, 1:14:38.320 --> 1:14:41.600 we're going to provide that up to ten to so 1:14:41.760 --> 1:14:45.200 five to ten times faster than the plans that people 1:14:45.240 --> 1:14:47.120 are currently on. So we want to make sure people 1:14:47.200 --> 1:14:49.599 check in with their phone and internet provider to see 1:14:49.640 --> 1:14:52.559 how they can get one of those plans. And what 1:14:52.600 --> 1:14:54.960 they might need to do now to get ready for 1:14:55.000 --> 1:14:57.200 that come September fourteen. 1:14:56.960 --> 1:14:59.520 And should they consider bundling it with other services. 1:15:00.439 --> 1:15:02.640 I think that, you know, I think that's a great opportunity, 1:15:03.360 --> 1:15:06.120 you know, because lots of the phone and internet providers 1:15:06.439 --> 1:15:09.400 want your business. There's so much competition. There's more than 1:15:09.400 --> 1:15:12.240 one hundred and twenty fine in internet providers, so they're 1:15:12.280 --> 1:15:15.919 starting to do things, you know, to really peak our interest, 1:15:16.360 --> 1:15:20.559 bundling in entertainment services with you know, your mobile plan 1:15:20.680 --> 1:15:23.960 and then your home broadband plan. So it is a 1:15:24.000 --> 1:15:27.280 really good way to, you know, ask for a better deal, 1:15:27.520 --> 1:15:30.439 try and save some money, and maybe if your provider 1:15:30.520 --> 1:15:32.760 can't do that for you, have a look at what 1:15:32.840 --> 1:15:36.479 other providers are around and might best meet your needs 1:15:36.479 --> 1:15:37.120 and your budget. 1:15:37.240 --> 1:15:39.920 Shop around. Good advice. Thank you, Jane, Thanks so much, 1:15:40.040 --> 1:15:42.439 Jane mcdamara from NBN. Thanks to NBN. Look, they are 1:15:42.479 --> 1:15:45.040 partners of our program. Great things are happening every minute 1:15:45.080 --> 1:15:47.479 on NBN and you can check out their website NBN 1:15:47.520 --> 1:15:49.040 dot com dot you. But I wanted to talk to 1:15:49.080 --> 1:15:51.360 Jane today because there's been some stories in the papers 1:15:51.400 --> 1:15:53.479 you would have read this morning about all the various 1:15:53.520 --> 1:15:55.920 different services that are going up in price, and that 1:15:55.960 --> 1:16:00.360 does include Internet. So the wholesale Internet NBN charge is 1:16:00.400 --> 1:16:02.599 going to go up by up to a dollars seventy 1:16:02.640 --> 1:16:04.679 one per month. It'll then be up to your provider 1:16:04.720 --> 1:16:07.920 how they pass that on. The message is just shop 1:16:07.960 --> 1:16:09.919 around because you might then be able to find yourself 1:16:09.960 --> 1:16:12.599 a better deal. Coming up next, a deep dive into 1:16:12.640 --> 1:16:15.000 the Life of Brian Wilson twenty one past five. If 1:16:15.000 --> 1:16:17.040 you'd like to send text messages zero four six, zero 1:16:17.120 --> 1:16:19.479 eight seven three eighty seven three. Film makes the point 1:16:19.600 --> 1:16:22.439 on the Internet costs going up and NBN's ULSAE price 1:16:22.479 --> 1:16:26.720 will increase by up to a dollars seventy five. Phil says, well, yeah, 1:16:26.760 --> 1:16:28.760 op just will just add five dollars extra and that's 1:16:28.800 --> 1:16:30.479 where it's going to count. To shop around because there 1:16:30.479 --> 1:16:32.120 are so many different providers. I think there's actually something 1:16:32.160 --> 1:16:35.680 one hundred and fifty providers on problem gambling and the 1:16:35.720 --> 1:16:38.040 report that's been realised by the Order of the General Today, 1:16:38.040 --> 1:16:41.200 one of our listeners says, I'm a social Pokey's user, 1:16:41.560 --> 1:16:43.400 but what I've also noticed in some place is that 1:16:43.439 --> 1:16:45.920 i can order a beer while I'm playing and they'll 1:16:45.920 --> 1:16:48.360 bring it to you and then they pay for it 1:16:48.479 --> 1:16:50.599 when they take your order. If this wasn't available, I'd 1:16:50.600 --> 1:16:52.400 actually have to get up and then go to the bar, 1:16:52.720 --> 1:16:54.760 and so then I might change my mind on still 1:16:54.760 --> 1:16:58.840 playing the Pokeys. So effectively they're almost encouraging me to 1:16:58.880 --> 1:16:59.759 play the Pokeys. 1:17:00.160 --> 1:17:14.599 Wesh sad news today. 1:17:14.560 --> 1:17:17.479 In the world of music, the passing of Brian Wilson, 1:17:17.720 --> 1:17:20.880 the genius behind the Beach Boys, eighty two years of age. 1:17:20.960 --> 1:17:24.240 His music shaped the sound of the sixties. He turned 1:17:24.280 --> 1:17:30.880 surf music into an art. He gave us absolute classics. 1:17:31.320 --> 1:17:35.320 She's getting a bargain. 1:17:37.720 --> 1:17:42.000 She's just an amazing composition and as I said at 1:17:42.000 --> 1:17:45.000 the start of the show, a song I rank in 1:17:45.280 --> 1:17:47.719 at least the top three of all. 1:17:47.600 --> 1:17:48.919 Time good. 1:18:14.240 --> 1:18:17.120 God Only Knows from pet Sounds. Paul McCartney once said, 1:18:17.720 --> 1:18:19.920 God Only Knows is one of the few songs that 1:18:20.000 --> 1:18:23.000 reduces him to tears every time he hears it. He 1:18:23.080 --> 1:18:26.679 called it one of the greatest songs ever written. Let's 1:18:26.680 --> 1:18:28.840 bring in doctor J. D. O Reagan. Now she's from 1:18:28.840 --> 1:18:33.280 the Sydney Conservatory of Music. Her PhD focused on the 1:18:33.280 --> 1:18:35.880 Beach Boys. She is an expert when it comes to 1:18:35.880 --> 1:18:38.200 Brian Wilson. Jadie, thanks for joining us. 1:18:38.640 --> 1:18:40.120 Thank you so much for having me. 1:18:40.800 --> 1:18:43.080 Jade. How do you feel today after hearing the news 1:18:43.080 --> 1:18:44.080 that Brian Wilson has died. 1:18:44.760 --> 1:18:47.760 Well, it's funny when you mentioned that quote about Paul McCartney. 1:18:48.600 --> 1:18:50.800 We've got only no sort of bringing him to tears. 1:18:50.840 --> 1:18:52.720 I was really feeling them just listening to that on 1:18:52.760 --> 1:18:55.640 the phone just before. But yeah, I mean, it's a 1:18:55.680 --> 1:18:58.960 really sad day, but it's also a really great day 1:18:59.000 --> 1:19:01.680 to celebrate his beautiful music and the fact that we 1:19:01.720 --> 1:19:04.439 had him in our lives for so long against such 1:19:04.600 --> 1:19:05.880 you know, strong odds. 1:19:06.960 --> 1:19:09.639 Yeah, God only knows. And you mentioned strong odds because 1:19:09.640 --> 1:19:12.360 he was a challenged man. He went through years of 1:19:12.439 --> 1:19:15.599 drug abuse, he lived at a hermit. At one point 1:19:15.800 --> 1:19:20.080 he and Lady's had dementia. But in the nineteen sixties, 1:19:20.120 --> 1:19:24.080 in his peak when he recorded Pet Sounds, what made 1:19:24.120 --> 1:19:25.960 that And you're an expert when it comes to this, 1:19:26.280 --> 1:19:28.000 what made Pets Sound so special? 1:19:29.160 --> 1:19:31.479 I mean, it's not such a huge question, and I 1:19:31.520 --> 1:19:34.720 think there's probably a lot of things that make that 1:19:34.760 --> 1:19:38.600 record particularly special and particularly resonant, because I think what 1:19:38.680 --> 1:19:42.000 Brian Wilson was uniquely able to do was to do 1:19:42.200 --> 1:19:46.439 things that were incredibly musically adventurous and playful, while also 1:19:46.560 --> 1:19:50.160 being very accessible and relatable. And so I think in 1:19:50.200 --> 1:19:53.320 Brian Wilson's music on pet Sounds, which is a kind 1:19:53.320 --> 1:19:55.960 of a concept album about sort of loss of innocence, 1:19:56.320 --> 1:19:59.280 it's him sort of farewelling the beach and then wondering 1:19:59.320 --> 1:20:01.240 what life may be like kind of as an adult, 1:20:01.280 --> 1:20:04.040 And I just think that's a very human experience, and 1:20:04.200 --> 1:20:07.760 the vulnerability on that record in particular, I think he's 1:20:07.840 --> 1:20:11.120 just so deeply resonant to many people, myself included, because. 1:20:10.920 --> 1:20:13.200 He went through struggles. As I mentioned, he had his 1:20:13.280 --> 1:20:14.959 drug addictions, he had mental health. 1:20:14.720 --> 1:20:17.360 Issues, Yeah, he really did, and he had a really 1:20:17.400 --> 1:20:20.040 difficult life, you know. You know, his home life was 1:20:20.280 --> 1:20:23.519 particularly difficult. He had quite an abusive father. He had 1:20:24.000 --> 1:20:26.960 suffered from anxiety and stage fright, which meant that he, 1:20:27.000 --> 1:20:30.320 you know, performing was really difficult. He tussled with record 1:20:30.360 --> 1:20:34.080 labels who didn't really understand his music. And yeah, and 1:20:34.360 --> 1:20:38.280 like addiction, mental health issues which were not treated at 1:20:38.280 --> 1:20:41.439 the time, weren't really understood at the time, and yet 1:20:41.680 --> 1:20:45.519 he still managed to do all of these beautiful songs. Yeah, 1:20:45.600 --> 1:20:47.160 it's remarkable. 1:20:47.280 --> 1:20:49.360 Jadie, what about his influence on other artists. So I 1:20:49.680 --> 1:20:52.800 mentioned what Paul McCartney said, but he had a significant 1:20:52.840 --> 1:20:54.719 influence on the Beatles in the mid sixties. Was also 1:20:54.760 --> 1:20:56.240 the Stones, the Rolling Stones. 1:20:56.479 --> 1:20:58.880 Yeah, totally. And I think I mean particularly the Beatles 1:20:58.880 --> 1:21:00.559 and the Beach Or had this kind of like a 1:21:00.600 --> 1:21:03.840 loving rivalry between each other, you know, like it's sort 1:21:03.840 --> 1:21:06.880 of rubber soul, you know, inspired Brian to get to 1:21:06.920 --> 1:21:09.760 pet sounds and pet sounds, you know, the Beatles to 1:21:09.800 --> 1:21:11.960 get to Sudge and Pepper, and they were sort of Yeah, 1:21:11.960 --> 1:21:13.960 there's mis sort of funny arms race of you know, 1:21:14.840 --> 1:21:18.240 expanding musical ideas and so but I mean so far 1:21:18.280 --> 1:21:20.920 beyond pop music, you know. That's like I'm sure you've 1:21:20.920 --> 1:21:23.120 seen today just the amount of the sheer amount of 1:21:23.200 --> 1:21:26.320 artists who have commented on his loss is just it's 1:21:26.320 --> 1:21:29.000 so it's so far from just nineteen sixties pop music. 1:21:29.040 --> 1:21:31.679 It's it's all music over the last six decade. 1:21:31.720 --> 1:21:34.000 Oh, We've had reaction from Keith Richards, from the Stones, 1:21:34.040 --> 1:21:36.400 Elton John, but this is the one that really made 1:21:36.400 --> 1:21:38.760 an impact on me. It's a social media post from 1:21:38.760 --> 1:21:42.280 Sean Lennon, Yoko and John's son, and it says anyone 1:21:42.280 --> 1:21:45.080 who knows me knows how heartbrockohom about bron Wilson's passing. 1:21:45.400 --> 1:21:47.439 Not many people influenced me as much as he did. 1:21:47.479 --> 1:21:49.160 I feel very lucky I was able to meet him 1:21:49.200 --> 1:21:51.719 spend time with him. He was always very kind of generous. 1:21:51.760 --> 1:21:54.720 And this is this is the quote he was our 1:21:55.120 --> 1:21:58.200 American Mozart, a kind of genius for another world. 1:21:59.200 --> 1:22:02.439 Yeah, it's really beautiful. It's a really beautiful quote. And 1:22:02.520 --> 1:22:04.800 I think one that that's heard quite a lot about 1:22:04.800 --> 1:22:06.920 Brian referred to as a genius or a Bootsart or 1:22:06.960 --> 1:22:09.559 like our beat Hoven. That's that's been thrown around two 1:22:09.640 --> 1:22:11.840 and yeah, and I think it's just because he had 1:22:12.360 --> 1:22:16.560 such ambition, such a musical ambition, but also again such relevance. 1:22:17.160 --> 1:22:20.000 Jadie, thank you so much for the chat. Just before 1:22:20.040 --> 1:22:23.480 you go, your favorite Beatles Beach Boys. 1:22:23.200 --> 1:22:25.920 Song, Look it's so tough. I mean, you mentioned God 1:22:25.960 --> 1:22:28.680 only knows, but wouldn't it be nice? Has a really 1:22:28.720 --> 1:22:30.479 special spot in my heart. I just think it's one 1:22:30.479 --> 1:22:34.680 of the most joyous songs about the future and how 1:22:34.720 --> 1:22:37.960 wonderful it can be. And so yeah, definitely favorite one today. 1:22:38.240 --> 1:22:52.439 It's a cunning song. Becky Jadis doctor j D. O Reagan. 1:22:52.560 --> 1:22:56.640 Now she has a doctorate in the Beach Boys in 1:22:56.760 --> 1:22:58.360 Brian Wilson. Wouldn't it be. 1:22:58.360 --> 1:23:12.240 Nice an ease, update, upgrade and save with Winston with 1:23:12.280 --> 1:23:16.840 a wine percent of motorized Blinds, curtains and Dawnings. Book 1:23:16.880 --> 1:23:28.680 now at Winston dot com dot Au. 1:23:22.240 --> 1:23:27.280 And Good Afternoon Clinton. 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We say 1:24:39.360 --> 1:24:42.280 good evening at twenty seven minutes to six. 1:24:42.439 --> 1:24:45.200 Yeah, I rackon, it sounds a formal too good evening 1:24:45.240 --> 1:24:46.080 too Clinton. 1:24:46.160 --> 1:24:48.240 I think once the sun goes down there, once the 1:24:48.240 --> 1:24:51.439 sun goes down, it's colder than it has been. Yeah, evening, 1:24:51.520 --> 1:24:53.400 that's for sure. It's been cold. What's the share market 1:24:53.400 --> 1:24:53.880 doing this week? 1:24:53.960 --> 1:24:56.880 Well, it looked like we're on track for another record today, 1:24:57.080 --> 1:25:00.120 but fall through the afternoon, including right up to the 1:25:00.160 --> 1:25:03.280 closing bells, saw the SX two hundred lowse point three percent, 1:25:03.439 --> 1:25:05.600 down twenty seven points to eight thousand, five hundred and 1:25:05.640 --> 1:25:07.559 sixty five. And it's all to do yet again with 1:25:07.640 --> 1:25:10.680 Donald Trump and his tariffs, because he's said today that 1:25:10.720 --> 1:25:13.639 he intends to contact trading partners of the US Australia 1:25:13.680 --> 1:25:17.360 included with this July nine deadline fast approaching pretty much 1:25:17.400 --> 1:25:19.000 saying we're going to send letters out and you can 1:25:19.040 --> 1:25:21.280 take it or leave it with the deals, and that 1:25:21.439 --> 1:25:25.280 sent futures markets down. That sent our market down, even 1:25:25.320 --> 1:25:27.960 though things are looking pretty good for a trade deal. 1:25:27.960 --> 1:25:30.560 That happen between the US and China did put the 1:25:30.640 --> 1:25:33.040 jitters into the market again, but the trade talk it 1:25:33.160 --> 1:25:35.760 stopped the slump of the Aussie dollar. At least it's 1:25:35.760 --> 1:25:37.679 sitting steady around sixty five US. 1:25:37.720 --> 1:25:40.280 We've had two interest rate cuts so far. It means 1:25:40.280 --> 1:25:42.640 we're now feeling more upbeat about our budget. 1:25:42.360 --> 1:25:45.840 A little bit now. The latest Combank household spending data 1:25:45.920 --> 1:25:48.519 is out and we'll go into further detail on that 1:25:49.160 --> 1:25:52.120 on Money News tonight, but it's effectively showing some green 1:25:52.240 --> 1:25:55.960 shoots with spending. So households with mortgages have got a 1:25:56.000 --> 1:25:58.760 bit of extra money to splurge, which is happening on 1:25:59.200 --> 1:26:03.240 some of life luxuries, hospitality, seeing people eating out a 1:26:03.240 --> 1:26:05.760 little bit more. But the rate of spinning recovery is 1:26:05.800 --> 1:26:10.000 still slower than had been expected, so we're still not 1:26:10.120 --> 1:26:13.160 quite there. To Shirley Bassi hay big spender days, but 1:26:13.280 --> 1:26:15.000 we're seeing a little bit more of the purse strings 1:26:15.040 --> 1:26:15.559 opening up. 1:26:15.640 --> 1:26:15.840 Now. 1:26:15.880 --> 1:26:18.920 We don't offer investment advice on this program. No, you 1:26:19.040 --> 1:26:21.519 to see your financial crewary accounting for that. But the 1:26:21.560 --> 1:26:23.640 powerball is on the night and it's a big jackpot. 1:26:23.400 --> 1:26:26.240 Yes, and you if the odds of winning, let me 1:26:26.280 --> 1:26:29.679 put it this way, are not great because there's half 1:26:29.720 --> 1:26:32.680 of all adult Australians expected to get a ticket in 1:26:32.720 --> 1:26:33.080 this one. 1:26:33.400 --> 1:26:35.000 This is the one hundred million dollars, just as the. 1:26:34.960 --> 1:26:37.840 Biggest lottery prize being offered of the year one hundred 1:26:37.840 --> 1:26:40.600 million dollars. So that means you've got a one in 1:26:40.680 --> 1:26:44.960 one hundred and thirty four million chants of winning this thing. 1:26:45.600 --> 1:26:48.400 And only six people have ever won a powerball prize 1:26:48.400 --> 1:26:50.920 of over one hundred million dollars, so you'd be in 1:26:51.080 --> 1:26:54.200 rare company if you were to do it. And as 1:26:54.200 --> 1:26:55.479 they say, you've got to be in it to win it. 1:26:55.560 --> 1:26:58.000 And that may rules me out because I have not 1:26:58.040 --> 1:26:58.880 got myself a ticket. 1:26:58.920 --> 1:27:00.840 Now, I haven't bought a ticket ether so you did 1:27:00.880 --> 1:27:02.800 buy a ticket though, deb you win the one hundred million, 1:27:03.280 --> 1:27:04.240 what do you do do you quit? 1:27:04.280 --> 1:27:04.639 Your job. 1:27:05.760 --> 1:27:09.639 Yes, no, what. 1:27:09.680 --> 1:27:10.439 Are you crazy? 1:27:10.600 --> 1:27:12.479 I love I love the whole crips of like would 1:27:12.600 --> 1:27:13.320 you turn up to work? 1:27:13.640 --> 1:27:14.200 I would be. 1:27:14.240 --> 1:27:17.759 Out the door in a heartbeat. Get one hundred million dollars. 1:27:18.040 --> 1:27:20.200 I'll make this vow to you. If I win one 1:27:20.240 --> 1:27:22.160 hundred million dollars tonight, you would not. 1:27:22.080 --> 1:27:22.759 Be in tomorrow. 1:27:22.800 --> 1:27:24.640 I will be here tomorrow. 1:27:24.280 --> 1:27:26.000 Would not I would be disappointed. 1:27:26.000 --> 1:27:26.559 You'd be out. 1:27:26.600 --> 1:27:27.919 I will be here yourself. 1:27:28.280 --> 1:27:31.080 The program may slightly change to a three day week program. 1:27:32.400 --> 1:27:34.639 Yes, there would be changes that would be made. 1:27:34.920 --> 1:27:37.040 I'll be buying the Coronella Sharks. That's what I'm thinking about, 1:27:37.120 --> 1:27:37.639 old station. 1:27:37.720 --> 1:27:39.360 If you want a hundred million dollars, look out. 1:27:39.439 --> 1:27:41.360 Dev will be listening from seven o'clock to night. Thank you, 1:27:41.439 --> 1:27:42.720 deb night with Money News. 1:27:43.200 --> 1:27:46.599 You want to know what's happening in Sydney, stay tuned 1:27:46.720 --> 1:27:51.040 to sit me out with gw on to GBLY. 1:27:51.280 --> 1:27:53.360 I'll just go and buy the Sharks. Lots of messages 1:27:53.400 --> 1:27:55.920 here about the beach boys, Gary, says Brian Wilson. I 1:27:55.960 --> 1:27:58.559 agree with you. God only knows is right at the top. 1:27:59.080 --> 1:28:01.759 Good vibrations as well, not to mention in my room 1:28:02.120 --> 1:28:06.200 and Caroline. Brian Wilson musical genius. This email from Ian 1:28:06.720 --> 1:28:09.160 it was a privilege to see my favorite musicians, the 1:28:09.160 --> 1:28:12.320 Beach Boys, on four occasions. I sit in my lounger 1:28:12.360 --> 1:28:15.240 in thinking help me wander. Wouldn't it be nice, Barbaraan, 1:28:15.840 --> 1:28:17.920 you could join me in my room and help me 1:28:18.000 --> 1:28:21.240 keep Brian's memory alive and fresh. I don't like to 1:28:21.280 --> 1:28:23.760 wipe out the good vibrations the music. The concert's the 1:28:23.800 --> 1:28:26.760 wonderful group. God only knows the thrill they gave, and 1:28:26.800 --> 1:28:29.120 I wish I could do it again. What a legend. 1:28:29.600 --> 1:28:32.360 Thank you, mister Brian Wilson. We salute you. 1:28:37.560 --> 1:28:40.960 On Sydney. Now. A weather update will be here to 1:28:41.080 --> 1:28:45.400 help in unexpected weather. NRIM Insurance a help company. 1:28:45.560 --> 1:28:47.479 There is the risk of a shower or two developing 1:28:47.520 --> 1:28:49.720 this evening. Hopefully you can mostly drive cross most of 1:28:49.720 --> 1:28:51.400 the city fourteen degrees and the taste of the moment 1:28:51.439 --> 1:28:54.120 eleven degrees in the west Tomorrow. The forecast for Friday 1:28:54.439 --> 1:28:56.080 is for a shower all too with the top of 1:28:56.080 --> 1:28:58.680 sixteen degrees at this stage. On the weekend Saturday, the 1:28:58.720 --> 1:29:02.439 medium chances showers were seventeen. Sunday partly cloudy in eighteen 1:29:02.439 --> 1:29:05.640 but it should be dry Monday, sunny, nineteen. 1:29:05.240 --> 1:29:09.879 Degrees until six. This is Sydney now with Clinton Maynard 1:29:09.960 --> 1:29:12.760 on two GBS. You call now one three one a 1:29:13.120 --> 1:29:13.799 seventy three. 1:29:13.880 --> 1:29:15.759 Well, I'll tell you what. There is so much Rugby 1:29:15.840 --> 1:29:18.519 League news this evening because the countdown to State of 1:29:18.520 --> 1:29:21.719 Origin is on and it's a disruptive preparation for the Blues. 1:29:21.800 --> 1:29:26.400 Hello Mark Guyer, Yeah, good morning, good morning, Good evening. Clinton. 1:29:26.640 --> 1:29:28.400 I'm thinking about that one hundred million dollars that you 1:29:28.439 --> 1:29:30.360 were just talking to with Devi and I'm just I'm 1:29:30.400 --> 1:29:32.000 off in Pixie Ay and thinking about what I'll do 1:29:32.040 --> 1:29:35.920 with it. But look, Mitch Moses. Devastating news for Mitch Moses, 1:29:35.920 --> 1:29:38.280 who was fantastic in Game one of the State of Origin. 1:29:38.600 --> 1:29:41.080 He's been ruled out of Origin two with a calf injury. 1:29:41.080 --> 1:29:44.599 About twenty minutes into today's field session, he felt something 1:29:44.600 --> 1:29:47.600 in his calf. Go confirmation is he'll be out of 1:29:47.600 --> 1:29:52.599 the game. Jerome Leui has been recalled to partners. He's Batman, 1:29:53.000 --> 1:29:56.639 He's Robin. They have a ninety percent winning percentage when 1:29:56.640 --> 1:30:01.160 they play alongside each other. Those Young Cleary, Nathan Cleary 1:30:01.240 --> 1:30:04.680 and Jerome lewis so unlucky for Mitch Moses. I really 1:30:04.680 --> 1:30:06.160 feel sad for him because he was so good in 1:30:06.240 --> 1:30:09.320 Game one, but opportunity beckons now for Jerome. 1:30:09.560 --> 1:30:11.719 Look, Mitch Moses is great last year as well, leading 1:30:11.760 --> 1:30:14.519 the team team to victory. But Jerome Leui was by 1:30:14.560 --> 1:30:17.560 his side last year in a winning combination, and I 1:30:18.040 --> 1:30:19.960 don't think he deserve to be dropped in the first place. Leui. 1:30:20.880 --> 1:30:23.080 Yeah, a lot of people for that, Quinton, you know, 1:30:23.120 --> 1:30:28.120 but I think Lourie Daily justified his selections. And because 1:30:28.520 --> 1:30:30.400 his kicking game in Game one, the both kicking game 1:30:30.880 --> 1:30:33.439 is unbelievable. Mitch Moses has probably got the best long 1:30:33.520 --> 1:30:35.320 kicking game in the game. He's the only player I 1:30:35.360 --> 1:30:37.760 think in the NURL who can kick a ball consistently 1:30:37.800 --> 1:30:39.439 sixty meters and there's not much of him. He like 1:30:39.520 --> 1:30:43.880 it for a guy who's probably seventy five eighty Kilosji 1:30:44.000 --> 1:30:47.479 gets hold of ball perfect time. But also in some other. 1:30:47.400 --> 1:30:49.840 News, Roosters fans block your ears. 1:30:50.520 --> 1:30:54.840 Sam Walker has broken his thumb at training, so he's 1:30:54.840 --> 1:30:58.000 come back from an ACL rupture, will now be put 1:30:58.040 --> 1:31:01.120 on ice for up to four to six weeks. Sam 1:31:01.160 --> 1:31:03.400 Walker has got way at least a month back on 1:31:03.400 --> 1:31:04.919 the foot. 1:31:04.520 --> 1:31:06.880 Bad news of Sam Walker. Now, MG, I've got a 1:31:06.920 --> 1:31:11.120 special guest with me in studio. It's a Dragons fan. 1:31:11.520 --> 1:31:14.160 It's a bloke who's wearing a dragon's jersey and a dragons. 1:31:16.360 --> 1:31:19.760 Thanks for the shout out yesterday suggesting that I was 1:31:19.800 --> 1:31:22.280 hanging around when they had ice boxes and no fridges. 1:31:22.880 --> 1:31:24.639 Yeah that was Clinton, mate, that was Clinton? 1:31:26.360 --> 1:31:28.120 Was I roll? 1:31:28.120 --> 1:31:28.439 Please? 1:31:30.479 --> 1:31:32.599 Tonight the Dragons are playing the Sharks, which is why 1:31:32.800 --> 1:31:34.719 Stanley is wearing the dragons jersey. 1:31:35.080 --> 1:31:35.920 Very entertaining. 1:31:36.000 --> 1:31:37.960 So if you want to chune into night from eight o'clock, 1:31:38.600 --> 1:31:41.600 we're going to be going through the poking apart this 1:31:41.640 --> 1:31:43.840 whole issue of aucas and whether we should be going 1:31:43.880 --> 1:31:45.840 about all. This is going to be it's our news out, 1:31:45.920 --> 1:31:47.680 so it's actually quite heavy. We talk about all these 1:31:47.720 --> 1:31:50.599 heavy issues. You're going to be able to see whether 1:31:50.920 --> 1:31:53.200 somebody we know can do two things at once. 1:31:54.640 --> 1:31:56.760 What do you reckon? What do you reckon? Can he 1:31:56.800 --> 1:31:58.760 host a radio program and watch the Dragons at the 1:31:58.760 --> 1:31:59.160 same time? 1:32:01.520 --> 1:32:04.040 He's a multitask here is mister Stanley. We know that, 1:32:04.160 --> 1:32:06.839 and I want to ask John Stanley while we've got him, Johnny, 1:32:07.439 --> 1:32:10.360 what do you think of a guy. Okay, it's intervention. 1:32:10.520 --> 1:32:13.559 It's in an intervention time for mister Clinton Maynard, because 1:32:14.560 --> 1:32:16.240 we just heard that if you won one hundred million 1:32:16.240 --> 1:32:18.679 dollars to night in the lottery, he'd buy his beloved Sharks. 1:32:18.680 --> 1:32:21.960 But I put this to you, John Stanley, he's not 1:32:22.040 --> 1:32:24.839 going tonight. He's not even wearing his jersey in protest 1:32:24.880 --> 1:32:27.320 of his team's horror performance last week. Now I say 1:32:27.360 --> 1:32:29.519 to you, John Stanley, is he a true supporter of. 1:32:29.560 --> 1:32:33.960 The You're not, John, You're not going either. Of course, 1:32:34.000 --> 1:32:35.519 it's not you're not going working. 1:32:35.720 --> 1:32:36.920 He's working to take the day off. 1:32:36.920 --> 1:32:38.040 He's got a lot of an in your leave and 1:32:38.040 --> 1:32:40.240 you're the best part of that's going to be when 1:32:40.280 --> 1:32:43.720 I win one hundred million, and I will use some 1:32:43.800 --> 1:32:48.120 of the money to give it big upgrade to that 1:32:48.280 --> 1:32:51.040 oval there in the middle of our territory, because we'll 1:32:51.080 --> 1:32:54.920 just reclaim our territory like Taiwan will eventually. You know, 1:32:55.280 --> 1:32:58.720 that's what we'll reclaim our territory and we'll use. In fact, 1:32:58.760 --> 1:33:00.679 I don't think it's much good because it's too hard 1:33:00.720 --> 1:33:01.120 to get to. 1:33:01.560 --> 1:33:02.960 I'll bring you some news on that in the moment. 1:33:03.040 --> 1:33:05.800 Stick around, John, So for tonight's game. You're a real fan, 1:33:06.520 --> 1:33:09.120 and admittedly, MG, I'm not going to the game tonight, really, 1:33:09.160 --> 1:33:11.640 and that's because I was pretty upset after last weekend's 1:33:11.680 --> 1:33:14.800 game and I'm a little superstitious, so I reckon Given 1:33:14.840 --> 1:33:17.160 we lost with my presence there last week, I think 1:33:17.240 --> 1:33:19.200 I'm doing the right thing by the club and the 1:33:19.200 --> 1:33:21.599 team because I'm a true supported by not going tonight, 1:33:22.320 --> 1:33:23.960 and I will be watching it on nine. I think 1:33:23.960 --> 1:33:25.599 they can have a better chance of winning without me there. 1:33:26.439 --> 1:33:30.400 That's glass half four instead a glass half MV. Anyway, 1:33:30.439 --> 1:33:32.280 look at a couple of milestones. So no I Mosa 1:33:32.360 --> 1:33:36.320 Sui won fifty games. Brittan Agora won fifty games. Both 1:33:36.400 --> 1:33:39.599 these teams are coming off drubbings. Dragons got beaten fifty 1:33:39.640 --> 1:33:41.400 six to six by the Dolphins last week and the 1:33:41.439 --> 1:33:44.400 Sharkis got beaten forty to ten by the Wires. A 1:33:44.439 --> 1:33:47.719 young kid got tonight. Nick Zugranis will make his debout 1:33:47.800 --> 1:33:50.679 for the Dragons at centers, So doing your Nicky, you work, brother, 1:33:51.320 --> 1:33:54.720 But unfortunately for the Dragons and Johnny Stanley, I think 1:33:54.800 --> 1:33:56.920 that the Sharkings will prevail. 1:33:57.600 --> 1:33:58.760 I'm tipping the Sharks as well. 1:33:58.840 --> 1:34:03.160 MG, boy, it was one of the biggest jigxus in 1:34:03.160 --> 1:34:03.559 the building. 1:34:03.680 --> 1:34:07.200 Thank you MG boys, Mark Guy. You'll hear him on 1:34:07.200 --> 1:34:09.559 the Continuous Call team and across the weekend. Just while 1:34:09.560 --> 1:34:11.880 you're there, John, I want to play you this. So 1:34:11.960 --> 1:34:14.640 I was watching Freddy in the eighth this week, the 1:34:14.640 --> 1:34:18.400 program presented by Brad Fittler, Andrew Johns and Dannik and 1:34:18.479 --> 1:34:20.479 Mason on Channel nine and they had a special guest. 1:34:21.120 --> 1:34:23.439 They had the Premier of New South Wales, Chris Mins, 1:34:24.040 --> 1:34:27.520 and they decided to talk to the Premier about grounds 1:34:27.880 --> 1:34:30.479 in the southern part of Sydney and what's the future 1:34:30.520 --> 1:34:34.559 of namely Shark Park and Cogra Oval. This is Andrew 1:34:34.640 --> 1:34:36.200 John's with the Premier. 1:34:36.280 --> 1:34:39.080 Fell off the rest of the Shark Park, which isn't 1:34:39.120 --> 1:34:40.960 too much, but the big one is you saw that 1:34:41.000 --> 1:34:43.360 whole block at Cogra Oval, and then you build a 1:34:43.360 --> 1:34:46.960 boutique stadium at Brighton l Sands or maybe down at 1:34:46.960 --> 1:34:49.160 Waterfall or in the Shire somewhere. 1:34:51.040 --> 1:34:56.439 Well, and Freddi consorter, you'd have apartment blocks where Cogra 1:34:56.640 --> 1:34:57.840 and huge. 1:34:58.880 --> 1:35:01.160 Yeah, men, you're so for the rest of Shark Park. 1:35:01.520 --> 1:35:03.760 Then you have a little bootique stadium which is sort 1:35:03.760 --> 1:35:08.280 of towards Wollongong Waterfall there the National Park and then 1:35:08.520 --> 1:35:10.439 people from the Shire don't have to travel too far. 1:35:10.479 --> 1:35:11.799 You know what it's like from the Shire. 1:35:12.360 --> 1:35:15.760 They closed the gates. But if it's there, we've got 1:35:15.760 --> 1:35:18.320 the train line there. Ad that's true. 1:35:18.880 --> 1:35:19.439 What do you reckon? 1:35:19.640 --> 1:35:21.639 I like it, well, we would look at it. Probably. 1:35:21.640 --> 1:35:24.320 The big problem with the plan is the Dragons fans 1:35:24.320 --> 1:35:26.200 and the Sharks fairs don't don't tend to want to 1:35:26.280 --> 1:35:27.520 share a stadium. 1:35:27.160 --> 1:35:28.759 You know, the boss mate, you know the Boss. 1:35:28.920 --> 1:35:30.920 I don't get it either of So that was Joey 1:35:30.960 --> 1:35:34.240 John's idea to solve the housing crisis in Sydney because 1:35:34.320 --> 1:35:37.760 rose Hill fell over, still off Cogra Oval for apartments 1:35:37.760 --> 1:35:39.519 and still off Shark Park for apartments. 1:35:39.560 --> 1:35:41.120 It's council wol down the ground. 1:35:41.400 --> 1:35:43.719 Yeah, but as they point out, as they pointed out, 1:35:44.000 --> 1:35:46.680 Chris Means is the boss, now I was it. 1:35:46.680 --> 1:35:50.640 Means did not have but did not have the kahunas 1:35:50.680 --> 1:35:54.920 whatever we call them, to actually resume rose Hill and 1:35:55.000 --> 1:35:57.200 build the twenty five thousand. You know he could have 1:35:57.240 --> 1:35:58.920 done that and you know what, there wouldn't have been 1:35:58.960 --> 1:35:59.639 much of a backlash. 1:35:59.720 --> 1:36:01.600 Come on, you know that I was in. 1:36:01.880 --> 1:36:04.240 Some loud voices against it, but most people would have 1:36:04.240 --> 1:36:05.920 gone well done, good on you. 1:36:06.240 --> 1:36:08.400 I was in contact with the premiere very early this 1:36:08.439 --> 1:36:11.519 morning on this issue and he confirmed to me it 1:36:11.600 --> 1:36:14.120 is not his idea. I don't think he's a plan 1:36:14.160 --> 1:36:14.280 of it. 1:36:14.400 --> 1:36:15.439 I'm talking about Race Hill. 1:36:15.680 --> 1:36:17.400 He can still do it. That's not gonna happen that, 1:36:17.400 --> 1:36:21.080 thank you, John John Stanley. Tonight from eight o'clock while 1:36:21.080 --> 1:36:22.760 the Dragons and Sharks are playing on. 1:36:23.000 --> 1:36:26.439 Sydney now, a weather update will be here to help 1:36:26.479 --> 1:36:30.360 in unexpected weather. Insurance help come. 1:36:30.600 --> 1:36:33.519 Special war the report from Shark Park tonight because the 1:36:33.640 --> 1:36:36.639 plan to build apartments on Shark Park is not gonna happen. 1:36:36.800 --> 1:36:38.760 It won't happen with Cogre either. So I'm just looking 1:36:38.800 --> 1:36:40.800 at the Raidar at the moment. If you are going 1:36:40.840 --> 1:36:43.480 to go to the football night the Sharks and the Dragons, 1:36:43.960 --> 1:36:53.599 there's no rain currently over Shark Park. It's Quid's time. 1:36:53.840 --> 1:36:55.920 If you'd like your chance to win one hundred dollars 1:36:55.960 --> 1:36:58.400 voutcher for Bankstown Sports Club. 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There was a car fire on the southbound 1:37:28.439 --> 1:37:30.120 off ramped in the rail and road. Now the fire 1:37:30.120 --> 1:37:31.960 has been put out. There was also a grass fire 1:37:31.960 --> 1:37:35.040 as a result. That's all been extinguished, but the problem's 1:37:35.040 --> 1:37:36.559 been in the fly in effect. There's been some dramas 1:37:36.560 --> 1:37:39.040 on the M four and also some delays on the 1:37:39.200 --> 1:37:41.000 M seven. If you see something around Sydney we need 1:37:41.040 --> 1:37:42.920 to know about you, send me a text message zero 1:37:43.000 --> 1:37:55.440 four zero eight seven three eight seven three well tomorrow. 1:37:55.640 --> 1:37:58.280 The longgoing train dispute between the government and the rail 1:37:58.439 --> 1:38:01.240 unions goes back before the Fair Work Commission. There is 1:38:01.280 --> 1:38:04.519 some quite confidence that hopefully tomorrow we're going to get 1:38:04.560 --> 1:38:08.719 a final result. So the ETU may well be directed 1:38:08.760 --> 1:38:11.599 tomorrow to have a vote of their members whether they'll 1:38:12.200 --> 1:38:14.320 vote in favor of the new deal that's been put 1:38:14.320 --> 1:38:16.599 forward by Sydney Trains at the other rail unionson now 1:38:16.640 --> 1:38:19.240 agreed to. So it'll be a hearing before Fair Work 1:38:19.240 --> 1:38:22.200 Commission tomorrow. I don't have any information about how the 1:38:22.200 --> 1:38:25.840 Commission will rule, but what the hope is and even 1:38:25.880 --> 1:38:28.640 the RTBU is hoping this is the case now, is 1:38:28.640 --> 1:38:31.320 that the ETU will be directed to put the deal 1:38:31.400 --> 1:38:33.799 to their members. They have about eight hundred old members, 1:38:33.880 --> 1:38:35.960 so they can vote on whether the payoffer from the 1:38:35.960 --> 1:38:38.360 new South Wales government will be accepted and then whether 1:38:38.400 --> 1:38:41.639 there'll be no industrial action for the foreseeable future. That's 1:38:41.640 --> 1:38:42.280 what we all want. 1:38:43.280 --> 1:38:46.559 Time to expose your minds. Do you may begin your 1:38:46.640 --> 1:38:51.160 questioning on Sydney Now Questions questions or against questions. 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Correct? 1:40:02.960 --> 1:40:04.960 What empire was ruled by Julius Caesar? 1:40:07.520 --> 1:40:07.880 Go for it? 1:40:07.960 --> 1:40:09.240 Nikki is. 1:40:11.439 --> 1:40:12.000 Announced it? 1:40:12.000 --> 1:40:14.160 It's not that one another one? You mean it was 1:40:14.160 --> 1:40:16.880 the Roman Empire? Look, you've done pretty well. Three all right, Danny, 1:40:17.040 --> 1:40:20.760 your turn. Your thirty second starts now. Which Australian city 1:40:20.840 --> 1:40:22.720 is known as the City of Churches. 1:40:24.479 --> 1:40:25.040 Adelaide? 1:40:25.080 --> 1:40:30.320 Correct? How many cents are in the dollar? One hundred correct? 1:40:30.439 --> 1:40:33.160 What country is hosting the twenty twenty six Winter Olympics 1:40:37.360 --> 1:40:40.519 La No, and that's the city Italy. What's the official 1:40:40.600 --> 1:40:47.320 language of Brazil? No, It's Portuguese. What is a common 1:40:47.360 --> 1:40:52.679 food that never spoils and also comes from bees honey? Correct? Okay, 1:40:52.680 --> 1:40:55.000 we've got to tie. It's three or the way this works, 1:40:55.080 --> 1:40:57.160 Nicky and Danny, I'm going to ask a question. If 1:40:57.200 --> 1:40:59.240 you've got the right answer, yell out your name. Whoever's 1:40:59.360 --> 1:41:02.120 name is yell old first can answer the question. Okay, 1:41:02.240 --> 1:41:06.200 The question is what kind of creature is a flying fox? 1:41:07.439 --> 1:41:07.880 A nikki? 1:41:08.280 --> 1:41:09.759 Nikki? What is a flying fox? 1:41:10.600 --> 1:41:10.720 Are? 1:41:11.240 --> 1:41:15.120 Correct? Well done? Hundred dollar about your on its way 1:41:15.160 --> 1:41:17.439 to you thanks to Bankstown Sports. You'll have a great 1:41:17.479 --> 1:41:28.920 meal there banksdownsports dot com. 1:41:24.160 --> 1:41:27.439 And now a preview of what's coming up on wide 1:41:27.479 --> 1:41:31.120 World of Sports. 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I don't think it'll be a 1:41:56.840 --> 1:41:58.519 Look at Michael Darby's struggling. 1:41:58.600 --> 1:42:00.360 It's easy to fill up because you can only twelve 1:42:00.360 --> 1:42:01.320 and a half thousand people there. 1:42:02.160 --> 1:42:04.679 We'll see two battling teams at the moment, that's for sure. 1:42:04.800 --> 1:42:07.200 We're going to preview that game with Peter Psaltis from 1:42:07.520 --> 1:42:10.200 Network nine and wild Water Sports. We'll also look at 1:42:10.320 --> 1:42:14.360 Mitch Moses his withdrawal from the Blues. How many weeks 1:42:14.360 --> 1:42:15.639 are you going to miss for your power of Els? 1:42:15.680 --> 1:42:18.760 I've had text messages all afternoon Stanley, you're playing You're 1:42:18.760 --> 1:42:19.960 playing the Dragons in a Fortnite. 1:42:19.960 --> 1:42:22.320 He's very happy. Four weeks at best, he'll be back. 1:42:22.640 --> 1:42:25.000 Toby Bedford from The Giants will join us Aroon Titmus 1:42:25.080 --> 1:42:27.519 will preview all the swimming action tonight and Mark Allen 1:42:27.560 --> 1:42:29.080 will preview the US Open golf. 1:42:29.160 --> 1:42:31.160 Get on your hawsey, Adam Howes, why would have sports 1:42:31.160 --> 1:42:33.479 coming up after the six o'clock news, Dead night with 1:42:33.520 --> 1:42:35.920 money news, before John Stanley takes you through the evening. 1:42:36.280 --> 1:42:38.080 He will be watching the Dragons at the same time. 1:42:38.160 --> 1:42:39.960 Thank you for your company of the past couple of hours. 1:42:40.080 --> 1:42:40.880 That's Sydney now,