Speaker 1: Already and this is this is the Daily Off.
Speaker 2: This is the Daily oss. Oh now it makes sense.
Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily Ods. It's Monday,
Speaker 2: the fifth of January.
Speaker 1: Welcome back, Welcome back.
Speaker 2: I have that new year, new energy vibe. I am
Speaker 2: ready for this year.
Speaker 1: It's going to be a good year twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1: It's got massive things in store, not just for us
Speaker 1: at TDA, but for I think the country in the
Speaker 1: world as well. Is so good to be back in
Speaker 1: your years after the summer break, Billy, I hope you
Speaker 1: have a lovely time off.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Sam? I did did you?
Speaker 1: I did? I did? I went to be on the
Speaker 1: Valley one of my favorite pilgrimages of a music festival.
Speaker 1: But now I'm really can you get stuck into it?
Speaker 2: That is lovely final year of Beyond the Valley or
Speaker 2: we're going to be back this year.
Speaker 1: We'll decide in six months. And I've been saying final year.
Speaker 2: For a couple of years, so okay, Well, we are
Speaker 2: here to give you the audience a preview of what
Speaker 2: is coming up this year, because as Sam said, it
Speaker 2: will be a big one. We have the men's feef
Speaker 2: of World Cup. We have the census that only happens
Speaker 2: every five years, and we finally have the lawsuit between
Speaker 2: Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively. So twenty twenty six does
Speaker 2: seem to be a big year, and we are here
Speaker 2: to break it down.
Speaker 1: Billy, why don't we We don't normally do this, but
Speaker 1: why don't we start with sport? Because I heard the
Speaker 1: enthusiasm in your voice when you mentioned the fief of
Speaker 1: World Cup. That's not the only big tournament this year.
Speaker 2: No, well, I'm so excited because the Women's World Cup
Speaker 2: was such a huge moment. Granted that was set in Australia. Wait,
Speaker 2: but I want to go back to I'm going to
Speaker 2: do it in chronological order of the big sport events
Speaker 2: that are going to happen this year, starting in February,
Speaker 2: which I always struggle to say, but we have the
Speaker 2: Winter Olympics and Paralympics that will be in Italy, so
Speaker 2: it is officially two years after the Summer Olympics, which
Speaker 2: were in Paris. Olympics and Paralympics. You just can't get
Speaker 2: better when it comes to everyone gathering around watching the
Speaker 2: TV getting behind the Aussies. Always a brilliant time.
Speaker 1: Or any sporting tournament that requires me to move my
Speaker 1: dinner and pillow to the couch and set up camp
Speaker 1: there for a month.
Speaker 2: I do that too.
Speaker 1: It's great. So I mean I think from memory, the
Speaker 1: time zone for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Italy
Speaker 1: isn't too bad for us here in Australia. There's going
Speaker 1: to be some slightly more human times than the two
Speaker 1: three four ams. It's not going to be great, but
Speaker 1: it's definitely going to be worth watching.
Speaker 2: It's so exciting. Okay, then we move to March where
Speaker 2: we have the Women's Asian Cup. Now this will be
Speaker 2: based in Australia. This will be in Gold Coast, Perth
Speaker 2: and Sydney, and this will be such an exciting moment.
Speaker 2: I think it will really build on the momentum of
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty three Women's World Cup, which was in Australia.
Speaker 2: The high Country got behind the Matildas. It felt like
Speaker 2: one of those rare moments where literally everyone in the
Speaker 2: country was talking about the exact same thing totally and
Speaker 2: I imagine touch would if the Matildas do well, that
Speaker 2: this will be similar to that, because once again it's
Speaker 2: based in Australia.
Speaker 1: And they've got some tough competition. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: strong sides in the tournament. I think Japan is one
Speaker 1: of the powerhouses of women's football. China South Korea are
Speaker 1: very strong as well, and then there's a couple of
Speaker 1: really fantastic emerging nations. New Zealand has a really good
Speaker 1: side there as well. So it's going to be a competition.
Speaker 2: But you know who else is strong, Tamka, Australia and Australia. Yes,
Speaker 2: and so we have a mighty mighty chance and if
Speaker 2: I know the mighty mighty Matilda's we have a mighty
Speaker 2: mighty chance.
Speaker 1: And that is a good time zone for us all
Speaker 1: to watch. Then we go to June right where it's
Speaker 1: the Men's World Cup. That is not a good time zone.
Speaker 2: No, but I'm so excited. I remember us working together
Speaker 2: on the last World Cup. Yeah, been here for too
Speaker 2: long apparently. If we're back here.
Speaker 1: Again measuring in World Cups, yeah.
Speaker 2: But that will be the soccer rous They have qualified
Speaker 2: for the World Cup once again, that will just be
Speaker 2: so exciting.
Speaker 1: Yeah. And I was looking at the schedule the other day.
Speaker 1: There's a Saturday night match. I think there's a Sunday
Speaker 1: morning match. There's not two bad time zones as well,
Speaker 1: really exciting and.
Speaker 2: Then really into time zones.
Speaker 1: Well, I always think ahead to how much is this
Speaker 1: going to absolutely destroying my sleep cycle?
Speaker 2: So you're just mentally preparing for that.
Speaker 1: Now, I need to get the hours in now. But
Speaker 1: then we've got the last kind of big, major international
Speaker 1: sporting event is going to be late July early August
Speaker 1: in Scotland.
Speaker 2: Yes, that will be the Commonwealth Games. Yeah, once again,
Speaker 2: such a great unifying moment for the whole country to
Speaker 2: get around all of our audi athletes. Yeah, that will
Speaker 2: be absolutely brilliant.
Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see the appetite from us all
Speaker 1: to really jump into this tournament. The tournament has struggled
Speaker 1: in the last couple of rounds with its popularity and
Speaker 1: its validity as a competition. Nonetheless, it's created some incredible moments.
Speaker 1: Glasgow will put on a big show and wow, when
Speaker 1: you take us through everything that's going to happen in sport.
Speaker 2: This year, it's a big year, huge moments.
Speaker 1: And then alongside that, let's go to a more traditional
Speaker 1: kind of news round of politics. I guess we can
Speaker 1: kind of look locally and overseas. Why don't we start
Speaker 1: quickly with local politics. The news headlines still kind of
Speaker 1: have a flavor of talking about some major policy implications
Speaker 1: from December's mass shooting in Bondai. At both the state
Speaker 1: and federal level. What do you kind of see is
Speaker 1: the big moments in federal politics for the year to come.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it will be interesting to see what happens with
Speaker 2: gun laws in Australia. I think that will be a
Speaker 2: huge moment. But then also looking at how the government
Speaker 2: is supporting the Jewish community after that terror attack, and
Speaker 2: then outside of that, you know, this isn't an election year,
Speaker 2: so I guess based on that it shouldn't be a
Speaker 2: huge politics year for Australia. I will say that one
Speaker 2: thing that I think will come up is Susan Lee,
Speaker 2: who is the opposition leader. She is the leader of
Speaker 2: the Liberal Party. Last year, towards the end of last year,
Speaker 2: there was a lot of speculation about whether or not
Speaker 2: she will remain the Liberal leader. A few of her
Speaker 2: colleagues seem very open about the fact that they want
Speaker 2: her job, so I think that that conversation will continue
Speaker 2: this year because at the end of last year it
Speaker 2: didn't look like her job was safe. Yeah, I will
Speaker 2: say that it has kind of quietened down a little bit,
Speaker 2: but one to keep an eye on.
Speaker 1: And I'm going to keep an eye on the tech
Speaker 1: policy world this year. I think it's going to be
Speaker 1: I mean, we had the age verification and limiting under
Speaker 1: sixteens on social media come in late last year. There's
Speaker 1: really increased chatter around the way in which our government
Speaker 1: engages with tech giants, especially in the era of AI
Speaker 1: as well, so I think that's going to be a
Speaker 1: major focus of the government. I'm also interested in how
Speaker 1: they're going to look at environmental policy, which we haven't
Speaker 1: spent a lot of time as a nation talking about
Speaker 1: over the last couple of years.
Speaker 2: No, well, the opposition started talking about it towards the
Speaker 2: end of life last year as well, they announced their
Speaker 2: environment policy. But yeah, you're absolutely right, that also will
Speaker 2: be one to keep an eye on.
Speaker 1: And then Billy, looking overseas, I think probably the big
Speaker 1: headline here is the US midterms.
Speaker 2: Yes, so in the US we have the midterms this year,
Speaker 2: so that means that it is exactly two years after
Speaker 2: the presidential election where Donald Trump was elected president for
Speaker 2: a second time. So if you're not fully across this,
Speaker 2: the midterms happen across all states for offices other than
Speaker 2: the president or the vice president, and it's to decide
Speaker 2: the makeup of the US's two bodies of government. So
Speaker 2: we have the Senate and the House of Representatives, and
Speaker 2: that's where laws get made in the US. At the moment,
Speaker 2: the Republican Party, which is the party that US President
Speaker 2: Donald Trump is from, they have a majority in both
Speaker 2: the House of Representatives and the Senate. And I would
Speaker 2: say that the midterms are always seen as this halfway
Speaker 2: point to reflect on how the country is seeing or
Speaker 2: assessing the person that they elected and the party that
Speaker 2: they're from.
Speaker 1: It's kind of a performance review at the pole.
Speaker 2: That is what I was looking for. That is exactly
Speaker 2: the perfect way to describe it. So, yeah, it will
Speaker 2: be interesting to see if the country sways more to
Speaker 2: the Republican Party, who already have a lot of power
Speaker 2: at the moment, or back towards the Democrats.
Speaker 1: Really interesting to watch. That one that's right at the
Speaker 1: end of the year, that's in November. One politics adjacent
Speaker 1: story I thought would be worth mentioning. You mentioned it
Speaker 1: before the census, so that's not kind of directly run
Speaker 1: by our politicians, but it's it's a big moment.
Speaker 2: Big moment. It's a big night for the data nerds,
Speaker 2: big big night. So every five years, if you're not
Speaker 2: familiar with the census, every five years, the ABS counts
Speaker 2: every single person and household in Australia in this scene
Speaker 2: that is called the census, and it's basically like this
Speaker 2: huge survey for the entire population. But it's different to
Speaker 2: other surveys because usually surveys are only sample ye. But
Speaker 2: what's great about this is that it's literally the entire
Speaker 2: population and they ask you everything from your age, to
Speaker 2: your religion, to what you do for your job. They
Speaker 2: ask about your income and it's just a fascinating snapshot
Speaker 2: of the country.
Speaker 1: And every year, there's always every time the census is
Speaker 1: rolled out, there's always some new questions and they make
Speaker 1: some adjustments.
Speaker 2: Yes, and this year will be the first time that
Speaker 2: they ask questions on sexual orientation and gender for individuals
Speaker 2: aged sixteen years and over, and so that will be
Speaker 2: on the eleventh of August, market in your calendar.
Speaker 1: And Billy, let's bring it home with your I think
Speaker 1: your guilty pleasure. But also you would say, then it's
Speaker 1: not a guilty pleasure, it's just a pleasure pleasure. Let's
Speaker 1: go to pop culture.
Speaker 2: I would say politics is my pleasure and pop culture
Speaker 2: is my guilty. People.
Speaker 1: Well, let's end with the guilty pleasure pop culture. What
Speaker 1: are the big pop culture headlines to be looking for
Speaker 1: this year?
Speaker 2: Okay? So, as I mentioned in the intro, we have
Speaker 2: Blake Lively and Baldoni's lawsuit. Now you might be thinking,
Speaker 2: wasn't that thrown out? That's what you were thinking that
Speaker 2: The answer is no, So only Baldoni's counter lawsuit was
Speaker 2: thrown at. Right, So Baldoni just as a refresher, he
Speaker 2: accused Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds or trying to
Speaker 2: destroy his reputation by accusing him of sexual harassment. That
Speaker 2: was a four hundred million dollar lawsuit and that was
Speaker 2: dismissed by a judge in June last year. However, the
Speaker 2: initial lawsuit, which was brought forward by Blake Lively at
Speaker 2: the end of twenty twenty four, where she accused Baldoni
Speaker 2: of harassment on the set of the film It ends
Speaker 2: with us. That is still proceeding and that will happen
Speaker 2: in March this.
Speaker 1: Year, okay, and that'll be a massive Hollywood court case.
Speaker 1: But on the other side of Hollywood, we have some
Speaker 1: new releases coming out.
Speaker 2: I thought i'd go quickly through some of the new
Speaker 2: movies that are coming up. So we have Devil Webs
Speaker 2: Prada two number two. We have Toy Story Far. We
Speaker 2: have Buthering Heights that features Margot Robbie and Jacob Alordi.
Speaker 2: I feel like I've already been seeing that around quite
Speaker 2: a bit. They've already started the promotion for that one.
Speaker 2: We also have Moana the movie, which is a live
Speaker 2: action remake of the animated film. We have another Spider
Speaker 2: Man movie. Essentially, it's just a lot of classics continuing
Speaker 2: their franchise, which is domination of Hollywood.
Speaker 1: Yeah, which is interesting. I think in the uncertainty of
Speaker 1: Hollywood at the moment, with the presence of streaming players
Speaker 1: becoming more powerful, how expensive is to make movies, I
Speaker 1: think there's a lot of safe bets being placed on
Speaker 1: franchises that have worked in the past by studios and yeah,
Speaker 1: it looks like that's going to continue. Why don't we
Speaker 1: take a quick look at music.
Speaker 2: Okay, some new albums that you can expect this year,
Speaker 2: we have Charlie XCX coming out with a new album,
Speaker 2: Lana del Rey, Louis Tomlinson from one direction we'll be
Speaker 2: making a return. We have Charlie Pooth and we also
Speaker 2: have Asap Rocky. And then in terms of Ossie artists
Speaker 2: who have announced that they are releasing albums this year,
Speaker 2: we have the Kid l Roy coming out with a
Speaker 2: new album and also Kelly Holiday, who saying dancing to
Speaker 2: remember that one.
Speaker 1: One of the biggest songs from twenty twenty five. Here
Speaker 1: in hoping that.
Speaker 2: You could sing it for us in case anyone doesn't
Speaker 2: know what.
Speaker 1: I'm just going to do the hit movements.
Speaker 2: Okay, well, thank god this is an audio platform. He
Speaker 2: will also be releasing an album this year. And then
Speaker 2: my final note on pop culture and I'm glad that
Speaker 2: you set this up as a guilty pleasure set.
Speaker 1: Just can't help it.
Speaker 2: I just can't help myself. This is entirely based on
Speaker 2: gossip and rumors and there's absolutely no evidence that this
Speaker 2: will happen this year, but I have to mention that
Speaker 2: it likely could be the year that Taylor Swift and
Speaker 2: Travis Kelcey get married. Your English teacher and your gym teacher,
Speaker 2: as she said, And.
Speaker 1: Are we going to have to talk about your leave
Speaker 1: for that? Yeah, like how much you.
Speaker 2: Actually get an invitation? And that's why I'm bringing it up.
Speaker 1: I don't even think it's about you being physically there.
Speaker 1: I just think that you're going to need some time
Speaker 1: to sit in the room and look at the computer
Speaker 1: just on waiting content.
Speaker 2: I try to keep my love for Taylor Swift a
Speaker 2: little bit closeted, and you're really exposing me right.
Speaker 1: Well, you do a terrible job. And thank you so
Speaker 1: much for running us through all of that, Billy. We
Speaker 1: know you're going to be here all the way, taking
Speaker 1: us through the events that we can predict, but also
Speaker 1: the stuff we can't. And that's what is the magic
Speaker 1: of news, and sometimes the tragedy, but often the beauty
Speaker 1: of it is the biggest stories of the year we
Speaker 1: don't know about yet. So we feel very safe in
Speaker 1: your hands leading our newsroom and let's do twenty twenty six.
Speaker 2: I'll be here with you sitting in this chair breaking
Speaker 2: it all.
Speaker 1: Down, unreal and thank you for joining us for this
Speaker 1: first episode. We hope you had a really beautiful summer.
Speaker 1: We've got a great back catalog now of some excellent
Speaker 1: summer series episodes. If you wanted to kind of warm
Speaker 1: up a bit more for the year ahead, and you're
Speaker 1: on the bus or train on the way to a
Speaker 1: first day of work, or you're taking some well deserved
Speaker 1: time off after working over summer, We'll chat to you
Speaker 1: again in the afternoons with your first headlines of the year.
Speaker 1: Until then, have a beautiful day. My name is Lily
Speaker 1: Maddon and I'm a proud Aarunda Bungelung Calcatin woman from
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