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Speaker 1: And Amanda jam Nation for Shot News yesterday. The Victorian

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Speaker 1: government has pulled out of the twenty twenty six Common

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Speaker 1: of Games. So far, all states and territories have said

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Speaker 1: no to hosting them, putting the game's future in jeopardy.

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Speaker 1: Premier Chris Mins is here to chat about that, and

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Speaker 1: also he's got some exciting announcements for renters. Premier good morning.

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Speaker 2: There is good Morning a man a good mining Jones.

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Speaker 3: Chris, So, can we take on the game so that

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Speaker 3: it would really do a bit of an up you

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Speaker 3: to Victoria?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I probably need a better reason than that, Jasy.

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Speaker 4: But look, we've obviously looked at it, and I can

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Speaker 4: understand why people look to Sydney after the two thousand

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Speaker 4: Olympics and the fact that we're hosting the Women's well

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Speaker 4: Cut in mid August.

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Speaker 2: But we've looked at it.

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Speaker 4: Closely, and given the sales of the debt in New

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Speaker 4: South Wales and the state of our schools and our hospitals,

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Speaker 4: I just can't in all good conscience agree to hosting

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Speaker 4: them or taking on the obligations because I don't want

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Speaker 4: to be in the same situation as Victoria where we

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Speaker 4: make people happy for it.

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Speaker 2: But in the end, we're not able to deliver on

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Speaker 2: what we promise.

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Speaker 3: But also Dan Andrews did say that they pitched for

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Speaker 3: the Games during the pandemic and they knew well on

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Speaker 3: the out tail end of the pandemic, they knew that

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Speaker 3: they probably couldn't afford it. So why did you do it?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess I can't answer that. You know, there

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Speaker 4: might have been cost escalations. I just don't know. I

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Speaker 4: haven't had a chance to look closely at it. I mean,

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Speaker 4: from my perspective, it's important that you listeners know that

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Speaker 4: the previous government.

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Speaker 2: The Liberal government, looked at bidding.

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Speaker 4: For the right to host the Games a couple of

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Speaker 4: years ago and in the end made a decision that

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Speaker 4: we couldn't afford it. So for me to reverse that decision,

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Speaker 4: given the state of hospitals and the state of schools

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Speaker 4: and emergency departments and the like, I just can't in

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Speaker 4: good conscience go for it.

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Speaker 1: Is it embarrassing for Australia that we've pulled out of

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Speaker 1: what does seem like a relative last minute.

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Speaker 4: Well, look, I mean, obviously, I think when you agree

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Speaker 4: to host these sporting events, you want them to run.

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Speaker 4: And I think that's everybody's intentions and circumstances change. I

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Speaker 4: know the Tokyo pix words or later, ye, weren't they

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Speaker 4: because of COVID, But this is a different order of magnitude.

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Speaker 2: No, I accept that.

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Speaker 4: I know people desperately want the games to go ahead,

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Speaker 4: but I've also got an obligation to make sure that

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Speaker 4: when we commit to something.

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Speaker 2: That we deliver it and it's affordable as well.

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Speaker 4: And I've got to say, we've got one hundred and

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Speaker 4: eighty billion dollars worth of debt in New South Wales,

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Speaker 4: which is the largest figure ever recorded. And I'm not

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Speaker 4: coming on your program blaming people for that large measure.

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Speaker 2: That's because of COVID.

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Speaker 4: But by the same case, I can't pretend it doesn't

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Speaker 4: exist either.

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Speaker 1: Well, you've got some announcements to make that are good

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Speaker 1: news for people, and this is I need nearly a

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Speaker 1: third of Australians who rent. But for the New South

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Speaker 1: Wales renters, you've got some news.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there's two million renters in New South Wales, a

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Speaker 4: massive number. And I think Amanda, we've spoken about it

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Speaker 4: before that. Ten years ago, fifteen years ago, a lot

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Speaker 4: of young people said, will.

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Speaker 2: I ever be able to afford to buy a house.

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Speaker 4: In Sydney, for example, a lot of people are now

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Speaker 4: saying can I even afford to rent? And this has huge,

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Speaker 4: huge implications for the economy if young people in particular

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Speaker 4: up and leave Sydney and move to Melbourne or Brisbane

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Speaker 4: do something with renters. We need to make sure that

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Speaker 4: the rules are fair. We're strengthening the rules to make

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Speaker 4: it so that you can only increase rent once a year,

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Speaker 4: not multiple times a year. We're appointing a rental commissioner,

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Speaker 4: a portable bond scheme so you don't have to put

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Speaker 4: your hand in your pocket if you're changing properties from

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Speaker 4: one to the other to dig deep and find four

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Speaker 4: weeks worth of rent to put it up to the landlord,

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Speaker 4: as well as introducing changes.

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Speaker 2: Around no fault to fictions.

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Speaker 4: Look, it's just really about making sure that people have

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Speaker 4: got some security and safety and a roof over their head,

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Speaker 4: because that's a fundamental right in Sydney in New South

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Speaker 4: Wales today.

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Speaker 3: I must say the demerit point thing, when does that

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Speaker 3: kick in? I'm just asking for a friend who has.

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Speaker 1: That friends meet some very very lean points. What's the

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Speaker 1: news for the Demerit world.

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Speaker 4: The roads are open from the Shire early in the morning.

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Speaker 2: I imagine jonesy.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm fine. I've actually got thirteen points on my license.

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Speaker 3: I'm such a good driver. The government has said I'm

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Speaker 3: going to give you an extra point.

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Speaker 1: I'll rub it in.

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Speaker 3: But a man r on the other hand, well, I lost.

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Speaker 1: Five in I got a message last week. I must

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Speaker 1: have touched I'm very careful about not talking on my phone.

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Speaker 1: I must have touched my phone. Five points gone in

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Speaker 1: one go. So what's the news about Demerits.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, a couple of things.

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Speaker 4: Firstly, if you've been a good driver as of the

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Speaker 4: seventeenth of January twenty twenty four and for the previous

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Speaker 4: twelve months you haven't incurred any offenses, will give you

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Speaker 4: one point back. And this is all about encouraging good drivers.

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Speaker 4: So for the last five decades it's all been stick

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Speaker 4: and punishing people, obviously for doing the wrong thing. We

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Speaker 4: accept that those rules will still apply, but we also

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Speaker 4: want to encourage drivers, particularly in the Christmas period when

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Speaker 4: unfortunately the road tolls at its worst, to do the

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Speaker 4: right thing, get through the Christmas period without incurring an

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Speaker 4: offense and if you do that, we'll give you a

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Speaker 4: point back.

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Speaker 3: Right, so this kicks in in.

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Speaker 1: January, and just one point back, just one point back.

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Speaker 2: That's right at this stage.

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Speaker 4: But you'd be happy to know, Amanda, that we've committed

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Speaker 4: to and fulfilled our promise to get rid of hidden

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Speaker 4: speed cameras in New South Wales, to put the signs back.

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Speaker 2: And as a result of that we've seen in the

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Speaker 2: month of June. This time last year, when the signs weren't.

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Speaker 4: There and there were hidden speed cameras, there were fifty

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Speaker 4: five thousand fines. This time this year, with the signs return,

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Speaker 4: that was just six thousand. So there's been a major

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Speaker 4: reduction in the number of people being fined. And I'd

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Speaker 4: much try other people not commit the offense in the

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Speaker 4: first place and get a fine in the mail a

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Speaker 4: couple of weeks afterwards, not knowing when and where and

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Speaker 4: how they did it.

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Speaker 3: Perhaps we should maybe get amand of a driver no

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Speaker 3: parker from the Thunderbirds.

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Speaker 2: Looking like that plane Maybee.

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Speaker 3: Maybe Amanda gets the light grin starts riding a bike

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Speaker 3: to work. This is away the top Dog.

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Speaker 1: I'll head off at midnight see if I can make

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Speaker 1: my way here.

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Speaker 4: In time.

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Speaker 3: Chris, it's always a treat to talk to you. Thank

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Speaker 3: you for joining.

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Speaker 2: Us, Thanks Jase, Thanks Amanda's Talking Me.

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