Weekends with Luke Grant - Saturday 14 June

I noted a couple of days back Mount Isa. The ISA in northwest Queensland recorded it's cold as June nineteen forty four years after temperatures plunged to minus zero point seven. Further eastern Queensland and Richmond a minimum temp of minus zero point one, the first sub zero nighte in thirteen years. Oh boy, okay on the Darling Downs reached the low

of minus four point two. It's winter now. In Brisbane, the ABC reported that Yesterday, temperatures reached record breaking lows in the southeast of the state, the Mercury dropping five to eight degrees below average. Brisbane CBD worked towards coldest June morning since two thousand and two. My god, twenty three years. It was just five point two degrees in Sydney, just a week or so back, the coldest temps recorded at nine am, Sydney's air temperature reaching ten point four

harrond or feels like temperature of five point three. We shouldn't be scared about this. It's the weather and it's winter. You know, this is just the first half for the first month of winter. I guess we take comfort from the predicted mild winter ahead, do we? Speaking of temperatures in the weather in Sydney, a partly cloudy day with

a medium chance of showers. They'll become less likely late this afternoon and tonight in the city seventeen Penrith, eighteen Paramatta, seventeen Bondai and along the coast seventeen Tomorrow and Sydney party cloudy, slight chance of a shower and a top of eighteen degrees. Brisbane today mostly sunny, top tempts in the City twenty one, Airport twenty Ipswich twenty one, the Sunny Coast twenty Gold Coast twenty one tomorrow and Brisbane

Sunny in twenty two. You win now so much to tell you about today, What a week it's been on planet Earth. Firstly, I can tell you that Iranian ballistic missiles struck at least seven sites around Tel Aviv last night, injuring at least twenty two people, according to Israeli mis military officials and firefighters. Video from Tel Aviv showed at least one large explosion on the ground from an apparent

missile strike and at least one building on fire. Explosions were also heard over Jerusalem as missiles streaked overhead part of Iran's retaliatory campaign after waves of Israeli strikes the devastated Tehran's military chaine of command and it critical nuclear facilities. A dozens were killed in Iran more than three hundred others injured, according to unofficial figures cited by the Fars

news agency, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards. Now fascinatingly and on a large extent, concerningly, Sophie Ellsworth from News Corps says desperate Australians trying to flee Israel have lashed out of the Australian Embassy, furious that it's closed while the country under attack, and say they've been provided with no plans to try to bring them home as Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles. A cohort of Assis remain trapped in the war torn region trying to get

assistance to come home. Now. Among those in Israel a former Olympian Nova Peris who's bunkered down in Jerusalem, she says, and was due to take part in a reception by the Israel Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Chamber of Commerce on Sunday in Tel Aviv. Now, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Defacts say there's between ten and twelve thousand Australians living in Israel. There's also an Australian cohort of political representatives hosted by the Israeli Embassy in camera.

They've been in the Middle East for the past week. They're also bunkered down in bomb shelters and safe rooms across Israel, and she says former Sid the radio host erin Molin, is among the Australians in Israel unable to come home, and said she quite tried to register with the embassy this morning and they wouldn't take our names. Unquote.

The Telegraph of contacted defat for comment. One Irate Ozzy, who did not want to be named, is in Tel Aviv on a short term trip, desperate to come home, but said little supports being provided, saying that they were told we're currently or they're currently sheltering underground at a bunker.

It's tense and it's frightening, he said. Raphael Grossi, the head of the UN's Nuclear watchdog, told the Security Council that Israel's strike on Iran's nuclear site near the Tarans had destroyed its above ground enrichment plant, causing chemical and radiological contamination, and of course, in Tel Aviv, Israeli TV showed images of a damaged building and many mangled and burned cars from one of the impact sites in the area.

This is, obviously, you don't need me to remind you significant, and we'll keep our eyes and ears open to bring you the very latest we know. Flights have been diverted from the area as Middle East airspace closes, and this is what day two. So as I say, we'll update you on what is the very latest in the Middle East. Now to another huge story from this week. And you know, we talk about these things that happened, tragedies, and we're mindful of the loss of life and how difficult it

must be for families and friends. But in amongst all of this, you'd have to say a miracle. A British man the sole survivor of the crash of Air India flight one seventy one, which went down moments after take off in Maddabad, Matabad on Thursday, killing more than two hundred and forty people. Now before I go on, I see that a second Air India flight turned around and made an emergency landing in Pouquet yesterday when it received a bomb threat while en route to New Delhi. Reportedly,

passengers were escorted off the plane safely. The back of the survivor from flight one seven to one. A viswash Kumar Ramesh in hospital where he was being treated for burns and other injuries. He told the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Mody that he still could not believe he was alive.

He told India's national broadcaster during the meeting with Mody that the Boeing seven eight to seven eight Dreamliner seemed to be struck stuck rather in the air for a few seconds after take off, the lights started flickering green and white, and the plane bound for London Gatwick Airport with two hundred and forty two people from India, Britain, Portugal and Canada on board, seemed unable to gain height

before it crashed. He said, section of the plane where he was seated landed on the ground rather than a building, and there was a room for him to escape. He unfastened his seat belt and forced himself out of the plane. He went on to say, maybe the people who were on the other side of the plane weren't able to I don't know, he said, how I survived. I saw people dying in front of my eyes. The air hostess, there's two people I saw near me. I walked out

of the rubble. So courtesy of an interpreter from sky News UK, he is a little of what the miracle man had to say.

These Boeing Dreamliners I think I'm right in saying had a faultless safety record. I imagine the industry doesn't has to assess if this is a one off or a fault that may affect the entire fleet. Is that a step too far? Is it too early? What do you say, mate?

would see dreamliners all around the world grounded. That hasn't happened, and we've actually had statements to the contrary from a number of aviation authorities, both in Europe, in America, and of course even here in Australia. Of course, these aircraft are used by Quantus as well. A bit of background on at the seven eight sevens. They actually carry around half a million people every day, so that's around two thousand flights a day that they're taking off around the world.

So if there was something major as far as the system's concerned, we would have seen we would have seen the air safety authorities come in and literally issue an airworthiness directive and ground these planes. Nonetheless, we will see reports today and over the next couple of days of airlines taking precautions, inspecting their fleet and things like that. And Japan Airlines are doing that as we speak now, and also quantus of very very diligent in that space.

The miracle you talk about seat eleven A is very much a miracle.

this is certainly a miracle. I must say that if I didn't see the images of the man's boarding pass, I probably would have I probably would have been a little bit doubtful of the story. That's how that's how miraculous it is.

hear the flaps actually extend out. That increases the size of the wing and creates more lift at lower speeds, So straight away that's an issue. The fact that the plane had rotated off the deck and the gear hadn't been brought up. That creates an enormous amount of drag. The procedure normally is that you'll have your other pilot to call out your speed V one, which is the speed at which you can't have brought you have to take off. You'll rotate off the deck and as soon

as you've got some positive climb. The next command is gear up, and that clearly shows that things were not necessarily what you would expect on the flight deck at the time. The way these aircraft work look is that they're highly complex, highly computerized, but they do rely on

human inputs. So things like the temperature, the air density, which is critical a Mutabad at the time thirty seven degrees the air density there is not the friend of flying, the weight of the aircraft, the runway length, So all of these things are manual inputs. So what the investigators are going to do now is they're going to forensically tear apart that data that's come from the black boxes that they've recovered. They're going to create a number of

specialist teams. There's people from all around the world that are.

on a seven eighty seven today shouldn't be concerned. This certainly is very much like mister Kuma's miraculous walking away from it very much or one off.

and sadly. A woman has died after a house was engulfed in flames in Petersham overnight in Sydney around ten to midnight, emergency services attended a terrace on Westbourne Street, Petersham reports of a fire. Residents in neighboring properties were evacuated by police while Fired and Rescue New South Wales battle to extinguish the blaze. A body believe to be that of an eighty two year old woman was found

inside the home, yet to be formally identified. A fifty seven year old man was treated by paramedics at the scene for smoke inhalation before being taken to hospital in a stable condition. An axed Queensland captain Daily Cherry Evans horror week continued. He was grabbed by a fan after the Titans did a job on Manly last night. Now, the Titans a gold coast, bounced back from last week's Broncos drubbing, beating Manley twenty eight to eight at Sea

Bars Superstadium. A startled Cherry Evans was stunned by the man dressed in Manly gear who got hands on him before being tackled to the ground by multiple security guards and then marched from the field. Not only did Manley get done, but that there were a couple of injuries. I don't know what's going on there, do you? Because one week they look wow and the next week this dally. Terry Evans was controversially dropped by the Morons for the

must win Oragin game on Wednesday in Perth. Now on the show Today, Dennis Shanahan from The AIS Will joined me shortly for the latest in federal politics. Ge wrote a fascinating story this week in case you missed it. He said, the PM's been asked to personally intervene in a decade old, four hundred million dollar if you don't mind, compensation claim for Australian and US citizens over a New South Wales government mining confiscation as part of an upcoming

deal with Donald Trump on trade tariffs. Wouldn't you love to be in the room? Wouldn't you love to be in the room if they ever meet as a PM heads to Canada for the G seven and potentially meets

the US on the US president on the sidelines. Trade representatives in Washington are seeking a resolution to this compensation claim rising for the New South Wales Liberal government's confiscation of mine sinning loses back in twenty fourteen, and the US Trade people have repeatedly raised a lack of compensation as a breach of the US Australia Free Trade Agreement. As I say, wouldn't you love to be on the

sidelines of that meeting? Somehow? We'll talk to Dennis about that and the other issues from the political week after ten this morning, I want to go to Morewell in the La Trobe Valiant, Victoria, where the trial of accused triple murderer Aaron Patterson's been taking place. It's the case which has garnered global attention. Three guests that a lunch died after eating beef Wellington in twenty twenty three, and the question in the eyes of many is was it

murder or a tragic mistake? Now? Both Crown Prosecutors and Defense Council concluded their cross examination of Miss Patterson this week, so there will be no more evidence in coming days closing arguments. I want to speak to nine News Penelope Lesh, co host of the nine pod cast the Mushroom Trial. Say Grace, she'll join me, and as you might expect, there are limitations on what we can discuss, so we've got to protect the jury, what they're exposed to and

the legal safeguard. So we'll bring you a sense of what life has been like in Morewell whilst the trial has been taking place. It's astonishing economists from macrobusiness, dot com, dot Au and weekends regularlyf Van Nonsoalan joins me after eleven Today he'll rip into Australia's energy armageddon from page to the Telly today more power price increases, Yeah, beauty, that promise of two hundred and seventy five dollars saving seems I don't know so last decade. Gosh, what a

mess we've got ourselves into. Anyway, we'll talk to Leith about that. And whilst we've had an economic clown of the Week for the past couple of weeks, this week he's found us an economic champion. Ask a trade with Simon Stevenson. A will discuss what's important to consider when painting tiles and difficult to paint services, amongst other things, and will take you DIY calls Craig Bennett in Starstruck

looks at the life of the outstanding Brian Wilson. He of Beach Boys legend and there's so many great songs, but for some reason this one really appeals to me. Ah, yes, that was off there. I think their last studio album as the Beach Boys. That's why God made the radio. But there's so many other great songs. Where do I begin. I could play you a minion of them now and still not be sick of it, but we better not do that. We'll spend time with Craig Glader and the

show about the life and times of Brian. Isn't it an amazing show? Two Brian Wilson's one an Aviation expert, and the other a beach boy Alice Stoles from Domain with a deep dive into the real estate markets of Brisbane and city. Of course, quiz your calls, texts and emails or the latest breaking news, all the infometh yor you need to help you get around town with a minimum of fuss. It's Saturday, the fourteenth of June. It's ten degrees in Sydney, but it feels like six. It's

thirteen in Brisbane and that feels like eleven. And this is weekends with Luke Grant on two GB and full BC and Catherine Hines. Good morning to you helping us out with the roads this weekend. Now. Eric's been in touch on the email. Look just for your info. My son's pilot seven eight to seven pilot. That's complete confidence in the aircraft. Good on you, Eric. Nice to hear from you, mate. I hope things are well. One three one eight seven three is a number. William, good morning,

Good morning morning. How can I help you, mate?

better result. But added to that was the announcement of this work or the river A this week that the US is reviewing the UCUS nuclear Submarine agreement and what they are saying is it has to actually amount to being in America's interest first and what this could physically mean. And this is looking at the problem, the long term problem that can the US actually produce enough nuclear submarines for its own use and in addition to giving them

to Australia, selling them to Australia. So this is a really major problem for Australia, wherein this is our biggest, biggest investment in defense ever. And now the US is saying we're going to have a second look at this.

So the agenda for the Prime Minister if he does get to meet a President Trump, and given the war in Israel Iran, the problems in Los Angeles, the Prime the presidents are indicated is cutting short his time at the G seven in Canada, and so there's already a suggestion that the Prime Minister may.

In this space, we rely on the American relationship dating back to w W two that if things get really tough, because if Americas said, you know what, this is going to be too hard and too expensive for us, then you know we're up for grads. And I just think it's so important that someone like the Prime Minister Scott he should say listen, this relationship means a lot. I'm going over there and I'm talking to someone and I'm

letting the Americans know that this means a lot. And I'm in the room with whoever is available, and i want it known that this means a lot. He's not faired income.

made this point. He has said sorely the allies, Australia included, can't care more about their own defence events than we do. And this goes back to for decade centuries when at the First World War Australia supplied money directly to the British for their navy. There were public donations from Australians to go directly to the British Navy so that they could help defend Australia because we couldn't do it ourselves.

We've done it since with the US the World War II and beyond, and yet we can't send a message. And one of the complaints from the US again about Antonio Alperenesi is that he will not say explicitly why he is actually investing in August. We all know it's about China and the threat of China presents in the region and the world, and ANTONIOPENSI will not say it because he doesn't want to get China offside. Now. It's

a difficult position to be in. But one of the things the US is saying is simply tell the Australian people because what we're having now is a pushback. MPs are starting to say, well, some spend this money. Independent MPs,

we shouldn't spend this money. There is an opposition within the Labor Party and what we could actually see if there is a failure from the Prime Minister and the government to actually go out and really strongly sell Orcus and the importance of UCUS and the reason for the nuclear submarines, then the public will will shift and the

government may give way that you're dead right. There is a need for a real prosecution of the case publicly and politically for UCUS, and we need to have it from the top leadership.

remarks about Israel and Palestine. Now, this was all before Israel launching attack on Iran and to destroy Iran's ability to create a nuclear bomb, which even UN has said was getting close, and that the Iran was in breach of the international non Peripheration non proliferation treating Now, pennywe is a very strong supporter of non proliferation, as is Australia. And yet at the very time we were saying Israel was doing the wrong thing, the US was saying they

were standing by Israel on this issue. They didn't support the demand for the recognition of Palestine, so we were being completely separate on this issue to the US. And then on the way to Seattle and Canada, the Prime Minister stopped in Fiji and had to actively say, yes, we saw we were aware or are aware of what the risk of an Iran nuclear bomb would have on peace for the world. So the Prime Minister yesterday said yes, we recognize Australia recognize the danger of what's happening. He

has been very careful. He was a very carefully controlled two question doorstop, not even a press conference in Fiji, so he has been very careful what he said. But what he was saying was two days after the Foreign Minister had said we were taking a very hard line

against Israel, opposite to the US. He was then the Prime Minister was then saying, yes, we can see the problem with Iran having a nuclear bomb, we can see why Israel has done what it has and that the US was while it didn't partake in the attack or

provide assistance, it did know they were coming. So once again Australia has been caught out here on a policy very different to the US when the strategic circumstances literally changed overnight, and we are now in a position where Donald Trump is supporting Israel, the rest of the world is supporting Israel on the attacks on Iran. We've seen comments coming out of Germany saying, yes, they knew exactly what they were doing, and they had to do it.

There is a general feeling no one, including the UN or the International Energy Agreement, want anything to do with Iran having a nuclear bomb. Everyone agreed it was very close, and so our policy position, which is perfectly perfectly entitled to take the timing of it, couldn't be worse as far as our relations.

says it will undermine superannuation. These are very significant points from one of the grand harbors of the ALP and I think that what we're seeing is more and more opposition, more and more isolation of charmers on this. And I wouldn't be surprised in the next few months to see a bit of a shift in the government away from unrealized capital games tax.

to Sydney. Albo, appearing on the Two Good Sports podcast published yesterday, said there was a bit of debate going on over the games and called out the Two Sports when discussing the viability and taxpayer burden of major events. He said, I've been meeting with Andrew liveris Organizing Committee president, as well as with Queensland Premier Christoph Fooley about where it goes. For example, are we really going to do rowing in Rocky on the Fitzroy River when there's some

pretty good facilities in Penrith. Well, they're the Brisbane Olympic Games, as I have famously said, the bog Brisbane Olympic Games, Bog Penrith. I know at State of Oregon. Time is in Queensland, but in this albau, what the hell are you doing? And I wonder how that plays? As I say to our listeners in Brisbane, isn't it funny how quickly things change once the election's done, go back to being the real elbow? Maybe news coming up shortly after

the news. So much more to bring you today, including the latest on this mushroom trial, the trial of Eron Patterson in Victoria. Will speak to Penelope Leash, host of the Mushroom Trials, Say Grace and nine podcast. Not a lot we can say, but we can certainly tell you what the town of Morwell has been like this last period of time. And of course Simon Stephenson for asker trading here after the news, which is next.

That's the open line number. The text is zero for six zero eight seven three eight seven three and the email is two GB dot com, four BC dot com dot What are you going to do is click on the feedback icon. Penelope Lish, host of the Mushroom Trials Save or Say Grace Rather podcast, will join me in a moment or two. Plenty of news about today. The Queensland CFM EU is staging a coup against its national leader after sensational allegations of backdoor deals with the Labor

Party and the nation's peak union body. This is in the Courier Mail. It can be revealed. Queensland delegates unanimously passed a vote of no confidence against CFM EU National Secretary Zack Smith this week, accusing him of engaging in

self serving and unilateral dealings with the ACTU. Now it's understood delegates involved in in the motion were aligned with the former Queensland State Secretary Michael Ravbar and former Assistant State Secretary Jade Ingham, who were ousted during the administration takeover. Mister Smith, now banished from CFMU Queensland NT meetings, was also accused of going behind members backs and dealing with the Labor Party in Federal Minister Tony Burke when he

handled the workplace portfolio. The motion alleged this was done quote particularly in circumstances where elected union leaders have been removed without proper process or respect from member representation. Members cited grave concerns over Smith's conduct and legitimacy and denounced his appointment as National Secretary under the federal government imposed administration led by Mark Irving Case. And that's on the back of a story I was reading yesterday, Nick Mackenzie's

work in the Sydney Morning Herald. I imagine I'm not sure, but it might well be part of a future sixty minutes report about the Awu and to see if he'm au and a massive wind farm project if time permits, I'd love to talk to Nick about that. I don't know if we can make it happen this weekend, but it's worth keeping an eye ad for it's extraordinary and international drug cartel has been caught selling massive amounts of fake cocaine to Sydney gangsters, who have then sold it

to customers on the streets. Police allege the gang of five, who were all born in Columbia but traveling on Spanish passports, have been arrested with ninety five kilos of what is allegedly inner powder passed off as bricks of cocaine. At least four major Sydney crime citicates are believed to have been duped by the cartel, who purchased large quantities of the drug, believing the four men and one female were part of an established South American team sent to Australia

to sell the drugs. The head of the New South Wales Organized Crime Squad, Detective Superintendent Peter Vowe, said this had the potential to cause enormous conflict on Sydney streets. There'd be individuals or syndicates who may take retribution against others believing they had been ripped off once it was realized the drugs were fake. And how amazing is this? The renowned pathologist, Professor Richard Scollier, who had been fortunate enough to have on the show, has just completed his

two hundred and fiftieth Park Run. It was only in March when he was told he only had three months left to live after his aggressive brain cancer returned. The former Australian of the Year was joined by his children, his wife Katie, plus other family and friends for the milestone at Greenway Park Run in Haberfield. The fifty eight year old Professor Scollier reached the finish line of the five k run and just under forty minutes fair Dinkham.

He was cheered by his supporters, including many strangers who'd swarmed to see him reach the big two fifty. Here is a moment hecross the line. Now he was given three months to live. Oh, he's been given well, there's no easy and pretty way of saying a death sentences all through his journey. If he's just not one of the great humans in the history of human existence, it's not because he's done two hundred and fifty of these park runs. But the dedication to finding solutions to life

ending illness and all the others. I mean, he's been given. He's been gifted. That's not the right word. So many reasons just to again not the right word, turn things up. He just won't be stopped. He just won't have the wind removed from his sails. He just won't. He just can't. It's extraordinary, it's so inspirational. I was really honored, quite emotional when I spoke to him, because he's just one of those people he kind of wish you could be,

even though he's had such awful health outcomes. The Melanoma Institute co director set himself the goal of getting to two hundred and fifty runs around the track and have a field. At times he didn't think he'd make it, but he's defied the odds again. Professor Scollier, we loved you so much. You are such a champion. He really is. Note from Queensland Police this morning. A man's been charged with multiple offenses following an incident in Beachmere early today.

Emergency services called to a car park on Saint Smith Road just before one am. Reports a twenty nine year old man was intentionally driving a black Nissan X trail of pedestrians. Forty five year old male pedestrians sustained non life threatening injuries to his lower body he was struck by the Nissan. The vehicle is then alleged to have left the scene, but was tracked by police to Old Beachmere Road, where a twenty nine year old Kibulche man

was taken into custody. He's been charged with a variety of things, including one count each of assault's occasioning bodily harm. He'll be at Kibulcher Magistrate's Court on Monday, June sixteenth. Amongst those he did drive under the influence of liquor. This report says investigation continue into that one eight seven three the number plenty of texts, plenty of emails today

as well. By the way, the US Open Golf, Adam Scott hanging tough inside the top ten and Jason Day fired one of the best rounds of the day as a leaderboard chaos ensues in the second round. Oakmont continues to give the world's best golfers plenty of headaches, as the projected cut line currently stands at plus seven thunderstorms are predicted to sweep through the course. Sam Burns, who fired a stunning five hunder par round of sixty five, he leads away at three under overnight leader JJ Spawn

one shot back after seventy two. Meanwhile, Scott remains an even par for the tournament a second straight round of seventy. The twenty thirteen Master's champ made three birdies and three bogies, as only Burns, Spawn and Victor Hoveland one under, sitting above Adam Scott. Go Adam Scott, go get him. Couldn't care what I say, but makes me feel better. On the text, Peter says the coke buyers took no notice from the movies, always testing coke before buying. Peter, Yeah,

see what you did there. Thank you. Luke was Albo suggesting that Melbourne could host the Olympic. Tennis and rowing have anything to do with sandbagging support for the past. It's used by date labor government in Victoria. Ron interesting observation, Thank you so much. I have a number of listeners in Victoria who said there's no way we deserve any slice of the games here given what we did to the Commonwealth Games. Very good point. And this one from

Noel just something to considers. Sydney's not much further away from Brisbane than Rocky and there's no crops at Penrith. Not a silly point. Somehow, I've engaged Siri on my device. Thankfully I've got the volume down, although sirih sometimes talks back to you even when the volumes down. I don't understand that. But anyway, yes, I understand what you're saying.

Cold you could combine the Olympic shooting with the rowing and have Olympic shooting on the banks of the river at Rocky on the lookout for crocs and if they find one or see one and shoot it. Hello bonus points. Thank you Noil for getting in touch at seventeen after ten o'clock. It is twenty one after ten o'clock. I want to go to Molwell now in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, where the trial of accused triple murderer Aaron Patterson has been taking place. Now it's the case which

has obviously guarded global attention. Three guests you'll remember died after eating beef Wellington at a lunch in twenty five twenty three, and the question posed by many is was it murder or a tragic mistake? Both Crown prosecutors and defense counsel concluded their cross examination of Miss Patterson during the week. No more new evidence, you imagine, will be delivered in the trial. The next steps closing arguments from both sides that happen before the judge delivers final instructions.

After that, the fate of the accused rests in the hands of the jury, who will deliberate before reaching a verdict. Now, as you would understand, there are limitations on what can be discussed in relation to the case, and it's critical we uphold the fundamental legal principle of an accused accused right to a fair trial. But I did want to get a sense of what life has been like in Morewell whilst this trial has been taking place and global attention has been focused on the town. So to help

us out, Nine News Penelopelesh. Amongst other things, Penelope is a co host of the nine podcast The Mushroom Trial. Say Grace. Now, I know in Australia we just love true crime stories, a true crime coverage and if you do nothing else, can I just say to you this nine and look we're part of the nine Network. Make no secret of that. We love all the things our network produce and this podcast is just next level. Anyway, Penelopelesh is on the line. Thanks for your time, Thanks

so much for having me on pleasure. So let's start here. Paint a picture of what lifers look like in more Well while this trial has been going on. Are the queues outside the court? What does that look like?

to sit in that public area of the court. And there have been hues outside the courtrooms some mornings, some people getting there as early as sort of six seven o'clock, five o'clock even in the morning to sort of get a spot in the courtroom. And then there's obviously a lot of media a lot of local media and media from around the world as well who've been coming and going at different times.

People come and go throughout the day and usually there's normally a way that you can get a spot sitting there for a while.

There have been a few people from interstate as well coming to see what's happening. But then of course there's a lot of police, there's a lot of lawyers, there's a lot of media as well, so it's quite a mixture.

putting them in this meal. She's also it's been alleged by the prosecution that she told these in laws, these family members that she had or might have a cancer diagnosis in order to get them to come to her home. Now, the defense argues this was a tragic accident, that Aaron Patterson was not aware there was anything of any concern in this meal, that she made a beef well in term for her loved ones, that she realized in the days afterwards that perhaps some dried mushrooms that she'd added,

that there was a possibility. She says that it crossed her mind that there could have been some foraged mushrooms in that mix, that she could have they could have

accidentally got mixed up. But she says she never deliberately searched for or gathered deathcat mushrooms, that she never deliberately put anything poisonous into this dish, and that when her loved ones began to fall ill, she says she also fell ill and she panicked, she says, after there was an allegation from her estranged husband and this sort of all crossed her mind, And she says it was in that panic and in the concern that she might lose her children that she got rid of her dehydrator, not

knowing that that necessarily there had been anything in this meal that was a problem, but that she was concerned and she sort of started to do the getting rid of the dehydrator and then also wiping her phone. She says she factory reset a phone because she was concerned that there could be sort of some images on a

device of her dehydrating mushrooms. But she said she had a love of mushrooms, and she's spoken about that a lot on the stand, especially with her defense barrister, that she developed this in foraging different fungi back around the lockdown time twenty twenty, and that she had been doing that and adding them to her food and her children's food for some time because she did quite enjoy the taste of mushrooms and that was just part of the

way that she cooks. But she denies that she ever deliberately poisoned anyone.

part will be those closing arguments. As you mentioned, the jury has been told that they will take a couple of days, possibly for both sides, so that is expected to be a relatively lengthy time frame, and then the judge will have to give his charge, which is the instructions that every jury is given in every case by the judge presiding over that as to sort of how

to read some legal elements of this case. And the judge told the jury late this week to have a long weekend, that there were some elements that he needed to look at for that and between the parties, and that the jury didn't need to be.

Shiller was a victim of horrific abuse on his social media account following Newcastle's win against the Seagulls last week and frankly, I'm not going to read what the messages say, but it's absolutely appalling. Late mccrorarie Detectives launched an investigation into the incident after Schiller was rattled by police by the abuse. I would say understandingly having the chance to read it. It led to police arresting a twenty year

old man yesterday afternoon. The man front at Belmont Police Station, charged with the use of a carriage service to menace, harass, offend. He was granted conditional bail. He'll be at Belmont Local Court Wednesday, July thirty. Awful stuff. North Brisbane District Police have charged thirty six people with multiple offenses, including unlawful possession of weapons in a policing blitz across the gateway

as part of Operation Brisbane Safe Yesterday. Officers, Highway Patrol, Crime Squad members, General Duties officers joined forces to target property offenses and knife crime. Throughout the operation, police conducted forty seven wandings, detecting one flick knife, sixty six street checks, three hundred ninety six random breath tests, three random drug tests, defending detecting five people driving under the influence, and issued

twenty nine traffic infringement notices. During the operation, a tactical Crime Squad charged a man with eleven offenses, including unlawful possession of a weapon. Following a stolen vehicle interception at Kedron, officers detected a Kia alleged to have been stolen from Bourbongary between May twenty five and June four. Police followed the sedan to a gimpy road car parking Kedron. They intercepted the vehicle and arrested a twenty seven year old man.

It'll be alleged the man reversed into the police car before surrendered for arrest without further incident. Police will further allege to search of the vehicle located a bag with a homemade firearm, ammunition, drugs and drug implements. There are various other charges and information there, but that operation that Policing Blitz, Operation Brisbane Safe. Thirty six people charged now

on weekends. Asker training thanks to not Be Kitchens since nineteen thirty nine and with Sydney's largest kitchen showrooms and free in home design surveys. Simon Stephenson's in the studio one three, one eight seven three to ask him a question on the open line. Any diy question you have, No job is too big or too small and there's no silly questions here. One three one eight seven three. Hi mate, you well, I'm good mate, yourself very well, indeed,

very well. Indeed we're going to start today by talking about painting difficult surfaces for example a tile, yep, and other things. I mean you hear about people and we've talked about it before. Freshening the kitchen cupboards. So look, get you've got to use the right paint would be the right place to start.

best quality paint. But a friend of mine sent me some photos this week of a bathroom that you know, was painted by somebody, and the paint was all peeling off the tiles and things like that, and I just said, look, most importantly, where you painting areas like that. It could be a kitchen, could be a bathroom. Whatever is that preparation. It's sanding surfaces and cleaning them thoroughly, because no paint's going to stick over soap scum, greasy fingerprints. You know,

you might not see what's on that surface. Yeah, but there's definitely something there.

clean it thoroughly. And that nor Clean really good. And you change your cloths regularly so you're not using a cloth that's got all the dirt on it that you've just washed off, and just keep using that same one until it's black or something like that.

the nor Glass products as well. You can look at that, but there's a few different options there cleaning, sanding, and preparing that surface first, making sure there's no oxidization with that aluminum. But then you can go ahead and with either a spray can or a brush.

the other. And as long as you're measuring, and you can buy measuring cups that actually have the markers on them so you know where to fill to and then when you stir, you stir the product up, you let it sit for ten minutes before you start to use it, and then give it another stir, and that gives that time to react to the product.

that we have from listeners. Grahame's written to me about elbows fiance. Thank you mate, We don't do that stuff understandably. And thank you Peter for your contribution. It's difficult sometimes to tune into your show via the internet. You get swamp with ads. It seemed to impede the station broadcast. A listener from Aubrey. Well, I'll refer that to the appropriate genie I and John. We might be able to get a solution. Thank you for having a crack, Luke.

I've long given up on our once great country's future at eighty six or mon't be around well. Conference mentors to see will be aware of the outcome. It doesn't look promising ed. We all love to be we all love to be positive, but there's yeah. Thank you mate, Colin, says Greg Sheridan. Mentioned in the paper today Australia voting with Canada and Norway regarding Palestine, fails to mention that the UK and New Zealand also voted with them their

Commonwealth country. Sometimes it's what is left out in these discussions that matters. Fair point Colin, Thank you for getting in touch and the latest news is next.

electric pole. Officers were notified and attended. Thirty seven year old man subjected to a roadside breath test that returned a positive result zero point one five seven. That would be three times. Allegedly. He was issued at court attendance NOTUS for drive with high range PCA albeit Newtown Local Court on Monday twenty first of July, and no one was injured during the incident. Look, you know, we're only human, As Billy Joel famously said, we're supposed to make mistakes.

But how long does it take for the message to get through?

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He says, unlike traditional safety assessments that rely on certification checkboxes, his site uses a dynamic data driven methodology quantas. Australia's recorded its best ever gender equality ranking in a major global report, but the government's being warned not to restaurans laurels I saw this on social media yesterday. Tanya Plibersek was saying how good After facing twenty fourth the year prior.

In the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report, Australia has jumped eleven places and is now thirteenth out of one hundred and forty eight countries. It is Australia's best results since the report began in two thousand and six, and a far cry from our record low fiftieth place in twenty twenty one. That was when that evil Scott Morrison was Prime Minister. No worries. The ranking jump is attributed to improvements in female political empowerment, economic participation and

educational attainment. Australia ranked well in education, with joint first in literacy rates, primary education enrollment and university enrollment. Minister for Women Katie Gallagher said it was a fantastic result when the alban Easy Labor government was first elected in twenty twenty two, she said said that improving the lives of women and girls was one of our key focuses and today's was old our best ever shows we're delivering on that commitment, said Senator Gallagher. Well, once again we

look great on the global stage. If we could just afford to pay our bills occasionally, that would just make things so much better. Hashtag just saying. Now it's coming up to thirteen after eleven o'clock. It's a time each Saturday where we catch up with Leith van Onslin see if economists at the NB Fund NB Super from Macrobusiness dot com dot au. We are asking of late Leith to come up with a economic clown or economic champion.

Each week. We've had a couple of clowns. We're about to get to a champion in a moment or two, but not before we get to talk about Australia facing energy armageddon? How am my friend? I hope you will?

train coming or what? Is it? Because we're in an ale of a mess?

short term subsidies. But it's not fixing the underlying problem. Now, as you all know, the Albanese governments set a ridiculously unreal realistic target of having eighty two percent of Australias electricity generated by renewables by twenty thirty Now, if we're going to do that, it means we obviously need to shut down our coal fire generation pretty much.

completely you know, are logical. They defy reality. And the reason for that, Luke, is that renewable energy is weather dependent and it's intermittent and it cannot be relied upon to provide power whenever it's needed. And we actually witnessed that this week because Eastern Australia, as is so often

during winter. It happened last year in New South Wales, the entire Eastern Australia, so talking you know, Brisbane, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and act it experienced a wind drought and it lasted for days on the end. Now what a wind drought is, As I said, this often happens during winter. It's when you basically have very low wind, which means you get very low wind wind

generation from wind turbines. And this is coincided with obviously being winter where you got shorter days and you get less sunshine, so you obviously get less solar. Now let's you get some data here which have pulled off the National Energy Market which is basically the federal government's website which tracks where all energy comes from. And it showed that in the forty eight hours between eleventh and twelfth for June, and to be honest with that, I could

have picked the twelfth or thirteenth of June. But you know, when I was writing this up, a good of replaced this with another set which said exactly the same thing. The wind and solar combined over that forty eight hours provided only fourteen percent of Australias electricity generation because we had the wind rout and battery STORYGE only provided one percent, right,

so it's fifteen percent if you count batteries. Now. Fossil fuels, on the other hand, because we are in the middle of winter, provided seventy four percent of Eastern Australias electricity generation and the forty eight hour period. Now that that is coal sixty percent and gas. I've left hydra out of there because hydro you can't we can't scale it up.

It's just basically it's there every day. But the fact matter is that the federal government wants to get rid of our coal and gas, well coal through to a pronominally in the next few years, and replace it with this renewable stuff. But the renewable stuff doesn't supply when we need it. And this was shown this week and for example, at seven to fifty pm on Thursday night, when obviously the sun had gone down, only three percent of it the whole Eastern Australia's electricity generation was came

from wind. The solar was zero obviously because there's no sun, and batteries only provided two percent. This is a seven to fifty This is a snapshot. Meanwhile, coal fifty four percent, gas twenty three percent combined to contributed seventy seven percent of Eastern Australias generation. So theilarious thing here, Luke is earlier this week in Victoria under I'm using Victoria obviously

not talking to Victorian audience, but this is relevant. Victoria experienced an unexpected outage at one of its old coal fire generators and it basically led to the renewables lobby coming out saying, see, coal's unreliable. Therefore we need to expand renewables and to get off coal because coal cannot be trusted because there was a breakdown. Right, So there's this outfit I call them a propaganda said renew economy. They just write, let's garbage about renewables all the time

and just integrate any sort of fossil fills. And they wrote an article which said, quote the your lawn coal plant outage quote underscores the urgent need to build enough solar wind and storage to replace them, and hoglights the folly of sweating aging coal assets past the years by dates.

That's a direct quote. Now. Hilariously, when this article came out, the muppet who wrote this wrote it during a wind rout when the renewables clap crashed almost zero and they couldn't see the Yeah, they couldn't see the irony that they're calling coal unreliable because there was a outage one of the generators. When literally we had a wind drought and wind the solar combined, we're providing buger or electricity.

And the reality here, Luke, is that the most unreliable part of the energy system is actually intermittent weather dependent renewables, because the only work when the sun shines, the wind blows, and we never know when the wind's going to blow, and the sun only shines through the middle of day injury, and if it's overcast you get very little of it.

Yet yet the government and these lobby groups and everyone are trying to say we need to get rid of us stable baseload power and just basically rely on the wind, which may or may not arrive and the sun, which obviously during winter is pretty unreliable. And these same people won't admit it that aging coal fire power plants remain the foundation of the country's electricity supply, and that was proven this week when renewables failed and they could not

cover the gap. It's crazy stuff, mate, And so what's what I've been saying over and over again is instead of going down this road, we need reliable base low power otherwise we will literally face blackouts and soaring energy prices. Now the way I see, we've got two options. First of all, we could replace or refurbish the existing coal fire generators, so they obviously do need renovation. They're very old, et cetera. But they're already all the transmissions already built, right,

so all the infrastructure is already there. But yes, they do need some work, and that honestly is my favorite option.

efficiency lower mission coal. And if people are so worried about the emissions that come from coal, then whatever we burn here reduce what reduce what we export by that, and that might even touch asides, but that we don't have to rewire anything that's a trillion dollars potentially. This to me is a no brainer.

the nuclear road as well. You know that it'll take a while, but do obviously, because you know, nuclear is the only way to achieve lower emissions and stay more reliable power. Like, the only way you can get both is through nuclear, because you can run a twenty four

to seven. It's not whether dependent, it's zero emission. Yes, the upfront are very high, but so are renewables and storage and renewables and storage sorry j mating batteries and you know, building pump high dress stations and this sort of stuff. That stuff is completely unreliable and intermit and it's going to cost a bomb, whereas we could actually just build some nuclear generators where some of the old coal fried generators were, where there's transmission lines and that

sort of thing. Yes, it will cost a lot of money, but you know it's going to be stable. It'll give you a sixty year lifespan, whereas renewables have to be replaced, you know, fifteen to twenty years, so you have to keep replacing them. You batteries you've got to turn over all the time. You know, win a solar and wind turbines don't last more than twenty years, so that the

environmental footprint of nuclear is way better. You know, one Bunton sized warehouse sized generator can create the same amount of energy is probably you know, four hundred plus wind turbines which are spread out all over the place and need concrete footings. You need to clear a whole one

to land. All the resources that go into that is insane. Now, it was very interesting this weekluk so UK has gone down the same NED zero delusion as US, and they've got a guy called Ed Milliban who's their energy minister. He's just like Chris Bowen, he's an absolute zealot. But even the UK came out at the start of the week and they said that the renewables aren't working properly, it's not reliable, so we're going to build out nuclear.

So even the UK has gone down this road and Ed Millerban, who's just as much of a Zealot as Chris Bowen said, he declared quote a golden age for British Britain's nuclear industry. So so how is that Australia, that holds the world's largest deposits of uranium, has banned nuclear power in banded nuclear is the source of generation when these other countries, like pretty much everywhere else in the world bar us in New Zealand, are going down

to the nucular raid. We literally have the world's biggest deposits of uranium, so we could go down this road and we've got there, the second biggest. So we're the biggest coal exporter in the world, so we could be doing that as well, and we're obviously one of the biggest, the second biggest gas export. But we didn't think there's cheapid thing here because that we deny our selves access to our own energy, our own coal, our own gas, and our own uranium. Yes, and we sell all this

stuff to the rest of the world. We give the rest of the world cheap energy, and then we starve ourselves and then we you know, and then we say oh no, no, we know we can't burn this stuff. We've got to go down this renewables road, which which in times of winter when there's not much sun, or we have these wind routs which happened regularly, they just don't work.

And anyway, it was on the John Anderson podcast a week ago, and I watched the whole thing and it was fantastic, and he actually predicted pretty much what happened this week, right, so literally a week before it happened. He said that he said basically I tell you what's going to happen to the East Coast energy market. We are running our last coal fire power plants about as

hard as we can, is what he said. He said, one day, when the sun's not shining and the wind's not blowing, and probably in the middle of winter, when it's really quite cold, one of those big coal fire power plants is going to give out. It will break because the stress it's under. And then we'll see the energy ministers come out and say, see we told you old power break down. You know, we need more renewables, that sort of thing. And that is exactly what happened

this week, all right. So so one of you know, as I said, Victoria's coal generators went down. The renewables lobby came out and said straight away, see Cole's unreliable. This is why we need more renewables. And this is exactly what Chris Juman predicted a link before it happened, and it has played out exactly as he said. And you know, anyone who wants to learn more on this topic, I highly you know, recommend that you go on YouTube, for example, and search for Chris Human and renewables and

power and energy and that sort of things. He's done some fantastic work in the areas.

They've got the fifth worst defense in the whole comp the Cowboys and the worst of the top eleven side, and the Dolphins have got the third best attack in the National Rugby League. So expect points in this game. Five and a half the line two the Cowboys forty nine and a half the over under there. And then tomorrow this will be a cracker four o'clock at Homebush

a course. South's at two eighty five. The dog is at one forty four canterb We've won the last ten of the last twelve between the sides here seven and a half the line forty five and a half the over under Lachland Galvin, who's done everything but walk on water in the last couple of weeks. He's starting for Canterby's three forty five to score a try, as he did last week in his first match for the Dogs. He's nineteen dollars to score the first try and that one.

And then Wednesday night in Perth is origin two. Mitchell moses out and New South Wales drifted with Loule coming into the side one forty four the Blues to eighty Queensland seven and a half the line forty one and a half the over under. As I said, that's Wednesday night at Opta Stadium in Perth.

lead is a nine dollar chance. Ben Griffin and Adam Scott are eleven and seventeen dollars there. And for our Brisbane and Sydney viewers, a big match in the AFL todat the Gather twenty past one Brisbane played the Giants. Brisbane won twenty favorites. The Giants out the four sixty. The last time they played a day game at the Gather was a round twenty two last year and the Greater Western Sydney Giants got over the top of Brisbane eighty two to sixty four, twenty.

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Every song's a winner, and sometimes and it's wrong, But it takes the passing of a legend like Brian Wilson to remind you that, you know, that's some pretty special stuff. Some of those songs are sixty years old, and I remember as a young blo people saying, oh this modern music, it mon't last a test of time. Hello, now twenty two to midday. Now it's coming up to seventeen minutes

to midday. Housing is so scarce in parts of New South Wales that employers are renting properties on behalf of hospitality stuff or some public health workers resort the sleeping cars to avoid long commutes, prompting MPs towards the state government, the men's government to act urgently on essential workers access to housing. This isn't a news story. This is something we've been covering here for at least the last year

and probably more. A Parliamentary Select Committee inquiry into essential worker housing, shaired by Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, found these workers, who are broadly defined as someone who works face to face providing key services, are the forgotten group and the government's housing policies. The committee supports that essential workers ensure

cities and regions can function. Yet with that adequate access to safe housing that's affordable, many of these workers are forced to sacrifice their well being in order to deliver the services our state needs, and the ridiculous the ridiculous. Counter to that is, you know, if you dare to say, well, hang on, if we're building new houses more slowly than ever, and we're having population growth more rapid than ever, then

you know that proposition isn't racist. It's actually mathematics. As we say here often, and you get a report, Oh isn't that amazing? It's not amazing, It's completely predictable. But we know, don't talk about that stuff. What we do Bazaar. It's seventeen to midday.

into that slower period, Luke. But let's see what happens in the next couple of weeks, just to see how kind of reactive I guess buyers are to the economy and all this global uncertainty.

knockdown house. But the bidding for this one went bananas, and someone paid four point five million dollars for essentially beat a knockdown and then they'll rebuild their green behind a local family from the area, and the vendor's son apparently said to us that his parents were over the moon they'd been in the house for twenty six years, and clearly they were pragmatic about not to be emotional about it, because I think I'd be a bit of a wreck if that happened to me, knowing that someone

was going to knock out in the house. But they obviously just could see the upside of the opportunity to make a very tidy profit on it. So a pretty incredible situation that we're seeing play out in different spots of Sydney, particularly when heritage and I guess the development

opportunities are there for some people. In Brisbane, it was in tener Reef we had a lovely, very big, traditional kind of English style house with incredible views that sold for four point two one million dollars a three bedroom house there. And again we're just saying if you're in that right location with beautiful views, people will absolutely pay for it if their pockets are deep enough.

the place was up for rent, and they thought, Wow, why wouldn't they just straight talk? You know, I hear what you're saying. People need to be honest about this stuff. And I guess, you know, you should be aware that people are trying to get an advantage or something. But that I think that question about heritage.

And often if the vendor is that way inclined, they react through positively to it and having some instance taken a lower offer from that first time by purely for the emotional appeal of giving it to someone who is going to do the right thing with it now. In cases I'm talking about there's been complete sincea ten honesty there. But I'm wonder if we're going to start seeing more of people kind of shaping their own narrative just to

get a good deal. Probably unfortunately there is the answer to that one.

thousand at the moment, So a slight encouraging way of light for buyers there incresstmeat in Brisbane there was a home that for five bedrooms sold for six hundred and twenty five thousand dollars and needs a bit of love this place. But I'm hoping again that someone kind of makes the most of it and can do something quite clever there.

So I think the message means that buyers really need to go in with this with their eyes wide open and ensure they're really sort of over with what prices are at this current point in time, because the biggest mismatch, particularly in the Brisbane area, is that in those inner city suburbs and areas also like Sherwood, Interpilli Candale, are also showing gaps of what buyers are willing to pay and what sellers are expecting to sell for. And I guess the reality is that we sort of see this

imbalance in the market when we're just seeing a disconnection. People, I guess aren't being realistic enough that what they have to pay, and sellers are also being overly bolshy about what they expect to get for the house, particularly I guess, giving the affordability constraints that we're seeing, especially in Brisbane, in a growing way at the moment.

two day auction event. Now, of course, people in Brisbane are all across the fact that they often have these super action events take place. A collection and properties listed at the same time. We don't see them very much in Australia except for in that Brizze market. But this place in the in Wales is absolutely having it. The lease hold goes for nine hundred and ninety nine years, but I just cannot imagine the work needs to be done. And look, my advice is also this, if it seems

too good to be true, it normally is. And who knows what's going on here in terms of development or in a particularly around the waterways. There can also be obstacles there, but certainly worth having a look a look at. If you've got a bit of an eu pass potentially live over there, check it out.

Gal and Brienie on a Saturday. That's interesting. Bernie on a Saturday with breaking is a breaking news, Brenie on a Saturday. Still, well, if he hasn't got breaking news, he'll find someone that doesn't know that. Love your work, Brenie News.

Mark's here, of course, Mark Leeby, I'll chat to him later in the hour. And Craig Bennett The Life and Times of Brian Wilson, the Music Legend, will do that. On Starstruck today, Richard Miles has been speaking the Deputy Prime Minister. I will get to that in just a sec. And I want to go back to the Israel. Iran conflict. We have seen reports that one woman has died in Tel Aviv. I'm waiting for more information than When I

have that, I'll pass it on to you. I mentioned this story a little earlier in the day, and it's now been reported more formally in the Telegraph. A former Northern Territory Olympian has described a terrifying night of bunkering down as Israel with quote unrelenting ballistic missile attacks unquote

from Iran. Nov Peris said she spent the early waking hours in a Jerusalem bomb shelter with eleven other Australians who are due to take part in a reception by the Israel Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Chamber of Commerce on Sunday in Tel Aviv. In a post on Twitter this morning or x, miss Peris described their last twenty four hours, much of which has been spent in a shelter, as deeply confronting. It follows as a tax between Israel

and Iran have intensified. Posting about two am from Israel, Navperi said the last five hours had been extremely frightening and distressing. We've witnessed the unrelenting ballistic missile attacks in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and across Israel. There have now been three waves of missiles fired directly from Iran, targeting civilians, destroying homes and causing widespread devastation. She says, like so many here were just doing what Israelis do every day,

seeking shelters, staying strong, praying for peace. We also stand with the two million Arab citizens of Israel who rely on the same protection from the IDFs defense systems. This isn't about one people, It's about humanity. She thanked everyone who sent messages and asked people to keep Israel and at citizens in their prayers. We can't wait to come home, but for now we're safe in bomb shoulders. We're together, our hearts are with all those living through this, this terror.

I imagine there'll be plenty of people who've expressed an opinion about about Middle East wars and conflicts that'll be concerned about the kids of Israel, Will they?

From No the Paris The attacks have reportedly injured forty people, who have severely damaged several high rises as fireballs lit up the night sky. It follows Israel's deadly strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities yesterday. Now Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Richard Miles has spoken to the media. He's calling on both nations to prioritize dialogue and diplomacy over warfare.

Maybe now it'll happen. Despite the president's admission, mister Trump suggested he's not given up on reaching a revised nuclear agreement with Iran. The Israeli strikes came days before a scheduled sixth round of indirect talks between US Special Middle East Envoys Steve Whitkoff and Iranian officials. Oftentimes, a source to the White House told The Post of the administration's thinking Friday. Pain is the best form of persuasion. Barbara says,

why do so many people have troubles saying nuclear? Very good question. I don't know. It's not a particularly difficult word. I wouldn't have thought, but as someone who talks for a living, we can't nail everything, and nuclear from many of us is not difficult. But it seems political leadership in Australia, particularly on one side of the spectrum nuclear is just I can think of three of them, maybe

one of them. You just heard Jeff says. You think at least the Defense Minister could pronounce the word nuclear. Why are people so unkind? Thank you, Jeff Michael. I don't talk about colleagues, but thank you for getting in touch. I wonder what he said one three one eight seven three zero course zero eight seven three eight seven three. We better take a braak. Look, well, I play another Brian Wilson sign. We're going to do some Brian. I am going to play another Brian Wilson song. I think

it's the least we can do. And I think this was made famous well. It was made famous by the Beach Boys, and it was made famous from memory by well that the soccer pools or lotto or something. Wouldn't it be nice? May sixteen parts Mendo, there you go, beach boys. Wouldn't it be nice? One of my listeners, who is it Phil? We have a wooden knit in Australia. Then he suggests it's a senior politician. I might just we'll try and be kind here, Cadbury. Wouldn't it be

nice if the world was chocolate? I think was one ad here? Certainly the lotto ad and that too. You're right, and other listeners as if the protagonists are going to take notice of anything, Miles ab Elbow or Penny Wong a calling laborer known as Andti Israel, they should put dummies in their mouth. Okay, thank you for that. Thank you Simon for getting in touch. Any chance of playing Barbara and well, we'll see. I think there's perhaps a

little bit of Barbara and coming your way. As stupid Australian politicians, you don't talk to your enemy, you kill them. Lewis telling it like it is Virginia. Why are people so pedantic? I think people have an expectation that if you are elected to high office, you might just have some idea about the use of the language. We have in this country. I don't think it's pedantic. I think

it's calling out perhaps a decline in standards. I mean, if the significant leadership can't say the word, we shouldn't be over. The concerns should be that kids are failing on the global stage. Seriously. Used to have standards eye the old days. Now we just put up with any

old crap. Well done, We'll take a break. Craig Bennett, in just a moment just on the text ingrad says, I'm with you, Luke at please the way I suppose that the intelligent don't pronounce words, I should know how to pronounce well, I mean there is, whether they like it or not, there is an influence these people have over others. And it's the same when these is to be standards. And I'm probably the old bloke on the radio,

but guess what I am. You know you don't just get to turn up in the Senate with an open neck shirt and a jacket. It's a bit more respect. Please, we're a bloody tie like it's always been the chance. I'd always been the thing. And if there comes a time where together we think okay we can ease off do it. But you don't. It's not Twitter. You don't get just to do your own thing. You don't get to invent how a word's pronounced or not. And it's a lack of respect. I know I'm the old bloke

on the radio, but I can do with it. A lot of people are agreeing with the old bloke on the radio. I have to say, just an old bloke on the radio. Tomorrow is World Elder Abuse Day. This sickens me. If you have abuse an older person, you're a gutless you know what, You're gutless. Now. What shames me is that more than one in six older Australians experienced elder abuse and over sixty percent of them don't

report it. And partly they're frightened of reporting it. And the other part of that is because in the old days, oh here he goes again, the old blog in the radio, you just got on with things even though today they're not tolerable. Don't not report them, report them. But you know now, oh he looked at me, funny, that bloke. Yeah, but he didn't. He wasn't no, but I thought he looked at me funny. That's not right. Having me come a long way can't talk. Everyone's a victim, and we'll

just decide what standards exist. I don't normally like to get angry at the end of the show and fight up about stuff, but something's really peed me off. Forgive me for that.

as Elton John said, a musical revolutionary. We know he was a singer, a songwriter, producer, one of the founders, as you mentioned, of the Beach Boys, a band that you think about it nineteen sixty one when it kicked off to now has sold over one hundred million records and counting. And he played some of those iconic songs Surf for USA. Of course there were surfer Girl, Surfing Safari, wouldn't it be nice? Good vibrations with in that mix? Helped me Ronda California girls so many We could go

on all avo and you know I can so. But you think Brian wrote or co wrote all of those and dozens more songs, and I guess, as we all know. Thursday morning, the newsale through that Brian had been gathered snatched from the world left us in Los Angeelus in fact, a week shy of what would have been his eighty

third birthday. And friends, Look, they came out rather philosophical, I think Luke saying, knowing all that he'd been through and certainly how his last few years had played out, hoping that he was now finally at peace, look maybe even reunited with his brothers. Of course, his Beach Boys co stars Carl and Dennis Wilson, both of whom died. Oh tell you about that. During his time away from the Beach Boys, he released fifteen solo albums wonderful solo singer.

His first was Brian Wilson that came out in nineteen eighty eight, and it's charting again. See when somebody a great like this stars all of a sudden, they have zooming to the top of the charts all round the place. His last album was released four years ago and it was called Brian Wilson Long Promised Road. Look in his life, two Grammy Awards, sitting on his mantle, Revered by fans and music superstars alike. He was dubbed the reigning King

of Pop melody. And despite what appeared to be in terms of fame and fortune, this magic carpet ride his private life. So you flipped the coin. The private life was a tumultuous doesn't even touch the sides. You know, we go from an abusive father. I'll, in fact tell you what Brian's father, Murray used to do with his glass eye, because his dad had a glass eye. You'll

be absolutely shocked. And Brian claims, in fact, it was what his dad used to do with his glass eye that kind of got him on drugs in the first place. So look, there were the drugs, the booze, shocking mental breakdowns, schizophrenic episodes. He became this recluse and would spend months at a stretch in bed. He over eight and became morbidly obese. He was at one stage under the sway

of this brainwashing shrink. For forty years, Brian Wilson had been haunted by the voice of his dead father telling him that he was essentially useless, he was worthless, no point in you living an more. And so I mean Brian took that to heed for decades. He was driven to despair by hallucinations and other voices. Not just his father was look. He so hated himself. At one point in time he even dug his own grave. He tried

to drive a car off a cliff. He was diagnosed with Schitzo effective disorder He in fact wrote about all of this in a memoir that for those who love Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and that whole genre of music, and all those involved in this incredible memoir, I Am Brian Wilson that came out back in twenty sixteen that the detailed what could only be described as epic heis

and absolutely crushing lows. Two marriages, seven kids. In fact, two of his daughters, Carney and Wendy, formed or formed two thirds of Wilson Phillips, with Trina Phillips of course, the daughter of the Mummers, and the pappas John and Michelle Phillips making up the other third. Look, it is Luke, a shocker of a story. We go from music genius but the devil by an abusive father, and then interestingly how two years of age hearing the music of all people,

George Gershwin completely changed his life forever. And of course then it's the sadness of his longtime feud with cousin and Beach Boys great Mike Love but did they repair that riff just before Brian sailed away last week?

That's good. Thank you Mick for letting us know that we were wondering, both of us, weren't we We were.

he'd be turning eighty three next week next Friday. Left us last Thursday after a life that was a roller coaster only way to describe it. He was the eldest of three kids, so he has two brothers, or had two brothers. They're all dead now, Dennis and Carl, So along with their cousin Mike Love and Brian's school friend Al Jardine, they were the original Beach Boys lineup, and

we'll get to that shortly. So Brian's dad, Murray, was a machinist who then became something of a songwriter, and then he looked after the Beach Boys as their manager for a bit. And so there was Brian's mum who basically looked after the three kids, a homemaker, I think you'd say in the old days. So, according to Brian, Dennis and Carl, their dad could have spats of being

hideously abusive verbally physically. Brian had lifelong hearing problems in his right ear, and it had been suggested this could have come about from having been beaten around the head by his father, but that's never been confirmed. It certainly that's what's been speculated in an array of biographies on the life and times of Brian Wilson. Now, when he was two he heard George Gershwin's Wonderful Rhapsody in Blue, and that changed his life forever. From that moment, Brian,

even as a top he reacted to music. He began harmonizing and was from the moment he opened his mouth in that kind of song way pitch perfect. His dad, Murray, encouraged all of his sons, his three sons, into music. They took accordion lessons, they sang in school and church choirs. And then when Murray brought home an upright piano and not upright Piano'brian he was twelve, then taught himself how to play. Look, he began writing songs. He just had

this exquisitely naturally of the music. But it songwriting, be it harmonizing, singing, or playing instruments. He was just one of those naturals. As a teenager, worked sweeping out a

jewelry store to earn a bit of money. And then in nineteen sixty one, so he's what they're nineteen, he pens a song called Surfer Girl, and together with his brothers Dennis and Carl, cousin Mike Love and their friend or his friend from school al they form a group called the Pendletones, which was named after a type of woolen shirt, the Pendleton, that they wore back in the day.

Now the group signed a record deal. The record company changed their name to the Beach Boys after Dennis, who was in fact the only real surf of the group, suggested they start writing songs about the style and that kind of you know, really, now it's iconic, that surfy culture of southern California. The original record company win broke, so they signed a seven to deal with Capitol Records. That was nineteen sixty two, and as they say in the classics, the rest is history. Look sadly, there was

always drama surrounding Brian. So, for instance, nineteen sixty four, the guys are off on a tour. They're coming back from one leg of the tour, and he suffered this freak out on board a flight from Los Angeles to Houston. At one point he was replaced by Glenn Campbell. In the early sixties, Brian started using marijuana and hashi. She was drinking. He took to his bed on and off,

sometimes for months at a stretch. He'd wander around out in public talking a hugely famous man in his pajamas that were kind of hanging down round his knees and whatever. He started binge eating, ballooning to one hundred and forty kilos, and that was in the seventies. He plunged into these wild depressions, could barely work, refused to tour. He had this sandbox in his lounge room and like a baby, like a kid, would sit and play in the sandbox

with plastic rakes and things for days. When he took to his bed, he barely moved, refused to wash or shave, serious, serious problems. He wrote in his Eye and Brian memoir, how his father, whom he described as a deranged drunk, had this glass eye, and what he'd do is it would take the glass eye out, and he forced his three sons to peer into the hole behind that glass eye,

and this freaked all of them out. And his dad kind of got this weird kick, this perverse kick, out of making the kids look into the hole where the glass eye sat. And Brian said, reconciling that kind of horror and why would you do that sort of launched him into drugs. Look since nineteen sixty five, he claimed to be haunted by hallucinations and these disembodied voices, all of which got worse when his father died, because then he began hearing the voices of his father. He's saying

these awful things. Brian thought Satan was after him. At one point, he dug a hole in the backyard of his Beverly Hills home and he asked his gardeners to push him in and cover him with dirt. On another occasion, he tried to drive his car off a cliff, and then he tried to drive his car off the Santa Monica Peer. He came under the sway of this brainwashing.

Shrink is the only way to frame this guy. Doctor Eugene Landy, who completely manipulated Brian Wilson's life, got him into other drugs like LSD, all these sort of psychotrophic drugs, refuted that Brian had schizophrenic issues, which other doctors were saying, I think this is what your problem is, and doctor Landy would say, no, it's not at all. Your problem is. You are just scared. You have to overcome this fear.

So we've got all that. Look to his private life, married twice, first wife was a singer, Marilyn Rovel, who sang with her sisters in a group called the Honeys.

They remained blissfully married until her death last year. In fact, they first met in the eighties when she sold him a Cadillac. So there you go. It was Melinda who got Brian back on track, helped him finish off albums because there are all sorts of threads in his life that hadn't been tidied up. She got him out of the clutches of doctor Landy. Their love story played out in a wonderful movie twenty fourteen. I think it came out Love and Mercy, of course, after one of Brian

Wilson's fabulous song. It was a movie that starred Paul Dano as the young Brian Wilson, John Cusack as the older Brian Wilson, and Elizabeth Banks played his wife. Now Look, after Melinda's death and with Brian having been diagnosed with dementia last year, he then went into this guardianship situation where he was looked after by two friends and of course his kids all very close. Now, during those decades of mental health horrors, there were lawsuits that flew over royalties.

He had this massive falling out with Mike Love, his cousin, who sued him several times, claiming that he'd been ousted on the songwriting credits. How it wasn't Brian Wilson who wrote some of those songs solo, that Mike had written them with him. And in fact Brian had to pay five million dollars at some point for songwriting royalties that at that point in time had gone unpaid. Look, he was rocked by the death of his two brothers, there

was Dennis Wilson who drowned in nineteen eighty three. He had been partying on a boat and jumped overboard and something happened and he drowned. That was off the coast of Los Angeles. And Carl Wilson died of lung cancer in nineteen ninety eight. And of course, with all of Brian's issues, he would then be hearing the voices of his dead brothers as well on top of his dead father and Satan, and heavens knows what else. Look despite his tumultuous mental state and what by virtue of that

was a crazed live luke. He revered his wife Melinda, loved his seven kids, loved his music, and Carne Wilson said in a social media post it was on Friday yesterday, but she hopes her dad is up there playing with his mum, who he treasured, and his beloved late late wife Melinda, my love, who, as I've just said, had this difficult relationship with Brian. Wilson also attempted to make

amends near the end. No word on a cause of death at this point in time or funeral plans, but you know, gosh, I'll tell you what he leaves behind. Something in the vicinity of one hundred million dollars. He made a fortune, lost of fortune and kind of made it all back again. And there is absolutely no doubting his music genius and what that incredible legacy will be.

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