Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard – Full Show June 13th

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Friday, June thirteenth. Clinton mainae with you one three, one eight seven three hang on. I actually didn't realize it was Friday the thirteenth today. I'm not superstitious, but let me tell I'm glad my football team played last night rather than tonight. A trend has actually emerged in recent years. I was reading that tattoo parlors all over the world they now have a policy of closing on Friday the thirteenth. So if you want to get a tattoo this afternoon,

Yeah, thanks Clinton for having me. Yeah, you're right, it is very interesting and a little bit out of the norm. But essentially, we've got a number of Colombians who have come here to Sydney during the month of May, over different days, and we've been monitoring those people, believing they

Now, not to say that those who consume cocaine are doing anything good for their health, but if somebody was to buy this what they thought was cocaine but is actually another white powder, would this potentially pose a significant health risk as well.

Look, i'd suggest it wouldn't be good for you, but it's predominantly just normal white powders and crystals that you can buy from the shelf, So you know, they're not lethal. It's not a lethal combination by no means, so that's not a risk in relation to that. But I mean the biggest risk around this is to the people buying this thinking it's cocaine and then on selling it and it's actually not cocaine. It creates in the minds of the people purchasing it they've been essentially ripped off by

Well, so much of what a Task Force Falcon is now investigating is about just that these game wars that we've seen break out in the streets see the Often it's about turf, but it's also about these conflicts between these groups.

Yeah, I don't think there's any hiding that that most of the conflict and the violence on the streets is around in terms of the organized crime conflict is drug related. So this essentially is exactly that these people have come here and they've obviously seen an opportunity to make very large amounts of money and sell this inner powder purporting to be cocaine and to these groups who then on sell it thinking it's cocaine, and then the conflict flows from that.

A sixty one year old man charged along with a twenty seven year old Congratulations, excellent detective work.

Thank you, no problems.

Thanks m Detective Superintendent Pedofo.

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GB eleven past three. Australia is calling on a diplomatic solution to the impending war, and that's what's shaping between Israel and Iran. Explosions. Have you been following throughout the day of course of rung out across the capital Tyran, Israel is targeting military facilities. Now is Iralian State TV is reporting the chief of the Revolutionary Guard has been killed in the strike that hit the headquarters of the

Israel will never allow those who call for our annihilation to develop the means to achieve that goal. Tonight, Israel backs those words with action. We struck at the heart of Iran's nuclear enrichment program. We struck at the heart of Iran's nuclear weaponization program. We targeted Iran's main enrichment facility in Atans. We targeted Iran's leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb. We also struck at the heart of Iran's ballistic missile program. Last year, Iran fired three

Now.

Just imagine imagine ten thousand tons of TNT landing on a country the size of New Jersey. This is an intolerable threat. It too must be stopped. Iran is now working on what it caused, the new plan to destroy Israel.

Benjamin Netanya, who our foreign mister Penny Wong, has responded.

These risks further destabilizing a region that is already volatile. We call on all parties to a refrain from actions and rhetoric and will further would further exacerbate tensions, and we urge the parties to prioritize dialogue and diplomacy. We all understand the threat of Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile program presents a threat to the international to international peace and security.

Penny Wong now, Iran has promised a harsh response that hasn't occurred yet. They say they may well restrict oil to the rest of the world. Our Prime Minister Anthony Abernizi has arrived in Fiji in the past hour. He has been greeted by a Fijian honor guard. He has inspected the military. This is as part of his travel to the G seven. So he is on his way to the United States, but he's visiting three countries on this trip. He is about to hold talks with the

This is Sydney now with Clinton Maynard on two GB call now one three one seven three.

Well in Sydney. This weekend NEIDER, the National Institute of Dramatic Art, has its Open Day. Incredible alumni have been celebrated in the world stage. This week. Alumni of NIDER, Sarah Snook won the Tony Award for her performance in the Picture of Dorian Gray and Differ. You've seen Sarah Snook in succession over the years. You know she's a brilliant, brilliant actor. Baz Luhrmann was made a Companion of the Order of Australian the King's Birthday Honors List. Of course,

Thank you so much. Clinton lovely to be here.

Timely that your open day is this weekend, given that the news about both Baz and Sarah this week.

Absolutely and there's a couple others as well. So there's another Tony Award for Dane Laffrey for design for another musical, and two other alumni were awarded, Katherine Martin and Jim Sharmon, famous actually for the Rocky Horror Picture Shows some years ago.

So Nider covers obviously actors, but you mentioned Katherine Martin there Baslum's partner. She's a designer. So you do train people across a range of creatives.

That's right. We train the whole suite of creative production roles. So we have design, we have costume making, props making, cnic construction technologies, technical theater and stage management specialists, makeup writers and directors, so we've got the whole, the whole suite of roles and then lots of ways we train

And you've had so many wonderful graduate services. Correct me from wrong, mil Gibson was a graduate.

Well, Gibson's a graduate. Absolutely, yeah, absolutely.

So the open day start from tomorrow. What can we expect?

So we start from nine thirty in the morning and we go through to three point thirty pm. There's a whole range of experiences. There's alumni panels where we have previous alumni from all the disciplines coming and showing their experiences. People can see are production. Then they can then go behind the scenes and find out how the production's actually made. There's demonstrations on makeup and lighting, costume making, props making

Okay, we can check the details on your website. Your open days tomorrow in Roundwick. Thank you for your time, Liz, Thank you so much. Liz Hughes, who's the CEO of Night of the open day begins tomorrow morning one three one eight seven three. If you've got a question for Daniel lookie, you can send those to me now. He'll be with me in about an hour's time. Email via the website two GB dot com. If you'd like to have you say, send me a text message zero fourth

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Eight twenty four past three. Did you hear about the arrest of motorbike rider who used social media to brag about what he was doing. This is a motorbike rider who has been charged by the police over several pursuits from Woollongong. He's been before the courts today and I actually think what this shows is what the federal government is trying to do with restricting kids accessing social media

Now.

I know this did happen when I was a kid as well, but it's not in the numbers. It's happening at the moment and they're doing it because they're trying to get likes on social media. Well, Linda says, why don't the authorities just confiscate the mobile phones of lunatics

Fourer, Good afternoon, Clinton.

Two men have been charged and police say more arrests maybe on the way as they investigate the sale of fake cocaine in Sydney. It's alleged as South American syndicate sold sugar, caffeine and other powders disguised as the drug for about ninety thousand dollars a kilogram. A review of last year's Deadly's Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has sparked several changes. The Cruising Yacht Club says there will be stricter qualification protocols,

Good news about Fletcher Hunt. He probably has maybe the best mullet in rugby league. He competes with his teammate Fletcher Sharp in the mullet stakes. Oil prices have increased by almost ten percent. The Australian dollar is also weaker as a result of what's occurring between Israel and Iran. Local currencies buying just under sixty five US cents. But the concern is going to be what's going to happen

If it matters to.

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Neil Brooks is making a comeback to movies. Peter Ford with all the details. Good afternoon, Peter, hell a Clinton.

Well, I'll tell you what this hope for us all because at the age of well, he's almost ninety nine. He's going to be appearing in space Balls too, and it's forty years ago since the first one. It was very much a stend up of the Star Wars hit movie of the time. And this is now going into full production. A Mel's not going to direct it. I think he's going to co write it. But by the

But he doesn't.

That's no kind of record. I might add, there was a woman called Jeane Calmet appeared in the film when she was one hundred and four team years, so top that one.

Now, well, he must be doing pretty well. But it might not be a record with age there for for an actor. But in terms of the amount of time between a sequel and the original forty years, you don't usually get a forty year gap.

And no, you won't be accused of rushing back too soon to the well, would you? But good luck to them. I mean, it's often sequels, of course disastrous. But let's hope this one isn't. Let's hope it's a great way. Presumably it may be Mel's last ever movie, but who knows. For people who know Mel's work, it's it's kind of funny because one of his most famous sketches, which you can watch on YouTube back in the old days, was a sketch called the two thousand year Old Man, in

On the way.

Good on him as Spaceballs too coming to cinemas near you. Mike Love has played a beautiful tribute to Brian Wilson. They found with the tee.

We've just seen some extraordinary I can't think of another death where so many famous legy people have made a point of wanting to go out and pay tribute to someone. And recurring theme has almost been the inspiration that Brian was and also the fact that the music that he created was so unique. But Mike Love has posted now Mike Love of course one of the original Beach Boys, and he still goes out on the road as a group called the Beach Boys, even though he's obviously the

Mike.

Oh, that's really beautiful, Peter, really nice.

Yeah, lovely words, aren't they.

Pete will talk next week. See that entertained report of Peter Ford become.

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My grandfathery Brown dear got into a five.

Well, that fear is so both. I want to go.

These days, the success of music's very much measured by Spotify plays. Could you imagine when Spotify releases the statistics probably the next couple of weeks on the number of Beach Boys tracks each These songs that have been listened to over the last twenty four hours maywell set some new records. Now talking about music later in the program, really excited about this, and about now is time I'm

You're listening to Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard on two gb com now one three one.

Eight seven three. Give me a call if you live in the Ride area. I'll be keen to hear from you on this. For years, the Council has been locked in a dispute over the future of tg MIL in the field at Massfield. I know last year Chris looked at this particular issue. Well it's popped up again this week because there has been a decision and this may well be a final decision on the future of tg MIL inn the field. There's effectively been approval for the

Isn't it.

Aminity club on the site yes, so purchased about seven years ago.

So they want to redevelop it for housing. You though, as the councilor been opposed, We certainly are.

We think there is a very strong demand already and a growing demand from a growing population for open space and recreational space and active open space as well, so this is critical this six point two hectare site.

But what's happened this week is a separate panel the North Sydney Planning Panel, and I know that you have members of the council part of that panel. They've actually approved the redevelopment.

Unfortunately they have the same panel rejected the same application two years ago, which is odd. So I must say it's a shock decision that this is the third attempt and on the third attempt the RSL proponents have been given approval at gateway to proceed further through the gateway.

So how did it just work for those that understand the planning process, how does it work with final approval? It goes over your head as the local council just to this panel.

Yes it does.

I mean we've been in discussions for compulsory acquisition of this site for a number of months. The previous same proposal was rejected by the independent Sydney North Planning Panel two years ago. The new submission was approved to then proceed to the next step, which is through the gateway for further approval and further submissions to be made to the state government. So this Planning Panel will become the approval authority, unless, of course, this decision only days ago

Club wants to develop about one hundred and thirty homes for seniors. All the councils across Sydney under a lot of pressure from the Planning Minister, Paul Scully to approve developments. If you don't, if you keep opposing, this isn't the state government that it's going to turn to you and say, well, you're going to have to find another oval that we redevelop.

Well, look, I think what the state government need to do is understand that they need to step into the conversation and strike the right balance between not just an uplift in housing, but an upload in additional employment facilities and civic infrastructure like open space and parks and gardens and playing fields and additional school and hospital investments. Now they haven't done that. The City of Riode has outperformed

But on the flip side, and OTG Milner has been the home of Eastwood Rugby Club fifty years. The owner's northright RSL so by selling this off similar concept to what happened with Rose Hilbert didn't go ahead. This is going to secure the Eastwood Rugby Club financially for years to come and surely that's a good thing.

Well, look, the future of the Eastwood Rugby Club is completely independent of this deal whatsoever. Ride Council has made it very clear that we wish to move through compulsory acquisition. We have more than adequate funding available to purchase this site and I think the sadness is that the Uthwood Rugby Club didn't come to the Ride Council seven years ago because I think they would have already been paid for the grounds, they would have moved already and this

Okay, where to from here? Do you seek a minister a meeting with the Minister?

Well, I certainly do. I do, honestly believe the Minister has been misinformed because there's a couple of aspects to the open space and the significant housing growth in Macquarie Park and the surrounds that the Minister isn't aware of. Just days ago we were given a briefing by the Woolworth's Corporation about not taking up the incentives for open space gifted by the Planning Department, but instead they want

And that trend. That is critical because if we're going to gem more people into units, doesn't matter if it's in your district, the Rod District or other parts of Sydney. We still need areas, particularly for kids to play into play sport. Thank you if you sign Mayor Clinton, the Mayor of Right Council, Trenton Brown, let me know if you live in that area, what's it like. Do you care if the oval disappearsance converted to housing and if there are other parts of Sydney where you see a

Yeah, there's a five nose to tail pile up in the far right lane, but also a lot of the debris has fallen into the next lane, so both lanes, both the right hand lanes are out of action.

So is that southbound?

Yes?

Southbound?

Correct?

Goodness? So yeah, it has to be southbound on a Friday afternoon, doesn't it.

Definitely?

By the way, I love your show.

Buddy, good on your marke. I appreciate your support. So there you go, General Homes Drive. I'm driving home, General Hans Drive the night fantastic five car pile up is southbound in the Airport tunnel and the debris is actually going over several lanes, so hopefully the authorities can get in there quickly. And it's Clinton Maynard here. The weekend is almost here as well. Just recapping five car accident

Hello, Carlo, Hey, good afternoon, Clinton.

How a we're going?

I'm a little cold, It's I'm just saving. Look at the temperature now where I am. It's fourteen degrees where I am in the western suburbs, thirteen degrees in some suburbs where we grow our produce, probably even colder. Is that affecting what we can buy at Harris Farm this weekend?

Yes, Unfortunately the cooler where the particularly in Queensland, which is where which is the food bowl for Australia at this.

Time of the year.

It hasn't been particularly cold and has slowed down production a bit. But just rest assured everyone, if we look to the sky, we're on a full moon cycle which is normally assigned with those extra daylight hours, that we are not far off from extra volumes.

Coming in the market. So on the back of that moon.

I suspect that we'll see some price relief.

In the words to come good. What's good in fruit this weekend?

Look, if we're talking for it this week strawberries, there are a number one line. They are still a little bit on the xy side, but we anticipate they'll come back as the weeks goes on and as those warmer days come through. We've got crimson seedless grapes which are magnificent eating. There's probably the only grape you consider eating it this late in the season. Bananas are great. The Australian apple season as well and truly in the full swing and you can virtually hit any apple and there'll

What about veggies, Veggi, you can't go past red caps.

They are amazing value and quality. This week in all stores, we've got Continental Passi rhubarb, the old fashioned rhubarbs, an old favorite Jack pumpkin. The packaged potatoes are all great value this week, as is jack pumpkin, and our imperfect comerange is on at a great price.

Run us through a couple of specials for us as well.

Alrighty for the specials for this weekend, we have cup mushrooms on at seven ninety nine. There's been plenty of mushrooms around and they are fantastic at seven ninety nine, are about five dollars a kilo off what they normally said at We've got one kilo cocktail potatoes that's three ninety nine, which is two to three dollars less than what they normally are. Red Radish, another old favorite, two

And the imperfect stuff still tastes good, doesn't it. Thanks mate, Thank you, have a great weekend. Carlos Cerravello, who's the head of fresh buying at Harris Farm Markets. Harris Farm Markets where everything's fresh, at local and a little bit special. Find your flavor today at harrisfarm dot com dot au.

We'll wait for a process to take its place. Obviously it's been declared not for us, and we'll see what happens next. But I do want to give a shout out to the amazing Giselle Captarian who is our candidate there. She's got a great future as an incredible woman in the Liberal Party.

Susan Lee, that decision hopefully will come in the next week or so. Thanks the message poorly poorly telling me about the pile up in the airport tunnel. So it involves four cars and a truck, so a truck is also involved in this, so it might take a little longer to clear. I mentioned on Friday the thirteenth often tattoo parlors around the world close, such as today. Anna says, no sash tattoo in Sydney's been operating for thirty two

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To GenB seven past four confirmation. Now Iran has begun its retaliation action against Israel with drone strikes. Iran has launched more than one hundred drones at Israel in recent hours. Israeli Defense Force Brigadier has confirmed that Israeli forces are working actively to intercept the drones and their shield has actually been quite quite effective in recent years. The drones launched from Indian Iranian territory are expected to take several

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The state's budget for the next year will be handed down in a couple of weeks time. And just like most of us, the government's under extreme financial pressure. The half Yaly Review was released a few months ago, back in December, and the deficit has grown to five billion dollars. So the government is spending more money than it receives in tax in other revenue, and that must mean I would assure that the treasurre A Daniel Mookie is going to have to make some cutbacks or put up tax. Well,

To wait and see for budget Day, but I can definitely make the point that, yeah, you're right, the budget is under pressure. When I became Treasurer, I inherited a budget deficit of roughly fifteen billion dollars last year in New South Wales. I also had twelve point six billion dollars of GST income taken off us for the next four years, so we're under pressure and we have to be very careful with every single dollar that we're spending,

Are you going to have to make some cuts.

There's no broad cuts coming in the budget. We have been very disciplined in our spending since we got here and formed government now nearly two years ago.

Can we keep that on tape? A treasurer has said there will be no broad cuts in this budget.

No, of course, there's not any broadcuts coming. What we are absolutely doing, though, is we are making sure that every dollar is being well spent. If we think a program is not returning, we are absolutely clear about the fact that we will move the money. If we think that a money could be put to a better use, we absolutely will put it to a better use. Absolutely, I want to be very clear about that, Clinton, and that's what you would expect me to do. On behalf

I'll ask you about workers competent in particular in a moment, because it's some significant action next week in that. But whenever I talk about the public service and we discuss pay rise as a fair bit, because your government has been involved in dispute after dispute with different arms of the public service, I keep hearing from our listeners saying,

Well, already we are rolling out things like safe staffing levels for our nurses, which was our key election commitment. And was working closely with the nurses union. And when it comes to nurses pay, we already have delivered nurses the biggest pay rise they've received in more than a decade.

But they're telling me the Nurses Midwaf's Association says that those in Queens that have paid I think seventeen percent more and that nurses are leaving New South Wales to move to Brisbane.

Yeah, but I'd also just point out the stats, which is we are seeing that nurse recruitment and retention levels are now higher than there were pre COVID and we've recovered a large part of our attention issues. And equally we are record enrollments in nurses joining New South Wales Health. We very much respect the Nurses Association, We very much respect the state's nurses. But I'd also just point out

The one sector of the workforce that people keep saying to this program that they want helped is the nurses. So for why is it You've managed big increases for teachers, big increases for police officers. And I'm not suggesting particularly with the police officers, because it's a centially you had a recruitment problem there, it's essentially you address that. But

Well, with the teachers and police, we negotiated hard bargains. We did find abundance of resources that allowed us to be redirected towards their pay, which is also the reasons why we'd be able to sign up more teachers and more police, which is leading to more kids having teachers

Some questions from our listeners now on this particular issue. Anthony says, you've got plans for the new Rouse Hill Hospital minimum eight hundred staff if they want operate the use the two hundred beds and operate twenty four to seven. Since he doesn't want to pay the nurses a wage, how's that going to.

Work rowse Hill Hospital, Well, at ourse Hill Hospital, we're putting more money into the rouse Hill Hospital project in this particular party, So you're going to have.

The nurses to start it. No, No, Banks, you made an announcement this week and think about Banks ten.

Yeah, we also made a big investment in Bankstown Hospital. And look, I just simply point out the facts. We are enrolling a record a number of nurses that are joining the new South Wales Health Service. Equally, at the same time we are retaining our nurses as is, and

To detail in this question from Sandratte something she's passionate about. Could we ask, mister Mooky, is it possibly in increase funding to the Adoption Information Unit. It's part of the Department of Communities and Justice, so that all birth mothers affected by forced adoption can receive information in regards to adopted children. Is that an area that you might be able to find money for.

Yeah, well again, I'm well and truly across the fact that lots of people are wanting to see that service improve. I am working with the Minister to see what we can do there to ensure that people can get access to those records. Quicker, I haven't got an announcement for you today on that, Clinton, but you're right to say that this is something that's on our radar and we are looking at it.

Michael asked a question here, should the Federal government, so you might be able to flick this down to Canberra? Should the Federal government fund the revitalization of Cockatoo Island given its naval history.

Well, when it comes to money from Canberra, I'm never going to say no.

So that's a yes.

I welcome Commonwealth contributions to lots of our different projects, but I'll simply say when it comes to cutting money from Canberra, I'm always going to accept money for the people in New South Wales.

Now, we've been covering extensively the last couple of weeks the workers compensation fight on the station through our programs. Mark Speaton was on my show on the day that he voted for an inquiry, teamed up with the Greens to do that. The inquiry is next week. Now, I understand you have had some meetings with MP's taking part in that inquiry in the last twenty four hours.

Yeah.

I have the opportunity to provide a briefing to that committee. Of course, it's a private briefing, so i won't go into the particular details, but I'm looking forward to appearing in that committee as well next week. My message to the Liberal Party is this is not an issue in which we should be playing politics. I mean, they made

And this isn't something new, And I've seen data about the historic funding ratios and back to leaven the days. I think when Dominic Perrote was.

The treasurer, it does clinton. When I came into Parliament, the private sector insurance scheme had a dollar thirty two in assets for every dollar they have in liabilities. It's now at eighty two cents. The scheme now has eighty two. So does that mean the scheme is broke? The scheme is in a deficit. The scheme is in a deficit. The scheme is going backwards five million dollars a day, and it's not helping people get back to work. It's

And it's going to mean premiums go up. So hopefully the Coalition will do the right thing by their constituents. At some point, I want to get to a quick call from Christian about nursing. Hello, Christian, Hi, it's Kirstin, Hello chist.

Just a quick question with nursing.

First of all, yes or no?

Are they going to get a pay rise?

Yes or no?

And second of all, we're going to find all the nurses to feel leak the new banks Down Hospital, all these sort of things.

They're not interested in working in these as wells anymore.

So, as I've said, we have given nurses a pay rise. We've given the nurses the best, the best payerrise have had more than a decade, and they deserve absolutely every cent. And when it comes to making sure the hospitals be at Lidcomb, Bankstown, be at Rouse Hill, we are signing up a record number of nurses each year and we are retaining them.

So it's now up to the Industrial Relations Commission what the payrolls is going to be.

Well, the Industrial Relations Commission is arbitrating, which is why we brought back an independent umpire. And it's important point to make here Clinton. For twelve years, nurses didn't even have the right for arbitration.

I've got more messages about versing in particular, and Kathy's making the point. Imagine if teachers had to pay for parking at schools like nurses have to at hospitals. Now, I know that's anichue for the health Miss Ryan Park, but it does seem and I know there was special rules drink ovid, but it does seem harsh.

Yeah, but at the same token, we do provide other benefits for our healthcare workers, not just nurses as well, and you're not going to hear from me anything other than respect for our healthcare workers. We understand how much pressure people are under right now, and we are looking to see what everything we can do to make sure that people are being respected at work. And that does mean and continuing to engage with the nurses union, which

Now.

I appreciate you coming in the studio. You've left your office. You've been preparing the budget now for weeks. I understand you listen to a fair bit of music while preparing the budget. So I would have assumed it was aDNA, but apparently it's not advert Apparently it's this fellow.

Card need homost dog.

This life goes on baby. So that's Kendrick Lamar, your staff telling me that you listen to Kendrick Lamar while doing the numbers.

I do he's a well I mean he just did the super Bowl.

Like, can only play part of that song there because it does go into some graphic detail a little later.

Yeah, we look Clinton.

I'm not going to hide the fact that I'm a hip hop fan. My first two budgets I also have quite the hip hop soundtrack. We will reveal the soundtrack of this budget closer to Budget day. But Kendrick Lamar is coming to Sydney. He's coming to Australia. He's one of the world's biggest stars. He led the super Bowl Bridge super Bowl halftime show, which I'd strongly recommend all your listeners if they're interested, to have a look at.

You got me there, Daniel Rookie, thank you. Hopefully you can help the nurses out in the budget. Thanks Lintin the Treasurer at Daniel Lookie twenty four Pass four. The Fair Work Commission is due to hand down a decision at about five to six minutes on the Sydney train dispute. So what the government and now the Rail, Trim and Bus Union is seeking is an order for this issue to go to the members, so the members will actually vote on whether to accept this pay deal. The ETU

It always has the potential with any explosion to have some significant injuries and fatality.

So we've been extremely lucky here today to only have two patients in.

A stable condition.

That's the paramedic Illicit con Worth. That very fortunate. It's only two people who suffered injuries there one, three, one, eight seven three, Hello Wayne, how you going Clinton?

Good?

Wayne, that's good.

I was just going to comment on the treasurer assertion that the people paying the price for workplace injuries are the people paying the insurance premium. Do they understand what the worker's compensation scheme is there for.

Well, it's primarily there to assist the workers who bit injured.

That's exactly right. I mean, you know, if I was an injured worker, well, I'm sure as hell wouldn't be saying, oh my poor employers that didn't have proper, faked precautions in place.

The problem that we've got, though, Wayne, is that the blowout in this scheme is not so much caused by what you would term physical injuries. A lot of this is because of mental health issues.

Now.

It's not to downplay that this is not a significant problem in the workforce now, but there's there's clearly some change, he wain, in the way that the mental health problems are treated in the workforce, because that's fueling the blowout and the costs.

H Yeah, I get that, Clinton, But we're talking about an insensitive comment here by the treasurer, a labor treasurer, you know, and you know, I mean we have here a labor government that seems to hate nurses, and now is making comments as though they hate all workers.

And I appreciate you perspective on that way, because certainly he has very much lost the support on this issue of the unions. The problem he's got is the systems broke, and to fund it, it's either going to take a lot more taxpayers money to cover it, or business is going to have to pay a lot more, which is going to then transfer to all the costs that we pay. So they've hit a Star Mart, they've hit a brick wall.

Good afternoon. Clinton.

Australia is urging both sides to de escalate after Israel launched major militious military strikes on Iran. The Jewish state says Tehran was close to building a nuclear weapon and that couldn't be allowed. Paramedics says it's lucky no one was more seriously heard in a suspected gas explosion at an apartment block in leedkemb two manor in hospital. The Premier is ruling out legislative change which would allow poker

K kat thirteen degrees in the coast. It's twelve degrees in Terry Hills. At the moment. The Australian Prime Minister is meeting with the Fijian Prime Minister Setelini Rambuka. This is at the first stop on his three country tour that he's embarked on what we met.

As partners and friends that we can rely on who are trusted and here, my friend, are trusted partner and friend of Australia.

Now, there are a lot of Australians actually in Fiji, yes on holidays, but certainly there's a fair population of expats that are living in Fiji as well. And the Prime Minister says, you'll have to take that into consideration at the next election.

I must say here in the hotel, so far one hundred percent of people I have met have been Australian.

In the next election campaign.

I think I'll dawn off here in Fiji in order to make people from right across Australia who have come here to enjoy the warm weather and importantly the hospitality of your wonderful people.

So that may be an indication that mister Albanezi is planning to run again at the next election in three years time, but he'll be campaigning in the Pacific, not in his electorate in inner Sydney.

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Six This is not an exaggeration. I'm joined today on the program by Music Royalty. We have all grown up by music written and performed. Momo yesterday.

Too much fiction, that's a faction much fiction.

My guest today is the legendary Tim Finn, the founder of Split Ends, of course, collaborated with his brother Near with Crowded House and solo performer. It's forty years since his first solo album was released, Escapade, and he's going to be touring the country in a few months time, and he joins me on the program. Welcome Tim, nice to be here. I'm seeing you on the video at

I mean you do?

You get excited, like you know, you work on them so hard though, that's the thing.

He's been hundreds of hours, you know, if you combine the writing, rehearsing and then recording, and.

So you are a bit kind of worn out with it by the time against the mixed stage.

But then for some really good mechs and Eddie Rayner, our keyboard played quite a big part in this mex. Usually the band would sit back and let the engineer producer do most of the work. But Eddie got rolled up his sleeves and got involved, and so I remember the jubilant feeling that he was having and it sort of spread. It was very infectious, and I had to admit, Yeah, it was a rush this song, and kind of the speed of it surprised me because I wrote it as.

A kind of mid tempo song and it just took off in the studio.

Wanted to be faster, you know, and so it had a lot of a lot of excitement in it by the time we finished.

What does the song mean?

That song?

Well, you know, I was reading a book about the pioneers, the early days of people coming out and ships and boats from Europe to Australia and New Zealand.

Really those boats were stinky and smelly and horrible. They were crowded, there was no sanitation, and so I just kind of got into that because the band was going through.

Quite a good time internally, but myself personally, I was my life was kind of falling apart a little bit. Yeah, I was having having a rough time. A long term relationship was ending, and I felt very fragile and exposed. So the band was my kind of safe place really, and so it's a song about that feeling of having your mates alongside you, supporting you, you know, a difficult time.

Tim I was only I was only a little kid in the early nineteen eighties, and I was born in the mid late seventies and my mom was a key with though, so a lot of oddies feel affection for Kiwis. Of course, what was the theatrical side of Split Ends? What was the driver of that?

Well, to be honest, I mean we were very influenced by sixties bands, particularly the Beatles. You think about the Beatles, every time they kind of came out, they had a different look.

Man, Yeah it's Sargeant Pepers though I were wearing those really brightly colored suits. It just seemed normal to us to kind of dress up and put on a show, you know. And we've adopted these personas because they just felt right.

Become a bit of a trademark, very different to the olds pub roxy of those days.

Yeah, well that's right.

In nineteen seventy five, we were playing the pubs around Alburn, particularly because we were signed to Mushroom Records at the time.

Mark Gonenski and Frank Stabaala and all those.

Guys were putting us into the pubs, and you know, we had a following of about six people. They came to every show and the rest of them were standing at the back of the room kind of scratched it.

There, what's going on here?

But you know they didn't forget us. I guess, you know, if they weren't sure, they still remembered us.

I have read books about Split Ends and yourself and your brother. But how did Neil join the band?

Well, we were looking for a guitar player.

This was in nineteen seventy seven and the other founding member of the band, Philip Judd, had left the band and so we needed a guitar player. He had supported spind Ends when he was about sixteen through New Zealand, and we just knew he was a good singer, good songwriter. He never played electric guitar, but we figured he could pick it up pretty quickly when he was a little boys to encourage him with his piano lessons, so stepped in a lot of musical knowledge and very good singer.

So you know, it was a no brainer when we finally clicked on it.

You know, fast forward to your time the Crowded House, and certainly I've heard the stories that it was you and Neil writing songs together that would have been a Finn Brothers album. Effectively, when you put wood face together and you end up joining Crowded House. Did you want that stuff to be work with just you and your brother or were you're happy to sort of bring it into crowded House.

Well, we wrote it as a brother's project, and we just set out distinctly to write harmony styles and so we were right weather with you and it's only natural, and they were all sort of fitting into this framework of the blood harmonies, you know, the two brothers singing together.

It was because of the fact that Neil was stuck between because he had started this Crowded House record already already recorded for the two Feet a few of the other songs, handed it into the label and they said, no, we don't hear a single.

So then we did our project. And then he was going through the agony of God, you know, because the worst thing you ever want to do is listen to the record company. But you can't help it, you know, they get in your head. And so he was a bit taught because we had all these other really good songs. They just fitted perfectly in the end. But it was a bit of a switch. But I think you know, by Nick and Paul particularly, I'm not sure you know, they handled it very well.

They were very gracious. In fact, they were kind of excited to get into those songs as well. But you know, having two fins in the band was.

A bit much.

Probably it was a bit of a power block.

I suppose we didn't intend it to be, you know, but it just skewed the band a little bit. But it was a fantastic time. We had an amazing touring. The record stands, you know, the test of time.

So I was going to mention that tim because I'm thinking back to the days when I was in it. I was late teen, early twenties, and I think your music, that's probably when you suck up. I reckon most of your music, and breathing stays you for life. And so that era of grunge out of Seattle, and then there was you know, the hip hop stuff happening at the same time, would face I Reckon stand the test of time.

Yeah, thank you?

Yeah.

Well I love playing that live and Neil does too, you know, so he's got his crowdit his latest incarnation of crowded house.

They play that song. I go out and play when I'm doing a solo show.

Yep.

I had my daughter singing with me in Adelaide the other night. She's twenty two years of age now. The beautiful boys, so having that blood harmony.

Again, me and my daughter, Me and Neil, Neil and Liam.

You know, it just works and it's a beautiful song to do live, people just clicking.

Well, it's a stunning song.

Now.

The two that you'll be embarking on in Australia later this year in August is to mark forty years since Escapade. So your first solo album, what is that? That album? Media?

Well, it was it was.

It was a very joyous kind of you know, because the band decides for the decided to decide to take six six weeks off, which don't sounds like we've been touring our asses.

Off, you know for years, and so six weeks seem like a really nice time. It ended up being about three months, I think, But I just started writing.

I had my piano there in the house, and you know, I'm always trying to write a song, so it seemed to me that the most fun I could have was to make a record. And then I met Rooky Fota because I heard him play drums on a Renee Gaer track, and I just thought, who the hell is that? You know, it was one of the best drum grooves I'd ever heard, and got to know Ricky and got Mark Moffert.

You know, they co produced the record. Mate a whole lot of musicians through them. I mean, Vanetta feels I'm doing backing vocals. You know, she taught me so much.

She came from a long, obviously long tradition of gospel and American R and B and soul music, so she brought some of that into the record. Richard t dropped in one night to play piano. He was on two Paul Simon. It was a liberation for me after ten years of being in.

The band and again and that album is roughly a decade before would face and there are still songs, so I made my day. Everyone still recognized that song all these years later, you know.

Yeah, it's one of the finger pointing sign like when you start doing it, you hit that chorus of the crowd.

It's a good feeling.

You'll be touring in August State Theater here in Sydney on the ninth of August and Leaders Theater in Thrule it's Northern Subur's Will and Gong. I saw a band you might know from the tea party last year and in Needer's Theater if you have if you haven't been there, it's a really beautiful historic building. It's a great little venue throughout August. Yeah, it's it's really great. Tickets through Ticketmaster.

We a part of Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard called one three one eight seven three.

I brought your news yesterday during the program about the Order of the General's report into the way the government is regulating poker machines in New South Wales and the Order of the General has found there's not enough monitoring. Essentially, not enough is being done to help problem gambling and prevent problem gambling. As you know that the Labour Party is very much opposed to cashless gambling. I don't really

Hello Luke good a Clinton good a bit to bring me in on a punting story, Thank you mate?

Or what do you think do you think Crown should be allowed to have Pokeys?

Well, look, the deal was done a decade ago. Things were a bit different back then, so you can understand. And look, they know their business model and they think they can probably do better with five hundred pokem machines. But you've got to look at the deal as it was put and the deal is apparently they be those cashless machines and they'd remove five hundred from other venues so they could put five hundred at Barangaroots, so there would be no net increase in the number of pokem machines.

I couldn't believe it.

They generate a profit of just under eight and a half billion, and the government takes about two billion in tax back to the proposal. So they're here, We've got half of Austraateer's machines in New South Wales and I think Chris Means is right to say he inherited this and you know he can't get it fixed if getting it fixed means reducing the numbers of machines, and that's

In my view, they just generally on podcast sins Luke. Look, I've never really been attracted to them. I reckon if you can afford it, and you know a problem. You want to play them go your hardest? Do you play them?

Do you like them?

Look twenty years ago I did. I'd play them every week, but mate, I haven't. Or the other day went out for dinner and we let we let a pineapple run around. But other than that, maybe once or twice a year. And look, I'll consider myself lucky. You are too. You know, I don't see one thing could give me a hundred bucks. You got to feed that thing. But there are people that can't do that, that you know, have that addiction, and you know you've just got it. As a society,

That's astonishing, it's astronomical. What's coming up on the show tomorrow.

We'll get to Dennis Shanahan and have a chat about the week it was politically, Boy, isn't there some stuff there? Elbow has gone to see Trump, we hope, I mean he's stopped off a three G fair enough he's got to keep sweet with our neighbors. But you would have think with the rumored unraveling of Orcus that you know what, we'll just make We'll just make a breeline to the US and just have a chat to someone that knows what's going on. At least look like you're half interested.

I mean true crime.

As you know, Mate is a real thing. Ossie is love it, don't they well?

Particularly on podcasts and books as well.

Craig Bennett will look at the life and times of Brian Wilson. Michael Schubridge talking of aucas from strategic analysis of Australia. He'll tell us about what we should do to please the Yanks. Our remarkable Ossie, are remarkable the former Deputy Commissioner of the New South Pest Police and has done so much more. Nick Calvis will have a chat to him on Sunday as well. Mate, all that coming up of the weekend from nine both days, please tell me your tip Newcastle, no Ah.

And tip Newcastle. I'm coming last. Still, I'm still coming last. Hey, we'll be listening tomorrow morning.

Thanks Buddy, Luke Grant.

Saturday and Sunday from nine o'clock there is Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard on to gb Friday afternoon. The weekend is almost here, but there is a lot of breaking news right at the moment. This has just come through from the Fair Work Commission. The Fair Work Commission has ruled in favor of Sydney Trains and the ongoing dispute with the Combined Rail Union. So what this means, and the RTBU I should point out, is actually on the

We are very aware of what has occurred and it is earning any escalation in the region. My message to Australians is that the Department of Foreign Affairs in trade are upgrading very soon, the messages to Australians about warning about travel to the region. We want to see a dialogue. We of course are very conscious of the threat that Iran becoming a nuclear state would represent to peace and security in the region as well.

We want to see these issues resolve through.

Dialogue and the United States has been playing an important role there.

Anthony Albernezi, echoing what his Foreign Minister Pennywong had to say a little ear in the day, that dialogue is necessary here to be honest. After hearing what Benjaminettenya, who has had to say and what the Uranians about to say. I can't imagine there's going to be much dialogue in the next twenty four hours.

You'll want to know what's happening in Sydney.

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Eight seven three is our number on Sydney Now Table. It is the Friday Round Table. Let's have a bit of fun for a Friday afternoon in the studio with me this afternoon. Amanda Rose Hello, Hello, Hello, and also special guest, first time he's making his debut on the Friday Round Table. He's got a bit of experience in this game. John Stanley, Hello, John, Hello, How are you mate? How are you feeling after last night? Just before we get into the issues of the day.

We had a good show last night. It was terrific, lots of calls, lots of variety. Was a very good show. So yeah, feeling quite good. And I've come up the mid North coast. What what are you referring to? Which part of the program are.

You talk There was a football game last wen, Well, I was too busy watch.

We're doing my show.

He was too busy working Clinton.

What was the what was a football game?

I think I think the Crown of Sharks defeated this and George of Laura Dragons from memory they.

They played last night. Okay, I'll look it up. We'll have a look and see if I can check the score.

Was that actually waiting for my phone to ring at about ten o'clock last night because I thought I did getting your phone.

I'll tell you what was interesting. I'll tell you what was interesting. Clinton's there's a couple of people who love essentially you know, those little kids that run around school yards gain Nan and so I got a couple of text messages from a couple of Narks early in the game, and then and then they shut up until halftime. Nothing I and I actually and I said he, I said, listen, this is going to turn around. So you Blake's who's making out that your phones are broken? I'm waiting for it.

To Australia.

It's ridiculous. It's childish.

Are you a passionate sports fan, Amanda, No, I'm not. It is a very estrange thing.

Look it is Look the whole pettiness with John was saying, it's very real in Australia, not just sporting, it's in business too, syndrome.

Have you seen my shark SOPs? Look?

I like the commitment people have to our sporting teams. I draw the line when you cry over them.

Now, new data has been released. New data has been released by the software company at Lassion. It's found that sixty one percent of gen Z workers are more likely to read a message, so a text message that includes an emoji. You work a lot with business, as Amanda, do you find this is the way that people within business communicate via emojis, little symbols.

Look, let me tell you a story.

I remember I hired a particular gen Z to work with me and I was responding with okay, good, sounds great, and then I got the are you angry at me? Because I was so efficient with my responses, And then I realized, oh, I need to throw in an emoji and it's all good and a smiley face. And so really what it is it's more of an emotional check are you okay? Because when you think about it, like back in the day, we had face to face conversations.

We could read people's emotions.

We can understand if they're angry or happy. So we've got a very sensitive generation that aren't quite sure. So that is why I say, when you work with someone, you should sit down and say, how do we communicate?

What is your language? Do you like email? Do you like texts?

What is the best way to do this? But when you go too far with you emojis, it's usually a red flag.

I'm just going through my text messages on my phone at the moment, so I don't really I think I sometimes use the thumbs up. I don't see.

That's a tricky one because thumbs up can also mean good and also mean get stuffed.

Oh right, well, I'm just looking through my text message file from John Stanley. There is not one emoji that John has exchanged me. So you don't use emojis?

John, Why don't you emojis?

Now?

You can just use words, can't you? What would you use emojis? Or I like to actually send pictures sometimes I've got.

Lots of pictures in this I've sent you emojis in our text Clinton. See I'm listening to Marley face. I can see a miss shocked face.

There's a string of emoji. See that a politician has said. I won't name this particular politician.

You know.

The thing about this is it's all because these days no one answers their phone. They use text and the idea of someone actually tried to ring me today and said, your message bank's for so well, I never listen to a message bank. No one, I mean, does anyone actually leave messages and use the message bank? No one uses that. But I wonder, because the emoji thing, this will change

No, I think it's generational because I've just received a text message from one of our colleagues, Mark Levy, and I'm looking through the file of Mark Levy messages that he sent me over the last few months. There's no emoji from Mark. I should read this text message though, Amanda. All right, it does say does this count as the fifth day of work for John? Because of course he doesn't work on Fridays. Mark works six days a week, sometimes seven, he does.

What about what about Michael McLaren. He sends letters still, he'll see if he wants to tell you something. I like what you them in your show last night, He'll actually write, He'll post you a letter.

I love that.

I actually have my own set with my name on it and a seal, a wax letters. I've got a wax seal so a friend actually got that for me for my birthday and it says from the desk of Amanda Rose and it's a bunch of you know, paper with envelopes with a wax seal.

Seven three is the number. Let us know. Do you use emoji? So I've been sending a text message from Dave the bus driver. He says, Clinton thumbs up. There's a picture of bus. There's a smiley face, there's a heart beat beat, there's a picture of a hamburger.

A beer a.

People think I'm obsessed with trains. I'm just frustrated by them. As a smiley face, I.

Like the burger.

Seven three emojis. Now it's Friday the thirteenth, so I actually didn't realize it was Friday, the thursdayth until I physically read the date at the start of the program. Do you have superstitions Amanda.

Absolutely not, But I do like to torment people that do.

John well. For instance, I've got it well when I'm watching because I follow the Dragons and I follow the Giants and follow a couple of other teams and other sports. But so what I'll do is I'll wear my always wear my jumper while the game's on, even if I'm watching it at home or in the studio. I had it on under my jumper last night. If they win, I don't wash the jumper, so I could go actually win a couple of weeks without washing, but I washed

Believe in it.

I'm not superstitious. But last night I didn't go to the game because I thought that would be bad karma, because I went to the last Sharks game and they were flogged. So I didn't go to the game last night. But I stood there in the wardrobe, John, I've got one of those walking wardrobes, and I've got all the Sharks jerseys lined up. I put a great deal of

Good.

All right.

When I really need a lot of help, I wear the twenty ten jumper, which has been signed by Wayne Bennett.

But you got to say that signed by Wayne Bennett, and then I like it.

Yeah, Okay, if you've got qride a the thirteenth superstitions, let us knact our number one three one eight seven three back to the roundtable. In a moment, the transformittist to John Graham has just released a statement after the Fair Work Commission made a ruling that a direction is made that all the members of all the combined rail unions they get to vote. It's a democracy, they'll get to decide whether they'll accept this new pay deal from

Hello team, how are you going? Hello John part time. Very well mate, I'm looking forward to filling in for you and not calling them football from seven o'clock. I've been listening to Clinton on the way in and I just I just thought i'd pop in and ask a question. So I get a lot of messages from like, I'll range of people from different walks of life, and when I'm busy, I just do the thumbs up emoji.

Is that rude?

Oh, when you're busy? Yeah, to acknowledge that it's a yes if you.

Have a history with them and they know that's what you mean.

Like, that's okay, because it could be you know, the two fingers together, okay, but thumbs up yet, that's good.

If you're known for that. But if you don't use it often and then all of a sudden you get thumbs up, it actually means well, I.

Didn't realize I was going through my phone just to have a look at who I've given the thumbs up to. You, Regia, Well, without wanting to lam drop, I gave the thumb up to the Prime Minister. He texted me during the floods and I gave him a thumbs up, and I thought that's a bit rude.

Good.

Yeah, I won't tell you what the next time.

But my wife has just sent me a text message. It starts with a sad face and then there's a thumbs up at the end.

Has the round table become marriage counselor how are you John?

I'm not too actually, Michael McLaren rang the switch to say he's got some strong words about my suggestion. He soule fashion. He writes letters I should get I should get those words in the post delivery on Monday. He managed to get him into the He's taking. He raced up and posted it just before six o'clock. He reckons it'll get in on Monday.

Seven threes and number Ian has a view on the emergence.

Hello William, Hey, go on guys enjoying the program?

Do you use the emergenes?

Look?

I do, I do.

I know some people to overdo them, but I think emojis to have a place because text messages can be very bland, and they can be interpreted in terms of its tone or context sometimes so you know, and particularly you're talking about something that's more emotive, particular between the male and the female sexers, and it can be interpreted in different ways. I think sometimes the emoji just adds another little layer of expression as to what the intention of the of the messages, So.

Hang on manipulation.

The one I've just been, the one I've just been said from cast my wife is a sad face.

That's not exactly good?

Is it.

Okay? But like in certain industries, right, like in industries, say heavy industry or aviation, thumbs up is a very important signal because that be could that means could, that means means definitely yes, or you know, definitely you're safe or definitely whatever, So that you know, like an emoji sometimes.

And some people means old was thumbs up? Fine, good on you?

What I just maybe maybe Musk sent Trump thumbs up a mojor.

Trump thumbs down in return.

One last quick topic for us because we're almost out, but I want you all your views on this one.

Hey, you've got an NRL player listening to us. You just said, can you ask Clinton what the eggplant means? I said, no, it's too early for that.

Thanks for you, mate.

It means lasagna has been cooked.

Well.

The certain NRL player might have a view on this issue. Was published in the Australian Financial Review Today excellent journal that it is A report has found that twenty two percent of employees report often or rarely, rarely use the toilet their workplace because they're concerned about embarrassing. There is issues of cleanliness, but there's a concern that some people don't want to do certain things in the tour.

Kind of a program. Are you running here? It's a poole driving home on a Friday night, ready for a big weekend. They've worked all week and you bring it up toilets at workplaces.

This is the Australian Financial Review, which our company does own. It's probably the most respected in the short on content this week. Right, Okay, so do you have concerns that you go?

First? John?

I can, Well, it's not a problem for me. I'll just say I'll just say two quick ones. Can I First of all, over the years now that there have been people who've been suspected of doing it because it saves money at home. The second thing, though, is that I think it's concerning. No, I think I think the concern might be that you may leave, You may leave some something in that. Yeah, you may poison the atmosphere

Would you.

Yeah, I have to tell the story previously. But there wasn't incident in the toilets at Parliament House.

Oh hang on a second, finish that story. You'd be bringing up being Adeen macatt.

A politician in the cubicle and I wasn't in the cubicles section and he was on the phone. I could overhear a conversation he was happy about very sensitive political.

Which just proves.

Look, let me tell you I work in a lot of male dominated industries and none of them have ever had a problem with going at work.

I can tell you right now.

Got to go.

You've got to go, and don't they jam. There was a toilet paper thief here at t GB.

Flad was it before bring the lockdowns?

Well, I'm not prepared to name names, but it no longer works here and I once day sprung him walking out with a couple of rolls of toilet paper.

Times are tough, buddy, tough cost.

Of living crisis at the old joint, that John noa rap.

There was a very well known personality who was filling in who is going to open the book? Put reams of Baker in there? Now, Yeah, that is the most entertaining Friday roundtable we've had yet.

Levy's going to get flooded with messages. Now, come on, who was it was? Toilet?

Just think it thumbs up?

Put a students in initial. Well, he works four days a week at the moment.

Put it that way, John Stanley, Amanda Rose, Mark Levy that here's the Friday round table and late's Cape Coller.

Good afternoon, Clinton.

The long running industrial dispute for Sydney rail workers is a step closer to resolution. The Fair Work Commission has ordered a ballot beheld to see if workers support the in principal deal reached between the combined rail unions and state government. Foreign Affairs is now urging Australians not to travel to Israel, and anyone in Iran is being told to shelter in place. Iran is vowing to respond to Israeli strikes on the country. A teenager has been charged

Clinton War News at six.

S kkati twelve degrees in the coast, fourteen degrees in the western suburbs. Mark Guy are coming up and we'll have a look at our tips in the NRL for this weekend on Sydney Now Chilie Brown Now.

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The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference has been held this week in Apple's released a new software with phones that if, for instance, you ring a utility or a company and you're left on hold, the phone is going to be so smart. The software in the phone is gonna be so smart you actually won't have to stay on hold. The phone will let you know when they're ready to talk to you. Charlie Brown abe talking about all this

Yeah, it's Google, Apple. I've both been working on this idea of let's make the phones work for us. And when it's kind of like.

The reverse call robot. Right, You've got robots that are.

Used by big call centers and big companies banks, telco's, insurance companies, and they ring you and they don't have a human on the end until you've been on the phone for a few seconds.

Going hello Hello.

This is about reversing that and giving you more control one over who is ringing you and whether you're going to sit there on the phone answering it, or whether you're going to want the phone to answer for you, identify who they are, what they're calling about, then you choose to take the call from there. And also what you just described as well, actually having the phone, having the person on the other end of the phone on hold, giving more information and then you pick up the call.

It's just remarkable. Was there something the conference that's surprised you.

I think what's interesting is that iPad is finally going to have a user experience that is more closely aligned with the Windows based user experience the way we use Windows in a PC, and we have multiple windows for multiple things, and we position them around the screen. Apple iPad's going to have that from about September when they bring out that software update for selected iPads, mainly the

Out of that.

So I'm addicted to my iPad. But what I've and this may be part of what Apple's finding. My iPad might be as old as ten years old now and it's still I've got to reboot it a fair bit, but it still works pretty well. I suspect you won't be able to update the software on that because I can't even find I need a new cover for it. I can't even find a new cover online for it.

Yeah, these kinds of sort of read ourrectional features that they bring out often there maybe the last three or four years the device is that old, are coming out with the iPhone features that we talked about, with the call screening feature that's going to be back to about iPhone eleven that that will go to. So you know you've got iPhone sixteen at the moment, so back to eleven. That's not too bad, that's pretty good. But some people do miss out with the older hardware and that's just

Will go through.

What is going on tomorrow when we chat to Canon.

Will be listening from eight to clock. Thank you, Charlie. Thanks cleant Aali Brown Tomorrow, Life and Technology from eight o'clock on two GB.

Finance update.

Not a great day on the stock market today. The All Ordinary is trading down point three per cent eight thousand, seven hundred and seventy points. The A six two hundred down point two one percent, eight five hundred and forty seven one Australian dollar buying sixty four US cents. There is going to be a lot of speculation and focus on oil prices over the next couple of days, given what's occurring in the Middle East. Now Brent crude is

If we're talking seventy dollars a barrow, where you know we would sive us about a dollar eighty five and eighty dollars a barrow would get two about two dollars a leader. So for Australian I'd think that the seeming to be attention to this is going to be significant from that side. But yeah, it's a very fluid situation.

You can hear the full interview on the effect of the attacks on oil prices by downloading the Money News podcast every Friday. It's presented by Tom every Friday, available with your podcasting app of choice.

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It is fairly dry across Sydney. There is the chance of a couple of showers later this evening. Right now in the city twelve degrees fourteen in the west Tomorrow a shower or two so if the kids have sport in the morning, could be washed out, or that the ground should be okay, so I reckon they'll play top A seventeen degrees, partly cloudy day with some showers around the middle of the day. On Sunday, a partly cloudy day,

If it's happening in Sydney, you'll hear it on Sydney Now with Clinton Man on.

To gb talking Sport Time with Mark guy. Hello, MG.

Clinton, How are you, my friend?

I'm good because finally my team had a win.

They had a great win. At half time it was a little bit suss because they were behind. And second half in particular, Adam Kanua, Blake and young Brayley were exceptional. Brailey must be knocking on the door for that blue jersey. He's playing sensationally. I love the way he plays. Is a good kid.

Oh that's one of the best games I've seen Brayley play. Look to be honest, MG, I thought the Sharks are pretty shoddy in the first half. I didn't think they had enough energy, particularly in sort of the back end, and the Dragons were all over. The Dragons were having a good for really good first half. But it all fell apart for the Dragons in the second half and the Sharks. We ride over the top. Now, Mitch Moses,

Skins on the Stars half backs calf injury has revealed a bit of blow that both he and the Blues. He'll be out for six weeks on the sideline, ruining him out of the Origin series basically this one and the next one. So bad news for New South Wales, bad news especially for Paramatter will be without their marquee man for at least six weeks. Clinton.

There's one very very happy man about it though, And we feel for Mitch of the moment Dre Luis John Stanley because Paramatter applying St. Georgia law in a couple of weeks.

How's he? How's he this one? After his team's capitulation last night.

He's not happy.

He's not happy, just quickly to have the news. Bad neues for the Knights. Young gun Fletcher Sharp has been really out of tomorrow's game against the Roosters with a calf strain as well son another injury this time You're not a calf injurym to be really coped. That common these days.

And I see Fletcher Hunt, the winger has signed a new deal with the Knights today. Now Fletcher Sharp, Fletcher Hunt, they go to the same barber.

They are twins.

Twins that's going on with their haircut?

Oh they look so they're the wild wild West brother. They look like the mullet's just flowing in the wind. Can they can play?

There?

Would have been this news out of Manly today. Tommy Trevoyevich was actually offered the chance to be the eighteenth man for New south Wales before Game one of Origin.

Mmm.

Now this is a prickly one because a lot of people would say, oh, wouldn't you jump in the chance to the eighteenth man for New south Wales. But I think in Tom's situation it's kind of different because the one thing he needs is casing his legs at this stage of his career. The more he runs, I think the more he thinks it's going to be more beneficial for his hamstrings and his lower back. So I think sitting on the pine and not having a game pill he would have been detrimental or someone like Tom I

I've heard it all now. I think if Lockyer Galvin's a pointed the next Australian test coach. I can understand that if Locky Galvin is going to advise Cameron Serraldo from the box. I can understand that if Locky Galvin maybe takes over from Andrew Abda and Peter Landy's at some point. I can understand that. But origin please have I just.

Got the Lochlan Galvin bug that everyone's got the moment, I just might give myself another cup of saying that.

Now, let's just quickly look at the tips. We all tipped the Sharks last night, and I should point out, you know, I cop it for tipping against the Sharks a lot, and I tipped the Sharks last night. I'm just looking at the tips from last night. John Stanley tipped the Sharks over the Dragon.

The Sharks he did, and he's a lot higher up the ladder than we are.

Yeah, we're at the.

Bottom, exactly same with me. We're fifty seven, you're fifty one.

Okay, So tonight and the continuous call in will be covering this game from o o' clock. Covering starts at seven Gold Coast up against many.

Manly.

Yeah, I'm going to go. I'm gonna have Seagals with that one as well. Then tomorrow afternoon five thirty new Castle up against the Roosters.

I think the Roosters, especially now that Fletcher Shark is out.

Yep, I've got the Roosters as well. The second game you'll hear it on the Continuous Call team. The North Queens Down Cowboys up against the Dolphins.

Look, I've taken the Cowboys, but not with any great confidence. I like the way that the Dolphins played last week and they only they've only got Hamasi out, so the Cowboys and other hand got the four out. So tossing a coin, but I'll go Cowboys.

Yeah, I'm going to go the Dolphins. But it's in Townsville, so you'd think the Cowboys. But just with those origin players out, I'll get the Dolphins. And the last game of the round Sunday afternoon. It's on the Continuous Call team. You'll be part of the coverage on Sunday afternoon as well. South's up against the Bulldogs.

Doggies, mate, I think the Bulldogs will be too strong for that.

Yeah, I think Galvin's been named to start the game. He's playing half back. I'm tipping first try scorer, last try scorer Lockey Galvin middle tri scorer as well. He may just get the Dali M based on his one performance, just on another.

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My hands are tied behind my back. Let's we're trying to smash the stigma of emergency service trauma one piot of time.

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Good j MG. We'll see you and we'll hear from you on Sunday on the Continuous Call Team.

Have a great weekend.

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Yeah, I just thought to try something different. Now we've got plenty coming up on the show.

Darren Lockie will join us to talk about the Seagulls via the Titans the big game tonight, we'll talk about the eighteenth Man debate.

I've got a little idea on that one. And your Sharky's had a win over the the lead.

They were terrible in the first half, they were good in the second.

Okay, I'm good, they sure did.

Jaron Rooney will join us to talk about the Australian swimming trials in Adelaide and I've tracked down sprint sensation.

Locke Kennedy is in Italy ah okay, so to him, we were the sports of Adam Hawes coming up at six o'clock to night, continuous call team. Don't forget they will be covering all the footy right across the weekend, but leaving the boys from seven o'clock tonight. We've had a big week. Thank you for your company, thanks to Emily, Ben Patty who's been part of the team this week and of course Liam. We've had a great time. We've got a big week coming up next week as well.