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Maynard, Thursday May twenty nine, Clinton Maynar here one three one eighty seven three is our number. If you've given up catching the train, because let's be honest, they are so unreliable in Sydney. You're better off walking. Maybe you think we'll go won't walk to work, won't walk to school, won't walk to the shops. I'll drive the car. Good, good idea. That's what I've done for the past week, although I have risked the train today. How do you
find parking at the other end. We're going to talk a bit about parking on the show today because the behavior of some Sydney drivers needs to be called out. I reckon there's a lot more people on the roads this week because of the train dramas, but it doesn't help when other motorists do the wrong thing when it comes to parking. Parking is so expensive in our city. There's not enough spots. The drivers actually aren't helping. More
on that throughout the program. Also on the show, more dramas for the Northern Beaches Hospital, this time with security. I'll speak with the Health services unit about that. Magda Zebanski as we've heard has been diagnosed with cancer, a rare form of lymphoma, very aggressive.
As well.
One of our best love comedians, Peter Ford, will bring us the latest this hour straight should to. David Elliott joins me after four thirty. The fallaut from the decision not to sell off rose Hill Gardens Racecourse. Well, David has a good option of how we can increase housing in this city and that's selling off Sydney's Long Bay Jail. It makes a lot of sense. Mark guy with the wash up from Origin one as well. Great victory for
the Blues. You are my eyes and ears when it's happening in Sydney now, so text me zero force zero eight seven three eight seven three have you say one three one eight seven three, Well in Sydney now, this is just broken. In the last hour or so in the courts in the Supreme Court, a taekwondo instructor has admitted to killing a man and a woman, a couple and their boy in Sydney's West. You may will have recalled this horrific crime. It occurred in February last year
in North Paramatta and Boukham Hills. Well today, fifty year old Kwang kuu H, who was charged back in February of last year with murdering his seven year old student and the boy's parents. Today in court, he has pleaded guilty to three counts of murder. The victim's families broke down in the court. The taekwondo instructor only spoke very briefly via a video link. He responded yes sir and bowed his head when the magistrate confirmed his guilty.
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The bodies of that little boy and his mother were found inside a taekwondo's studio in North Paramatta back in February of last year, and then two hours later, the boy's father was found dead in a townhouse in Watkins Road in Boukham Hills. Police allege the strangled the mother and his son sometime between five point thirty and six thirty on the nineteenth of February. He then left their
bodies inside the taekwondo studio. He then drove the woman's BMW to the family's home at Boukham Hills and then he stabbed the father to death. Well, he has pleaded guilty, so we can say that now he's stabbed the father to death. The following morning, he presented himself to hospital with stab wounds himself. So he has pleaded guilty to all those crimes. So those three murders, and it means that the family of the victim won't have to sit through a long and painful trial. So what happens now
The matter proceeds to the Supreme Court for arrangement. The guilty please will be formally entered into and then a sentencing date will be said. It's ten past three. You might look out the windows this afternoon and think the weather's not too bad. It's quite overcast in Sydney. Well, it looks like the waterways of Sydney will be quite
hazardous over the next couple of days. In right across the New South Wales coast from the Byron Coast, the Coft Coast, the mcquarie Coast, Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Illawarra Coast, Bateman's Needen, there's now a hazard as surf warning. Surf Life savers are particularly worried about rock fishes because there are massive swells coming over the next couple of days. Steve Piece is the CEO of Surf Life Saving New South Wales. Thanks for joining us. Steve what's it like out there at the moment.
Afternoon, Clinton, Well, I'm just on my wife's satirical surf club of this beach. But in Sydney we've got swell building that's around two meters along the Sydney beaches at the moment, and that is starting to get pretty hazardous for people that aren't experienced. But as you said, it's the warning that's going to be over the next Friday and Saturday with swell you know, up to around three meters.
But for the first time in many years, the term deceptively powerful swell has been used by the Bureau and we're just about to put out our warnings because as you said, this is really dangerous conditions for inexperienced rock fishers or anyone going on rock platforms this weekend.
We often do read these warnings from the Weather Bureau about has it to serve? So what is the what is the difference this time?
Yeah, look, starting again, The difference this time is apart from it's still a really large swell, it's it's the timing between the swell. So this swell it's a hazard as swell, but it's time that fifteen seconds between swells and what that means is if a rock fisher is out on the on the on the rocks fishing, they see a large swell coming, you know, they will probably try and do some fancy footwork to evade us well
and get back into safety. Then they'll go back and maybe turn their back, but unbeknownst to them, fifteen seconds later, another really large swell will come through. And this is where we see so many people getting swept off rocks,
and you know, really tragically. You know, we've we've seen seven rock fishers have lost their lives this year, and you know, the Easter period is still scarred within the psyche of many of our life service about how many fatalities they had to attend over that period.
So effectively, the two swells are quite close together, and the potential for those second ways to catch people.
Out it is so you know, people will think the swell has gone when the wave comes up, but unbeknownst to them, in another fifteen seconds, another large swell will come through, so you know, they may turn their back on the water, they may go back out into that dangerous position for those that aren't wearing life jackets and our warnings when we put it out later today or tomorrow morning, will be really emphasizing the importance of life
jackets for rockfishers. It's just, you know, it's just a period of time where with these conditions it will present some really significant dangers to people venturing out on the rock platforms and rock fishing over the weekend.
Thanks for the warning, Thank you, Steve.
Thanks Clinton for broadcasting it.
Stu Peace from Surf Life Saving you South Wales. So not so much this afternoon, but it's going to be over the next days. Would be a really big swell. But it's the fact that these ways will come so close together it could really catch people out, particularly if you do enjoy rock fishing.
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GB The recount continues in the seat of Bradfield. The gap has now narrowed yet again between the Liberal Gazelle Capteriian and the till niko Let Bullet. It is now down to two votes that we are still days and days away from knowing a final result for this particular seat. Despite the fact Jeselle Capteriian has been named the assistant Shadow Minister for Communications, but still in a coalition. I actually think I think you've got to hender for Jisinda Price.
Whatever you think about her, at least she says what she thinks. And too many politicians are shackled by trying to play the political game, of the party game, but she has been She has doubled down today on comments that she is disappointed about missing out on a prime position within the Liberal shadow cabinet after switching from the Nationals to Live She thought she was up for a prominent position. We all know she wanted the dep leadership. She didn't have support for that, so she backed out
of a vote. But she's been effectively demoted to the outer ministry, the shadow Defense Industries Minister, and she has now doubled down on her disappointment. Speaking with our sister station for BC.
I am absolutely disappointed that you know, some fierce, hard working, some of the toughest women that I know, who are capable of fighting on behalf of Australians, who are are also very intelligent in terms of that they bring about can construct policy, have been sidelined with this approach.
Is that is very.
Disappointing, and I think I made it very clear you and I will be honest about that position. From a position where we have to be encouraging women into politics, supporting women into politics, that some of our bravest, hard working and significant fighters aren't going to be sitting in shadow cabinet to take up the fire is a huge disappointment and a huge life I think to the coalition.
So she's talking about conservative female MPs like Jane Hume, but she's also referring to herself there, so she's not happy. Look rightly or wrongly, whether you're a fan of the Senate that I actually think it's a good thing when we hear politicians speak from the heart, and she does do that. Whether you agree with her positions on various issues, whether you agree with her politics or not, she's saying what she thinks. Now, if she was in shadow cabinet,
well she wouldn't be able to do that. There's cabinet solidarity. But she's part of the outer ministry now, so we may actually hear a fair bit from just Center Price in the coming months. Fourteens due to face court over an incident when police were called to a service station in camera. So in the Central West now we talk about these incidents on an almost daily basis, and yes, this is another one that involves an alleged breach of bail. Police are called to the service station reports that the
driver of a car did not pay. The police arrive at the survey they find a black Mercedes be Wins that have alleged to be stolen from my home in Cawrap over the weekend. The vehicle's then abandoned in the bush well. Police begin investigating. They've arrested a seventeen year old boy, but they've also arrested a fourteen year old boy along with a fifteen year old two fifteen year olds. Now they're all before the courts, now the fourteen year old boy, and they're all facing a range of quite
serious charges. But the fourteen year old boy, who's been charged with committing an indictible desfense goods I personal custody, destroying damage property worth more than five thousand dollars, is also charged with a breach of bail fourteen, the seventeen year old is also charged with the breach of bail. This happens time and time again. A breach of bail and now the government's telling us, oh no, we are getting very very tough on our bail laws.
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A recall has been issued for a particular brand of electric bike, the Santa Cruz Heckler nine E bikes, which have interchance changeable seven hundred and twenty what lithium ion batteries. Santa Cruz is a very popular brand, particularly of skateboards, but they do make some electric bikes. Now. The reason the bike is being recall is a warning today from the product safety officials that the battery may short circuit and cause a fire. There is a risk of injuries,
there is a risk of damage to properties. We've seen the number of house fires that have been caused not just by e bikes but by batteries over particularly over the past twelve months, Santa Cruz Bicycles has received four reports of fires, including some property damage. So far, no
injuries have been reported. So if you do have one of these bikes, or if your kid has one of these bikes, it's a Santa Cruz Heckler nine E bike, we are being urged to immediately disconnect the battery from the e bike and the charger, then go to the product safety website product safety dot gov dot AU. That's where all the formal recall details are. But given that Santa Cruz, the manufacturer BikeE themselves say there's been four reports of fires caused by this particular e bipe, it's
certainly a problem now related to that. I did read some quotes from the Saint Vincent's Hospital emergency specialist Dr Tom Crofts in The Herald this afternoon about the dangers of e bikes. Now this is still related to the same products, but not fires. This is about the dangers
to the riders of accidents. Dr Croft has told the Herald today there's been a huge spike in the number of presentations i e. People turning up to hospital injured relating to e bike accidents, particularly over the past twelve months. He says they've just increased in numbers, increased in availability across city, particularly in the Eastern Soubers in their city,
and they're dotted around other places. He says he often treats patients with lacerated spleens or livers from hand or bars going into the abdomen, traumatic brain injuries from head hitting the ground and broken bones. Now, the problem he has identified is the trend that too many bike riders
are mixing alcohol while they're riding their e bike. They choose using an ee bike as an easy way to get home, for instance, after a night out now, particularly the ones that you can rent around the city and then instead of maybe getting a cab, and thankfully people aren't driving, they're riding the rent bikes back home, but they're then crashing, falling over the handlebars, sufferating lacerated livers and spleens.
You'll want to know what's happening in Sydney, Stay tuned to Sydney Out with Clinton Laynard on to.
Jimb We spoke to the police about their hunt for a man who was wanted over the house fire in Croydon of early yesterday. That fire and fortunately led to the death of eighty year old Ted Grantham, who we've now heard a little bit about. He was a very well respected member of the community, a music teacher. Well, his son has now faced court. His son Christopher was arrested on the Central Coast last night. It's been a very brief court appearance today in Gosford, and he is
not yet a plea. He's a fifty year old man and he was discovered police alleged with a machete. His lawyer, Alliance to Boodley, says, at the moment it's too early to determine whether he'll actually enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.
I'm still far too early to make those kinds of decisions. This matter still has to be fully fleshed out, and in time it will crystallize and we will deal with it appropriately. It's just about moving forward with the process and letting it all, as I said, flesh out, and once the evidence is all served, then we'll clearly deal with it appropriately.
He remains in custody. Pauline Hanson's daughter Lee has promised she'll make a political comeback. Lee Hanson contested the Senate in Tasmani, but she missed out on one of the six seats to Jackie Lamby, and she actually had a fairly good chance. She pled quite well and she's the first time she's entered politics. But she has told News Today that because she's had so much support, she will make another attempt down the track was interesting listening to
Pauline Hanson during the election campaign. She insisted that putting her daughter up as a candidate for one nation was not a case of nepotism, and she said the proof in the pudding was that she was in no way would she put her sons up as a candidate for one nation because she said there's nowhere need they'd be capable of doing something like that. Well, the Godfather has spoken.
Don Farrell. I call him the Dawn. He's our trade minister, and I call him the Don because he actually thinks he's from the cast of the Godfather, because he when he was questioned about US tariffs about a month or so ago, he said he'd give Donald Trump an offer he couldn't refuse. Mister Trump's not too worried about that. Well, there's been significant change in the United States today. The US Federal Court has actually made a decision which will
for the moment stop Donald Trump's so called Liberation Day tarifs. Well, mister Farrell has today responded to this. He says the outBut an easy Governor's being the constant view that these tariffs on Australian ports are unjustified. We will continue to engage and strongly advocate for the removal of taris. The alban Easy government will always stand up for Australia's national interests, including Australian jobs and Australian industries. I'm sure mister Trump
is shaking in his boots. Let's check our news headlines and good afternoon, Josh Bryance.
Good afternoon, Clinton. Comedian Magna Szabanski says she's receiving world class treatment in Melbourne as she reveals she's battling blood cancer. Taekwondo instructor Kwang Kyong Yu has pleaded guilty to three counts of murder for killing a couple and a boy in Sydney's West in February last year. The Prime Minister has rubbish new analysis which claims Australia is not spending enough on defense, and the Vatican has released a new
series of stamps featuring Pope Leo the fourteenth. In sport, former Australian rugby seven star Nathan Lawson will make his NRL debut for the Dragons tomorrow night against the Knights. The two time Olympian will line up on the wing. We'll have more news and sport.
It for Thank you, Josh, seventeen degrees in the CBD at the moment in eeny planes, it's eighteen Let's get straight to Peter Ford. This big story in the entertainment world this afternoon that Magda Zibanski has confirmed via social media that she is suffering cancer, a fairly aggressive form of leukemia. What's the latest, Pete.
Well, it's not obviously, most people are hearing about it in the last hour or two, but people who know Magna have known for several weeks. You may have noticed if you follow her on social media she hasn't been doing much for quite a while. I think she's just needed to come to terms with as herself, and she's at a point now where she wanted to put it
out there. She was aware that various members of the press knew and probably we're going to go and write it, and I think she wanted to take control of the narrative and announce it herself. So what she does have is called stage four mantle cell lymphoma. Now I'm not going to obviously pretend to be any kind of expert in this, but it's very serious and it's fast moving, and she is still very positive. So here's a little
she did a piece to camera. Now. It was a bit confronting when you first see it, because she's actually chosen to shave her head now in advance of probably losing it in the weeks and months to come. But here's a little of what Magna announced.
Hello, my lovelies, A head is shaved in anticipation of it all falling out in a couple of weeks. Because I have just been diagnosed with a very rare, very aggressive, very serious lymphoma. It is one of the nasty ones, unfortunately, but the good thing is I'm surrounded by beautiful friends and family and an incredible medical support team. It's pretty confronting, but new treatments keep coming down the pipeline all the time. So I just got a.
What do you get to do?
What do you do?
What are you going to do? Anyway?
Love is all by Magna. When I first heard the audio before seeing the vision, Pete, I was wondering, is was she breaking down there? No, she's actually laughing there, Yeah she is.
So that in itself is a good side. Yeah, I'm sure anybody who's dealing with a serious illness and ongoing treatment, one of the things you can have on your side that will really help you get through it is humor, and Maga's got that in bucket loads. So she so loved. You know, whenever they did those Q scores of the most Loved and Trusted celebrities, she's always up there in the top ten. And she gets involved in a whole
lot of different community causes and political causes. I don't always agree with her, but I've never once doubted her heart's in the right place. So if you're thinking about her, get a bit proactive, you know, go on to her Instagram or to her Twitter, drop her a line and
say I'm thinking of you. Just in the space you'll be in a crowded room, though, because just in the space of two hours, I think she's already got about six thousand messages not exaggerating about six thousand messages on her Instagram already.
Yeah, it's times on this we put politics to one style, people's political opinions to one side, and she's had such a wonderful career entertaining us, making us laugh for decades. She'll have all of our.
Support, exactly.
Hugh Jackman has responded to Debraly Furnace's statement yes, So.
Yesterday we spoke about that statement, which, as I said to you yesterday, I thought it was actually quite a calm considered statement. But the grenade was the use of the word betrayal. And of course that did become the headline as we knew it would. But I thought what Hugh did a few hours after that was really beneath him. I would like to think someone else is looking after his socials and he didn't do it or approve of it.
But what he did he took some vision of him on stage a few nights ago, the show he's doing at Radio City Musical which he does this routine with a skipping rope. Pretty incredible what he's doing, and it's to the song Bye Bye Bye by in sync and he just put that up and I thought thought that was pretty to be honest, tacky and really quite beneath him to do that.
Yeah, I think he's probably better than that.
People.
We'll talk tomorrow.
Thanks Clenden Well.
Street on Sydney now word on the Street.
Thanks to Temper, A great nights sleep night after not the difference is Temper. If you see something around the city that we need to know about it, you can send me a message zero force zero eight seven three out seven three. If there is something you would like us to investigate, best to email me with the details. Go to our website to gb dot com. Now I won't name our listener here, but you'll recall would have
been about two months ago. We spent a fair bit of time talking about buses, particularly on the North side of Sydney, and the way they're being managed by the private operators in particular bus ways, and a lot of drivers who've simply had enough and they're leaving their jobs because of the two tier wager system, because of the standard of the work conditions. Well, this is another one that just when I read this email that one of our listeners sent to me this week, just disgusted me.
I'll read part of it. Our listener wants to raise serious concerns about health and safety that they'd encountered during a shift, and this is a shift just this week. She says. During this shift, I was assigned to operate a bus that had a very strong, unpleasant smell of urine. Despite my immediate concerns, I informed my line manager about the issue. I was instructed to keep driving the bus even though the relief driver refused to take the vehicle either,
and the relief driver was given a fresh bus. I had to proceed past the relief point and complete the trip in this contaminated bus. The smell was so overwhelming I became physically sick. I was gagging. I was forced to endure this situation of unacceptable discomfort. The smell was so bad I began to smell urine myself. It's distressing and it's unacceptable from a health and a safety perspective, this incident represents a significant workplace health and safety concern.
No employee should be subjected to such conditions, and I believe it's imperative that the company which is Busways reviews and improves their procedures to ensure that vehicles are properly maintained and sanitized before assigned to drivers. And I'll keep our listener anonymous. At this point, that's disgusting. I mean, how a bus gets to that point where it stinks of urine, Well, I'll leave it up to your imagination. And the passengers who are responsible for that, well they
should hang their heads in chain. But the company itself, well, they should have a program with the buses cleaned before another driver takes over. We've spoken to Busways off there that provided us with a statement. They've said, thank you for highlighting this. We absolutely recognize the impact anxious odor and a bus can have on the driver and others on board, and we take these matters seriously. This is covered in our protocol, these sharps and biohazardous material handling procedure.
Drivers are trained to call the operational Control Center via their two way radios if they have a concern of a noxious over or a bio has it or otherwise. Our OCC team then checks in, immediately assesses the severity of the situation, and if the vehicle is deemed unfit for service, a change of a bus is dispatched. The driver also has complete discretion to determine whether it is safe to proceed to a change the location based on the severity of the situation. Busways takes this very seriously
and will investigate this matter. Well, I'm glad they'll investigate this matter because they say the driver also has this complete discretion whether it's safe to proceed. Well, no, in this case, the manager told the driver keep driving the stinky bus now. Look, I might seem minor. But just imagine being trapped in a bus that smells like that. I mean, firstly, the passengers who do that sort of thing feed in. Can we this is twenty twenty five.
We're supposedly a modern society. But bus ways themselves they should also do better. And yep, I appreciate that they're going to investigate this particular incident. But it's all well and good having the shops and bio hazardous material handling procede Johanna book. But just the reality is that the bus drop rings says, hey, this bus has got to be cleaned and clean now just do something about it. This just in from the Weather Bureau. They have issued
a warning for minor flooding along the Warrior River. Now this could occur late tonight Warrenor a bridge. You know, Warrenor is obviously very low lying. The Bureau tells us the river at Warrenora Bridge it's currently at zero point two two meters and falling with the tide, but it may reach the minor flood level on high tide, which is late this evening. So some lovely homes down there
at Wronora these days, right on lit river. I had friends who actually lived on the river back when I was in school and we went to Janelle Boys which is just up from Warronora, and they actually had to use boats to get out there to get the bus. You may need a boat late tonight. Look only minor flooding at this stage, but just be warned that could
be an issued late tonight. Seven three. We often talk about bad councils and silly decisions they make on this show, and rightly so, because there are too many of them. I think there are too many councils. I think we'd be better off, and I've said this before with two levels of government. Have the state government just take over the responsibilities of local councils. Now, it'll never happen because you remember the hullabaloo when Mike Baird merged councils years ago.
Now that was a complete and utter stuff up. But as a result we've got a lot of incompetent local councils. This may well be another one Penrith Council. I had an email as part of our word on the Streets segment from Andrew and of course you can tip me off to issues via our website to gb dot com. Andrew says. I'm a resident in Londonderry and on Thursday just gone. So last week I took action to unblock a rural council drain on our road, which was eighty
percent blocked. Penrick City Council came out on Friday and they told me they'll be sending me a bill for the cleanup of debris that I removed from their drain to allow stormwater the flow. They also said New South Wales Police might charge me with operating my bobcat on a public road. Our road was flooded inundated one of the residents' homes on three occasions. Seeing the road was being submerged on Thursday, I tried to do what I could to save properties and do the work the council
was responsible for. So just just cast your mind back to late last week. Of course we had the flooding on the mid North Coast and the Hunter Valley, but the rain here Thursday to Friday was absolutely horrendous. So you know, all over Sydney there were stormwater drains completely overflowing, packed with garbage. Because we have authorities who don't seem to be able to manage stormwater drains well, this was
another case in Penrith. So Andrew's trying to do the right thing and help the people living in street because he happens to own a Bobcat. Andrew wrote, I'm a retired Army officer with years of experience in protecting life and property. I did what I thought was required. Well, we put this to Penrith City Council today they say they're going to get back to us. Andrew joins us. Andrew, firstly, good on you for thinking about your neighbors.
Hi clanking, Good afternoon, mate.
That's what we do out here, you know.
We help our davis out in time of trouble. And this poor resident across the road. Her place has been inundated by stormwater three time. In fact, one occasion was she literally replaced the carpet that afternoon. The carpet layer hadn't even backed out of the driveway and her place was inundated again that afternoon. I mean shooting tears. It's not fair.
So you happened to own a Bobcat. You've worked in the Army, so you know how to use equipment like that.
My parents owned the Bobcat. I'm fully licensed to drive and operate the vehicle, and they could be a paint in the butt. Sometimes you'll bobcats.
Because they were quite a lot of maintenance, but they're.
Very effective when you need them to move large amounts of debris or dirt or whatever it is you go to do.
So what did you do?
But I basically I walked down and observed the drain that we've had plenty of history with and we've notified Cancel on numerous occasions they've come out and inspected it. I went down and had to look at it, and it was just backing up. It was blocked with debris and dirt, and I ran back up in the gum boots because the flight of the road was flooding and there were minutes to spare before again water inundated my
neighbor's home. So I started the Bobcat up, drove down and used the Bobcat to remove the debris in a safe manner. I placed the debris off to the side of the road and I unblocked the drain effective immediately the water started running properly, and the great news was our neighbor's place for the first time didn't flood after a storm event like that. Unfortunately, I returned and our house had flooded.
Sorry to hear that, Andrew, and.
The first time in thirty six years.
Is bad damage for you.
At the moment. I think the initial assessment yesterday from the assessor from the insurance was at around about forty five to fie. So all the plasta has got to be cut out of devastating.
So you're helping a neighbors, So then tell me what happened with Penrith counsel.
Well, I was ritually pulling out the carpet. The next day, Friday morning, I had underlay and you know, pulling out the bleak carpet, and council arrived on our doorstep and stated basically that they were waiting for wingsor police to attend the scene, that I was going to be charged with operating the bob pat that wasn't registered on a public road. And I said so, but maybe that was the case. This was an emergency situation. I had minutes
to react. I acted in a safe manner and achieved the mission which I had to to help the bloody neighbor. And if they feel that way, go ahead and do it. I really don't care. I'd do it in a heartbeat again tomorrow if it means helping out our neighbors or protecting lifeful properties.
At this point, have you been issued with charges?
I haven't. No. The funny thing was I guess that the police obviously have common sense paracity. Council's executive team don't. And this fellow that come down said that we're also going to send you the cleanup bill for the dirt debris. I mean, let's be reminded, this was council's drained. It was their obligation and they're in charge of it. So if anyone has not done their job, it's bloody council. So don't point the finger at me. That's not fair.
Now you don't have the bill for that yet, do you not yet?
I'm waiting for it.
I mean I've been sitting here waiting for the last few days anticipating are the police going to turn up all this strength?
Andrew, You're not paying a bill. You are not paying a bill. We are in contact with Penrith City Council offair. They're investigating the case. But let me assure you if you get that bill, don't pay. And we will lead a campaign because all of our listeners will be on your side. This is outrageous because we know what it was like all around Sydney last week with that heavy
rain on Friday morning, the rain on Thursday. Half of the reason we've got these drains that overflow and can't cope with a sudden downpour is because these councils don't do their job and keep these drains clear.
And Clinton, it wasn't as though we didn't have warning with this one.
I mean we talked about the rain all week before it. Actually I felt like I felt like I was being silly talking about all we're gonna get heavy rain. I kept saying it day after day. The rain didn't arrive. It finally did late week.
I remember hearing that Mate on your show, and it was like, you know, was anticipating it, so there's plenty of time for them to conduct a quick sweep. It took me eight minutes to clear the day, to clear the drain that afternoon, eight minutes.
Well, Andrews, look, can you keep in contact with us if you get this bill, please contact me straight away. We are talking to Penrith council affair. I would be stunned if they don't back down from this and we will public shame them if they don't. Andrew, thank you for letting me know about that, because it is outrageous. I always whenever there's deep rain, I often will say during my programs, Sydney doesn't cope with wet weather. That's
the reason. That's part of the reason, because we have a stormwater drain that firstly is not well maintained, and it's often the local councils that have that maintenance issue. But we also have a very old network that's crumbling. And then that's why we have flash flooding in our streets on major roads because the councils and the other
authorities aren't doing the right thing. And then to think, you've got this council that they want to find him for removing the rubbish from the drain and then putting on the side of the road so they should then be able to kick pick it up. They want to find him for that and then threaten to bring the cops around because he was driving a bobcat for ten minutes or so. Seriously, as Mark says on the text line, here old mate is Andrew, he should be giving Penrith
counsel of the bill for what he did. Now last night, I had no idea this happened. You know, like most of us at the moment, there's a lot of wet, damp property around. So I arrived home, I would have been just after seven o'clock and I noticed there are all these emergency crews outside the front of my house. Now I think they were Sydney Water, or maybe they were contractors for Sydney Water, and there was there was this huge spurt of water near my letterbox. Well, it
turns out they'd been there all afternoon. An old drain, an old pipe in my next door neighbor's front yard or just out sectually in the council strip had burst. So of course the burst, big burst water mate, and there's water flying right down the street through our front yard, no dramas, And these fellows had a chat to them. They'd been working there for hours trying to secure the property next door. They're going to be without water for something like six weeks. And I said to my dear,
I hope you're going to get home for origin. And they wrapped up just about quarter past seven. But that was an example of where we have a really old pipe network that's not coping well doesn't then cope well with heavy rain. So there's an argument that we in Sydney Water put an application into IPART to dramatically increase water rates so they could embark on a program of upgrading pipes. Now water rates will be going up by more than inflation, but IPART, the regulator, has not approved
the same increase that they actually wanted. But hopefully that doesn't mean the pipes won't be upgraded. We need upgraded pipes. But it's another matter entirely when we have local councils and the other authorities that are responsible for our drains not cleaning them out properly. If you've had that experience in your neighborhood with burst water mains, with drains that are overflowing, let us know about it and let's shame
those local councils. As we're hearing the M four is a mess, Dave the bus driver says, join the M four at Homebush because it is a car park. With this help, Michael Schumacher's Ferrari from two thousand and one has sold at an auction the Southeby's Auction for twenty four point eight five million dollars. It has broken the previous record for a Shoemaker F one car, which a
two thousand and three edition. So this is his Ferrari that he won the Monaco Grand Prix back in two thousand and one fifteen million, nine hundred and eighty euro which is worth twenty four point eighty five million. It won't help if you're on the M four. It is not going to help you. You've got a Ferrari, You're not going to get anywhere fast enough. I've got a stack of complaints here about local councils and burst water mains and blocked up drains. Davis in ingerte and get a Dave.
Hey, gooday mate, I love your show.
Thanks one.
Look, I was walking the dog just up on Port Hacking Road just by chance. Was I think three thirty one or three point thirty three something like that. It was back in April. I took there's this program by Sidney Water says snap and shoot or snap and send, so you take a snapshot out send it for their thing.
It had been.
Reported like seven days before. Apparently they said it normally takes three to seven business days to repair. About six weeks later, I'm still looking at the same bloody gallons and gallons a second going down the Garta. My heart just broke after six weeks and no attention to it at all, and I just thought, you know what, these guys aren't serious about fixing waterweeks.
Surely look in.
The end, these local councils probably don't have enough money to fix despite their rates, to fix these waterlinks. But it's a flood risk. It's a danger in our streets. Sorry to hear that, Dave and the shy Danielle, Hello Danielle.
Hi Clinton? How are you good? How dare sorry really cranky? How dare counsel try to intimidate this wonderful man who's like helped save his neighbor native home. Do you get a good d Maybe we should start sending councilor bills every time we move the nature strip on our brother.
Absolutely, as some of our listeners have said on the text line, he should be the one sending them the bill for the cleanup. It is outrageous. Well, we've put this to Penrith City Council. We are going to demand a response tomorrow.
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On to g seven past four, Little dark and gloomy across Sydney Sobs this afternoon. There is the slight chance of a shower thisce evening. Good by tomorrow morning it should be sunny and at this stage, at this early stage, if we can trust the weather Bureau, it should be a fine and sunny weekend, which is looking good.
No good.
If you're on the M four at the moment, very very slow, particularly around James Frew's Drive. Vehicles are only doing about twelve kilometers at the moment. A truck has run over a ladder in Kingswood on the fourth that the truck's being moved to the breakdown lane. There are no injuries, but the traffic is just horrendous. Now I've got the latest information from the AEC in the recount and Bradfield Gazel capteriian up against Nicolett Bullet. I actually
reckon what they should do job share? Why don't they just call it today? Think? Look, you know what we only wanted to want to work part time anyway. I know Gizelle's got the big news. Shadow Assistant Ministry rolled down there with the Libs. Job share call a draw. I reckon they'll both do a good job anyway. Gzel Capteririum. Based on the current re figures and there I think they're about halfway through through now she is two votes
ahead of the Teal nicolete Bullet. I don't think they can call another recount if this doesn't go in favor of one of the two. Thank goodness, the AEC didn't have any role in state of origin last night. Imagine if the AEC was working in the bunker making rulings. We'll be there forever. Look, I think what's going on actually in Bradfield's a bit laughable because what the scrutiny is on the ground are dealing with is a lot of informal votes. And this has been a trend to
cross much of the country. There's been a big spike in the number of people voting informally. Now for some of those people that would have been a deliberate act, but for many it's a complete accident. I'm hearing in this seat in particular, there are significant votes and this is for both these candidates, where the person who intends to vote for either Nicolette Bullet or Gisel Capteririan hasn't numbered every box, maybe most of them, but not one or two. At the bottom and then that vote is
formally can't be counted. It's not part of it.
Now.
They're the rules, that's they're the rules that we play by, and we do need to respect our democratic rule. But isn't it time to change that? Isn't it time to change the way we run preferential voting. I'm actually not saying get rid of preferential voting, but what we should do is have an optional system that if somebody wants to number just three of the boxes that that's okay. In New South Wales, you can just put a one in the box for the person you want to vote
for it. That's the way it should be at a federal and a state level. What it would do is it would avoid confusion between both levels of government. And maybe that's part of why there's been a massive jump in the number of informal votes because we only had a state election a couple of years ago. Since the twenty twenty two federal election, the number of informal votes has tripled. There's been a massive jump, and The Herald's
been reporting on this one throughout the week. In informal votes from hospitals and age care homes in the seat of Barra so near Bradfield. One hospital team recorded a seventy percent increase in informal votes and that can make a difference. That can make a difference in a seat like Bradfield. Now, when I voted back at the start of the May, there was a lady standing next to me and she actually asked me for some help because she wasn't sure I directed her and what she actually
need to do. But we can fix it. It's not that hard. Can't we just make voting as simple as possible. I mean, there's an argument that you don't understand what the system is too bad and fine, but given there's been this massive increase in informal votes, surely the most democratic way to run this system would be to have of preferential voting but optional optional. If you just want to put a one in the box, that's fine, and you know what,
allow a tick or a cross as well? Why not if it's clear who the person is voting for, why not allow it? And then maybe we wouldn't go through this long drawn out process with the AEC trying to figure out who's actually won this damn seat. We're just fortunate we haven't had other seats that this close as well, or we probably wouldn't even have a prime minister at the moment.
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Do you got a view on that? You can send me a text message zero four six zero eight seven three eight seven three. And I know usually when I mentioned this, so many people say to me, you know what, let's just get rid of preferential voting first past the post and in our country, preferential voting probably does favor the left wing parties, but over things can change over time.
In the UK, a lot of Conservative voters because they have first passed the post and because Nigel Faraja's party did very well at the last election, a lot of Conservative voters are calling for preferential voting there because they feel they would have done better in the last election. So things do change over time. If you've got a view on that, let me know one three one eight seven three. Look, as you know, I think it is ridiculous that a private company operates the public facilities of
a hospital. And I'm referring to health Scope, which has become an embarrassment in the way they've been operating the Northern Beaches Hospital. Now, as you know, Healthscope this week placed in receivership. We know the government is moving to ensure this doesn't happen again. They are in negotiations with health Scope to take control of the public aspects of the Northern Beaches Hospital. But we're finding more examples on a daily basis of how this has just been a
complete stuffer. Now there is a parliamentary inquiry into how this hospital has been run and in evidence that's been tended to the inquiry from the HSU, the Health Services Union, more startling revelations about how this hospital has been running. Jared Hayes is the boss of the HSU. Today Jared, I'm just I was going to say I was going to be disturbed by this, but nothing is now surprising me about the way Healthscope has been running this hospital.
Revelations that they have effectively downgraded security well compared with public hospitals and as a result staff at the hospital have not been secure little and the patients absolutely.
We can see this in many different aspects and the fundamentally goes to the point that private public partnerships may work in some areas, they don't work in health. Whether there's a competing interest between service delivery and profit margins, and we just see consistently, whether it's security, cleaning, a high range of other clinical services are cut back or contracted to the point that it's quite dangerous.
There's been forty serious security incidents in just six months, and this followed the decision by the hospital management to reduce total security numbers.
That's right, and we all know in this day and age that society is becoming sadly more volatile. So you see a hospital or hospital like this is a microcosm of the community. And our response to that is actually, we will decrease our safety measures and decrease our security measures and hope for the best. And unfortunately now it's in the receivership coming.
You represent so many staff who work in hospitals, beyond just the doctors and the nurses, all the other staff, the cleaners, the security guards, the orderlies. They are and this I think is a sad reflection on society. They do put themselves at risk. We're dealing with patients. It doesn't help it. The hospital itself doesn't protect.
Them absolutely true, and security members and also our awards people, and we've had people shot, stabbed and spat at consistently. These matters have been highlighted over and over again. We've had the Andersen renu now probably about five years ago, and to get to the point of where we're just
going to cut back just doesn't even make sense. But it does make sense when you're drowning financially, that business isn't working and it's actually not being able to deliver what the people in New South Wales need in terms of healthcare.
It's good that this is now making it's in the public spotlight and really think to the masses and the tragedy they've suffered. But when you have in the last eighteen months, when you have spoken to hospital management about cutbacks to security, what has their response been to you, Oh.
It's just like talking to a brick wall. It's while we're doing everything we can with what we have, we're satisfied, we're in the reason of opposition. Well may not know. You have a look at it. They're renting some of their materney areas out to a film company as an incomes train, so not utilizing it for the Materney Needs. We'll use it as a backdrop for a movie, and that just shows the desperation in my view of about how they're trying to make any dollar that they can.
Look, we know the government is now in negotiations with health Scope and they're obviously in receivership now, but this still may the negotiation may drag out months, if not a year. How do we get through, say the next year of health stare continuing to operate this hospital.
This is going to be a very very significant issue, and I don't think the committee understands is well enough at the moment. So the private setting is very important for people who can afford. That takes pressure off the public hospital system. Now, if they can't get buyers or they can't get the right buyers to not only the Northern Beaches Hospital but a range of other big facilities and regional facilities, this could then push private patients into
public hospitals as well. So the crisis in health becomes two fild threefold due to the fact that the private sector can't pull its way.
So on the one hand, you've got the news southwise government negotiating with health Scope. What's left a Healthscope on the public facilities, but the fact that given healthscopes in receivership, all the private facilities, which is say half of the Northern Major's Hospital and all the other hospitals they operate around the country, they're at risk.
Very much, so very much, and I would think without being able to sort of preempt anything, receivers would be looking at finding buyers, of which there are not a lot of big private private hospital facilities around and so it gets to the point of if if some hospitals aren't profitable and if they're not big enough, well maybe it's going to be taken and that I think would be really reflective in regional areas of this South Wales.
I think we're learning a lot of lessons out of this whole bungle deal over the last few years. But what we've got to do is ensure that it doesn't happen again. I know the government's got the legislation before Parliament that needs to pass, but we need to make sure we get through the next couple of years on this one. Thank you, Jared, Thanks very much, Jared Hayes from the HSU until six.
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Personally, I think it's really simple. The private sector has a big role in our health network. Absolutely, private hospitals, and I had elective surgery late last year, fortunately in a private hospital because I have private insurance. But when it comes to emergency facilities, it should be the responsibility of the government. Now, David, think if your message David says, how does the transfer of Northern Beaches Hospital the governor
Omanship necessarily improve our comes Orange hospitals overall capacity? We wore hospital closes overnight, Blacktown Campbelltown have had problems.
Yeah.
No, and that's a fair point, David. I appreciate that. But the bottom line for any private business is to make profit to maximize shareholder value, So they're always going to look for the cheapest way to do things, no question. And yes, governments aren't very good at running things and
managing money either. But when it comes down to emergency services, part of the issue within the Northern Beaches Hospital, for instance, is they bought the cheapest possible computer network the software system that's led to problems when it comes to triache in the emergency department. Now, if the government's running that a good government shouldn't be trying to do that work
at the cheapest possible cost. And in my opinion, that's why when it comes to emergency, that's where the government us as a society should be funding that and funding that properly. Now, I agree we need improvement at Orange Hospital. We wore shouldn't be closing overnight, Blacktown and Campbelltown hospitals yet they've got problems. But while ever, you've got a rivate business operating these services, they're going to try and
do the right thing by their shareholders. That's their primary responsibility. Their primary responsibility is actually not the patient, it's their shareholders. And whileever that's the motivation, you're going to see Corners cut positive day on the share market. The ASX two hundred is closed up twelve point nine points eighty four hundred and nine. The Comnwealth Today Bank Today has announced
they're cutting their fixed interest rates. So already following the RBA decision, variable rates are changing, but fixed rates from tomorrow will be cut by point four of one percent across all fixed terms. As a result of the change is the Combank's new lowest fixed rate for a home loan for three years will be five point four to nine percent. Now that's an indication that they believe the RBA will be cutting their variable rates again in the next couple of months.
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Word on the street for temper, A great night's sleep, night after night. The difference is temper. This one from Vincent. The text line the extraction fans on the exits heading northbound to Dremoine doesn't look like they're working. The tunnel's become quite smoky. We've just been in contract with trans Urban. Transurban obviously operates the motorway. They're going to look into
it for us right now. But obviously if there's some smoke and some pollution inside the tunnel because the extraction fans not working, well, that ain't good. So trans Urban is going to have a look into that. Preferential voting. Now, I know many of you think we should just have first past the post, but I think at a minimum, at least an optional system is the way to go.
What do you think, Nick, Yes, Sir Clinton, we should definitely have optional preferential but I now will get it especially in the federal sphere because the ALP desperately need all those preferences from the Greens and other parties to keep the new power, so they.
Definitely won't agree to it. And if you recall that actually happened, what happened in Queensland. They I think up until Palachet got in in twenty fifteen they had optional preferential and then she changed it back to full preferential.
That's right, But the reality is though political trends do change over time, and as I was explaining in the UK, the Conservatives believe they missed out on votes because Nigel Faraja's party became so popular, so things could change for the left at some time as well. Hey, thanks for
your curl Nick. This one from Daniel. Now, what we need is an education program, but you're not going to get any help from the government on education when it comes to voting because it's not in their best interests. I need your opinion on this one. I've been doing a bit of thinking about transporting New South Wales this week because the trains, as we've been reporting on almost daily, have been an absolute mess. I can report good news. It doesn't look like there are significant delays in the
train lines this afternoon. But don't fret. It's only twenty six past fourth. There's still plenty of time for everything to go wrong, and we'll tell you about it. But at the moment, the trains are running on time. It's all good that that control is in control. But the reality is a lot of people this week have decided they're going to drive instead of user train. I've done that. I caught the train the day, but that's the first time I caught the train this week because I didn't
have the guts to catch the train. And then when you drive, you've got the problem of finding parking at your destination, and we have fewer parking spots in our city. If you are in the CBD, it's expensive. Well, let's be honest. There are so many areas now that charge significant amounts for parking. It's a problem. But we also have a problem I reckon with the way other motorists abuse parking spots. Now, if you come across this, I'd lot to hear from you. One three one eight seventy
three parking in your street? Do you find cars taking up two spots deliberately taking up two spots? My producer Emily has had this dilemma. Someone parked their car outside of a house and they put a full sale sign on it, but they parked across two spots, in between two homes, between two driveways, so there one vehicle takes up a spot where you could easily fit too. Now it's not considerate, is it. It's a crowded space. Across most of his subjurbs are very crowded, the spots are scarce.
Emily actually sent the driver a text message because they're selling the car, so the number is on the windscreen, and ask them could they just maybe kindly move, not taking the car away for their little sale, No moving the car forward or backward so another vehicle can fit there. And the seller replied, oh, quote, I'm aware the car is parked on a public road with no restrictions, which means it's available to everyone, first come, first serve. Public
space isn't reserved seating. I appreciate your understanding. That's from the driver of the car who's selling the car, but that's not Emily's point. The point is drivers should be considered to each other when parking, because we are so short of parking in the city So if there's a spot that fits two cars, don't park right in the middle of it. Do you come across that situation in your suburit let me know, one seven three. Maybe you think the seller's right that there is no restriction there,
that the person can park wherever they want. Now Northern Beach's council have been contact with him about the four sails. Should I say, yep, that's the lad You can park a full sail, put a car with a four sile sign on it anyway you like. Basically, but parking in two spots when you ruin it doesn't pass the pub test. But when we're gonna have more people because we can't rely on trains, trying to park in the streets, it's just wrong and all it takes is just a bit of common courtesy.
Hey, you're doing my space, George.
Wait, you don't know who this guy is.
People kill for a parking space in this city.
He's not getting away with George. I think I'm parking my car.
You can't do that. You can't just sneak in from the back like that. I'm not sneaking. I hadn't even know you were parking. You were just sitting there three spaces off.
What if you didn't think I was parking, why did you.
Put it in head first?
Well, that's the way I park anyway.
You didn't stop backing until I called in.
I was in the middle of a conversation.
Hey, buddy, what can I tell you?
The point is I was here first. I was closer to this.
Space than you were.
But I'm backing and you can't put it in head first.
I can't if I.
I know in Seinfeld, you're opening up a Pandora's box by talking about parking. But I want to hear your experience. One three one eight seventy three and we're the latest Jock Fright. Good afternoon, Clinton.
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Thank you, Josh. Seventeen degrees in the city. It's fifteen degrees in Campbelltown. David Elliott coming up with straight shooters in a few minutes. Sharon, on the issue of parking, says, a family home in our street is now rented to five tradees and some backpackers as well. There can be six to seven cars and trucks and they don't seem to give a rats about anyone or any other people in the street of longtime residents. Let's come to some calls about parking issues. Irene Hallow, Irene.
Good afternoon, Clinton.
Do you have dramas in your street?
Yes, I have all we're all villas, so each between needs to drive away of the villas. You've got room for two cars. We got sick and tired of everyone parking in the middle. So we went out one night and we've put a white line out to the width of a car. Okay, and you know they all park on both sides now, But.
That makes sense.
I don't know why the council can't do us come along and put all the white lines out. We've been asked by other people, would we do it? Well we haven't.
That's smart. I just I hope the council, given our experience with Penrith Council and neighbors who do the right thing by their fellow neighbors, I hope the council doesn't come around and maybe rub the lines off. Hek good idea Irene. Sean is listening to us in sinn Dives. Hello Sean, Hi Clinton here going good my friend.
I've just got a cheeky response for him and with craps. Yes, she could get one of her friends that range a test drive and then she could go and park her car. Then when they come back to the car park, are we taken again? Cheacky on over?
Very smart. She could even just arrange a test drive and move the car forward maybe two meters. It's not even the issue of a car being placed there for sale. It's the fact it's over to parking spots. It just shows a complete disregard for other people. Grant's in Robertson, Hello, Grant, are you going Clinton. I'm good, my friend, that's good.
Yeah, it's disrespectful what you said. But there's an easy solution for Is it your colleague who's parked.
Outside her house, Emily?
Yes.
All you got to do is put a Facebook marketplace that up, take a picture of the car outside her house, yep, phone number very visible, and put free free car per serve. And after they get bombarded with thousands of messages, he's going to come and move the car and you can take the ad down.
Good idea, Grant, think eavianly, I'll probably do that. This one from Rod regarding the parking, Look what I find it's a combination of humanity and situational awareness, similar to slamming car doors at six o'clock on a Sunday morning or eating a pasta at mass Ah. Yes, mister Bowen talking about that. We'll look at that issue when David Elliott joins me in a couple of minutes. There is a bit of tension in mcquarie Street right now in
the Upper House. The leader of the Government in the Upper House, Penny Sharp, has been formally censured this afternoon. There has been a vote and it's gone against miss Sharp twenty yes, fourteen No's in favor of a censure motion. Now, this is over an order for papers from the Premier's office and a failure to comply with this order apparently
related to local small Commitments allocation. So it's about grants and look effectively, what happens in parliament there are various the opposition parties, the cross Bench, they put forward it's called an fifty two and it's seeking paperwork on various controversial issues, and there is a responsibility to the government
to provide in the public service provide that paperwork. Well, apparently when it comes to the local small Commitments allocation, the Opposition isn't satisfied that the government's complied with this order for papers. So as a result they have then launched a CeNSE emotion and the government has lost that. So Penny Sharp has been formally censured in the Upper House.
On Sydney, Now, you can't handle the truth the straight sts.
Well, if I'm a member of Stay partment, of course is mustracts here on Thursday afternoon day. But Ellie, hello, David pat does a sense emotion actually really mean anything? And it comes down to it, that's embarrassing.
But SA fifty two are the opposition's best warfare. And I mean I had them every day I then I had I had my own my own locker down there at the SA fifty two processing plan. I was getting them so often. But it's been embarrassing and that, of course they can use that to then springboard other discipline reaction against Penny Sharp.
But it's a bit of a slap on a risk though, isn't a sense of motion?
Yeah, it's like a motion and no confidence amenda. She doesn't have to resign or anything, but not unless she was the premier. But it does highlight the fact that the concerns that were floating around Macquarie Street twelve months ago that Ben Franklin going to the presidency would mean that they couldn't get any sense of motions ORLA fifty two through. That's obviously not correct and it's clear that the Cross benches are not going to necessarily play ball with the government.
Well, it's quite a clear vote there. It's twenty in favor of fourteen against of course the government doesn't hold the numbers in the upper house.
That's right, and it would be and Penny would be furious that the Greens have sided with the Liberal Party over that one. I'm quite sure.
And this is where you don't have a premier censured will be very rare because what they do have for a minority in the lower House, but they have the support of the Independence.
So that's right and that only really, I mean a central motion is embarrassing in the Premier would probably have to explain to the governor why he's has confidence in the house if had happened to Chris Mins. But I don't think that's going to happen.
No, No, it looks the big political issue of the weekend in state politics has been the failure of the ATC to sell off rose Hill attract majority support. And we thought this was going to happen. But it's not great for Chris Mins because he'd been very much a support of this plan.
He has and it's back to the drawing board. But he always gave himself a little I felt he always gave himself a little bit of wiggle room. I know my side of Politics thinks that it's humiliating for him, but I think.
He gave himself.
But it's just as he said, he's got a plan being he needs to go to that plan. Being as I said when I was Minister for Corrections, I don't know why there are prisoners living at Long Bay Jail. I don't know why people convicted felons are at waterfront real estate. So if he wants to look anywhere, and I saw some dribble today in the media about oh, but there's no other site within twenty kilometers of Sydney,
Well there is. It's called Long Bay Jail, and Bob Carr looked at getting rid of it when he was premier and they were going to give it over to the Disney Corporation, which I thought would have been great. But there's been a little bit of work done by Corrections to look at Long bea Jalen. I think with a light rald extension down there, it would be magnificent. Now Michael Day is completely opposed to it. He's worried
too many tories or move into his constituency. But I think if we get the balance right, we could probably start working there.
Now I'm really glad you've raised this idea, because I haven't heard this idea for years yet it's popped up in the past. But the suggestion in some of the papers this morning was there could be parts of Homebush Sydney Lypy Park that could be developed for twenty thousand homes and there'll be a metro station there and Glee Island's been discussed for new housing. But this is a cracker, So everyone just think about this. We've got the state's
worst of the worst living in waterfront property at Long Bay. Okay, when you're in your cell, you don't look out the window and cast your eyes over the ocean. But this is absolute prime real estate. And I see no reason why we couldn't invest in building a massive prison out in the back of Burke, ship them all out there and then sell off the land.
Absolutely, it's a no brain. And I mean, I guess there's some heritage facilities considerations around the Long Bar, but you'd include that in the development the prisoners and you're right, I mean, the prisoners can go in the Peri urban districts, or they could go out to expand Baptist Jail or expand Lithgo Jail. And it's creates jobs in regional areas.
And it is a no brainer. And I would very much encourage Chrismians and Mark Speakman to consider go back to go back to those plans that we had drafted up over long Ba Jail and stop spending money on what is essentially a piecemeal prison it's and spend some money on something that is going to give them a significant value for value to And of course, when you're building new jail, you build it for the modern criminal, the modern criminal rehabilitation, and Long Bay doesn't have all
those facilities.
It's an absolute no brainer and I can't believe it hasn't been on the agenda. Just think about it. You've got how many people who be in Long Bay? How many prison a couple of hours one thousand, I'd say, okay, so you got a thousand, You got a thousand living in prime Sydney real estate. Is the argument against doing it that the families of the prisoners would have a long way to travel to go and visit.
The more you do have that, But you know, but when they place a prisoner, they don't necessarily think about where mum's coming from to come on Saturday afternoon to bring a cake with a file in it. I mean, it's where we it's where the prison, the prison officers live, and when I've been down there when I was a prison's I spent a lot of time at Long Bay Jail. But I interviewed the prison officers when I had this in the back of my mind, and most of them
were commuting from Woollongong, commuting from Campbelltown. So if you said to them, you know, we're going to put it in, you know on the outskirts of Sydney that nobody had complained about it.
And that's a pretty big area there. You could build a lot.
Of units there and it's and just extend the light rail.
Which is a lot cheaper than an underground metrorail, a.
Lot cheaper than a metro.
Stewart Airs came out today, You're former colleague in his new capacity and he said, look, we made a mistake by not having a metro station between Sydney Big Park and Parramatta. What is your view.
I'm not accepting that because when we made that consideration, we didn't think that Rose Hill would be developed. It wasn't a mistake at the time. In hindsight, if rose Hill was going to go ahead, well, then we could say, yeah, we made a mistake. We probably should have put this on the radar in the beginning, but it was never a consideration when we were dropping the stations on that metro.
The issue that's really got you angry this week is Chris Bowen eating during Mass.
And I'm not Catholic, but I got that photo on Saturday Sunday night from people that were there, and my blood boiled. I thought that was the most disrespectful thing anybody could do. He would not do it in a mosque, and he certainly wouldn't do it in a temple, or he certainly wouldn't do it in a synagogue, but he feels that he can do it in front of the Catholic community in his own electorate, who I'm pretty sure won't let him forget about it now. I've seen that
invitation that he received. It clearly says eleven am Mass. At twelve o'clock, there'll be there'll be light refreshment. So if he was hungry, he could have been, like everybody or the rest of us, just wait until after the search service was finished.
I've got the invitation here in front of me Club Marconi. Remember eating Italian Republic Day eleven am commemorative Mass, twelve pm opening sereny followed by light refreshments. And it's not like the event was being held. The mass was being held at meal time.
No, that's exactly right.
I mean, maybe he's used a very early lunch at eleven o'clock.
But this is the Hubris that you and I spoke about on the election night, and Chris Bowen is going to be I don't know him, I've never met him. I'm in the Jason Clair faction of the Labor Party. When it comes to Southwestern Sydney. I think he's the one that should be given the tough jobs. But I just feel that what Chris has done and his lame excuse that he didn't know that was a mass, well
you were sitting there in front of a priest. And again I'm not jumping on the high horse because I'm not a Catholic, but I do have enough respect for people's faith to think that a member of parliamentic minister of the Crown not less, would not only treat his constituents like that, but then try to lie about it, which I thought was disgraceful.
We spoke about Hubrit's on election that this was the big danger. That's one example. I'll just play you this. You may not have heard this. This is another example I think of Hubris.
Just a fun fact that's been Drawdan to my attention is that there are more women whose name begins with A in the Labor Party caucus in the House of Representatives. Ten Then there will be nine coalition women on the floor of the House of Representatives, in the Liberal Party and the National Party combined with Anika Here, Anna Lee, Ailey France, who's here, Alisha Payne, Alice Jordan Baird, ash Amberjapaha and Stanley, Alison Burns, Anne Urkhart and Amanda Rishworth.
That's an example of humorous Yeah, well, I been.
The lovies for Labor are going to stand up and say, isn't this fantastic? You know, we've got more women than the opposition have got at twice as many, but they've also got more than twice the number of seats that the coalition's got. So let's marry it all up. And I think, I mean the proof's going to be in the putting for a lot of those new MPs. And new ministers. I wouldn't be playing the gender card too close because I think that he's going to find that some of those people embarrassing.
I had a lot of feedback here to the idea, to the proposal to sell and it's not actually on the agenda at the moment. We're just raising it this afternoon, but to redevelop Longbow Jail for housing Michelle and the Textlan says, I do have a family member that is incarcerated. He is in Grafton, which is a six hour drive. If you want to visit an inmate, you will travel. That's right, okay. Harry is a former Ranwick counselor diet I Harry, good day.
How are you going good?
Yeah, that's good. Look back in twenty thirteen, I raised this issue in council and we wrote to Greg Smith at the time, who was the Attorney General here in New South Wales, and I mentioned to him that this would be a very very good idea. We're talking about ninety acres of prime real estate right in the heart of or very close to the city center. And you know, I mean, I agree wholeheartedly with what David raised. I raised these issues earlier that you know, why would you
give them prim real estate? Why would you Why wouldn't you relocate the jail into regional areas and create more jobs out there, you know, I mean, I think it's a no brainer. You know, we're talking about you know a lot of heritage buildings there which could be preserved. You don't necessarily have to go massive high rise there. I mean, I don't understand why Labor got rid of
Prince Henry. You know, why would you get rid of a hospital that's been used primarily by everybody and not get rid of the jail.
So a long long time ago Prince Harry disappeared.
But I'm agree, yeah, Well Harry's right, And the political problem that Chris had was that Chris Men's had everybody loved rose Hill, which in Western Sydney a lot of people do. Nobody loves the prison, nobody, So he's not going to have any He's not going to be facing.
Well, the prison's way be given a vote, will but no, that won't be given.
A vote on it.
With the exemption of Michael Day, who loves it being there for various reasons. Nobody is going to be changed themselves to the front gates. Of Long Bay Jail saying let's let's save the jail.
Fair point here from Angela. On the text line, Angelo says, I'm a prison officer. We can't get staff to go out west, but pict In would be a good vistue.
If because they do they can do the long shifts and they, you know, and I mean most prison officers that I work with are very, very dedicated to their job and if they get posted somewhere which is a little bit longer to commute, they'll do it because they are you know, they're company people.
The Shadow Ministry announced yesterday by Susan Lee. What are your impressions.
Listen, I mean it's early days, bumby start. I did take offense to the fact that Michael McCormack was removed. I thought that he had a three percent swing to him at a time when people were having double digit swings against them. But I got to say, as a proud Westy, giving a millionaire, middle class senator like Andrew Bragg who has the homelessness portfolio doesn't sit comfortably with me. And this is the guy that campaigned on quotas for women in Parliament and then knife Holly Hughes to get
his sum back into the Senate. I'm not comfortable with it. I'm hoping that I'm going to be wrong, but you know, horses for courses here. But you know, I think having I think Andrew Hasting and Home Affairs is good. Love seeing Alex Hawk back. If they listened to him a little bit more during the campaign, we wouldn't have lost as many seats and vote in Western Sydney. And of course I think you know Susan has proven herself to be a very even keeled candidate for the Prime ministership.
We're almost at a time tomorrow your column the Telegraph will feature the best country towns.
Best Country Towns tomorrow. I've been English once. I've spoken as Steve Camper, who's given me permission to quote him. And we're going to spend the long weekend next weekend in regional New South Wales. And I've got a saucy little story about Tamworth when I went there.
And saucy story, A little saucy story.
Because I went out there to Tamworth with Kevin Anderson once and it was at a function that started mouth and off and boasting about I had a teenage romance in Tamworth and I loved coming to Tamworth with those memories. And it turned out it was old mates, missus since since i'd since i'd lost communication with that young teenage lady, she'd married the bloke I was boasting about. So just
goes to show up. My mother said, never talk about sex, politics, or religion, and we've done all three of them today.
Mates, we'll read about it tomorrow and the Telly David Elliott our straight shit it for a Thursday afternoon.
The point is I was here first.
I was closer to this space than you were. But I'm backing and you can't put it in head first.
I can if I have room, Are you going to move the car? No, I'm not going to move the car.
Sure, we've been talking parking dramas on the show. If you'd like to share a story, zero four x zero eight seven three out seven to three, Sabrina's done just that. Cars taking up two spots happens every day outside my place. It always seems to be the young drivers who are lazy and considerate, disrespectful, discourteous and don't know how to drive. You approach them, you ask them to be more respectful. And they look at you as if you've got two heads.
Most of the younger generation and think they're entitled. The older drivers are much much better. Thank you, Sabrina. If you've got a parking story, share at one three one eight seven three coming up after the news. If you suffer arthriters, AI could be to the rescue.
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It's seven past five. Some very fat sad news today about Magnus Events, probably one of our best loved comedians. She has confirmed today via social media that she has been diagnosed with cancer. Now she has been fighting this for a little while. It is a form of lymphoma called mantle cell lymphoma, and it is at stage four. It's quite a rare blood cancer and mag is only sixty four. And she has posted this video on social media.
Hello, my love lies.
A head is shaved in anticipation of it all falling out in a couple of weeks, because I have just been diagnosed with a very rare, very aggressive rue is lymphoma. It is one of the nasty ones, unfortunately. But the good thing is I'm surrounded by beautiful friends and family and an incredible medical support team. It's pretty confronting, but new treatments keep coming down the pipeline all the time. So I just got a.
What do you get to do?
What do you do?
What are you going to do?
Anyway, love is all by Magna. Now. She didn't break down there, she was actually laughing. The best way sometimes to deal with with horrible news is with some humor, and that's the attitude she's taking. So she's only sixty four, the star of so many wonderful comedies over the years. It would have been fast forward back in the day where I first saw them, and fast forward and then it became full frontal. But probably her best name program
was Kath and Kim. So all of our love this afternoon to Magna Sevanski until six.
This is Sydney Now with Clinton Main on two GB call now one three one three.
Fifty year old Christopher David Grantham has appeared on his Central Coast court today, charged over the death of his father. At this time yesterday we were trying to assist the police in searching for this man. He has been accused of lighting the fire in the Croydon Park home that he shared with his father and his mother. His dad, Ted, who was quite a well known local music teacher, died in that fire. Grantham has been charged with domestic violence,
murder and a range of other offenses. He did not apply for bail, only a very short mention in the court today. His lawyer says he's only had limited time to have a conversation with his client.
I'm still far too early to make those kinds of decisions. This matter still has to be fully fleshed out, and in time it will crystallize and we will deal with it appropriately. It's just about moving forward with the process and lending it all, as I said, flesh out and once the ebdans is all served, then we'll clearly deal with that appropriately.
There's also been another significant court appearance today and that is our fifty year old Kwang q Yung. This is the man who was charged with murdering an entire family in Sydney's West last year. It was February of last year. Now. Ku is a taekwon Do instructor and he is accused of murdering a mother, a father, and their seven year old boy. Little boy was a taekwon do student.
Well.
Today he has appeared briefly in court and he has pleaded guilty to all three counts of murder. And for the family of the victims, that's a good thing because it now means they don't have to go through the pain of a long and exhaustive trial. He was only in court briefly and it was via a video link, and he responded yes sir and bowed his head when the magistrate confirmed his guilty.
Please.
The bodies of that little boy and his mother were found inside a taekwondo student in North Paramatta back in February of twenty twenty four, and then two hours after that, Stephen Choe, the father of that little boy, was found dead in a townhouse in Boukham Hills. The man's accused of strangling the mum and the son his student, leaving their bodies in the taekwondos studio. He then drove the woman's BMW to the family home in Boukham Hills and
he stabbed the father to death. He remains in custody. He'll be sentenced later this year. Hello, my lovely, if you like to send a text message at zero fourth x zero eight seven three eight seven three if you suffer from arth writers. AI may be able to help you. Clara is a new AI powered app and it's helping arthritis patients and this is absolutely revolutionary. It's a world first. It is designed by the Arthritis Movement and it provides twenty four to seven access. The best part it's actually
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Clara is a free digital companion built by the Arthritis Movement to support people living with arthritis. There's over a million of us in New South Wales, so this is much needed. As you said, it uses artificial intelligence to help users find relevant answers to their question, to track their well being and to connect with trusted events, content and support.
A lot of us are quite worried about AI that's going to replace the need for a human being. So in terms of somebody who is suffering arthriters, how does it assist where a doctor would usually help.
Yeah, so Clara doesn't give diagnosed or give medical instructions. Is there to support people with information, confidence and everyday guidance. So you can think of it as a trusted companion, not a replacement for doctor, and in fact it complements the work of healthcare professionals, but it exists in your pocket. You don't have to wait to see them, and you have to pay anything to access its advice.
So if I have arthritis and say, wake up in the morning and I'm terribly, terribly stiff and sore and literally have trouble getting out of bit, as so many arthritis patients do, how would the app assist?
So a couple of ways.
Firstly, you can ask any questions you might app so in that situation you describe Clinton, you might ask about pain management techniques and you'll get the answers straight away. But also Clara will help with lifestyle changes that will help manage pain in the longer term as well. So that might be changing your sleep pats, your diet, and your exercise regimes so that you can stay well and minimize symptoms like pain.
And simple to use, Yeah.
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So because why I ask that question is that obviously arthritis affix mostly older people. Younger people can suffer it as well, and older people may not be terribly affaie with the use of apps, and our artificial intelligence might be something that frightens them a little bit.
Yeah, understandable. So trust and reliability were some of the kind of non negotiables for us. So privacy of data and reliability of the advice and content that Clara revives is absolutely imperative to how we design this. In terms of usibility, We've considered that it might be older people, and so accessibility in terms of font sizes and how the app works has really been in front of mind.
How do we get hold of it if we do suffer arthritis?
The way you can download Clara for free from the App Store or Google Play, or there's a website where you can play with the question and answer answer function that's called ask Clara dot com dot au.
Okay, thank you for the information.
Alex gony Klington.
Thanks Alex Green, who's the CEO of Arthritis Movement. And Ben makes a good point here on the text line. I know people who suffer thriders who can barely use a fund. So that's a fair point, and that's why I asked Alex about how difficult it was to use. And a lot of older people are very apprehensive about technology, but particularly look, I'm apprehensive that AI to be honest, so I can appreciate that. But anything to provide more help and assistance in the end has got to be
a positive thing. Seventy three. This just a hand from New South Wales Police. A fourth teenage boy has now been charged following a brawl in a park in the Northern suburbs earlier this month. This was the fireworks that was being held at Salis Bay Road, Northbridge a little early this month. Officers were told at the time a seventeen year old boy had been assaulted by a group of teenagers and he was treated for a range of injuries,
including facial injuries at raw Northshaw Hospital. Three teenagers have been charged since they remained before the courts. More inquiries have been conducted. Today a fourteen year old has attended Chatswood Police station. The fourteen year old has been charged with the fray and common assault. He has been granted bail. He is due to appear before the Children's Court next month.
Be your part of Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard called one three one eight seven three.
One of our listeners told us a little earlier in the program about some problems with the exhaust fans, the extraction fans in the M eight and there was a lot of smoke in the tunnel. We've been in contact with transurb and they have confirmed that a vehicle went through the tunnel at the time which created a lot of smoke. The ventilation though, in response, was ramped up and the tunnel is completely clear now. Thanks letting us
know about that. If you see something on the roads in particular that we need to know about, you can send me a text message zero force zero eight seven three eight seven three. Thanks for joining me this Thursday afternoon. Just a couple of questions coming in on the text line. Thanks for your query, Helen. About the arth writers app. It's called Clara now that is spilt if you are interested in it, c LA RA so it is designed
by the Arthritis movement. It is free to use and it is it's available twenty four hours a day, seven days a week. The app is called Clara c LA A twenty past five. You would have heard Steve mention this in the last traffic report. There's been a two car crash of the Hume Highway in Yaguna. One westbound lane is still closed. The paramedics are treating two patients on the scene. Auden believed the agent her twenties has been taken a Bankstown hospital in a stable condition. Police
have just confirmed this with us. They have now charged Amand in relation to the cold case that we were reporting this morning. Back in of this now many years ago twenty twenty two, a special strike force was established into the disappearance in nineteen ninety three a forty nine year old Pauline Soury. Now there's been a coronal in quest that has been conducted over the years and Pauline's never been found. She is presumed murdered as a result of the coronial in quest and there's no sign of
a body. They did make a finding of a presumed murder. There was an unconfirmed sighting in nineteen ninety four. Well last year police announced a five hundred thousand dollars reward for information and that has resulted in the arrest of a man today and arrest of a sixty four year old man who has been questioned throughout the day at Woollongong Police Station. Well, that sixty four year old has
now been charged. Police are confirmed to us that the man has been charged with being accessory after the fact to murder and concealing a serious indictable offense. He is due to appear in the Wollongong Local Court tomorrow until six.
This is Sydney now with Clinton Maynard on two GB call now one three one three.
Gee, hasn't this one got you fired up? The stuff the moon. It's the story about Penrith resident Andrew who lives in the Penrith LGA, lives in Londonderry. And Andrew's really good to his neighbors and with all the rain that occurred last week in his neighbour's street, looked like some of the properties nearby were starting to flood because the drains were overflowing the waste drains. The wastewater was clogged up. So what Andrew did. He as a bobcat. He used to be the Army, so he's trained to
use a Bobcat's got a bobcat license. So he used his bobcat to clear out one of the drains stormwater drains and it saved his property, his neighbor's property from flooding. Well, what did Penrith City Council do in return? They threatened to send bill, threat to send Andrew a bill for the cleanup because he or the garbage that he used
the bobcat to remove from the stormwater drain. He's then put it up on a council strip and Penrith City Council's discovered that and they then said, well you've done the wrong thing. We're going to send you a bill. Police even made charge him for using a bobcat on the road. Well, Penrith Councilor Glenn Gardner has been in touch with us. In June last year he tried to move a motion to provide seven point one million dollars in funding for stormwater repairs in Londonderry and surrounds. The
motion failed. Here's what Councilor Gardener said last year.
On one occasion, the carpet was later a It was flood at the game at three pm on the same day on Purcell Road, Londonderry. In twenty twenty two, I raised concerns about the volume of water running down Purcell Road. Action was not taken and now two years later, Purcell Road has been narrowed by about two meters at one location. That's a result of erosion due to inadequate roadside drainage.
So this is almost a year ago. He urged counsel to do something about it a year ago because of blocks stormwater pipes and drainage.
Our level of stormwater management in the rural areas of our city is grotesquely inadequate, and we are failing in our core responsibilities. Whilst ever we walk past this inadequacy, our urge of our councilor colleagues to vote in favor.
Of this motion, and they didn't, so the money was not spent to fix stormwater drains and all the pipes. Well, we are in contact with Penry Citi's council off air and hopefully they will join us on the program tomorrow because this is ridiculous. Not only is it ridiculous that they're not maintaining the stormwater system, but to think Andrew has done the right thing. He's used his Bobcat to remove the mess that's clocking up the drain and he is then threatened with a fine, He is then threatened
with charges. It's ridiculous. They should be thinking him ge. Penrith Council cover themselves in glory, don't they. Michael on the text line says, why does this not surprise me? From Penrith Counsel. They are not a progressive counsel. They do not support their residents. All they're interested in doing is making money and finding people. Andrew should be sending them the bill. Yes, Andrew cleaned out the drain, Andrew saved his neighbors from flooding, and Penrith Counsel want to
issue him with a fine. The news today that Magna Zebanski is suffering a rare form of cancer. It is called mantle sell lymphoma and it is at stage four. Well, this is a heartening message from Kate. Kate says, my mum had limphomer blood cancer. She was given nine months to live. My mum is still alive to this day. She took apricot kernels eight per day, crushed with a fork. She was eating them with fruit, for instance Kiwi fruit.
It's a natural sinide that attacks the cancer only. Well, I'm sure Magner is in the best of care and hopefully she still has many years ahead of her. Celebrating a birthday he would have been celebrating a birthday to day, but I know his family is marking today. Stanza Marnik stan was without question one of my favorite radio presenters and I knew him pretty well. I had the pleasure
of working with him for several years. Unfortunately, Sam passed away from cancer at the age of only sixty in two thousand and seven, but his wife, Marcella, I'm still in contact with. I received a lovely message from Marcella. She's a regular listener yesterday and she's celebrating her radioth birthday later in the year. Well, stan would have been seventy eight today. He was born on this day in nineteen forty seven. Stanza Manic one of the true legends of Sydney radio.
Bim Hello, Hello, Man's very good, Jim, Can you really care how I am?
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Are you well?
I just like it is the next thing you interview Wally Lewis. He seemed to like to crawl up him here please to call him a socialist criminal and I think you might get you a shirt front or up and mate, if you've got the gap to the talker to or the people who regard it for.
You, a socialist criminal.
I am made and you're proud of it.
Blood Are you love.
Wearing the badge of being a socialist criminal?
Oh?
Yeah, man, that's fantastic. Well that's the sort of blake that we want in this place. That's somebody who's proud to be a socialist criminal. I would never have thought I would have ever had anybody in this radio program who is proud to be a socialist criminal. And I'm pleased to him that you've called up, because then people can hear what an imbecile you are.
Like you no, I.
There's no prize for second best, tim and that's always going to happen in your life, isn't it. You're always going to be second best because you haven't got a creative idea in your head. You haven't got you haven't got an independent thought in your brain, and you're always going to follow everybody else. You're a poor excuse for.
A human being.
Go and have a good night and have a happy life, because you're probably but by yourself.
The legend Stanza Manik, what do you reckon he make of the Albernisi government? If Stair was still with us these days after the last election, what would he make of that, Let's check out his headlines. Hey, look the latest, Josh Bryant. Good afternoon, Clinton.
A man has been charged with being an accessory after the factor murder and concealing a serious indebtable offense. Following the disappearance of a woman more than thirty years ago. Magna Shabanski says she's undergoing the best treatment available after revealing she's been diagnosed with a fast moving, aggressive blood
cancer stage four mental cell lymphoma. The Electoral Commission has now declared the Senate spots for Queensland and Western Australia to Liberal and two Labour candidates winning positions in each state. The Wildlife Sanctuary says it's been left for hairing fences, rebuilding enclosures and restoring habitats after the flooding forced the relocation of Tasmanian Devils and Eastern Quolls. In Sport, coach Dan mckella says the Warritors are embracing the top first
challenge of their Super Rugby Pacific season. The Warritas master beat the Blues in Auckland to stay in finals contention, but they haven't won at Eden Park in sixteen years. We'll have more news and Sport at.
Six Speaking Josh a little earlier, I was reading a commercial for Harvey Norman telling you about the security cameras they sell at Harvey Norman. Tell you what my experience last night shows why they're actually a good idea. So I i'd watched Date of Origin and we've got a two story house, and I went upstairs and I would have been about ten thirty. So I went upstairs in my room to go to bed. My wife was still downstairs watching something else. Anyway, I heard this really big bang,
really big shutter and bang. I thought, is that our place is out at the front of our house, and then I heard all this noise. It sounded like a bunch of teenagers yelling and screaming. Anyway, so I've gone downstairs, gone out in the front driveway, and my neighbor the neighborhood had the problems of the water main that was bursting. He'd come out in the front as well. We both heard whatever's going on, but there was no one around. Anyway,
I've gone back inside. I've said to cast my wife, did you hear that really be?
Bang?
Said, yeah, Well we do have one of those security cameras now at the front.
Of our house.
So the way it works is it records everything constantly. I don't think. I don't know how long it keeps it for. But Cas has got a nap on a phone and she can go straight to the security camera. So she went back, say two minutes, and she could see it was in the dark. But there's this bunch of i'd say teenagers for some reason. They'd run onto our driveway and they must have thrown something or given our garage door. It's roll down garage door, really big whack.
And then we could hear them and they said, oh, look out, look out, look out. They've got security cameras, and then they ran away. Now, teenagers play silly buggers in the suburbs, so goodness knows what they're up to. And I don't think they were they had a clue who I was, or you know, whether they're friends, my kids or whatever. I've got no idea. But the fact that they had the camera there, they knew the cameras there. They could see a little red flashing light when the
camera's activated. They said, oh, there's a camera, and they ran away, So they're actually not a bad eye.
Finance update deb.
Knight is presenting nine News tonight, but she will also be hosting a shortened edition of Money News because we will be featuring the third and final Women's State of Origin game line from McDonald Jones Stadium this evening, so we'll cover that game from seven to thirty. So deb Knight on from seven. But she's presenting nine News, so she's not with me at the moment. Positive day on the stock market. The All Ordinaries has finished the day up just zero point one five percent eight thy six
hundred and thirty seven. The ASX two hundred trading up by zero point one five percent. Eighty four hundred and nine points one Australian dollar is buying sixty four US sense. Now, this is an indication. This is an indication that interest
rates are going to start coming down again. The Commonwealth Bank today has announced their fixed rates as of tomorrow will come down again, so variable rates obviously they made a move and last week when the RBA made their decision, but their fixed rates will also come down tomorrow and that's appointed. The Commonwealth Bank believes that the Road Reserve Bank will also move the variable cash rates soon.
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The chance of a few showers this evening, but it should be mostly dry across the city Tomorrow though a mostly sunny day for Friday or top of twenty degrees. Looking ahead to the weekend, looks like a pretty good weekend. Little chili this weekend, but mostly sunny on Saturday with twenty and mostly sunny on Sunday and twenty and then into next week. The cloud and the showers will return Monday and Tuesday. But the good news is this weekend it should be nice and sunny. Hey, this is good news.
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If it matters to you, you'll hear it here. Sydney Now with Quinton Maynard until set.
I wonder if my next guest has a sore head. Hello, Mark Guyer, good.
Morning, Good morning. House on my head is? I thought it was morning?
Now See I'm asking if you've got a seal head because I'm just wondering if you've you had a few celebratory drinks after the continuous call to and coverage of Origin one last night and it seems sorry that's the case.
Well we say that wedn't get back to our hotel. It's about eleven and I might have had a couple of glasses of red wine before we was the bed. Think extreme, No, nothing extreme, it's well emphatic wing wasn't an eighteen points to six. I look, I think the score line, to be honest, flattered Queensland Clinton last night, being there live and watching all the extra curricul or activity that goes on in the rugby league field, they didn't look like scoring Queensland. They just didn't look like
they had anything in them. A couple of times I went wide and Pomer got involved, but Sleephen Crichton's defense was just on shot last night.
It was on one point.
Yeah, I thought, I thought Crichton was absolutely outstanding last night.
Well it could have been one of five players. Get me at the match last night for you. South Wales paying half Zach Limax was excellent. I thought I was aa with his first captaincy role. Was fantastic and set that turn in the first half. But yeah, look for
Collings when they missed fifty four tackles last night. They had a perfect opportunity in about the twenty third twenty fourth minute mark when Spencer leen You ran onto the field and all this talk about they were going to get there, going out to get him and start and they look and they had heard a lot. He was back at the back fence and they could have kicked off to him, but they didn't.
They went the other way.
And I thought that was a poignant part of the game because I think they kicked a Spencer Leene who has been their antagonists for a while, and obviously Jonathan Thurston's antagonists. Well, they could have sorted some stuff out right there and then, but they didn't. They helped it to go the other way, and I think they missed the golden opportunity.
Tell me though, and obviously you're a Blue and of forming New South last playout, if you were in charge of Queensland, your Billy Slater, would you make some changes to the team.
I think they've got to. I think they've got to. I think I heard a stat today that eight of the last ten tries that Queensland have scored against r Wales have been against twelve men. So they've obviously got an attacking problem. I think Tom didn't when he came on last night was good. I thought he kind of straightened the attack up. And look, it's very hard to drop a captain and that's kind of where that's where the narrative has been today about DC and you know,
I just go, I go further. Quinn I think this. We've been speaking all year about, you know, his announcement when he quite Eagles at the start of the year, and and then he's in limbo. But he said that he was going to he's been clogging to the Dolphins. He said he was speaking to the Rusters. But then he kind of backtracked out and said I shouldn't have
said anything. So I just wonder where his headspace is at the moment, as far as not just playing rugby league or Start of Origin, but you know just where it is, because he seems confused at the moment DC and it's affecting his play.
Look, he wasn't he wasn't terrible last night by any means, but it provided zero spark. And if I were the Sydney Roosters, I'd be looking at that and thinking, Hello, they've got two halves there at the moment Walker's still had injured. Their two halves are doing an outstanding job.
Oh, they've been fantastic. The Roosters have been one of the teams of the competitions. You know, they've been sublime. And I look, obviously he's a he's a grad final winning Start of Origin captain player who just could not, you know, not back if he wanted to come to
a club. But look, look I think I need some I think coeens Land without giving them too much ammunition against the Blues, I think they need some forwards and forwards like you know Jaden Sewer from the Dragons and maybe Corey Hawesbrough dry Arrow a little bit more Mongrel because I think our forward's watching it last night Clinton every time while I was around the ball, they kind
of punched through that line. They didn't get tackled. You know, they've got there at the old footy terminology gays on your knees and on elows and they got up at they make the ground. So yeah, look emphatic was very quiet after the half the game last night, and very quiet on the way home with the big Man Darryl Browman obviously nursing his pride because he is an out and out Queenslander. I just want to say on Big
d he gets absolutely mobbed in Queensland. I've known him like we played he played in his last year nine and at exceven that was my first year and we played in peder winning Green Final together. But when you go up to Brisbane and he's just like Will in the wall. This is the king obviously, but I'll tell you what. Daryl Brahman is the Prince. He's right up here. They love him, the big cuddly bear.
Hey, just before we move off foraging. And now this is a controversial question, okay, but if you were Laurie Daily, would you make any changes to the Blues side? And I just say that because Queens then didn't play well. We've got to be careful not to fall into any complacency. Do you think he got the side right? Would you make a change?
I wouldn't. I wouldn't know when you win what that not? When you win? So like it's our goal kickers on tonight. On last night we win, which is fair enough.
That's fair. Look, I'd probably make some changes, but that's that's a bit. Look, they all played well. I'm not to be honest, I'm not convinced by Rhese Robson. I know he makes a lot of tackles, but I would actually prefer to see more of an attacking hooker there. I'd probably play out abby chorus out there, to be honest, but I would have put him there in the first place. Not to say Robson played badly, but he's one of
those tackling hookers that doesn't do much. But you know, I think I think they got most of the selections, right, I guess. I still and I got to tell you this, MG, and you're the expert, not me. I still don't think there's room for two half backs in the team. I think Mitchell Moses played a role, but I think Jerome Lewell would play a better role in number six.
You look, look at you. You're looking for a spot on the continuous call team. You are. You are controversial tonight. How can you change your winning bloody team? Mister Clinton Maynard? How can you go out and tell Laurie Daily You've got to change your team? But just kick quin But I'm just saying home deck for the first time since nineteen ninety seven.
Mitchell Moses is half back and he had to try to fill a role that he's not used to and I think he did that. Okay, I think Jerome Lewite does that role better.
Well, it's called the silent ryle And when if he was needed last night, Mitchell Moses, he would have been called upon.
He was needed to kick the goals.
Well, yeah, I suppose they did, but just quickly another in nur Land, Tommy Hazelton is facing up the twelve weeks on the sideline after undergoing surgery for a colarbin injury. Say we've sent our best, the big Big Tommy Hazelton is a cult figure and as far as players backing up with Origin over the weekend, I think Watrell is in a bit of doubt with a knee injury. Crichton
has given a positive update saying he's all good. Tina's endowed with a badly bruins and cut face but insists he'll be back at ill back up and Brian Toyre has had ice on his ribs last night after the game, but he should be okay.
So we've never been sent to the SCE In beneither Hey Women's Origin match tonight. We are covering the game this evening from seven point thirty. The kickoff is seven forty five from McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle. Chris Warren, Jamie Soud, Sienna Williams.
Yes, New South Wales had their sights on a historic three Neil whitewash in the women's state of Origin tonight. Look New South Wales unchanged from the last two games. Queensland had to make a couple of changes, in particular that probably one of the best players in the world at the moment, Tamika Upton, their fullback, is out bricking Sure goes to Locke with Lauren Brown going at halfback. The odds are Queensland five fifty, Newsuth Wales one dollar seventeen.
That's because Tamika Upton is out and New South Wales the queens Queen select to clean sweep the Queen's Landers tonight at Newcastle Quinton.
Go the Blues MG we'll see when studio tomorrow. Oh wait, buddy Mark, go back tomorrow afternoon. Okay, it's quiz time. I need two contestants to play. I've got a double pass to go and see the Lover and the Dumb Waiter at the Ensemble Theater. One three, one eight seven three is my number. If you want to play the quiz, give me a call now, Okay, one three, one eight seven three. I've got a double pass to give away to see the Lover and the Dumb Waiters. So hungry
Jacks with Krispy Kreme donuts. They're giving away some free donuts tomorrow. And the reason for this is they want to try and make your ride to work a little easier, or your commute or your drive because of all the suffering it's been caused over the last week on the train lines. Well, this information is just coming through, believe it or not. There's a drama on the train lines. There is a train that's suffering a mechanical problem at Paramatta.
Trains on Platform two heading towards the Looe Mountains are now running twenty minutes late because of urgent train repairs at Paramatter. Please allow extra time. So, yes, it's happening again. Folks, if you're traveling west to the Loue Mountains, give yourself
an extra twenty minutes. We've been talking about stormwater drains, particularly in London Derry because Andrew, one of our listeners, did the right thing by his neighbors who were being threatened by a flood last week, used his bobcat to clear out a stormwater drain and now Penrith City Council is threatening him with a fine. Well, Penrith City Council has now responded to us. They've sent me a statement council takes all flooding complaints seriously and has a regular
maintenance program to serve as stormwater and rule trains. Councilors areware of localized flooding in the area. However, the drains were responding as designed during the rain event. We continue to investigate this matter further. When inappropriate and unauthorized works are carried out, compliance action may be taken. This is for the safety of our community. Well, it's not inappropriate when a neighbor unclogs a drain so their house doesn't flood.
I'd suggest to Penris City Council they do not issue Andrew with a fine celebrating your birthday today. Is the songwriter behind that song and the singer Noel Gallaghan of Oasis and Yes Oasis are reforming. He is fifty eighth today. Now here's a random fact for you that, along with wonder Wall, their biggest single, and Noel wrote all the songs, and of course Liam was the singer. But no I had a feeling that was going to be a hit.
So he said to Liam, look, I'm going to sing one of these songs, you can sing the other one. Which one do you want? Liam picked Wonderwall.
Ye tell him to expand your mind.
You may begin your questioning Sidney now.
As questions questions important, patent, I know you aren't answer the question right.
Clinton's Quick Quiz.
Okay, it's time for the quiz today. We've got to double pass to give away to go and see the Lover and the Dumb Way of Playing at the Ensemble fitter. You can grab tickets at ensemble dot com dot au or you could win this afternoon. David is in Penrith. Hello, David, I'm good mate. I hope you're feeling smart and clever this afternoon. Jimmy in Karinga.
Alright, hello Jimmy, Hey Clinton, how are you tonight?
Mate?
I'm good, my friend. You can go first. Your thirty second starts now. Wicket, bowler and duck are associated with which sport?
Cricket?
Correct? What movie came first? Pulp Fiction or The Great Escape?
The Greatest Scope?
Correct? Buenos Aires is the capital of which country?
Riad?
Geneero?
No, that's a city, Argentina. Who is the current Who's the current Australian Trade Minister? Give you a clue? The Godfather.
Still path?
Don Farrell's his name? You're on two. You're on two. Okay, let's go to David. David, your thirty second starts. Now. Who is the captain of the Queensland Morons? Correct for now? What's the name of the twisty dance move that originated in the nineteen sixties, the twist? What is the chemical symbol for water? What's the scene before two?
Oh?
John, Paul, George and Ringo were members of which group? My tongue, It's gonna be close there, I reckon, you're close. Come on, I reckon, you've run out of time. It's actually the Beatles, quite a well known little pop group back in the nine and sixties. Hey, Jimmy, you're our winner.
Thanks Clinton, thank you very much.
We'll send you out to the Lover and the Dumb Way. That Ensemble theater. You can grab tickets Ensemble dot com, dot au. It's five to six. Couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of test driving a BMW X five for a week. And I've never driven the BMW X five. I have driven some BMW's, but not next five before. Let me tell you this is everything you could want in a vehicle. I drive a small sports car. It's thirteen years old now. I love it to death.
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What a lovely night that was at sun Corp Stadium. My only complaint is the Blue should have won by thirty to six. Is that of eighteen to six, but the gulking boots were left at home by Nathan will I was a nervous He said, there's a bit of a wind around and you reckon the last one. He just kicker, yeah, normally and there Zach Lamack's.
Got the gear.
It's the easy one. But anyway, we won, so I'm not complaining. Jamie Soud will join me in the studio to chat about that great win by the Blues. Marley Silver will preview the women's State of Origin match tonight in Newcastle, which the Continuous Call team will have for you as well from seven thirty and James Robottom from the Swan's will preview their clash with Adelaide.
Hausey with Whitewater Sports after the news. Don't forget full coverage tonight of the women's State of Origin match with Chris Warren, Jamie Souden, Sienna Williams from seven point thirty. FIEK if you're company over the past few hours, that's Sydney now.