June 4, 2025 • 6 mins
Our Australian correspondent reminisces on the Radio Awards of 2003. Plus, we talk about a sudden drop in mushroom sales, South Australia running out of hay, and Albo v Trump.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Here's our Australian correspondent, Chris Russell of long standing Chris,
I'm in Auckland today for the Radio Awards. I think
last time I was at the Radio Awards was with
you way back in the early two thousands when we
were finalists we did. How we didn't win, I don't know, Chris,
but when we were finalists for our Zac Show.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Yeah, that was certainly a night to remember for me.
Two thousand and three it was and I like to
say we were runners up, but we were. We were
in the top three for the show we did when
we broadcast direct from Gallipoli and did all those interviews
with Helen Clark and others called The Digger's Special. It
(00:38):
was a great thing for us to do. I remember
doing that. I was so surprised when I got the awards.
I really wanted age me though, because I remember going
up there, you know, late fifties, early sixties and thinking, well,
I'm double the age of the next youngest person here.
It's amazing what a young person's business radio is these days. Jamie,
You'll feel the same. But it was a great experience.
(01:00):
It's my only one really walking out the red carpet
other than when we were doing the TV show.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Oh well, it's only one man's opinion, isn't it. A
zerrak rush he used to say when he didn't make
the All Blacks. He eventually got there, Chris. Something that's
captivated us here in New Zealand has been the mushroom
poisoning case. This Aaron Patterson, But it's having an effect
on agriculture, i e. Mushroom sales in Australia.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Yes, well, how evidence of course is that she picked
these mushrooms and mixed them up with mushrooms that she
bought from some of the supermarkets there. And in fact
she said most of the mushrooms in the Beef Wellington
were actually from the supermarket and somehow these have got
mixed up with it. So I mean, that's obvious clearly
they've come from two different places. But some of our
(01:45):
big supermarkets, who Willworth Coals and the mushroom grows themselves,
have actually reported a significant decline in the sales of
button rushrooms, the taki mushrooms and those other mushrooms you buy,
you know in the veggie section of the supermarket. As
people are just saying, nah, don't think I'm going to
take that risk. We're not going there, and clearly there
(02:05):
is no risk from those they're all grown, you know,
farming projects. They're completely different mushrooms, and obviously all the
checks and balances are in place that just couldn't occur.
But nonetheless, perception is definitely fact, and it's definitely affecting
their sales, and they're all just hoping that that's going
to turn around sometime soon. Who knows whether she's guilty
(02:28):
or not, that's for the course to decide, But just
the publicity, the anti mushroom publicity is proving to be
significant here, Jamie.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yes, I better rephrase my question. Alleged allegedly poisoned the
family with the mushrooms. They want to get sued. Now,
South Australia is your home state. My daughter lives there.
I've got two grandchildren there now, two Chris as well.
That's I guess aging me talking about the radio awards.
I was reading a story online from some dairy farmer
(02:55):
in South Australia saying the worst drought in fifty years
and South Australia has now officially run out of hay.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yes, well, this is a real worry. These farmers are
grappling with a significant hay shortage and no sign of
that breaking. And there's the minister going on a ministerial
meeting going on this week between our federal Administer Julie
Collins to talk about extending the Future Drought Fund Communities
program for another four years because there's just no hay
(03:25):
in the steak and where it is available at the
prices are just unsustainable. I know for my own relatives
who are living north of Adelaide around Clear and up
in that country, normally fantastic country, you know, and they
grow thousands and thousands of acres of canala and wheat
and so on. They're dry sowing their crops just hoping
it'll get rained on because it's too late for so
(03:48):
if it's got rain now, so they need to have
the seed already in the ground and all that fertilizer
and seed's gone in maybe no crop now. The rest
of Australia up north, of course, is looks like it's
having a record season. I've reported before, you know, they
look like we're going to have some huge crop if
we take all that into account. But it would even
be huger Jamie, if there is such a word if
(04:10):
only we could get through this drought down in South
Australia which has been going on now for well over
a year.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Finally Australia is back installed EU trade talk. So are
you still waiting around across the ditch for the phone call,
like a lot of countries are from Trump? As elbow
Anthony Albanissi, your Prime minister upset Trump with some of
his rhetoric.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Well, look, he's tried to not say anything, but clearly
it's Powerpaul that he thinks he's an idiot, as most
people seem to be saying these days. And this week
the sort of stay on execution of doubling of the
tariffs comes to an end. So the tariff on our
steel in our Aminia, which is not insignificant, it's a
(04:52):
couple of hundred thousand tons of steel that we send
over there, doubles from twenty five to fifty percent. Yet
we have haven't received these sort of come and talk
to me later that has been sent to most of
their other key strategic allies. We're supposed to be a
country which is in the closest of relationships with Orcust.
We put eight hundred million dollars into their new orcast
(05:16):
submarine factory. We've entered into this contractor by Virginia S
class submarines. We have two and a half thousand marines
now rotating through Darwin continuously. We have new port of
call shipping arrangements with all their naval ships. You know,
it's a huge arrangement. And yet on the other hand
they're just sticking their thumb in the air in terms
(05:36):
of trade talks. Anyway, we're off to Europe. The Europe
negotiations had stalled last year over the fact that we
couldn't get all the access we wanted in terms of
quotas for our meat and lamb and beef particularly, and
similarly they weren't going to give way on demanding in
return that we didn't use words like prosecco and some
(05:59):
of the those edam cheeses and other names that seem
to be geographically specific for Europe. And so that's where
they stalled, and our Minister Farrell is now back over
in Europe to say, well, we need to find some
new markets here, we need to get these going again
(06:20):
and let's hope you can have some success, because I
think the rest of the world has to get on
with it while the Trump administration just sort itself out,
which my non economical mind, is going to actually hurt
Americans more than it's going to hurt Australians. Jamie.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Absolutely, Chris Russell. I'll catch you again next Tuesday on
the show because Wednesday through Friday next week we're broadcasting
live from Field Days. We'll catch you then.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Look forward to it, Jamie,
Here's our Australian correspondent, Chris Russell of long standing Chris,
I'm in Auckland today for the Radio Awards. I think
last time I was at the Radio Awards was with
you way back in the early two thousands when we
were finalists we did. How we didn't win, I don't know, Chris,
but when we were finalists for our Zac Show.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Yeah, that was certainly a night to remember for me.
Two thousand and three it was and I like to
say we were runners up, but we were. We were
in the top three for the show we did when
we broadcast direct from Gallipoli and did all those interviews
with Helen Clark and others called The Digger's Special. It
(00:38):
was a great thing for us to do. I remember
doing that. I was so surprised when I got the awards.
I really wanted age me though, because I remember going
up there, you know, late fifties, early sixties and thinking, well,
I'm double the age of the next youngest person here.
It's amazing what a young person's business radio is these days. Jamie,
You'll feel the same. But it was a great experience.
(01:00):
It's my only one really walking out the red carpet
other than when we were doing the TV show.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Oh well, it's only one man's opinion, isn't it. A
zerrak rush he used to say when he didn't make
the All Blacks. He eventually got there, Chris. Something that's
captivated us here in New Zealand has been the mushroom
poisoning case. This Aaron Patterson, But it's having an effect
on agriculture, i e. Mushroom sales in Australia.
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Yes, well, how evidence of course is that she picked
these mushrooms and mixed them up with mushrooms that she
bought from some of the supermarkets there. And in fact
she said most of the mushrooms in the Beef Wellington
were actually from the supermarket and somehow these have got
mixed up with it. So I mean, that's obvious clearly
they've come from two different places. But some of our
(01:45):
big supermarkets, who Willworth Coals and the mushroom grows themselves,
have actually reported a significant decline in the sales of
button rushrooms, the taki mushrooms and those other mushrooms you buy,
you know in the veggie section of the supermarket. As
people are just saying, nah, don't think I'm going to
take that risk. We're not going there, and clearly there
(02:05):
is no risk from those they're all grown, you know,
farming projects. They're completely different mushrooms, and obviously all the
checks and balances are in place that just couldn't occur.
But nonetheless, perception is definitely fact, and it's definitely affecting
their sales, and they're all just hoping that that's going
to turn around sometime soon. Who knows whether she's guilty
(02:28):
or not, that's for the course to decide, But just
the publicity, the anti mushroom publicity is proving to be
significant here, Jamie.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
Yes, I better rephrase my question. Alleged allegedly poisoned the
family with the mushrooms. They want to get sued. Now,
South Australia is your home state. My daughter lives there.
I've got two grandchildren there now, two Chris as well.
That's I guess aging me talking about the radio awards.
I was reading a story online from some dairy farmer
(02:55):
in South Australia saying the worst drought in fifty years
and South Australia has now officially run out of hay.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yes, well, this is a real worry. These farmers are
grappling with a significant hay shortage and no sign of
that breaking. And there's the minister going on a ministerial
meeting going on this week between our federal Administer Julie
Collins to talk about extending the Future Drought Fund Communities
program for another four years because there's just no hay
(03:25):
in the steak and where it is available at the
prices are just unsustainable. I know for my own relatives
who are living north of Adelaide around Clear and up
in that country, normally fantastic country, you know, and they
grow thousands and thousands of acres of canala and wheat
and so on. They're dry sowing their crops just hoping
it'll get rained on because it's too late for so
(03:48):
if it's got rain now, so they need to have
the seed already in the ground and all that fertilizer
and seed's gone in maybe no crop now. The rest
of Australia up north, of course, is looks like it's
having a record season. I've reported before, you know, they
look like we're going to have some huge crop if
we take all that into account. But it would even
be huger Jamie, if there is such a word if
(04:10):
only we could get through this drought down in South
Australia which has been going on now for well over
a year.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
Finally Australia is back installed EU trade talk. So are
you still waiting around across the ditch for the phone call,
like a lot of countries are from Trump? As elbow
Anthony Albanissi, your Prime minister upset Trump with some of
his rhetoric.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Well, look, he's tried to not say anything, but clearly
it's Powerpaul that he thinks he's an idiot, as most
people seem to be saying these days. And this week
the sort of stay on execution of doubling of the
tariffs comes to an end. So the tariff on our
steel in our Aminia, which is not insignificant, it's a
(04:52):
couple of hundred thousand tons of steel that we send
over there, doubles from twenty five to fifty percent. Yet
we have haven't received these sort of come and talk
to me later that has been sent to most of
their other key strategic allies. We're supposed to be a
country which is in the closest of relationships with Orcust.
We put eight hundred million dollars into their new orcast
(05:16):
submarine factory. We've entered into this contractor by Virginia S
class submarines. We have two and a half thousand marines
now rotating through Darwin continuously. We have new port of
call shipping arrangements with all their naval ships. You know,
it's a huge arrangement. And yet on the other hand
they're just sticking their thumb in the air in terms
(05:36):
of trade talks. Anyway, we're off to Europe. The Europe
negotiations had stalled last year over the fact that we
couldn't get all the access we wanted in terms of
quotas for our meat and lamb and beef particularly, and
similarly they weren't going to give way on demanding in
return that we didn't use words like prosecco and some
(05:59):
of the those edam cheeses and other names that seem
to be geographically specific for Europe. And so that's where
they stalled, and our Minister Farrell is now back over
in Europe to say, well, we need to find some
new markets here, we need to get these going again
(06:20):
and let's hope you can have some success, because I
think the rest of the world has to get on
with it while the Trump administration just sort itself out,
which my non economical mind, is going to actually hurt
Americans more than it's going to hurt Australians. Jamie.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Absolutely, Chris Russell. I'll catch you again next Tuesday on
the show because Wednesday through Friday next week we're broadcasting
live from Field Days. We'll catch you then.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Look forward to it, Jamie,
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