July 9, 2025 • 6 mins
Our Aussie correspondent (and Blues fan) reluctantly talks about State of Origin, before discussing forestation laws under fire, the cattle industry ditching its net-zero 2030 deadline, and why he’s spewing over the Oxford Dictionary’s newest words.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And we go across the Tasman. We'll touch on it
(00:02):
very briefly, the big state of origin decider. I don't
know why I wanted to turn myself into sounding like
they're at least like there, but yeah, it was Queen's
on all the way Chris Russell unfortunately for a few
and down Sydney Way.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Yes, unfortunately it was Homish. I hate to admit it,
but they were definitely the better side. I mean, I
think the experts say there was only two mistakes made
by Queensland in the entire game. It was extraordinary display
of discipline and eight defense. You know, their forwards were everywhere,
so I can't complain. The better side definitely won the game.
(00:38):
And it was also a great trimunt tribute to Cameron Munster,
who have played despite losing his dad a few days earlier,
and I think the same team really played their heart
out for him as well.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Homish, Yeah they did, didn't they losing your dad and
his dad was only fifty seven years old. There's nothing
fear right or anything about that, is there? I mean
just heartbreak?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Yeah, absolutely, And you know Billy Slater, the coach of Queensland,
lost his dad in January similar way, or though he
was a bit older. So I think there was a
great affinity between them, and to be honest, I think
the whole of Australia was sort of holding his hand
a bit in that game, and it came through the
team really played well, we got flogged and we need
(01:21):
to move on.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yep, right, Okay, let's get it. A few laws, regulations
and things. The EU deforestration laws are under fire. Although
Australia classified as low risk. What do these laws mean?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
So in the EU they're bringing out these laws that
say that they're going they want to look at the
geographical history, if you like, of any of the beef
and other products too. But here I'm thinking particularly of
beef that's imported into the EU, and anything that comes
from land that was deforested after twenty twenty is going
(01:55):
to be not allowed into the country. Now, Australia has
been classified as low risk because we're pretty strict about
that already. If anything, we're in our adding extra forests
now through some of our carbon credit schemes and so forth.
But nonetheless, the rest of the world I think is
saying that this is not going to be sustainable. It's
going to be hard to actually work out what countries
(02:18):
qualify what don't, So I don't think they're actually going
to happen Hamish to be honest, in their current form,
I think we'll see them delayed.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yep, okay, speaking of delays or wipe out. The cattle
industry is ditching THEIT zero twenty thirteen deadline twenty.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Thirty something's been in place for some time. But I
think reality is struck that in the Fed Income Department
we ain't just going to get there. There's no possibility.
And in fact, if you look at the twenty eight
percent reduction in emissions that the government proclaims, only two
percent of that is actually reduction emissions. The rest of
it is offset, So you know, we're really not making
(02:54):
great progress. And really in the Fed Income Department again,
one point four percent of the world's mission has come
from Australia and fourteen percent of that from agriculture. It
really was a little bit of a quick siding adventure
in the first place, I think Amish.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, absolutely, ok you Ozzie's a bird flu free.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Well, this is a good piece of news, I suppose,
and surprising considering the migratory words birds that fly over
the top of Australia, and how close we are to
Antarctical which has been devastated by bird flu down there.
But we just got rid of the last trace of
not the H five in one, thank goodness, but some
of the other forms of bird flu out of Victoria,
(03:33):
and we've been declared bird food flea of flu free,
which certainly gives us an advantage in trade. Amish and
I think, well, let's see if we can keep that
status as long as we can.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Yeah, it's a good bander to fly, that is for sure, right,
plastic fruit stickers, this band, the band on these has
been put on hold because there isn't an alternative.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Well I know, and to be honest, there isn't any.
South Australia again, in their puristic approach to these things,
decide to bring in a vand but they've had to
put on hold because without those, particularly the supermarkets, the
ability of scanning and putting through food orders and so
on is reduced. But there ain't no alternative that's viable,
that's actually affordable. So I think we a bit like
(04:17):
cage removal of cage layers from the egg market. If
we're going to be. We've got to walk before we
run with this, and certainly it can't be a self
defeeding if it's going to be bought in too quickly,
and that certainly looks like going to be the case.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Here now, I want to talk to you about the
Oxford Dictionary, the twenty twenty five Australian edition. Well, it's
the you know, we've got some new words going in there,
like spewing and slab and you know words that have
been around for a while.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Well there was the Australian edition. Hamish, I'd probably say, yeah,
well I understand, but this is the Pommy edition.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
This is the Pomy edition. N't me They're going to put.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Words like kN as in Karn, Australia, Ah on the
blues that's now fearing is a word. And spewing, well,
everyone over here you know I'm spewing about that means
I'm pretty annoyed, pretty upset about it. Nobody in England
had any idea. Would you never used that up across
Toffy those schools in England where they teach English properly,
(05:17):
And even slab has now been put in the dictionary
over there, because again the poems have no idea what
a slab of beer is. A pint maybe they understand,
or they do understand, but a slab of beer not.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
You needed a slab of beer to put the pain
to Beard after last night's result, you can the Blues fans.
So yeah, well there you go in the Pawny edition.
That's outstanding.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Yeah, yeah, what it is. And you know, we have
our own dictionary here, but we're a bit like you know,
I always say the English invented English, so I don't
take any notice of how the English the Americans spell
their words or say them, because they're completely off the planet.
Well we can be not much better sometimes, but interestingly
the Oxford Dictionary seems to think we we are being
(06:00):
masters of the English language, and at least in three
words anyway.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Outstanding. Chris Russell, Australian correspondent, Thank you very much, as
always much appreciated.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
All my best favors. Thanks for talking to me.
And we go across the Tasman. We'll touch on it
(00:02):
very briefly, the big state of origin decider. I don't
know why I wanted to turn myself into sounding like
they're at least like there, but yeah, it was Queen's
on all the way Chris Russell unfortunately for a few
and down Sydney Way.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Yes, unfortunately it was Homish. I hate to admit it,
but they were definitely the better side. I mean, I
think the experts say there was only two mistakes made
by Queensland in the entire game. It was extraordinary display
of discipline and eight defense. You know, their forwards were everywhere,
so I can't complain. The better side definitely won the game.
(00:38):
And it was also a great trimunt tribute to Cameron Munster,
who have played despite losing his dad a few days earlier,
and I think the same team really played their heart
out for him as well.
Speaker 1 (00:49):
Homish, Yeah they did, didn't they losing your dad and
his dad was only fifty seven years old. There's nothing
fear right or anything about that, is there? I mean
just heartbreak?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Yeah, absolutely, And you know Billy Slater, the coach of Queensland,
lost his dad in January similar way, or though he
was a bit older. So I think there was a
great affinity between them, and to be honest, I think
the whole of Australia was sort of holding his hand
a bit in that game, and it came through the
team really played well, we got flogged and we need
(01:21):
to move on.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yep, right, Okay, let's get it. A few laws, regulations
and things. The EU deforestration laws are under fire. Although
Australia classified as low risk. What do these laws mean?
Speaker 2 (01:34):
So in the EU they're bringing out these laws that
say that they're going they want to look at the
geographical history, if you like, of any of the beef
and other products too. But here I'm thinking particularly of
beef that's imported into the EU, and anything that comes
from land that was deforested after twenty twenty is going
(01:55):
to be not allowed into the country. Now, Australia has
been classified as low risk because we're pretty strict about
that already. If anything, we're in our adding extra forests
now through some of our carbon credit schemes and so forth.
But nonetheless, the rest of the world I think is
saying that this is not going to be sustainable. It's
going to be hard to actually work out what countries
(02:18):
qualify what don't, So I don't think they're actually going
to happen Hamish to be honest, in their current form,
I think we'll see them delayed.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yep, okay, speaking of delays or wipe out. The cattle
industry is ditching THEIT zero twenty thirteen deadline twenty.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Thirty something's been in place for some time. But I
think reality is struck that in the Fed Income Department
we ain't just going to get there. There's no possibility.
And in fact, if you look at the twenty eight
percent reduction in emissions that the government proclaims, only two
percent of that is actually reduction emissions. The rest of
it is offset, So you know, we're really not making
(02:54):
great progress. And really in the Fed Income Department again,
one point four percent of the world's mission has come
from Australia and fourteen percent of that from agriculture. It
really was a little bit of a quick siding adventure
in the first place, I think Amish.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, absolutely, ok you Ozzie's a bird flu free.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Well, this is a good piece of news, I suppose,
and surprising considering the migratory words birds that fly over
the top of Australia, and how close we are to
Antarctical which has been devastated by bird flu down there.
But we just got rid of the last trace of
not the H five in one, thank goodness, but some
of the other forms of bird flu out of Victoria,
(03:33):
and we've been declared bird food flea of flu free,
which certainly gives us an advantage in trade. Amish and
I think, well, let's see if we can keep that
status as long as we can.
Speaker 1 (03:44):
Yeah, it's a good bander to fly, that is for sure, right,
plastic fruit stickers, this band, the band on these has
been put on hold because there isn't an alternative.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
Well I know, and to be honest, there isn't any.
South Australia again, in their puristic approach to these things,
decide to bring in a vand but they've had to
put on hold because without those, particularly the supermarkets, the
ability of scanning and putting through food orders and so
on is reduced. But there ain't no alternative that's viable,
that's actually affordable. So I think we a bit like
(04:17):
cage removal of cage layers from the egg market. If
we're going to be. We've got to walk before we
run with this, and certainly it can't be a self
defeeding if it's going to be bought in too quickly,
and that certainly looks like going to be the case.
Speaker 1 (04:33):
Here now, I want to talk to you about the
Oxford Dictionary, the twenty twenty five Australian edition. Well, it's
the you know, we've got some new words going in there,
like spewing and slab and you know words that have
been around for a while.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Well there was the Australian edition. Hamish, I'd probably say, yeah,
well I understand, but this is the Pommy edition.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
This is the Pomy edition. N't me They're going to put.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Words like kN as in Karn, Australia, Ah on the
blues that's now fearing is a word. And spewing, well,
everyone over here you know I'm spewing about that means
I'm pretty annoyed, pretty upset about it. Nobody in England
had any idea. Would you never used that up across
Toffy those schools in England where they teach English properly,
(05:17):
And even slab has now been put in the dictionary
over there, because again the poems have no idea what
a slab of beer is. A pint maybe they understand,
or they do understand, but a slab of beer not.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
You needed a slab of beer to put the pain
to Beard after last night's result, you can the Blues fans.
So yeah, well there you go in the Pawny edition.
That's outstanding.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Yeah, yeah, what it is. And you know, we have
our own dictionary here, but we're a bit like you know,
I always say the English invented English, so I don't
take any notice of how the English the Americans spell
their words or say them, because they're completely off the planet.
Well we can be not much better sometimes, but interestingly
the Oxford Dictionary seems to think we we are being
(06:00):
masters of the English language, and at least in three
words anyway.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Outstanding. Chris Russell, Australian correspondent, Thank you very much, as
always much appreciated.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
All my best favors. Thanks for talking to me.
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