Oliver Peterson: Australian correspondent on Sydney underworld figure Tarek Ayoub being shot and killed in Parramatta

A prominent Sydney underworld figure has been shot and killed in a targeted murder, according to authorities.

Tarek Ayoub was shot multiple times in the car park of a unit complex in Parramatta - and was pronounced dead on the scene.

Australian correspondent Oliver Peterson says police are worried about retribution from other Sydney gangs.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Olli Peterson six pr Perth Life presenters with us. Now, hey, Oli,
get aheather, OLLI are these gunmen still on the run?

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Yeah, they are and they are known, so we do
have an underworld's war, if you like. In Western Sydney.
The bloke who has been shot and killed it goes
by the name of Turek Aube and he is well
known in the underworld circles of criminal gangs in Western Sydney.
He was also going by the name of Torek and
he was involved in the death of a teenager back

(00:27):
in twenty seventeen who was shot dead in his bed.
Now what has happened overnight in Paramatta is that aub
was shot and out. Suv was then found engulfed in
flames a short time later, so the car had been
stolen and then the evidence obviously torched and lit up.
Police say that he lived and died by the sword,
but they're worried about what this might mean in terms
of retribution for the Western Sydney gangs that are in operation.

(00:50):
And obviously everybody in that part of Australia is on
high alerts.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
So do they know how many gunmen there are?

Speaker 2 (00:56):
No, they believe there's two, so they've got at least one,
and they believe there's another one at least who is
on the run at the moment. So multiple gunmen, they're
saying on the run at the moment. But I think
all of these people are known to police. And this
is almost like another series of Underbelly unfolding before our eyes.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
White. That's exactly what I thought. I mean, we're going
to watch this on TV in about five years up.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Yeah, we will, absolutely. I mean the first series is
really good. I like to watch in the first series,
so you know, I'm not that we really want this
to happen, but yeah, we're watching it.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Finding though, isn't there if these bad guys are going
to take each other out like this, at least there's
some entertainment in it for.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
Us exactly, and get rid of each other and hopefully
the gangs are destroyed in the process.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
You're too right now, the right to disconnect laws are
coming in today. What are you guys expecting.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
Well, I don't know how much changes. So he's the
example that they make. Right if you work in retail,
for example, and the boss sees that when you left
the store, you left the lights on, you left the
computer on and you forgot to lock up. If he
then went or she went to ring you to say,
oh Ollie, Heather, you forgot to.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
Do all this.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
That's fine. No where is you gonna make the call?
But or send the email. If you wanted to send
an email to say, hey, I'm thinking next Friday we
might actually get some donuts and some sandwiches for the office,
then you wouldn't have to reply to that. You could say,
you know what, that's unreasonable. Why are you contacting me
out of hours because you want to talk about sandwiches
in ten days time? Yeah, so look, it's you know,

(02:16):
I think basically if you use common sense you'll be
okay with this. But you know we're going to see obviously,
you know business counsel in Australia at the moment saying
this is the end of productivity. You know, workers have
all their riots. It's terrible. Then you obviously here from
the other side, my boss can't call me anymore outside
of ours, like, go wait, boss, I'm not going to
answer the call. You can get stuff.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
Well, you could just see how there are going to
be all these obnoxious employees who are going to do
stuff like this, right, I was just going to add
another headache.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
Absolutely it is. And you know what, in the end,
if you want to get somewhere in the world, if
you want to work hard, if you want to take
some calls outside of ours, that's what you're gonna do
because you want to earn more money.

Speaker 1 (02:47):
So what do you have to do now if you
want to be the guy who is on call and
available and diligent, do you have to opt into taking
phone calls?

Speaker 2 (02:54):
No, you still can. And similarly, if you're a ca
So if you're a casual and you get a phone
call from the boss to say, hey, can you come
work another shift? That he's obviously reasonable. So there is
still Again you know what, it's the common sense or
the pub test rule that you need to apply to this.

Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, now, how much of a job has this airline
on Bardsman got on their hands, good.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
Luck and you reckon they're going to have any teeth
or power to cut through Like ultimately, I mean, it
all sounds good in theory, and the idea is your
planes delayed, you're going to get a full refund, or
you're going to be put in a hotel overnight and
get some food vouchers. I mean, basically, it's doing what
airlines used to do ten years ago and bringing back
that good will. The one thing that's really interesting, and
I know that you know Regional Express. He's obviously gone

(03:34):
into administration. They're not flying between capital cities anymore. But
for the five minutes they did that, all of a sudden,
Virgin and Jetstar reduce their airfares between twenty and thirty percent.
So look, it can be done in terms of competition,
and it can be done. I suppose if enough Australians
arc up and say they're frustrated with this. But ultimately
I think it's telling Virgin and Quantus here in Australia

(03:56):
to pull up their socks, provide customer service, provide adequate
compensation if flights are delayed or canceled as a result
of whatever the reason is, and if there's going to
be a problem, they'll take it the omports minute. Then
they'll get a big slap on the wrist and everyone
will keep complaining.

Speaker 1 (04:11):
More than that.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
Exactly.

Speaker 1 (04:13):
You wish for more, don't you, Ollie? Thank you? I
appreciate it. Olli Peterson six PM Perth Live Presenter.

Speaker 2 (04:19):
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