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Speaker 1 (00:10):
I heard podcasts here more mix one or two point
three podcasts, playlists and listen live on the free iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
But right now we want to talk about the thing
that I guess everyone's talking about in your workplace and
your friends group, everywhere. It's all over the internet, the
news Alga Bloom in South Australia, it is everywhere. No
one really knows because this is the first time this
has happened in Adelaide. No one really knows how it started.
But today we're going to debunk some of the conspiracy
theories that is flying around.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Yeah I'm a qualified marine biologist. Yeah you are, No,
I'm not.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
I watched the special last night that they had on
Channel seven, so I've got a little bit of an
idea and Peter Malanowskis was on it and it is
finally going and getting some national coverage.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
So hopefully the federal.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Government can get involved and help out because this is
crippling a lot of businesses and a lot of our
summer plans. Yeah around South Australia. So first and foremost
for you people out there going, I'm sick of hearing
about it.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
I don't get it. I don't know what.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
It is here is Peter malanowskis saying what the algol
bloom is.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
It's important for people to understand that the algae is
always in our waters. It is always there. What we've
seen though, is a massive increase in the volume of
nutrients in our waters, starting back from the twenty two
to twenty three floods that we saw in the River Murray,
the biggest ince nineteen fifty six, combine with a major
upwelling event, and then of course the marine heatwave, and
these things have come together to really see this explode.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Okay, makes sense, So all the argues out there, and
it chokes a lot of sea life, and we get
those little foamy moments when it blows into certain areas
of the coast and it goes the whole way around
the coast.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
It moves around. It's everywhere.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah, from all the way down the Flurio up over
to York's even over on the air Pinsula.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
And not a huge It is impactful, but not gigantic
at the moment because it's not summer yet.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
It just flares just aren't being used as much.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Just like looking at a heat map on one of
the weather reports and it just sort of flares in
and out with Yeah, it's like a mammogram.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Sure, yeah, exactly the same, he was asked last night.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
And I have seen this and had discussions with people
of the age of sixty who are on Facebook quite
a lot about this. Some conspiracy theories as to why
it may have started, in cludey, includens not aliens. Oh okay,
Chinese warship though, there was a Chinese warship that was
drifting up and down around our coast and people thought, well,
maybe they're doing some damage to us. Here is what
(02:26):
Peter Malahawskis had to say about that.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Where did it come from?
Speaker 5 (02:30):
The same climate change?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
But I have to be honest, there's a lot of
talk in the community.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
About that Chinese ship that we're not and a down
the coast heap.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Thanks to Sheila for that question.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
You hear that, you hear the detail plant.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
These are some the theories that are knocking around.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
Have they been looked at and have they been explained
to why?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Each has been thoroughly examined, and every time we hear
an idea coming from the community, it is looked at.
But we can say with absolute confidence without qualification and
the detail plant and you know, Chinese warships have nothing
to do with this.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
We need to go to all like the over sixties
groups and tell them that today they would be just
spreading that rumor like wildfire.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Yeah, I mean, it's what the Premier Premier says.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
I guess he wasn't on that Chinese warship and he
doesn't know what they were doing for certain, But I think.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
We can probably believe the Premier.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
All right, so it's not the Chinese warship and it's
not the detail plants, he went on to say, which
I know has been another possible reason that it started.
People have been circulating last question that we wanted to
address for you, and this is maybe the most important
and relevant to a whole bunch of people in South
Australia who loved just go on to the beach in summer.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
They're going to stay open because I want to go
to the beach.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
All our advice is that beaches will remain open. I
think what we are doing at the moment is preparing
for the worst, and that includes the development of a
comprehensive summer plan and what the community will rightly expect
is there is a high level of communication around what
is happening to the algal bloom. If indeed it is
still with us as summer time. We hope it's not,
but it's a real possibility.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
If it is.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
If the beaches look like they do now, with dead
fish scattered everywhere, it's a forty degree day, I can't
even meagine it looks unsightly. The stench would be terrible.
No one's going to be wanting to sit there. Can
you say that the beaches will not close?
Speaker 4 (04:08):
That's all the advice that are received, and as part
of the summer plan there will be an exacerbated effort
around the cleanup. In fact of tomorrow's task force meeting,
that is the principal focus.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I trust Mallie. I feel like he really cares about
our state and he will do everything in his power
to save those beaches.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
He does fire the flag for us. It would be
nice if you had some assistance at a federal level.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Why don't they take South Australia seriously.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Because it hasn't quite drifted to the east yet, which
is where all of their backyards and mansions are.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
It's so like it's sad, but that's true. Care about us.
We're here about care about our beaches.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Were the best beaches in Australia over here in South Australia.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
So don't put your bodies and your kinis in long
term storage just yet.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
It does sound like we are a chance.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
And you also want to support all these businesses that
are in our coastal areas, all the tourism operators, the fisheries,
all that stuff they need us.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
It's going to be one to watch as we come
towards summer.
I heard podcasts here more mix one or two point
three podcasts, playlists and listen live on the free iHeart app.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
But right now we want to talk about the thing
that I guess everyone's talking about in your workplace and
your friends group, everywhere. It's all over the internet, the
news Alga Bloom in South Australia, it is everywhere. No
one really knows because this is the first time this
has happened in Adelaide. No one really knows how it started.
But today we're going to debunk some of the conspiracy
theories that is flying around.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
Yeah I'm a qualified marine biologist. Yeah you are, No,
I'm not.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
I watched the special last night that they had on
Channel seven, so I've got a little bit of an
idea and Peter Malanowskis was on it and it is
finally going and getting some national coverage.
Speaker 3 (00:50):
So hopefully the federal.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Government can get involved and help out because this is
crippling a lot of businesses and a lot of our
summer plans. Yeah around South Australia. So first and foremost
for you people out there going, I'm sick of hearing
about it.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
I don't get it. I don't know what.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
It is here is Peter malanowskis saying what the algol
bloom is.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
It's important for people to understand that the algae is
always in our waters. It is always there. What we've
seen though, is a massive increase in the volume of
nutrients in our waters, starting back from the twenty two
to twenty three floods that we saw in the River Murray,
the biggest ince nineteen fifty six, combine with a major
upwelling event, and then of course the marine heatwave, and
these things have come together to really see this explode.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Okay, makes sense, So all the argues out there, and
it chokes a lot of sea life, and we get
those little foamy moments when it blows into certain areas
of the coast and it goes the whole way around
the coast.
Speaker 3 (01:40):
It moves around. It's everywhere.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah, from all the way down the Flurio up over
to York's even over on the air Pinsula.
Speaker 2 (01:46):
And not a huge It is impactful, but not gigantic
at the moment because it's not summer yet.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
It just flares just aren't being used as much.
Speaker 1 (01:53):
Just like looking at a heat map on one of
the weather reports and it just sort of flares in
and out with Yeah, it's like a mammogram.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Sure, yeah, exactly the same, he was asked last night.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
And I have seen this and had discussions with people
of the age of sixty who are on Facebook quite
a lot about this. Some conspiracy theories as to why
it may have started, in cludey, includens not aliens. Oh okay,
Chinese warship though, there was a Chinese warship that was
drifting up and down around our coast and people thought, well,
maybe they're doing some damage to us. Here is what
(02:26):
Peter Malahawskis had to say about that.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
Where did it come from?
Speaker 5 (02:30):
The same climate change?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
But I have to be honest, there's a lot of
talk in the community.
Speaker 5 (02:34):
About that Chinese ship that we're not and a down
the coast heap.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Thanks to Sheila for that question.
Speaker 4 (02:39):
You hear that, you hear the detail plant.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
These are some the theories that are knocking around.
Speaker 5 (02:42):
Have they been looked at and have they been explained
to why?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (02:46):
Each has been thoroughly examined, and every time we hear
an idea coming from the community, it is looked at.
But we can say with absolute confidence without qualification and
the detail plant and you know, Chinese warships have nothing
to do with this.
Speaker 2 (02:59):
We need to go to all like the over sixties
groups and tell them that today they would be just
spreading that rumor like wildfire.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
Yeah, I mean, it's what the Premier Premier says.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
I guess he wasn't on that Chinese warship and he
doesn't know what they were doing for certain, But I think.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
We can probably believe the Premier.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
All right, so it's not the Chinese warship and it's
not the detail plants, he went on to say, which
I know has been another possible reason that it started.
People have been circulating last question that we wanted to
address for you, and this is maybe the most important
and relevant to a whole bunch of people in South
Australia who loved just go on to the beach in summer.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
They're going to stay open because I want to go
to the beach.
Speaker 4 (03:36):
All our advice is that beaches will remain open. I
think what we are doing at the moment is preparing
for the worst, and that includes the development of a
comprehensive summer plan and what the community will rightly expect
is there is a high level of communication around what
is happening to the algal bloom. If indeed it is
still with us as summer time. We hope it's not,
but it's a real possibility.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
If it is.
Speaker 5 (03:55):
If the beaches look like they do now, with dead
fish scattered everywhere, it's a forty degree day, I can't
even meagine it looks unsightly. The stench would be terrible.
No one's going to be wanting to sit there. Can
you say that the beaches will not close?
Speaker 4 (04:08):
That's all the advice that are received, and as part
of the summer plan there will be an exacerbated effort
around the cleanup. In fact of tomorrow's task force meeting,
that is the principal focus.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I trust Mallie. I feel like he really cares about
our state and he will do everything in his power
to save those beaches.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
He does fire the flag for us. It would be
nice if you had some assistance at a federal level.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Why don't they take South Australia seriously.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Because it hasn't quite drifted to the east yet, which
is where all of their backyards and mansions are.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
It's so like it's sad, but that's true. Care about us.
We're here about care about our beaches.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Were the best beaches in Australia over here in South Australia.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
So don't put your bodies and your kinis in long
term storage just yet.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
It does sound like we are a chance.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
And you also want to support all these businesses that
are in our coastal areas, all the tourism operators, the fisheries,
all that stuff they need us.
Speaker 3 (04:59):
It's going to be one to watch as we come
towards summer.
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