The Serbian Council of Australia is calling for broadcaster Tony Jones to be sacked following his comments about Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open.
Representatives claimed members of Australia's Serbian community filed complaints after Jones insulted Djokovic to a crowd of fans during a live cross.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says some fans were offended by the remarks - but others believe the outrage is unnecessary.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And finally one ex.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Going to be based on divorce Babe, divorce.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Adele or is that a Delhi? A new study out
of Australia has found that little blue penguins don't always
make for life. Some penguins will return to the same
breeding partner every year. Others will get penguin divorce and
they'll go out and look for new partners, particularly after
poor reproductive seasons. They don't use tinder, do they use tweets?
(00:28):
The study also found that even the penguins that stick
with one partner, they have extra marital affairs from time
to time, and that murray ols is what public money
is spent on in Australia. The mating habits of penguins,
I know.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
But fish breathmate, not very good? Very good afternoon to you.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Okay, bad afternoon. Another anti Semitic attack in Sydney this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
It was a childcare center set a light and graffiti
sprayed around just down the street from the synagogue at
marou in the Eastern Suburbs. And that really has proven
for Anthony Albanezi that enough's enough. He's been getting pushed
by Peter Dutton, the opposition leader and by Albanese's own
Jewish especially appointed a Jewish administrator or counselor. I just
(01:18):
forget her official title, but look at Jewish elder who
has been enlisted by the government to provide advice on
the best way forward. Or she's been saying, convene National Cabinet,
get all the political leaders of Australia around the same
table at the same time and have a chat about
how to go forward from here. He's been resisting that
because why Peter Dutton has been howling for it. Well
(01:39):
it's happening this afternoon, because enough's enough. Albaneze happened to
be in Sydney this morning. He doesn't live far from Marubra,
so he and the Premier of New South Wales went
there this morning to have a look. They met the
local rabbi. He said, you know, it's just what life
is like now in Australia, and a lot of Australian
Jews are saying.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Who the heck would have thought we'll ever see this here.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
So there's a National Cabinet meeting at five o'clock local
time this afternoon. And politically, what I was done Andrew
was give Peter Dutton the whip hand. He's been trying
to link community safety as an issue with anti Semitism
and Albanese. Now looks like he's playing catch up once again.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Yeah, well, sometimes you just have to accept common sense.
But there we go.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Meanwhile, Donald Trump's inauguration, I thought it was magnificent, did you.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Well, yeah, look yeah, but I'm glad it wasn't outside
because there would have been handless debate over how many
people actually turned up at least inside.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
The ball and it's very cold weather. But Donald looks
like he's sporting in magnificent tam But anyway, from the
Australian point, that's true, he's looking great, He's looking great.
But from the strand point of view, you have Foreign
Minister Penny Wang and US Ambassador Kevin rud there.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
That's right, yes, And I mean they were there obviously
for the inauguration. They were invited, both of them, invited
there our top diplomat and the ambassador to Washington, which
was all very good from Australia's point of view. Certainly,
Penny Wong thought it was a done good thing.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
That we were invited.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Australia was invited because she also, of course met up
with Marco Rubio, who is President Trump's incoming a chief
diplomat himself. Marco Rubio, he was in the Senate confirmation
hearing last week. You said, listen, you know the US
administration is going to back Orcas, which is the Australia
UK US partnership. He says, it's a blueprint for other
(03:31):
partnerships to take on China. So it's good that Penny
Wong was there. She says, listen, it's a day of
profound importance, not just for a limit, for the whole world.
The Orcas Submarine Pact is one of the things that
she discussed with Rubio. As for Kevin Rudd, he's been
working pretty hard to repair any damage. He did suggest
(03:52):
that President Trump was a traded to the West and
the most destructive president in history. But look, I mean,
is he going to get flicked. He's not going to
get flicked as far as Australia is concerned, at least
at this point. I mean, if Donald Trump wakes up
tomorrow and says I don't like that gay rude, I
dare say he'll be gone by the end of the week.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
That's true enough. I wish you all the very best
of luck, because the thing for both of our countries
are the tariffs, and the tariffs are coming in for
Mexico and Canada from the first of February, and he's
deciding on the rest of the world later. And we
are America's friends and he doesn't need to ruin us.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Well, let's just wait and see. I mean, he's such
a capricious leader. You never know what he's going to
do from one moment of the next. The big thing
I'm waiting for is how long this bromance between him
and Musk is going to last. I cannot imagine those
two monstrous egos in the same room for very long
without sparks flying, honestly.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
And look, I hate to go back to the Djokovic
teasing and his reaction because I thought it a small thing.
But now I hear the Serbian Council of Australia while
Tony Jones, who made the bad banter, they want him sacked.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Well yeah, I know. I mean, look, I've heard at
Tony Jones.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
He's a very well regarded sports broadcaster down in Melbourne,
been doing it for I think about forty years, and
I must say I've never heard of the Serbian Council
of Australia. But the Council is far from satisfied with.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
The groveling apology that Jones issued.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
It wants the Human Rights Commission to step in and
investigate these quote racist, unquote comments. The Council says, where's
the other quote here? Nina Markovich is a member of
the Council. We believe this could have been a breach
of Section eighteen see of the Racial Discrimination Act and
Section twenty see of the Any discriminator.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Go away, go away, just give us a break.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Even Djokovic has moved on. Yes, look, I mean, I
know he wound up some of the fans. Some of
the fans thought it was pretty grotty, it was offensive, racist,
only served to incites further discrimination of Australian serves. Well,
I mean, I think she's being a bit daft to
be frank, it's a tennis.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
It's Donald Trump inauguration day. Wocism is over.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Mate, and tonight, of course, Djokovic seventh seed. I had
to look that up. I'd heard that. I wasn't sure.
I look it up.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Alcaraz was third, don't forget al Karaz beat Djokovic in
straight sets.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
At Wimbledon last year.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
But Djokovic is going to be really fired up and
all the Serbian fans in the crowd are going to
be going crazy.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
It's going to be great TV. And I thank you
so much, Murray Olds from Australia here on News Talks HEREB.
It is now a quarter to five and in a
few moments time the return of the talkback host from
summer to daytime primetime radio. Jason Walls, our political editor,
will be joining us to talk politics. This is before
(06:46):
the National Party Caucus retreat which is happening tomorrow, and
retreats a bad word. They're not retreating and they aren't.
They striding forward. Jason Walls is next here on News
Talks HEBB.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, Listen live to
News Talks at B from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
And finally one ex.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Going to be based on divorce Babe, divorce.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
Adele or is that a Delhi? A new study out
of Australia has found that little blue penguins don't always
make for life. Some penguins will return to the same
breeding partner every year. Others will get penguin divorce and
they'll go out and look for new partners, particularly after
poor reproductive seasons. They don't use tinder, do they use tweets?
(00:28):
The study also found that even the penguins that stick
with one partner, they have extra marital affairs from time
to time, and that murray ols is what public money
is spent on in Australia. The mating habits of penguins,
I know.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
But fish breathmate, not very good? Very good afternoon to you.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Okay, bad afternoon. Another anti Semitic attack in Sydney this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
It was a childcare center set a light and graffiti
sprayed around just down the street from the synagogue at
marou in the Eastern Suburbs. And that really has proven
for Anthony Albanezi that enough's enough. He's been getting pushed
by Peter Dutton, the opposition leader and by Albanese's own
Jewish especially appointed a Jewish administrator or counselor. I just
(01:18):
forget her official title, but look at Jewish elder who
has been enlisted by the government to provide advice on
the best way forward. Or she's been saying, convene National Cabinet,
get all the political leaders of Australia around the same
table at the same time and have a chat about
how to go forward from here. He's been resisting that
because why Peter Dutton has been howling for it. Well
(01:39):
it's happening this afternoon, because enough's enough. Albaneze happened to
be in Sydney this morning. He doesn't live far from Marubra,
so he and the Premier of New South Wales went
there this morning to have a look. They met the
local rabbi. He said, you know, it's just what life
is like now in Australia, and a lot of Australian
Jews are saying.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Who the heck would have thought we'll ever see this here.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
So there's a National Cabinet meeting at five o'clock local
time this afternoon. And politically, what I was done Andrew
was give Peter Dutton the whip hand. He's been trying
to link community safety as an issue with anti Semitism
and Albanese. Now looks like he's playing catch up once again.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
Yeah, well, sometimes you just have to accept common sense.
But there we go.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Now.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Meanwhile, Donald Trump's inauguration, I thought it was magnificent, did you.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
Well, yeah, look yeah, but I'm glad it wasn't outside
because there would have been handless debate over how many
people actually turned up at least inside.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
The ball and it's very cold weather. But Donald looks
like he's sporting in magnificent tam But anyway, from the
Australian point, that's true, he's looking great, He's looking great.
But from the strand point of view, you have Foreign
Minister Penny Wang and US Ambassador Kevin rud there.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
That's right, yes, And I mean they were there obviously
for the inauguration. They were invited, both of them, invited
there our top diplomat and the ambassador to Washington, which
was all very good from Australia's point of view. Certainly,
Penny Wong thought it was a done good thing.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
That we were invited.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Australia was invited because she also, of course met up
with Marco Rubio, who is President Trump's incoming a chief
diplomat himself. Marco Rubio, he was in the Senate confirmation
hearing last week. You said, listen, you know the US
administration is going to back Orcas, which is the Australia
UK US partnership. He says, it's a blueprint for other
(03:31):
partnerships to take on China. So it's good that Penny
Wong was there. She says, listen, it's a day of
profound importance, not just for a limit, for the whole world.
The Orcas Submarine Pact is one of the things that
she discussed with Rubio. As for Kevin Rudd, he's been
working pretty hard to repair any damage. He did suggest
(03:52):
that President Trump was a traded to the West and
the most destructive president in history. But look, I mean,
is he going to get flicked. He's not going to
get flicked as far as Australia is concerned, at least
at this point. I mean, if Donald Trump wakes up
tomorrow and says I don't like that gay rude, I
dare say he'll be gone by the end of the week.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
That's true enough. I wish you all the very best
of luck, because the thing for both of our countries
are the tariffs, and the tariffs are coming in for
Mexico and Canada from the first of February, and he's
deciding on the rest of the world later. And we
are America's friends and he doesn't need to ruin us.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Well, let's just wait and see. I mean, he's such
a capricious leader. You never know what he's going to
do from one moment of the next. The big thing
I'm waiting for is how long this bromance between him
and Musk is going to last. I cannot imagine those
two monstrous egos in the same room for very long
without sparks flying, honestly.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
And look, I hate to go back to the Djokovic
teasing and his reaction because I thought it a small thing.
But now I hear the Serbian Council of Australia while
Tony Jones, who made the bad banter, they want him sacked.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Well yeah, I know. I mean, look, I've heard at
Tony Jones.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
He's a very well regarded sports broadcaster down in Melbourne,
been doing it for I think about forty years, and
I must say I've never heard of the Serbian Council
of Australia. But the Council is far from satisfied with.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
The groveling apology that Jones issued.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
It wants the Human Rights Commission to step in and
investigate these quote racist, unquote comments. The Council says, where's
the other quote here? Nina Markovich is a member of
the Council. We believe this could have been a breach
of Section eighteen see of the Racial Discrimination Act and
Section twenty see of the Any discriminator.
Speaker 3 (05:39):
Go away, go away, just give us a break.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Even Djokovic has moved on. Yes, look, I mean, I
know he wound up some of the fans. Some of
the fans thought it was pretty grotty, it was offensive, racist,
only served to incites further discrimination of Australian serves. Well,
I mean, I think she's being a bit daft to
be frank, it's a tennis.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
It's Donald Trump inauguration day. Wocism is over.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
Mate, and tonight, of course, Djokovic seventh seed. I had
to look that up. I'd heard that. I wasn't sure.
I look it up.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Alcaraz was third, don't forget al Karaz beat Djokovic in
straight sets.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
At Wimbledon last year.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
But Djokovic is going to be really fired up and
all the Serbian fans in the crowd are going to
be going crazy.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
It's going to be great TV. And I thank you
so much, Murray Olds from Australia here on News Talks HEREB.
It is now a quarter to five and in a
few moments time the return of the talkback host from
summer to daytime primetime radio. Jason Walls, our political editor,
will be joining us to talk politics. This is before
(06:46):
the National Party Caucus retreat which is happening tomorrow, and
retreats a bad word. They're not retreating and they aren't.
They striding forward. Jason Walls is next here on News
Talks HEBB.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, Listen live to
News Talks at B from four pm weekdays, or follow
the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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