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Speaker 1 (00:08):
And now right across Australia. This is Mornings with Mark
Levy and very good.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Morning to you on this Tuesday, the seventeenth of JUNEI
Mark Levy, Welcome to Mornings as we broadcast the show
from Perth.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
Yes, I've made.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
My way over to Western Australia ahead of Origin two,
which we'll be calling for you tomorrow night on the
Continuous Call team. A big thank you to the team
at six PR who have rolled out the red carpet,
although gee, that time difference has taken a little bit
of getting used to. I went past up the stadium
on the way to the hotel last night and gee,
it looks magnificent. The venue has been illuminated in blue

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and morone and they are pumped over here and there's
a genuine appetite for rugby league as far as the
supporters go, which is why I think the locals are
going to get right behind the Perth Bears when they
enter the competition in twenty twenty seven.

Speaker 3 (00:55):
To be honest, I'm.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
A bit tired of the whole League versus AFL debate.
Why can't diehards boarding fans by both coaches? They do
it in Sydney, so why not Perth. More on that
later in the show. In the meantime, we've got a
stack to get through over the next three hours, including
another innocent victim called up in the crossfire of a
Sydney shooting, an ominous warning from America, China preparing for war,

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and a former immigration detainee charged over a brutal attack.
As always, I'd love to hear from you. The number
to call one three one eight seven three. You can
email me at two GB dot com and that text
lines up and running zero for six to zero eight
seven three eight seven three. Quick look at Sydney's weather
for NRAMA Insurance, a help company. We're in for another
sunny day, tips of nineteen in the city and out west,

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while in Perth showers increasing over here and a top
of twenty one degrees.

Speaker 3 (01:46):
Well, I'll come to.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
The events around the globe in a moment, and these
tensions which have boiled over in the Sydney underworld. But
I want to start the show today with the first
National Police Legacy Day. This is an initiative which aims
to raise awareness and bring attention to the difficulties faced
by police families around the country. Who are left behind
after tragedy, so we're talking about the significant financial strain,

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emotional distress and challenges related to family structure and daily life.

Speaker 3 (02:16):
It's never been more important.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
After the death of a serving police office in Tasmania
yesterday who was shot by a member of the public.
Commissioner Donnor Adams hasn't yet released his name, but she's
confirmed the fifty seven year old was a genuine, dependable
police officer who served the Tasmanian community for the past
twenty five years. The constables called to a property about

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twenty eight kilometers from Devonport. That's when someone a member
of the public, shotting, but not before the veteran police
officer discharged his weapon injuring the offender. This has affected
not only those in Tasmania, but the wider police family.
I've heard from some of my mates who work both
in the New South Wales and Queensland Police Force and
their shattered, and that's because when one of their own

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is killed in the line of duty, it just highlights
the dangers these brave men and women confront on a
daily basis, and it's the reason why I'll do whatever
I can to continue to support those in our emergency services,
namely the police, who deserve a great deal of gratitude
for the role they play in our community. There's an
honor role in New South Wales that commemorates those who
have paid the ultimate sacrifice and the execution of their duty,

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and I looked it up this morning. The latest name
on that list is Sergeant Peter Thomas Stone. He drowned
while attempting to save the life of another in January
of twenty twenty three. And sadly, due to the nature
of policing and the work these men and women do,
that honor role will never be complete and it's the
reason why we need to ensure the families of those
police officers are supported for the rest of their lives.

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And I know New South Wales Police has put out
a statement this morning in respect of what's happened down
in Tasmania, and it says our hearts go out of
the Tasmanian police family. We acknowledge the extraordinary burden based
on police officers every dar wh going about their work.
We acknowledge the pain of the families left behind. Tonight,
the sales of the Sydney Opera House will be illuminated

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with the symbol of National Police Legacy Day. It is
a reminder to us all of the challengers faced and
the extraordinary courage and vitality of police and police legates
around the nation. So it was only last week we
were talking about Thanker First respond To Day. Well today
we acknowledge those police officers who have lost their lives
in the line of duty and obviously the families that

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are left behind. Now, speaking of police, they've been working
tirelessly to stop these underworld shootings with the establishment of
a dedicated task force. But there was another one yesterday
in Sydney's West, this time at a kebab shop. I'll
catch up with the Police Minister, Yasmund Catley in the
first half hour of the program to get the latest
on this. But as you know by now, a triple

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shooting in the heart of Sydney's West which critically injured
a female kebab shop worker who was called and the
crossfire is believed to have been carried out by two
men hired on air tasker alleged Underworld figure an EPI
center of a simmering underworld feud, semimam Ajari was targeted
for the third time yesterday when two masked men still

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into Turkish food outlead at auburn An open fire on
him and another man acting as his bodyguard. A terrified
female employee of the shop was shot twice in the
Toolso when the world shootout unfolded inside m Brothers take
away at about one point fifteen in broad daylight, a
Tzari suffered gunshot wounds to the arm and shoulder, while
his male friend was shot in the face. All three

(05:38):
victims were listed as being in a serious but stable
condition in Westmead Hospital last night.

Speaker 3 (05:44):
Now, in this story in.

Speaker 2 (05:45):
The Telegraph, senior police sources are saying that they were
investigating whether the gunmen were hired on air tasker, the
same method detectives confirmed was used in a separate attempted
murder of an Alamandine crime figure. Within the last the
Acting Commissioner, Peter Thurtell vowed to throw every resource available

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at catching those responsible for yesterday's shooting. And the reason
why this is exploding is because of this split between
the Alimedines and the KVT gang members.

Speaker 3 (06:15):
Who were once their enforces.

Speaker 2 (06:17):
Now last month police warned a court that there would
be further bloodshed on the streets if Azari was granted bail,
describing him as being at the EPI center of the
ongoing underworld feud. And you know, I've had a few
emails this morning from people and you would have heard
what the Premier had to say on the air this morning,
with ben Fordham vowing to not stand for this police

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to go out there and arrest these criminals. To all
the people that are writing to me saying, oh, Mark,
just let these criminals shoot one another. No, we can't
do that because innocent people are being caught up in
the crossfire. Some of those are losing their own lives.
And we've got a fifty year old woman who was
just working at a kabab shop who's ended up with
bullet wounds in her abdomen. So I think that's just

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worth keeping in mind when you sit in front of
a computer and write to be saying, Mark, let's just
let him shoot them, shoot them all, just let them
shoot one another.

Speaker 3 (07:11):
Why do we care? It's the Underwell, why do we care?
Will we care?

Speaker 2 (07:14):
Because there's innocent people who are being caught up in
the crossfire. Now, while we're talking about crime, you remember
we were also talking about the woman's body that was
found in bushland at Warrington over the weekend. She's now
been identified as forty seven year older leanne Akrap, who
was last seen a week ago by neighbors.

Speaker 3 (07:33):
She was a single mum.

Speaker 2 (07:34):
Detectives have arrested a forty seven year old man at
a Hobartville home last night.

Speaker 3 (07:39):
He's now been charged with murder.

Speaker 2 (07:41):
The police are telling me he was known to the woman,
but they were not in a domestic relationship, so when
he appears in court we'll have some more details on that. Now,
from crime here in New South Wales, we go to
what's playing out globally at the moment, and there's plenty
of volatility in various parts of the world, with the
conflict escalating between Israel and Throwing, the looming threat to

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Australia from the Chinese, and anonymous warning from the former
US National Security Advisor. This meeting tomorrow on the sidelines
of the G seven between the Prime Minister and President
Donald Trump, I don't think has ever been more important.
Joe Hockey's even offered up some advice to Anthony Albernesi,
but it seems that PM is refusing to budge on

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the need for Australia to commit more money to defense.
He'll instead use the three hundred and sixty eight billion
dollar Orcus Nuclear Submarine deal and Australia's expanding role in
the South Pacific to reassure the Trump administration that the
Australian government is committed to countering Chinese military aggression in
the Indo Pacific. I mean, is this place serious countering

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Chinese military aggression? We didn't even know they were conducting
live fire drills off the coast of mainland Australia to
a Virgin Australia pilot that will earn the relevant authorities.
For goodness sake, Anthony Aberaneese needs to start listening to
those respected defense experts who are all saying the same thing.
We are underprepared, we are vulnerable, and it's time for

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the government to start investing more into our defense capabilities.
If you want to know why it's so important, listen
to this. Australia's Chief of Defense Force, David Johnston, has
issued a veiled warning against more unannounced live fire exercises.
Speaking yesterday at the Telegraphs Defending Australia summit in Canberra,
Admiral Johnston was asked if he believed more Chinese flotillas

(09:24):
would conduct similar exercises off Australia's coast in the future.
He replied, yes, we do expect that they will be
in the Indian Ocean in the Southwest Pacific at a
more regular.

Speaker 3 (09:34):
Rate than we have seen.

Speaker 2 (09:36):
It's time for our government to wake up and if
you wanted further proof, The former US National Security Advisor
HR McMaster has issued a warning about China's military ambitions,
saying that Jijing King's Communist Party is preparing for war
and looking for signs of weakness in its Western adversaries.
Speaking to the former Foreign affairsman as to Alexander Downer

(09:58):
at the Defending Australia Summit in Canberra, the former US
Army lieutenant generals suggested China's aggressive posturing in the Indo
Pacific region should be cause for concern. He went on
to say over the past two decades, the Chinese had
invested a forty fourfold increase in its defense budget and
a four hundred percent increase in its nuclear arsenal. Again,

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Anthony ALBERNIZI are you listening while Australia continues to sit
on its hands and rely on the Americans. The Chinese
are mobilizing to create and create an army capable of
dominating the Indo Pacific. What are we just going to
sit back and wait for them?

Speaker 3 (10:34):
Are we?

Speaker 2 (10:36):
Meantime, the world's been watching honors israeled in Iran continue
their miss island drone attacks in the Middle East. There
are six hundred and fifty Australians stranded in the two
countries at the moment, and there are plans being formulated
to get them home, but the Foreign Minister Penny One
concedes any repatriation flights are unlikely, while airspace above the
countries remains closed. Now the conflict has taken another turn,

(10:59):
with benjaminet and are Who accusing Iran of orchestrating the
two foul assassination tempts on Donald Trump during his third
presidential campaign. Mister Netanyahu also claimed in a bombshell television
interview that Iran tried to murder the US president because
he posed the greatest threat to Iran and its ambitions
for acquiring a nuclear weapon. So the Americans, whether you

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like it or not, are being drawn into this quite
clearly through the comments that are being made by a
whole range of people and the fact that Donald Trump
has tried to play peacemaker. But this is all exploded,
and I'll share with you a couple of really really
strong opinion pieces today, and you know it falls into
this idea that you know, I keep hearing people make, going, oh,

(11:43):
Israel's done something wrong here, yet again.

Speaker 3 (11:44):
We criticize Israel.

Speaker 2 (11:46):
What do again, do we just sit back and wait
for the nuclear bombs to be put together by the
Iranian regime and just wipe Israel off the face of
the earth.

Speaker 3 (11:54):
Is that what we seriously want to happen here?

Speaker 2 (11:58):
As for Australia, a few of you have been writing
to asking, well, Mark, what sort of an effect will
this conflict have on us? And I think it's a
really really good question. And the main impact at the
moment is petrol prices. That's the key economic factor should
this continue to worsen, And I note today AMPA chief
economist Shane Oliver has said oil prices have crept up

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by about eight percent from before the attacks on Thursday,
but could be a surge if the attacks intensified. So
it's certainly one to keep an eye on. Because there's
been a lot of talk lately about the fuel excise
in Australia and it might end up forcing the hand
of the Albanese government.

Speaker 3 (12:34):
Now look, while we're.

Speaker 2 (12:35):
Talking about Israeli, I've been, as you know, a stuntch
defender of the Australian Jewish community and amidst this wave
of anti Semitism and the co Chief Executive of the
Australian Jury, Alex Rivchin, appeared at the State parliamentary inquiry
yesterday where he spoke about some of the attacks on
his community. He's been phenomenal, Alex, a pillar of strength,

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the tower of strength for his community and he raised
the University of Sydney academic calling for Zionists to be executed.
Mister Richin says it shows the daily experience of Jews
in New South Wales as en today dangerous new phase.

Speaker 3 (13:09):
We're also told today that arrest.

Speaker 2 (13:10):
Warrants could be issued for the New South Wales premiers
three most senior staffers if they continue to refuse to
appear at this inquiry. Chrismin's chief of staff, James Culleny's
two deputies, Sarah Michael and Edward Devardi, have been asked
to give evidence to the Parliament over the dual caravan incident.
Those three staffers will be compelled to explain what the

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government knew about the caravan packed with old explosives and
when it put tough new hate speech laws before the Parliament.
Now I'm led to believe that they'll be ignoring those summons.
As for the evidence provided by mister Ripchin, we're talking
about a man who's been at the coal face of
this since the October to seven attacks in twenty twenty three.

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Keep going, Alex, You've had a lot of support behind you, mate,
and thankfully, thankfully, there are so many powerful leaders in
the Jewish community. Alex Rifchin is one of those. Some
of the other stories making us today, I want to
tackle this former immigration detainee freed under a controversial High
Court decision, who's been charged over a brutal attack which

(14:14):
has left a man unlikely to survive in Victoria. His
name is Lomigna Friday Yakoju. It's understood he was on
a bridging visa at the time of this alleged assault,
but because of the Albernese government stuff ups with these
immigration detainees, clearly he should have been sent back from
whence he came, so we'll give you a few more
details on that story throughout the morning. There's an old

(14:37):
saying antani rhard if you're not involved. Well, eight senior
bureaucrats in Anthony Abernese's Prime Minister and Cabinet Department with
membership to the Quatish Chairman's Lounge have enjoyed almost ninety
flights over a year, we're told today with a story
in the Telly. An independent senator says the continued acceptance
of these gifts by politicians and staff was deeply concerning.

(14:59):
I must have been I thought was dealt with months
ago and during the inquiry into the airlines. In New
South Wales, Will the Federal Opposition leader Susan Lee, is
set to replace the controversial committee charged with running the
New South Wales Liberal Party. They're instead going to create
a factionally balanced group of New South Wales elders to.

Speaker 3 (15:20):
Run the party. A factionally balanced group.

Speaker 2 (15:23):
I guess the proof will be in the pudding once
we find out who's in there. Liberal sources are suggesting
that Nick grin are, the former premier and party president
who conducted a review of the twenty twenty three New
South Wales election performance would be a suitable choice for
independent chair. But given some of the phone calls I've
made this morning, it would appear that their intent on
installing a woman as the new chair of the New

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South Wales Liberal Party.

Speaker 3 (15:47):
Look, I love learning something new every day. Here's a
question for it.

Speaker 2 (15:50):
Did you know that we had an elicit tobacco and
e cigarette commissioner who's been employed since twenty twenty four?

Speaker 3 (15:56):
I didn't.

Speaker 2 (15:57):
Her name's Erin Dale, and given she's not doing a
very good job, it looks like she's about to be
given the punt. She's working in intram roll and won't
be given the full time gig we're told today. Also,
the Northern Beaches Council tonight is going to debate this
motion that's been put forward by a twenty one year
old Greens counselor. He wants the councilor to some permanent ceasefire,

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with some of his colleagues describing it as immature this
over in Gaza, I go a step further and describe
it as a complete waste of time. The remit of
a Northern Beaches Council in any council in Sydney of
three things Rhodes rates rubbish. Why they want to weigh
in on Gaza and a potential ceasefire is beyond me.
And look just on a great news story here. I

(16:41):
want to congratulate ash Bardi. She's given birth to her
second child. She had a beautiful little girl they've called
a Jordan, and she posted on Instagram last night welcome
to the world, Jordan, with a photo of the little
bub who's yawning in a onesie with the words embrace
your weird. So congratulations to Ashbarti in her partner, her

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young family continues to grow. Now, speaking of sport, look
just on Origin and as I touched on, I'm in
Perth today and will be for the next few days.
I was really hoping to see something about Origin too
in the Perth newspapers this morning, but it's hardly rated
to mention, which I think is a sad indictment on
the editors of the local newspapers who should be supporting

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it if you think about the massive amount of money
a major event like this is adding to the local
economy in wa not to mention the design to get
people on board to support the Perth Bears who are
entering the competition in twenty twenty seven, surely there'd be
a bit of interest from a newspaper perspective and telling
the local people over here in the west about it. Now, yes,

(17:45):
they're inn afl city, But as I said earlier, why
would the local media be supporting rugby leagues. Why wouldn't
they be supporting rugby leagues push into the West. I
actually think it's quite sad because the media has an
important role to play, Otherwise they'll end up continuing only
the Fremantle Dockers and the West Coast Eagles.

Speaker 3 (18:04):
You think about it.

Speaker 2 (18:04):
We'll have sixty thousand people there tomorrow night, which proves
they are crying out for major events and the people
of Perth are willing to support something new. So I
think it's, like I say, a sad indictment on those
newspaper editors who are just ignoring it completely. Whether or
not they're getting word from the top down, I don't
know by the sounds of things that could be the case.

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But at the end of the day, if you're a
newspaper editor, you're trying to tell the stories of what's
happening in your town, in your city, and one of
the biggest stories at the moment is state of origin
tomorrow night. Now on the game itself, the weather's going
to turn pretty ugly this afternoon, we're told, and it's
had a febit of traffic on it today and over
the course of the weekend, so they're talking about it

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potentially being a slow track. While in the NRL, Manly
management is where a fan outrage at the club's dreadful
performances and have launched a series of in depth reviews
during the by round. The one conversation they need to have,
in my opinion, is what they do with Tom treboyevitge
he cannot continue at fallback. I think the times come
to bite the bullet and play in the centers or

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on the wing where he won't have to do as
much running. And I think it's also time to concede
that news of Dally Cherry evans departure has affected them
in a big big way. Manly started the season so strong,
but they've fallen in a hole ever since that was
made public by Cherry Evans and by the Manly club
Kevin Peterson. He says Cameron Green is not a Test

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number three and there is nothing in Australia's batting that
will scare England this summer. Of course the Ashes series
coming up. Adam Scott says he paid the price for
Paul Driving and was just so sloppy as his hopes
of a second major were blown apart on a horror
back nine at the US Open, and the Royal Ascot
Carnival gets underway tonight. Ray Thomas has a story today
about all of the ossies that are in the UK.

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Of course, as far as back to defend her title,
we've got James McDonald and Mark Zara and the saddle
Kiren mar has a runner.

Speaker 3 (19:57):
The list goes on.

Speaker 2 (19:58):
We've en't got a couple of bookies over there in
Rob Woodhouse, Rob Waterhouse and Warren Woodcock. So that's what's
happening over in the UK. So there's plenty for us
to talk about this morning. If you've got an opinion,
to share, a story, to tell us something to report,
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Speaker 3 (20:18):
You're with Mark Leevy as we.

Speaker 2 (20:19):
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(20:41):
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hands of the one iron back in our Sydney studio.
So as Darryl Brahman said to me when I first
started on the Continuous Call Team one, he don't stuff
it up.

Speaker 3 (21:10):
Let's get to a bit of your feedback here. Mark
Alberanzi is useless.

Speaker 2 (21:12):
The Israeli Iranian war is about the spiral out of control.
China is backing Iran now wake up Alberzi and Penny Wong.
That one from Brad. I used to say it too,
just let them the crim shoot each other. Now I
say no, enough, poor Marylands. That is not fit for
Australians to have to go through or grow up in.
Whether I hate Donald Trump or not or love him,

(21:34):
nothing against America.

Speaker 3 (21:35):
We love America.

Speaker 2 (21:36):
But we know what I mean as Australians when I
say we do not want Australia to become the same
as America, not with crim shooting guns. That one from
Peter in Newcastle, mark If these crime gangs aren't Australians,
send them back from where they came from.

Speaker 3 (21:52):
Mark Ow.

Speaker 2 (21:53):
Is it possible to get hit men on Air Tasker? Well,
this is a question I really want to put to
the police. To Yasmin Katley, I mean I would have
thought on air task you're organizing for people to come
and do your lawns, maybe clean the house, or maybe
do some construction at your place Air Tasker as a
way to find hitmen. What's going on there? Have you

(22:15):
still got the pjs on Levy from Willow? Well, well
no I don't. But it was quite brisk walking through
the CBD of Perth to get to our six PRS
studios at about two o'clock this morning local time. And
Don says, mate, you say Abernezi needs to listen to
defense experts. Albernezi doesn't listen to anyone. Look at energy policy.
I thought the bloke was just dumb. Now I think

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he's dangerous. Keep that feedback coming zero for six zero
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c supply. Speaking of crime, will catch up with the
new South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Katley right after the break.

(22:57):
It's coming up to nine thirty. Shi up with the
Police Minister Asmen Catley very shortly as she should be
ringing through any moment. In the meantime, there's a police
release that's just come through. Speaking of police, a thirty
seven year old man was arrested twice by MacArthur Highway
patrol officers last night and is now bail refused for

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eleven offenses, including assaulting police officers. At about six forty
five last night, the Mail was detected by MacArthur Highway
Patrol officers allegedly driving an unregistered and uninsured Ford Falcon
on Airge Road Minto. The Mail was also found to
be a disqualified driver. He was charged with three offenses
and serve with the court attendance notice to attend Campbelltown

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Local Court. About ninety minutes later, this Mail was again
spotted by police, now allegedly driving this same car on
ben Lemont Road Minta. The Mail was arrested and conveyed
to Camberdown Police station. During a search of this mail,
a small amount of prohibited drugs was located in his
crotch area. The mail refused to supply DNA, so force

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was used, during which this Mail attempt to do head
but a police officer. The DNA sample was obtained and
the Mail has been charged with eleven offenses including traffic offenses,
possessing a prohibited drug, assaulting and hindering police officers. The
mail was bow refused to appear at Campbelltown Local Court today,
arrested twice.

Speaker 3 (24:21):
Amazing, isn't it?

Speaker 2 (24:22):
And it just goes to show exactly what I was
talking about off the top of the program, and that
is some of the rat bags and rubbish that police
have to deal with on a regular basis. Now it's
ratings day for the radio fraternity, and as we always do,
I need to let you know about some great results.

Speaker 3 (24:38):
I'm just having a look at them now.

Speaker 2 (24:41):
Firstly, as a whole, two GB's once again Sydney's number
one radio station with an increased share of thirteen point six,
which is up point eight of a percent. So congratulations
to all of my colleagues. In fact, we've had the
biggest increase in share of any radio station in Sydney
result for two GB. So again, well done to all

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of my colleagues both on and off air, including those
in the newsroom and engineering everybody. As far as Breakfast goes,
Ben Fordham has retained his title as the King of
Brecky Radio. Well under Ben, he's a clear number one
with a share of sixteen point seven, which is up
one point one points. He's now four point two points
clear of his nearest rival, So congratulations to Ben and

(25:24):
his hard working team. As far as the morning show goes,
I'm delighted to say that we're number one again for
a third consecutive survey with a fifteen point five share,
which is exactly the same as Survey three. So thank
you very much for supporting us here. On the morning program,
Smooth is in second place on fourteen point three, one
point two behind us, and Well Daylight third gold on

(25:47):
nine point seven. So it looks like some good increases
across the station, but we'll need to wait for the
time adjusted figures to come through. But well done to
everybody at two GB. Congratulations to all of my colleagues,
starting off with Ben at breakfast, then we continue on
through the day, Michael Clinton, Adam Hall's on Wide World
of Sports, dead Night on Money News, John Stanley at

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Night and of course Mike Jeffries and Fill O'Neil on
overnights as well. But you know, we get a lot
of the credit on air, the presenters that is, but
it's the teams behind us that do all of the
hard work as well, So everyone from the producers to
the panel operators, to the engineers, to the newsroom, to
our management team as well.

Speaker 3 (26:28):
Most importantly they were.

Speaker 2 (26:29):
A big thank you to you, our loyal listeners, and
I refer to you as our two GB family, because
that's exactly what you are.

Speaker 3 (26:35):
We're a family.

Speaker 2 (26:36):
We fight for you and if there's things that are
happening in your neck of the woods, you're always the
first to let us know. So thank you Sidney for
making us the number one radio station yet again. And
on my personal behalf, thank you for making us number one.
In the morning, we'll take another break Yasmin Catley hopefully
after this. Thank you to all those lovely messages that
are coming through off the back of the radio ratings.

(27:00):
I just wanted to acknowledge one here from Brett who
says Mark, just what to say on one of your
new listeners. I live in Brisbane and have moved from
listening to Kiss in Brisbane listening to two GB on
the app and outstanding network that genuinely outshines other stations.
Thank you, Brett, it's nice to have your part of
the two GB family. Mate you left to spread the
word for us. Get all of your family and friends
listening to us as well. Congratulations to two GB on

(27:22):
b number one and to you Mark, thank you very
much for that.

Speaker 3 (27:25):
Ian.

Speaker 2 (27:25):
There's a lot of messages coming through. I can't read
all of them, but I speak on behalf of all
of my colleagues in thanking you, because, as I always say,
without you, we don't get to sit here and do
what we do. So a big thank you to our
wonderful listeners. Just on the topic of Northern Beaches Council,
high Mark local councils do deal with rubbish their policies

(27:47):
and virtue signaling, and I guess the air task a
hit man will hired to get rid of some rubbish
from Duncan Well. I just find it, really, I find
it extraordinary, so we'll try and get to the bottom
of it in just a moment. In fact, I mentioned
off the top of the show look. Today is the
first ever National Police Legacy Day. The seventeenth of June
will now be dedicated to recognizing the vital support provided

(28:08):
to the loved ones of police officers who have lost
their lives. And the timing is unfortunately very appropriate with
the death of a fifty seven year old Tasmanian police
officer just yesterday. Like many police officers, he was on
what was an otherwise routine job and a regional part
of the state before he was shot dead. And it
is groups like Police Legacy that helped the families of

(28:28):
police when the worst does happen. Meanwhile, here in Sydney,
we are seeing the rise in these execution style shootings
among gangs in our city. You would have heard the
news break with Michael McLaren and Clinton Maynard over the
course of the afternoon yesterday with three people shot at
Auburn in Sydney's West. Police believe this is the third
attempt by one group to kill another underworld gang figure.

(28:48):
There were fears back in May of a tit for
tat gang war making its way into our city streets
and it seems that that is the case now. Yasmin
Katley's the police minister in New South Wales. He's on
the line, Minister, good morning to you.

Speaker 4 (29:00):
Good morning Mark Well.

Speaker 2 (29:02):
I wish we were talking under better circumstances and I
know you've been very strong on this, this underworld crime
that is being committed at the moment. Firstly, your reaction
to what we saw play out at just after one
o'clock yesterday afternoon.

Speaker 5 (29:15):
Oh, I look like everybody in our city. I was
horrified by what occurred in a suburban street at lunchtime.
I mean, it just should not happen. It is appalling
what we saw happen yesterday. And you know the thing
that was most concerning is a woman has been caught
up in this violence and all she was doing was

(29:35):
her job. She went to work and this terrible violent
crime occurred and she has been caught up in it.
Or like, it's just absolutely shocking.

Speaker 2 (29:46):
I set off the top of the program Minister that
a lot of people write to me saying, Mark, why
don't we just let these cream shoot one another? And
what you just touched on is the reason why we
can't just sit back and watch, because innocent people have
been caught up in these violent crimes, the being committed
on Sydney Street. So my follow up question to that,
Minister is do the police have the resources that they

(30:07):
require at the moment or do we need to give
them even more resources to nip this in the bud
so to speak.

Speaker 5 (30:14):
If they need more resources, will make them available, don't
you worry about that. But I must remind you under
Task Force Falcon, which was set up just three weeks ago,
there's one hundred and fifty police in that task force.
One hundred of them are detectives. Now, these are amongst
some of the best detectives in the country. They have
already made twenty three arrests associated with public place shootings

(30:37):
and they will be making plenty more. My message to
those crooks out there who think it's okay to go
around with these public place shootings, just meeting their own
vendettas against one another, the police will get you, and
they will throw everything at you and you will spend
a very long time in a small sell.

Speaker 2 (31:00):
With that said, are you happy with the way the
courts are dealing with this, Minister? Be given that a
court released one of the victims, Sam m Janizzari, from
custody recently, despite fears from police that there would be
a public shooting if they did, and here we are
he shot in Auburn. So I mean that the courts
are the ones letting down the police, are they not?

Speaker 6 (31:18):
Well?

Speaker 5 (31:19):
Look, I'm not going to make a comment on them
what a magistrate's decision is, Mark, but I can tell
you now the police are doing everything they can, as
you rightly just did. They are doing a great job
and they will leave no stone unturned in relation to
these public place shootings. We must make sure that people
feel safe in the community. That is their absolute number
one goal and we have to just back them one

(31:39):
hundred percent of the way, and the government does.

Speaker 2 (31:41):
But just on that, surely you would con see that
the police are doing the work to arrest these criminals,
put them before the courts.

Speaker 3 (31:48):
The courts have.

Speaker 2 (31:48):
Released one of these victims despite the court being told
by police that there would be a public shooting if
they did so.

Speaker 3 (31:55):
The courts have let down the community. Surely.

Speaker 5 (31:58):
Well, that's a matter for the magistrate, not for me
to question the magistrates ruling. But as I say, in
terms of the police, they will have every resource they need.
Acting Commissioner Sirtell said yesterday they will put every effort
into this that they can because they take an oath
and that is to keep the community safe, and I
know that they will honor that oath.

Speaker 2 (32:18):
All right, these reports today, there's one in the Telegraph
suggesting this was a hit organized on air. Tasker, surely
you're concerned by that.

Speaker 5 (32:27):
Well, that hasn't been confirmed yet, so we need to
let the investigation play out. It's very early at this
point in time, and we will keep the community up
to date with what we know when we know it.
Of course, anybody would be concerned about that. I mean,
that's just absolutely ridiculous. But we have to stop it entirely.

Speaker 6 (32:44):
People.

Speaker 5 (32:45):
It is not okay for us to be experiencing these
public shootings on our streets. That is not who our
city is, and that's not who we want our city
to be.

Speaker 3 (32:54):
Jeez.

Speaker 2 (32:55):
I always thought their task is a place to find
someone to do your lowns or maybe clean the house.
But now we've got people allegedly on their organizing hits
on people. I mean, I just shake my head when
I read those reports. But as you say, we'll leave
that in the hands of police. Now on police, and
I know you're very proud of the work that they
do in the community, Minister, and I'm also a staunch
defender of what the police do in our community. And

(33:17):
I touched on the fact that today is National Police
Legacy Day and it takes on all the more importance
given what's happened in Tasmania in the last twenty four hours.

Speaker 5 (33:26):
Look, you're absolutely right. So for the first time ever
today we were on a National Police Legacy Day, and
it's more than just a day in the calendar. It's
a powerful reminder that behind every fallen officer is a
family still living with that loss, and as you just
pointed out from Tasmania as recent as yesterday, my heart

(33:48):
goes out to that family. I have contacted the Commissioner
in Tasmania and expressed our deepest sympathies on behalf of
the government, on behalf of the police and the people
of New South Wales.

Speaker 2 (34:00):
Created back in nine to eighty seven Police Legacy to
help the families of more than fifteen hundred police officers
who have died as part of carrying out their duties.
It just goes to show that we can never forget
or underestimate the role that they play in our community.

Speaker 5 (34:13):
Oh that's absolutely true. I think the bond between police
officers and the community they protect runs deep, and police
legacy strengthens that bond when families need it most. Every
officer deserves to know their family will be cared for
if the worst happens, and police Legacy gives that assurance.
And I think it's fair to say that a National
Police Legacy Day celebrates that quiet, vital promise.

Speaker 3 (34:36):
And you're lighting up the sales of the opera house,
I understand.

Speaker 5 (34:39):
Yes, the sales of the opera house will be lit
up in blue and we're also encouraging people to wear
blue today and really get behind I know, broadly speaking,
and I know you're a great supporter, but broadly speaking,
our communities that we live in respect and really admire
our police. So today's an opportunity to express.

Speaker 3 (35:00):
That, all right.

Speaker 2 (35:01):
And one last one, Minister, I had a bit to
say yesterday about the candidates in line for police commissioner.
I don't expect you to preempt what's going to happen
here because there's a process that will take place. But
can I ask you what that timeline looks like. How
long will it be before you envisage a police commissioner
being appointed to replace Karen Webb?

Speaker 7 (35:21):
Oh?

Speaker 5 (35:21):
Look, I think that'll be several months.

Speaker 4 (35:23):
Mark.

Speaker 5 (35:23):
We want to go through a thorough process and make
sure that we pick a candidate that is what the
New South Wales police deserve and expect.

Speaker 3 (35:31):
All right, fantastic, Thanks for your time, Minister, will catch
up soon.

Speaker 5 (35:35):
Good to talk to you, bybye.

Speaker 2 (35:36):
Yasmin Katlee, police minister in New South Wales. Look just
on this underworld thing and I don't know why the
Minister can't comment on the case when quite clearly the
courts have failed the community. So samm jan Azari is
arrested by police and put before the courts. The police
prosecutor tells the magistrate or the judge that look, if

(35:58):
you let this blake go, there's going to be another
public shooting. What do they do? They let him back
into the community. What happens there's a shooting at Auburn.
If that doesn't highlight that we've got a problem with
the courts, I don't know what will. And I know
I sound like a broken record when I sit here
and criticize judges and magistrates. But when you have the
police who are at the forefront of what is happening

(36:20):
on the streets of Sydney telling a magistrate and judge,
even though the chief Judge said the other day, by
the way, that they have a great feel for what's
happening in the community, pigs bum you do Sammim Janizari,
Please don't release him, your honor, otherwise there'll be another
public shooting. Fast forward, what happens at Auburn. He gets
shot and they wonder why talkback. Presenters like me get

(36:43):
upset and angry and frustrated that the courts are letting
down the police and I've got any number of messages
from police officers saying, Mark, we arrest the crims, we
put them before the courts. We try and make sure
that they stay in custody so this doesn't happen on
the streets. And what do the courts do? They know
best Out onto the streets you go. It's a vicious cycle.

(37:04):
And we wonder why we've got an underworld shooting spree
happening on the streets of Sydney. The people I feel
sorry for are the hard working police officers, not the courts.

Speaker 3 (37:13):
We're off to a break.

Speaker 2 (37:14):
It's nine minutes away from ten now breaking news coming
out of Canada President Donald Trump, and I feared this
would happen. President Donald Trump has announced he will be
departing the G seven tonight after dinner. Trump's press secretary,
Caroline Leavitt has said that he is leaving because of
what is happening in the Middle East. It was due
to meet with Anthony Albernesi tomorrow. We're unsure what this

(37:37):
means for the meeting between Trump and Alberzi at this moment.
It's an extraordinary development, especially considering it's the main reason
why mister Alberizi is there to meet with Trump, and
now it's becoming unlikely the meeting will even happen. And
it's something that we've certainly been pointing to. I mean,
you think about what Trump is dealing with at the moment.
He's got the war between Ukraine and Russia. He's got

(38:01):
the escalating conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran.
He's had protests on the streets of Los Angeles, he's
got tariffs, he's got a whole range of issues. And
at the moment, this meeting, well, this so called meeting's
up in the air. There's no suggestion yet that it's
completely off. But if he's leaving after dinner tonight, unless
there's a meeting between Alberonezi and Trump prior to the dinner,

(38:23):
well that meeting won't happen. So we're on the phone
to Michael Packi, who's in Canada with the Prime Minister
standing by for some confirmation. But what we can tell
you is that Trump will depart the G seven summit
tonight after dinner. It's four minutes away from ten. So
repeating that news, Donald Trump will be leaving the G
seven after dinner tonight American time. We've also got problems

(38:45):
in the city at Castlereagh Street. I'm being told a
burst water made. More on that after the news which
comes up right now.

Speaker 1 (39:00):
So Australia, this is Mornings with Mark Levy.

Speaker 3 (39:05):
Is exproving a busy one.

Speaker 2 (39:07):
Now that news out of Canada at the G seven
that Donald Trump is departing before his scheduled meeting with
Anthony ALBERNIZI let me share with you some of the
comments that need made by his Press secretary, Caroline Leavitt.
I also want to get to Will Bottom because we've
got some dramas in the CBD around Castle Ragh Street.
We've also got the Downing Center courts being evacuated as

(39:31):
we speak because of power outages and some of the delays.
We'll get to that shortly. But this big news out
of Canada. So the press secretary told reporters he was
looking forward to this meeting with mister Trump. Well, mister
Alberezi told reporters he was looking forward to this meeting
with mister Trump. Miss Levitt wrote, President Trump had a

(39:54):
great day at the G seven, even signing a major
trade deal with the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Kia
stam much was accomplished, but because of what's going on
the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after
dinner with heads of state. And it came just after
mister Trump offered his most positive indication on the future
of AUCAST to date, standing alongside UK Prime Minister Kia Starmer,

(40:17):
as the British leader declared, we're proceeding with the pack.
It's a really important deal to both of us, Kia
Starmer said. Mister Trump did not dispute the declaration, telling
reporters we're very long time partners and allies and friends.
He's slightly more liberal than I am, but for some
reason we get along. It comes to mid a review
by the Pentagon into the future of the Trilateral Defense Pack.

(40:41):
But you know, it's all well and good for that
to have been said by Sir Kia Starmer and for
the comments from President Trump. But there is still so
much hanging on this meeting between Donald Trump and Anthony Aberesi.

Speaker 3 (40:56):
It's been speculated about for weeks.

Speaker 2 (40:59):
Anthony Aberesi finally organized as a face to face with
Donald Trump because, let's face it, the only time that
he's spoken to the US President is via phone twice,
unlike some of his predecessors, namely Scott Morrison, who was
able to through the assistance of Joe Hockey, get mister Trump.

Speaker 3 (41:15):
On the phone for a chat.

Speaker 2 (41:18):
Now, I would have thought when we have our most
powerful ally, the United States, who we rely on with
the volatility of the world at the moment, and the
Americans being our most powerful ally, we should be able
to make contact with the US President directly. But clearly
we have a Prime minister who's unable to do that,

(41:41):
which is why I think this minute, this face to
face meeting that was scheduled for tomorrow our time, was
so important and I've got a lot of you writing
to me at the moment saying Annie's the first one
Australia misses out again. If Albo had the guts to
go to the US earlier and fight on our behalf,
we wouldn't be left high and dry on the sidelines
begging for a meeting. Well, by the sounds of things,

(42:01):
that meeting is no more. It's up in the air
at this stage. He's leaving after dinner tonight. We've had
that confirmed. Whether or not he's going to squeeze in
a face to face meeting with Anthony Abernezi. Will be
able to check him with our federal political reporter Michael Paki,
who's traveling with Donald Trump, and we'll catch up with
him in the next half hour. He's working the phones

(42:21):
at the moment to try and get to the bottom
of it.

Speaker 3 (42:24):
But all of this talk and all.

Speaker 2 (42:26):
Of this speculation, the strategy, the planning that goes into
a meeting with the leader of the free world and
our most powerful ally looks like it's all up in
the air. It's all gone. Is anyone really surprised? Though,
given what's happening on the international stage at the moment.
He's been acting as mediator or supposed peacemaker in the
war between Ukraine and Russia. He's now got the escalating

(42:49):
tensions and conflict between Israel and Iran. He's had the
protests on the streets of Los Angeles. Do you really
think a meeting with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Abernezi is
at the forefront of his I don't think so. So
we'll get the very latest from Michael Packey on this
in the next twenty minutes or so, so stand by
for some more on that now I've touched on this

(43:10):
burst water made in the middle of the CBD around
Castle Ray Street. It's causing some road closures. There's some
power outages and I'm told the Downing Center local court
proceedings have temporarily halted. Let's bring in our traffic man,
Will Bottom, who's been making some inquiries on this.

Speaker 3 (43:26):
Will. What have you got for us, Leiviy.

Speaker 8 (43:28):
It looks like this initially came in for emergency services
as a call to a person trapped in a lift
when the power went out. So there's been a burst
water mating Castle Ray Street in the city near Liverpool Street.
Now large amounts of water there have impacted an electrical
substation and that's left more than eight hundred oscreed customers
with our power. That includes the Downing Center. So fire
and rescue crews worked to free this person who was

(43:50):
trapped in the lift when the power went out and
the Downing Center building was evacuated. We've now got Castle
Ray Street in the city closed between Golden and Liverpool
Streets to the burst water main and there's Sydney Water
crews there working to isolate at that At the moment,
it has impacted traffic lights as well, So the traffic
lights at the corner of Park and Elizabeth Streets just
near the Downing Center in Hyde Park they're blacked out

(44:12):
as well as someone surrounding intersections. So if you're in
the city just take care. The police are diverting traffic
and we've got Castle Ray Street closed. There's fire rescue, police,
Osgried Sydney Water Transport for New South Wales. They're all
onseen and thankfully no reports of any injuries.

Speaker 3 (44:27):
All right, thank you very much for that, Will Bottom.

Speaker 2 (44:29):
Let's bring in Josh Bright, our court reporter who's been
at the Downing Center court covering cases this morning, but
that's all stopped because of this flooding in this burst
water main. Josh paint a picture for us as I
say good morning to you, what are you seeing out
the front there?

Speaker 9 (44:43):
Good morning, Mark, Yes, that's right. It's around the side
of the Downing Center. As Will was just saying, I
could see the Sydney Water truck which is both up
next to this this burst water main, the water following
quite a heavily down the street, lots of flashing lights
as we've got the row walk round the front of
the court there is just dozens and dozens of lawyers

(45:06):
and their clients in even some school kids who are
at the Downing Center on an excursion, just sort of
waiting for the issue to be resolved so that things
can resume. I should note that it was a very
long queue, longer than normal just to get in to
the Downing Center this morning, clearing security. So I shouted

(45:26):
to think how long it will take all of us
to get back inside once the issue is resolved. But yeah,
certainly an unusual start to Core proceedings. It was about
just after nine thirty. The magistrate had just come on
to the bench in the courtroom where we were, and
then the lights went out, and then within ten minutes
we were told that we need to leave and that
there was some kind of power issue caused by a

(45:48):
burst water Maine, and the evacuation alarms started sounding, and
it was a long trudge out for dozens and dozens
of people inside. What is really the biggest Core complex here?

Speaker 3 (46:00):
And is that the alarms that I can still hear
going off in the background.

Speaker 9 (46:03):
Josh, yes, that's right, you can still hear the evacuation
alarm sounding. I don't know if that's from the Downing
Center or one of the other nearby buildings. But they're
certainly pretty consistently going. And I can see a few
more people here with the friaries and the Sitney Water
Crew as they look at this and try and get
it sorted out as quickly as possible.

Speaker 2 (46:23):
All Right, Josh, we'll let you get back to it
and hopefully the court proceedings will get back underway shortly.
So versus water Maine in the city around the Castle
Ray Street area that's forced the evacuations, and it's going
to cause some delays for those motorists who use the
roads into and out of the city today because of
that main thoroughfare that is Castle Ray Street. Now I

(46:44):
want to get to a break at a quarter past ten,
we'll get some more reaction to this potential cancelation of
a meeting between Trump and mister Albinizi. Michael Schubridge from
Strategic Analysis Australia will join us. We'll also have a
chat to him about the comments made by the Defence
Minister Richard Marles yesterday on the US and China. There's
a fairbit happening internationally. Michael Shubridge will join us after

(47:07):
the break. It's right on a quarter past ten. Well,
we know that Donald Trump is unpredictable, but I hazard
a guess that this is fairly predictable, that he's leaving
the G seven to deal with what's happening at the
Middle East at the moment. As we've been reporting on
the last half hour, he will be leaving the G
seven in Canada after dinner tonight Canadian time, to head

(47:27):
back to the United States, where he will control what's
happening and any potential response from the Americans into all
of these conflicts that are unfolding globally at the moment.
I thought we'd bring in Michael Shubridge, the founder and
director of Strategic Analysis Australia, for his expert opinion our
whole range of things. I'm delighted to say he's on
the line right now, Michael. Good morning to you.

Speaker 10 (47:49):
Good morning, Mike. How are you very well?

Speaker 2 (47:51):
Thank you Well, this news has only just broken in
the last twenty minutes or so. Donald Trump to leave
the G seven tonight after dinner. There was that all
important eating scheduled between the US President and Australia's Prime
Minister Anthony Alberzi tomorrow morning our time, but that looks
like it's now up in the air and potentially won't happen.

Speaker 10 (48:10):
Yes, and I think mister Alberanizi will be absolutely delighted.
He'll be able to say, gosh, she was so looking
forward to meeting Donald Trump. He really wanted to talk
deeply about orcas and tariff's but unfortunately a war got
in the way. But gosh, he was ready to go
and have a great chat with the Donald.

Speaker 2 (48:31):
There was a lot riding on it, I mean by
the sounds of things, given the comments by Sakia Starma
and even Trump himself this morning Australian time, it looks
like that orcus pact will remain and will continue, which
is good news. But you talk about tariffs, you talk
about Australia's relationship with the United States. It was really
really important for mister Alberzi to have that first face

(48:52):
to face with Donald Trump.

Speaker 10 (48:54):
Well, I think it shows us the US President has
many many priorities. Meeting with mister Albersi wasn't one of
them today. But I'm not so confident about the whole
ORCUST thing as you because the Americans are doing a
review right now as we all know, and This meeting
was meant to be an opportunity for our Prime minister

(49:16):
to have that leader to leader conversation with Donald Trump
about Orcus, and that's gone now.

Speaker 3 (49:21):
So you think Orcust is still up in the.

Speaker 10 (49:23):
Air, absolutely, and it will remain up in the air
even after mister Albanesi and mister Trump meet whenever that happens.
And that's because it's actually getting riskier and harder as
time has passed. And that's that's about all three partners.
But certainly US submarine production is falling, not growing, and

(49:45):
it's meant to be growing. And the UK is in
an even bigger mess with their side of summer in production.

Speaker 2 (49:52):
So where does that leave a strainer and its defense
capabilities given we're relying on Orcust, this three hundred billion
dollar plan.

Speaker 3 (49:59):
Yet we've got a.

Speaker 2 (50:00):
Former US National Security advisor in hr McMaster making comments
yesterday in Canberra that Jijingping's Chinese Communist Party is preparing
for war.

Speaker 10 (50:11):
Well, we had Richard Miles saying that China's massive military
modernization and building of nuclear weapons and military presence close
to Australia is a big problem. He said that to
a defense focused audience in the Great Hall of the
Parliament yesterday. But mister ALBERANIZI can't even say China when
it comes to security. So I think the bigger problem

(50:34):
is we are free riding on America and we're making
ourselves quite weak and even more dependent overcoming years. And
all this rhetoric from mister ALBERNIZI we'll decide how much
we spend on defense and not be pushed around by
the Americans. We are making a sovereign decision to be
even more dependent on America than ever before under this government.

Speaker 2 (50:57):
And all the while, I mean, I think given what's
happening in the Middle East at the moment, and admittedly
they're a long way away from Australia, but these drone attacks,
these missile attacks, if you look at our defense capabilities
here in Australia, if something was to happen and there
was a conflict between the United States and China, Australia
gets drawn into that. We're sitting here vulnerable to the

(51:18):
Chinese Communist Party, which we know has already had war
ships conducting live fire drills and spy ships looming off
our coast well, and they've.

Speaker 10 (51:27):
Got weapons that can reach Australia from China but also
from those warships. And one of the things the government
did with its Strategic review in its first term was
cut investment in defence's air and missile defense capabilities. So
you look at the Iranians, why are they being pummeled
so badly by the Israelis because they don't have effective

(51:50):
there and missile defense. And frankly, our defense bases and
our key things I guess thirty five and submarines and
our population center, they're all nude to the Chinese. We
are failing to invest in even a minim air and
missile defense capability when it.

Speaker 2 (52:08):
Comes to our defense spending in this retric as you've
pointed out from Anthony Alberizi, does he need to start
listening given that Sakia Stamer in the UK has vowed
to lift defense spending in the United Kingdom.

Speaker 3 (52:22):
Yet all we seem to be doing here in.

Speaker 2 (52:23):
Australia saying ah Na, she'll be right, We'll do whatever
we think, all the while the experts, including people like
you good self Michael, is saying we are not where
we need to be.

Speaker 10 (52:33):
Well. I know that there's been a controversy in Australia
about education and the failure of Australians to learn maths.
But really the Prime Minister only needs basic maths to
know that he can't afford even the force that his
government plans to build for defense on the level of
spending he's allocating. If he doesn't know that, he should
get a briefing on that urgently from the Treasury Department,

(52:55):
because they've got calculators. So there is a real problem.
But I think the Prime Minister's bigger problem is he
can't admit what the Americans and what Richard Miles have
said recently, which is China is a massive security challenge
for Australia and that's because he's built that personal relationship
with China's leader Shishipin.

Speaker 2 (53:18):
Well, there's great uncertainty at the moment, Michael, but I'd
love to lean on your expertise. Given the volatilities and
the uncertainty in the world at the moment, where is
this heading. What do you see the future looking like
as far as the Middle East, the Chinese, what's happening
between UK and Russia. We've got all these simmering tensions

(53:38):
at the moment that have boiled over. Where are we
heading as a planner.

Speaker 10 (53:43):
Well, I think you know, we heard just as recently
as last year from our government that protecting the rules
based order and free trade is our big plan. Both
those things have disappeared. So we're in a world of
fragmenting blocks and country is using their military power and
their economic power quite aggressively, and we're just not prepared

(54:06):
for that. America is no longer able to keep the
peace and doesn't even seem to have a plan to
want to do that. If you look at what the
new administration is doing, this is a time for us
to be becoming less economically dependent on China and less
dependent on American security. But what we're doing at the

(54:27):
moment is doubling down on both of those risks. So
we're doing the dullest thing at this particularly dangerous time
in the world.

Speaker 2 (54:35):
If if you had a chance to sit down with
the Prime Minister, what would be your advice to Anthony
Albernezi to try and sort this out as far as
our defense capabilities and ensuring that we're ready to either
join a conflict, will be prepared for what could potentially
be coming here.

Speaker 10 (54:54):
Well, I'd say, Prime Minister, you have to admit there's
a problem. Our military is too weak and it's weaker
over this critical period of time. Aucus, even if it works,
is a solution for the twenty fifties, not now. So
you need to do something now to increase Australia's military power,
and ordering more stuff from the Americans is not the path.

(55:17):
You need to trust good Australian companies that are making
stuff that people like the Ukrainians are using right now,
and you need to give them government contracts because we
can do a lot more for ourselves. But our defense
bureaucrats failed to notice that.

Speaker 2 (55:33):
Brilliant Michael, I appreciate your time as always, and thank
you for sharing your expertise with us given what's playing
out at the moment internationally and the news this morning
that Donald Trump will be leaving the G seven early.

Speaker 10 (55:44):
Thanks for your time as always, Thanks very much.

Speaker 2 (55:46):
Make that's Michael Schubridge, Founder and Director of Strategic Analysis Australia.
And you see what I mean with my comments off
the top of the program.

Speaker 3 (55:56):
Why is the Prime Minister not listening? Why is he
not listening?

Speaker 2 (56:01):
We've spoken to experts on this program. We've spoken to
those that work in this area, We've spoken to commentators
who follow this a lot closer.

Speaker 3 (56:10):
Than I do, everyone saying the same thing.

Speaker 2 (56:13):
We must lift our spending on defense, we must prepare ourselves,
we must further that relationship with the United States. And
now we learn today that this meeting, by the looks
of things, is highly unlikely, given that Trump will be
leaving the G seven early after dinner tonight. And there's
another piece today by Greg Sheridan who writes today in

(56:34):
The Australian, are we already, without realizing it, in the
foothills of a new World war? A Cold war to
be sure, but still a global conflict. The conflicts between
Israel and Iran, Russia and Ukraine, and potentially China and
Taiwan are closely related. In attacking Iran's nuclear programs, Israel's
Benjamin ett Ya, who is acting primarily to protect Israel's security. However,

(56:58):
when he says he's also defending him my Oriaica and
other nations, he's telling the truth. And Iran with nuclear
weapons transforms the global geostrategic environment. Nuclear weapons are roring
back to the center of geostrategic equations. One of the
most important developments of our time is the new alliance
between China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.

Speaker 3 (57:18):
They are not a formal alliance.

Speaker 2 (57:20):
They have all kinds of mutual suspicions and paranoias, but
they're acting with as much effectiveness as an alliance as
is the Western alliance led by the United States. North
Korea sent ten thousand troops to fight for Russia. Moscow
supplies Pyongyang with military high tech. Iran sells drones and
missiles to Russia, and has an increasingly intimate relationship with Beijing.

(57:43):
Russia joins with China and shielding Iran at the UN.
Beijing supplies Moscow with countless dual use technologies, items that
can be used militarily for non military purposes, and continues
such an extensive economic relationship with Russia that has played
a big part in making Western sound actions against Moscow ineffective.

(58:03):
As Greg writes, today, China has enough sway with members
of the Global South that it neutralizes most Western sanctioned efforts.
Western sanctions have impeded Russia, and they've kept you run
much poorer than it would otherwise be, but they haven't
been powerful enough to change Moscow or tay RAN's essential
strategy and behavior. That's Greg Sheridan's piece today and The Australian,

(58:25):
and off the back of what Michael Schubridge is telling
us this morning, clearly our Prime Minister Anthony Albernezi is
asleep at the wheel. You can have your say this
morning on one three one eight seven three. You can
email me at two GB dot com and you can
text me zero four six zero eight seven three eight
seven three. It's right on ten thirty. Yeah, jump on
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(58:46):
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I'm that even our listeners are onto the whole you
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Speaker 3 (59:47):
How did that go? By the way, It was a
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Speaker 2 (59:49):
Stressful, but it was all right once I asked a
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six people come up. I was listening to the you
O this morning. You've sorted it all out because I
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to me, he was putting his kids on a plane
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Speaker 3 (01:00:30):
It will be Do you want me to sort that
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Speaker 2 (01:00:34):
Yeah, if you can her this week, maybe I should
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I think so. Anyway, we'll spin the wheel in the
next hour of the program. Thank you, oney, you look
forward to it much. Back back there in Sydney, and
again I just want to say a big thank you
to everyone here at six PR in Perth. It's a
terrific radio station, our sister station in Perth. And I

(01:00:54):
got a chat with my great mate Carl Langdon. We
spent some quality time together during the Olympic Games. Is
actually dressed up like a nun earlier. I don't know why.
Apparently they do that over here, they just dress up
like different things. Anyway, he came over and gave me
a big arg.

Speaker 3 (01:01:09):
It's good to see him just on flying. If we
got any.

Speaker 2 (01:01:12):
Parents listening who have had to fly with babies before,
because there was a lady sitting next to me who
I want to give an enormous rap to.

Speaker 3 (01:01:21):
I don't know what.

Speaker 2 (01:01:21):
Her name was, but she had this beautiful little bub
all of five months of age.

Speaker 3 (01:01:27):
They'd cried a couple of times. You know, it is
what it is.

Speaker 2 (01:01:31):
But I was stressed for her, if that makes sense,
And she got up and she went for a walk.
There was a little bassinet that she put the baby
into so it could have a sleep, and I couldn't
help myself. At the end of the flight, I said,
you have done so well, and she said, you have
no idea how stressed I've been about this. I think
she was flying back to Perth for a wedding or something.
She was telling me, but unbelievable. So to parents out

(01:01:55):
there that have had to take a little bub onto
an airplane. In fact, if you're a parently listening to us,
who can share a story in relation to how difficult
it is to try and settle babies when they're on
a plane, I would love to hear from you, because
this woman yesterday. Wow, she was a trooper and she

(01:02:15):
was wrestling with the estralla, the prem whatever you want
to call it.

Speaker 3 (01:02:19):
She's got the baby, and I think the baby did
a little doodoo.

Speaker 2 (01:02:21):
So I was thinking to myself, as poor woman, and
I kept saying, is there anything I can do to help?

Speaker 3 (01:02:26):
Is there anything I can do to help? That's just
sort of the nature of the black I am.

Speaker 2 (01:02:29):
But you know when you're sort of asked to help
somebody and then you become more of a hindrance rather
than a help. Anyway, I just thought to myself, you
poor thing, new poor thing. And oh the little baby
was gorgeous and she slept for most of it. But
there are a couple of little cries up there, you know,
in the pressure of the years and all that sort
of thing.

Speaker 3 (01:02:48):
So anyway, well done to it.

Speaker 2 (01:02:50):
Now, breaking news coming through South Sydney. Rabbito is set
to extend the contracts of both Caddy Walker and Alex
Johnston by one year. So the Rabbit O's set to
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And a finance update for you for you, the all
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(01:03:13):
US cents.

Speaker 3 (01:03:14):
Good morning, mister Levy.

Speaker 2 (01:03:15):
Could you please wish Frank and Elizabeth Gris a happy
sixty seventh wedding anniversary.

Speaker 3 (01:03:21):
I'm more than happy to do that for you. To
Frank and Elizabeth, happy sixty seventh wedding anniversary from all
of the team here at two GB and I hope
you have a sensational day. Thank you for that. Mark.

Speaker 2 (01:03:33):
Why not allow joined American Australian bases in Australia where
the Americans can bring nuclear submarines, nuclear power aircraft carriers,
and that will provide a defense for US without US
having to purchase a billion dollars and billions of dollars
worth of submarines. I'll just read these out and get
to as many of them.

Speaker 3 (01:03:50):
As I can.

Speaker 2 (01:03:50):
Market It's obvious that Albo is incompetent as a PM,
and he's the only PM of our major allies who
didn't go to the States to personally discuss our tariff
situation Trump and he relied on talking with him at
the G seven. And that meeting has now been canceled.
From ros Brett writes, Mark, we could not have a
worse government and leader in Albern easy carrying power in
our country as the world moves closer to a world war.

(01:04:14):
Sorry to say it, but he just doesn't cut it
and doesn't get it. That one from Brett, Wayne writes
Mark Albo is not and never will be a statesman.

Speaker 3 (01:04:23):
This early.

Speaker 2 (01:04:25):
Departure by Trump plays right into the hands of Albo.
I tried hard but couldn't do anything about the meeting.
That one from Wayne and Greg writes what a snub
by Trump chose. Albo doesn't cut it on the world stage.
That one from Greg one three one eight seven three
the number two GB dot com.

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Click onto the feedback icon.

Speaker 2 (01:04:41):
You can text me zero full six zero eight seven
three eight seven three if you've got any stories to
share about how difficult it is to settle a baby
on a ply And I'd be all he is because again,
this woman yesterday. I wish I got her name so
I could have acknowledged it today. But she's a very
good mum and will be a great mum for eat.
Congratulations to her. I don't know how she did it.

(01:05:03):
We're after a break twenty minutes away from eleven. Well,
let's take you over to Canada for the latest on
this news that has broken in the last now that
Donald Trump will be leaving the G seven early after
dinner tonight. Before we get to Michael Packy though, I've
got some audio here I want to share with you
in relation to what's been said by Sir Kia Starmer

(01:05:25):
and Donald Trump, because it looks like the Orchis deal
will still go ahead. The UK Prime Minister Sir Quia
Starmer and the US President Donald Trump spoke about the
Orchist alliance a little earlier and from all reports it
was quite positive.

Speaker 3 (01:05:39):
Yep, we're proceeding with that. It's a really important deal
to both of us. I think the person that was
doing a review, we did the review when we came
into governments, and that makes good sense to me.

Speaker 2 (01:05:48):
But it's a really important we're very long time partners
and allies and friends, and we've become friends in a
short period of time. Now, Anthony Alberanzi was conducting a
press conference. That press conference, I'm led to believe happened
prior to the news filtering through that Trump was leaving
the G seven earlier, but he was asked for his

(01:06:09):
reaction to that meeting between Trump and Starmer. He spoke
to the media before he knew that the meeting was
canceled between him and Donald Trump.

Speaker 3 (01:06:17):
Have a listen.

Speaker 12 (01:06:19):
I have seen the comments that were made, and of
course it is in Australia, the United States and the
United Kingdom's interests that ORCUS not just proceed in terms
of pillar one, but pillar two as well. There are
great advantages that we have. The sum of one plus
one plus one sometimes equals more than three, and it

(01:06:40):
certainly does that in this case.

Speaker 2 (01:06:43):
Yeah, So the Prime Minister, Anthony Abernezi and Calgary, Canada,
which is where we also find our federal politics Enator
Michael Packy.

Speaker 3 (01:06:50):
He's on the line with us now, Michael, good morning
to you.

Speaker 7 (01:06:53):
Good morning Mark.

Speaker 2 (01:06:54):
Well, g hasn't everything been turned on its head in
the last hour or so?

Speaker 3 (01:06:57):
Mate?

Speaker 7 (01:06:58):
Well, it has. Who would have guessed it? Because Anthony
Elberesi did that press conference. You've paid played a couple
of grabs there of stuff that he spoke about, and
literally literally as the Prime Minister walked out of that
press conference and we walked out of the room. We
had that tweet from the White House saying that Donald
Trump would be leaving the G seven early. So what

(01:07:21):
surprised me is obviously that leaders who were due to
have meetings with Donald Trump over the next day or
so clearly were blindsided, and obviously Anthony Alberzi was one
of those that has been blindsided with this meeting being canceled.
Now there is some suggestion that could this meeting be
scheduled before Donald Trump leaves tonight. Well, here in Canada,

(01:07:46):
it's after six o'clock now at night, their dinner is happening,
and then he leaves. I doubt if there's going to
be any meeting that's going to happen between Anthony Alberzi
and Donald Trump, and also both at very different dinners.
The dinner that Anthony Alberesi is currently at is a
dinner for what are called observer countries. These are countries

(01:08:08):
that are invited to the G seven to observe and
to share their thoughts about what they think. It's a
very much a very different dinner to where the leaders
of the G seven are. That's you know, people like
the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, France, Italy,
those sorts of countries are actually at the key dinner

(01:08:29):
here tonight. So I think that there's no doubt that
Anthony Albanesi would it was blindsided by what happened and
at the speed at which it's happened.

Speaker 2 (01:08:39):
Has there been any form of comment or reaction from
him or his team in Canada.

Speaker 3 (01:08:43):
Michael, not yet.

Speaker 7 (01:08:45):
The only thing we've gotten from his team, literally just
before I came on air with you was was that
statement suggesting that they're not expecting Anthony Alberanesi and Donald
Trump to have a meeting before he leaves, but you know,
they're hopeful of a meeting later in the year in
Washington when the Prime Minister will be in the United

(01:09:08):
States for different conferences. I think that Anthony Albernezi is
hoping that he could have a meeting with the President
in September when he's back in when he's in the
United States. So you'd assume that that would happen because
there are a fair few things that do need to
be discussed, and you know, given Australia is importance in

(01:09:30):
this part of the world now and we are seen
as a middle power, obviously you'd think that people like
Donald Trump would want to hear what Australia has to say,
especially on issues such as orcust and defense.

Speaker 2 (01:09:44):
Well hopeful being the operative word and all of this
because we were hopeful of this meeting happening tomorrow our time,
but by the looks of things, it will not happen.
So if there's no meeting tonight, there will definitely not
be a meeting tomorrow because Trump won't be there. All right, Michael,
w don't you get back to it, Mabel. We might
check in tomorrow to find out the very latest from Canada.

Speaker 3 (01:10:04):
Thanks so much, no problems.

Speaker 7 (01:10:06):
Get on your mark.

Speaker 2 (01:10:07):
There is Michael Packy covering the Prime Minister's trip to
the G seven, which has taken a dramatic twist in
the last hour or so. One three one eight seven
three the number. Now, I was asking you just away
from all the serious stuff for a second for some
of the stories you can share about taking little bubs
on a flight. Mark on Saturday, we flew back to

(01:10:27):
Sydney from Rome via Singapore, a total of twenty four hours.
Their appearance with babies on that flight, Mum and Dad
taking turns walking up and down the aisles. Baby in hand.
You take your hat off to them. Yeah, you certainly do.
Thank you, Grant Mark, well done to that mum. We
took our kids from Sydney to Perth when they were
aged one and three. The one year old cry the

(01:10:48):
whole five hours. All we could do was continually apologize
to everyone around us.

Speaker 3 (01:10:52):
The worst flight ever. Oh Kate, I feel for you,
AND's listening to us in queens Lay Morning.

Speaker 6 (01:10:56):
Annod Morning Mark. Yes we have to go back to
nineteen seventy nine. But I was traveling from Sydney via
Canberra for some reason to Adelaide and I had my
two year old daughter and my five month old twin boys.
I was traveling with a girlfriend and luckily we're going
back to Adelaide to see my parents, and they screened

(01:11:21):
the whole way, didn't stop. We stood at the back
of the plane with the hosts and nursing trying to
calm them down. And unfortunately, when we got to Adelaide,
someone on the plane apparently knew my parents and we
made a romant about how the baby's carried.

Speaker 9 (01:11:37):
On the whole way. So yeah, I know, I know.

Speaker 6 (01:11:41):
Anyway, that was a long time ago, but I have
to tell you when I said in Queensland, thank you
to starlink. We are traveling between Windora and Badouri, so
we're out in the middle of nowhere.

Speaker 3 (01:11:54):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (01:11:54):
Well well, and thank you for calling through and sharing
your story. And I take my hat off to mum's
dads that have little bubs on planes because you feel
helpless when they won't stop crying. I can only imagine.
But gee, this mum on the plane with me yesterday
did just a phenomenal job. Thanks Anne for sharing your
story and nice to know you're listening to us out
there in Queensland. One three one eight seven three the number.

(01:12:16):
It's coming up to nine to eleven. Wonderful to have
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(01:12:38):
Man Harrish is here with me as well.

Speaker 3 (01:12:40):
He've got a very very early with me today. I said, Harry,
you just give me the little key togain in.

Speaker 2 (01:12:43):
You have a sleep in for the next couple of
days now that we're all set up at everything else.
He's a good man. He didn't tell me though. He
bought about twenty five chocolate chip cookies. I think I've
had about five of them. So thank you Harrish. He's
out there. I don't know what he's doing out there,
but he's doing something. He's a good man.

Speaker 3 (01:12:58):
Devise is fine through at rock camp and hello Denise,
Hi Mark, how are you good?

Speaker 1 (01:13:04):
Thank you?

Speaker 3 (01:13:04):
What do you got for me?

Speaker 10 (01:13:06):
Hey?

Speaker 7 (01:13:06):
Good?

Speaker 13 (01:13:07):
Last year we flew down from Brisbane to Sydney with
my grandsons and my daughter and son and they had
four and two at the time and they were, you know,
excited looking out the window and all the rest. When
we took up on the plane, they were fine. The
funniest thing and probably the most embarrassing thing was when
we landed. My two year old grandsons YO started clapping

(01:13:30):
and saying yay.

Speaker 3 (01:13:36):
Y that's that's the vest do they so? I can't
imagine the pressure.

Speaker 2 (01:13:45):
I'm not a parent, right, but I just thought of this,
this woman that was next to me yesterday on the
plane over to Perth, and she's got the baby crying
and she's trying to settle him or her and do
all that sort of thing. And I just thought, at
one stage I thought about asking the flight at him.
I said, can we get this woman a stiff drink?
I think she needs one just to calm the nerves.
But she just took everything in a stride. I suppose

(01:14:05):
it's just what comes with being your mum, yep.

Speaker 13 (01:14:08):
And when you're a mother, everything just comes naturally. And unfortunately,
you know, people may have complained about it, but believe me, they've.

Speaker 6 (01:14:17):
Been through it.

Speaker 13 (01:14:17):
Do you know what I mean? Like karma, it comes back.

Speaker 3 (01:14:21):
Well, Denise, stanks for sharing your stay.

Speaker 2 (01:14:24):
Thanks for sharing your story, and I might do that
when I land back in Sydney on Thursday.

Speaker 3 (01:14:28):
Yeah, I love your work.

Speaker 2 (01:14:31):
Today's thanks so much that there's actually a story today
just speaking of flying. It's in one of the newspapers.
I think it might be the Sydney Morning Herald. I'll
find it for you. There there was a pilot here.
It is a Quantus trainee captain who was commanding a
flight from Canberra passed out briefly in the cockpit of
a Boeing seven eight seven aircraft minutes after landing at

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Sydney Airport. The incident occurred last Tuesday on Quantus flight
QF eight zero four, which was carrying one hundred and
thirteen passengers crew, including free pilots. The trainee captain suffered
an incapacitation after the plane landed and was clear of
the runway. On the taxi, he advised his first offer
that said that he felt unwell and needed to put

(01:15:13):
the aircraft brakes on before passing out moments later. Oh,
I can't read stories like that, especially when I've got a.

Speaker 3 (01:15:21):
Four hour flight to get home on Thursday. David d
and Gunda guy you he David.

Speaker 14 (01:15:26):
Hey go wte Taudy you may dare you going?

Speaker 3 (01:15:28):
Hey towdy? I'm well mate, what do you got for me?

Speaker 14 (01:15:30):
Bud mate? Years ago we used to go up the
Cans every year, myself and Semessa's and the young Royce
and he was only about poor and the first time
we took him up he went mad, played up. I
thought never again, then kindly decided the year after we'll

(01:15:51):
try a thing called an ergon. So when we're at
the airport, he said, I give him twenty mil or
whatever it was. So I took him in the toilet
tonight at bugg of this, I'll have a good trip
while giving I gave him forty milk and it had
the reverse effect on him. Now we got on the
plane and he just went berserk. He was kicking the

(01:16:11):
seed in front of him and I actually one stage
I looked at the exit door. I thought, I'm just
going to get off this plane anyway.

Speaker 3 (01:16:21):
Ah, what a story. Thanks Dowdy. Nice to hear from you, mate.
I hope you're doing. How he's going to go? Mate?
How was it looking down there?

Speaker 12 (01:16:28):
Mate?

Speaker 14 (01:16:29):
We're in the grip a really bad drought there to
about two months ago and got we got eighty mil
there about six weeks ago, and then we got another
twenty three top up and then we got another five
last week, so the drought's broken. So everyone's getting a
bit more positive around him now, and the tigers are
going good there on the second. At this stage we've
got June a digel this weekend.

Speaker 3 (01:16:49):
Good on you, mate.

Speaker 2 (01:16:50):
Well, you'll need to send me through the updates because
the late Great David Morrow used to let us know
how the bush footy was going down there and how
the g Underguy Tigers were going.

Speaker 3 (01:16:58):
So mate, we'll keep in and thanks for the call.

Speaker 2 (01:17:01):
That's David Taut who's a businessman in Gunda Guy. He's
got a few pubs and obviously heavily involved in the
local footy team and as a dear friend of David Morrow.
And the one trip that I made the gunder Guy
for the Snake Gully Cup with David Morrow and Daryl Briman,
Towdy took us in one morning for breakfast and served
up the most delicious breakfast and well, let's just say
it soaked up some of the alcohol that we consume

(01:17:23):
the night before and continued consuming for the next couple
of days. If you want to go to a race
meeting and want to have some fun, get down to
the Snake Gully Cup in Gunder Guy.

Speaker 3 (01:17:32):
Wow, what it experienced that was.

Speaker 2 (01:17:35):
And I'll tell you what it helps when you've got
some great tour guys like Toudy and the late great
David Morrow as well.

Speaker 3 (01:17:40):
We've got a break for some news. We'll come back
with the next hour of the morning program.

Speaker 1 (01:17:51):
This is Mornings with Mark Leavy right across as.

Speaker 2 (01:17:56):
Yeah, wonderful to have you with us on this Tuesday
morning of I'm in Perth at our six PR studios.
We've got State of Origin coming up tomorrow night at
Opta Stadium over here. Looking forward to getting on it
with the Continuous Call team and broadcasting it to you
from OPTAs Stadium. It's a terrific venue, sixty thousand seat stadium,

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usually hosting the two AFL clubs over here in the
West West Coast and Fremantle. And well tomorrow night it'll
be transformed into a colosseum for State of Origin with
New South Wales taking on Queensland. So looking forward to
covering that for you, my second chance at calling an
Origin match. And as I said to you after Game one,

(01:18:39):
I didn't realize how quick Origin is played. And I
remember that both Ray and David Morrow used to say
to me, it's quick. It is quick, although the reports
are that we might be in for a slow track
given the rain that is forecast for the next couple
of days here in Perth. I set off the top
of the program and look, I know that seven West
Media has a deal with the AFL and they also

(01:19:05):
own the newspaper over here, the West Australian but I
just think and I understand how it works, right, but
when you've got a major event in your city ie
state of origin two, it deserves some recognition. Because I'm

(01:19:26):
sure the WA Premier and we know that mister Cook
is on board with rugby league. He's put his money
where his mouth is as far as the Perth.

Speaker 3 (01:19:33):
Bears are concerned.

Speaker 2 (01:19:35):
But if you want people to go along to a game,
and admittedly we'll have a sellout tomorrow night sixty thousand people,
but if you want your city to get involved and
spend the money and invest money back into the local economy,
the media, I would have thought, has a role to
play in all of that.

Speaker 3 (01:19:52):
And I just think.

Speaker 2 (01:19:53):
It's very narrow minded of those in charge of the
local newspapers over here and the Western Australian media to
just shun rugby league. And I was talking to a
couple of my colleagues at six PR in Perth over
here earlier this morning and they were saying exactly the
same thing. Thankfully, we've got a bloke originally from Sydney

(01:20:13):
who hosts the drive program over here in Oliver Peterson.

Speaker 3 (01:20:17):
He loves his rugby league. He grew up a Saint
George supporter. He loves it and he's jumped right on
the bandwagon when it comes.

Speaker 2 (01:20:23):
To the Perth Bears. He wants people to experience it.
And if you're a town like Perth that has a
couple of games a weekend that you're interested in, potentially
one of a weekend that's played at home, why can't
you jump on board and support the Perth Bears. Why
can't you get involved in a major event like state
of Origin? Do you agree with me or do you

(01:20:44):
think I'm a little naive to what happens in this
code war between the NRL and the AFL. Look, I'll
put my hand up and say I've been covering sport
at this network for eighteen years and it's something that
I've been forced to deal with. And you know, I
speak to some of my AFL colleagues on three AW
in Melbourne or six PR here in Perth, and when
there's an issue or when there's a drama involving rugby league,

(01:21:05):
I feel like I've got to stand up for the code.
But surely there's a time that comes, like we've got
in Sydney at the moment, where people go along to
support the GWS Giants, or they go along and support
the Sydney Swans. They then back up and support either
the Bulldogs or South Sydney or Penrith. Why can't people
enjoy both?

Speaker 3 (01:21:23):
Coach?

Speaker 2 (01:21:24):
At the end of the day, We're a sports loving nation.
Australians love their sport. It's a nice escape from the
pressures that we go through each and every day of
our lives. So what do you think, folks. Let's have
a chat about it this morning. One three, one eight
seven three the number. I think the perfect example is
my colleague at night, John Stanley. If the Giants are
going well, he wears a GWS Giants cap. If the

(01:21:45):
Dragons are going well, he wears the Dragons cap. Minde,
I think he's been wearing a New York Yankees cap
lately because I don't think the Giants are going too
well and the Dragons aren't going too well. Anyway, jump
on the line and have your say about it this
morning on one three, one eight seven to three. Now
I've got a statement through from the Prime Minister, a

(01:22:05):
spokesperson from the Prime Minister saying, given what is occurring
in the Middle East, this is understandable with Trump leaving
the G seven early President Trump. The statement goes on
to say, as the Prime Minister set a short time ago,
we are very concerned about the events in the Middle
East and continue to worde all parties to prioritize dialogue
and diplomacy. Well, that won't be happening anytime soon, dialogue

(01:22:26):
and diplomacy. We've all seen what is happening in the
Middle East at the moment. I'm also being told that
Gulben Street has reopened in the CBD after it was
closed due to that burst water main earlier. The road
had been closed in both directions between Pitt Street and
Elizabeth Street. Castle Ray Street remains closed southbound between Liverpool
and Gulben Streets, with emergency services on site directing traffic

(01:22:49):
as well. A number of traffic lights are blacked out
in the area, including on Elizabeth Street at Gulben Street.
Motorists advise to avoid the area. Traffic crews and utility
crews remain on site. Buses are no longer diverting away
from Golden Street. Now off the top of the show,
I mentioned that today is National Police Legacy Day. It's
the first time we are acknowledging National Police legacy Day

(01:23:12):
and I spoke about it taking on even more meaning
with the death of a police officer in Tasmania yesterday.
He was shot by a member of the public on
a regional property near Devonport. Tasmania Police has just confirmed
the identity of the police officer. His name is Constable
Keith Anthony Smith, fifty seven years of age, an officer

(01:23:33):
of twenty five years at Tasmania Police and he was
executing a court ordered warrant on a regional property with
another officer. Constable Smith was shot and killed at the property,
the first fatal police shooting since nineteen ninety nine. Tasmania
Police Commissioner Don Adams identified the fallen officer with permission
from his family. She said the police veteran had previously

(01:23:55):
worked in the North and Northwest region of the state
before moving to another area about five years ago. She
said Keith was a respected and committed officer and his
loss will be deeply felt across our policing family and
the wider community.

Speaker 3 (01:24:08):
My heart goes out to Keith's wife and family.

Speaker 2 (01:24:11):
We will be supporting them in every way we can
during this incredibly difficult time. A forty six year old
man has been arrested. He's been taken to Lonceston General
Hospital for treatment. No charges have yet been laid, so
the fallen police officer can be identified on this National
Police Legacy Day as fifty seven year old Constable Keith

(01:24:32):
Anthony Smith, an officer for twenty five years at Tasmania Police,
and our thoughts and prayers obviously go out to his
family at this very very difficult time.

Speaker 3 (01:24:42):
And it's the harsh.

Speaker 2 (01:24:44):
Reality of what a lot of police officers and their
families go through that when they leave for work of
a morning or they leave for work at night, there's
no guarantee that they're going to come home because it's
the police and our emergency services that are called upon
to run towards that danger when we're all retreating and
running away from the danger. And sadly, with this routine

(01:25:05):
call out yesterday, Keith Anthony Smith lost his life. As
for the forty six year old who allegedly shot him, well,
he's in hospital at the moment. No charges have yet
been laid, but if he is charged, if he is convicted,
he should be locked up for the rest of his life.
One three one eight seven three To have You'll say
you can text me zero for six to zero eight

(01:25:27):
seven three eight seven three and look the other news
that's breaking as we speak. Australia's largest gambling company, Tabcorp,
has been slapped with a four million dollar fine after
sending its VIP customers thousands of messages over text and
WhatsApp without giving people a way to unsubscribe. The Australian
Communications and Media Authority found the wagering company sent two

(01:25:49):
thy five hundred and ninety eight SMS and WhatsApp messages
to its VIP customers in the three months between February
one and May one of twenty twenty four. AKMA also
found that three thousand, one hundred and forty eight SMS
and WhatsApp messages did not contain adequate sender information across
the same period. At eleven SMS messages were sent without

(01:26:10):
consent between February fifteen and April twenty nine of twenty
twenty four. So AKMA has followed through with a substantial
fine of four million dollars. And we'll wait and see
what the tab tab Corp has to say about all
of that. Note oubt this afternoon, if not over the
coming days. It's right on a quarter past eleven. We'll

(01:26:31):
take a quick break and come back with plenty more.
You're listening to Mark Levy in the chair on two
GB Mornings. Now, just before we get to our next guest,
I've had a few messages this morning and it's something
that Ben mentioned to you as well. This police presence
in glen Field opposite the train station.

Speaker 3 (01:26:47):
There's been a.

Speaker 2 (01:26:48):
Police rescue truck as well as forensic police and investigators.
They've been there since before nine am. We were told
earlier this morning and Ben and Will Bottom, who's been
covering this as well, mentioned that there might be some
mental health concerns involved. Well, I can now confirm that's
not the case. In fact, it is quite the story.

(01:27:08):
And Will Bottom, to his credit, has been chasing some
details and has just sent it on to me. What
we can tell you is that the thirty one year
old Marl has been arrested by officers at Campbelltown or
by Campbelltown City Police, the Public Order and Riot Squad
and police Rescue after a five hour standoff. Now at
about three twenty nine this morning. Police were alluded to

(01:27:29):
an alarm sounding of a business in Glenfield. When they arrived,
there was a man allegedly sighted on the roof of
the building.

Speaker 3 (01:27:36):
That man refused to come down.

Speaker 2 (01:27:38):
Specialist police officers, including negotiators, the Rescue and Public Order
and Riot Squad attended the scene. After several hours, the male,
who was armed with a syringe and threatening to jump
off the roof, was tasered by police and arrested. The
mail was removed from the roof and has been conveyed
to Campbelltown Police station where he'll be charged with numerous

(01:27:58):
offenses including they can enter steal of one of the
nearby business premises. I've also got some photos coming through
of this particular blike in handcuffs on an ambulance stretcher.
I've also got some pictures here of police rescue virtually
winching the man down a ladder that's going from the

(01:28:22):
ground onto the roof of a fish and chip shop
at Glenfield. So it's been quite the operation for police.
Thankfully they've been able to get that man down from
that rooftop. But I'm sure you'll be hearing more about
it throughout the day. This thirty one year old who's
been arrested by police at Glenfield after a five hour standoff.

(01:28:42):
This morning, well done to all involve the police. Thankfully
there's been a safe end to all of that in
the meantime. Now we've promised on this show and yes
across two GB Radio that we will not forget those
impacted by the devastating floods in the Hunter and the
Mid North Coast regions and as we know, families, businesses,
farmers and community groups have all been impacted by this.

(01:29:04):
And now as part of the end of financial year,
the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales is hoping
to raise much needed funds to support the recovery over
two vital community assets, that is the Tari Show Society
showground and the Tari High School agricultural plot. As part
of the fundraising, Society is going to match every dollar

(01:29:24):
donated up to forty thousand dollars. And it's these sorts
of locations and programs that keep small towns like Tari growing,
that keep the community together and help the local students
learn about their local area. John Bennett is the president
of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales. If
memory serves me correct, I think I spoke to John
at the Royal East to show recently, he's on the

(01:29:45):
line we've been now, John, good morning to you.

Speaker 4 (01:29:47):
Good morning Mark, thanks for having me, and yeah, we
did speak at the show. It was great to have you,
oh mate.

Speaker 2 (01:29:51):
It was wonderful to be out there to see all
of the fund and excitement and to support those from
the Bush that make their way to the city each
and every year for the Royal East to show.

Speaker 3 (01:30:00):
I love what you're doing here.

Speaker 2 (01:30:01):
John just explained to us what the AD Society is
doing to support those flood affected communities.

Speaker 4 (01:30:08):
Well, Mark, we had word that the Tari show was
canceled this year and I rang the president of the show,
Jane Davis, up there and said how sorry we were
to hear that and to wish them all the best,
and Jane said they could do with some help. So
she sent us down some photographs and some information about
what they've lost, and we decided to speak to the

(01:30:31):
Royal Agricultural Society Foundation, the foundation we work hand in
hand with, and they suggested this time of year, at
the end of the financial year, a co contribution arrangement.

Speaker 3 (01:30:41):
Might work well.

Speaker 4 (01:30:42):
So we started off. We put in twenty thousand and
it's up to seventeen thousand already, so they foundation came
back to us and said they thought we'd better double it,
which we've done. So we're hoping to get as close
to the forty thousand as we can and that would
mean eighty thousand in total will go to between the
show Society and the egg plot at the school.

Speaker 3 (01:31:04):
That's fantastic, John, Well done, mate, well done.

Speaker 2 (01:31:06):
Can you give us an idea of how much damage
has been done to the showground due to that flooding.

Speaker 4 (01:31:13):
Yeah, look, I mean Jane sent down photographs and it's
absolutely heartbreaking, of course, I mean the sills and the MUDs,
through everything. The whole place has been completely inundated by
flood boarders. They've got a massive book exchange on the
showground which is completely ruined. The books all just completely ruined.
In the photographs, They've lost their main electrical powerboards, the

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main thing. We're about forty five thousand to replace that
so that they can start to do some repairs, lost
all of the equipment out of their tea rooms. And
that's not only the shell of course that uses the showground,
it's the rotary markets, the B Club, the men Shed,
whole range of community groups are desperate for the ground
to be repaired, so it's not great at all, but

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of course the loss that farmer generally have suffered up
there is just terrible.

Speaker 2 (01:32:04):
It's interesting, John, having spent a bit of time in
the regions and in the bush through my previous employment
covering country racing for Sky, I know how important the
local show is to these communities in these towns, and
if memory serves me correct, I go back to the
Royal East To Show and we interviewed a young Blake,
I think he was seventeen. He was showing cattle for

(01:32:26):
the first time at the Royal East To Show and
he said, look, if I don't win a ribbon here,
I want to win a ribbon at the best show
on planet Earth, and that's the Hawksbury Show, which just
goes to show how much and what it means to
the people to win one of those ribbons at a
local show. So it's the reason why I'm sure the
AG Society is pitching in and helping here.

Speaker 4 (01:32:45):
Yeah, that's exactly right. As I said to Jane, the
president of Tarry Show, totally understandable that running a show
this year isn't going to be feasible, but the show
society does far more than that. You know, they should
put on a barbecueing to bring the community together, people
to swap stories, talk about what they're all doing to recover.

(01:33:08):
That's the sort of way that a show society can
be the cornerstone of a community.

Speaker 2 (01:33:12):
And what can you tell us about the Tari High
School agricultural plot. That's another important way for people to
learn about agriculture.

Speaker 3 (01:33:20):
And you know what is the backbone of this country?

Speaker 4 (01:33:23):
Oh absolutely, I mean agricultural education in high schools is
absolutely vital. We do quite a bit of work through
our Agricultural Education department. And yeah, the egg plot there
they save just about all of their animals. They lost
a few chalks, sadly, but apart from that they were
able to save the rest of the animals. But they too,
it's just absolute devastation there. And the sooner we can

(01:33:46):
get the school facilities they're going again so the school
students can resume their agricultural studies at the egg plot,
the better that will be for them. So again, this
amount that we're doing is a drop in the ocean
by comparison to the total devastation up there. But we
shall all just do the bit that we can.

Speaker 2 (01:34:08):
Exactly how can we get involved and donate and help
out John?

Speaker 3 (01:34:13):
Is there a website we can visit?

Speaker 4 (01:34:15):
There is, so I can go either to the Royal
Agricultural Society Foundation website which is w's dot RASF dot
org dot au or to the give Now website which
is w's dot give now and then go to the
May twenty twenty five floods section.

Speaker 2 (01:34:30):
Good on you, mate, Well, I'm glad we've been able
to give it some publicity today because I often say
that when it's at the forefront of our minds and
it's on the television and we're talking about it here
on radio, yes it gets the.

Speaker 3 (01:34:42):
Attention it deserves.

Speaker 2 (01:34:43):
But in a lot of these areas, whether it be bushfires,
whether it be floods, in some cases, it can take
months and years for these communities to get back on
their feet. So well under you and the Royal Agricultural
so Southsidety Foundation for what you're doing. And if any
of my listeners can jump on and help you with
the donation, well I'm sure they will because, like I

(01:35:04):
often say that, the farmers and agriculture it's the backbone
of this wonderful country that we live in. Good on you, John,
thanks for catching up mate, and good on you for
what you're doing.

Speaker 4 (01:35:13):
No, Mark, thank you so much for having me see you.

Speaker 12 (01:35:15):
Lad.

Speaker 2 (01:35:16):
Appreciate your time as always John Bennett, he's a good
man too, President of the Royal Agricultural Society of New
South Wales. So if you can make a donation and look,
I know times are tough and we talk to a
lot about the various charities, but we are talking about
an area of New South Wales. It's just been devastated
by these floods and plenty of you have reached out
to me saying, Mark, how can I donate? How can

(01:35:38):
I give some blankets? How can I just provide some food? Well,
if you'd like to make a donation to the Royal
Agricultural Society Foundation and to these affected communities, you can
go to r ASF dot org dot au, r a
SF dot org dot au or give now dot com
do au and you'll be able to follow the links

(01:35:59):
there to the May twenty twenty five floods. They do
some fantastic work, the Royal Agricultural Society, and this is
just yet another example of that. One three one eight
seven three is the number to call. You can email
me at two GB dot com and you can text
me as well zero full six zero eight seven three
eight seven three. I wanted to share with you an
email that I received from John. John lives in Orange

(01:36:23):
and it's in relation to National Police Legacy Day and
just to again emphasize why this day is so important,
John writes to me Mark, I just want to let
you know how wonderful the people of police Legacy are.
They do an absolutely fabulous job in what they do.
Police legacy never existed when my dad was shot and
killed in nineteen sixty. I was only four years and

(01:36:46):
eleven months to the very day. It never fails to
impact me when we experience the tragic loss of yet
another officer another year, another name on the National Wall
of Remembrance. My heart aches for him and his family, colleagues,
and his friends. The effective things like this can be
likened to throwing a stone into a pond. Without banks,

(01:37:07):
the ripples go on forever and ever. Thank God for
Police Legacy who do their utmost to help pick up
the pieces, especially for the kids.

Speaker 3 (01:37:16):
John.

Speaker 2 (01:37:16):
Thank you for your lovely email, and I'm so sorry
for what you went through all those years ago, losing
your dad back in nineteen sixty. But I want you
to know that your dad was a very proud member
of the New South Wales Police Force and we are
so grateful and thankful for what your father did for
this state and for the people of New South Wales.

(01:37:36):
We'll take a break at eleven thirty. We'll come back
with more On the way to the break.

Speaker 3 (01:37:40):
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Speaker 2 (01:37:53):
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Speaker 2 (01:39:16):
After the break, we are spinning to wind on two
GB's winter wheel. Now, just before we spin the wheel,
Marie says, what code war. I'm a Sydney Swan's member
and support the Panthers. I watched the ninety one Grand
Final from the Saint Mary's Band Club.

Speaker 3 (01:39:32):
Brilliant.

Speaker 2 (01:39:33):
If you grow up in Sydney, you followed an NRL
club and possibly an AFL club. The Sydney Swans have
over a million fans at this point in time. Most
of the people I sit with at the SCG follow
an NRL club as well. A no conflict from AFL
fans that one from Marie II Mark and joyous show.
Perth is not a big rugby league town, with only
about eleven clubs, whereas rugby union has at least thirty

(01:39:55):
five with three hundred and seventy seven teams in the
Super Rugby Team Ozzie Rules has seven club three hundred
and twenty nine teams. Rugby League has tried in Perth
in the Super League days but shut down from Duncan
at Lenox Head.

Speaker 3 (01:40:07):
Well.

Speaker 2 (01:40:08):
I think it's been quite refreshing for me on the
ground here in Perth to see genuine interest in rugby
league and they've got a new team that they can
get behind, and I certainly hope that the people of
Perth do that because there's a lot to like about
what the Perth Bears are going to stand for and
what they're going to do in the National Rugby League.
And we were sharing some stories earlier about mums and

(01:40:30):
dads having to well try and calm their bubbs on planes,
and I referenced the extraordinary mum I had alongside me
on the plane from Sydney to Perth yesterday. Mark funny
plane story traveling with kids from me twenty five years ago.
I took a flight from Sydney to Adelaide with my
two children. As the plane was getting ready to land,
my two year old daughter wouldn't get a nurse seat

(01:40:51):
and put the seat belt on. In the end, the
nice hostess said, just put your foot on it. As
my daughter was doing a dan on the floor, added
with my foot firmly on her while she lay on
the floor.

Speaker 3 (01:41:03):
As soon as.

Speaker 2 (01:41:04):
We had the plane landed, the tantrum finished and she
was like nothing ever happened. People congratulated me at the
baggage carousel on keeping my calm one from the cow jeez,
we've had some ripping stories this morning. Thank you for
sharing all of those. You put your foot on your
child while you let me stop the tear tram. Good afternoon, Welcome,

(01:41:27):
Good afternoon, ladies and gent Welcome to Sydney.

Speaker 3 (01:41:31):
Good time for this.

Speaker 2 (01:41:34):
Winter wheel, Yes, it is time for the winter wheel.
We asked four caller number six on the prize line
one three hundred and seven double two eight seven three
for your chance to win a slice of forty thousand
dollars worth of cash and prizes, and I'm really happy
to say that Colin was the sixth caller through at Ravy.

Speaker 4 (01:41:53):
Hello Carl, good morning Mike.

Speaker 3 (01:41:55):
How are you made them? Very very well?

Speaker 2 (01:41:57):
There's a fair bit of money on this wheel, Colins,
I mate, I'm hoping that my trustee colleague, the one Iron,
can spend a big amount of money for you.

Speaker 3 (01:42:04):
Mate. So on the counter three, I'll let you. I'll
let you count him down.

Speaker 2 (01:42:08):
You can give us a count of three, and then
the one Iron can spin the wheel.

Speaker 4 (01:42:11):
You go for a car three two one, Here we go.

Speaker 3 (01:42:19):
I have a listen to that wheel. Around and around
and around we goes come on one eye and we need
the two and a half big ones. Here we go,
here we go.

Speaker 1 (01:42:29):
It's not two and a half, but he has won
five hundred dollars cash.

Speaker 3 (01:42:34):
So congratulations Colin.

Speaker 2 (01:42:36):
Colin, five hundred big ones coming your way, mate, How
does that sound?

Speaker 3 (01:42:40):
Five hundred bucks?

Speaker 7 (01:42:41):
Eh new, beauty, you beauty, Thank you very much.

Speaker 3 (01:42:44):
Good on your car. Stay there, mate, we'll get all
of your details. Went on.

Speaker 2 (01:42:48):
He was one away, mate, I said nothing below one thousand.

Speaker 1 (01:42:53):
He was one away. I got very nervous.

Speaker 3 (01:42:56):
Then, right, Chelsea, Jacob or are you not taking me off?

Speaker 2 (01:43:00):
I gave you one piece of advice, I said one,
nothing under a one thousand dollars.

Speaker 3 (01:43:05):
Look, Colin, stay there. We're sending you five hundred bucks.
You've got one job mate. I'm gone now, am I Well?

Speaker 2 (01:43:13):
Will draw a name out of a hat tomorrow Georgie
at Chelsea or Jacob can spin it tomorrow. Okay, I'm
giving it to Chelsea. Chelsea says, my hand's feeling hot.
High ah, dear a what can we play a song?

Speaker 3 (01:43:29):
Please?

Speaker 2 (01:43:29):
I want to dedicate a song to the Prime Minister.
You hit it off for me, please, because it's this
man's birthday. Ladies and gentlemen, it is Barry Manilow's birthday.
Here's eighty two today, the US singer songwriter. So, ladies
and gentlemen, this one goes out to you, albou No
meeting with Trappy tomorrow, but you can sing this one
when you retire and reside up there on the Central coast.

Speaker 3 (01:44:01):
Her name was Lalla. She was a show girl with yellow.

Speaker 15 (01:44:06):
Beads in her hair and dress.

Speaker 9 (01:44:08):
Got down and he would my ring gate and dude.

Speaker 3 (01:44:12):
Chat chap, and while she took to be a star.

Speaker 15 (01:44:16):
Tony wished had the bar across.

Speaker 3 (01:44:18):
The crowd and floor. They were from each more.

Speaker 14 (01:44:22):
They were young, and they.

Speaker 15 (01:44:23):
Had each other got at more at the co coma
compassion go on, it's gone, goes coming. Here was a passion,
were always the fashion at the car.

Speaker 13 (01:44:46):
They fell into.

Speaker 3 (01:44:55):
His name was Weagle.

Speaker 13 (01:44:57):
He were a diamond.

Speaker 3 (01:44:59):
He was order into his chair. He stole roll and
dance from there, and when he finished.

Speaker 1 (01:45:05):
He going over or we go with them into farther and.

Speaker 15 (01:45:09):
Goy sail across the bar, and then the bunches flu
and chance to smash him too.

Speaker 3 (01:45:15):
There was blood and a single gun shine, but just.

Speaker 1 (01:45:18):
Ho shint boom at.

Speaker 15 (01:45:20):
The coma coma come ba the is my nokeep the
coma you think fashion warm, always the fashion at the co.

Speaker 10 (01:45:40):
She lost the love, not.

Speaker 15 (01:46:24):
Pass that.

Speaker 3 (01:47:31):
Her name is Laura.

Speaker 15 (01:47:33):
She was a shower when that was thirty years ago.

Speaker 1 (01:47:38):
When they used to have a show. Now it's a
disco but.

Speaker 3 (01:47:42):
Not Loaora still in the pressure.

Speaker 12 (01:47:45):
Us the well baded Bladan her hair she siscess so
real fine and brings her stone hand blind.

Speaker 15 (01:47:52):
Jo drinking that she lost the boney, that she lost
her my nada coma cabana.

Speaker 2 (01:48:18):
There you are, Bowerie Manelau celebrating a birthday to day.
That one's for the Prime Minister Anthony Abernese. Evelyn says, Actually, sir,
it's Angela from Ipswich. Mark up all the bay Manelo songs.
You play this well, Evely, and I just wanted to
dedicate to one to Anthony Abernese. He might be lost
over there at the G seven thinking what am I
going to do? No Trump meeting, as Michael Schubridge said,

(01:48:43):
he'd be. I reckon he'd be doing fish pumps. Yes,
I can blame it on the I can blame it
on the Middle East. I don't have to sit there
with Trump. He would have been in the fetal position
preparing for this. Anthony Albernesi Graham says, Hi, Mark, I
hope Alba has perched uphigh on the cliff on the
central coast. Wouldn't want him effect by the rising sea levels.

(01:49:04):
Very good, Thank you very much for that. Of course
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Sea's apply. Look, just before we get to a break,
we'll come back and have a chat to Michael McLaren.
For the last few years, it's been a staple in
Sydney's East for backpackers and revelers looking to party on
Christmas Day. I'm talking about the Boozy Beach party we

(01:49:27):
see takeover Bronte Beach. For years now, thousands of people,
often holidaymakers and backpackers, have held Christmas celebrations on the
beach with loud music and plenty of grog. It's known
as the Orphans Christmas and every time the whole area
is left littered with rubbish bottles party.

Speaker 3 (01:49:43):
Year it's just foul. If I'm honest.

Speaker 2 (01:49:45):
Locals haven't been happy about it for some time, and
now the local Waverley Council is working out what they
can actually do about it.

Speaker 7 (01:49:52):
Now.

Speaker 2 (01:49:52):
There's a number of options set to be put forward
at a council meeting tonight, including to increase police at
the venue in forcing out hole and glass band and
finds for those who break any new rules. The council
is also considering restricting rideshare raiders around the beach on
Christmas Day, setting a closing time for the park, and
even turning these celebrations into an official ticketed event that

(01:50:15):
would be alcohol free. Now, I think many revelers would
not be so keen on an alcohol free version of
this particular party, and that could lead to issues in
other parts of the East on Christmas Day. But something
does need to be done on this because each year
it becomes bigger, as does the cleanup. We should know
what options council chooses in relation to all of this tomorrow.

(01:50:36):
I would have thought, what you do is you pay
the money needed to have a few extra cleaners down
there at midnight to walk through and to clean up
all of the mess. That way, we're not waking up
at sunrise the following morning on Boxing Day to find
all of the rubbish and bottles and everything else everywhere.
But you know that we've got so many beautiful beaches

(01:50:58):
for people to enjoy and lose the festive spirit at
that time of the year. But at the same time,
some of the mess that's been left down there at
Bronti is just disgraceful. So we'll wait and see what
the council does about all of that. As for Waverley Council,
I'm glad they're discussing things about rubbish, as you would

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have heard with Michael McLaren yesterday, and it's been reported
in the paper today what a Northern Beaches Council doing.
There's a motion put forward by a twenty one year
old Greens councilor that'll be debated tonight to support calls
for a ceasefire in Gaza. Do you reckon Hummas over
in Gaza? And the Palestinian people will be saying, thank goodness,
Thank goodness. The Northern Beaches Council has voted in favor

(01:51:43):
of there being a ceasefire in Gaza?

Speaker 3 (01:51:45):
Do you reckon Humas? Do you reckon the Palestinian people?
Do you reckon.

Speaker 2 (01:51:48):
All those in the Middle East will be saying you
bloody beauty. The Northern Beaches has taken a stand on
our behalf.

Speaker 3 (01:51:54):
I may come on.

Speaker 2 (01:51:55):
Rhodes rates rubbish, Champion, that's what you should be focusing on.
I know you're twenty one, You're a young bloke. Plenty
of learning to be done. Rhodes rates rubbish. The three
hours roads rates rubbish. Nowhere in there does it say
supporting calls for a cease firing Gaza. Stick to your remit,
local council, the local government area. We'll take a break.
At twelve minutes to midday, really quick update from Michael McClaren.

(01:52:17):
What's coming up after the news at midday? Jeez, Michael,
it's been a busy morning. What can we expect after midday?

Speaker 3 (01:52:22):
Mate?

Speaker 11 (01:52:22):
Whaty Mark and sounding great from Perth. Stack's coming up.
I will have a chat with an expert toward the
end of the program of what's happening in the Middle East.
We'll just give it a few hours and see what's happening.
The US are sending aircraft carriers there and all sorts
of stuff is going on. As you know, Donald Trump
has said get out of Tehran, So who really knows
what's about to happen. But I'll speak to Gus McLaughlin

(01:52:42):
retired Australian Army Major General. He served time in the
Middle East. He understands how it works. We've got health
on today, we've got travel. We are off to Romania today. Mark,
we have well. I know last week we said we
were going to try. We didn't get there, but we're
going there today, I promise, and a whole stack more.

Speaker 2 (01:53:00):
Good on your mate, Congratulations on the ratings till it's
a big day for two GB and a big thank
you to our listeners for supporting us through thick and thin.

Speaker 11 (01:53:07):
Eh well, I'm standing on your shoulders, so thank you
very much.

Speaker 3 (01:53:09):
Back Oh dat be silly. We're a team effort.

Speaker 2 (01:53:12):
We're a great team here and it'll continue hopefully for
many many years to come. So big thank you to
our listeners. Good on your Michael. Thanks but looking forward
to listening to you this afternoon. Michael McLaren coming up
after midday wis.

Speaker 1 (01:53:33):
Again.

Speaker 2 (01:53:40):
I do love my team, but they love throwing a
big name at me. There was a young chest Blake
yesterday and today I've now got an iron man. Well
today's good news story proves that age is truly just
a number. Ninety two year old Hurramu Anada is certainly
leaving proof of that. On Sunday, a Japanese national completed

(01:54:01):
the Cans iron Man seventy point three in just over
ten hours. That's a one point nine killer me to swim,
a ninety killer meter bike ride finished off with a
half marathon. Hiramu is currently the oldest person to have
completed a full iron Man, despite having only taken up triathlon.

(01:54:22):
Please at the ripe age of seventy, this black deserves
a medal and everything else. A phenomenal effort from Haramu Anada,
and at ninety two years young, it shows that whatever
you put your mind to, you can achieve. And my
challenge to everybody listening to us today, if you're in
your nineties, if you're in your late eighties and you're

(01:54:44):
still out there competing in things like this, I would
love to hear from you. Because I was only talking
to a bloke down my way in the Southern Shire.
It was on Sunday. I think he came up and
introduced himself to me. He does a lot of work
for charity, and all that sort of thing. And I said, mate, geez,
you look fit. Do you mind me asking how old
you are? He said, mate, I'm eighty nine. And I
said how do you keep yourself? And he says, I
swim every morning, said even the Carl. He said, yep,

(01:55:06):
swim every morning, and I go for a run every afternoon.
And I'll tell you what, at eighty nine he looked phenomenal.
So ninety two year old Hiramu Anada. He's completed at
Can's Iron Man in just over ten hours, a one
point nine killer me to swim, a ninety killer meter
bike ride, finished off with a half marathon. To you,

(01:55:27):
my friend, I solute, you

Speaker 3 (01:55:31):
Little