Midday Edition: 05 April 2025

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
From the news Talks Heady Newsroom. This is NEWSFACS. In
this update, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanizi has flagged a
trip to Washington to discuss tariffs with Donald Trump in
person if he wins next month's election. The Prime Minister
says it's on his agenda.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
I've been invited to the United States, of course, and
vice versa. I will go as soon as possible, But
I make this point as well. I'm not getting ahead
of myself here. The first visit that I want to
make after the election is to Government House.

Speaker 1 (00:38):
In the meantime, residents on Norfolk Island is scratching their
heads with the tiny Australian territory hit with US tariffs.
The island has no trade relations with the US and
its main source of income is terrorism. A defense analyst
expects some harsh discipline will be handed down in the
wake of the Munawan Nui investigation the Court of Inquiries.

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The human air compounded with incompetence ultimately led to the
ship running aground last year. It says two people are
responsible for the error, one of whom was supervising the other.
Poor Buchanan says in competence and military affairs can be
punished severely. He says the Navy will be more concerned
about the quality of its personnel than the monetary or

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environmental impact of the incident. A suggestion that upfront checks
could be the solution to building consent delays. The New
Zealand Institute of Building Surveyors says about sixty four percent
of applications are paused because councils requested extra information. President
David Clifton says bringing in surveys earlier could help prevent

(01:41):
those mistakes before projects land on the council's desks. He says,
while there's an upfront cost, the investment pays off quickly.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
We think in the long term of the content and
delayed on site, that should be paid back quite quickly.

Speaker 1 (01:56):
And the first trailer for the Naked Gun Reyboot has
dropped Liam Neeson stepping into Leslie Nielsen's shoes as the
son of the blundering detective. Who are you, Frank Draben,
Please squad the new version That's News in Sport but
one of Pacificat. Captain Ardie Savia has outlined this week's

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balance between celebrating his side's historic with Super Rugby went
over the Crusaders and staying focused on this afternoon's clash
against the Wartoals in Albany. Mowana picked up their second
winn of the season by stunning the Crusaders in christ Church,
their first victory over the franchise. Savia reveals he urged
the team immediately postgame to switch their focus to getting

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back to back wins for the first time. I call
it like staying in the middle ground so we don't
get too emotional things.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
But we're just staying calm because we needed to turn up
and back the performance up.

Speaker 1 (02:51):
Kick offs at five past so live commentary on Gold
Sport and iHeartRadio. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hailed
mid fielder Kevin de Bruyne as one of the greatest
players in Premier League football history after the club captain's
announcement he'd be leaving at the end of the season.
That Sports, I'm Sandy Hodge. For more news, listen to

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