2GB Drive with Chris O'Keefe – Full show July 9
01:49:48 Share

On Sydney's 2GB, this is Drive with Chris O'Keefe. Good afternoon, Sydney. I hope you're enjoying your Tuesday. Nice bit of sun out too. I forgot what the blue sky looked like, but very welcome addition to the afternoon trip home. Now, here's a question I want to ask today.

At what point can we hold the Minsk government to account on its planning propaganda? I think it's almost at that point. Propaganda. Seriously, when can we ask, where are all these homes that you're promising us? I'll dissect this in a second. And how slow is too slow on the roads? Is a 40km an hour speed limit a little on the conservative side?

Well, it's happening right across the City of Sydney Council. We'll rip into that one too. And all this rain that we've had, how many sports events, I want to know this, how many sports events have you or the kids or the grandkids had washed out?

My view is ignore the dog walkers because sports fields are for sport and a little bit of mud shouldn't stop them. Do you agree with that? Got lots of giveaway too. $1,000 if you can guess the Olympian double pass to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Of course, $200 of free fuel, $100 voucher to Mr. Roses and a double pass to some great Aussie music at the Barracks at North Head. Right now, 18 degrees at Terrigal and 19 at Macquarie Park.

Live, local and only on 2GB. It's Drive with Chris O'Keefe. It's eight and a half past three, 131 873 is the open line number. You can text me, of course, 0460 873 873 or email me drive at 2GB.com. Now, a very welcome announcement by the Prime Minister today.

Anthony Albanese has named Gillian Seagal as Australia's first ever special envoy to combat anti-Semitism in Australia. Now, she's previously been the president of the Executive Council of Australian Jury. Her role will be listen, engage and find out what is driving anti-Semitism in our country.

And she's to advise all levels of government on how to effectively combat anti-Semitism. Here's the PM. We have seen a significant rise in anti-Semitism in Australia. And that is why the government has made the decision to appoint a special envoy on anti-Semitism. Now, I want all Australians, regardless of their race or religion, to feel safe

and at home in Australia. Well, I hope Gillian Siegel does a good job here because the Prime Minister is right about the increase in anti-Semitism. We've all seen it. We've all experienced what is going on here. And I'm scratching my head about it because listen to some of these stats. So from October to November last year, immediately following the Hamas attack on Israel, they reckon there was a 738% increase in the number of anti-Semitic attacks reported.

to the Australian Executive Council of Australian Jury. 738% increase. Surely that is unacceptable and would not... Imagine just for a second if it was the gay community being targeted or the Indigenous community being targeted. Can you imagine the outrage? Yet there are few of us constantly pointing it out within the community, I must say.

Anyway, she's got a big job ahead of her, Gillian Siegel, doesn't she? And she was standing next to the Prime Minister today.

All this affects the vibrancy and cohesion of the community more generally. Well, hopefully today marks a turning point. It really does. Hopefully today marks a turning point because enough is enough on this front. 131873. Now, still in Canberra, the Albanese government, it's taken a rare step, blaming China's Ministry of State Security for backing cyber attacks.

by a hacking group on Australian computer systems. So this was interesting. You don't often hear this. Well, almost you never hear it. The Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong, they went public with the alert this morning in a coordinated move with overseas security agencies, and they released the details the way that a hacking group by the name of APT40 managed to exploit Australian computer systems. APT40.

And the Australian government, as well as other intelligence agencies around the world, named China's Ministry of State Security as a sponsor of the hacking operations. Now, they reckon they're conducting...

...constant and regular reconnaissance against networks of interest in Australia. And APT40, backed by the Chinese government, is looking for opportunities within Australian computer systems at big, big companies...

in a bid to compromise its targets. Now, whether or not that scares the Chinese, I'll just say, oh, there's no evidence, got nothing to do with us. Still, it's rare that they've come out and said it and good on them for doing it. 131873. Now, we've got state of origin around the corner, and you remember when we had a Ford within the New South Wales Blues fall off a horse during a horse riding day during Blues Camp.

Well, Jerome Luai almost got himself into all sorts of trouble at the new wave pool at Homebush. Now, this wave pool is called Urban Surf, and effectively it's a big pool, and there's machines underneath it that create waves for people to surf on. It's at Sydney Olympic Park there called Urban Surf. It's pretty cool. So the Blues have gone out there to have a look at Urban Surf, and Jerome Luai...

The New South Wales number six, eight days out from the decider in Brisbane, decided to jump on a surfboard and give one of the waves a crack. Problem is, he can't surf and he almost drowned. I think my life flashed before my eyes out there, but...

I just sort of attacked it and a bit of a dare from the boys, but yeah, it was a good laugh. You went out early. No, I just jumped the gun. I just wanted to attack it head on and yeah, I almost died out there. So grateful to be alive. He didn't almost die. He's very funny when he's on. And he goes on to say, there's no beaches at Penrith. We don't get much practice out there.

Look, I can swim. I can float. I guess that's enough. This is Luai. All of us brown boys were nervous jumping in, a bit hesitant, but I just attacked it. The boys dared me to do it. So you had to be pulled out by one of the lifesavers, Jerome Luai. He's okay. Thankfully, he didn't suffer a broken arm like Robbie Kearns did. Remember that when he fell off the horse? Jerome Luai, still intact for the decider.

Live on 2GB. Seen something? Send a text 0460 873 873. Now, are you getting sick of the propaganda coming out of the Minsk government when it comes to building more houses, building more homes? And I say propaganda because all they do is talk about how they're going to build more homes and the planning changes and this change. But where are these houses, Premier, that you're promising? Where are they?

Every other day, there's another announcement about new housing precincts, rezoning plans, grand promises from Chris Minns and his government of solving the housing crisis here in New South Wales. We've got to do it. There'll be no young people left in Sydney. We'll get this. According to the latest figures, there have been around 43,000 housing approvals under the Minns government. 43,000.

We need double that to meet the National Housing Accord targets. So we're falling short by half. Today, we see major housing precincts being announced at Kellyville, Bella Vista, Macquarie Park and Hornsby. And you know what Paul Scully and Chris Minns actually announced, though? We knew that the housing precincts in those areas were coming because they're next to train stations. They were announcing that the rezoning is now open for public feedback.

So that is just how few homes are being built and approved, and that is how little headway the New South Wales government is making into the housing crisis, that they are resorting to holding press conferences to talk about public feedback on rezoning processes. Not, here's a set of keys for a family to live in. Hey, you've got a consultation process. Again, it feels all a bit propaganda-y, doesn't it?

I mean, sure, announcing new housing precincts, they sound great on paper and they talk about public feedback and consultation. That's all part of the process. But where is the substance? Where is the follow through? Where are the houses? It's like the Minsk government is throwing sort of pebbles at a tidal wave, just hoping that they can hoodwink us.

And I get it. Governments need to show they're doing something. But can we cut through the spin and look at the facts? 43,000 approvals under the Chris Minns regime. That is half of what they need. And get this. New South Wales is expected to build just above half the number of units and townhouses that we built six years ago. So it's getting worse.

Next time you hear another announcement from the Mins government, honestly, if you hear another announcement about housing from Chris Mins, take it with a grain of salt because we need to hold them accountable for real results. And real results mean keys indoors. And I know you can't plan and build a home overnight. I get that. And I've been careful not to prematurely criticise them on it because it's noble their pursuit of more housing in this city. But we are very, very close to the point, aren't we?

When we ask the Premier and his government, what have you actually achieved on housing? Because the only barometer that they will be judged on

is the number of homes they build. Nothing else, no rezonings, no changes to the planning system, no dashboards on websites, the number of homes they build. And on that measure, Chris Minns and his government is failing dismally. What do you reckon? 131873. 18 past three.

It's 22 minutes past three, and if you want to have your say, the open line 131873, and you can have your say for less too with Amazim. Don't pay too much for your mobile plan. Break free from your expensive telco and escape to better value with the escape plan by Amazim, 131873. Now, I did think this was interesting from the CFMEU, and, you know, while...

We don't like the CFMEU in many of the ways that they conduct themselves. I thought this was fascinating. So there is Australia's largest wage theft case...

And it's exploded from $100 million to $500 million as a result of a dramatic Fair Work Commission order. So this story is in The Australian. And the latest Fair Work rulings made the liability simpler to calculate. And the CFMEU have been deeply involved in these wage deals, which have led to a $500 million underpayment of staff.

And these are wage-hire companies, and many of them are Japanese or have Japanese investors backing them. And you've got a situation where you've got coal miners in New South Wales and Queensland, casual miners in Biloela at central Queensland, and they have not been receiving...

Their 25% casual entitlement that was argued for them on behalf of the CFMEU. And now you've got a Fair Work Commission order that is likely to result in a half a billion dollar wage theft case. It's an extraordinary amount of money, isn't it? 131873. We'll be watching that one with very keen eyes.

Marks set. Guess the Olympian. All right, do you want to win $1,000? Today's Guess the Olympian, your first clue. The Olympic runner won the 100 and 200 metres gold medals. So an Olympic runner who won the 100 and 200 metre gold medals at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952, equaling a world record in the 100 metres gold.

and setting a world record in the 200 metres. So an Australian runner, two gold medals at the Helsinki Olympics in 1952, winning the 100 and 200 metre races.

Two gold medals. So stay listening. I'll give you another clue a little after four o'clock and we'll give it away later in the program. So if you know who that Olympian is, call me when I give you the cue to call later on and there is $1,000 coming your way. And Ben, Ray, Michael, myself will be giving away a grander show over the course of the week, 131873. I'm going to go to Barry at Chatswood. Barry, you want to talk about antisemitism?

Absolutely, yeah. The envoy, special envoy, has to start with the Greens because at all levels, local, state, federal, they have not yet condemned...

what's happening at the moment in the communities. Well, Barry, what was interesting... And Mark Scott at Sydney Uni. Barry, what was interesting today was the Prime Minister was asked about this, specifically Mayreen Faruqi, the Green Senator. She was on Insiders over the weekend and she was asked directly, you know, do you think that Hamas needs to be dismantled?

for Gaza to have a future and she refused to answer it. Now, the Prime Minister made the point, the Greens know exactly what they're doing by dodging that question, don't they? Absolutely. They are distorting what is happening to their own political gain. Yeah, it's terrible because there's real-world consequences for that, Barry, real-world consequences. I appreciate your call. Thank you so much. Have a good afternoon. Just on housing, Carla's called in from Greenwich. G'day, Carla.

I would say Chris Minchin should watch Yes Minister and learn a bit because as you would well know how clever Yes Minister was because Sir Humphrey was taking the Minister through a new built hospital, brand new hospital and he was showing through the operating theatre and the wards.

And the minister was a little bit puzzled because he couldn't understand where the patients were. Well, Sir Humphrey was horrified and he said, Patients? Patients? We can't afford patients.

It's such a good show. And it's frightening, isn't it, Cutler, just how it mirrors reality. You have a good afternoon. 131873. Text here from Steve at Terrigal. G'day, Chris. I've got a block of land at Errata Heights near Gosford. Talking to my neighbour who's moved into his new home, I told him I wanted to have my house finished by next Christmas. He told me good luck. It took nine months for Central Coast Council just to approve his plans.

Yeah, Steve, this is part of the problem, isn't it? Here's another one. Kevin here. Has anyone asked the Minsk government when all these homes are built, where will the water come from if we go into another drought? Don't we need to build a couple of dams before we decide about homes? I suppose we've got the desalination plant that we can fire up and it's always the case, Kevin, because we've had so much water. We've had Warragamba Dam spilling. We've got plenty of drinking water. We don't have to worry about it. But as night follows day, the drought's coming. Jack's at Penrith. Hello, Jack.

Hey, mate. How are you? I'm good. Thanks, Jack. That's good. Yeah, no, just thinking about the housing and what Minns was talking about with these micro cities. For starters, who's going to build these things? What quality are they? They're going to end up just being ghettos, mate. And does he actually ever get out and have a look where he's planning to put these things? There's no rail. The roads are pathetic. Mm.

We're choking as it is, the city, and he wants to put more and more and more people in the city. Maybe it's time to look at decentralisation and moving people out. Maybe it is an opportunity to look at fast trains. Maybe there is a better option, put in heavy rail and then continue it out. They keep squeezing people into the middle of the city or within a bull's roar of the city and think it's a good idea.

They're not homes that they're building. They're just places for people to live. A home's a home, not a bloody high-rise. Well, it depends what people can afford now, Jack. You know, once upon a time, my grandparents and great-grandparents, for today's standards, you wouldn't say it's a home. They lived in what you'd probably describe as shanties, but they were happy as Larry.

Exactly. They had space. They had space all around them. Well, they didn't have space where they grew up anyway. But, Jack, I take your point. Appreciate your call. 131873. Neil's called in from Middle Cove. G'day, Neil.

G'day, mate. Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up who's heading home. There's been a driving down Eastern Valley Way and a truck pulled out of a very steep driveway trying to cross the road, stopped and then got himself hooked up on his tow bar and his front wheel. So he's really...

Rear wheels aren't touching the ground, and he's just spinning on the spot. So he's blocking three lanes heading towards Frederick's Forest. Just thought I'd give everyone a heads up on the way home. Whereabouts is it, Neil? On Eastern Valley Way where? Before the Bunnings.

Before the Bunnings, maybe 200 metres on the kerbs. Okay. Literally on the kerbs. And you reckon three lanes, no good? I was the first one there, mate. It was three lanes and the only reason I got through it is I had a little lull in the traffic. Okay. So obviously it's all going to start building up from here and they're not going anywhere. You're a gentleman. Thank you, Neil. I appreciate you giving us the heads up. So three lanes blocked on Eastern Valley Way there near the Bunnings on the way to French's Forest. A truck...

Looks like it's got itself stuck somehow. I didn't realise I could stick with my industry super fund when I retired. Thankfully, I discovered if I stayed, I could set up a regular income, take money out when I wanted, and the rest can grow over time. Stick with your industry super fund in retirement. Visit compareyourretirement.com today.

Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Consider the fund's PDS and whether the product is right for you.

Josh Bryant, g'day. Good afternoon, Chris. The Jewish community is welcoming the federal government's appointment of a new envoy to tackle anti-Semitism. The state government is being urged to make sure it takes into account all infrastructure needs after unveiling more details of its plans to boost housing around some metro stations in Sydney. A new inquiry will look into whether the rules in the state around e-scooters and e-bikes are fit for purpose.

as well as looking at examples of how they're regulated in Australia and around the world. And Sydney's rental vacancy rate has reached its highest level in more than a year and a half. In sport, Rabideau star Latrell Mitchell's been told by specialists he won't require season-ending surgery on his injured foot. He'll be sidelined for at least the next two weeks as part of a management program. We'll have more news in sport at full. Thanks, Josh. Coming up, I'm going to cross to the Yass Valley.

So it's down near the New South Wales ACT border and there is a giant solar farm that's causing all kinds of headaches. I'll explain next.

It's 25 minutes to four and there's a bit of a bun fight brewing over a proposed solar farm in the Yass Valley. So it's called the Wallaroo Solar Farm right on the New South Wales ACT border. And Wallaroo Solar Farm wants to develop a 100 megawatt farm. So it'd be on 393 hectares of grazing land. So it's a massive parcel.

There'd be a big battery storage system attached to it too. And this story is in the Sydney Morning Herald because I thought that there was supposed to be widespread support for renewable development in New South Wales and Australia. Well, 50 negative submissions from locals, the solar farm attracted, including from the local council and including from local winemakers too. And they're worried about it ruining the rural landscape. So,

You get it, right? You've got a whole bunch of industrial activity into a rural town, a beautiful Australian landscape in and around Yass there, and the locals are worried that 393 hectares of solar panels won't fit what they're seeing at the moment. Well, Jasmine Jones is a councillor from Yass Valley Council and she's on the line for us. Councillor, thanks for your time. Oh, you're welcome, Chris. Can you tell us a little bit about the proposal and a little bit about where it is for the unacquainted?

Okay, so this is bang smack in the middle of cool climate wine, Yass Valley. So we're internationally renowned for our wines in Yass Valley. And this is a proposal which includes 260,000 panels and eight banks of batteries. And there's...

The proposal that I put to council in our submission is that it must include the fact that this is inconsistent with our rural zoning and the potential for contamination being released into agricultural and residential areas is a real risk. Yass Valley is not atypical of being bushfire prone and we're a rural area and what's going to happen if...

eight of those massive banks of batteries ignites and destroys, you know, our wonderful agricultural industry here of, you know, wine. And it's in a rural setting too in terms of the residents themselves. So who's the proponent? Wallaroo Solar Farm. Who are they?

Look, I can't give you a deep dive into that. But what I do know is that this area was earmarked by Assetto Council to be a five kilometre buffer zone of low impact area because it's peri-urban to the west.

Canberra and we didn't want to become the ACT's dumping ground for all of their fill from their development and to be their industrial zone. So we made sure, well we thought we made sure with our settlement strategy that this shouldn't happen. Sure, but the 393 hectares of grazing land, presumably it's owned by a private entity, is it?

Yes. Okay. And it's not directly linked with the ACT government as part of their, you know, 100% renewable claim to energy. No, but it's a state-significant project the New South Wales government has listed it as, correct? Certainly, which takes us out of the equation when it comes to approving this kind of state-significant project. Okay.

Anyone who's been to Canberra recently, as you're driving sort of around Lake George and the like, you see the big wind farm there. How has that been received by locals? Well, Yassam has been under a lot of pressure. We've got a squeeze on us on every side, it seems. We've had three massive wind turbine projects go up and, you know, we've really struggled to get the nation's...

governments in terms of state and federal, to look at us and say, well, there should be things in place. Like, they should have to build better roads. They should have to provide accommodation for their workers. So we've had a situation where, you know, the rental prices have gone sky high for our residents, while these, you know, transient...

worker population comes in. So it's been a real struggle for Yass Valley for many, many years with all of these renewable projects going up. And we haven't been anti-renewable energy, but we have had to draw a line in the sand and say, we've got enough wind turbines. And the 260,000 solar panels and eight banks of batteries across 393 hectares of grazing land is just what? A bridge too far.

Definitely it's a bridge too far because they have just set aside completely all of the existing wonderful things about Yas Valley and gone, yep, you're perfect for this kind of solar project. Well, excuse me, we're actually an internationally renowned cool climate wine region and we've got a rural residential area and it's just so inappropriate where they're suggesting it should go. Cool.

But, Council, regardless of your opposition to it, Councillor Jones, it means nothing because the New South Wales government can just completely override you, correct? Correct. So we're sending in our team for the commission hearing, which will happen in Murrumbateman, which, by the way, will become the absolute bottleneck. The community of Murrumbateman should be jumping up and down about this because to get the 260,000 panels in,

into this area, the proposal only suggests that it's going to come up the Hume and then the Barton Highways and not use the Federal Highway. So it's all going to come through an area with a school, a beautiful little school that's just been built there. Tiny little town. Tiny little town, Murrumbateman. It's beautiful. It's not right that this is the proposal. So there's a lot that needs to be tweaked if it goes ahead and, you know, just the roads that they're suggesting that this be put on aren't up

to this kind of um you know this kind of massive project and even things like the drones going up to check the equipment uh there's you know horse you know we're also known for our equestrian so all these drones going up to check the equipment and that happens um you know a lot of it's remotely done so using that kind of tech to do it is also you know an intrusion on our equestrian well uh

I don't like your chances, but good luck anyway. Thanks so much, Chris. That's Jasmine Jones. She's a councillor at Yass Valley Council. They're that far behind in the renewable rollout. If you're getting 260,000 solar panels and eight banks of batteries on a privately held 393 hectares of grazing land, I think you can almost take it to the bank that it'll happen. There might be some tweaks to it, but I reckon it's going to happen. But isn't it, it feels to me as a bit, it's a bit of a shame, isn't it?

You know, you've got wind turbines off the coast of the Illawarra and off the coast of the Hunter Valley, double the size of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. And then you've got 393 hectares of really good grazing land in the Yass Valley, cool climate wine. I don't know. It just doesn't sit right with me anyway. 131873. It's 17 to 4.

It's 13 minutes to four. Now, there's a great story in the Australian newspaper that's just dropped by Adam Crichton out of Washington, D.C., and it's in relation to Joe Biden's future, the president's future. So the U.S. Democrats' longest-serving senator has called on President Joe Biden to seriously consider his future. So her name is Senator Patty Murray, and Senator Murray is third in line for the presidency.

And she stopped short of calling for Mr Biden's resignation, but she's extremely senior and a very senior member of the US Democrats. But she said the Democrats, quote, needed to see a much more forceful and energetic candidate. Just as important, our nominee must be able to articulate what Democrats have accomplished and everything we will do to make life better for American families and protect their freedoms.

This is what she said. Senator Patty Murray in a statement today. So pretty explosive, and it's been a difficult few days for President Joe Biden. And that debate on June 27, I was watching it. Man, oh, man. What a joke. What a joke. I feel sorry for him, don't you? Whatever you think about him, put your politics to the side for one second. This is just...

An elderly guy who needs to retire and live out his days comfortably. It's really as simple as that. He's achieved a lot in public life. Love him or loathe him. He has achieved a lot in public life. And he's been dealt some really difficult cards with his son having been diagnosed and dying from cancer and everything else that's gone on. He's the Vice President and the President of the United States. That's no small feat.

But now you've got the US Democrats' longest-serving senator and the third in line to the presidency, Senator Patty Murray, effectively saying, hey, Joe, time to reconsider your future. I think it's only a matter of time. Inside Word on everything Sydney. It's Drive with Chris O'Keefe on 2GB.

A couple of other things that are worth noting. I've just seen this from Sydney buses. So if you use the bus regularly, you may be in line for a refund. So today there's been some issues tapping and going.

So some passengers may be seeing multiple authorization transactions or receiving error messages when using their contactless payment on buses today. So if you're trying to tap and go with your phone or with a credit or debit card,

You may be receiving error messages or multiple authorization transactions. Now, Sydney buses say, look, they're aware of the issue. They will make the appropriate corrections once more information becomes available. So in some instances, people may be being charged fares twice more

And Sydney buses says you've got to allow up to five days for the corrections to be applied. So hopefully not travelling too far. 131873. Telstra is raising its mobile phone plan prices. This story in the Herald. So 4% they're going up or as much as 4%. So postpaid and prepaid plans between $2 and $4 a month. Telstra.

Telstra is raising its plans by. So just keep aware of that one. Next time you get your bill, it will be a little more expensive, not hugely more expensive, but still between $2 and $4 a month. Telstra prices are increasing. Now,

Now, New South Wales police have charged 21-year-old Jeremiah Tuwai. All of this broke on our show yesterday afternoon. He's been charged with domestic violence murder for the brutal alleged slaying of a 21-year-old woman in Sydney.

So it was in Kingswood. It was on the Great Western Highway, multiple stab wounds, and the 21-year-old woman died in that unit block. And Jeremiah Tuwai, 21 years old, has been charged with her murder. And, you know, he was taken into custody 7.10pm last night. He will face Penrith Local Court today, and police are alleging that he was in a domestic relationship with

And that he is the perpetrator of the incident and caused those injuries to that poor lady. It is just absolutely terrible how domestic violence and the scourge of it in our country at the moment and

You just feel so sorry for the families involved with this because it is just truly, truly heartbreaking. 131873. I'm just going to go to Lachlan. Lachlan's at Wallaroo and he's got a bit to say about this solar farm that's planned down there too. G'day, Lachlan. Hey, Chris. How you going, mate? Good, thank you. Lachlan, what's happening?

So Nick O'Leary, he's got a big vineyard down there. He does some great stuff, Nick O'Leary, as a wine. Do you provide grapes to him, do you?

Mate, we do. We do, mate, but that's not really part of the issues or concerns, really. Just to make it clear from the start, I want to make it really clear that 90% of all Wallaroo residents have solar at their houses, so we're actually a very pro-solar, pro-renewable energy community, but...

the fact of this Wallaroo solar farm is if you went to any... It wouldn't pass any pub test. It's very short-sighted, and there's no logic behind anything here. And I think some of the issues that probably are trying to get swept under the rug, mate, is...

The reason for this going ahead is it's a private Japanese and Spanish solar company that's paying millions and millions of dollars to a private owner in Wallaroo to use their land.

So both the company, which is foreign-owned, and the resident, one resident in Wallaroo, will be making millions of dollars from this proposed solar farm. But at the end of the day, the consultant and a lot of the reports, they've been done from an office in Melbourne. No one's come to visit a lot of the properties. Have a look at some of the visual impacts.

etc., and just, you know, they've tried to underplay the impact it will have, both in the Wallaroo area, which I know you're not a native down here, but on the Wallaroo area, there's two of the most beautiful wineries and most popular wineries in Canberra with Nick O'Leary and Brinda Bella, where there's hundreds of visitors a weekend at both those wineries, including people coming down from Sydney.

But more so, there's over 5,000 residents on the other side in Dunlop, Charnwood and McGregor that will be more severely impacted with some of the backyards of these houses about 650 metres from the solar panels. Now,

If you look at just some of the logic behind this, so the New South Wales government introduced state planning rules to protect regional centres from quote, "enriching solar and wind developments." Now, solar farms can't fall within five kilometres of residential land.

Now, this Wallaroo solar farm will be within 650 metres, so less than a kilometre of houses in Dunlop, Charnwood and McGregor. So we're just on the border of Canberra and New South Wales. Now, if we were a kilometre up the road on the other side of the border, this would be laughed at because it's got to be further than five kilometres, further than residential. So you're saying that someone's back fence, the 260,000 solar panels will be 600 metres away?

650 metres away to some of the backyards and this is where people walk their dogs in the afternoon but imagine buying imagine spending your life savings on a place with a backyard to bring up your kids throw the footy etc and 650 metres away there's not just a couple solar panels we're talking about here there's 393 hectares of solar panels reflecting up into your lounge room and your backyard it's

It's quite crazy that this is going ahead all for a foreign-based company making lots of money and one owner of a huge amount of land, which will be making millions of dollars too. I've got to wrap it up. We've run out of time, but I really appreciate it. Just keep on it, all right? Lachlan, whenever you want to have a chat about it, come on the program. It's 5 to 4.

I didn't realise I could stick with my industry super fund when I retired. Thankfully, I discovered if I stayed, I could set up a regular income, take money out when I wanted, and the rest can grow over time. Stick with your industry super fund in retirement. Visit compareyourretirement.com today. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Consider the fund's PDS and whether the product is right for you.

Now back to Drive with Chris O'Keefe on Sydney's 2GB. Seven minutes past four. Thank you for your company on this Tuesday afternoon. 131873, of course, is that open line number. You can text me 0460 873 873 or if you prefer...

Type me an email. Drive at 2GB.com. Lots and lots to get through. I want to dive into whether or not 40km an hour speed limits, as a blanket rule on all local roads, is a touch too conservative. We'll dive into that because that's what's happening in the city of Sydney and money laundering and terror financing...

Well, looks like Australia is going to get a big change in how we deal with those. Specifically, our laws are going to get much, much tougher. All that and more coming up. First with the news, only in Sydney, it's Drive with Chris O'Keefe on 2GB. Now, just got a little bit of breaking news out of Punchbowl train station. Now, we're being told that a woman has been hit by a train at Punchbowl station.

New South Wales ambulance were called half an hour ago and they were called to reports of a person struck by a train. They're treating a female in her 40s for head and arm injuries. You've got multiple paramedics on scene. Intensive care paramedics are there. Fire and rescue is also there at Punchbowl train station, as well as the police.

Now, there are reports that she lost her footing on the platform and then was hit by a train. We hope she's okay, but we are being told by Sydney Trains, if you are expecting to head home on the T3 line this evening, there will be significant delays. So there will be a significant impact to trains travelling through Punchbowl on the T3 line.

So Transport for New South Wales, they're trying to organise replacement buses between Bankstown and Sydenham. Right now they have no time when they believe those buses will arrive between Bankstown and Sydenham. But please be aware, a woman in her 40s is being treated right now after slipping off the platform at Punchbowl train station and being hit by a train. So that is what's going on. If you are getting on the T3 line, uh,

this afternoon or later this evening or any of your family members are coming home that way, please tell them it's going to be

A bit of a nightmare and a really slow trip home. So please, if you can avoid it, organise alternative transport. Get on another train, get on a bus, get in an Uber, whatever you have to do. Because as it stands right now, the priority is this woman in her 40s. Hope she's okay. 131873. The CFMEU has been fined $247,000 for unlawful conduct.

And this is at the Yatla Labor Project in Adelaide. And a judge has called the CFMEU's behaviour thuggish and threatening. So the federal court penalties for the 2021 conduct, this story in The Australian, has followed legal action which was initiated by the now defunct Building and Construction Commission. So Labor came in, said nothing to see here. We'll get rid of the Building and Construction Commission.

The case gets transferred to the Fair Work Ombudsman and the Fair Work Ombudsman goes, you know what? The CFMEU's done the wrong thing here and has imposed penalties of $213,000 against the CFMEU and a whole bunch of individual penalties against individuals themselves too for thuggish and threatening behaviour. Who would have thought it? The ABCC was actually onto something.

The breaking news you can trust. It's Drive with Chris O'Keefe on 2GB. Now, if you live in Rosebury, Redfin, Glebe, Zetland, Surrey Hills, places like that, or, in fact, you just use your car to travel into the city regularly...

You better listen up because every single local road within the City of Sydney Council area will now be 40 kilometres an hour. That's the speed limit on all local roads, 40 k's an hour. If you drive faster than that, you will get pinched. And there are many fixed speed cameras in and around the City of Sydney. There's one on Oxford Street. I've been done there. That's why I know. And there's the notorious one, of course, out the front of

Sydney boys on Cleveland Street at sort of Surrey Hills, Moore Park there, I suppose you'd call it. Notorious, that one. If you are driving more than 40 kilometres an hour, you are speeding now in the city of Sydney. Do you think that's a little conservative? Is that a little low, just as a blanket rule?

But in the CBD itself, Clover Moore, she's not done. She doesn't reckon 40km an hour is slow enough. She wants to make some local roads within the CBD 30km an hour. Well, the City of Sydney Liberal Councillor Shauna Jarrett's on the line for us. Councillor, thanks for your time. Thanks, Chris. No problem. Is this really necessary?

Well, we've got far more important things to be thinking about here in the City of Sydney than one day maybe perhaps we'll have changes in uniform speed limits. No, it's not necessary. Road safety is very important. But this constant changing...

is not very helpful to drivers and pedestrians, cyclists and other users of our roads. Let's have one change, not endless change. What's the backstory to this?

Oh, back in March 2023, a notice of motion was put up to the council to call upon whoever was the relevant transport minister at the time to reduce the speed limits from 50, particularly outside of childcare centres and schools and other areas like that.

And here, now, just before an upcoming election, oh, we finally got an answer, which is some of the roads in the city of Sydney will be reduced to 40 kilometres an hour. And one day, maybe, perhaps, we'll get down to 30 kilometres an hour.

But have there been sort of masses of injuries and fatalities for people driving faster than 40 k's an hour in and around the city of Sydney? No. No, there haven't been. So what's this in response to? It's in response to a couple of very unfortunate accidents that have occurred, particularly outside childcare centres. But it's also a part of the Lord Mayor wanting to tell everybody that she's...

having a firm control over what's happening in the city of Sydney rather than actually looking after the big issues of the moment like the potholes, like the bike lanes that nobody uses, the collecting of rubbish, which is a disgrace. It's, as I say, it's...

An issue that finally the New South Wales state government has responded to, to a certain extent. She makes a story out of it. But down here on the ground with the rest of us, we've got bigger things that we are really...

Keeping us awake at night time. I always get mixed up and it's very hard to keep track of what roads council looks after and then what roads the New South Wales government looks after and so on and so forth. So for argument's sake, the eastern distributor, even though it's in the city of Sydney for a large portion of it, that's not going to be 40 kilometres, is it?

No, it's a state road, yeah. So the local roads, is there a way that you can sort of define which road is a local road and which road is a state road, or is it just do your best and look at the signs? Well, you go into the archives and you pull up the old records and you work it all out. Pull over and get the Gregory's out. Oh, but that... No, you get Google, it's got no left-hand turns on it. It's...

It's really indicative of the lack of

proper long-term consolidated thinking around changes that need to be made. We're going to have a plethora of new signs, 40, 50, 30. Yes, people will get fined. I've had it done to me because within a couple of kilometres or even a couple of metres, the speed limit changes. If it's going to be done, it needs to be done in one...

piece of one fell swoop. Not little bit by little bit by little bit. And as I say, we've got buses now that are going to sit in one lane streets holding up the traffic anyway. So it won't be getting, won't be going very fast at all. We've got Oxford Street,

being completely destroyed by the bike lanes. We've got streets here in the CBD that are now one-lane streets and the traffic just crawls along. Why do we need another layer of signs going up and... Oh, just...

Too much bureaucracy and not enough planning for what people actually need now. Councillor, before I let you go, you've got a council election, September 14, I think it is. So what is it, eight weeks away? Yeah. The rest of Sydney sort of scratches their head and goes, how's Clover Moore still? She's going to win, isn't she?

I think that there is still a base that votes for her. She's done some great things for Sydney over her 20 years. It is time for a change. But there is a base that vote and always have voted for Clover. And we've got to bring up the next generation of voters to bring in change. She's Joe Biden of...

Sydney politics. Sydney politics, yes. There are times when you can see she has to rely on her notes. I will say that. She's still relative. She's still pretty sharp. Oh, she's good. Yeah, she's very good. Sorry, not Mayor. Councillor, I appreciate you coming on. Thank you so much. Thanks, Chris. That's Shauna Jarrett. She's a Liberal Councillor and a very reasonable person on the City of Sydney Council. What do you make of that? Do you think that 40 kilometres an hour as a rule...

is too slow as a speed limit? Or do you think that's fair enough? You tell me. 131873. It's 17 and a half past four. Opinions that matter. News you can trust. This is Drive on Sydney's 2GB.

It's 22 past four. You can have your say. Don't forget 131873 is our open loan and you can have your say for less too with Amazim. Don't pay too much for your mobile plan. Break free from your expensive telco and escape to better value with the escape plan by Amazim. Now, just on what's going on at Punchbowl Station at the moment. So trains are not running between Bankstown and Campsie. This is an official word from the Transport Management Centre.

Trains are not running between Bankstown and Campsie on the T3 Bankstown line. And this is due to that lady in her 40s tripping over on the platform and ending up being struck by a train at Punchbowl Station. So passengers are advised, delay your trip or allow plenty of extra travel time. Replacement buses have been requested. And I think Darren, who's called in from Bankstown, is driving one of those replacement buses. How are you travelling, Darren?

Yeah, good mate, good. We're all getting there. There's a lot of us heading over there now to pick up the customers. Everything's happening. Where are you going?

straight through to Sydney and made all stops. Okay. So you're going to go to Sydney and to Bankstown effectively, are you? Is that the plan? Pretty much, mate, pretty much, yeah. You're talking about clover. I mean, we wouldn't drive in the city to save our lives the way she stuffed the city up. No, you wouldn't. Hey, Darren, just I've always wondered this. When they ask for replacement buses in a situation like this right on evening peak, how many do they order the government?

Mate, they hit everybody up. They hit everybody up everywhere that have got a bus. Get their butts over there and get that rubbish covered, you know. Hit the whole lot. All right, Darren, drive safe. I appreciate your call. 131873. Darren's in one of those replacement buses and he's on his way to Sydenham. So it'll be all stops. Sydenham to Bankstown. Repeating T3 Bankstown line.

no trains are running. No trains are running. Replacement buses have been requested and our prayers, of course, to that lady who has fallen on the tracks and been struck by a train there at Punchbowl. On marks, set, guess the Olympian.

Alright, your home of the Olympics is giving you the chance to win $1,000. It is, guess, the Olympian. You got the first clue in the first hour of the program. Here is the second clue. And the second clue, this Olympian was nicknamed the Lithgo Flash after the town she grew up in. So I've given you her gender, at least. And now her nickname, the Lithgo Flash, that should give it away, right?

So I'll give you the cue to call sometime after 5 o'clock. When I do that, call the competition line. If you get through, there is $1,000 coming your way in Guest the Olympian. You've just got to tell me the name of the Lithgow Flash.

Opinions that matter. News you can trust. This is Drive on Sydney's 2GB. Now, what do you make of 40km an hour speed limits? We're just talking about that in regards to the city of Sydney. Is it too slow or is it fine? Maureen says on the text line, there's plenty of 30km an hour areas in Melbourne. Well, I wonder if they're in and around the trams, Maureen.

Gary says, Chris, go the Dragons. I don't think the city traffic has ever gone over 40 anyway. Well, in some circumstances, you're right, Gary, for sure. But the city of Sydney, don't forget, now takes in the old South Sydney Council area. So places like Rosebury and Beaconsfield and Zetland, these are suburbs.

Parts of O'Riordan Street. I don't know if O'Riordan Street would be 40 kilometres an hour because I can't work out which ones are state roads and which ones are local roads that the 40 kilometre an hour speed limit will apply. So local roads, the limit will apply. State roads, well, that'll be set by the state government. Rob's called in from Bondi. Hello, Rob.

Hi, how are you going, Chris? Good, Rob. So they're reducing the speed limits again because there's a safety issue with cars. That's the crux of it, yeah? Yeah.

Your guess is as good as mine, Rob. I think it's nonsensical, but anyway, yeah. Yeah, so what happens with the two-wheel variety of vehicles that are illegal, the e-scooters, so the e-bikes, the ones that aren't allowed to be driven on footpaths, that you walk out of the shop and you take your life into your own hands because you have no idea what's going to come zooming past you.

It's a walking death trap down here. If Clover thinks that there's problems with the traffic, she needs to take a look at what the problem is on the footpaths now. She's encouraged the bike culture in Sydney, yet she's not accepting the risk that comes with it. Rob, it's a fascinating point you raise because our executive producer, Ned Green, made the same point.

So he's in Alexandria and he said these fat bikes that you've got, the two-wheel variety, he said, he goes, mate, they run over 40 kilometres an hour easy. They're on footpaths. They haven't got insurance, nor do they have number plates to be pinched. Yeah, and they're in the bike lanes as well. So, and the poor cyclists that are cycling

cycling the way bikes were invented. So, I think, person's power, it was like they're getting taken out by these damn pests as well. You're in Bondi. How bad is it on the beachfront there?

Well, once again, you walk out of the shop and you sort of put your hand out first to see if anything's going to hit it. Someone's going to die. I think Darren Hinch was famous by saying in Melbourne that bikes are just like cockroaches on wheels. So he could be right. He could be right. Hey, Rob, great call. I've got a double pass for you to the night at the barracks over at North Head, okay?

Oh, lovely. Thank you very much. No problem at all. So you can catch the Australian Rock Collective. This looks fun. Powderfinger, UMI and Spiderbait, members from all of those great Australian bands. They're playing hits from the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and it's a night at the barracks, Manly's beautiful North Head, 22nd of September. If you want tickets, nightatthebarracks.com.au. Let's go to Paul. Paul's at Oakdale. G'day, Paul. G'day, Chris. How are you? I'm well, thanks, Paul.

Mate, Clover is not going to be happy until she has totally rid the city of Sydney of motor vehicles, and that's the back story. Do you think that's the entire point of it, do you?

Yeah, she just has this hatred, I guess, for cars. You've been around the city as, well, not as long as me because I've been getting around it for a fair while. And every time I go in, it gets harder and harder to navigate. It's harder to find somewhere to park. We were in there on the weekend to see a show and the walk from the theatre back to where we were staying, I think I probably avoided two, three places

Bikes, you know, the Uber, not the Uber, the Uber Eats. One bloke just riding a normal push bike and a guy on a motorized skateboard. It's just getting ridiculous. What I noticed the other day, Paul, I went in to watch a show on Sunday as well, and I noticed it's hard to keep up with which streets are now one way and which aren't. Streets that were two-way only a couple of years ago are now only one way.

Yeah, and again, it just frustrates people. And you give the idea that just drive into the city, find a park, and they go, oh, I don't really want to go in. Unless I drive, my partner doesn't want to drive into the city anymore. And Sunday morning, we were driving around, and the place was totally dead. That's what I was going to say, Paul. And you wonder why people go, I wonder what happened to the city. Well, you can't get in there anymore. Hey, Paul, I appreciate your call. I've got to run. Jeremy's at Paddington. G'day, Jeremy.

Hi, Chris. Mate, I'm just walking a dog in Centennial Park and I can see it's actually a 30km limit in Centennial Park and the fact that a global city like Sydney...

would uh revert to a 30 kilometer hour speed limit in the city just ridiculous how is centennial park have you got have you got the uh the lycra clad crowd there have you got the every time i every time i go there it feels like the new york marathon there's that many people running through the place yeah there's a few mums doing the after school pick up but uh

It's peaceful this time of the afternoon. Good on you, Jeremy. I appreciate your call. Enjoy beautiful Centennial Park. It's one of the great gems of our very beautiful city.

In the newsroom, Josh Bryant. G'day. Good afternoon again, Chris. Replacement buses are being mobilised, but passengers are being warned to expect delays. Trains not running between Bankstown and Campsie. A woman has been injured after losing her footing and falling onto the tracks at Punchbowl Station. Lawyer and businesswoman Gillian Siegel has been appointed as Australia's new anti-Semitism envoy.

A man accused of killing his partner at Kingswood will remain behind bars after facing court charge with murder. He made no application for bail and it was formally refused. And a survey has found more than four million Aussies are skipping buying essential personal items and cleaning products due to the ongoing cost of living pressures. In Sport Blue's origin star Jerome Luai says he's embarrassed after being rescued by lifeguards, finding himself in some difficulty during a recovery session at a wave pool at Sydney Olympic Park.

park we'll have more news and sport at five five thanks josh coming up i'm going to speak to clancy moore he's all over this money laundering and terror financing what do you think of this

So the government is now going to force real estate agents and accountants to legally have to report suspicious transactions. Usually it's only casinos and things like that, and banks. Now it'll be real estate agents and accountants. Are you worried this is government overreach or is it necessary? We'll dive into it next. Well, the federal government's cracking down on money laundering. So real estate agents, lawyers and accountants are in the spotlight.

And right now, Australia's got some of the weakest money laundering laws in the world, supposedly. And there are two main parts to laundering money. And it's making illegally obtained funds, of course, washing them and making those funds look legitimate, and then using those funds as an instrument of crime. So Mark Dreyfuss, the Attorney General, he wants to put an end to all of this, and he wants to introduce strict new reporting obligations.

Now, the real estate agents, they've pushed back on this. They'll say it'll be costly, it will risk client confidentiality. And a Senate inquiry in 2021, though, found that money laundering, in fact, drives property prices up because people are buying apartments or homes just with kish. So how would the new laws work and how would they stop money laundering? Well, Clancy Moore is the CEO of Transparency International Australia. And Clancy's on the line for us. G'day.

G'day, Chris. How are you going? I'm well, thank you. So talk to me about how widespread you think that money laundering is in our country. Look, it's hard to quantify, but we know as early as 2015, the Financial Action Task Force, which is the global body that sort of regulates anti-money laundering standards, actually found that Australia is a pretty attractive destination for criminals to launder their proceeds of crime, particularly in the housing market. More recently, we've seen a couple of examples just last year.

As an example, there was a $10 billion AFP bust involving a Chinese syndicate purchasing property across Sydney. And then even more recently this year, we've seen two Russian criminals who came to Australia after defrauding Russian citizens and companies and purchased about $10 million of luxury property in the Gold Coast. So pretty widespread. And the announcement today is a really positive development.

And those criminals who are purchasing these properties, largely doing it with cash, right? Yeah, most likely. Yep, yep, absolutely. And they're not coming in with a mortgage like, you know, you make that. No, sure, sure, sure. So that would then be funnelled through accountants and real estate agents. And if the real estate agent or the accountant thinks to themselves, hey, this is a bit dodgy, who is this bloke? They, under these new laws, would be forced to report that to AUSTRAC. Is that correct? Yeah.

That's right. So those high-risk kind of gatekeeper professions, lawyers, accountants and real estate agents, they take a risk-based approach. If they saw two dodgy Russians come into a bag of cash, they'd be required to do their due diligence, work out where the money came from, at least ask where the money came from, and then report those suspicious transactions to Austrac, which then...

takes that information and passes it on to law enforcement. But the thing to remember is the risk-based approach. So if your normal mum and dad came in with a mortgage approved by a bank, they're probably not going to require the same level of due diligence or reporting as those two Russians that I talked about earlier on. Is this not overreach? If someone comes in and wants to buy a property and a real estate agent goes, well, hang on a second, where did you get your money from? You would say, well, hang on, it's none of your business.

Yeah, I think it's important to remember that Australia is only one of five countries globally that don't have these rules already in place. So it's pretty common practice, including in places like the UK, New Zealand and Europe. And, you know, when you get a mortgage, you have to demonstrate your income, how you've kind of got the deposit, et cetera. So it's pretty standard internationally.

And what these laws will actually do, will actually help bolster our financial system and ultimately ensure that lawyers, accountants and those other high-risk professions aren't enabling, either knowingly or unknowingly, financial crime. If I'm a lawyer or an accountant or a real estate agent and a big burly bloke shows up with a big bag of cash, Clancy, with the greatest of respect, I am not asking him where he got his money from.

Yeah, well, I mean, under the new laws, you'd be required to. And, you know, I think there's plans for fines. Is Austrac going to put 24-hour security on my real estate agency? You know what I mean? This is the reality of this thing. Don't ask, don't tell.

Yeah, I mean, look, sometimes, no doubt, sometimes those high-risk professions are probably turning a blind eye. Sometimes it's unknowingly that they're sort of enabling these financial crimes to take place. The important thing is the federal government has included about $166 million in this year's budget to help those professions scale up their anti-money laundering programs so they can do due diligence more effectively and get training to help them do it as well, because it is a bit of a lift.

But it's pretty commonplace across other countries, and really Australia's the outlier, to be honest. We're in some pretty illustrious country that don't have these laws, like Madagascar and Haiti, amongst others. So it's only a positive thing in my mind. I suppose, too, then the next step is AUSTRAC. The AUSTRAC has actually got to go and investigate it, and there's no point if the real estate agents and the accountants can report it until kingdom come. But if AUSTRAC doesn't investigate and then punish, there's no point, right?

That's right. So, you know, with that case of the two Russians or, you know, the Chinese money laundering syndicate that I mentioned earlier on, the professions, the lawyers and accountants would pass on that information to AUSTRAC like the banks already do. And then AUSTRAC gets that financial intelligence, passes it on to law enforcement who can, if there's enough information, act further and, you know, investigate and potentially press charges. I've got examples of people that I know that have reported things to AUSTRAC and they've

have done nothing about it and it was clear as day that there was something dodgy going on. Yeah, well, that's interesting. I know they do get thousands of suspicious transaction reports every day. This is what I mean. And with the new laws, they're going to get potentially tens of thousands more, right? Because the real estate agents, the lawyers and the accountants will be obliged to. So is Austrac...

bolstering its resourcing to actually go and enforce this thing? Yeah, absolutely. So that $166 million in this year's budget that I mentioned earlier, that includes, I think, more staff for AUSTRAC, but also help for those high-risk professions to actually get them up to speed on these requirements as well. Clancy, I appreciate you coming on. Thank you so much. No worries. Absolute pleasure. You're a good man. Clancy Moore, CEO of Transparency International Australia. What do you think? Are you a real estate agent?

Are you a lawyer? Are you an accountant? And I know I might be a bit flippant there, but, you know, some of these criminals who are using cash and would show up at your door to buy a property, you know, they're dangerous people. And you're really going to take a risk if you've got a small real estate agency and a family at home and everything else of reporting them to the government. Even if you are obliged to do that, are we asking, as a society, too much of an individual to take on responsibility

big criminal syndicates with very deep pockets. I don't know. Maybe I'm being too harsh on the whole thing. You tell me. 0460 873 873. 17 minutes to five. Australian sons, let us rejoice. It's the bridge we've been waiting for. All right. Speaking of Sydney, do you want to climb the Great Sydney Harbour Bridge? Because I've got a double pass to give away to go on a bridge climb. It is with the great people of Bridge Climb.

And you just have to answer this question correctly. So what is the name of the main highway that crosses the Sydney Harbour Bridge? The main highway, there's a name to it, that crosses the Sydney Harbour Bridge. If you know the name, call me now, 131873. If you can answer that, you'll be going on a bridge climb. That next. It's 13 minutes to five. Plenty of texts here. Tony says, Chris, good news, real estate agents. Don't mention my name or location.

But my partner works in cybercrime...

And he says that overseas buyers are bringing cash in from illegitimate sources. Good on you, Tony. Michelle, Chris, what criminal would walk into a real estate agent with $1 million cash to buy a unit or two mil for a house? They'd need a wheelbarrow, not a brown paper bag. Yeah, well, Michelle, that's a good question. I don't know. When they talk about cash purchases, often those cash purchases can be bank deposits or they do it through crypto or whatever.

Alan's called in from Dover Heights. Hello, Alan.

Alan, you with me? What's going on with this cash? Like, why do they hate cash so much? Like, can you believe that the government is going to spend taxpayers' money to teach lawyers and accountants how to identify dodgy cash transactions? It's unbelievable. I'm sick of being gaslit. Well, I don't know, Alan...

Am I being unfair to saying you are putting real estate agents, lawyers and accountants in difficult positions? Like, if you've got a big-time crook that comes in and wants to engage to buy a house off you or whatever it is, to report it to the government or the coppers, I don't know. Well, that's the copper's job to track down dirty money. That's not an accountant's job or a lawyer's job. Like, if I come in and want to do a transaction and I've got cash, I should be allowed to do a transaction in cash.

Next thing you know, the coffee shops will be reporting you, Alan, for spending $3.50 in cash. It's Mark Levy they've got to worry about for that. Yeah, no, he gets his for free. Good on you, Alan. You have a good afternoon. Alan from Dover Heights there, 131873. All righty.

australian sons let us rejoice it's the bridge we've been waiting for graham's at dy graham what's the name of the main highway that crosses the harbour bridge that would be the bradfield highway mate it would be the bradfield highway graham you want to go on a bridge climb

I'd love to. I've got a double pass coming your way, mate. Well done. Have a good afternoon. You're a champion. No, you're very, very... Thank you so much. You're very welcome. Not many people know that, you know. Let us call it the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It's called the Bradfield Highway. Goes up to the Warringah Freeway. Goes up to the Warringah Freeway. Good on you, Graeme. You have a good one. 131873. Phil's called in from Rudy Hill. Phil, you're seeing something on the roads.

So you're on the M7 southbound where? Good on you, mate. How's the traffic? Is it one of the good ladders? Bailey's Ladders or something?

No, mate. It's a stainless steel one. It's going perpendicular to the lanes. It's covering a fair bit of ground. Good on you. Hey, Phil, I've got a $100 Mr. Roses voucher for this Tuesday tip. Well done. It's coming your way. Oh, thanks, mate. No, you're very welcome, Phil. I'm sure someone in your life's due some roses. So for bloom and great flowers, visit mrroses.com.au.

If it's happening in Sydney, you'll hear it on Drive on 2GB. Now, I don't know if you saw this, but the future of Channel 10 appears uncertain because its parent company, Paramount Global, has been sold to another American company by the name of Skydance Pictures. So it's a film production studio that will merge with Paramount, which also owns CBS.

And I think it was a $6.4 billion US process. And Skydance, the people that have bought it, said that they plan to enhance Paramount's platforms with more technology and infrastructure and enhance their television networks too. Now, whether that means Channel 10 in little old Australia remains to be seen, but...

You have The Masked Singer sacked. They axed that. They axed The Bachelor. So big reality TV shows that cost a lot of money. And in the Daily Mail, Steve Allen, who's a media analyst, he said that, quote, a new owner of Paramount Global is unlikely to see 10...

as an asset worth retaining because the business is in serious turmoil. There's no programming momentum. They haven't found a really solid anchor for prime time and their revenue looks steady, but they can't reduce overheads. And now you've got an upheaval of ownership too.

and he doesn't see a way out for them. So, interesting. I'd hope not, because that's people's jobs, and they're people I know who work at Channel 10, and I got my start at Channel 10, and it'd be a real shame if Channel 10 goes by the wayside. Unfortunately, I think the reality of the free-to-air industry means that three commercial free-to-air broadcasters in Australia...

is not just unlikely, it's almost impossible. So I think it's only going one way, but I wish somehow some money can be spent to ensure that the futures of Channel 10, Channel 7, and of course the Nine Network, for whom I work, is able to be secured because we don't get enough Australian content as is, unfortunately. 131873. Now, did you say this about Robbie Williams?

So I love Robbie Williams. I'm a big, big Robbie Williams fan. But he's reignited a feud with his longstanding rival, Noel Gallagher.

So they've been feuding since 2000, Noel Gallagher and Robbie Williams, because Noel Gallagher, he's now 57, you know, he described Robbie Williams as, quote, that fat dancer from Take That at the Brit Awards. And geez, wasn't Robbie Williams upset? So this weekend, Robbie performed at Hyde Park and he had a cardboard cutout of Noel Gallagher on stage and he gave Noel a pat on the head, mocking his height, quote,

And he then went on to sing Oasis hit Don't Look Back in Danger, Robbie Williams. So the feud, 24 years on, still going strong. And through it all, she offers me protection, love and affection. Whether I'm right or it may take me on, that life won't break me. And I can't say she won't forsake me. I'm loving angels instead.

All I wanted in retirement was to feel confident with my money. So I picked an income account with my industry super fund. Now I take enough for day-to-day things, splash out when I fancy, and the rest can grow over time. Stick with your industry super fund in retirement. Visit compareyourretirement.com today. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. Consider the fund's PDS and whether the product is right for you.

Now back to Drive with Chris O'Keefe on Sydney's 2GB. It's seven minutes past five. Thank you for your company on this Tuesday afternoon. 0460 873 873 is our text line if you want to flick me a text. You can give me a call if you prefer 131873 or email me drive at 2GB.com. We'd love to hear from you. Now, I've got a lot to talk about in the next hour of the program. I'll figure out whether or not

Aussie workers are prone to mid-year burnout because it is July. It's the middle of the year. It's cold. It's been wet. It's been miserable. Are we more prone to burning out from our jobs? And I also want to discuss whether or not our councils are just a little too quick to close our sporting fields.

when there's been a bit of rain. How many washouts have you or the grandkids or the kids had this year for Saturday or Sunday sport? Give us a call, 131873. Live on 2GB, have your say, 131873. Now, I'm just advised that trains are running again. So trains are up and running again between Bankstown and Camp C on the T3 Bankstown line. And this was after a lady fell on the tracks at Punchbowl.

So passengers are advised, look, there are going to be delays on the T3 Bankstown line this afternoon, so allow plenty of extra travel time. But trains are running again, so don't worry about the replacement buses. You will not need to get on those. But between Bankstown and Campsie, services have resumed, 131873. Now, well done to the Prime Minister, too, for announcing Australia's first ever special envoy,

to combat anti-Semitism in Australia. It's gotten to the point where I don't think that they needed to do something. Something needed to happen. So the special envoy to combat anti-Semitism in Australia is a lady by the name of Gillian Siegel. And she's previously been the president of the Executive Council of Australian Jury. And her role will be to listen to and engage Australians of all religions, of all colours, of all ethnicities.

as well as some religious discrimination experts and all levels of government to try to advise on how to effectively combat anti-Semitism. Now, I understand it's just a press release. I understand a special envoy, there'd be members of society and especially Jewish members of society would be thinking to themselves, well, how's this going to help? I don't disagree with you.

And there's no doubt that the Labor Party is being torn apart by what is happening in Gaza. But at least the prime minister and the government has done something here. They're trying something different because the anti-Semitism has just been so deep and so obscene. They had to try something right. Now, just before I get to my next guess, the people at the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network or APAN,

They've released a statement saying that they are, quote, dismayed by the decision to appoint an anti-Semitism envoy. Why? What is there to be dismayed about? This isn't a special envoy position.

on the war in Gaza. No, no, no. It's just a special envoy on racism. Imagine if the opposite had occurred. Imagine if the Australian Council of Jury or the Jewish Border Deputies or someone came out and condemned a special envoy into Islamophobia. Imagine the response then. But as we've seen throughout this whole saga since October 7, there are different rules for Jews.

It's just true. There are different rules when it comes to anti-Semitism. Now, Josh Burns is the federal member for McNamara in Melbourne, and he's a proud public Jew, and he's a member of the Albanese government. He's on the line. Josh, g'day. Afternoon, Chris. Terrible nine months for Australian Jews. Do you think that we'll get somewhere with this envoy?

Well, I hope so. And Gillian's an eminent Australian. She'll do a fantastic job. And she brings with her experience as a lawyer and someone who has run government agencies, as well as someone who has been deeply involved in Jewish community life for the past few decades. So she comes with the full support of the community. And I'm looking forward to working with her through what is by far the worst period of anti-Semitism I've ever seen in my lifetime.

So what are you expecting out of the special envoy? I think the main thing is to have a focus on it in government. She'll be reporting directly to the Prime Minister on what needs to happen. The key areas of focus that I think she'll be working on will be where is anti-Semitism the worst? Obviously, places like universities, in our workplaces. The Greens? Yes.

Yeah, well, indeed. I'm not being flippant about that. No, I mean, there clearly has been terrible anti-Semitism from the Greens, including from the member for Newtown, who said famously that Jewish community members were spreading their tentacles around Australia. And it was one of the worst comments of anti-Semitism that I've heard by any elected official in Australia. But anyway, let's put that to the side for a second. Yeah.

Gillian Siegel will also be focusing on how to actually promote understanding and to educate people in a way that reinforces this wonderful multicultural country that we live in. I think most Australians love the fact that we're a bit of a melting pot and we have people from all different backgrounds getting together and enjoying each other's company and food and culture and friends and family and all the rest of it that makes Australia such a

a peaceful place to live. And I think a bit of that comes from, you know, knowing someone from a different background, hanging out with them, getting to know their practices and ensuring that, you know, there aren't mysteries, but real more understanding. I think that's something that Gillian will be able to work towards. In the latest saga, have you seen any examples of,

of islamophobia to your mind oh i mean like i know we talk a lot about i know we talk a lot about it right anti-semitism and of course islamophobia because you've just got to cover both bases but yeah as i said in my intro as i said in my intro josh there is a different set of rules for jews and that has been made patently clear to the australian population since october 7th

Well, I've certainly seen it online. And unfortunately, you know, vilification isn't a competition. I mean, I don't want to see any vilification in this country. And I know as someone who has received it myself that I don't want this for anyone else in this country. I mean, Australia is a place where everyone has equal human rights and we want people to be respected.

equally before the law, and that includes people from all different backgrounds, religions, faiths, gender, sexuality. I mean, be who you want to be in this wonderful country. I also would say that we are in the process of appointing an envoy to combat Islamophobia, and I did see the comments made by APAN, and I would just...

I would say two things. One is that vilification is not a competition and that any form of vilification is wrong. And so it doesn't need to be so combative. And also that there will be an envoy into combating Islamophobia. And I support that. And I would hope that they would support an envoy to combat anti-Semitism.

I know you've got your office spray painted with some pretty vile stuff and are you going okay? Yeah, I appreciate the question. Yeah, my staff were, you know, it was a pretty confronting scene but over the last couple of weeks it's slowly been cleaned up and we're very much looking forward to opening the doors back to our beautiful St Kilda community. I did enjoy what you said and you said, you know,

If spray painting my office could solve the conflict in Gaza, I'd spray paint it myself. Well, indeed. Just put everything into perspective. It was really well done.

Thanks, Chris. I appreciate it. I mean, you know, we all want an end to this war and we don't want this conflict coming to Australia. We want to be able to live. You know, my family came to this country seeking opportunity and freedom and got so much more than that. They got a wonderful country where people were able to live and practice their faith and dignity and peace. And that's what I want to see for the next generation as well. And we can't let a conflict be a license to divide our community. We have to maintain the wonderful things that make our country so wonderful. Hey, hey, you're doing a good job. Thank you for coming on, Josh.

Cheers, Chris. Federal member for McNamara, Josh Burns, 131873. Drive with Chris O'Keefe on to GB. Now, is anyone else asking why it's been raining so much? Look, thank goodness the sun's finally out. The forecast looks a little bit better for the coming days, so hopefully things can dry out of touch. But honestly, it's been so wet and miserable. More like London than Sydney, and it's not usually this wet in winter, is it?

And I looked it up. So we've had more than 12 months of rain already, and it's only July. So I've had 12 months of rainfall, and it's July. And there's been a whole bunch of reasons for it. So there's a combination of a slow-moving weather system, persistent low-pressure troughs, and in plain English, that means that the rain clouds are hanging over longer than usual, dumping water over the same areas day after day after day after day. And those areas are the city of Sydney.

So it's like the weather's been stuck on repeat a little and we've had frequent easterly winds that have been carrying moisture from the Tasman Sea too. And those winds have been just rolling in because of a high-pressure system sitting over Tasmania. Now, I'm not complaining about having wet washing or mud under my feet. What I am upset about is the kids who've had to miss out on winter sports. I read this story a few days when I was on holidays.

And in some competitions, the kids have only been able to get sort of five or six weeks of competition away so far this season because our councils keep shutting the sporting grounds. Now, here's a question for you. Are sports grounds for sports or are sports grounds parks so we can keep them pristine for dog walkers? Who cares if they're a bit muddy?

Now, this is like shutting golf courses when it rains. Now, a golf course exists to play golf on, just like a footy or soccer field exists to play footy or soccer on, right? So sure, if there are pools of water on the ground, that's a different story. But if a bit of mud with a few showers, surely council should allow play on. Now, 131873, tell me, have your kids' seasons been disrupted?

Because we've had some sporting clubs actually be forced to refund players' fees. I read this one. Kids have missed out in half of their scheduled rounds, so Gordon FC, Gordon Football Club, has paid back a portion of fees to families for training sessions and games that have been abandoned due to washouts. So, honestly, unless the fields are absolutely unusable,

A damp or muddy field should not stop the sport being played. And the council will go, oh, we don't want to ruin it, but ruin it for who? The sports fields are there to play sport on for the kids, right? And there's a lot of chat about all-weather pitches and synthetic grass, but they're expensive and they're not right for every suburb. And the jury's out too about whether there's health risks posed from recycled tyres and rubber underneath the synthetic grass. So this is pretty simple in my view.

If it's muddy, it doesn't matter. The ovals do not exist to make the councils close them. They exist for the people to use. Tell me your story. How often have you had sport cancelled over the last few months? What do you think? 131873. 19 and a half past five.

It's 23 past five. The open line is ready and raring to go. 131873. You can have your safer less too with Amazim. Don't pay too much for your mobile plan. Break free from your expensive telco. And escape to better value with the escape plan by Amazim. Now, a bit of breaking news. Rugby League Las Vegas. They're calling it the Las Vegas Festival for 2025.

If you've been desperate to find out whether or not your team is going to Vegas next year, I've got the answer in my hot little hand. So the first game, Wigan versus Warrington. They've managed to get two teams from the Super League to play. So Wigan versus Warrington will play in the first match, obviously to get a few English viewers enticed as well as some English men and women across the

from the UK to Vegas to watch it. So Wigan versus Warrington will be playing. The Australian Jilla Roos will play the England Lionesses. So the girls will be on fire. The Jilla Roos versus the England Lionesses in a test match. Sensational work by Peter Volandes in the NRL managing to secure that. Now, Canberra.

And the New Zealand Warriors, they'll be playing. The Canberra Raiders versus the New Zealand Warriors will be match one of the round one fixture in Las Vegas. And the second match will be the Penrith Panthers taking on the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks. So you've got the Raiders versus the Warriors, 11 a.m. Australian time.

Or Sydney time, I should say. And then the Panthers taking on the Sharks, 3.30pm Sydney time. And the Gillaroos and the Lionesses will split the difference. So they'll play between the Raiders and the Warriors. Whereas we...

Poor old Super League. Poor old Wigan versus Warrington. They'll be playing at 8.30am Australian time. Well, if you want to get up at 8.30am and watch the Super League, you do it anyway at the moment. So good luck to them. What a great idea. So it'll be at Allegiant Stadium and again it will be on...

Saturday the 1st of March 2025 will be broadcast live to a big global audience. We're all looking forward to it. It'll be bigger, bolder and better, according to Andrew Abdo, the NRL CEO. So if you missed it, the Raiders versus the Warriors, the Panthers versus the Sharks will be round one matches in Las Vegas and the Australian Jilaroos will be taking on the England Lionesses and Wigan will be playing Warrington in a match from the Super League.

Live, local and only on 2GB. It's Drive with Chris O'Keefe. Now just on the rain, rain, rain and the closure of council grounds and sporting facilities across Sydney, Frank's at Camden. G'day Frank. How you going mate? Look, I reckon they should let the kids play. We used to play in the 50s but

We played in, you know, those old soccer balls or old leather. I mean, they half crack your head. And trying to kick them, you get about two metres with them. Who cares? It's about the kids getting out and being with their mates and having a good time. It's just a shame, isn't it, Frank? Because if we're in the end of July now and some sporting organisations and the kids have only played sort of five or six matches, that's pretty ordinary, right?

It is, mate. And look, the kids love it. I mean, back in the day, we learned how to win and lose. We didn't like losing.

We had a go. I mean, like, it's becoming a little bit too work, maybe. Good on you, Frank. Appreciate your call. Jason's at Borkham Hills. Hello, Jason. G'day, Chris. Yeah, I've got absolutely no connection to kids playing rugby league, but when they're playing at my local pressure reserve, I go down and buy my lunch when they're playing. So I miss a mid-air lunch because of the rain.

So have you noticed that they've all been washed out constantly? Yep, most have been washed out. A few weekends ago, they actually did not play, but they did allow the Nathan Grandma Shield to go ahead. That's a Ron Matthews Cup game. So who's your local side, Jason? The local club down there is the Hills Bulls. Right, and what do they serve at the canteen that you go down for lunch to get?

Yeah, hot chips and gravy, a slice of tansy with bacon and onion. I think I'll also do a slice of droll and pies and hot dogs and all that. How good is that? Good on you, Jason. No wonder you're heading down to get lunch. Enjoy it. Hopefully the footy's back. It looks like on Saturday the forecast isn't too bad, so surely they'll be playing. Ash is at Annandale. Hello, Ash. Hi, how are you doing? Good, thanks, Ash. That's good. Yeah, my son hasn't played since May. Yeah.

And he plays for Helston Park. He's not, well, I suppose he's young, he's 21, but they haven't had any training, literally no training, no games at all. And part of my ignorance, Helston Park, soccer? Yeah, soccer, yeah. Right. So nothing at all? Nothing. No training? Probably no. If they had, they probably had one since May. Okay.

And that's it. And when I used to play, when I played rugby, I mean, he was playing football, but when I played rugby, you know, 40-odd years ago, it didn't matter the condition of the pitch. You just got out there and played. The council always had all the grounds open. You just got on with it. Well.

I remember playing at Southern Districts, right? Foreshore Park in Sylvania Waters there. And Sylvania Waters kind of gives it away in the name, right? It's on the canals. Yeah. You'd have a big downpour. It would be like playing rugby in a 100-meter, a 50-meter Olympic pool.

We'd always play. It'd have to be so bad for us to be called off. Absolutely. Well, I played down in Melbourne, played rugby down there, and literally it rained every day over a five-day competition, and they still played. Didn't stop it. Not at all. But I've seen a game here down in Marrickville where the council actually came down and stopped the game. Now, this was a few years ago. This was probably three years ago, maybe four, and stopped it mid-game.

Really? Because it was too wet? Yeah, it was raining. It just came out and the council rain just came down and stopped the whole game. What did the council... Again, that was Maritzville County. It would have been Inner West at that time, but that was probably four or five years ago. But it's not... You know, the teams were out there ready to play. But now there has been no games. And I know that...

the weather sucks, so there's not much you can do. With your young bloke, just before I let you go, Ash, Hurston Park, he's 21 years old. He hasn't played since May. Is he going to get a refund on his reger?

I don't know. I know it costs a lot of money in some of these soccer clubs. Yeah, they're paying probably $250 a year for doing that, and they don't get any subsidies. Because the club, when you think about it, the juniors in those clubs...

The sports grants that they used to get, you know, they don't get it. So they scratch them for the money that they need now. But seniors, no. I can't see them doing it. I know that the last game that was meant to be on Sunday, they said that won't be replayed. So a lot of these... Well, all of these people basically work. So they've got to make up...

those games during the week. And that makes it hard, you know, because of work commitments to be able to get all your teams together. But that's part of the challenge. Good on you, Ash. I appreciate your call. 131873. In the newsroom, Josh Bryant. G'day. Good afternoon, Chris. Trains are running again between Bankstown and Campsie after a woman earlier lost her footing and fell onto the train tracks needing to be freed by emergency services. The Jewish community is welcoming the appointment of the new...

envoy to tackle anti-Semitism by the federal government. A 62-year-old woman has been charged with trying to smuggle seven kilograms of heroin into Australia in her luggage after she was stopped at Sydney Airport. And Melbourne's Lord Mayor says the current rules would prevent a laneway.

Being named after Kylie and Danny Minogue for now, after an online petition to make the change attracted thousands of signatures in its first day. In sport, the NRL's confirmed its four teams for next year's Las Vegas doubleheader. Premieres Penrith will be joined by Cronulla, Canberra and the New Zealand Warriors. We'll have more news in sport at six. Good on you, Josh. 131873. Tony's at Toon Gabby. G'day, Tony. G'day. How's it going? I'm good, thank you. Have you noticed a whole bunch of washouts?

Mate, not just that. So I grew up in the Parramatta area, in the Parramatta comp playing league. We would play all the time. But now I wanted my daughter to play touch or league, but couldn't justify it due to the cost of registration and everything. So we really enlisted her in the Penrith comp for basketball. And you know what? We never get washouts. We never get anything. It's always on every Saturday. And you know what? Those indoor sports are going to just increase if...

these councils don't wake up to themselves because it's not fair that those other sports like soccer and league have to get cancelled. But at the same time, I'm grateful she's enjoying it and she's happy. So, yeah. Good on you, Tony. I appreciate that. I hope your daughter's loving basketball. It's a great sport. Any team sport is a must-do for kids. A must-do. A whole bunch of texts here. Got one here. We're part of Gordon FC. I haven't seen any part refunds. There's some reporting that Gordon FC was refunding part of the rego.

Joe says, Chris, the problem is the councils are protecting all the grounds, so it doesn't cost them to regenerate the grass. Yeah, but protecting the grounds from what? They're sporting grounds. Protecting them from sport? You know what I mean? If you don't let sport, what is the purpose of them? To play sport on. So you're protecting them like, you know, the horticulturalist at the Botanic Gardens or something. No, no, no. You work for council to get it up to good enough, Nick, for people to play sport on.

Here's another one, Chris. The issue with the sports grounds is all about insurance. Yeah, I'm sure. Rob says, Chris, imagine if they had a concrete cricket pitch in the middle. In our day, they just cover it with topsoil. That doesn't last long. Yeah, Rob. I remember playing at Manly Oval, right? And this wasn't a concrete pitch, but Manly Oval had the old cricket pitches on it. They were old turf pitches. And especially if you played earlier in the season, so sort of Marches and Aprils,

And you're playing at Manly Oval. And I remember we ended up in a mall. And all the blokes looked at each other. And we all sort of went, righto. We're on the cricket pitch. You could feel it. It was like glass. It was so hard. So if you fell down, you were cutting yourself open. And everyone looked at each other in the mall. And we sort of went, all right, let's just take the mall over here onto the nice grass of Manly Oval. And when we got back onto the grass, the game started again. See? You know what's going on. 26-6.

It's 22 minutes to six. A weather update. We'll be here to help in unexpected weather. NRMA Insurance. Well, finally, a little bit of sun poking through right now. 16 degrees in the city and 15 in our west. Temperatures tonight, 8 in the city and 7 in our west. Tomorrow, sunny. Tops of 19 in the city tomorrow and 19 in our west. On your marks, set... Yes, the Olympia!

Yeah, righto. I've given you two clues and they were very good clues. Surely you know who our Olympian is for this Tuesday afternoon. So call me now, 1-300-722-873. 1-300-722-873. The competition line, not the open line. 1-300-722-873. You heard the clues earlier in the show. If you think you know who our Olympian is, there's $1,000 on the other end of the line.

A finance update. Experience the magic at Masterton Homes Warwick Farm Display Village. Open every day, 9am to 5pm. With two brand new Masterton designs on display.

Well, Scott Haywood's got money news for you after 7 o'clock tonight. Scott, g'day. How are the markets? The markets were good, Chris. Overnight, S&P 500, which is the largest 500 market cap companies in North America, and the NASDAQ, which is the technology companies, rose to all-time record highs, and that helped our market today, 0.9% or 66 points to 7,829. It was led by Telco Stocks, which, you know, it's a bit of a pancake. There's upside and downside of what I'm going to tell you about Telstra.

The bad news is that everyone's phone bill, if you are with Telstra as a postpaid customer at the end of August, is going to go up by $2 to $4 a month. And that's higher than inflation, which has irked a few people. But their shares went up 2.5% to $3.74. But they have fallen outside the ASX top 10, and they've fallen by more than 11% over the last 12 months. So they're hardly a market darling. And I don't know if you can remember back to when they floated, Chris, which was in the late 90s.

people paid for Telstra 1 and Telstra 2 $7.40. Really? It was the seed funding for the Future Fund, wasn't it? I know. And Peter Costello was involved in both when he went across the Future Fund after being involved in Telstra. But

Just imagine if you bought a block of land in Glebe, Leichhardt, in 1998, and I said to you, okay, well, it's gone from $7 a square metre to $3.74 a square metre, you'd fall off your chair. So it's been a shocker of a 25-year investment for a lot of people. Sure, it's given some dividends, but...

But, yeah, shares are up marginally today. But, yes, unfortunately, they've dumped their peg to inflation and their share price reflected. But according to the brokers I spoke to today, not many customers will move. It's too hard to move a telco sometimes with your home internet and your Wi-Fi work maybe. Yeah, so that was the news from Telstra today. But the share market had a good day. Because once you're locked in with these guys, it's generally just easier just to continue to be locked in, right?

Well, you've got to go through all the ID checks. You've got to then figure out if the plan's right. Then you've got to figure out how you're bundling it with your other providers at home, et cetera. So, look, the broker said it will not affect too many customers in terms of leaving Telstra to go to maybe Optus or Vodafone. So I think that's fair. Singapore. They're eating bugs as food, are they? Okay, so I'll give you the macro picture of what Singapore are trying to achieve. At the moment, have you been to Singapore? I have, yeah. Had a little quiet Singapore sling over there, yes? No, so...

It wasn't quiet on the wallet. No, no. $40 or something. So Singapore imports about 90% of its food. Okay, so that's the macro picture. So they're wanting to get to be self-sustainable and produce 30% of their own food by 2030. And the new framework from the country's government has now allowed...

So if you are about to have dinner, you maybe want to block your ears for 10 seconds. Grasshoppers, moths and crickets, not only in supermarket shelves, but also at restaurants. So to ramp up their food production, they're looking at basically what you walk down the street at. Now, my feeling is that they're going a little bit escargot like France when you go to a French restaurant and you have a snail. So no one would have thought...

that you would have actually gone and paid for a snail. So you've just got to look at it like that. The only other funny thing is, of course, Singapore are trying to go green. So obviously grasshoppers are green. You know what I mean? I hope they look forward. How do you have your... Do you have your moth medium rare, Scott? That's disgusting. I'm not eating moths. And we've also got a Bitcoin export. They export on Zanata Money News at 7 o'clock. Bitcoin's dropped 10%.

from about $100 US a coin down to about $85,000. I want to figure out if it's because of our dollar rallying or because there's maybe a few people selling. Bitcoin's a very, very interesting non-asset asset that people own in their wallets. I personally have never bought it or never had exposure to it, but

I'm interested for certainly some of our younger listeners on Money News who certainly do talk about Bitcoin more than anything else. Good on you, Scott. Appreciate your time. Good on you, Chris. That's Scott Haywood. You'll hear him with Money News after 7 o'clock. 131873. Righto. Well, Yvonne's on the line. How are you? How are you, Yvonne? Are you with me?

Hi, Chris. Yes, it's me. Hello. I've got $1,000, and all you have to do, if you want that $1,000 even, and I'm desperate to give it to you, right, you have to answer this for me. The Olympic runner...

Who is our famous Australian Olympian?

It would have to be Marjorie Jackson. It would be Marjorie Jackson, Yvonne. Well done. She's also got a name on a ferry. Well done. $1,000 coming your way, Yvonne. I really appreciate you calling in and congratulations. We're giving them away with Ben, Ray, Michael and myself every day this week, so keep on listening. If you get the Olympian, you're in the money. Ah, the poor Cronulla Sutherland Sharks. Nico Hines, he is facing eight weeks on the sidelines. He's broken his leg recently.

in a training incident. So he's broken his leg, Nico Hines, and ruptured his syndesmosis, which is sort of high ankle. He reckons he's trying to be back for the final round of the season against Manly. He's booked in for surgery on Wednesday, but they reckon...

Well, eight weeks. Broken leg, syndesmosis rupture. That's bad for Cronulla. And feel very, very sorry for Nico Hines. He's just had no luck this year. Poor bugger. 131873. This story is being reported in the Sydney Morning Herald at the moment. So the former chief vet at Greyhound Racing New South Wales has described the treatment of racing greyhounds as barbaric.

And he reckons that the industry is unsustainable in a damning letter to racing bosses that claimed that deaths were being hidden from the public. Now, this is his exit document. And he's the former chief veterinary officer. His name is Alex Britton. And he alleged that rehoming rates were inflated. Dogs raced at unhealthy intensity. They were suffering a massive rise in injuries. And most were left to live out their miserable post-racing lives in industrial kennels.

And he said that until the existing backlog of unrehomed greyhounds is acknowledged and addressed, it is utterly immoral to allow yet more to enter this unsustainable morass of exploitation and suffering. Gee whiz. Well, I don't know where he's going to get. Good luck to him, Alex Britton, for what he thinks is a...

whistleblowing attempt, but ultimately there is no government that is going to ban greyhound racing anymore, whether it needs the screws turned on it. We've seen this movie. I covered it during the initial Mike Baird ban and everybody in that parliament who is a decision maker remembers that clearly. So there will be no banning of greyhounds, but surely, uh,

The former chief vet's concerns will be taken very seriously by the Minister for Racing, 131873. Roman's at Constitution Hill. Hello, Roman. Hi, Chris. How are you? Good, thanks. You've seen something on the roads.

Yeah, I just drove past a car rollover in the middle lane on Old Windsor Road at Constitution Hill. Middle lane and curb lane blocked. Middle lane, curb lane blocked. Old Windsor Road at Constitution Hill northbound. Roman, I appreciate you getting in touch and letting us know. Thank you so much. So car rollover, Old Windsor Road northbound at Constitution Hill.

Drive on 2GB. Seen something? Send a text. 0460 873 873. All right, do you want to play the Jewel for Fuel? Give us a call. 131 873. It's all thanks to Shell V-Power. 200 of it up for grabs. If you want to play, call me now. 131 873. On 2GB Drive, let's Jewel for Fuel. We're doing it thanks to Shell V-Power. 200 up for grabs. And our contestants, I've got Cathy at Panania. G'day, Cathy. G'day.

And Grant's at Crimer. Grant, g'day. G'day, how are you? I'm good, thanks, Grant. You ready to kick us off? Yeah, let's go. Your time starts now. What is the official bird of Western Australia? The swan. Correct. What month does spring start here in Australia? September. Correct. If I have four apples, sell two and eat one, how many apples do I have left? One. Correct. Is the Amazon rainforest in Argentina? No.

No. Correct. Is a kiwi fruit grown on a tree or in the ground? Tree. Correct. Which NRL club did Nico Hines make his debut at? Melbourne. Well done, Grant. Six. Outstanding. That's going to be very, very hard to beat. Cathy, you ready? I'm ready, yep. Your time starts now. Who was the US president before Donald Trump? Barack Obama. Correct. How many secret herbs and spices are there in KFC? 11 or 15? 11. Correct.

Snakes, reptiles or mammals? Snakes. Reptiles or mammals? Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, reptiles. Correct. How many days in a leap year? 352. 366. Traditionally, are there eggs in Anzac biscuits? No. Correct. Michael Caton played Daryl Carrigan in what famous film?

The castle. Correct. What side of the road do they drive on in the USA? On the right. Oh, they do. It's six apiece. Righto, you ready? Your names are your buzzers. We're going to do this quickly, so Grant and Cathy, yell out your names, and then you'll get a chance to answer. So go. Traditionally, what disease is Ozempic used to treat? Grant. Cathy. Diabetes. Well done.

Cathy, well done. Grant, really, really well played. I've never seen anyone get six and lose. That is the jewel for fuel. We play it every afternoon here on Drive. And now, a preview of what's coming up on Wide World of Sports. Pick your favourite Kia from the award-winning Kia Sportage to the street-cred delivering Kia Seltos or Kia's most powerful car ever, the all-electric EV6 GT.

Well, there was an argument here at 2GB. Who was the hardest working radio host at the station? Lots of people were saying John Stanley, but my man Mark Levy gets the chocolates. Hello, Levy. Oh, Mr. Four Day Week John Stanley. Yeah, he works hard. Hello, Chris. Hey, congratulations on your ratings today. Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't know, Mark Levy's continuous call team has come out on top.

All days of the weekend, it is the best ratings that the Continuous Call team has seen in more than a decade. So well done, Levy. Oh, that's very kind of you, Chris. We can't do it without our listeners and times are tough out there. So I think that's why people listen to the weekend to have a bit of a laugh and take their minds off the stress of life. John Stanley's just, after doing Afternoons, has stormed in.

because he's got to do nights now. He's blowing up, Levy. We'll see what you've got on at Wide World of Sports coming up very shortly. I appreciate you jumping on. That's it from me. If you've got anything you'd like us to look into, drive at 2GB.com. We'll see you tomorrow, 3pm sharp. Bye-bye.