The point which Media Watch seem to have missed here is that the interview was about Cronulla’s financial issues, not about Mr. Zappia accidentally hitting an employee some time ago.
Perhaps Alan could have asked the question, but it wasn’t what the interview was about, and it’s entirely possible that Alan ran out of time…after all, the interview did go for five minutes, which is fairly standard for an interview during a breakfast show.
The analogy here is that if I was interviewing the manager of the local supermarket about their new checkouts, I wouldn’t ask him about the price of frozen peas…unless of course I needed to fill half a minute and wanted to buy frozen peas after work.
Anyway, go and check out the first link. The report in to the media management and manipulation of the Rudd government is quite excellent. I was watching ABC news on Sunday night and was wondering why they took a pot shot at Kevin Rudd asking himself questions…now I know.
This just arrived in my inbox at 2QN (not sure why, but I also just received a press release about a power failure in far-west New South Wales, so it must be one of those days).
RFSA PRESIDENT EXPRESSES OUTRAGE AT ‘ERRONEOUS’ SUGGESTIONS THAT VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS TO BE HELD LIABLE FOR CANBERRA FIRES
Brian McKinlay, president of the Rural Fire Service Association, the only recognised body that represents 70,000 rural fire fighters in NSW, said volunteer fire fighters are fully protected under the Rural Fires Act and expressed outrage at suggestions that volunteers were to be held personally liable for the deadly Canberra fires in 2003.
Mr McKinlay’s comments followed ACT Supreme Court legal proceedings last week in relation to the Canberra Fires in which it was suggested that volunteer fire fighters had been betrayed.
He said comments from “unauthorised fire fighting organisations and those with political agendas” caused undue stress and concern to members and indicated a complete lack of knowledge and expertise in fire fighting policy and management in NSW and other jurisdictions.
“At no time has it been suggested in or outside the ACT Supreme Court that our volunteers are not looked after in the event of being involved in legal proceedings. Rural fire fighters, particularly volunteers, are fully protected by the legislation which governs their activities.
“The misleading information is being promoted by people who have little if not any knowledge about the legal protection provided to our volunteers,” Mr McKinlay said.
He said Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons also expressed his “unequivocal commitment to representing most vigorously the interests of all members against legal proceedings associated with the conduct of . . . fire fighting and related activities” in an open letter to all members.
Mr McKinlay said in addition to the protection provided to volunteer firefighters under the law, public liability protection is also available as well as a worker’s compensation scheme in the event of injury or death.
“The experience, dedication and commitment of volunteer fire fighters form a vital part in fire fighting in Australia and whose advice is crucial in terms of any ongoing fire management policy in this country.
“Our members do a wonderful job and, as President and a volunteer myself, I would be the first to react if I believed members were not being provided with the protection they so justly deserve,” Mr McKinlay said.
(contact details removed)
Press release ends
I’m feeling out of the loop on Canberra’s commotions and rumblings already.
ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery that occurred at a Giralang service station May 25, 2009.
A man entered the Mobile service station on Canopus Street about 8.00pm
In a break from standard procedure, the mobile service station then fled the scene on foot instead of the offender. Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the missing mobile service station is asked to contact Crimestoppers.
Gavin Wood (of Countdown, Hey Hey It’s Saturday and more lotto draws than I care to count fame) was one of the executive producers of Wheel Of Fortune during Tony Barber’s brief time as host in 1996.
The future of the red gum logging industry remains uncertain, with the Rivers and Red Gum Alliance saying that federal environment minister Peter Garret has not lifted a ban on logging in the forests.
Discussions between the New South Wales government and the Federal government are continuing.
Police are asking for public assistance after a string of vandalism attacks over the weekend.
Windows were smashed at a business in Jerilderie, a business on Perracoota road in Moama and a sporting facility in Finley.
The region experienced some decent rainfall yesterday, with Deniliquin recording 7 millimetres, and Echuca 13 millimetres, however the bureau aren’t expecting any more decent falls this week.
Hay Shire council are meeting today. Items on the agenda include funding for bicycle paths, delays in the reconstruction and sealing of Kangaroo Lane, progress reports on a large number of works which are currently underway, and a public question time.
A 40 year old Tocumwal man will face court at a future date after police allegedly found him in possession of a quantity of Cannabis.
The Central Hot Shots will clash with the Easy Beats in the grand final of Deni mixed netball next week.
The Tocumwal Golf Club champion for 2009 has been announced as Nathan Matthews. This is the second time that Nathan has taken the title.
The venue for this weekend’s clash between Numurkah and Moama in Round 8 of Murray Football has changed. The match will now be played at the Katunga Football Club ground.
Got in to work just after 4:30am. Spent most of the day babysitting Fairfax’s mess. Now babysitting (panelling) Sports Today off a webstream until 7pm when Fairfax reckon the sound quality on the satellite will go back to normal.
Back tomorrow at 4:30am to actually do some of my work…aka prepare some news. I’m glad it rained today…instant story and a grab from Weatherzone. I have some sport left over from the weekend and a few useful press releases to recycle. It won’t be the best news ever tomorrow, but it’s going to air which, under the circumstances, I think is pretty good.
I couldn’t get to sleep until 2am this morning which was most annoying, and made me wonder if perhaps I should just go to work early. Eventually I did get to sleep and had a dream which bordered on being a nightmare, which was probably a good thing as it woke me up at 4:30am, just in time to go to work.
The dream started with me talking to a friend from whom I once borrowed a car. I was talking to him about how I had a job interview at Big W coming up which I wasn’t really looking forward to…he had the opposite view and thought it would be an absolutely wonderful job (in hindsight, I should have told him that if it was so great, he should go to the interview), and that I needed a new dark coat for the interview.
I reluctantly agreed that a new coat would be a good idea, and he offered to take me to a store selling dark coats later in the day. I then went to the top of a section of the Canberra Centre (which no longer exists) where my laptop was floating…although I ignored the laptop and decided that I really didn’t want to get a coat today, so I rang the aforementioned friend to inform them of this decision, which they begrudgingly accepted. We instead decided to get the coat tomorrow.
After this I went home and noticed that my parents were sitting in the spare room playing cards and listening to 1WAY FM (it was the afternoon according to the dream), which for one reason or another was playing my Sunday afternoon 2QN/3NE voicetracking.
I went in to my room to go to bed and sleep, but noticed that my bed was missing. It had been replaced by a curtain.
Most services are now restored. However, live news on w’end aft, nghts, and M-F Drive will have faults. Repairs should be completed by 2/6/2009. Prefed and Rural News are also on DC.
Uh huh, so fixed means that you were feeding Neil Mitchell on the Auxillary channel earlier, and Leon Byner from Adelaide now? Yep, having to manually download news from Digital Courier because you send the wrong program on the auxillary channel is what I call fixed!
*sigh*
Oh, and tell Neil Mitchell that he is a break behind will you…
Update 2:48pm: Apparently having Leon Byner on the aux channel is intentional due to a lack of circuits until a part arrives from Israel. It would have been nice to have been told in advance. End Update
A middle aged man was airlifted to Melbourne Hospital on Saturday after a collision between a motorcycle and a ute in Tongala.
Motivational speaker Tom O’Toole visited the Deniliquin Business Chamber on Friday night. Tom, the man behind the famous Beechworth Bakery, said that he came to Deni to inspire local businesses to prosper through the tough times.
Conargo Shire residents are being encouraged to have their say at community meetings being held on Wednesday.
Council’s draft 2009-10 budget and proposed roadworks are among items set to dominate discussions.
South Australian artists Terry and Lorraine Letwitzka visited the Edward River Art Society yesterday for some workshops.
President of the society, Helen Lostroh, says they hope to have Terry and Lorraine back in the future.
The red cross is running a workshop at Deniliquin High School aimed at giving students the skills to cope with mental illness.
In the Picola Netball league:
Wunghnu defeated Yarroweyah 56 to 42
The Deni Rovers scraped home over Picola United 32 to 23
Strathmerton were too good for Berrigan 53 to 31
Mathoura downed Blighty 46 to 25
And Jerilderie had the bye
In Football, The Dookie United South East league saw:
Katunga thrash Rennie 113 to 65
Shepparton East defeated Katamatite 102 to 96
Tungamah downed Katandra 141 to 97
and Waaia defeated Dookie 127 to 60
And in the North West:
Berrigan had a narrow win over Strathmerton 68 to 61
Mathoura defeated Blighty 70 to 56
The Deni Rovers were too good for Picola United 69 to 32
and Yarroweyah downed Wunghnu 129 to 63
Jerilderie had the bye
In Golden Rivers Football:
Moulamein downed Hay 97 to 85
Murrabit defeated Quambatook 86 to 78
Nullawil thrashed Ultima 135 to 66
and Wandella obliterated Wakool 144 to 21
In Kyabram district football
Murchison had a narrow win over Ardmona 94 to 91
Girgarre scraped home over Avenel 64 to 60
Lancaster were too good for Merrigum 117 to 69
Rushworth downed Violet Town 101 to 81
Stanhope defeated Tallygaroopna 83 to 68
And Undera and Nagambie drew on 80 points each
And in Murray Valley Football
Sunraysia downed North Central 179 to 68
Yarrawonga defeated Bellaraine 129 to 62
Wimmera were too good for Western Border 132 to 67
Bendigo won a high scoring encounter against Ballarat 138 to 117
Horsham downed Mallee 147 to 106
and Murray thrashed Central Murray 146 to 58
There are two laws of mobile phones:
1. If you take it in the shower, it will ring
2. If you have run out of space for text messages, one will be sent to you when you are nowhere near your phone, you will notice half an hour later, delete some old messages and have to wait three weeks for the new message to arrive.
Right now I’m three quarters of the way through law number two…I dealt with law number one last week, and the week before, and the week before that. I should just stop taking the phone in to the bathroom.
The award for the week goes to Soft Cell, and the feature song is Tainted Love.
Sometimes I feel I’ve got to
Run away I’ve got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I’ve lost my light
For I toss and turn I can’t sleep at night
(chorus)
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I’ll run from you
This tainted love you’ve given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that’s not nearly all
Tainted love
Oh…tainted love
Now I know I’ve got to
Run away I’ve got to
Get away
You don’t really want any more from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you think love is to pray
But I’m sorry I don’t pray that way
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I’ll run from you
This tainted love you’ve given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that’s not nearly all
Tainted love
Oh…tainted love
Don’t touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I’m gonna to pack my things and go
Tainted love (ooh) tainted love
Tainted love (ooh) tainted love
Tainted love (ooh) tainted love
Tainted love (ooh) tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Touch me baby, tainted love
Tainted love (ooh)
Tainted love (ooh)
Tainted love
Tainted love
There is an interesting early demo of the song on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsMz9vIaLwQ&fmt=18 which sounds a fair bit different to the released version of the song.
By request, I’m breaking with my usual “three month” policy for Aircheck Sunday whereby posted airchecks are at least three months old, and posting an aircheck of 2QN Breakfast from Wednesday. Enjoy!
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