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- 0:02Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Claire Harvey with
- 0:04Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon Headlines. Anthony Alberinezi knew what he was
- 0:10Speaker 1: in for when he appeared on a racy podcast, according
- 0:13Speaker 1: to host Nikki Osborne, who says she invited the PM
- 0:16Speaker 1: by sliding into his direct messages on Instagram. The Prime
- 0:20Speaker 1: Minister appeared on an episode of the Bush Deep podcast
- 0:23Speaker 1: with Osborne in July, where he told the story about
- 0:25Speaker 1: a gift given by his Japanese counterpart Sanai Takaichi, and
- 0:30Speaker 1: appeared to make a hand gesture that's been interpreted as
- 0:33Speaker 1: indicating the Japanese PM's breasts. Albanizi said on Friday, it
- 0:38Speaker 1: wasn't a big deal if.
- 0:40Speaker 2: You look at any of the interviews that I've done,
- 0:43Speaker 2: and I'm responsible for my words, and I note that
- 0:46Speaker 2: of all the words that have been written on this
- 0:51Speaker 2: no words have been none of my words have been criticized.
- 0:59Speaker 1: The PM said he wasn't aware of Osborne's plans for
- 1:02Speaker 1: the podcast episode, but she told Mark Boris's podcast the
- 1:05Speaker 1: PM had indicated he was very familiar with her nudge nudge,
- 1:09Speaker 1: wink wink style. He's watched the show. He knows my podcast,
- 1:15Speaker 1: so he knew what he was coming into. One of
- 1:19Speaker 1: Australia's top pilots says the air traffic control system at
- 1:22Speaker 1: Sydney Airport is at breaking point. Australian and International Pilot's
- 1:26Speaker 1: Association President Andrew Marshall told the Australian pilots are deeply
- 1:30Speaker 1: concerned about the situation in Sydney, which has seen tree
- 1:33Speaker 1: serious near misses in a matter of weeks. Marshall said
- 1:37Speaker 1: pilots are the last line of defense against possible collisions,
- 1:40Speaker 1: but they're being relied upon more often as staff shortages
- 1:43Speaker 1: cause chaos and confusion on the tarmac and in the air.
- 1:49Speaker 1: Alseid Victorian premieresin to Alan will leave politics in November
- 1:53Speaker 1: when Victorians go to the polls in a state election.
- 1:56Speaker 1: Allan said on Friday she won't run for her seat
- 1:59Speaker 1: of Bendig ending her almost three decade run in politics.
- 2:05Speaker 3: Twenty seven years ago. I said, I was excited and
- 2:09Speaker 3: exhilarated about representing the people of Bendigo East. Thank you,
- 2:13Speaker 3: Thank you to my community. I love for your trust
- 2:16Speaker 3: and support for the past twenty seven years. Now it
- 2:20Speaker 3: is time to pass that honor on to the next person.
- 2:26Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at the Australian
- 2:29Speaker 1: dot com dot u, and come back to the front
- 2:31Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for a change of pace.
- 2:33Speaker 1: Our culture editor Milanda Route deals into the new film
- 2:36Speaker 1: that has everyone lusting after a man made of wiker.
- 2:41Speaker 1: That's right here, Saturday morning.