To hot topics now, and there's a new push for the Gold Coast to implement thirty kilometer put our speed limits on busy streets. An urban urban planning expert wants the move in areas like shopping centers, school zones where there are a lot of pedestrians and bike riders. Doing so would increase safety. With research showing a person hit by a cargoing thirty ks has a ten percent chance of being killed, but that increases to forty percent at forty k's and eighty percent or more at fifty k's, those stats are remaining out there for their take, Let's bring in columnists Susio O'Brien and Luke Bona from the Bona Fide podcast. Morning to both of you. SUSI, what do you think?

To hot topics now, and there's a new push for the Gold Coast to implement thirty kilometer put our speed limits on busy streets. An urban urban planning expert wants the move in areas like shopping centers, school zones where there are a lot of pedestrians and bike riders. Doing so would increase safety. With research showing a person hit by a cargoing thirty ks has a ten percent chance of being killed, but that increases to forty percent at forty k's and eighty percent or more at fifty k's, those stats are remaining out there for their take, Let's bring in columnists Susio O'Brien and Luke Bona from the Bona Fide podcast. Morning to both of you. SUSI, what do you think?

Look, I think this is a great idea, and this is actually mostly about curbing e scooters and let's face it, most of them are driven by absolute idiots, so anything to keep them going slower. The only problem is that you can make them go slower, but you can't make them more sensible. So if we have thirty zones, then we probably find that cars don't use those roads. It'll just be pedestrians and e scooters and they're just going to have to get along.

Look, I think this is a great idea, and this is actually mostly about curbing e scooters and let's face it, most of them are driven by absolute idiots, so anything to keep them going slower. The only problem is that you can make them go slower, but you can't make them more sensible. So if we have thirty zones, then we probably find that cars don't use those roads. It'll just be pedestrians and e scooters and they're just going to have to get along.

Yeah, there'll be complaints, luke, and thirty k sounds really so some areas, I guess, like Cavil Avenue, some people would only be going roughly that on a normal day. Yeah.

Yeah, there'll be complaints, luke, and thirty k sounds really so some areas, I guess, like Cavil Avenue, some people would only be going roughly that on a normal day. Yeah.

Well, look, this is going to happen everywhere because more and more of these forms of transport are taking over and pedestrian crossing, pedestrian footpaths are there for pedestrians. So what's the answer. You put them on the road. If they're on the road, they've got to adhere to the road rules, and well you've got to wear helmets. And there's an argument to put number plates on these things so that we can keep track of them and we know who's doing what in them. But it's more and more of these vehicles take over, it's going to be a big problem. Those statistics you just read out are frightening, aren't they? So what do we do? What's the answer? Where I live, it is the number one mode of transport going down to our school and I see two sometimes three one electric bike. No one's wearing a helmet.

Well, look, this is going to happen everywhere because more and more of these forms of transport are taking over and pedestrian crossing, pedestrian footpaths are there for pedestrians. So what's the answer. You put them on the road. If they're on the road, they've got to adhere to the road rules, and well you've got to wear helmets. And there's an argument to put number plates on these things so that we can keep track of them and we know who's doing what in them. But it's more and more of these vehicles take over, it's going to be a big problem. Those statistics you just read out are frightening, aren't they? So what do we do? What's the answer? Where I live, it is the number one mode of transport going down to our school and I see two sometimes three one electric bike. No one's wearing a helmet.

I know.

I know.

It's absolutely frightening. So I think they've got to be more enforceable rules and we've all got to get on because it's only going to get worse.

It's absolutely frightening. So I think they've got to be more enforceable rules and we've all got to get on because it's only going to get worse.

Yeah, I know. Do they sort of do sort of you know, squads of police outside schools like that and find everyone for not wearing a helmet.

Yeah, I know. Do they sort of do sort of you know, squads of police outside schools like that and find everyone for not wearing a helmet.

Well, you don't know who's who. I mean, if they haven't got a number plate, you've got no idea.

Well, you don't know who's who. I mean, if they haven't got a number plate, you've got no idea.

You know.

You know.

It is absolutely frightening. And I've seen three on one bike going down to our local school and none of them wearing helmets.

It is absolutely frightening. And I've seen three on one bike going down to our local school and none of them wearing helmets.

I know they just don't. They need to maybe go to the hospitals talk to the helpers and nurses. No, seriously, I'll end up there. Yeah, but even they see the results. Sorry, so absolutely.

I know they just don't. They need to maybe go to the hospitals talk to the helpers and nurses. No, seriously, I'll end up there. Yeah, but even they see the results. Sorry, so absolutely.

I'm just going to say, even like in Melbourne, you see them wearing black weaving around city streets. As Luke was saying, two or three on an east scooter, you can't even see them. And sometimes you see parents with kids.

I'm just going to say, even like in Melbourne, you see them wearing black weaving around city streets. As Luke was saying, two or three on an east scooter, you can't even see them. And sometimes you see parents with kids.

I know they come out of nowhere. Have to do something though, don't worry because they're everywhere moving on. A mum has left other parents baffled after she invited kids to her daughter's online birthday party now by Online they basically mean, skip the party, just send the family presents. This is unbelievable. Even came with a list of suggestions for presents.

I know they come out of nowhere. Have to do something though, don't worry because they're everywhere moving on. A mum has left other parents baffled after she invited kids to her daughter's online birthday party now by Online they basically mean, skip the party, just send the family presents. This is unbelievable. Even came with a list of suggestions for presents.

Susie, I think you have to. The only thing you can do is return the favor. If you have a virtual birthday party, you have a virtual present that doesn't even exist. Very good, you know what. I can imagine my kids would be very very sad at not having the party. As a mum not so much. I think, you know, give them, give them a twenty dollars gift. Boutcher. I do anything to get out of most kids' birthday parties. But I've got the kids would be upset, And you still.

Susie, I think you have to. The only thing you can do is return the favor. If you have a virtual birthday party, you have a virtual present that doesn't even exist. Very good, you know what. I can imagine my kids would be very very sad at not having the party. As a mum not so much. I think, you know, give them, give them a twenty dollars gift. Boutcher. I do anything to get out of most kids' birthday parties. But I've got the kids would be upset, And you still.

Love the birthday parties because you know what, when they're older, then that's it. They don't you know.

Love the birthday parties because you know what, when they're older, then that's it. They don't you know.

But by the time they're sixteen, they're just getting drunk in the bushes, you know, little kids.

But by the time they're sixteen, they're just getting drunk in the bushes, you know, little kids.

But they can't even play past the parcel at a party anymore. You've got to have a prize for everyone who participates. Musical chairs is out because there's a loser. It's ridiculous. Just don't me get this straight. You invite people to a party online, no one comes to your house, but you expect the present. Yep, you know they reckon that. That's what happens with weddings. If you invite someone to a wedding and they can't come, they're still expected to send a present. Did you know that.

But they can't even play past the parcel at a party anymore. You've got to have a prize for everyone who participates. Musical chairs is out because there's a loser. It's ridiculous. Just don't me get this straight. You invite people to a party online, no one comes to your house, but you expect the present. Yep, you know they reckon that. That's what happens with weddings. If you invite someone to a wedding and they can't come, they're still expected to send a present. Did you know that.

I didn't. Actually I don't know.

I didn't. Actually I don't know.

Yeah, that's the latest thing. You can't go to a wedding, but you've got to get a present. No, no, go away.

Yeah, that's the latest thing. You can't go to a wedding, but you've got to get a present. No, no, go away.

This is just such a complicated modern world. Sometimes it's trying to work it out. I've never heard of the online birthday party. It just seems a bit ridiculous anyway. Finally, a debate has erupted over the origins of a flat white coffee, with this sign causing a stir at a New Zealand airport where they say that home is where the flat white was really invented and when you google it all sorts of claims about the origin of the flat white, with Sydney cafe Miller treat saying they started it from an idea in Queensland back in nineteen eighty three. Kiwi Shane McGinnis swears it was his invention in eighty nine as a barista in the Wellington cafe Moore's Espresso Bar, Sydney nineteen eighty five. They're all claiming it. I thought it was Susie. I thought it was Oz. But is it en z Well?

This is just such a complicated modern world. Sometimes it's trying to work it out. I've never heard of the online birthday party. It just seems a bit ridiculous anyway. Finally, a debate has erupted over the origins of a flat white coffee, with this sign causing a stir at a New Zealand airport where they say that home is where the flat white was really invented and when you google it all sorts of claims about the origin of the flat white, with Sydney cafe Miller treat saying they started it from an idea in Queensland back in nineteen eighty three. Kiwi Shane McGinnis swears it was his invention in eighty nine as a barista in the Wellington cafe Moore's Espresso Bar, Sydney nineteen eighty five. They're all claiming it. I thought it was Susie. I thought it was Oz. But is it en z Well?

Coming from Melbourne, the home of the coffee, I say, New Zealand, you can have your flat white. That's the nanner of coffee. Who's kind of claim the flat white? Anyway? No one under fifties drinking a flat white Melbourne. We would like, though, to claim the turmeric late, the frozen frappuccino, the triple caramel Larte with camel milk. So I think there are some coffees that we would like to claim flat white milk, and New Zealand you can have.

Coming from Melbourne, the home of the coffee, I say, New Zealand, you can have your flat white. That's the nanner of coffee. Who's kind of claim the flat white? Anyway? No one under fifties drinking a flat white Melbourne. We would like, though, to claim the turmeric late, the frozen frappuccino, the triple caramel Larte with camel milk. So I think there are some coffees that we would like to claim flat white milk, and New Zealand you can have.

No one under fifty drinks a flat white. I'm toning my order. What's something to be called? What's everyone under fifty drinking Larte?

No one under fifty drinks a flat white. I'm toning my order. What's something to be called? What's everyone under fifty drinking Larte?

They're not even drinking coffees anymore.

They're not even drinking coffees anymore.

That's the drinking of the other fancies. Luke.

That's the drinking of the other fancies. Luke.

Yeah, look, this is just this is just another example of how New Zealand's got to take this big chip off their shoulder. I mean, seriously, okay, you gave us crowded House, you gave us Dragon, you gave us John Clark Sir Edmund Hillary. But please, I mean, take your hands off the coffee. It's just ridiculous. You beat us at every sport, you punch above your weight in every other direction. Give us the coffee, please, just pick off.

Yeah, look, this is just this is just another example of how New Zealand's got to take this big chip off their shoulder. I mean, seriously, okay, you gave us crowded House, you gave us Dragon, you gave us John Clark Sir Edmund Hillary. But please, I mean, take your hands off the coffee. It's just ridiculous. You beat us at every sport, you punch above your weight in every other direction. Give us the coffee, please, just pick off.

Yeah, and then again. If it's done cool, you can have your flat white, he said. I'm off for a lato.

Yeah, and then again. If it's done cool, you can have your flat white, he said. I'm off for a lato.

See guys the cafe.

See guys the cafe.

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