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Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard 🚗🏙️📻- Thursday, 5th March
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1:51:39
'Snowball effect' - Escalating Middle East tensions and taxes drive Sydney fuel toward record highs
AMP Chief Economist Shane Oliver warns that the "snowball effect" of rising global oil costs and domestic indexing could push inflation toward 4.6%, forcing the Reserve Bank's hand on interest rates.
10:19
'What have they done?' - Clinton calls out Chris Bowen for deflecting fuel crisis blame to past decade
Energy Minister Chris Bowen cites 2023 stockpiling laws as a shield against soaring prices. Clinton Maynard blasts Chris Bowen for blaming the previous administration for refinery shortages four years into their term.
01:25
Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard 🚗🏙️📻- Wednesday, 4th March
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1:49:18
'Truly hideous' - Lucy Zelić slams wind farms as an environmental and economic eyesore
Lucy Zelić critiques the "hijacking" of the Australian landscape by industrial wind turbines, arguing that these unreliable energy sources undermine the country's natural beauty and energy security while we sit on a goldmine of clean coal and uranium.
12:31
'Hardly radical' - Transition to Ayatollah’s son stalls hopes for Iranian regime change
Former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer analyses the strategic goals of the current military operations against Iran, noting that the succession of the Ayatollah’s son signals a continuation of the theocracy rather than a shift to moderate leadership.
07:36
Sydney Now with Clinton Maynard 🚗🏙️📻- Tuesday, 3rd March
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1:51:22
'Absolute madness' - Ongoing M7 speed limit delays despite government press releases
Clinton Maynard has slammed the state government's slow rollout of promised speed limit reforms after being stuck doing 80km/h in a deserted roadwork zone. Despite a "big song and dance" about new legislation six months ago, Maynard argues it shouldn't take years for common sense to prevail on our…
03:40
'Pothole plague' - NSW Roads Minister defends repair efforts amid Sydney rain
NSW Roads Minister Jenny Aitchison says the government has filled over half a million potholes since taking office, including 106,500 in regional areas. However, host Clinton Maynard argues that council budgets can't cope with the maintenance backlog and "it just seems ridiculous" that drivers are…
08:05
'Atrocious' - Mayor Ned Mannoun lashes out at Premier Chris Minns over mosque memorials
Ned Mannoun has accused Chris Minns of doing more to hurt the social cohesion than any other premier in New South Wales history. Clinton Maynard argues the Premier "has not pulled the wrong rein here at all" by criticising those hosting tributes for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
02:31