The Mike Hosking Breakfast

The Advertising Standards Authority has controversially not upheld multiple complaints against the Drug Foundation for their 'vote yes for cannabis' legalisation ads.
They found that concerns about the ads being misleading for promoting medicinal cannabis when the vote isn't about that were unfounded, agreeing with the foundation that it would "likely increase availability".
But they have ruled one of the TV ads must be adjusted before it can continue airing because it wasn't clear that the Drug Foundation were the ones behind the campaign.
Chief executive of the Advertising Standards Authority Hilary Souter joined Mike Hosking to explain the reasons behind the decision not to uphold the complaints against the controversial ad.
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Companies linked to hospitality, travel and retail in Britain have announced thousands of more job cuts as the longer term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic take hold, choosing to slim down for survival rather than await potential government handouts.
The owner of sandwich and coffee shop chain Upper Crust was the latest business that caters to travelers to announce cuts Wednesday. Some 5,000 jobs are under threat as travelers stay home amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
It comes only a day after Airbus cut 15,000 jobs, including 1,700 in the U.K. Budget airline easyJet began consultations with unions on cutting a third of its staff, or 4,500 jobs in all.
Retail is also taking a huge hit. Even stalwarts such as British shopping icon Harrods reportedly drew plans for 700 cuts, blamed in part on a lack of tourists. The Guardian newspaper reported that Harrods boss Michael Ward told staff in a memo that “devastation in international travel has meant we have lost key customers coming to our store.''
Around 600 workers will lose their jobs at TM Lewin after the shirtmaker said it would close all of its shops. John Lewis Partnership warned about store closures and the Topshop empire also revealed redundancy plans for 500 management jobs.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson sidestepped pressure for more direct support to hard-hit industries during question time in the House of Commons on Wednesday, noting that government programs have offered a lifeline to some 11 million workers. He's putting his money going forward on a public works extravaganza that he's likened to Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
“We’re going to build, build, build and deliver jobs, jobs, jobs for the people of this country,'' he said.
That's not helping hard hit sectors such as aviation though. The sector has been pressing for a bespoke solution. In the meantime, there have been cuts and promises of more.
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren said job losses and the potential closure of three bases in the U.K. could not be avoided given the near- halt of air travel globally. Change was necessary for survival.
“These are very difficult proposals to put forward in what is an unprecedented and difficult time for the airline and the industry as a whole,’’ he said. “We are focused on doing what is right for the company and its long term health and success so we can protect jobs going forward.’’
The collapse of travel is also having further ripples into the economy. BP and Shell have both taken multibillion-dollar write-downs on the value of their assets, warning investors that it will take a long time for the economy to recover after the pandemic.
SSP, which operates Upper Crust and has business in 30 countries, including the U.S., India and China, is only making cuts in its UK business. CEO Simon Smith said that in the U.K., “the pace of the recovery continues to be slow,'' and action needed to be taken.
Unions are alarmed at the waves of promised redundancies, arguing that the government's furlough program is not enough to keep people in work for the long term. Mick Lynch, assistant general secretary at rail union RMT, said the cuts were “savage''
“Support services across the rail industry are facing a real crisis in the months ahead which will hammer both the workforce and those who rely on their facilities if the government doesn’t intervene as the lockdown eases,'' he said.

Positive news for people looking for work.
The latest numbers from Seek shows job ads in the last fortnight are at 57 percent of pre-Covid levels.
Healthcare, community services and the trades are coming back strongest, while accounting, and admin and office jobs are showing the slowest signs of recovery.
Infometrics senior economist, Brad Olsen, told Mike Hosking the numbers are getting us back on track.
"That normal hasn't been reestablished, but we have to realise that 57 percent is better than where we thought we'd be as a country a few months back."
Olsen says there's some cautious optimism about where the economy's going and  the figures show some businesses are still hiring.
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A call for border restrictions to be eased, so wealthy tourists can come to New Zealand.
Luxury travel company Seasonz says the travellers, who are mostly American, could isolate and be pre-tested for Covid-19 a couple of times in their own countries.
Co-founder Matt Lines says they could then travel here, isolate again, and be free to tour around our country.
He told Mike Hosking well-heeled tourists want to come here and stay for a long time with their families.
"They buy coffees, go to the movies, engage with fishing guides and helicopters, and the whole supply chain."
"It would be a massive economic benefit."
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Why on earth would the government, or Andrew Little in particular, be remotely bothered as to whether Family First were getting money for their “no” campaign against legalising dope in the vote in September. 
The allegation is that a lobby group out of America called SAM is helping fund them. First and most important point is, it is not true. But what if it was? This is the government that doesn’t apparently hold a view. Ask the Prime Minister which way she's voting, and she'll run for the hills.
Ask Andrew Little he'll do the same. He'll spout platitudes about democracy, neutrality, and balance.
He is a hypocrite. His reaction  to a lobby group being involved in funding gives him away. He's exercised because they're losing the debate. The Colmar Brunton poll this week has the no vote winning 49 percent to 40.
And he thinks foreign money might swing support away from what he clearly wants, despite the fact he's neutral.
The most egregious and hypocritical aspect of all of it, this is the government that put virtually no rules around this. This is the government that up until June 19th would allow you to promote your pro or anti cause using whatever money you wanted from who ever you got it from. And the government funded Drug Foundation did exactly that. They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars from we know not who, in telling you to vote yes.
Where was Andrew Little then? Even after June 19, groups are still able to spend $100,000 money, once again from anyone they can get it from. Why is it a problem for Family First, and not for the Drug Foundation? Why didn’t Little ring Family First and ask them about SAM? And when they told him not a cent was coming from offshore, he would have been able to stay well out of the debate.
There us nothing worst than dishonesty in these sort of matters. Why pretend to be neutral, when clearly you're not? Why have a structure that allows any man and his dog to throw money at a cause with no public disclosure? And then when an incorrect allegation is tossed at the side you don’t like, you suddenly get all exercised about it and end up spouting false allegations off the back of no homework?
Integrity and credibility are foundation traits for any government in any exercise of this sort. Little has blown that sky high.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield are making a plea to the remaining 367 people who left 14 days managed isolation after June 9 without a test to do their side of the deal and come forward.
"Do your bit," said Ardern. "Get back in contact. It's a small thing that you can do as a member of our team of five million."
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters today outlined what he saw as the requirements to re-open New Zealand's borders for tourists and travellers.
If New Zealand was dealing solely with an Australian state such as Tasmania, we wouldn't need a vaccine, said Peters, but these moves were complicated by the federal state system.
"There are countries and populations - Queensland is one state and Tasmania is a second state, where we can get started. The Cooks, Niue, maybe other ones as well. But we need to be sure if anything went wrong there we had the facilities to deal with it."
For other, major countries the challenge was much bigger.
Countries would have to have a clean record, Peters told Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking - zero community transmisson cases, like New Zealand has had since April 28.
"What they need is a clean record but the trouble is it's going haywire in those countries. A second spike in Beiijing. In the states, California, and Texas have seen a massive rise in the last 24 hours.
"If we don't get on top of this thing and get a vaccine, our chances of an economic recovery and worldwide recovery is seriously delayed.
"At this time, in July 2020, we surely have got the genuis, academic progress and the clinical capcity to do something about it. Very soon, I am very confident we are going to have the solution, but it's not here now."
New Zealand has joined a global initiative that aims to enable all countries to access a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine, Peters announced yesterday.
The COVAX Facility was recently launched by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. The Alliance includes the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It vaccinates millions of children worldwide for a range of diseases.
"We are out to see whether we can collectively find the vaccine," Peters told Hosking. "And to make sure that we don't see a competition for some countries that rules out other countries. Our job is to make sure we are at the right end of the queue."

Another 73 Victorians have been infected with COVID-19 as the state considers locking down more than just 10 postcodes.

Of the new cases, three are from hotel quarantine, nine are from known or contained outbreaks, 19 are from routine testing and 42 are under investigation.
Mr Andrews said there were more than 20,000 tests carried out yesterday.
It comes as Hume City Mayor Carly Moore revealed she was “devastated” and “wanted to cry” after the Premier announced several Victorian suburbs, including many in her council area, are being locked down at 11.59pm tonight.
She said it “doesn’t really make sense” that some parts of a suburb are locked down and others aren’t.

The Government's being questioned over its decision to transform next year's APEC into a virtual event - more than a year out.
The forum will be hosted virtually from New Zealand next year, due to uncertainty caused by COVID-19.
Conventions and Incentives New Zealand Chief Executive Lisa Hopkins says the Leaders' Week part of APEC isn't scheduled until November 2021.
‘Whatever reason for the decision, I feel like  the Government could have held off on making it for a little longer.”
It had been predicted the forum would see every hotel room in Auckland occupied.
Hopkins says it's incredibly disappointing, especially for our country's brand.
“The ability to put New Zealand front and centre on the world stage doesn't happen that often, so it's unfortunate that we'll miss out on this opportunity.”
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Some Auckland Grammar students have needed medical support - to stop them vaping.
Headmaster Tim O'Connor's backing calls by the Cancer Society to push through new vaping legislation before this year's election.
He says at least a dozen students have admitted to him they need help curbing their addiction this year - and been offered support.
“We have been directed to an anti-smoking programme which includes regular meetings with student support staff and counsellors - and some are also directed to medical assistance as well.
O'Connor says vaping's having a bigger impact on students,  than anything schools have seen for decades.
“It's been the main reason students have been stood down from school this year, and it's trending exponentially.”
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Dr. Anthony Fauci said coronavirus cases could grow to 100,000 a day in the U.S. if Americans don’t start following public health recommendations.
The nation’s leading infectious disease expert made the remark at a Senate hearing on reopening schools and workplaces.
Asked to forecast the outcome of recent surges in some states, Fauci said he can’t make an accurate prediction but believes it will be “very disturbing.”
“We are now having 40-plus-thousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around, and so I am very concerned,” said Fauci, infectious disease chief at the National Institutes of Health.
Fauci said areas seeing recent outbreaks are putting the entire nation at risk, including areas that have made progress in reducing COVID-19 cases. He cited recent video footage of people socializing in crowds, often without masks, and otherwise ignoring safety guidelines.