WEBVTT - Paul Murray Live | 8 June

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<v Speaker 1>From the Sky News Center. This is Paul Murray Live. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>good evening, wonderful to be here with you, Philly in

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<v Speaker 1>for the great man Paul Murray. Here on Paul Murray Live.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got a huge show coming up for you this

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday night, midway through the King's Birthday long weekend. Watch

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<v Speaker 1>those Dolda merits. I hope you're having a great time.

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<v Speaker 1>I know I am. So let us have some fun

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<v Speaker 1>with all our friends tonight, including Matt Canavan and Darren Barnett.

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<v Speaker 1>Might be a little bit of fresh in there. And

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<v Speaker 1>a little later actually after that, Toroy, we're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>Will Kingston. He's gonna pop into the party from London

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about a lot of nutty stuff happening there.

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<v Speaker 1>But first, you know what, I'm gonna get to the

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<v Speaker 1>incredible scenes from the US in just a few minutes,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, all those riots in Los Angeles, and also

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<v Speaker 1>touch on the latest bizarre move by Tony Burke and

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<v Speaker 1>the alban Ezy government, because there is a lot to

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<v Speaker 1>say about both these storesries and what they say about

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<v Speaker 1>the current state of the multicultural agenda and our social

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<v Speaker 1>cohesion here in the West. And spoiler alert, it's not good,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know what, let's deal with some local politics first. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>just because it's a long weekend doesn't mean the business

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<v Speaker 1>of government and opposition takes a break. And probably one

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<v Speaker 1>of the busiest beavers in politics at the moment is

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<v Speaker 1>none other than Senator James Patterson, the Victorian who's just

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<v Speaker 1>picked up the shadow finance portfolio with the Susan Lay

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<v Speaker 1>reshuffle and who is in a way sort of continuing

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<v Speaker 1>the campaign's spokesman role he had during the election now

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<v Speaker 1>going into the fray. This morning, there was Patterson mixing

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<v Speaker 1>it up with David Spears over at the ABC. The

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<v Speaker 1>big elephant in the room, of course, was the US

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<v Speaker 1>and the potential meeting between Prime Minister Anthony Albanizi and

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<v Speaker 1>US President Donald Trump. In the context of Australia's anemic

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<v Speaker 1>defense spending, labors need to get a trade deal and

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<v Speaker 1>the White Houses desire to get more access to our

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<v Speaker 1>markets while just maybe also getting us to up our

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<v Speaker 1>game a little bit when it comes to freedom of

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<v Speaker 1>speech too. So here's a bit of Patterson talking trade

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<v Speaker 1>deals with David Spears.

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<v Speaker 2>The UK has done a deal with Donald Trump and

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<v Speaker 2>that involves granting unprecedented access for American beef to the

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<v Speaker 2>British market.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you saying Australia should do that, No, I'm not

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<v Speaker 3>saying that.

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<v Speaker 2>David is essentially saying he should get the deal that

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<v Speaker 2>Keys Starmer has got without doing what Kistarmer has done

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<v Speaker 2>to get it.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I'm not saying that, David.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm just saying that Key Starmer proves that it is

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<v Speaker 4>possible to get an exemption. It is not an impossible task.

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<v Speaker 4>And what we ask and expect of the Prime Minister

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<v Speaker 4>is that he put our best foot forward, that he

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<v Speaker 4>make those arguments. I have to say, I think that

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<v Speaker 4>would have been much easier if, like Kistarmer, the Prime

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<v Speaker 4>Minister had made the effort to go and meet the

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<v Speaker 4>president earlier than he has.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 4>It's seven months on since the president was elected, and

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<v Speaker 4>other world leaders like Kiirstarmer and Emmanuel mccron have made

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<v Speaker 4>the trip to the United States and I'd met with

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<v Speaker 4>a president multiple times in multiple forums. The Australian Prime

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<v Speaker 4>Minister has not yet done so.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know what he's right about that the Prime

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<v Speaker 1>Minister has not gone to Washington. He's only had a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of phone calls that we know of I suspect

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<v Speaker 1>he's a little bit nervous about the whole thing. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>here on Sky, Trade Minister Don Farrell would not be

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<v Speaker 1>drawn on the question of whether or not Albo would

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<v Speaker 1>even wind up getting that meeting with the President at

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<v Speaker 1>next weekend's G seven sub meeting.

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<v Speaker 5>We'll see what happens this time next next weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>Who knows anyway. Farrell also said that he had met

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<v Speaker 1>with US Trade Representative jameson Greer and that well, things

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<v Speaker 1>went about as well could be expected.

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<v Speaker 5>Look, he certainly made it clear that these are ultimately

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<v Speaker 5>decisions that the President of the United States will make,

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<v Speaker 5>but he Look, it was a friendly it was a

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<v Speaker 5>friendly discussion. It wasn't a difficult discussion in terms of

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<v Speaker 5>the relationship between US.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, he would say that, wouldn't he. But there's still

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<v Speaker 1>a few things that need to be worked out. One,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, is the question of market access for American

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<v Speaker 1>beef producers, which was flagged just a moment ago by

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<v Speaker 1>Senator Patterson. Two, there's a much bigger issue of defense spending.

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<v Speaker 1>Now we know the Trump administration wants us to go

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<v Speaker 1>to three point five percent of GDP. The coalition, I

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<v Speaker 1>think is saying three percent. And we know that this

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<v Speaker 1>is a very big issue with Donald Trump, because if

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<v Speaker 1>there is anything Trump cannot stand, it's a freeloader. And

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<v Speaker 1>looking on Australia and our anemic defense as well, he

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<v Speaker 1>might very well think that charge would stick. And then

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<v Speaker 1>there's another issue though, and this issue doesn't I think

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<v Speaker 1>get enough play here in Australia because maybe we don't

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<v Speaker 1>think it's quite as important as they do in America.

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<v Speaker 1>But let me tell you as an American, they do

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<v Speaker 1>think it's important. And that's the issue of free speech.

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<v Speaker 1>And I really am wondering now if anyone the Trump

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<v Speaker 1>administration has heard about this next story I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about, because I have a feeling that it is

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<v Speaker 1>the sort of thing that could cause a few issues.

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<v Speaker 1>It has to do with free speech and a lot more. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>last night words started going around and this morning the

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<v Speaker 1>Australian newspaper confirmed it that Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke

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<v Speaker 1>had canceled the visa of this man, Israeli businessman, entrepreneur

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<v Speaker 1>and influencer, Hillel Foold. He's also an American citizen as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this is of course the same Home affair as

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<v Speaker 1>minister who canceled this visa, who who also presided over

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<v Speaker 1>bringing in nearly three thousand gozzins that no one I

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<v Speaker 1>know asked for to be brought here, and who the

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<v Speaker 1>government claims were ventted properly, although some people questioned that.

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<v Speaker 1>And of course it's the same Home Affairs minister who

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<v Speaker 1>also famously presided over all of those river these the

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<v Speaker 1>big citizenship factories, I mean citizenship ceremonies in Western Sydney

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<v Speaker 1>seats in the weeks before the last election, where newly

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<v Speaker 1>minted Australians were practically handed labor how to vote cards

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<v Speaker 1>along with their new citizenship certificates and piece of waterle

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<v Speaker 1>But what's the deal with Hillel Fooled? Why wasn't he

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<v Speaker 1>allowed if all these other things could happen. Well, he

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<v Speaker 1>was apparently too much for Burke. His presidence in Australia

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<v Speaker 1>was too much, or perhaps more accurately, it was too

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<v Speaker 1>much for the Palestinian and Muslim pressure groups who organized

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<v Speaker 1>letter writing and pressure campaigns to stop Fooled from being

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to come to Australia. Now I'm sure at this

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<v Speaker 1>point you're asking, well, what is this guy accused of doing?

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<v Speaker 1>What does he said, what's his story? Why are people

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<v Speaker 1>so scared of him? Why does Tony Burke intervening stop

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<v Speaker 1>him from coming in the country. Well, what has he

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<v Speaker 1>done that's gotten the activist into such an absolute flap? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>according to the Australian Home Affairs officials concluded that mister

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<v Speaker 1>Fold had a documented pattern, they said, of sharing provocative content,

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<v Speaker 1>including broad attacks on the Palestine identity, denial of documented

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<v Speaker 1>atrocities in Gaza. Enclaims that large segments of the Buzzim

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<v Speaker 1>population support terrorism. Unquote, well, I don't know, denial of

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<v Speaker 1>documented atrocities. Does that mean that if you don't accept

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<v Speaker 1>the hamas mystery of health, wildly inflated death tolls, you

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<v Speaker 1>were suddenly persona non grata in Australia. And in another

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<v Speaker 1>update reported in the Australian newspaper tonight, now we also

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<v Speaker 1>learned that the Albanza government is now facing pressure from

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<v Speaker 1>Washington after US Ambassador Israel Mike Huckabee made a personal

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<v Speaker 1>appeal to Minister Tony Burke to overturn the visa cancelation.

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<v Speaker 1>That's big. Now, back to what Fuld had to say,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know about all Muslims, but we do certainly

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<v Speaker 1>know what Gozins think. In the months after the October

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<v Speaker 1>seven autrocities, one respected study found that three in four

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<v Speaker 1>Gozzins supported the attacks. So for this and other reasons,

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<v Speaker 1>Fuld had his visa polled. And now it's become an

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<v Speaker 1>international incident with the Americans, just as we are about

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<v Speaker 1>to go into these crucial trade talks, potentially Mano Almano

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<v Speaker 1>with Albanesi and Donald Trump at the G seven. Great timing,

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<v Speaker 1>Minister Burke, really well done. And of course this cancelation

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<v Speaker 1>of little Foods visa follows two other Israelis, including a

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<v Speaker 1>former government minister, having been barred with attending a conference

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<v Speaker 1>in Australia, a conference that I actually attended at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of last year. Now this is all very relevant,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, not just to our own civil society, because

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<v Speaker 1>the same government that allowed our capital cities to be

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<v Speaker 1>filled with radical pro Palestinian demonstrators every week, with some

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<v Speaker 1>of those people supporting terror groups like Hesblah, Well, this

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<v Speaker 1>same government seems to have a real problem, a much

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<v Speaker 1>bigger problem when it comes to Israelis coming to Australia

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<v Speaker 1>to put their case, their side of the argument on

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<v Speaker 1>our soil. I wonder why that is. And again I

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<v Speaker 1>also wonder if the Trump White House, which has made

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<v Speaker 1>such a big deal about European countries living up to

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<v Speaker 1>the ideals of free speech, might also be casting an

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<v Speaker 1>eye down under a wondering what's going on here where

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<v Speaker 1>not only do we have an e Safety Commissioner and

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<v Speaker 1>all sorts of other regimes, but now they don't even

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<v Speaker 1>want to let this Israeli guy come in and again

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<v Speaker 1>make his side of the Israeli case. Well, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>good question because at the heart of this are questions

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<v Speaker 1>about deeper questions about multiculturalism and whether this whole project

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<v Speaker 1>is really working or whether they're in service of an

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<v Speaker 1>idea that every politician pays lip service to but which

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<v Speaker 1>no one ever actually had a vote on. We are

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<v Speaker 1>now going to see ever more restrictions on our liberties

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<v Speaker 1>in the idea of this wooly concept of social cohesion

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<v Speaker 1>that was ultimately what Fold's cancelation was all about. Now

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<v Speaker 1>New South Wales Premier Chris Mins let the cat out

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<v Speaker 1>of the bag disgracefully, I think on this some months

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<v Speaker 1>ago when he made this comment.

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<v Speaker 6>So stride doesn't have the phrase bach lows that are

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<v Speaker 6>in play in America, and for one very important reason,

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<v Speaker 6>because we have developed a multicultural community where it doesn't

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<v Speaker 6>matter what your faith or your religion is, you must

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<v Speaker 6>leave side by side with your neighbor in peace.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, come again now, Look, I mean a multicultural,

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<v Speaker 1>multi ethnic society is great, and in many ways we

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<v Speaker 1>do it very well in Australia, better than an awful

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<v Speaker 1>lot of countries. But at the same time, do you

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<v Speaker 1>remember ever being asked whether you'd rather trade your right

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<v Speaker 1>to free speech for multiculturalism a multi ethnic society. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't because if we're not careful, well, let me show

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<v Speaker 1>you where we're gonna end up. Have a look at

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<v Speaker 1>this picture. It's really dramatic, really striking, kind of beautiful

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<v Speaker 1>in some sort of way. It was taken in Los

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<v Speaker 1>Angeles just a few hours ago, where protesters have been

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<v Speaker 1>all day long squaring off against police and Homeland Security

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<v Speaker 1>and ICE officials and the Trump administration's immigration raids seeking

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<v Speaker 1>to deport illegal migrants back to their home countries in

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<v Speaker 1>accordance with the law. The left doesn't like that very much.

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<v Speaker 1>But what do you note about this picture here? Now,

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<v Speaker 1>our friend, our amigo here is carrying a Mexican flag

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<v Speaker 1>to protest the deportation of illegal aliens in the United

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<v Speaker 1>States or from the United States. He's not carrying an

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<v Speaker 1>American flag. He's not carrying the flag of the country

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<v Speaker 1>whose promise and dream he wants to be a part of,

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<v Speaker 1>who these migrants who are going to be deported want

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<v Speaker 1>to be a part of. No, he's carrying the flag

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<v Speaker 1>of the country that he is protesting against people, possibly

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<v Speaker 1>including himself, being sent back to I don't think it

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<v Speaker 1>makes a lot of logical sense to you. But there's

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<v Speaker 1>something more wrong with this too, because what that really represents,

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<v Speaker 1>I think is separatism. That's the end point of multiculturalism.

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<v Speaker 1>You may be in America, but your identity is Mexican

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<v Speaker 1>or Peruvian, or Japanese or Chinese or whatever, not American first.

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<v Speaker 1>And it is the end result of years here of

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<v Speaker 1>undermining American borders and the American ideal by the left end,

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<v Speaker 1>particularly the Biden administration, which over four years imported millions

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<v Speaker 1>of people from developing nations around the world. Personally, I

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<v Speaker 1>believe to help them secure a long term, permanent advantage

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<v Speaker 1>for the Democrat Party. Now other scenes have been even

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<v Speaker 1>more dramatic in La and Donald Trump is now threatening

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<v Speaker 1>to not only mobilize marines and the National Guard, but

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<v Speaker 1>also he is talking about cutting federal funds from California.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's have a look at some of these protests, which

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<v Speaker 1>look far from spontaneous. Journalist Anthony Cabasa has been doing

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<v Speaker 1>some wonderful work on the ground, and here he's captured

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<v Speaker 1>footage of protesters who are emptying out buckets full of

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<v Speaker 1>rocks and empty glass and beer bottles and putting some

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<v Speaker 1>kind of liquid or gas into them. Gosh, God knows

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on there. It doesn't look good and it

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<v Speaker 1>also again doesn't look spontaneous. These are not organic protests,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think. Cabasa said he was not sure what

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<v Speaker 1>the plan was for the bottles, but the rocks were

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<v Speaker 1>used shortly after to be thrown at the police. And

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<v Speaker 1>he also captured this extraordinary footage too, of rioters trying

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<v Speaker 1>to burn down buildings in La Let's have just a

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<v Speaker 1>little look. Yes, very nice there, and here's protesters firing

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<v Speaker 1>large rocks at the cops. Again, well we know where

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<v Speaker 1>this is going. Of course, eventually non lethal munitions were authorized.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's a protester being carried away from the front Line. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 1>someone else captured this footage of demonstrators posing in front

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<v Speaker 1>of a burning automobile holding again, Mexican flags. How's your

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<v Speaker 1>melting pot going there, California. I mean, that doesn't look

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<v Speaker 1>very much like a nicely integrated society to me. No,

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<v Speaker 1>those are the sort of scenes that you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty hard to avoid this word, but you know, it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like the scenes from an invasion. And amazingly, the

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles Police Department has issued a statement about today's

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm not kidding. Yes, this is what they said

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<v Speaker 1>in the thing peaceful protests. That's right, they did the

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<v Speaker 1>CNN thing. Anyway, this is where it all leads what

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<v Speaker 1>you're seeing in California. If a nation doesn't stand up

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<v Speaker 1>for the idea of itself, you have loss of freedoms,

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<v Speaker 1>well like we do here, and that leads to division, separatism,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course these sorts of scenes fixing the problem,

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<v Speaker 1>shutting off the illegal immigrations, bigot, and undoing the damage

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<v Speaker 1>of the Biden administration. Now you can see this is

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<v Speaker 1>clearly Donald Trump's number one domestic policy goals. He knows,

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<v Speaker 1>he understands that this represents an existential crisis. Left unchecked

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<v Speaker 1>for America and the Americans who voted him into office, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what they agree. Look at this. This was

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<v Speaker 1>a poll that was taken just before last year's election.

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<v Speaker 1>It found that eighty six percent of Republicans and fifty

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<v Speaker 1>eight percent of independence said yes, mass deportations the sort

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<v Speaker 1>of thing that these people are protesting against in California,

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<v Speaker 1>these mass deportations. That's what we're here for, that's what

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<v Speaker 1>we're voting for. That's what we want. And it's that

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<v Speaker 1>majority of Democrats on the other side, seventy five percent

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<v Speaker 1>of that we've disagreed with the idea, who now seem

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<v Speaker 1>intent on stopping not only the deportations, but the democratic

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<v Speaker 1>will of the people from being enacted. And as I

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<v Speaker 1>have been warning on this program and others for months now,

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<v Speaker 1>they are promising another return to the twenty twenty style

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<v Speaker 1>Black Lives Matter, Summer of Love riots in response. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I told you so, because it looks

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<v Speaker 1>like it's already arrived. Hey. Now joining me now from

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<v Speaker 1>the UK is Will Kingston, host of The Spectator Australia's

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<v Speaker 1>Fire at Will podcast. Will great to have you here.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much for joining me. Tonight here. I've

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<v Speaker 1>just been speaking here about the social cohesion problems that

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<v Speaker 1>we have in the US and in Australia and different

0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.800
<v Speaker 1>sort of ways that's manifesting themselves. But I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>talk to you about this other story which I found

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<v Speaker 1>really disturbing out of the UK, where Prevent, which is

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<v Speaker 1>an anti terror government body, has decided now that people

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<v Speaker 1>who are conservatively minded on the right and who believe

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<v Speaker 1>things that are of the sort of thing that a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people who are watching the show probably thinks

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<v Speaker 1>sounds perfectly sensible, like Western culture is under threat for

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<v Speaker 1>mass migration and lack of integration, Well that people like

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<v Speaker 1>this are somehow threats, bigger threats and should somehow be

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<v Speaker 1>re educated. Will tell me about this and what's going

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<v Speaker 1>on here in Britain, because didn't the Prime mister Kiir

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<v Speaker 1>Starmra see something very similar to this the other day

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<v Speaker 1>when he said the nation was becoming an island of strangers.

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, he did, in one of the most cynical plays

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<v Speaker 7>that I can recall from a politician, given that he's

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<v Speaker 7>been an open borders multiculturalism advocate for his entire career. James,

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<v Speaker 7>it is interesting and it gets me thinking about this

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<v Speaker 7>have we reached the end of work conversation. I'm speaking

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<v Speaker 7>to Andrew Doyle tomorrow. He's saying that we have reached

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<v Speaker 7>the end of work. Pars Morgan's got a book out

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<v Speaker 7>saying pretty much the same thing. My argument would be,

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<v Speaker 7>I don't think we are because you look at potties

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<v Speaker 7>like this, these sorts of quangos, these semi governmental organizations.

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<v Speaker 7>Even if the politicians like kiss Darma start saying the

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<v Speaker 7>bleeding obvious that multiculturalism has failed, in fact hasn't worked

0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:51.439
<v Speaker 7>wherever it's been tried, and I include Australia in that

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<v Speaker 7>you still have this layer of the bureaucracy in dark

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<v Speaker 7>corners of Westminster or in Canberra that will conte he

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<v Speaker 7>knew to push this sort of ideology often outside of

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<v Speaker 7>the view of the politicians. And this is why I think,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, particularly as we look to the future, we've

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<v Speaker 7>got to start thinking about that sort of administrative layer

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<v Speaker 7>that sits in Camera, that sits in the US, that

0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:18.600
<v Speaker 7>sits in the UK, that will keep pushing this sort

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<v Speaker 7>of divisive stuff because they're still committed to it, even

0:20:21.800 --> 0:20:24.760
<v Speaker 7>if the politicians are now realizing, particularly in the UK,

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<v Speaker 7>that this multicultural ideology is electrically toxic.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and you know it's really funny, Will, because this

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<v Speaker 1>sort of thing, that sort of thinking manifests itself in

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<v Speaker 1>so many ways. I mean, Sunday nights, we should have

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of lightheartedness here, at least Sunday night here.

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<v Speaker 1>But there was a story that just shows how the

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<v Speaker 1>sort of the rat of all of this sort of thing,

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<v Speaker 1>this sort of thinking goes, and how deep it goes.

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<v Speaker 1>It touches everything. You know, the Michelin Guides, the restaurant

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<v Speaker 1>guide that gives you a stars star ratings, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and all the chefs want of everyone's going to the

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<v Speaker 1>Michelin starts. Well, now they're being urged to decolonize and

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<v Speaker 1>being told that they're racist. And I also thought this

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<v Speaker 1>was pretty funny for you know, an organization that rates

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<v Speaker 1>restaurants that generally costs like five hundred one thousand bucks

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<v Speaker 1>ahead to go to they're being accused of being a leanist.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, tell me about this.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, welcome to another edition of What's Racist This Week?

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<v Speaker 7>And these is the stories they pop up every week. Now,

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<v Speaker 7>you know, diets are racist, or punctuality is racist, or

0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:35.840
<v Speaker 7>climate change is racist, And whenever these stories pop up,

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<v Speaker 7>I do think, how can someone's psychology bring them to

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<v Speaker 7>such a silly argument? And the best answer I can

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<v Speaker 7>come to is for radical identity politics leftists, race and

0:21:50.560 --> 0:21:53.240
<v Speaker 7>identity politics more generally is the only prism through which

0:21:53.240 --> 0:21:56.440
<v Speaker 7>they see the world, so they naturally assume that other

0:21:56.480 --> 0:21:59.520
<v Speaker 7>people must only see the world through that lens. It's

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<v Speaker 7>an entire monocusal way of looking at things, and we

0:22:02.800 --> 0:22:05.320
<v Speaker 7>don't live in a monocusal world. There is a completely

0:22:05.400 --> 0:22:08.920
<v Speaker 7>obvious alternative explanation here, and that is the Michelin Guide

0:22:08.920 --> 0:22:12.480
<v Speaker 7>doesn't operate in places like Africa or India, or in Australia,

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<v Speaker 7>I might add, because those tourism boards haven't forked out

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<v Speaker 7>the money in order for Michelin to establish themselves there.

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<v Speaker 7>But the left doesn't see it that way. It has

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<v Speaker 7>to be racism, it can't be an alternative. So whenever

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<v Speaker 7>I have this conversation with one of these fruit loops,

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<v Speaker 7>the first thing is you will just ask are there

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<v Speaker 7>any other alternative explanations for why this is happening as

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<v Speaker 7>opposed to racism? And look, they probably won't change their views,

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<v Speaker 7>but at least you've tried to do everything you possibly

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<v Speaker 7>can to try and get them to think in a

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<v Speaker 7>more logical way.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, there's a great illargicality at the heart

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<v Speaker 1>of this will because one of the words that the

0:22:45.960 --> 0:22:50.080
<v Speaker 1>critics of the Michelin Guide use is that word decolonize,

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<v Speaker 1>and we hear this word all the time, but of

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<v Speaker 1>course it's got this sort of sinister sort of implication

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<v Speaker 1>because it also kind of says that, well, people are

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<v Speaker 1>connected to terrory is And you know, on the one hand,

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<v Speaker 1>the left seems to want this sort of free movement

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<v Speaker 1>of people, everybody, you know, all around the world, and

0:23:07.560 --> 0:23:10.000
<v Speaker 1>at the same time they also believe that everybody has

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<v Speaker 1>this kind of like patch of earth that is theirs,

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<v Speaker 1>and nobody can cook like people do on that patch

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<v Speaker 1>of earth, and nobody has a right to live there

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<v Speaker 1>and settle there. And it seems to me that when

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<v Speaker 1>you start talking about decolonization, whether it's Israel and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>all of the horror, horrible violence has been done in

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<v Speaker 1>the name of decolonizing you know, that part of the world,

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<v Speaker 1>or just in something silly like a restaurant guide, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a real fundamental problem because it doesn't make sense these

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<v Speaker 1>two competing ideas.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, James, if you're looking for logical, coherent leftist argument,

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<v Speaker 7>I think you're probably right in an idea place now, yeah,

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<v Speaker 7>and I think there is there is probably in fairness

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<v Speaker 7>an argument that we need to just keep in mind

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<v Speaker 7>here for places like the Telegraph, this is where I

0:23:52.840 --> 0:23:57.199
<v Speaker 7>saw that story and other center right news organizations, which is,

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<v Speaker 7>it isn't hard to find one looney academy meek in

0:24:00.440 --> 0:24:03.880
<v Speaker 7>a university somewhere who's promoting this nonsense. And I think

0:24:03.880 --> 0:24:06.120
<v Speaker 7>you can then actually start to give it more credence

0:24:06.160 --> 0:24:10.000
<v Speaker 7>than it actually deserves. This is still not a mainstream

0:24:10.080 --> 0:24:12.239
<v Speaker 7>view and despite the fact, and on what I think

0:24:12.280 --> 0:24:15.359
<v Speaker 7>it probably speaks to more is the ideological corruption of

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<v Speaker 7>our universities across the West.

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<v Speaker 1>Exactly right. And I mean, I'm glad you mentioned the universities.

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<v Speaker 1>We've seen Donald Trump taking on the university and I

0:24:23.320 --> 0:24:25.840
<v Speaker 1>think he's had right to do so for that. But

0:24:26.119 --> 0:24:28.080
<v Speaker 1>you know, just back to Britain. Let's stick on Britain,

0:24:28.080 --> 0:24:30.359
<v Speaker 1>because that's where you are right now. I have been

0:24:30.400 --> 0:24:34.639
<v Speaker 1>absolutely shocked that Britain, which was such the leader of

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<v Speaker 1>the Enlightenment around free speech and ending the idea of

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<v Speaker 1>blasphemy laws and ending that sort of interference in private conscience.

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<v Speaker 1>They've prosecuted a man for burning a Kuran, which may

0:24:47.119 --> 0:24:49.760
<v Speaker 1>be an ugly act, but they've prosecuted him in such

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<v Speaker 1>a way that now people are saying, well, this is

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<v Speaker 1>tantamount now to a an Islamic blasphemy law, because you're defaming,

0:25:00.440 --> 0:25:04.440
<v Speaker 1>you're burning their holy book. Therefore that's blasphemous to them.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're imposing a religious law on the British civil

0:25:10.200 --> 0:25:12.920
<v Speaker 1>common law. Tell us about this because what I've read

0:25:12.960 --> 0:25:17.080
<v Speaker 1>here seems very disturbing. Am I right to be disturbed? Will? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 7>Of course you are, So this is blasphemy laws by

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<v Speaker 7>the back door. I was shocked, actually to learn that

0:25:21.800 --> 0:25:24.760
<v Speaker 7>blasphemy laws are only decriminalized in the United Kingdom in

0:25:24.760 --> 0:25:28.919
<v Speaker 7>two thousand and eight. But that followed centuries and centuries

0:25:29.040 --> 0:25:33.200
<v Speaker 7>of classical liberals making the argument that on balance, it's

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<v Speaker 7>better for people to be allowed to do and say

0:25:36.080 --> 0:25:40.040
<v Speaker 7>potentially distasteful things, because on balance, that is better than

0:25:40.080 --> 0:25:42.960
<v Speaker 7>having a government tell you what you can and cannot say.

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<v Speaker 7>The uncomfortable truth here, James, is that the share of

0:25:47.440 --> 0:25:51.600
<v Speaker 7>the Islamic population in the United Kingdom has risen overwhelmingly

0:25:51.640 --> 0:25:53.480
<v Speaker 7>in a very short space of time, and that trend

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<v Speaker 7>is due to continue. And as a result of that,

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<v Speaker 7>you have politicians on both sides of the political spectrum

0:25:59.400 --> 0:26:03.760
<v Speaker 7>who are now abrogating the traditional principles of Western liberal democracies,

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<v Speaker 7>number one of which is free speech in favor of

0:26:06.040 --> 0:26:09.040
<v Speaker 7>appealing a Muslim vote. There are several politicians in the

0:26:09.119 --> 0:26:12.040
<v Speaker 7>United Kingdom today who are at risk of losing their

0:26:12.080 --> 0:26:15.320
<v Speaker 7>seats to Islamic candidates and as a result of that,

0:26:15.320 --> 0:26:18.320
<v Speaker 7>that's why you're starting to see this sort of appeasement

0:26:18.480 --> 0:26:23.080
<v Speaker 7>take place. It's incredibly disturbing. I personally don't think that

0:26:23.280 --> 0:26:28.360
<v Speaker 7>Islam in aggregate is compatible with a Western liberal democracy,

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<v Speaker 7>and you're seeing more and more examples of that in

0:26:30.760 --> 0:26:34.760
<v Speaker 7>the United Kingdom today. And unfortunately, there aren't enough politicians

0:26:34.800 --> 0:26:37.359
<v Speaker 7>who have either the intellect or the courage to be

0:26:37.400 --> 0:26:39.919
<v Speaker 7>able to stand up and offer an alternative vision. And

0:26:39.960 --> 0:26:43.520
<v Speaker 7>that vision is of Western liberal democracy, which the United Kingdom,

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<v Speaker 7>I would argue, has done more than any other country

0:26:45.840 --> 0:26:48.360
<v Speaker 7>to promote in recent times. This is a very very

0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:49.320
<v Speaker 7>sad state of affairs.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, when you think about mill and Lock and

0:26:52.160 --> 0:26:56.159
<v Speaker 1>all of the philosophers who came through and granted us this,

0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:59.560
<v Speaker 1>this great inheritance, and we're torturing it at a rate

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<v Speaker 1>of Nazi. Well, before I let you go, a little

0:27:02.480 --> 0:27:05.240
<v Speaker 1>funny things happening here in Australia. We are in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the King's Birthday long week and I don't

0:27:08.080 --> 0:27:11.720
<v Speaker 1>actually think it is the King's Birthday tomorrow, but we

0:27:11.800 --> 0:27:15.680
<v Speaker 1>get this holiday. And I understand that you guys over

0:27:15.800 --> 0:27:19.560
<v Speaker 1>in the UK don't what's happening here. Are we subjects

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<v Speaker 1>here in Australia actually greater monarchists than the all in

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<v Speaker 1>the UK.

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<v Speaker 7>I actually didn't know that we didn't get the King's

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<v Speaker 7>Birthday holiday in the UK. That's something which is a

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<v Speaker 7>bit frustrating for me. But look, I think the monarchy

0:27:34.119 --> 0:27:37.600
<v Speaker 7>is actually in pretty rude health in the United Kingdom

0:27:37.600 --> 0:27:41.000
<v Speaker 7>at the moment. I think if you put Andrew, Meghan

0:27:41.280 --> 0:27:44.560
<v Speaker 7>and Harry to one side, I think the monarchy is strong.

0:27:45.520 --> 0:27:47.639
<v Speaker 7>I think that the one thing that I would say

0:27:48.280 --> 0:27:54.000
<v Speaker 7>is is that they need to be cognizant, and particularly

0:27:54.080 --> 0:27:56.639
<v Speaker 7>Charles needs to be cognizant of politicizing the role. And

0:27:56.680 --> 0:27:59.600
<v Speaker 7>you are hearing a few murmurs that he's sort of,

0:27:59.720 --> 0:28:04.159
<v Speaker 7>you know, woke, eco friendly ideology is maybe starting to

0:28:04.240 --> 0:28:07.040
<v Speaker 7>infiltrate the way that he governs and the sentiment that

0:28:07.080 --> 0:28:09.680
<v Speaker 7>he puts forth to the nation. Also out his way

0:28:09.680 --> 0:28:13.960
<v Speaker 7>that he's appears to be sympathizing to Islamic members of

0:28:14.000 --> 0:28:15.600
<v Speaker 7>the country in a way that he is not doing

0:28:16.080 --> 0:28:18.200
<v Speaker 7>as the defender of the faith of the Christian population.

0:28:18.400 --> 0:28:20.000
<v Speaker 7>So it'll be interesting to see what happens there. But

0:28:20.040 --> 0:28:22.480
<v Speaker 7>on balance, I still think the monarch's relatively safe in

0:28:22.480 --> 0:28:25.120
<v Speaker 7>the UK for now. Well, Charles the first situation at.

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<v Speaker 1>Least that's good to hear, and the king is also,

0:28:27.960 --> 0:28:30.080
<v Speaker 1>i would say, probably one of the best dress monarchs

0:28:30.119 --> 0:28:32.400
<v Speaker 1>we've had in a very long time. Well, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have to leave it there, thanks so much. We'll enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>our long weekend down here, and don't go away because

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<v Speaker 1>after the break we've got Matt Canavan and Darren Barnett.

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna have a little bit of biff after the break. Hey, everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome back to the program. James Morrow sitting in here

0:28:51.480 --> 0:28:54.800
<v Speaker 1>tonight for Paul Murray Live now. Thrilled to be joined

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<v Speaker 1>here by our all star panel. On my right, ironically,

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<v Speaker 1>if he should be on the left is former Labor

0:29:01.520 --> 0:29:06.680
<v Speaker 1>Advisor Darren Barnett, and we've also got National Senator Matt Canneman. Gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for joining me this evening here

0:29:08.920 --> 0:29:11.920
<v Speaker 1>in the middle of this King's Birthday weekend. Now, I

0:29:11.960 --> 0:29:14.320
<v Speaker 1>want to talk you know, a little bit serious stuff.

0:29:14.320 --> 0:29:15.960
<v Speaker 1>I've got a lot of fun stuff to talk about,

0:29:16.000 --> 0:29:18.880
<v Speaker 1>but you know, we do have to talk a bit

0:29:18.880 --> 0:29:22.080
<v Speaker 1>about policy where things are going to wind up landing

0:29:22.520 --> 0:29:25.160
<v Speaker 1>out of the whole election, which we were just talking

0:29:25.200 --> 0:29:28.720
<v Speaker 1>about off here. One story that has been catching my

0:29:28.840 --> 0:29:31.880
<v Speaker 1>eye here is this talk about tax reform, because we've

0:29:31.880 --> 0:29:34.640
<v Speaker 1>heard an awful lot about what's going to happen with

0:29:34.800 --> 0:29:38.520
<v Speaker 1>this super tax. Now James Patterson today, who I mentioned

0:29:38.520 --> 0:29:41.920
<v Speaker 1>earlier in the program, he was also talking about tax

0:29:42.000 --> 0:29:45.160
<v Speaker 1>reform and what might get the coalition to come to

0:29:45.200 --> 0:29:46.200
<v Speaker 1>the table. Have a look at this.

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<v Speaker 4>If the Albanezi government and the Treasurer Jim Chalmers were

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<v Speaker 4>talking about genuine tax reform, holistic tax reform across the

0:29:54.240 --> 0:29:57.600
<v Speaker 4>board that for example, reduced the collection of taxes in

0:29:57.600 --> 0:30:02.160
<v Speaker 4>inefficient areas and collected that rev you in less distortionary ways,

0:30:02.360 --> 0:30:04.240
<v Speaker 4>we'd be up for that conversation. We'd be happy to

0:30:04.280 --> 0:30:06.560
<v Speaker 4>sit down and have that, but that's not what this is.

0:30:07.800 --> 0:30:10.040
<v Speaker 1>Matt Canavan. I want to throw to you first on

0:30:10.080 --> 0:30:11.720
<v Speaker 1>this one here. I mean, I think it's good to

0:30:11.720 --> 0:30:14.000
<v Speaker 1>see that the Coalition is starting to get its act

0:30:14.040 --> 0:30:16.440
<v Speaker 1>together in terms of policy. We won't have the discussion

0:30:16.440 --> 0:30:19.600
<v Speaker 1>about where those policies were before the election just now,

0:30:19.920 --> 0:30:23.800
<v Speaker 1>but you know, just to take this principle further, Matt,

0:30:23.960 --> 0:30:26.280
<v Speaker 1>what are your thoughts on this idea that well, the

0:30:26.320 --> 0:30:30.600
<v Speaker 1>Coalition can actually work with the government on tax reform

0:30:31.040 --> 0:30:33.840
<v Speaker 1>if there's something positive to come out of it. Because

0:30:33.840 --> 0:30:36.120
<v Speaker 1>we know they've been a lot of tax reviews and

0:30:36.240 --> 0:30:40.040
<v Speaker 1>recommendations by the Head Review of the Productivity Commission over years,

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<v Speaker 1>but we've never been able to get it. Is there

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<v Speaker 1>a sense that maybe possibly you can get some tax

0:30:47.440 --> 0:30:51.560
<v Speaker 1>reform eventually in this country? Again, well, I.

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<v Speaker 8>Perhaps wouldn't be holding my breath just yet, James. It's

0:30:54.600 --> 0:30:58.520
<v Speaker 8>been a long time since we've done really fundamental tax

0:30:58.560 --> 0:31:01.240
<v Speaker 8>reform in this country. We have done it before, of course,

0:31:01.240 --> 0:31:04.040
<v Speaker 8>and the GST was introduced in the nineteen nineties. That

0:31:04.080 --> 0:31:06.560
<v Speaker 8>stood the test of time, and Tony Abbat did launch

0:31:06.560 --> 0:31:11.800
<v Speaker 8>a tax white paper, but unfortunately that was ended early

0:31:11.800 --> 0:31:14.160
<v Speaker 8>when Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister, and there hasn't really

0:31:14.160 --> 0:31:15.960
<v Speaker 8>been a serious attempt it since. I suppose you could

0:31:15.960 --> 0:31:18.280
<v Speaker 8>say that mining tax was an example, but that was

0:31:18.320 --> 0:31:21.080
<v Speaker 8>a tax increase, and I would draw that distinction. I

0:31:21.080 --> 0:31:25.960
<v Speaker 8>don't believe tax reform amounts to tax increases. That's what

0:31:26.000 --> 0:31:29.080
<v Speaker 8>this supertax does. It's an increase in tax to people.

0:31:29.120 --> 0:31:32.080
<v Speaker 8>Some people like to then co op the word reform

0:31:32.160 --> 0:31:34.760
<v Speaker 8>to hide the fact that it's actually a tax increase.

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<v Speaker 8>But what we'd be serious about looking at is a

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<v Speaker 8>more efficient tax system, not a higher burden on the

0:31:41.480 --> 0:31:44.240
<v Speaker 8>Australian people tax system. And if I could just float

0:31:44.240 --> 0:31:46.880
<v Speaker 8>one idea that I've been paying on for some time,

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<v Speaker 8>I do think our tax system should be made more

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<v Speaker 8>family friendly. Too often we do focus on tax reform

0:31:52.600 --> 0:31:55.479
<v Speaker 8>just about the economy and GDP and productivity and all

0:31:55.480 --> 0:31:57.720
<v Speaker 8>those things are important, but the most important thing in

0:31:57.720 --> 0:31:59.520
<v Speaker 8>your life or my life, and I think most people's

0:31:59.520 --> 0:32:01.600
<v Speaker 8>lives are the children. And we don't have a tax

0:32:01.600 --> 0:32:04.440
<v Speaker 8>system that really encourages people to spend more time with

0:32:04.480 --> 0:32:07.640
<v Speaker 8>their children, especially in the way we punish single income

0:32:07.640 --> 0:32:10.120
<v Speaker 8>families who want to look after especially young children in

0:32:10.240 --> 0:32:12.040
<v Speaker 8>their in their early years, which is so important for

0:32:12.080 --> 0:32:12.640
<v Speaker 8>their formation.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, Matt, I think you're talking about income

0:32:15.040 --> 0:32:17.800
<v Speaker 1>splitting or something sort of along those lines, but something

0:32:17.880 --> 0:32:19.720
<v Speaker 1>like that, something like that, Yeah, I mean, and a

0:32:19.760 --> 0:32:21.600
<v Speaker 1>lot of countries do that. The United States, you can

0:32:21.640 --> 0:32:23.720
<v Speaker 1>do that. And you know, Darren, let me throw this

0:32:23.800 --> 0:32:26.680
<v Speaker 1>to you. You know, from the labor perspective, the thing

0:32:26.720 --> 0:32:29.040
<v Speaker 1>that has found I've found really strange about this whole

0:32:29.040 --> 0:32:32.600
<v Speaker 1>super tax debate, which keeps going on and on, is again,

0:32:32.960 --> 0:32:36.280
<v Speaker 1>you know, there's a long labor history of tax reform

0:32:36.320 --> 0:32:39.560
<v Speaker 1>making the system more efficient. Paul Keating was great at that.

0:32:40.120 --> 0:32:43.760
<v Speaker 1>This tax seems to be, you know, as Matt says,

0:32:43.800 --> 0:32:47.040
<v Speaker 1>just about raising more tax and more revenue. But also

0:32:47.200 --> 0:32:50.360
<v Speaker 1>it's so small, it's so nugatory, and it to be

0:32:50.480 --> 0:32:53.160
<v Speaker 1>sort of like the minerals resource red tax, I'm sure,

0:32:53.600 --> 0:32:56.360
<v Speaker 1>which barely raised a thing before it was asked, why

0:32:56.440 --> 0:32:59.600
<v Speaker 1>is it so important? Why does this become the die

0:32:59.640 --> 0:33:03.080
<v Speaker 1>in the day, which issue, particularly for Jim Chalmers.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm not sure that it was ever intended to be,

0:33:05.360 --> 0:33:07.760
<v Speaker 9>and the evidence of that is that it wasn't a

0:33:07.800 --> 0:33:11.840
<v Speaker 9>big issue in the election campaign. It's become a big

0:33:11.880 --> 0:33:15.720
<v Speaker 9>issue now because there's not a lot else to talk about.

0:33:15.800 --> 0:33:18.960
<v Speaker 1>But they tried to get this tax through in the

0:33:19.040 --> 0:33:21.560
<v Speaker 1>last parliament and then there was a lot of conferency

0:33:21.560 --> 0:33:23.960
<v Speaker 1>around it, and then they left it sort of to

0:33:24.440 --> 0:33:25.360
<v Speaker 1>fall by the way side.

0:33:25.360 --> 0:33:27.880
<v Speaker 9>But they didn't take it off the table. And I'm

0:33:27.960 --> 0:33:31.680
<v Speaker 9>really surprised, genuinely surprised. This was not something that the

0:33:31.680 --> 0:33:36.000
<v Speaker 9>Coalition campaigned on heavily during the election campaign. They got

0:33:36.000 --> 0:33:39.160
<v Speaker 9>stuck on other things. This should have been This is

0:33:39.200 --> 0:33:41.360
<v Speaker 9>a debate that we should have been having during the

0:33:41.400 --> 0:33:45.040
<v Speaker 9>five weeks before people voted, not now, and I'm really

0:33:45.040 --> 0:33:46.040
<v Speaker 9>surprised that we didn't.

0:33:46.320 --> 0:33:47.720
<v Speaker 1>Well, I mean, Matt, what do you say to that?

0:33:47.760 --> 0:33:50.000
<v Speaker 1>I mean, why didn't there Why wasn't there more talk

0:33:50.040 --> 0:33:51.360
<v Speaker 1>about this during the campaign?

0:33:53.640 --> 0:33:56.440
<v Speaker 8>What's a bit like now, isn't it. I think Garen's

0:33:56.440 --> 0:34:00.520
<v Speaker 8>advice is is going, but I can't do much with it.

0:34:00.520 --> 0:34:03.560
<v Speaker 8>It's done now, so I think. Look, I think what

0:34:03.680 --> 0:34:06.320
<v Speaker 8>happened was Darren did mention. It was put forward in

0:34:06.360 --> 0:34:12.440
<v Speaker 8>the last parliament and it was fairly resoundingly dismissed by

0:34:12.440 --> 0:34:14.279
<v Speaker 8>the cross bench, the Senate cross bench. I don't think

0:34:14.280 --> 0:34:16.040
<v Speaker 8>any of the cross benches ended up supporting it. For

0:34:16.120 --> 0:34:18.920
<v Speaker 8>a memory, the Grand the Greens had a tougher plan

0:34:19.120 --> 0:34:20.839
<v Speaker 8>that they did, so they didn't support the govern either.

0:34:21.080 --> 0:34:23.239
<v Speaker 8>And I think because it got defeated so resoundingly, it

0:34:23.280 --> 0:34:25.000
<v Speaker 8>sort of went off the agenda like this is not

0:34:25.080 --> 0:34:28.279
<v Speaker 8>going to happen. Potentially, no one perhaps was forecasting that

0:34:28.320 --> 0:34:31.640
<v Speaker 8>the Senate would change so much as it has at

0:34:31.680 --> 0:34:36.000
<v Speaker 8>the election, given our lackluster result, the coalition's lackluster results.

0:34:36.040 --> 0:34:38.560
<v Speaker 8>So now that the government has the numbers with the Greens,

0:34:38.560 --> 0:34:40.880
<v Speaker 8>as I said, which was not an expected outcome, the

0:34:41.560 --> 0:34:45.920
<v Speaker 8>threats of this super tax has grown since the election.

0:34:46.000 --> 0:34:48.360
<v Speaker 8>I think that explains why it's come back into the

0:34:48.360 --> 0:34:49.200
<v Speaker 8>debate so strongly.

0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:50.759
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and I think that's right. I also just think

0:34:50.800 --> 0:34:52.560
<v Speaker 1>there's a general principle in there the people who are

0:34:52.600 --> 0:34:55.439
<v Speaker 1>just generally scared about because once you do this, god

0:34:55.520 --> 0:34:58.760
<v Speaker 1>knows what comes next. Hey matter, I'm not all right, fear.

0:34:59.560 --> 0:35:03.279
<v Speaker 9>We know you Look at the twenty nineteen campaign, the

0:35:04.480 --> 0:35:08.520
<v Speaker 9>attacking franking credit changes that Bill Shorten was proposing. It's

0:35:08.560 --> 0:35:13.839
<v Speaker 9>a very successful way to campaign and in negative campaigns work.

0:35:13.880 --> 0:35:14.759
<v Speaker 9>Whether we think that's a.

0:35:14.760 --> 0:35:17.440
<v Speaker 1>Good well, I mean, Labor certainly was no stranger to

0:35:17.440 --> 0:35:19.480
<v Speaker 1>the negative campaign of course this time around.

0:35:19.600 --> 0:35:23.319
<v Speaker 9>But it just didn't the negative campaign that we saw

0:35:23.640 --> 0:35:26.759
<v Speaker 9>in the five weeks leading up to the election. It

0:35:26.840 --> 0:35:30.080
<v Speaker 9>just was the wrong kind of It just didn't quite work.

0:35:30.160 --> 0:35:31.440
<v Speaker 1>But I do agree with what right.

0:35:31.680 --> 0:35:33.960
<v Speaker 9>I don't agree with what Matt says about the lineup

0:35:33.960 --> 0:35:37.240
<v Speaker 9>of the Senate. No one was anticipating. There's two avenues

0:35:37.280 --> 0:35:41.480
<v Speaker 9>now it's the Coalition for some things, Greens for other things,

0:35:41.680 --> 0:35:44.480
<v Speaker 9>the cross Bench itself. They're going to struggle for relevance

0:35:44.520 --> 0:35:46.600
<v Speaker 9>I think in the next three years, which we will

0:35:46.640 --> 0:35:47.879
<v Speaker 9>say what that means in the long way.

0:35:47.920 --> 0:35:49.960
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think that's an interesting I think that's an

0:35:50.000 --> 0:35:51.880
<v Speaker 1>interesting point. And MATTER want to stick with you too,

0:35:51.920 --> 0:35:54.359
<v Speaker 1>because you were talking about numbers. There's another number here

0:35:54.680 --> 0:35:58.640
<v Speaker 1>which is oddly very important. Twenty six and twenty six

0:35:58.840 --> 0:36:02.120
<v Speaker 1>is the number of votes that are left in it

0:36:02.360 --> 0:36:06.120
<v Speaker 1>between Giselle cap Terran, who was hoping to get back

0:36:06.200 --> 0:36:11.320
<v Speaker 1>that get that liberal seat of Bradfield, and Nicolette b Well,

0:36:12.560 --> 0:36:17.400
<v Speaker 1>the Teal candidate. Now there is now talk about legal options.

0:36:17.440 --> 0:36:19.880
<v Speaker 1>There's now talk about going to the Court of Disputed

0:36:19.920 --> 0:36:22.560
<v Speaker 1>Returns here, Matt Canevan, I mean I know that this

0:36:22.640 --> 0:36:26.080
<v Speaker 1>is being discussed behind the scenes within the coalition. But

0:36:26.680 --> 0:36:29.880
<v Speaker 1>what can you tell us where is this going to land?

0:36:29.960 --> 0:36:33.440
<v Speaker 1>Is this seat now gone or will the coalition? Do

0:36:33.520 --> 0:36:36.799
<v Speaker 1>you think the Liberals will or should try and take

0:36:36.840 --> 0:36:38.640
<v Speaker 1>this further or perhaps E would have I don't know

0:36:38.840 --> 0:36:39.840
<v Speaker 1>a redo with the election.

0:36:42.360 --> 0:36:44.880
<v Speaker 8>Look, it will come down to the specifics of the

0:36:44.880 --> 0:36:48.120
<v Speaker 8>ballots that we're in dispute, which I don't have that information.

0:36:48.239 --> 0:36:51.919
<v Speaker 8>There is a precedent for a challenger in the circumstances

0:36:51.960 --> 0:36:54.920
<v Speaker 8>the Labor Party challenge the Liberal Parties win in McEwen

0:36:54.960 --> 0:36:58.080
<v Speaker 8>in two thousand and seven. The Liberal Party had won

0:36:58.120 --> 0:37:01.120
<v Speaker 8>that seat by thirty one votes, so a little bit

0:37:01.160 --> 0:37:02.719
<v Speaker 8>a little bit more, not much more, but a little

0:37:02.719 --> 0:37:06.120
<v Speaker 8>bit more than this margin says a prison for that challenger.

0:37:06.400 --> 0:37:09.719
<v Speaker 8>Although unfortunately for the Liberal Party thinking of challenging this,

0:37:09.800 --> 0:37:12.000
<v Speaker 8>the Labor Party lost that challenge when the court looked

0:37:12.000 --> 0:37:14.800
<v Speaker 8>at all the ballots and actually the margin grew during

0:37:14.840 --> 0:37:15.280
<v Speaker 8>the case.

0:37:15.360 --> 0:37:17.520
<v Speaker 3>So look, it does show though that the court.

0:37:17.560 --> 0:37:21.440
<v Speaker 8>Will look at the disputes and will potentially rein interrogate.

0:37:21.520 --> 0:37:24.640
<v Speaker 8>Like in any scrutineering process, is always going to be

0:37:24.640 --> 0:37:27.319
<v Speaker 8>a set of ballots where there's a dispute about whether

0:37:27.360 --> 0:37:30.480
<v Speaker 8>that's formal or not, whether the voter has clearly given

0:37:30.520 --> 0:37:35.359
<v Speaker 8>their intention to vote consistent with the law. So so look,

0:37:35.400 --> 0:37:37.279
<v Speaker 8>it will come down on whether there's enough of those

0:37:37.360 --> 0:37:42.200
<v Speaker 8>ballots in dispute to overturn that margin of victory or

0:37:42.239 --> 0:37:44.759
<v Speaker 8>defeat in the case of the Liberals. But as I said,

0:37:44.760 --> 0:37:47.120
<v Speaker 8>there's a prison there for it. I've just got to

0:37:47.120 --> 0:37:48.600
<v Speaker 8>look at whether they think they're going to win or not.

0:37:48.760 --> 0:37:51.520
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, just plea a little bit. What Tim Wilson,

0:37:51.520 --> 0:37:55.200
<v Speaker 1>who did take his own seat of Goldstein back from

0:37:55.239 --> 0:37:56.800
<v Speaker 1>the tills, how quickly would he had say.

0:37:56.640 --> 0:38:00.839
<v Speaker 10>Today it's a quite unusual thing to occur, had a

0:38:00.840 --> 0:38:03.520
<v Speaker 10>account and then a partial recount in Goldstein and had

0:38:03.520 --> 0:38:06.880
<v Speaker 10>delivered the same ultimate results, slightly different numbers, but the

0:38:06.920 --> 0:38:11.000
<v Speaker 10>same ultimate result. So I think they're studying it very closely,

0:38:11.080 --> 0:38:13.560
<v Speaker 10>and really it's a decision for her because it's a

0:38:13.560 --> 0:38:17.000
<v Speaker 10>big decision obviously, not just to go through that process

0:38:17.000 --> 0:38:19.600
<v Speaker 10>in a legal context, but then depending on what the

0:38:19.600 --> 0:38:22.680
<v Speaker 10>court decides, potentially also a by election as well.

0:38:23.960 --> 0:38:25.080
<v Speaker 1>Darren Barnett, your thoughts.

0:38:25.520 --> 0:38:28.680
<v Speaker 9>My understanding is that there were a lot of a

0:38:28.719 --> 0:38:31.239
<v Speaker 9>lot of the moderate part of the Liberal Party in

0:38:31.280 --> 0:38:33.759
<v Speaker 9>New South Wales they really focused on that seat. That

0:38:33.880 --> 0:38:37.200
<v Speaker 9>was their kind of their line in the sand. And

0:38:37.600 --> 0:38:40.560
<v Speaker 9>immediately after the election there were a lot of scrutiniers'

0:38:41.000 --> 0:38:44.880
<v Speaker 9>experienced scrutinies on the liberal side, not so much on

0:38:44.920 --> 0:38:48.839
<v Speaker 9>the Teal side. And so it wasn't that surprising that

0:38:48.920 --> 0:38:51.560
<v Speaker 9>the result turned because I think quite a few ballots

0:38:51.600 --> 0:38:55.560
<v Speaker 9>that were ruled out of order when the Teals had

0:38:55.640 --> 0:38:58.359
<v Speaker 9>better scrutinieres the second time around, and when there was.

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<v Speaker 1>A more it shifted back the other way back.

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<v Speaker 9>That's my understanding on why that's occur.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fascinating to me because you know so much about

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<v Speaker 1>this these elections. When they come down to it, it

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<v Speaker 1>really is people looking at the pieces of paper and

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<v Speaker 1>if you remember the year two thousand, the hanging chads

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<v Speaker 1>in Florida.

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<v Speaker 9>Or it's yeahs bits of piper and is.

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<v Speaker 1>That a one? Is that a two? Who knows you

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<v Speaker 1>well out of the let's take a little break here,

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<v Speaker 1>We're going to be back after the break. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about do South Wales the Tomago aluminum smelter

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<v Speaker 1>and what net zero is going to do to our

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<v Speaker 1>economy with Matt Canavan Darren Barnett. After the break stick around. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome back to the program. James Borrow here sitting in

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<v Speaker 1>for Paul Murray Live. Now let's get into a story. Matt.

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<v Speaker 1>We've been keeping it around because I want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about this story with you all day. In factors as

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<v Speaker 1>I read about it, the Tomago aluminum smelter aluminium. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>that's my American accent getting me again. Apparently there is

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<v Speaker 1>now a huge issue and who didn't see this com Well,

0:40:00.800 --> 0:40:02.680
<v Speaker 1>they are now in talks with the owners, are now

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<v Speaker 1>and talks with federal and state governments about a multi

0:40:06.440 --> 0:40:10.200
<v Speaker 1>billion that's billion with a b dollar bailout to keep

0:40:10.280 --> 0:40:15.000
<v Speaker 1>the operation going. The AFR has talked to people said

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<v Speaker 1>that they're apparently they're looking to get the smelters lubmit contract,

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<v Speaker 1>the electricity contract from twenty six to twenty nine sorted

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<v Speaker 1>out with big subsidies to keep it going. Of course,

0:40:24.800 --> 0:40:28.879
<v Speaker 1>smelting aluminium is a hugely expensive process when it comes

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<v Speaker 1>to the electricity and power and reliable power that you need,

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<v Speaker 1>Matt Canavan, this takes up ten percent of the New

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<v Speaker 1>South Wales grid. Keeping this going, you can't stop it

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<v Speaker 1>otherwise the whole thing seizes up and it's a disaster.

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<v Speaker 1>This is just another casualty, and in fact, the taxpayer's

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<v Speaker 1>pocketbook is going to be another casualty of this push

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<v Speaker 1>to net zero, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 8>Well, yes it is, James, and it's also exhibit A

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<v Speaker 8>for why the government's renewables on energy approach is not

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<v Speaker 8>going to work. I mean, we will, promised by Rio Tinto,

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<v Speaker 8>who's the majority owner there are the Tomogo aluminium smelter.

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<v Speaker 8>They promised us, as did the government, that by investing

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<v Speaker 8>in renewables, that's what I wanted to do. Investing in

0:41:13.480 --> 0:41:16.000
<v Speaker 8>renewable energy to replace the coal fired power that has

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<v Speaker 8>powered successfully the Tomogo oliminum smelter for decades would be cheaper.

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<v Speaker 8>It would be cheaper, it'd be better, and it would

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<v Speaker 8>continue to run and make sure that the thousands of

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<v Speaker 8>jobs that rely on that smelter continuing would would have

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<v Speaker 8>a future life.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, now we've got to this point.

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<v Speaker 8>Rio Tinto has been spending the last few years running

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<v Speaker 8>tenders to try and get this mythical green energy online.

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<v Speaker 8>They've obviously been unsuccessful, and it's now going to be

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<v Speaker 8>up apparently to all of your viewers, your hard working

0:41:46.760 --> 0:41:49.360
<v Speaker 8>viewers and their taxes to bail out one of the

0:41:49.360 --> 0:41:52.399
<v Speaker 8>biggest companies in the world, Rio Tinto, to the tune

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<v Speaker 8>of a billion dollars. I mean, has there ever been

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<v Speaker 8>a bigger fiasco, a bigger policy fiasco in this country

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<v Speaker 8>than net zero and the ridiculous pursuit of renewable energy.

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<v Speaker 8>It is costing this country a fortune. We are losing

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<v Speaker 8>our industry, we're losing our wealth, We're losing our birthright

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<v Speaker 8>to have low power prices in the country with the

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<v Speaker 8>most energy resources per person anywhere in the world, all

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<v Speaker 8>thanks to this ridiculous insanity. So why aren't we just

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<v Speaker 8>instead of paying Rio Tinto, of all companies, remember the

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<v Speaker 8>Labor Party one of the tax Rea Tinto back in

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<v Speaker 8>the day. Now they want to give them potentially a

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<v Speaker 8>billion dollars. Instead of giving them a billion dollars, why

0:42:28.239 --> 0:42:31.319
<v Speaker 8>don't we just build a qualified POWERstation and they can

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<v Speaker 8>continue to run Tomago Eluminium snotet like they used to,

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<v Speaker 8>and pay us money for the privilege of doing it,

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<v Speaker 8>and keep employing those high paying jobs and pay taxes

0:42:40.239 --> 0:42:43.000
<v Speaker 8>to fund their public services. That seems like a whole

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<v Speaker 8>lot more sense than this money go round where we

0:42:46.920 --> 0:42:50.879
<v Speaker 8>tax hard working people to subsidize industries that previously could

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<v Speaker 8>stand on their own at two feet.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Darren Barnette, that makes an awful lot of good

0:42:55.880 --> 0:42:57.480
<v Speaker 1>points there, But I want to pick up on one

0:42:57.480 --> 0:43:00.359
<v Speaker 1>of them, which is, you know, why not actually call

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<v Speaker 1>We dig Call out of the ground. We sell it

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<v Speaker 1>to China, We sell it to China in greater amounts,

0:43:05.400 --> 0:43:07.960
<v Speaker 1>we sell it to Indonesia, we sell it around the world.

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<v Speaker 1>If it's good enough for these other countries, why can't

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<v Speaker 1>we use it here?

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<v Speaker 9>I think we should have. And this is the first

0:43:14.680 --> 0:43:17.319
<v Speaker 9>time that I've dealt with Matt Canavan was about the

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<v Speaker 9>pr RT in about twenty fifteen that led to the

0:43:21.000 --> 0:43:25.279
<v Speaker 9>Callahan Review that was done by Scott Morwson. But I

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<v Speaker 9>think we get that side of the equation wrong as well.

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<v Speaker 9>I really don't understand why Labor hasn't made some alterations

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<v Speaker 9>to the p RRT to better capture taxation revenue from

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<v Speaker 9>the l sector. But to answer your question, I think

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<v Speaker 9>politically labor must find a way, and I don't know

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<v Speaker 9>what we find a way. If they've backed in future

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<v Speaker 9>made in Australia, if they want these seats in the Hunter,

0:43:54.320 --> 0:43:57.920
<v Speaker 9>the Illawara, they don't hold Gladston. But you know they

0:43:57.960 --> 0:44:00.640
<v Speaker 9>have that very at the certainly too as at seven

0:44:00.680 --> 0:44:03.600
<v Speaker 9>they held Flynn. Labour needs to find a way to

0:44:03.640 --> 0:44:06.960
<v Speaker 9>deliver on its future made in Australia and keeping those

0:44:07.040 --> 0:44:10.320
<v Speaker 9>smelters open. We only have four of them left. Keeping

0:44:10.400 --> 0:44:13.520
<v Speaker 9>those smelters open and the unionized jobs is a mixture

0:44:13.560 --> 0:44:17.800
<v Speaker 9>of AWU and AMWU. There is big incitive for labor

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<v Speaker 9>to deliver for those communities and deliver on their promises.

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<v Speaker 9>So we have to wait and see what they're going

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<v Speaker 9>to come up.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I would add the missing piece that I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>Matty you want I've just said, matt though, just before

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<v Speaker 1>you go.

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<v Speaker 3>That's so great, but let's just do it.

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<v Speaker 8>Let's just build a coali If those jobs are so important,

0:44:34.719 --> 0:44:36.439
<v Speaker 8>If those are I agree with you, they're good.

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<v Speaker 3>Can't paying at union jobs in those smelters.

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<v Speaker 8>And if you care about workers and you care about

0:44:42.200 --> 0:44:45.000
<v Speaker 8>the trade unions in this country, white, an't you allow

0:44:45.080 --> 0:44:47.560
<v Speaker 8>us to use our own coal instead of those same

0:44:47.760 --> 0:44:50.000
<v Speaker 8>ed Gladston there and in the Hunters two tom agoes

0:44:50.000 --> 0:44:52.800
<v Speaker 8>not too far from the port, those workers can see

0:44:53.120 --> 0:44:56.200
<v Speaker 8>the Australian coal getting shipped out overseas to power their

0:44:56.160 --> 0:44:59.360
<v Speaker 8>aluminium smelters in China. What an insult to those workers

0:44:59.680 --> 0:45:03.080
<v Speaker 8>that their jobs are getting it literally shipped off offshore

0:45:03.480 --> 0:45:06.400
<v Speaker 8>at the moment through this ridiculous policy where we empower

0:45:06.640 --> 0:45:09.280
<v Speaker 8>our economic competitors with our own energy resources and deny

0:45:09.600 --> 0:45:10.760
<v Speaker 8>energy resources to ourselves.

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<v Speaker 3>And it makes absolutely no sense.

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<v Speaker 8>Is impoverishing this country and we need to end at zero.

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<v Speaker 1>And not only that, I would just add before we

0:45:17.719 --> 0:45:19.680
<v Speaker 1>wan to the next topic here that this also is

0:45:19.719 --> 0:45:23.520
<v Speaker 1>a national security issue. If we cannot make things, if

0:45:23.520 --> 0:45:26.759
<v Speaker 1>we cannot make steel, if we cannot make the base

0:45:26.880 --> 0:45:30.600
<v Speaker 1>products aluminium of an industrial society, that we are very

0:45:30.719 --> 0:45:33.960
<v Speaker 1>very weak in a very competitive and dangerous world. Hey,

0:45:34.120 --> 0:45:36.000
<v Speaker 1>just before we move on, I wanted to talk about,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, another story here though which I don't even

0:45:39.000 --> 0:45:41.840
<v Speaker 1>know what to make of this. Greta Tundberg has switched

0:45:41.840 --> 0:45:46.239
<v Speaker 1>herself from environmentalists out there protesting all of mat Canavan's

0:45:46.239 --> 0:45:50.520
<v Speaker 1>coal plants to protesting, obviously for the Palestinian cause. She's

0:45:50.560 --> 0:45:55.480
<v Speaker 1>now on a sixty foot yacht apparently bound for Gaza. Now,

0:45:55.560 --> 0:45:57.239
<v Speaker 1>Israel is kind of in a bit of a diliver here.

0:45:57.239 --> 0:45:59.799
<v Speaker 1>They don't know what to do, They don't want to Land.

0:45:59.840 --> 0:46:01.600
<v Speaker 1>But if they start for it's going to be just

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<v Speaker 1>a huge international, is it. Matt? What do you make

0:46:04.520 --> 0:46:10.439
<v Speaker 1>of Greta Tunberg's switch from green to green, white, red

0:46:10.480 --> 0:46:11.000
<v Speaker 1>and black?

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<v Speaker 8>Look, James, which you've got to understand about the activist

0:46:16.000 --> 0:46:22.680
<v Speaker 8>movement is it's a business. Well, the professionals in the game,

0:46:22.719 --> 0:46:25.240
<v Speaker 8>and I would probably class Greta as one of those.

0:46:25.280 --> 0:46:26.080
<v Speaker 3>The professionals.

0:46:26.400 --> 0:46:30.480
<v Speaker 8>They don't particularly care about the individual environmental or other

0:46:30.520 --> 0:46:34.560
<v Speaker 8>political issue they're campaigning on. What they do is they

0:46:34.680 --> 0:46:39.359
<v Speaker 8>pick issues which are topical, which generate heat and more

0:46:39.360 --> 0:46:43.400
<v Speaker 8>importantly for themselves, which make sure people contribute donations to

0:46:43.719 --> 0:46:46.240
<v Speaker 8>their business. And you see it time and time again

0:46:46.680 --> 0:46:50.479
<v Speaker 8>with the green and as you said, green, white and black, green,

0:46:50.600 --> 0:46:53.879
<v Speaker 8>was it black and red movement where they'll just pick

0:46:53.880 --> 0:46:55.600
<v Speaker 8>a new topic as soon as one topic dies, in

0:46:55.600 --> 0:46:57.520
<v Speaker 8>this case, climate Chang's gone off. Their general big gone off,

0:46:57.520 --> 0:46:59.279
<v Speaker 8>the boil bang, they move onto another one.

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<v Speaker 1>We gotta move on, Darren, Yes or no? Should Israel

0:47:02.400 --> 0:47:05.600
<v Speaker 1>letter Land? Yes or no? Question? No, absolutely not. Okay,

0:47:05.640 --> 0:47:07.319
<v Speaker 1>we got to go to a break here. I'm back

0:47:07.360 --> 0:47:09.480
<v Speaker 1>in a moment. Thank you so much, Matt Canavan and

0:47:09.520 --> 0:47:12.200
<v Speaker 1>Darren Barnett stick around more Paul Murray Live after the break.

0:47:16.760 --> 0:47:19.239
<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to the program. James Borrow here sitting in

0:47:19.239 --> 0:47:22.080
<v Speaker 1>for Paul Murray Live, and a reminder the great Man

0:47:22.280 --> 0:47:24.640
<v Speaker 1>is back here in the man Cave tomorrow night, so

0:47:24.680 --> 0:47:26.760
<v Speaker 1>you're not going to want to miss him. But before

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<v Speaker 1>I go, I wanted to talk to you a little

0:47:29.080 --> 0:47:32.759
<v Speaker 1>bit about Elon Musk, who's of course massive meltdown and

0:47:32.800 --> 0:47:36.239
<v Speaker 1>tantrum this week made headlines around the world, but I

0:47:36.280 --> 0:47:39.799
<v Speaker 1>think people are missing some of the deeper meaning of

0:47:39.840 --> 0:47:43.239
<v Speaker 1>this because, of course Elon Musk has his own tech

0:47:43.280 --> 0:47:47.760
<v Speaker 1>bro libertarian philosophy that is at odds with Donald Trump's

0:47:47.840 --> 0:47:51.880
<v Speaker 1>bag of nationalism. And this piece of news has just

0:47:52.000 --> 0:47:55.160
<v Speaker 1>crossed my desk, which I think is very interesting and

0:47:55.360 --> 0:47:59.439
<v Speaker 1>goes a little bit to this point, as well as

0:47:59.680 --> 0:48:05.799
<v Speaker 1>Frank also being absolutely hilarious. Yes, listen to this. It

0:48:05.960 --> 0:48:10.680
<v Speaker 1>seems that Elon Musk, who was until five seconds ago

0:48:10.719 --> 0:48:15.799
<v Speaker 1>considered a z Hiling fascist by the left, which was

0:48:15.920 --> 0:48:20.760
<v Speaker 1>making all sorts of excuses for their demonstrators and activists

0:48:20.840 --> 0:48:24.040
<v Speaker 1>to go out and torch cars and key cars and

0:48:24.400 --> 0:48:27.360
<v Speaker 1>burn down his dealerships, well it looks like now suddenly

0:48:28.000 --> 0:48:33.040
<v Speaker 1>because he's had this huge fight with Donald Trump, some

0:48:33.200 --> 0:48:35.480
<v Speaker 1>of the left now to think, hey, hey, hey, hey,

0:48:36.120 --> 0:48:39.040
<v Speaker 1>why do we turn it around and make Elon into

0:48:39.080 --> 0:48:43.280
<v Speaker 1>a Democrat? Now I love this Here, California Democrat Congressman

0:48:43.360 --> 0:48:46.440
<v Speaker 1>Roe Quhana is on the case, saying of Musk, we

0:48:46.480 --> 0:48:50.879
<v Speaker 1>should ultimately be trying to convince him that the Democratic

0:48:50.960 --> 0:48:55.480
<v Speaker 1>Party has more of the values that he agrees with,

0:48:56.320 --> 0:49:00.480
<v Speaker 1>a commitment to science funding, a commit i've been too

0:49:00.520 --> 0:49:06.399
<v Speaker 1>clean technology, a commitment to seeing international students like him.

0:49:06.560 --> 0:49:11.920
<v Speaker 1>Oh bless Look, this is absolutely hilarious because Democrats like

0:49:11.960 --> 0:49:15.759
<v Speaker 1>Alexandria O Casio Cortes have for the last year been

0:49:15.800 --> 0:49:19.320
<v Speaker 1>doing things like calling Elon a Nazi ever since he

0:49:19.400 --> 0:49:23.239
<v Speaker 1>teamed up with Donald Trump. Now, frankly, I don't think

0:49:23.280 --> 0:49:27.439
<v Speaker 1>he will flip Democrat, But if Elon Musk does, this

0:49:27.640 --> 0:49:32.120
<v Speaker 1>is going to be the fastest denotification program we've seen

0:49:32.480 --> 0:49:36.840
<v Speaker 1>since Operation paper Clip, which, ironically, if you're familiar with that,

0:49:37.440 --> 0:49:42.320
<v Speaker 1>also involved rocket scientists. Now stick around, Paul's going to

0:49:42.360 --> 0:49:45.480
<v Speaker 1>be back tomorrow. But now it's over to Caroline Russo

0:49:45.600 --> 0:49:47.320
<v Speaker 1>and the Royal Report by I