WEBVTT - Paul Murray | 25 February 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:04.400 Skying new Center. This is Paul Murray Live. 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:07.720 Hello and welcome to the show. 0:00:07.800 --> 0:00:12.039 I'm Dadikidi Giorgio filling in tonight the great Man Paul Murray. 0:00:12.080 --> 0:00:15.480 We've got a huge show ahead. The Prime Minister becomes 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:20.000 increasingly angry and combative. He really has his grumpy pants on. 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:22.560 I'll tell you why in a moment. We've got a 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:27.200 common sense of steroids. Panels standing by Pauline Hansen, Gary 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:28.880 Hardgrave and James McGrath. 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:30.280 How's that for a lineup? 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:33.080 And we'll go live to the UK to catch up 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:34.360 with Nigel Farage. 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:37.080 I'll ask him about a new poll revealing. 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:41.960 He is more popular than other political leaders. But first tonight, 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:45.320 you know we are about to enter an election campaign 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:49.360 when the Prime Minister dotts his cricket outfit for the cameras. 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:53.120 There he is all suited up in white, posing alongside 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:58.920 Olympic breakdancer Rachel ray gun Gun remember her all for 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:02.760 an annual backyard charity cricket match at Kirabilly House. Once 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:06.680 again there's Albo with his dog, moonlighting as the everyday man. 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:11.040 And you know the campaign is imminent when Albo starts 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:15.199 peddling out tragic lines and slogans like this one. 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:19.720 There is no opposition health policy. They just said on 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:23.559 Saturday in something that it was sincere as a fake 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:28.040 Tan said that he'd match it well a little fade away, 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:30.080 just like a fake tan does. 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:34.039 Jeez, it makes a lot of sense, doesn't it. And 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:36.959 for the record, there is nothing wrong with fake Tan. 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:43.080 But the bizarre optics have started and we aren't even 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:47.360 in campaign propaet. If this is Labour's new strategy of 0:01:47.520 --> 0:01:52.120 Kamala Harris esque word vomit and jargon, it's going to 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:56.040 make for an exhaustive campaign. And it seems as though 0:01:56.080 --> 0:01:59.200 this is not the only strategy being adopted by Labor, 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:03.080 because it's become increasingly obvious. When the Prime Minister has 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:07.920 had enough of serious and important questions by reporters, the 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:12.880 strategy is to snap and avoid. He seems to be 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.160 only comfortable and at ease when he is talking about 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:17.200 Peter Dutton. 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:19.160 Now as we know, the polls. 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:22.560 Are bad for Albo and as he and his policies 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:26.560 get more desperate, he gets more angry. The Prime Minister 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:30.359 was today spreaking his eight point five billion dollar Medicare pledge, 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:34.040 pretending like Dutton has not pledged the exact same policy 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:38.839 and was asked a genuine question who's paying for it? 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.320 But ALBO doesn't want a bar of it. 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.799 The economists are saying that this pre election spending is 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.919 going to have to pay for be paid for by 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:52.480 taxpayers paying in the form of bracket creep. What this 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:53.880 is is an investment. 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:54.880 I'm not sure we. 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:56.480 Have an answer on bracket creeper. 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.120 He is bracket creeper problem that you'll see to. 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:01.720 Address through more become tax cutsk in the next term 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:03.160 Australians with. 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:09.720 Respect. Paul, I did answer the question. Mightn't be the 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:12.520 one that you like, but I did answer the question. 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.160 Well, it's not whether the reporter likes the answer or not. 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:20.760 It's that important question for us the public to get 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:25.040 clarity on who is paying and how. And this is 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:29.040 important because, according to the Australian Financial Review, ALBO has 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:32.840 overseen the biggest spending increase for a first term government 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:37.560 since Goff Whitlam in the nineteen seventies. Labor has made 0:03:37.600 --> 0:03:40.600 more than one hundred and twenty billion dollars worth of 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:46.120 discretionary spending decisions from its three budgets, and there are 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.480 billions more in yet to be accounted for election promises 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.480 like the increase in bulk billing. 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.160 In fact, economist Chris Richardson. 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.840 Has warned there's only one real possibility to pay for it, 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:01.920 and that's through higher income taxes and bracket creep. So 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:06.240 there's certainly nothing free about Albo's free GP visits. He's 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:09.880 on a spending bonanza with our money, and the contempt 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:12.480 he shows when he snaps at the very question of 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:15.080 it tells you everything you need to know about this 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:18.120 Prime Minister. He will do and say anything to win, 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:20.400 but not when he's. 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:21.000 Asked about it. 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:25.000 Then, of course, at the weekend, three Chinese warships took 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:28.560 part in live fire drills off the East coast. This 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:31.880 is serious because we're talking about lives at stake, as 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:33.680 passenger jets were re rooted. 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:38.400 And again, guess what, Albo didn't want a bar of it. 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:41.160 He needs to be looking at some sort of a 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:44.680 punishment for China, like trade restrictions or anything like that. 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.200 You do know that most of the trade goes from 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:51.600 here to there, not the la around. And I've worked 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:52.400 pretty hard. 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.400 That's this escallation from China. 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.640 Warrantay Shongo Defense response from Australia Prime Minister. 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:02.360 Well, I've answered the respect I have answered the questions. 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:07.440 Seriously, Prime Minister China, he's at our doorstep in a 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:12.200 provocative manner, threatening our sovereignty, and you've apparently had enough 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:15.440 talking about it. Beijing would lap it up because his 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:20.160 silence is what China wants from Australia's handsome boy. And 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.680 it happened again last week when he was asked about 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:23.720 the timing of the election. 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:28.400 Bout around in the election, they might coincide's so boring. 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:32.040 It's so boring, the question, the questions. 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:32.559 That no get around. 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.720 It's fantastic, just one of the initiatives, what's boring, has 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:40.279 questions about election timing and because she asked it, I've 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:41.320 been asked it for a year. 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:43.720 Doesn't want to know about that either. 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:47.320 And on his quasi New Year election campaign it happened again. 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:50.120 That's not our slogan. 0:05:50.800 --> 0:05:51.280 Good try. 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:54.760 Is there a one word slogan, one sentence slogan, good use? 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:59.679 I mean we're using We've done this with backdrops, We've 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:04.080 done with media releases. I'm not sure which LMP member 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.960 has sent you that question to ask, but they should 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:11.520 pay attention. And you should be cautious about just reading 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.080 out things that are sent from the LMP. 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:17.159 It's time for you to concede that your pledge to 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:21.040 reduce electricity crisis by two hundred and seventy five dollars 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:24.000 by this year, for whatever reasons, that's not going to happen. 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:24.679 Is that fair? 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:26.880 Well, one of the things that we did, of course, 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:29.880 was I have three hundred dollars energy bill relief. 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:31.920 That's not my question in fair that was a coalition 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:33.800 with the two hundred and seventy five dollars. 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:34.160 I know that. 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:35.839 But you get to do the questions. 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:36.960 I get to do the answers. 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:38.880 That's all I'll work now. 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:42.640 The Prime Minister just doesn't want to talk about what matters. 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.880 Does he cost of living electricity, keeping the lights on 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:47.280 in this country, paying. 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:47.719 For your bills? 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:52.520 And what's abundantly clear is a failure to communicate because 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:54.960 unless he knows about a subject or doesn't want to 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:59.320 talk about it, the more he gets angry. And compare 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.479 this to what he talking about. Peter Dutton. 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:06.799 Peter Dutton, when he was Health Minister, ripped fifty billion 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:11.320 dollars out of the hospital system. Peter Dutton, who has 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:18.720 never supported very clearly on his own record supported free healthcare. 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:22.720 Peter Dutton can't be trusted. Peter Dutton slashing and cuts, 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.200 that's a matter for Peter Dutton. 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:30.880 Peter Dutton is the Prime Minister's security blanket. It is 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:34.360 the only topic he's comfortable with. Yet, what we need 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.520 is a prime minister who fronts up, who doesn't shrivel 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:41.640 at the thought of being asked important questions, who stands 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.960 up for our values, who has a real plan to 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:49.520 take this country forward. What does this Prime minister stand for, 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:53.760 because honestly, the lack of leadership suggests he doesn't even 0:07:53.760 --> 0:08:02.119 know the answer to that himself. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:04.600 who I've got to say, is having his very own 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:19.120 oprah winfree moment where everyone gets a citizenship. Yes, you 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:22.440 get a citizenship, and you get a citizenship. Anyone can 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:25.400 apparently come into this country. I mean, we've got record 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.360 high migration as it is, but we will give you 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:30.280 a citizenship. 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:32.280 In exchange for your vote. 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:36.040 That's how it appears to work under Labor, and Burke 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:39.319 really thinks we're all mugs, as if we don't realize 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:44.360 what Labor is doing here, weaponizing citizenship, guaranteeing all these 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:48.559 new citizens twelve five hundred at that will be eligible 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:51.720 to cast their vote on election day in what could 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:55.679 be an attempt to win over marginal seats. And now, 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:58.440 thanks to some great reporting by James O'Doherty in the 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:02.080 Daily Telegraph, we now know many of those who gained 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:05.280 citizenship at the weekend alone, there were four thousand, five 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:09.280 hundred of them live in battleground seats that could decide 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:09.760 the election. 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:10.600 Have a look at this. 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:14.160 Of those, nine hundred and seventy live in the Paramatta 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:17.760 local government area. The electorates covered there include the marginal 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.559 Labour seats of Paramatta held with a margin of three 0:09:20.640 --> 0:09:24.600 point seven percent, as well as Read held on a 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:28.080 margin of five point two percent. And then the next 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:32.280 highest number of citizens came from Liverpool, mainly covering the 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:35.360 Labor electorates of Werrower held on a margin of five 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:39.640 point three percent and Fowler held by Independent Diale on 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:43.280 a margin of just one point four percent. About two 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:46.360 hundred and ninety new citizens came in Ride, which is 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:50.280 entirely within the ultra marginal seat of Benelong held by Labor. 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.360 In fact, that's where Labor was today now with the 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:57.040 exception of Fowler, these seats are expected to come down 0:09:57.160 --> 0:10:00.640 to the wire the Home Affairs Secretary. He said that 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:04.600 all new citizens met the requirement for citizenship, including four 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:08.920 years living in Australia and one year as a permanent resident. 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:13.360 But it appears that Tony Burke and Labor are banking 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:15.280 on the fact that these migrants. 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.800 Will reward Labor with their vote in marginal. 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:22.280 Seats forgiving them their citizenship, despite his assurances on Sky 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:24.360 News on Friday that that was not the case. 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:28.800 This is a good opportunity. I had no idea which 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:32.480 way these individuals are going to vote. You know, I 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.679 don't know if you know which way they're going to vote. 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:38.800 They're people who want to make a pledgure commitment to Australia. 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:43.640 Oh please, six thousand citizenships over three days. It's a 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:48.400 buying votes exercise. That's exactly what it looks like. You 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.840 need citizenship to vote, and you need it at least 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.120 a week before an election to cast it, so Labor 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:59.120 can spare us. This was all about efficiency nonsense, But 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.520 probably the most telling information came from Home Affairs Secretary 0:11:02.679 --> 0:11:06.000 Stephanie Foster at Senate estimates were. 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:10.120 There in fact document holders from Palestine who had granted 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:11.480 citizenship at these ceremonies. 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:15.800 This person reports there were, Yes, there were, Senator. All 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:20.959 conferees met the requirements, which includes four years in Australia 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:22.800 and one year as a permanent resident. 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:25.960 How many Palestinian conferees there are as part of this. 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:31.760 Process, Senator, there's twenty three, twenty three who've been invited. 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:32.240 Senator. 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:36.520 Now, let's not forget Burke's seat is in Muslim vote 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:40.000 territory in Western Sydney. Labour is already under pressure from 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.840 Muslim votes in that area. We know hence why it's 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:45.480 sold out our values for votes in the ongoing anti 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:49.440 Semitism crisis. Labour needs every vote from Western Sydney it 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:54.000 can get, but at what cost, especially at a time 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:57.760 when people are worried about immigration. More than one point 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:01.200 one million people have come into this country under Labor 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.800 and nobody ever voted for a big Australia. Yet here 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:07.680 we are, and there are some people who have come 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:11.400 here who hate our values, some hate Australia, and some 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:15.760 have no interest in assimilating. And you can't tell me 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.680 this is not about votes, but a whole troop of 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:23.600 labor MPs were present at the mass citizenship bonanza, Yet 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.520 The Daily Telegraph reports a Liberal senator, who was required 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:30.560 to be invited under citizenship ceremony rules, was only told 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:35.440 of the event two days beforehand, nine days after mayors 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:39.079 were notified. While Tony Burke, on the other hand, instructed 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:43.520 his staff to schedule his calendar around photo opportunities with 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:44.440 new citizens. 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:47.160 Is it necessary for him to attend them for them to. 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:51.520 Occur, No, Senator, but it's not uncommon. 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:53.439 Right, so why should it dependent on his availability? 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:53.600 Then? 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:56.000 If this is about clearing the backlog, what's the relevance 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:56.920 of his availability? 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.520 So, Senat, that's a question I think for Minister. 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:04.040 No, it's a question for you, because you agreed with 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:07.439 the minister. With the minister's limited availability for this schedule, the. 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.839 Minister asked us to share your ceremonies. He gave us 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:13.679 a window of availability and we scheduleselves. 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.280 So he directed you to hold these ceremonies when he 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.040 was available to attend them. 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.760 The game is up, Burke. We know what you are doing. 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.040 And if you really want to talk about efficiency, how 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.200 about start canceling visas of people who should not even 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.800 be allowed in this country. But I guess that won't 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:35.040 get you the votes where you need them the most. 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.760 Let's get into it now. Joining me is our common 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.520 sense on steroids panel. That's what we're calling it tonight. 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:48.720 One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, HELLNP Senator James McGrath and 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.880 Sky and News contributor Gary Hardgrave. Great to have the 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:54.000 three of you on. Thank you so much for joining 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:55.360 me on the show this evening. 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:56.760 It's good to see you. Now. 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.880 Look we've got to start with Lydia Thope because. 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:00.680 She's at it again. 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.560 In a closed door talk at a so called anti 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:08.079 racism symposium put together by Queensland University of Technology, the 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:12.600 now independent senator urged Indigenous Australians to plant the Aboriginal 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:16.000 flag on land and make white people pay to visit 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:20.720 why to assert sovereignty apparently over the nation. She said, quote, 0:14:20.840 --> 0:14:23.680 we have to organize and strategize and take over our 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.360 land like they did. We need to start putting our 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:28.960 own flags into our own land and. 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:30.360 F the colony. 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:34.160 Pauline Hanson f the colony, she said, what do you 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:37.200 make of this latest identity politics intervention? 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.760 She hasn't changed a tune, has she she's an activist 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.280 on the floor of Parliament and actually in the last 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.080 sitting of Parliament she turned and she said to me, 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:51.040 she said, you be paying rent soon. Pauline. Oh, that's 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:52.960 what she says to me all the time. Go back 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:55.720 where you came from. You know, your stole land, you're 0:14:55.760 --> 0:15:00.640 paying rent. Honestly, I'm so over her. She's if she's 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:05.040 not doing the cause any good whatsoever with her activism. 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.520 She goes to the Queensland University, comes up here and 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.400 she actually calls problems at these universities. She's trying to 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.400 get the young ones, well Brian Wash through her educational 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:17.600 system then at universities, and that's what she's trying to do. Hopefully, 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.120 this is the last three years that she'll have in 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:22.640 Parliament and she won't get voted in again. At the 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:26.120 next election. She'd be an independent and I'll be pleased 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:27.200 to see the back end of her. 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:27.760 Oh. 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.760 Look, I mean, if if any of us said the 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:33.760 same thing to her, Pauline Hanson, we would all be 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.800 in trouble. I mean, we wouldn't hear the end of it. 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:37.760 But of course no, it's all right. When she says 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.000 something like that to you, it's just extraordinary. 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:41.000 Gary. 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:45.240 How is it ever appropriate to have race betas like 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.600 this representing our country? 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:51.000 Well? 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:51.920 Never. 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:55.680 But people are entitled to a view and she's entitled 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.040 to hers, and it's self evident to most people. 0:15:58.280 --> 0:15:59.000 I ran a poll. 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:02.160 I'm hosting the before We See Drive program here in 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.800 Brisbane these days, and we ran a pole on the 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.200 question of which members of Parliament would you like to mute? 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:12.560 And she just went through the roof. She won the 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:16.520 mute the member pole hands down. Let me tell you, 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:18.600 people wanted to shut up. 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:19.280 And go away. 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:23.360 And look, you know, but when you're you know, enemy. 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:26.760 Is digging themselves into a deeper hole in them keep digging, 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.760 I say, but look, it's pretty self evident. How stupid 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:32.320 it is. There is a flag for the Aboriginal people. 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:34.400 It's the same flag for all Australians. It's the one 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.720 Australian flag. I don't know why we need to actually 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:39.960 have much of a debate. The only flag that needs 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:42.800 to fly is the Australian national flag. It's been a 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:47.040 beautiful flag that was designed a long time ago by 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.680 a competition back you know, right at the beginning of 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:51.000 Australia nineteen hundred and one. 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:51.760 I don't get. 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:53.800 I just don't get what the point of her point 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:57.400 is because I don't believe it's traditional for Aboriginal flags 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:01.440 to actually exists an e. Look, I'm more more annoyed 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:04.600 about the Qut people who continue to try and dabble 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.160 in this space and everything just keeps blowing up on them. 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:09.840 We shouldn't be funding these universities. I think it's about 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:13.199 time we actually defunded some of these universities which are 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:17.040 turning into activists, people who just simply want to get 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.320 this kind of rubbish out there on the streets. I 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:23.280 don't think there's any instruction and this this is about indoctrination. Well, 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:26.480 the funding to the universities for a year, I'm not impressed. 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:27.280 I agree. 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:31.080 We have seen absolute poor performance from universities across this 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:35.720 country since October seven, twenty twenty three, and this is 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:39.600 one prime examply when they're giving voices to people like this, 0:17:39.760 --> 0:17:42.760 it is absolutely unacceptable. Look, let's move on to Welcome 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.400 to Country. Because the Northern Territory is Chief Minister, I've 0:17:45.400 --> 0:17:48.160 got to give it to her. Lea Fanochiaro. She deserves 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:51.240 a medal for being brave and standing up against these 0:17:51.560 --> 0:17:54.960 welcome to country culture wars. Let me walk you through 0:17:55.080 --> 0:17:58.840 what's actually happened at last week's bombing of Darwin anniversary ceremony. 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:01.760 There was no shortage of wealthlcome to countries, but the 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.600 Chief Minister, however, she chose not to do one. 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:05.280 Have a look at this. 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:11.879 I'd like to pay special acknowledgment to the veterans here today, 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:15.920 to territorians, to serving men and women, to the families 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:20.760 and descendants of survivors, ladies and gentlemen, but also importantly 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:21.880 to our children. 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:26.119 Now she's copped a lot of criticism and instead of recoiling, 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:29.720 she's actually doubled down. I've got to say, at last, 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:32.600 a leader who's not afraid to pander to this garbage 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:36.000 which is constantly all the time shoved down our throats. 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:38.760 Senator James McGrath, did she do the right thing here? 0:18:40.680 --> 0:18:43.600 She so did the right thing. Leah is a friend 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:46.560 of mine. I've known her since twenty twelve when I 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:49.320 was campaign director up in the Northern Territory when the 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:52.640 colp won and Leah ran for the first time. Leah 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:56.840 is a born and bred Territorian. She will stand up 0:18:56.880 --> 0:19:00.600 for all territorians and fight for all territorians, regardless of 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.359 their color, whether they've been here since the dream time 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.679 or there a new arrival into Australia. And what she 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:10.800 said at the commemoration of the bombing of Darwin, to 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:15.640 acknowledge the veterans, to acknowledge the families, to acknowledge the children, 0:19:16.000 --> 0:19:19.320 it was a colorblind acknowledgment. She wanted to unite the 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:23.480 territory and not divide the territory. We need more politicians 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:26.880 like Lea. Just compare her to say Albanesi and look 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:30.480 at the difference between Albanesi and Dutton. We need more Duttons, 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:33.399 we need more LEAs, we need fewer Albanesis, and we 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:37.000 need fewer of the winging, whining, woke brigade who do 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:39.680 a lot of talking but don't do any delivering. She'll 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:42.639 leave the Northern Territory a better place when she leaves politics. 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:45.560 The same cannot be said for the Labor Party who 0:19:45.560 --> 0:19:46.600 rented into the ground. 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:50.000 Absolutely, and it's about being strong and pushing back and 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:53.960 not being fearful of pushing back. This is what Leafanochiara 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:56.639 said this morning when responding to that criticism. 0:19:56.640 --> 0:20:00.760 Have a listen, We had a Welcome to Country by 0:20:01.000 --> 0:20:05.000 James Parfitt, and I just don't think every speaker needs 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:07.760 to do it. The feedback I get from the community 0:20:07.800 --> 0:20:10.679 and acknowledgments of country is that territories and this is 0:20:10.720 --> 0:20:13.320 literally their words, Lara. They feel like it's been rammed 0:20:13.320 --> 0:20:15.800 down their throat under Labor. So I think it's it's 0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:18.399 very fair to have a welcome to country and they 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:22.760 absolutely have their place, but we've just been indoctrinated by 0:20:22.800 --> 0:20:26.040 a Labor government over eight years who have shamed people 0:20:26.080 --> 0:20:29.760 into feeling like they have to do something that lacks genuine, 0:20:30.359 --> 0:20:32.400 genuine nature and is tokenistic. 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:35.760 Pauline Hanson, I know that you have been very vocal 0:20:35.800 --> 0:20:38.879 when it comes to welcome to countries. You must be 0:20:38.960 --> 0:20:42.440 relieved to finally see a leader not caving in. 0:20:44.880 --> 0:20:46.439 She's my kind of woman. 0:20:46.800 --> 0:20:51.080 I love her. I think she's parliament. 0:20:51.520 --> 0:20:53.760 I turn my back on it. 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:57.520 In Parliament. I'm the only one where's everyone else? So 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:01.040 you know you need James, you need more. Pauline Hansen's 0:21:01.080 --> 0:21:07.080 on the floor of Parliament. That's what you need. It 0:21:07.160 --> 0:21:11.239 stood and she has not backed down from it, and 0:21:11.280 --> 0:21:13.280 it is and I hear all the time from people 0:21:13.320 --> 0:21:16.320 they're second tired of having ram down their throats. No 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:19.000 Aboriginal has more right to this country than I do. 0:21:19.200 --> 0:21:21.760 I was born here and I'm fed up with it. 0:21:22.000 --> 0:21:27.639 And corporations in councils everywhere, even on everywhere that you go. 0:21:27.720 --> 0:21:29.840 It's welcome the country. When you're in a bloody plane, 0:21:29.880 --> 0:21:31.600 every time you land, welcome the country. 0:21:31.720 --> 0:21:32.880 I just like screaming. 0:21:32.960 --> 0:21:34.720 I thought, no, I better not say anything, otherwise they 0:21:34.720 --> 0:21:37.359 won't let me on the plane again. I do know 0:21:37.440 --> 0:21:38.400 when to keep quiet. 0:21:39.720 --> 0:21:42.840 Well, I mean, we all, let's be honest, we all 0:21:42.880 --> 0:21:45.399 are very polite when it comes to this matter. But 0:21:45.840 --> 0:21:49.080 I was at the Sky News Anti Semitism summit last week, 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:52.000