WEBVTT - Bonus: Vic Premier Jacinta Allan Defends Her Housing Plans 0:00:02.600 --> 0:00:04.920 Jason Lauren on one hundred. 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:08.400 Morning Everyone, twenty seven Fast eight. You are on the 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:11.560 air with Jason Lauren. This is No. One hundred. Let's 0:00:11.560 --> 0:00:12.560 say hello to our next guest. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:16.479 Our next guest is the longest serving female minister in 0:00:16.720 --> 0:00:18.720 Victorian state history. 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:20.959 It's not lost on me that I am only the 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:24.400 second woman to lead this stage, and that is also 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:28.000 comes with some emotions. Please, welcome to the show, the 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:31.360 Premiel Victoria just center. 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:35.640 Ella, Hey, good morning, welcome back to the show. 0:00:35.880 --> 0:00:38.479 You've rolled in in a red suit looking like a 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:39.479 Nova mascot. 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:44.120 Please, I didn't realize I'd coordinated my wardrobe with overbranding. 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:44.880 I'm delighted to you. 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:46.479 I hope that means you're not going to any other 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:47.600 radio stations after me. 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:48.920 No I would. 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.600 If you are, I'll give you the nov Boy head 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.600 to wear. So look, last time you read I made 0:00:54.640 --> 0:00:57.080 this comment, I was devastated when we found out you're 0:00:57.080 --> 0:00:58.560 coming from Bend to Go this morning, that we didn't 0:00:58.560 --> 0:01:00.400 give you the heads up to swing past the cream, 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:01.720 bring in a couple of snot blocks. 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:05.680 They know how to do it out, so snop blocks 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:06.119 and pies. 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:08.880 I can't help but notice you walked in with a 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:10.800 little little bag. 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:12.840 A little bit of morning tea on the table. What 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.520 do we go you bend it? Some of Bendigo's finest Well, 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:18.240 are we allowed to give a plug? Flora Hill Bakery, 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:22.640 Flora Hill Bakehouse, best vanilla slices in Bendigo. It is 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:26.680 my local and my favorite bakery. The fresh today they're fresh. 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:28.160 Oh my god. 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:30.720 Andrews rolled in with a couple of snopblocks back in 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.680 the day. Nah, I was about to say, you would 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:34.199 have got my boote. 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:38.520 That's all right, Hey, you've got a bit going on. 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:41.560 We do now talk to us about this housing. Some 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:44.440 people love it, some people hate it. You're suggesting that 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:48.600 we build more apartment buildings close to train stations so 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:50.320 people can beat me their families and get to work. 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:50.760 Is that right? 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:54.120 That's pretty much it, Lauren, That's pretty much it, because well, firstly, 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.240 we've got to build more homes, just full store. 0:01:56.280 --> 0:01:57.440 People can't afford houses. 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:59.080 I know people my age are trying to buy their 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:01.600 first homes and they not even just my age, but 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:02.680 they just can't afford it. 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.560 And that's what I hear time and time again that 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:09.000 younger Victorians, you know, let's call it anyone under the 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:09.799 age of forty. 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:10.400 Yeah, it's finny. 0:02:10.440 --> 0:02:12.920 It really hard, like my generation because I'm a little 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.960 bit older than forty. Anyone in my generation, Jason's generation, 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:22.640 unfair generation. I'm going to go the next decade. But anyway, 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:25.840 you know, I had the opportunity to buy home by 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.799 my first time startup family. And it's also about building 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.800 your long term wealth. It's tough. It's really tough. 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:34.639 People are mad about it. Yeah, people are over it. 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:37.920 And I want something done about it too, because for 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:41.280 how we got here is by nothing being done about it, 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:44.480 by accepting the status quo, just saying, oh, well, you know, 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.200 do your best. Well, that's not acceptable to me, which 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.120 is why we've been announcing building more homes and yes 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.600 part of that around train stations, building a bit more 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:54.760 high apartments. 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:56.840 How high are we talking because there's people protesting is 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.400 in protesting in the streets about not wanting these apartment 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:01.040 buildings together. 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:01.320 Mate. 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:02.880 I was down at Brighton on the weekend. I took 0:03:02.919 --> 0:03:05.679 the kids out for frozen yogurt and I came out 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:09.240 in the angry rich old people that were protesting outside 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.959 half Moon Hotel in Church Street and I'm like, what 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:14.720 are they winging about now they don't want it in 0:03:14.919 --> 0:03:16.040 the Bay Side area. 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:19.080 Well, that appeared to be their argument. But if you 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.680 start saying don't have it here, don't have it here, 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:23.200 don't have it here, you don't have it anywhere. And 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:25.560 that's how we got to this point. And so that's 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:28.320 why a bit of height around train stations. 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.560 Seeing closer to the city or out in the Adams. 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:34.760 This is across the suburbs, but identifying train station locations 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:38.200 because train we've been busy removing level crossings, upgrading the 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.640 train line. That's exactly where you want to have people 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:42.400 to live. You can jump on the train to get 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.000 to school youth services. 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:47.360 Yeah, you're talking building more apartments in your train stations now, 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:50.120 getting rid of like stamp duty costs and stuff for 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:51.840 that for people to be able to buy into a 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:57.200 cheaper Are we talking public housing as well? 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:00.400 This is well, the government will continue to build public 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.360 social affordable housing. We're doing that already. This is about 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:05.680 is about how do we build more homes in the 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:07.280 private private market. 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.680 Will they be half private half public. 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:13.280 Because so there'll be a mix, right, it is a mix. 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:14.800 Because there's a big thing in the States at the moment, 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:16.360 I was talking to a friend of ours over there, 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:18.600 and what they're doing over there is to get down 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:22.000 taxes and stuff like that. The government are saying, hey, 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:25.040 if you include one like maybe levels one to three 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:29.000 are public housing and three to nine a private housing, 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:31.840 then people are buying too that unit block are getting 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:33.400 less taxes. 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:33.760 Or less fee. 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:36.159 So let me do what we're doing. 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:38.920 And so it's just saying sometimes they have separate entrances, 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:39.920 which I couldn't believe. 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:41.240 I could not believe. 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:44.800 Yeah, that's that's that's not definitely not what we're doing here. 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.520 What we're doing is for these these sorts of developments, 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.240 there's a streamlined planning process, and we're saying you've got 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:53.840 to have at least ten percent social affordable housing as 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:58.000 part of your development. Same developments, in the same developments, 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.680 in the same development. Okay, so if you're building ten 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.760 story apartment building and you want to go through our 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.479 faster planning processes because you get it built more quickly, 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.799 you've got to have at least ten percent social affordable. 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:11.039 Right, Well, let's cut through it. 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:11.200 Then. 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:13.039 Do you think that's the issue that some people have? 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.280 They're like, oh, well, you know what I don't want 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:17.760 a building we're ten percent public housing in my area, 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:19.320 because that's what I reckon. 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:21.400 Hope in the area. 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:23.160 Everyone deserves the dignity of roof. 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:25.800 But I just wonder if cutting through all the crap 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:26.400 is that what. 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:26.880 The issue is. 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:29.120 I'd really hope not, because it doesn't matter whether you 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:31.919 need a house that the government builds or a house 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:35.240 that the private industry builds. Who they do build the 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:37.840 majority of homes in this state, Yeah, we need more 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.920 of them, and that's why we've been We announced we're 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.039 releasing more land in the outer suburbs. So if you 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.160 want a big house on a bigger block, there's a 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.159 there's land supply and a pipeline. 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:52.440 Some of the housing in the public housing needs a 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:55.320 really good clean up. I saw an investigation into it 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.159 the other day, and there's families living in these environments. 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:02.240 They're so unsafe and so dangerous for these families and 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.360 their kids, and they don't want to black. Some people 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.480 would rather be in a shelter than be in these places. 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:08.159 And you know that people that looked out like we 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:10.560 used to live on just off Bluff Road in Hampton 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.599 East there and there was a huge government housing area 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:15.680 and people used to look down upon it, and he 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:17.000 used to give me the shits because I'd sit there 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:18.560 and go in a second. 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.560 You could end up needing accommodation. 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:26.320 More and more people are finding themselves vulnerable around because 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.160 we're not building enough. And that's why a game. We've 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.279 got to get a mix apartments. Townhouses are a great 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:34.440 way to go as well. How do you make it 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:38.040 easier for more townhouses to be built again around transports, 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:42.240 train station locations. That's what we're focused on. And look, yes, 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:44.880 there will be some people will have a different view 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.560 and won't like what you're doing. But listening to the 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:50.280 voices who only say no got us to this point. 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:52.200 I want to listen to the people who want us 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:54.400 to say yes to building more homes. 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:57.640 Okay, bigger issue. Any chance you can have a chat 0:06:57.680 --> 0:06:59.800 with our local council. I need my bins collected more 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:00.840 than fortnightly. 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:02.480 That's do you want to pull him out? 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:08.840 No, I'm in the Bentley area? Is killing me? Just 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:12.280 sent down? Well, I'm going around the shopping center's looking 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:13.000 for whely. 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.480 Being a chance local government elections are on now, you 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:15.920 could have. 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:17.880 Where's your enrollment going on? 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:18.680 Anyway? 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.840 Yeah, you found that since he move moving on Lauren 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:24.800 thirteen twenty four to ten. 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:29.440 If you have a question for the premiere, Hey, it's 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:30.520 not the Royals? 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:30.920 No? 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.440 Well no, I mean I think it's great that the 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.040 King has come to visit Australia and we would love 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:36.600 to have him here. 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:38.880 Didn't he come to Melbourne? 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.280 Well, I think there's there's a bit been said about it. 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:45.080 His trip was focused around Sydney and Canberra had to 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:49.040 head off into the Pacific. Couldn't possibly agree before he 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:53.000 had to head off to the to chair the media. 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:54.320 We could have. 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:57.560 Stayed in Sydney because he's tired, right, he's He could 0:07:57.600 --> 0:07:59.920 have sent Camilla down for a bit of a little 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:03.240 to see nine out at barb Amy. Milla would have 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.120 loved ther knees up in Melbourne, don't you think I 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:08.280 think she would have? So did you choose not to meet? 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:09.360 To be a part of it? 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:09.480 Was? 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:13.160 There was a reception event that had a significant number 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:14.840 of people at Parliament Housing. 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:16.440 There are Snooze Festival. 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:20.640 And again the government, the Victorian community was really well 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.880 represented by our governor who is indeed the King's representatives 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:29.200 in the state, Margaret Gardner, and that is an important 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.600 part of her role and the government was represented by 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:32.080 my part. 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:35.239 That would have seen Christmas Day having the King and Queens. 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.719 And I've been very busy this week focusing on how 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:41.800 we can build more homes. Did not guarantee you didn't 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:45.240 want to go to is a great place, but my 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:47.719 focus has very much been on building more homes here 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:48.640 in Melbourne. 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:52.800 Blocked okay in all seriously to get the kids from 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:57.040 school one day, the phones have lit up because I mean, 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.560 as the premiere of this state, there's a lot of 0:08:59.559 --> 0:08:59.959 things going on. 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:01.200 There's a lot of things people want to. 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:01.760 Talk to you about. 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.480 We're going to take your calls next thirteen twenty fourteen. 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:06.800 If you do want to want to chat to us 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.200 and the premier of Victoria Center, Alan, do you get 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.240 nervous when this stuff happens and the pub the public 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.000 get a chance to actually ask you a question. 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.319 Well, it's a great part of the job. I say 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:20.559 that genuinely, whether it's taking calls or speaking for people 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.559 to public, that's that's what we should be doing. 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:25.599 All right, Ship, nothing's off limits done Center Alan's actually. 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:28.640 Calls next when you hear Coldplay Paradise, give us a 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.680 ring and you will win tickets to the gig. 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:32.240 Are you going to cold play for Center? 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:33.280 No, I'm not. 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:34.760 Well, you're going to have to call us if you 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:34.959 want to. 0:09:35.360 --> 0:09:38.320 Yeah, Now, we don't might not go down well with 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.120 the voters if we're like, okay, Central, Alan's on the line, 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:42.360 you've got ticket ticketing. 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.560 Politicians can't do anything? Can they even elbows in trouble 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:48.959 for buying a house, which seems ridiculous to me. 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:51.319 What do you think of that? Bad timing? 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:51.680 Oh? 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:55.000 Look, yeah, you got to leave, you've got to buy 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:57.480 a house. I think I'm more focused on you know, frankly, 0:09:57.840 --> 0:09:59.560 are we going to get support from our federal government 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:00.960 here in victory or with what we want to do? 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.280 Yeah, that's what I'm He's the Prime minister, though he 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:05.400 should be allowed to have a buy a house. 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:07.280 Blokes worked very hard his whole life. 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:09.720 Yeah, I think it's more a ting issue anyway. 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.400 Anyway, we've asked Melbourne to give us a ring to 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:16.120 ask Premier just into Alan some questions. Are you ready 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.520 for this? Does this stuff freak you out? When this 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:20.280 could be anything? 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:20.880 But it's great? 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.719 All right, good luck, it's got a hillside, Thomas. You're 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.360 on the line of the premiere, which question I. 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:31.040 Just think Jason learned, Hello morning. I just want to 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.800 know without the rising uth crime going on at the moment, 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:37.960 and what your thoughts are on that, and also how 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:39.280 they're getting bailed so quick. 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:41.960 Yeah, that seems to be the big concern. 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:44.640 I think everyone is sick and tired and agree with 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:46.719 me or disagree here Thomas, but I think everyone's sick 0:10:46.760 --> 0:10:49.800 and tired of seeing offenders get caught doing something harsh 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:51.880 and finding out that they're actually already out on parole. 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:54.439 No, look, it is and that's why a couple of 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:58.680 months ago we announced that we've strengthening bail, the bail changes, 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.800 particularly for youth offenders here in Victoria put and the 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:05.000 legislation has already gone through the Parliament because we do 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.440 recognize that we have a particular issue. We do have 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:10.360 too many younger people. It's a smaller number, but it's 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:11.480 the repeat offenses. 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:17.840 And here, these repeat offenders do one too many and 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:21.120 bang they've killed someone innocently riding their bick to work. 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:24.200 And that's and that's horrific for the family and loved 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.120 ones of that person. And that is why we've done 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:28.000 a bunch. There's a bunch of things around this, but 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:31.680 particularly with a focus on strengthening that bail. So for 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:34.359 that's through the Parliament. 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.760 And are you're confident that will make a difference because 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:41.160 it feels like this problem is out of controlling Melbourne's. 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:43.080 Well just again, it's there's a number of things you've 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:45.079 got to do. There is a it's a smaller number 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.360 of young people and can I in terms of the 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:52.080 work that Vic Poldo they have every night overnight from 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:55.600 dust or dawn. They have dedicated police out on the street. 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:58.240 But I'm working with no doubt the police are doing 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.120 their bit. That's the issue. I think everyone knows the 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:02.880 police are doing their bit and then these kids are 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:03.720 getting out again. 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.280 And so we're dealing with the court issue in terms 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.400 of strengthening the bail, but we've also got to go 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.640 back and stop it before we get to this point, 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:13.800 which is why there's a huge amount of work going 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:16.559 on with police as well. How do we get these 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:19.840 young kids when they've done something more lower end and 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:21.520 get them away from that life. 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:23.319 Christ sticking with cops, I just want to go to 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:25.000 lily Dale. Now we've got Mark on the line who's 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:27.199 a police officer. And I think we have all seen 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:32.000 the cop cars, the ambulances driving around Melbourne, fibrigade covered 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:35.240 in text of the cops saying we need more money, 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:37.960 we need more hours on market morning, Mate, you're on 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.760 the Larne at the center, Hi. 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:41.040 Mark. 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:44.840 Yes, First of all, I'd just like to thank the 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:48.000 opportunity wan to talk in regards to this issue itself. 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:52.080 But the question I really want to pose anyways, whether 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.440 or not the Premier is willing to step up and 0:12:55.559 --> 0:13:01.640 intercede in this discussion of the ongoing EBA pay dispute 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:06.880 between the police force and just correct the situation that's 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:12.199 unfolded where we've had to go into Stage two industrial 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:16.600 action in regards to an ongoing discussion of where our 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:21.200 pays at. It's something that is quite demoralizing as a 0:13:21.200 --> 0:13:27.440 police officer to have our livelihood. I suppose just back 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:34.840 and forth between government and our senior management in regards 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:36.559 to it and whether or not there can be some 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:40.080 sort of an arrangement step in and sort it out. 0:13:40.360 --> 0:13:41.600 You can hear the emotion in your voice. 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:41.840 Mark. 0:13:41.880 --> 0:13:44.000 That's not easy to talk about, mate, and rightfully so, 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:46.880 is that something you can sort out. 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.760 Look, thank you. Firstly, thanks Mark, And I was having 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:52.160 the same thought Jason that you can hear it. Mars 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:55.880 obviously a really committed police officer, So I want to 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:58.360 thank Mark for the work he does. 0:13:58.440 --> 0:13:58.600 Sook. 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.280 This has been going This has been going on for. 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:01.920 A little while. 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.000 Knowledge, Yeah, and we do want to see it resolved. 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:09.680 There was an offer that was negotiated, it was agreed 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.720 between the parties, but it didn't get through the final 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:15.840 bit of the process with the police membership. And that's okay, 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:18.160 that's part of the process. So we are back at 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:20.520 the what they call the negotiating table. We're working through 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.440 the process. And my takeout from Mark and this is 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.400 certainly something I would agree with. We've got to get 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:28.320 on and get it resolved. Because I didn't hear from 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:29.400 he wants to go back to me. 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:31.360 Can you help with that in the position you're in, 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:31.960 we can help. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:33.800 There is there are you know, there is any a 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:38.560 framework around how industrial relations negotiated, but it is certainly 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:40.480 that is a priority that we want to get resolved. 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:42.040 We've done it with the ambo's, we've done it with 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:43.920 the nurses. We know we need to do it with 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:44.360 the police. 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:46.480 Is there a timeline on that because these guys are 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:48.200 working their guts out overnight. 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.200 They're exhausted as it is, and I condee. 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:51.480 Now I would not want that job. 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:53.760 And as a tax payer, I'd rather mind money going 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:55.960 towards these guys out there protecting us than building a 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:56.840 parking statue. 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:58.360 Yep, yep, well look at it. 0:14:58.520 --> 0:14:59.720 We can lay off the statues. 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:03.840 Yeah, I agree, I'll take take that as take that 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:04.320 as red. 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:04.520 No. 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:06.720 Look I agree this and look and i'ld go back 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:08.840 and check. I know there is a huge amount of 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:10.440 work going on because we've got to get this result. 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:11.920 We want to a priority. 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:12.400 Yeah. 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:16.200 Absolutely, government, we're talking about this on the show the 0:15:16.280 --> 0:15:18.000 other day. I was at the Boundary Hotel the other 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.080 week and there was this lady. I had one hour 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.440 of freedom and I say, okay, I'm going one hour 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:24.720 of freedom. And I got there and this poor lady 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:26.400 had fallen over and she was in the car park. 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:27.080 Yeah. 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:28.920 And there was one of the bartenders there and I 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.040 stayed with him and it was like late in the day, 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:32.640 it was getting cold. Thank god, I had all the 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:34.800 kids jumpers in the boot, so we covered the lady. 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:38.840 We waited an hour and twenty five minutes for an ambulance. 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:41.920 We had ring triplo four times. It was honestly like 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:44.640 ringing thirteen cabs. They were just like, hey, we'll get 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.400 one there when we can. And then when an ambulance 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:47.760 a right. This is the part that I found the 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:51.600 most frightening. It was one ambo. He was on his own, 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:55.320 so the only way they got her if we weren't there, 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:56.960 he wouldn't been able to get her on a stretcher, 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:58.720 get her into the ambulance to give a pain relief. 0:15:58.920 --> 0:16:01.960 What's going on in the like in the country's biggest city, 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:03.160 how can we have that? 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:05.800 I'll be honest, I was so frustrated. 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:08.760 Yeah, look we and again our ambo's also do a 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.080 great job, and we've got more of them on the 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.200 road in fact than other in terms of head of 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:16.120 population than any other state. But that doesn't mean, you know, 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:17.800 we've got to stop there. There is a lot of 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:21.160 work that's also going on and how those calls that 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.400 are made, how they are their triage through the process, 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:25.120 because we know. 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.160 But then I've got a mate who's an AMBO officer, 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:29.000 and he will spend this is no jo. Here's been 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:32.080 half a shift sitting there playing word or parked at 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:32.840 a hospital waiting. 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:36.440 That's what I was. That's one of the things we've 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.920 got fix. And that's one of the things between Ambulance 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:42.600 VIC and hospitals. We've got them doing some work on 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.600 exactly that. Because we are seeing that transfer a patient 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:48.640 between AMBO and the hospital front door. 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.520