WEBVTT - Bonus: Premier Jacinta Allan Defends Pill Testing Trial

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Lauren on No.

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<v Speaker 2>One hundred.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's say hello to our next guest. Alone quint is here, and.

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<v Speaker 3>Our next guest is the longest serving female minister in

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<v Speaker 3>Victorian State history.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not lost on me that I am only the

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<v Speaker 4>second woman to lead this stage, and that is also

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<v Speaker 4>comes with some emotion.

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<v Speaker 3>Please welcome to the show, the premiere Victoria just Center.

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<v Speaker 1>Ellen, Hey, good morning morning, good morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for driving down from Bendigo this morning.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, Benny Goes a beautiful part of the world, but

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<v Speaker 4>it's great, great to be here with you this morning.

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<v Speaker 5>One of my very best friends, Anna bern is from

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<v Speaker 5>Bendy Go. So I love Bendygo.

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<v Speaker 6>So do we don't we? Quinn?

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<v Speaker 7>We do? Just yeah, we've did.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't have history. You knew each other from us.

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<v Speaker 3>Say history. Let's just let's just get things straight. So

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<v Speaker 3>I was a reporter at win TV back as a

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<v Speaker 3>twenty year old. Twenty one year old. You're a baby too,

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<v Speaker 3>you're a you're a minister at the time, you're member

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<v Speaker 3>for Benny Go.

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<v Speaker 7>So we did a lot of interviews up the books.

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<v Speaker 2>We've known him since he was a rat bag.

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<v Speaker 4>He was a lovely young fellow Yes, I loved. I

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<v Speaker 4>loved interviews with Clint. We do a bit of fun

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<v Speaker 4>off camera.

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<v Speaker 7>We did. We were and look at you.

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<v Speaker 6>Now doing well.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a he's so happy.

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<v Speaker 7>We were great nature.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, can we call you we.

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<v Speaker 6>Transferable.

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<v Speaker 1>I was devastated when we found out you're coming from

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<v Speaker 1>Bend to go this morning, that we didn't give you

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<v Speaker 1>the heads up to swing past the bakery and bringing

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of snot blocks.

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<v Speaker 6>I know how to do it, so snot blocks and.

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<v Speaker 7>Pies malms Bree. That was always a good hot spot.

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<v Speaker 4>I have a theory about bakeries and Country Victoria, particularly

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<v Speaker 4>if you're a parent with young kids. A good bakery,

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<v Speaker 4>good public facility, good playground, that's the hot spot. That's

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<v Speaker 4>the sweet spot on the town, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, say that pubs need to get their head around

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<v Speaker 1>playgrounds put playground.

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<v Speaker 5>We grew up at pubs with my parents, and they

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<v Speaker 5>were pubs where I wouldn't even see them for what

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<v Speaker 5>felt like days because I was in the ballpit and

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<v Speaker 5>going down the slide of the matter.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what, Pokey's and Gastros killed all that time. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk some serious stuff. Yesterday we dedicated about forty

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<v Speaker 1>five minutes on the show. Because it really blew up

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<v Speaker 1>about pill testing here in Victoria. You have come out

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<v Speaker 1>and supported and given the green light to doing a trial.

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<v Speaker 1>The calls were sort of mixed. There was a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of positive opinions.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's absolutely brilliant and well passed due. It's

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<v Speaker 3>something that they do in the.

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<v Speaker 1>UK, in the loop in the UK do it already everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>There was also some people that were saying, why provide

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<v Speaker 1>pill testing to people for an illegal substance.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, there's a concern that it's illegal and in essence

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<v Speaker 5>some people feel like that is encouraging people to go

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<v Speaker 5>and take drugs.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, look, I want to be absolutely clear there is

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<v Speaker 4>no safe level of drug taking and illicit drugs remain

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<v Speaker 4>exactly that just illegal. But it also reflects the announcement

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<v Speaker 4>yesterday around pill testing reflex reality. The reality is if

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't just have to be a young person, a person

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<v Speaker 4>of any age rocks up to a music festival and

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<v Speaker 4>if they've got a pill in their hand, they're intending

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<v Speaker 4>to take it. They're intending to take it. Like that's

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<v Speaker 4>the reality of the world we're in. So knowing that

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<v Speaker 4>and knowing too based on evidence from around the world.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, there's great evidence and data that comes out

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<v Speaker 4>of the UK, particularly that where.

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<v Speaker 6>You have pill testing.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's not just the actual testing of the pill

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<v Speaker 4>that provides advice on the substance and what's in it

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<v Speaker 4>and some of the toxic chemicals that are in it.

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<v Speaker 4>It's also the health conversation you can have at the

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<v Speaker 4>same time, no judgment, just the facts about this is

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<v Speaker 4>what's in it, this is what it can do to you.

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<v Speaker 4>Do you really want to take it? And what we

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<v Speaker 4>know from evidence where this is already happening, is that

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<v Speaker 4>people are more likely not to take the drug. This

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<v Speaker 4>reduces drug taking. The evidence tells us that this reduces

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<v Speaker 4>the likelihood of someone taking that drug.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's really more considered it is.

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<v Speaker 4>And this is where you know, if you'd asked me

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<v Speaker 4>years ago, if young Clint stand Away had asked me

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<v Speaker 4>and Bendigo years ago my views on this, I probably

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<v Speaker 4>would say I'm not partolar.

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<v Speaker 7>Have you had a change part because I know that

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<v Speaker 7>Dan Andrews was supposed to it.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, well I really have.

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<v Speaker 4>And as I said years ago, I probably would have said,

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<v Speaker 4>now I'm not that not that keen on it. But

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<v Speaker 4>you know, becoming a parent changes a lot of things

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<v Speaker 4>that might change, right, chose a lot of things. I've

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<v Speaker 4>got a couple of young kids.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and as they get older and their friends are

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<v Speaker 5>going out and partying and going to festivals and going

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<v Speaker 5>to parties.

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<v Speaker 6>That's exactly right.

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<v Speaker 4>My husband and we talk about this all the time, Like,

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<v Speaker 4>you want kids, You want your young kids to go

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<v Speaker 4>and have a great time to explore the world, but

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<v Speaker 4>you want to do it safely. And as I think

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<v Speaker 4>about the sort of world do you want your kids

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<v Speaker 4>to go into. Knowing that we have a health focused

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<v Speaker 4>approach and a pill testing approach that can make a difference,

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<v Speaker 4>why wouldn't we go down this path?

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<v Speaker 1>Also, like you're saying, say someone rocks up at a

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<v Speaker 1>music festival with a pill, they're intending to take it.

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<v Speaker 1>There's also that that demographic of people who are starting

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<v Speaker 1>to get peer pressure into that environment as well, and

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<v Speaker 1>if they've got the option to find out what's in it,

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<v Speaker 1>it might be enough to not go through with it.

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<v Speaker 4>It is And I've talked to other parents about this,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, I've got nieces and nephews as well as kids.

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<v Speaker 4>You talk to talk to people all the time about

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<v Speaker 4>a range of things. But I've also spoken recently to

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<v Speaker 4>other parents as well, and one mum said to me,

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<v Speaker 4>young people are smart and they just deserve the information,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's great.

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<v Speaker 1>That's it.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, you've got to give people information. This is

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<v Speaker 4>the other I think really positive outcome from this approach

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<v Speaker 4>is that, and the evidence tells us this as well.

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<v Speaker 4>When the pills tested, people will tell other people what's

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<v Speaker 4>in it, So I got that ripple effects.

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<v Speaker 1>Also. One of our listeners brought up a really good

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<v Speaker 1>point yesterday. It's going to affect the dealers as well.

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<v Speaker 1>It was going to blunt in there blackart one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll kill the black market because if they're providing dodgy stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>that word's going to get out and no one's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be buying from them.

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<v Speaker 3>So we mentioned the history of this, and it's worth

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<v Speaker 3>noting again that the government has been opposed to it

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<v Speaker 3>in the past. So why the change of hearts so

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<v Speaker 3>suddenly because it was there? What was the I know

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<v Speaker 3>it's an amotive issue, but you know twelve months ago

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<v Speaker 3>Dan was vehemently opposed and now and now you're saying

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<v Speaker 3>no where where we're for it, We're going to enact

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<v Speaker 3>this trial.

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<v Speaker 4>Look, I've spoken about how my own personal views have

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<v Speaker 4>changed over a number of years, and then it became

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<v Speaker 4>premier at the end of September last year, and then

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<v Speaker 4>we had over summer we had paramedics, Victorian paramedics turn

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<v Speaker 4>out across a three month period to more overdoses than

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<v Speaker 4>they did for all of last year.

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<v Speaker 6>Symington, there was a whole range here.

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<v Speaker 4>There was Plemington, there was the festival at at New Harsham,

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<v Speaker 4>which also had some challenges. And so when you again

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<v Speaker 4>consider that, consider the impact it's having not just on

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<v Speaker 4>people individually, but on our health system, the pressure it

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<v Speaker 4>puts on our health system. We took some time to

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<v Speaker 4>look at again evidence, fact, get data, talk to experts,

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<v Speaker 4>but also importantly to talk to families as well, which

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<v Speaker 4>is how we've arrived at the decision we announced yesterday.

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<v Speaker 5>And what has the response been for you on that decision,

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<v Speaker 5>Because yesterday when we opened the phones, I honestly thought

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<v Speaker 5>it would be overwhelmingly positive, but it was a pretty

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<v Speaker 5>much fifty to fifty split. And the people who are

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<v Speaker 5>against it, which I can understand, right because some people

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<v Speaker 5>just don't want you know, drugs are illegal they're llegal

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<v Speaker 5>to take. Why are we doing something that is encouraging

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<v Speaker 5>people to take them? So I can understand where that

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<v Speaker 5>fifty percent come from, But that fifty percent really like

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<v Speaker 5>completely against this idea.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, look, and I respect you know, you've got to

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<v Speaker 4>absolutely listen and respect to different views. But for me,

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<v Speaker 4>it's come down to the fact that this is a

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<v Speaker 4>reality and we have the power.

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<v Speaker 6>We know what works. We know what works from.

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<v Speaker 4>Reducing harm providing factual, non judgmental information to people who

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<v Speaker 4>are already intending to use that substance. If we've got

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<v Speaker 4>the power to give that information to reduce harm, to

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<v Speaker 4>potentially save a life, why wouldn't we do this. That's

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<v Speaker 4>really how we've come to this decision.

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<v Speaker 1>We are on the air of the Premier just sent

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<v Speaker 1>to Alan this morning. We're talking the pill testing trial.

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<v Speaker 1>Just since you can, I ask you an honest question,

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<v Speaker 1>have you done drugs in your life?

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<v Speaker 4>I got asked this question last year sometime last year,

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<v Speaker 4>and I'd said it was a long long time ago.

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<v Speaker 4>There was a cannabis a long long time ago. But

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<v Speaker 4>again I don't want this to.

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<v Speaker 1>Up for the reason I asked, because there was an issue.

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<v Speaker 1>It got brought up yes now, and it's so true.

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<v Speaker 1>This isn't just about it's not just music festivals. The

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<v Speaker 1>clubs are packed with people. If you think drugs aren't

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<v Speaker 1>getting circulated, you've got your head in the sand.

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<v Speaker 7>It's not just pills, and it isn't no.

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<v Speaker 6>And so again.

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<v Speaker 4>But it is about for me looking at the evidence,

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<v Speaker 4>and for me, that's really important. It's always been important

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<v Speaker 4>in whatever ministerial or portfolio role I've had for a

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<v Speaker 4>long period of time. Listening to experts and taking on

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<v Speaker 4>evidence is just so important.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is just a trial.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I want to make this, Is this really clear?

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<v Speaker 4>We're not trialing to see if it does or doesn't happen.

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<v Speaker 4>We plan to bring pill testing into Victoria. It's a

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<v Speaker 4>trial to see what model works best.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it happening in other states? We're behind Queensland.

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<v Speaker 6>Queensland have a trial, a CT have done a trial,

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<v Speaker 6>and I think have got it more on a more

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<v Speaker 6>permanent basis.

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<v Speaker 1>For the digital licenses and now the.

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<v Speaker 6>The digital lift that takes so long.

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<v Speaker 1>It takes so long, that's cute, Like I'd be carded.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey it's just gone eight thirty. You happen to hang

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<v Speaker 1>around after the break just quickly, there's there's something we

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<v Speaker 1>want to bring up with you, a much lighter topic,

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<v Speaker 1>but we want to get you away, and I guess

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<v Speaker 1>you're on the air with Jason Lauren Clint here from

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<v Speaker 1>the newsroom and Premier.

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<v Speaker 5>Premire just like Miley Don't that's terrible singing?

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<v Speaker 2>Whoever did that?

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<v Speaker 1>Just quickly? Because I noticed when Dan will do the round,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it was a different world back then, but

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<v Speaker 1>he had to travel with a bit of security. You

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<v Speaker 1>got the popo traveling with you these days? Can you

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<v Speaker 1>run some reds?

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<v Speaker 4>I've got some.

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<v Speaker 6>We don't run reads, no, we follow every road rule.

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<v Speaker 6>But now I've got I've got the team.

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<v Speaker 7>Here are you?

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<v Speaker 6>It's an amazing job.

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<v Speaker 7>How you been in now?

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<v Speaker 4>What's the end of September?

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<v Speaker 6>Lusty, so nine months?

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<v Speaker 2>I think I just said to you before.

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<v Speaker 5>You must be glad to be the Premier now and

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<v Speaker 5>not five years ago, four years ago? Have a long

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<v Speaker 5>ago that was it feels.

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<v Speaker 6>You covid Field. It's a lifetime ago, but also so

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<v Speaker 6>not that far away.

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<v Speaker 4>Look at it any time is there's alwaysallenges because we're

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<v Speaker 4>a big and busy state, really big and busy state.

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<v Speaker 6>It's a really exciting job.

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<v Speaker 4>It's challenging. The best bit about it is really getting

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<v Speaker 4>out and talking to people and meeting people's and listening

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<v Speaker 4>and following through on their issues.

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<v Speaker 6>That's really the best bit.

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<v Speaker 1>Bodyguards to threaten the kids.

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<v Speaker 6>The kids are more interested in the bodyguards.

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<v Speaker 5>Premiers is such a big deal now, Like pre Dan,

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<v Speaker 5>I didn't know who the premier were?

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<v Speaker 2>Who was it?

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<v Speaker 7>Pre Dan? It was Value.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't have.

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<v Speaker 2>Even known it. Do you know who the premier was before?

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<v Speaker 2>Anastacia Polo shape Clmbell Newman.

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<v Speaker 1>I think for a week well done.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I feel like premiers are just a big deal now.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And again I think COVID showed like when you think

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<v Speaker 4>about what state governments do. We run all their schools,

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<v Speaker 4>we run our hospitals, we run the police force, we

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<v Speaker 4>build the roads and trail We're responsible for a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of people rely.

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<v Speaker 3>On premiu premier perks. You didn't when you're a or

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<v Speaker 3>a deputy premier.

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<v Speaker 1>Surely they're not parking you in the waiting bait mcdonal.

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<v Speaker 6>No, you do well. You do get dropped right at

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<v Speaker 6>the front door.

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<v Speaker 4>That's pretty nice. It's pretty nice. I do get I

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<v Speaker 4>get a few more staff. I get lots of coffees and.

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<v Speaker 5>Teas because we had Sally Cat, the Lord Mayor of

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<v Speaker 5>the Lord Mayor of Melbourne is coming in and a

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<v Speaker 5>big question I've got for her is do you get

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<v Speaker 5>a snack till.

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<v Speaker 4>I like those little Turkish delights. I know this is

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<v Speaker 4>controversial chocolate.

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<v Speaker 6>You're no one that you have.

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<v Speaker 2>Friends one away. He's the only young man. He's like

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<v Speaker 2>an old woman.

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<v Speaker 5>He sleeps with an electric blanket and eats Turkish delight.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, just center, I want to test something out this morning,

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<v Speaker 1>because you would, now that you're the premiere, you'd be

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<v Speaker 1>rolling with some high powered friends and on the show

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<v Speaker 1>a while back we were talking about celebrities. Who's the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest big dog you've got in your phone when it

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<v Speaker 1>comes to high profile celebrities. Clint said this the other.

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<v Speaker 5>Day when we talked about the biggest celebrities in our

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<v Speaker 5>phone and you said the premiere of Melbourne.

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<v Speaker 2>I felt sad for you, or I actually felt a

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<v Speaker 2>bit flat for.

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<v Speaker 5>You, because I know you know you know what, Laura,

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<v Speaker 5>I know you know celebrities.

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<v Speaker 7>Have you got her number?

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<v Speaker 2>No?

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<v Speaker 5>No, you don't.

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<v Speaker 7>I congratulated on.

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<v Speaker 2>Me, isn't it that grad We were trying to hang.

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<v Speaker 5>It on Clint, but Clint gets Clinton loves he's the

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<v Speaker 5>number one Pa.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, there is a lot of mutual admiration. I've watched

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<v Speaker 4>Clint's career blossom. No, genuinely you left Bendy go and

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<v Speaker 4>they're not see you on the telly doing the sport.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a real thrill to see people, young people with

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<v Speaker 4>talent go on and do wonderful.

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<v Speaker 5>Surely you know bigger celebrities than clickstun Away, much bigger.

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<v Speaker 5>He's the biggest star in your contact book.

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<v Speaker 4>You have them in, got the PM in there, other

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<v Speaker 4>talking about other state premiers. So my mine's perhaps not.

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<v Speaker 6>As razzle dazzle as Cli.

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<v Speaker 2>He was still the biggest in here though.

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<v Speaker 1>Elbow on the mame.

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<v Speaker 6>He's not bad on the text.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not a voice to text is but he does

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<v Speaker 1>the voice memory.

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<v Speaker 6>No, no, no, it's more more the text.

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<v Speaker 5>Do you guys text on you have to bound like

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<v Speaker 5>signal or what more?

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<v Speaker 4>What'sapp? It seems to be that a lot of a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of business gets done on WhatsApp.

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<v Speaker 7>He be a thumbs up guy, wouldn't he?

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<v Speaker 1>A lot of business gets done on signal as well?

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you? So much for coming in this morning. We

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<v Speaker 1>really appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 6>Great to talk and.

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<v Speaker 1>I know it's got mixed feelings in Melbourne, and I

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<v Speaker 1>can you know, we completely understand because the fear behind

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<v Speaker 1>it the pill testing, but I think the pill testing

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<v Speaker 1>is a great initiative.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you. How's Victoria going? Just before we let you go, Look,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going well.

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<v Speaker 4>If you look at a metric like number of people

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<v Speaker 4>in jobs, got really low unemployment rates and record number

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<v Speaker 4>of people in jobs. But I will acknowledge that, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>cost of living continues to be a really tough thing

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<v Speaker 4>for families.

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<v Speaker 6>We do a bunch of stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>We've got the school saving bonus, free red jo for

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<v Speaker 4>for apprentices, we've got free kinder, free Tafe, but I

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<v Speaker 4>will acknowledge that it's tough for many families. And that's

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<v Speaker 4>why keeping people in a job and providing costs of

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<v Speaker 4>living supports a real focus for me.

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<v Speaker 2>When's that tunnel going to be done?

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<v Speaker 5>Because well, you want a couple, we've got a kilder

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<v Speaker 5>Rhod's being a dog's breakfast.

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<v Speaker 4>So Westcoat Tunnel, Westcat Tunnel Metro Tunnel, they're both going

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<v Speaker 4>to be open next year.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you guys.

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<v Speaker 3>And just last one who wins tonight cheering for the

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<v Speaker 3>Queenslanders or the New Welshman.

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<v Speaker 4>I will confess a big not a big rugby league

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<v Speaker 4>that makes all bust walls more my things.

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<v Speaker 6>Last week, Yeah, Benno.

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<v Speaker 1>Spirit, you got to pick one.

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<v Speaker 6>I know it's really hard.

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<v Speaker 2>Look at the color of your glasses.

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<v Speaker 6>Maybe.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>I was going to send yourself because it means it

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<v Speaker 4>goes we're on the Maroons. All I care about is

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<v Speaker 4>that the mcg is going to be packed out and

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<v Speaker 4>that's where they get the people to state of origin.

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<v Speaker 6>It's here in Melbourne.

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<v Speaker 1>Just into on the air with us this morning. I

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<v Speaker 1>hear it at number one hundred. Thanks for coming in.

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<v Speaker 6>Thank you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Sorry j On, the Airy's gonna be a good Jason Lauren,

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Lauren wake up feeling good on number one hundred.

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<v Speaker 2>Jason Lauren Boom on socials