WEBVTT - Sharri | 21 July

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<v Speaker 1>Live on Sky News. This is Shari.

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<v Speaker 2>Work at the start of a new week's steep price

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<v Speaker 2>in for Shari this week and next week, with all

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<v Speaker 2>of Shari's regulars along, including on Pleased to say my

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<v Speaker 2>old radio Ray Hadley. He'll be fired up as usual,

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<v Speaker 2>Ray coming up shortly. Also coming up on Shari tonight,

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<v Speaker 2>Ken the Liberal brand actually make its way back.

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<v Speaker 3>From the wilderness.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Federal Parliament resumed sitting tomorrow after a longer

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<v Speaker 2>than usual poll election break. I think they've had more

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<v Speaker 2>than ten weeks off. But polls out today and the

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<v Speaker 2>major papers have the Coalition in as bad a position

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<v Speaker 2>it has been in since the nineteen forties. Can you

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<v Speaker 2>believe that? And it's not just the federal arm the

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<v Speaker 2>state liberals in major states New South Wales and Victoria

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<v Speaker 2>are largely irrelevant. Same goes for South Australia and WA

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<v Speaker 2>with only the territory and Queensland in power, and who

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<v Speaker 2>knows what's going to happen in Tasmania. I'll talk about

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<v Speaker 2>the hard road back for the Liberal Party also tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just back from South Australia. Better part of a

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<v Speaker 2>week in Adelaide and South Australians are filthy that an

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<v Speaker 2>algie bloom that's hit the South Australian coast, killing scores

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<v Speaker 2>of shark and fish and destroying oyster caleases and making

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<v Speaker 2>beaches and orange mess. What's a natural disaster in South Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>Thinks they are being ignored. There's been a development on

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<v Speaker 2>that today. I'll have details shortly. Plus, the Greens have

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<v Speaker 2>labeled an authoritarian cult. Who called them that well one

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<v Speaker 2>of the original conveners of the far left party, Drew Hartton,

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<v Speaker 2>who set them up along with Bob Brown. He's been

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<v Speaker 2>thrown out of the party and is now hitting back

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<v Speaker 2>accusing the minor party recently led by defeated leader Adam Bam.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't miss him as being opposed to debate free

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<v Speaker 2>speech on issues of gender and being focused on non

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<v Speaker 2>environmental issues instead. We'll talk Greens a bit later, but

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<v Speaker 2>first up as the Federal Parliament resumes relatedly tomorrow. As

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<v Speaker 2>I said, with the first physical evidence of how badly

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<v Speaker 2>the Liberal National Coalition fared on May tenth, a long

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<v Speaker 2>ten weeks ago, Labor will file into the Lower House

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<v Speaker 2>and fill ninety four seats and actually spill over, we're

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<v Speaker 2>told into the coalition side of the House potentially. Polling

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday showed the picture is even worse now for the

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<v Speaker 2>opposition than it was on election day, with the coalition's

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<v Speaker 2>primary votes thinking to twenty nine percent. As Peter Kredlin

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<v Speaker 2>said tonight, she could remember when it was at that level,

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<v Speaker 2>and I said, you have to go back to the

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen forties to find them in such a dire situation.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you have to feel for the new leader, Susan Lee.

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<v Speaker 2>If she survives, she's staring at best best case scenario,

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<v Speaker 2>two terms in opposition and who'd want to do that job?

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<v Speaker 2>And as I pointed out, the states are mostly in

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<v Speaker 2>as bad, if not worse situations, but are probably Queensland now.

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<v Speaker 2>Policy is what Susan Lee and her party must concentrate

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<v Speaker 2>on because, believe me, labor might be hugely popular in

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<v Speaker 2>City Sydney, in Melbourne and New South Wales and South Australia,

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<v Speaker 2>and South Australians might be content with Peter malinowskis in

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<v Speaker 2>New South Wales with Chris Mens, but get outside the

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<v Speaker 2>metro areas and regional and rural Australia are on a

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<v Speaker 2>collision course with the state and federal governments. They feel unloved,

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<v Speaker 2>they feel ignored and used. Now it varies from state

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<v Speaker 2>to state, obviously, but the insistence from federal labor supported

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<v Speaker 2>by the Greens, to carpet bomb their communities with green

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<v Speaker 2>energy projects refusing to listen to their complaints is and

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<v Speaker 2>I've been saying this for some time, this is going

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<v Speaker 2>to explode into a massive issue.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't believe me, take a drive west of

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<v Speaker 2>Sydney or Melbourne. I drove through the small town of Rokewood,

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and thirty six kilometers northwest of Melbourne yesterday,

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<v Speaker 2>just yesterday. Population of that little town, Ropewood couple one hundred,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe two fifty three hundred people. Now, this little community,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was staggered at what I saw is surrounded

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<v Speaker 2>by giant wind turbines of the Golden Plane's wind Farm,

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest wind farm in Victoria. It hosts for now

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred and twenty two wind turbines of almost one

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<v Speaker 2>for every human that lives in that village. And normally

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<v Speaker 2>these things are situated off in the distance, but to

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<v Speaker 2>drive past one sitting on a boundary fence next to

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<v Speaker 2>an almost single lane road is frightening. Yesterday in that

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<v Speaker 2>area started around two or three degrees in the morning.

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<v Speaker 2>The sun was out, but almost zero wind, and these

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<v Speaker 2>things just sat there, barely turning.

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<v Speaker 3>I kid you not.

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like some alien invasion had taken place surrounding

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<v Speaker 2>this little town. And there were hundreds more of these

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<v Speaker 2>things off on the horizon doing absolutely nothing. Now, if

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<v Speaker 2>you were to suggest putting one of these things in

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<v Speaker 2>suburbia one, there would be a riot. But no, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a bush that will be made to suffer. Golden pl

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, is owned largely by two companies, TAG

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<v Speaker 2>Energy and a mob called inca group. On their website,

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<v Speaker 2>TAG admits the turbines are situated brought in broad acre

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<v Speaker 2>cropping land and livestock grazing land. They make a claim

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<v Speaker 2>this wind factory will be big enough to power seven

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and sixty five thousand homes and then this prevent

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<v Speaker 2>four point five million tons of carbon dioxide being emitted

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<v Speaker 2>annually into the atmosphere. I mean, you and I can,

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<v Speaker 2>and you can make up these numbers. You can pluck

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<v Speaker 2>any sort of figures you like to make a case

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<v Speaker 2>like they are trying to make. Tag Energy, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>is foreign owned by a combination of French and Italian

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<v Speaker 2>investors founded in twenty nineteen by French entrepreneur Jacques vai

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<v Speaker 2>Rat and the Agnelli family. The Agnelli family you might

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<v Speaker 2>know their name. They own Ferrari, the Italian football team Juventus,

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<v Speaker 2>and lots of other major staff. Now clearly these Europeans

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<v Speaker 2>see a buck to be made building wind farms in Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>But as the head of the Australian Industry Group Innus

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<v Speaker 2>Willocks said in a speech at the weekend, and here

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<v Speaker 2>this in the context of that foreign owned wind farm

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<v Speaker 2>in Rokewood in a set Australia doesn't make much of

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<v Speaker 2>anything anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>He used figures to show.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, in the year ending June twenty twenty fourth

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<v Speaker 2>or so a year ago, saw one hundred and thirty

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<v Speaker 2>six manufacturing businesses closed down, and in this pointed out,

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<v Speaker 2>we don't even make peanut butter anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>I couldn't believe that, so I checked.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a jar of bigger, crunchy peanut butter out

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<v Speaker 2>of the pantry. It carries a label saying made in Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>Then this with quote at least ten percent Australian produce.

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<v Speaker 2>My point here we are with a dominant labor victory

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<v Speaker 2>in May off the back of a promise to make

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<v Speaker 2>things in Australia, and we are going to in the

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<v Speaker 2>other direction at a wrapper rate, even surrounding small country

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<v Speaker 2>towns with foreign owned and foreign made wind turbines dominating

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<v Speaker 2>the Australian fam farming landscape. Look, if Susanly in the

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<v Speaker 2>Coalition want to make some noise starting tomorrow, they might

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<v Speaker 2>start right there. Let's get into our first panel tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>And by sheer coincidence, and I mean that given my

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<v Speaker 2>experience yesterday, farmers in New South Wales have resoundingly rejected

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<v Speaker 2>a wind farm project plans to build ninety wind turbines.

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<v Speaker 2>This is between the towns have been along and Bounding.

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<v Speaker 2>They are clashing with green energy executives. This was a

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<v Speaker 2>fiery hearing at the Bounding town hall yesterday. You've seen

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<v Speaker 2>some of the vision already tonight. But here's some of

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<v Speaker 2>that drama unfolding.

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<v Speaker 3>Avan Tyler's where the best is gone for the transmission

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<v Speaker 3>lines you've driven flats?

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<v Speaker 4>Come on?

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<v Speaker 1>This is it really is? Bush?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks the mental health, let's go into the mental health.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything's alive.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm and I know quite a few are there.

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<v Speaker 5>And I've got rain and out of like that is

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<v Speaker 5>looking in those hills and all actually is turbites right now.

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<v Speaker 2>That farm had tried to raise the issue of mental

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<v Speaker 2>health and someone tried to pull him away. I'm glad

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<v Speaker 2>he kept going. This was reported in the Daily Telegraph

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<v Speaker 2>today by James Willis, who joins me now in our panel,

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<v Speaker 2>as well as Sky and News contributed Joe hild around.

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<v Speaker 3>Great to see you both, Jonames. Can you tell us more?

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<v Speaker 3>What was the how angry was that in that room?

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<v Speaker 6>Well, Steve, I spent a couple of days around Yas.

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<v Speaker 6>This is around three hours from Sydney, and it wasn't

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<v Speaker 6>just Glenn Miller that you heard. It was a number

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<v Speaker 6>of land owners who have been on these properties for decades,

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<v Speaker 6>some of them dating back to World War Two. The

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<v Speaker 6>purchases land that have been feeding the nation or clothing

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<v Speaker 6>the nation.

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<v Speaker 3>When it comes to Marino wool.

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<v Speaker 6>They've had all sorts of issues with fires in regards

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<v Speaker 6>to drought, they've got volatile prices. The export market has

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<v Speaker 6>largely dried up, particularly in regards to wool, and all

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<v Speaker 6>of a sudden, these green energy bureaucrats not bureaucrats rather,

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<v Speaker 6>but executives have come up from Melbourne, have put a

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<v Speaker 6>map in front of them that shows around their property

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<v Speaker 6>and said we're going to be building ninety turbines the

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<v Speaker 6>size of Sydney's Crown Barangaroo, two hundred and sixty meters each. Now,

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<v Speaker 6>the worst part about this, Steve, and I just think

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<v Speaker 6>this is disgraceful behavior, is that a number of landholders

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<v Speaker 6>have done secret deals to host these turbines so they'll

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<v Speaker 6>be financially well off in the years ahead, and the

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<v Speaker 6>neighbors on the neighboring properties just around the edges have

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<v Speaker 6>no deal, found out about this via the neighbors, not

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<v Speaker 6>via the private company, and are now fighting back because

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<v Speaker 6>they're worried about these turbines being on the boundary, the

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<v Speaker 6>impact on land value, all the other potential impacts of

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<v Speaker 6>the construction and the ongo maintenance and everything like that,

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<v Speaker 6>and they're genuinely concerned about what this looks like, don't

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<v Speaker 6>have a voice, have tried to front up, and so

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<v Speaker 6>far they've got nowhere. So we're getting right behind them.

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<v Speaker 6>And as you've said off the top, you mentioned the

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<v Speaker 6>example in Victoria, this is happening right across the country

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<v Speaker 6>with these foreign owned net zero companies. They're coming in

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<v Speaker 6>to make a quick buck and the farmers don't even

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<v Speaker 6>get a cheap power bill out of it. Steve, if

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<v Speaker 6>they're next door, you think they get clean energy or

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<v Speaker 6>cheap energy for the next twenty years. It goes straight

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<v Speaker 6>through to the grid they've forgotten about. I think the

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<v Speaker 6>whole thing is disgraceful and this is one example of

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<v Speaker 6>many across the country.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you just wonder, you know, where's Anthony Albaneze's

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<v Speaker 2>election promise where he said he was going to make

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<v Speaker 2>things in Australia. I mean, these wind turbines, Joe are

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<v Speaker 2>largely produced in China. They're imported into the country. And

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<v Speaker 2>as James and I have just pointed out, there these

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<v Speaker 2>two operations one hundred and twenty two of these things

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<v Speaker 2>at Rokewood ninety nine down there at Bounding. They're just

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<v Speaker 2>taking me over decent agricultu land and splitting rural communities.

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<v Speaker 2>This is going to be end up very ugly.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>I think the thing that you really pointed to that

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<v Speaker 5>nailed was the fact that it is tearing farmers apart.

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<v Speaker 5>That there are farmers who were saying, yes, I want

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<v Speaker 5>this on my land, I can make money out of it,

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<v Speaker 5>and there are farmers who are completely blindsided by that decision,

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<v Speaker 5>and also the perception that these companies and operations that

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<v Speaker 5>don't actually have any real interest in the community. There

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<v Speaker 5>foreign owned and they just want to come in, make

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<v Speaker 5>as much money as they can.

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<v Speaker 3>And get out.

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<v Speaker 5>I was just saying to James off Air about how

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<v Speaker 5>a few years ago I was at a Daily Telegraph

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<v Speaker 5>bush summit in Tamworth and this was a white hot

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<v Speaker 5>issue and again we saw the same thing where it

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<v Speaker 5>wasn't that there was universal opposition to the wind farms.

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<v Speaker 5>It was the fact that people felt like the choice

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<v Speaker 5>wasn't in their hands, that these were decisions that had

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<v Speaker 5>already been made and they didn't get a say in them.

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<v Speaker 5>And that obviously makes people very anxious and angry if

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<v Speaker 5>they think it's going to affect their livelihoods or the

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<v Speaker 5>value of their property and be there there wasn't an

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<v Speaker 5>actual genuine interest, or that these big wind farm operators

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<v Speaker 5>weren't part of the community. And these regional communities are

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<v Speaker 5>really really close knit, and there are other experiences where

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<v Speaker 5>other operators, Australia owned operators were having the reverse result,

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<v Speaker 5>where they were consulting with the community. They were making

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<v Speaker 5>sure that everyone knew where these things were going, that

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<v Speaker 5>the path of the transmission lines or whatever it was

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<v Speaker 5>could be negotiated, that it would have less impact, that

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<v Speaker 5>the company would make sure they invested in community projects

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<v Speaker 5>and things like community sports. So they were seeing as

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<v Speaker 5>actually having a stake in the communities they were sticking

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<v Speaker 5>these things in. So I think these things will be done,

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<v Speaker 5>but they have to be done a lot, a lot better,

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<v Speaker 5>and they have to give people who were impacted either

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<v Speaker 5>a saying what's going on and also compensation.

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<v Speaker 4>If they'll see.

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<v Speaker 6>The final point on that, if I can just make

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<v Speaker 6>it very quickly, is that the price of knits zero

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<v Speaker 6>and the consequence of net zero and the requirement of

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<v Speaker 6>net zero and Frustralia to reduce its emissions surely cannot

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<v Speaker 6>be to force farmers in an already struggling industry. I mean,

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<v Speaker 6>who would be a farmer these days off their land

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<v Speaker 6>for good. We've still got to feed people moving forward,

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<v Speaker 6>and it's going to be forcing them off because of

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<v Speaker 6>these turbine projects or solar panels or transmission lines. Then

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<v Speaker 6>we really really need to consider the social license here

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<v Speaker 6>tiny towns have already done their heavy lifting and if

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<v Speaker 6>it doesn't work, well, then we need to make a

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<v Speaker 6>hard call.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and you mentioned transmission lines in Victoria. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>the Victorian government is going to force through this massive

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<v Speaker 2>project that runs out of southern New South Wales into Victoria,

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<v Speaker 2>linking all these things up because the current transmission lines

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<v Speaker 2>can't cope with carrying what they're pumping out. And they've

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<v Speaker 2>told farmers, well, this is where it's going, and you've

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<v Speaker 2>got no say. And if you lock your gate and

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<v Speaker 2>refuse to let the people come on and build these

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<v Speaker 2>transmission towers, which are not as big as the turbines,

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<v Speaker 2>but they're still pretty big, then you'll be fined up

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<v Speaker 2>to fourteen thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>Joe.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we've got governments finding farmers for wanting to

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<v Speaker 2>have their own land used the way they want to

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<v Speaker 2>use it.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, And again it is just I mean, in a way,

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<v Speaker 5>it's almost about the bedside manner, isn't it. It's about

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<v Speaker 5>governments just imposing these things from the top down and saying, well,

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<v Speaker 5>we've got the power to do this, and we're going

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<v Speaker 5>to do it whether you like it or not, or

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<v Speaker 5>actually sitting down with farmers, with locals who know the landscape,

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<v Speaker 5>and say, right, is there a way that we could

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<v Speaker 5>put these, in this case, transmission lines in where it

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<v Speaker 5>wouldn't be visible from the house or the neighboring property,

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<v Speaker 5>or where it could follow a tree line, or so

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<v Speaker 5>it wouldn't be as intrusive. Is there a case for

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<v Speaker 5>compensation to make up for the disruption or any use

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<v Speaker 5>of loss of land, or even just the fact that

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<v Speaker 5>these things are clearly not particularly nice to look at.

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<v Speaker 5>So I think these things, you know, are going to

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<v Speaker 5>have to be done. But all everything I've heard is

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<v Speaker 5>that when there is real consultation, and when communities are

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<v Speaker 5>listened to and feel like they're given the opportunity either

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<v Speaker 5>to benefit from it or at least be compensated for it,

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<v Speaker 5>or at least have a say in it, then these

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<v Speaker 5>problems can disappear pretty quickly. But when it is just

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<v Speaker 5>a government saying, right, that's it, here's the line, we're

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<v Speaker 5>following it. If you don't like it, tough, because we've

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<v Speaker 5>got the cops on our side, then that's when you

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<v Speaker 5>see this sort of white hot anger that James's has

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<v Speaker 5>revealed today.

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<v Speaker 2>On the environment and the Greens. I heard an interview

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<v Speaker 2>today on radio with one of the founders of the

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<v Speaker 2>Greens Party, Drew Hutton. Now, Drew Hutton and Bob Brown

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<v Speaker 2>set up the Greens Party back in the eighties.

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<v Speaker 3>Now Drew's been expelled.

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<v Speaker 2>He had confirmed that in the interview I heard today,

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<v Speaker 2>because he had a series of Facebook posts about the

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<v Speaker 2>party's pro transstance. Now it wasn't what he wrote, it

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<v Speaker 2>was the comments that came on the back of that article.

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<v Speaker 2>Now he said, the party's co founder, he said, quote,

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<v Speaker 2>the Greens are basically a cult, and the Colts take

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<v Speaker 2>over the Greens. This is deeply authoritarian cult that is

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<v Speaker 2>opposed to any debate or any free speech on issues

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<v Speaker 2>of gender. These people would expel Bob Brown if he

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<v Speaker 2>said anything they disagreed with. I mean, James, the Greens

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<v Speaker 2>are no longer the Greens that we all grew up with.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I remember going down the Franklin Dam interviewing

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<v Speaker 2>Bob Brown standing there with his no damn sign. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what the Greens were about. They're now pro Palestine. There

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<v Speaker 2>are about a whole bunch of issues that don't have

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<v Speaker 2>anything to do with the environment.

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<v Speaker 3>It was quite interesting.

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<v Speaker 6>Steve when we spoke about the first issue tonight in

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<v Speaker 6>regards to these farmers fighting back. A lot of the

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<v Speaker 6>farmers that I spoke to in the last few days

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<v Speaker 6>around Yas would be greenies, would probably vote green, or

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<v Speaker 6>traditionally vote close to Green, but the party has gone

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<v Speaker 6>so far to the wacky left you couldn't even call

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<v Speaker 6>them left now. I mean, they're sort of diagonal left.

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<v Speaker 6>I'd say maybe lower left. Joe would probably be able

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<v Speaker 6>to clarify that a little bit better, but certainly we

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<v Speaker 6>saw it the last federal election wash against the Greens

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<v Speaker 6>and the swings towards labor and the focus that people

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<v Speaker 6>like Adam Band had on issues in the Middle East,

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<v Speaker 6>which I mean is just astonishing. And the fact that

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<v Speaker 6>green governments in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe,

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<v Speaker 6>embrace things like nuclear power. Elected governments that are sort

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<v Speaker 6>of in power, that are green, that are saying that

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<v Speaker 6>we need nuclear as part of our energy mix moving forward.

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<v Speaker 6>They've just lost their way.

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<v Speaker 1>They need new leadership.

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<v Speaker 6>They need to come back to the right or the

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<v Speaker 6>upper right or whatever the opposite is of what I

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<v Speaker 6>just said. But it's crazy stuff and we saw that,

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<v Speaker 6>and they were punished at the ballot box and rightly so.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Joe's an expert on the levels of left right.

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<v Speaker 3>Clear that up for us.

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<v Speaker 2>But Joe, we now know why Adam Bent lost at

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<v Speaker 2>Ceedar Melbourne, don't we. I mean Cedar Melbourne is full

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<v Speaker 2>of Green voters, but they turned on him.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's right.

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<v Speaker 5>Basically, the Greens have become sort of hollowed down out

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<v Speaker 5>and replaced with communists, basically by stalinists, the extreme hard

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<v Speaker 5>left who needed a place to go after the Communist

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<v Speaker 5>Party of Australia and various other organizations were clearly discovered

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<v Speaker 5>they were not going to win any elections anytime soon,

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<v Speaker 5>and that all these people basically infiltrated the Greens in

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<v Speaker 5>a similar way. So they rushed to infiltrate the UK

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<v Speaker 5>Labor Party under Jeremy Corbyn.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is the result.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, imagine Bob Brown defending the vandalism or defacement

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<v Speaker 5>of Australian wargraves or the Australian War Memorial.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it just would never ever happen.

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<v Speaker 5>And this party that used to be kind of perhaps

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<v Speaker 5>slightly idealistic, but fairly you know, lovable, peaceful, harmless hippies

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<v Speaker 5>who just wanted to save the environment has become overrun

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<v Speaker 5>by hardcore Marxist ideologues, and so it does come with

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<v Speaker 5>a whole suite of sort of a shopping trolley full

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<v Speaker 5>of beliefs that you have to either take or leave

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<v Speaker 5>on mass, in which you have to absolutely pledge, full

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<v Speaker 5>throat at fundamental, uncompromising, one hundred percent allegiance to Otherwise

0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:13.000
<v Speaker 5>you are immediately denounced and you're effectively politically taken out

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<v Speaker 5>the back and shot. And that's exactly what happened with

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<v Speaker 5>Drew Hutton. The trans right stuff, that's just a mcguffin.

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<v Speaker 5>It doesn't matter whether it's the issue of trans rights,

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<v Speaker 5>or if it's Palestine or any host of any other

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<v Speaker 5>issues you could name. They say, right, this is the

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<v Speaker 5>most ideologically pure position. This is our position. We can

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<v Speaker 5>afford to take it, however unrealistic it is, because we

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<v Speaker 5>never actually have to make decisions or balance a budget

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<v Speaker 5>or be held accountable. And if you don't adopt it,

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<v Speaker 5>you're out mate. You get taken out the back as

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<v Speaker 5>a trader, as someone who has failed to toe the

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<v Speaker 5>labor's party line. And again that's why you have in

0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:53.480
<v Speaker 5>Victorian Greens as well. There are all these schisms between

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<v Speaker 5>you know, sort of people who are hardcore feminists who

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<v Speaker 5>are now being told that they have to have taken

0:19:59.480 --> 0:20:02.119
<v Speaker 5>biological male people in their bathrooms with the.

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<v Speaker 2>Mate taken out them, taken out the back and executed.

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<v Speaker 3>Joe James. Good to see you boys. Thank you very much.

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<v Speaker 1>Mate.

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<v Speaker 3>We'll catch up with you next week. Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I sped last week, as I said, in Adelaide, and

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<v Speaker 2>I can tell you South Australians were filthy that an environmental,

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<v Speaker 2>speaking of the environment, environmental disaster was unfolding on their doorstep.

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<v Speaker 2>Now until today, this has been largely ignored by Canberra.

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<v Speaker 2>It's an algae bloom that started south and South Australian

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<v Speaker 2>capital that since spread north along even suburban Adelaide beaches,

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<v Speaker 2>killing marine life, threatening tourism leading into the warmer months.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, those beaches are beautiful, but who's going to

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<v Speaker 2>drive over to South Australia to swim there if you've

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<v Speaker 2>got this bloom attack underway?

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard an interview on Adelaide's talkback station five Double

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<v Speaker 2>A on Friday with the Federal Minister for the Environment

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<v Speaker 2>and Water Murray What who basically said, oh well, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>go and look into this outbreak. I mean what followed

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<v Speaker 2>was a barrage of angry callers labeling worry what the

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<v Speaker 2>Minister for Mirrors are always looking into things now? He,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe, was shocked by the reaction, and I tailed

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<v Speaker 2>it over to Adelaide today to have a look for

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<v Speaker 2>himself and talk to people in the fisheries industry about

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<v Speaker 2>the impact. One oyster farmer by the way on your

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<v Speaker 2>peninsula says he's not been able to harvest and cell

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<v Speaker 2>oysters for over seventy days, so that's how long this

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<v Speaker 2>has been going on for. And a worker I talked

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<v Speaker 2>to face to face on Friday pumping sand along Adelaide's

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<v Speaker 2>beaches even told me that a baby dolphin at Glenelg

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<v Speaker 2>had to be euthanized last week after.

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<v Speaker 3>It washed up barely alive.

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<v Speaker 2>Now late today, miraculously we learn the federal government's going

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<v Speaker 2>to sign a check for fourteen million dollars for a

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<v Speaker 2>rescue plan. But still no declaration of a natural disaster

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<v Speaker 2>as you would have say, during a flood or a cyclone.

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<v Speaker 2>Joining me now, South Australian Liberal Senator Leah blythe a

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<v Speaker 2>senator too little, too late from Murray, what.

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<v Speaker 7>Dolphins, seals, all sorts of marine life.

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<v Speaker 3>Go ahead, you got me?

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<v Speaker 7>Sorry, yes, So I was going to say, this has

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<v Speaker 7>been going on for months in South Australia and we

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<v Speaker 7>have had marine life washing up along our beaches. I

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<v Speaker 7>was briefed by the Department back in June and they

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<v Speaker 7>were saying if this hit the metropolitan beaches, that would

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<v Speaker 7>be absolute worst case scenario. That's now happened. This is

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<v Speaker 7>far too little, too late. What has the government been

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<v Speaker 7>doing for all of these months preparing South Australians looking

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<v Speaker 7>out for fisheries. I mean it's hundreds of millions of dollars.

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<v Speaker 7>Those industries are worth to the national economy and they've

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<v Speaker 7>heard nothing until today. So you know, this seems to

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<v Speaker 7>be something that's happening at the eve of Federal Parliament

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<v Speaker 7>going back. It's not enough and we want to see more.

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<v Speaker 2>And what flies in and starts peering at the sand.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean he would not have a clue. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a South Australian, so I understand the purity of

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<v Speaker 2>the seafood industry out of your state. Whether it's fish

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<v Speaker 2>or whether it's crayfish, whether it's.

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<v Speaker 3>Oysters, prawns, you name it.

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<v Speaker 2>That is all at risk, let alone the impact this

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<v Speaker 2>might have down the track on tourism.

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<v Speaker 7>Absolutely, and as you've mentioned, we've got oyster farmers who

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<v Speaker 7>haven't been able to harvest their oysters and sell them on.

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<v Speaker 7>And you know, I'm biased, I'm born and bred in Adelaide,

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<v Speaker 7>but i think we have some of the best seafood

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<v Speaker 7>in the world, and you know it is at risk

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<v Speaker 7>of some of those international markets that we export into.

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<v Speaker 7>But also we're very spoiled in South Australia. We get

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<v Speaker 7>to eat some of the most amazing seafood and I'm

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<v Speaker 7>really concerned. We've got regional communities that absolutely rely on

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<v Speaker 7>the seafood and aquaculture industries in South Australia and they

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<v Speaker 7>haven't been able to do their jobs. So this is

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<v Speaker 7>this is absolutely impacting the livelihoods of everyday Australians and

0:24:13.280 --> 0:24:16.439
<v Speaker 7>South Australians along our coast, and there doesn't seem to

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<v Speaker 7>be any sort of plan. And you know, I might

0:24:18.840 --> 0:24:22.200
<v Speaker 7>add that these are communities that are also facing significant

0:24:22.240 --> 0:24:25.280
<v Speaker 7>drought in South Australia, so this is just something else

0:24:25.480 --> 0:24:28.520
<v Speaker 7>to add to their plate. And as you've rightly mentioned,

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<v Speaker 7>you know we will come into peak tourism season as

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<v Speaker 7>the months get warmer. You know, do you want to

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<v Speaker 7>be going to our beautiful, pristine seaside locations if we've

0:24:40.560 --> 0:24:43.840
<v Speaker 7>got dead marine life washing up on it? You know

0:24:43.920 --> 0:24:46.159
<v Speaker 7>that it's not something that our tourists are going to

0:24:46.200 --> 0:24:46.520
<v Speaker 7>want to do.

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<v Speaker 3>Leah.

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<v Speaker 2>What puzzles me is Premier melnowskis, who I've got some

0:24:52.160 --> 0:24:54.919
<v Speaker 2>regard for. I think, you know, he's one of the

0:24:54.920 --> 0:24:57.080
<v Speaker 2>good guys in the in the Labor party. What has

0:24:57.080 --> 0:24:59.560
<v Speaker 2>he been shouting at Canberra saying what are you going

0:24:59.640 --> 0:25:03.439
<v Speaker 2>to do? I've not seen any reports of him making

0:25:03.880 --> 0:25:08.040
<v Speaker 2>a rock solid case to his labor mates in Canberra

0:25:08.040 --> 0:25:10.880
<v Speaker 2>to get this situation under control and fixed.

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<v Speaker 7>It seems like they were sort of burying their head

0:25:14.880 --> 0:25:16.800
<v Speaker 7>in the sand, so to speak. And that's a little

0:25:16.800 --> 0:25:19.800
<v Speaker 7>bit of a pun when we're looking at coastal waters.

0:25:19.840 --> 0:25:23.200
<v Speaker 7>But I certainly didn't see any evidence of that. In

0:25:23.240 --> 0:25:26.600
<v Speaker 7>South Australia. It was very much let's wait and watch

0:25:26.720 --> 0:25:29.680
<v Speaker 7>and see what happens. And what seems to have happened

0:25:29.760 --> 0:25:32.919
<v Speaker 7>is the worst case scenario is now playing out for

0:25:33.000 --> 0:25:36.760
<v Speaker 7>South Australia and it certainly appears to me as a

0:25:36.800 --> 0:25:41.080
<v Speaker 7>South Australian that the government, both state and federal have

0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:47.400
<v Speaker 7>been caught unawares and unprepared, and it is really really disappointing,

0:25:48.119 --> 0:25:50.560
<v Speaker 7>as I said, for all of those businesses that rely

0:25:50.720 --> 0:25:54.000
<v Speaker 7>on the ocean for their livelihood and tourists that want

0:25:54.040 --> 0:25:56.640
<v Speaker 7>to come and enjoy the pristine waters, not to mention

0:25:56.840 --> 0:26:00.200
<v Speaker 7>just local South Australians who walk every day with their

0:26:00.200 --> 0:26:03.320
<v Speaker 7>dogs and their children along the beaches. You know, we've

0:26:03.359 --> 0:26:06.679
<v Speaker 7>had even instances of dogs that have been sick because

0:26:06.720 --> 0:26:09.639
<v Speaker 7>of the algall blooms. So you know, this is something

0:26:09.680 --> 0:26:12.760
<v Speaker 7>where I don't think the premiere of South Australia has

0:26:12.800 --> 0:26:17.679
<v Speaker 7>done enough to put this absolute disaster on the map.

0:26:17.920 --> 0:26:19.880
<v Speaker 7>And I think it's fair to say, you know, we've

0:26:19.880 --> 0:26:22.159
<v Speaker 7>been saying for a long time that if this was

0:26:22.200 --> 0:26:25.800
<v Speaker 7>on the coast of Sydney or Melbourne, we would have

0:26:25.840 --> 0:26:29.040
<v Speaker 7>seen action far sooner. And you know, today, while I

0:26:29.119 --> 0:26:34.199
<v Speaker 7>welcome sum Relay, fourteen million dollars is a drop in

0:26:34.240 --> 0:26:37.000
<v Speaker 7>the ocean. You know, we are talking about, you know,

0:26:37.160 --> 0:26:40.480
<v Speaker 7>half a billion dollar industry and this is not going

0:26:40.480 --> 0:26:44.560
<v Speaker 7>to help. That doesn't even take into account tourism providers,

0:26:44.600 --> 0:26:48.720
<v Speaker 7>you know, people that are going out recreational fishes. This

0:26:48.960 --> 0:26:52.639
<v Speaker 7>is you know, far too little and I don't think

0:26:52.760 --> 0:26:55.919
<v Speaker 7>we are going to see any kind of plan in

0:26:56.000 --> 0:26:59.840
<v Speaker 7>terms of what does it mean when the water's warm

0:26:59.920 --> 0:27:02.800
<v Speaker 7>up again with the warmer summer months coming, are we

0:27:02.880 --> 0:27:04.760
<v Speaker 7>going to see the bloom get bigger?

0:27:05.040 --> 0:27:06.440
<v Speaker 8>You know, where.

0:27:06.200 --> 0:27:10.080
<v Speaker 7>Is the planning that's coming to make sure that South Australians.

0:27:09.560 --> 0:27:10.560
<v Speaker 1>Are prepared.

0:27:12.680 --> 0:27:13.800
<v Speaker 3>A complete disaster?

0:27:13.960 --> 0:27:16.880
<v Speaker 2>And you know, keep talking about it because obviously Camber

0:27:17.040 --> 0:27:19.760
<v Speaker 2>needs to be embarrassed before they do anything. Senator, thank

0:27:19.800 --> 0:27:22.359
<v Speaker 2>you very much for your time tonight. Now coming up

0:27:22.440 --> 0:27:24.959
<v Speaker 2>after the break still to come, Victoria's facing what is

0:27:25.000 --> 0:27:27.400
<v Speaker 2>called an economic day of reckoning?

0:27:27.520 --> 0:27:27.920
<v Speaker 3>Is it ever?

0:27:28.400 --> 0:27:31.600
<v Speaker 2>That's the assessment of experts from out of the state.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be joined by Shadow Victorian Treasurer James Newbury a

0:27:34.920 --> 0:27:39.000
<v Speaker 2>little later to discuss that. But first up, politicians. They're

0:27:39.040 --> 0:27:41.600
<v Speaker 2>all back in Canberra this week. The PM even walked

0:27:41.640 --> 0:27:45.200
<v Speaker 2>to work with his son as the Liberal Party languishes

0:27:45.359 --> 0:27:48.760
<v Speaker 2>in the polls. Radio legend Ray Hadley, a regular with

0:27:48.840 --> 0:27:52.040
<v Speaker 2>Shari on a Tuesday on a Monday night, will join

0:27:52.080 --> 0:27:58.920
<v Speaker 2>me live. That's up next, welcome back to see price

0:27:58.960 --> 0:27:59.920
<v Speaker 2>in for Sharima.

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<v Speaker 3>All this week and next.

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<v Speaker 2>Now Prime minust Anthony Albanez. He walked to work today

0:28:04.119 --> 0:28:06.240
<v Speaker 2>with his son Nice Pitchers, and he addressed the Labor

0:28:06.240 --> 0:28:10.160
<v Speaker 2>Party caucus once he got there. Parliament doesn't sit until

0:28:10.160 --> 0:28:13.080
<v Speaker 2>tomorrow and that will largely be ceremonial. It won't have

0:28:13.119 --> 0:28:16.399
<v Speaker 2>a question time. I don't think it was exactly a

0:28:16.520 --> 0:28:19.959
<v Speaker 2>visionary speech, but the Prime Minister did promise quote a

0:28:20.080 --> 0:28:22.520
<v Speaker 2>year of delivery for Australians.

0:28:22.520 --> 0:28:25.520
<v Speaker 9>Have a look at what he had to say, permanently

0:28:26.080 --> 0:28:31.920
<v Speaker 9>lowing people's power bills as well as helping the entire

0:28:32.000 --> 0:28:35.040
<v Speaker 9>system because it takes pressure off.

0:28:35.000 --> 0:28:36.040
<v Speaker 10>The energy grid.

0:28:37.119 --> 0:28:38.400
<v Speaker 4>That is our down.

0:28:38.200 --> 0:28:41.840
<v Speaker 10>Payment on what will be our year of delivery. That

0:28:42.040 --> 0:28:45.400
<v Speaker 10>is our focus. We've just been through an election. We

0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:49.960
<v Speaker 10>had clear commitments and we want to deliver them this

0:28:50.120 --> 0:28:54.160
<v Speaker 10>week and this fortnite. We start on the next trunch.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that comment at the beginning there, it was about

0:28:58.440 --> 0:29:01.920
<v Speaker 2>batteries and people being able to put the.

0:29:01.920 --> 0:29:03.840
<v Speaker 3>Energy that they actually bring in in.

0:29:03.840 --> 0:29:06.320
<v Speaker 2>Solar and wind into a battery. Well, the whole thing

0:29:06.360 --> 0:29:08.600
<v Speaker 2>seemed like a grab bag of handing out money, which

0:29:08.600 --> 0:29:11.240
<v Speaker 2>I guess is what got Anthony Albaniz he elected in

0:29:11.280 --> 0:29:16.920
<v Speaker 2>the first place. Hex's debt payments to youngsters, maternity leaves, superannuation,

0:29:17.080 --> 0:29:20.440
<v Speaker 2>minimum wage rises, all very labor promises. Joining me now

0:29:20.520 --> 0:29:23.600
<v Speaker 2>Sharrige Monday Night regular and my old mate from Rato

0:29:23.720 --> 0:29:28.160
<v Speaker 2>two GB days now a retired professional golfer and professional grandfather,

0:29:28.280 --> 0:29:28.800
<v Speaker 2>Ray Hadley.

0:29:28.840 --> 0:29:30.200
<v Speaker 3>Great to catch up with you, my friend.

0:29:30.280 --> 0:29:33.200
<v Speaker 11>How are you who could believe it too retired or

0:29:33.360 --> 0:29:37.040
<v Speaker 11>semi retired in your case shock jocks back together. We

0:29:37.160 --> 0:29:39.800
<v Speaker 11>started our time to back in most two thousand at

0:29:39.800 --> 0:29:42.520
<v Speaker 11>the Sydney Olympics when I only did sport and you

0:29:42.600 --> 0:29:46.240
<v Speaker 11>were a trumpet three aw and gave me the gig.

0:29:47.160 --> 0:29:48.120
<v Speaker 1>And I really enjoyed it.

0:29:48.120 --> 0:29:49.880
<v Speaker 11>And here we are back there. Did all the work,

0:29:50.960 --> 0:29:52.320
<v Speaker 11>well that was you did all the work.

0:29:52.360 --> 0:29:53.520
<v Speaker 3>I did all the celebrating.

0:29:54.640 --> 0:29:56.920
<v Speaker 11>Yeah, you're on that boat down on the harbor somewhere

0:29:56.960 --> 0:29:57.600
<v Speaker 11>most of the time.

0:29:57.640 --> 0:29:57.960
<v Speaker 1>I think.

0:29:58.000 --> 0:30:04.560
<v Speaker 11>Anyway, we got bigger fister right now, Steve, look my

0:30:04.680 --> 0:30:07.840
<v Speaker 11>eyes glaze over every time is to talk about energy.

0:30:09.840 --> 0:30:13.120
<v Speaker 2>Well, you and I at some time over the past

0:30:13.200 --> 0:30:16.080
<v Speaker 2>few years have had some regard for Anthony alber Easy.

0:30:16.120 --> 0:30:19.040
<v Speaker 2>I mean you used to have him regularly on radio.

0:30:19.200 --> 0:30:21.760
<v Speaker 2>I used to talk to him occasionally on radio. I

0:30:21.800 --> 0:30:23.800
<v Speaker 2>once went and had a very pleasant lunch with him.

0:30:24.760 --> 0:30:27.440
<v Speaker 2>That was when he was both in opposition serving under Rudden.

0:30:27.800 --> 0:30:31.200
<v Speaker 2>But it doesn't seem to have grown into the job

0:30:31.320 --> 0:30:34.200
<v Speaker 2>at all. You're a great observer of these things. What's

0:30:34.200 --> 0:30:35.560
<v Speaker 2>happened to his personality.

0:30:36.360 --> 0:30:39.560
<v Speaker 11>He's been promoted beyond his station in life, That's simply

0:30:39.600 --> 0:30:40.280
<v Speaker 11>what's happened.

0:30:40.960 --> 0:30:43.080
<v Speaker 1>I used to knock around with him at football games.

0:30:43.400 --> 0:30:45.280
<v Speaker 1>He's an Arden South City supporter.

0:30:45.360 --> 0:30:47.000
<v Speaker 11>Of course, when I called a lot of football back

0:30:47.000 --> 0:30:48.520
<v Speaker 11>in the day, and I always had a lot of

0:30:48.560 --> 0:30:52.160
<v Speaker 11>time for him. But as I just said, my eyes

0:30:52.200 --> 0:30:56.160
<v Speaker 11>glaze over every time I listened to him talk about energy.

0:30:56.800 --> 0:30:58.840
<v Speaker 1>I listened to Joe and James a bit earlier.

0:30:59.400 --> 0:31:02.800
<v Speaker 11>The greens are non event now and we're relying upon

0:31:02.880 --> 0:31:05.800
<v Speaker 11>Casnova Bowen and the Prime Minister to guide us through

0:31:06.080 --> 0:31:10.520
<v Speaker 11>wind farms, solar panels, electric cars that only get your

0:31:10.520 --> 0:31:14.440
<v Speaker 11>three hundred and fifty k's in a pinch and then recharge.

0:31:14.480 --> 0:31:15.560
<v Speaker 1>In the middle of nowhere.

0:31:15.640 --> 0:31:19.120
<v Speaker 11>We've got offshore wind farms being spoken about still, despite

0:31:19.120 --> 0:31:20.719
<v Speaker 11>the fact that people that are supposed to build them

0:31:20.720 --> 0:31:22.880
<v Speaker 11>from Europe said leave us out of it.

0:31:22.920 --> 0:31:24.320
<v Speaker 1>The tender process is flowed.

0:31:24.320 --> 0:31:26.440
<v Speaker 11>We don't want to do it anymore, either off Wollongong

0:31:26.520 --> 0:31:29.400
<v Speaker 11>or Port Stevens and probably off the Victorian.

0:31:28.920 --> 0:31:29.640
<v Speaker 1>Coast as well.

0:31:30.240 --> 0:31:33.120
<v Speaker 11>And I mean he just said again in that clip

0:31:33.160 --> 0:31:37.360
<v Speaker 11>you played for your viewers that you know he's promising reductions.

0:31:37.720 --> 0:31:40.080
<v Speaker 1>We've been listening to that for four years. Where's the

0:31:40.080 --> 0:31:42.479
<v Speaker 1>two hundred and seventy five bucks we were promised all

0:31:42.480 --> 0:31:43.240
<v Speaker 1>those years ago?

0:31:43.800 --> 0:31:46.760
<v Speaker 11>Never materialized and this is just another promise that he'll

0:31:46.800 --> 0:31:47.720
<v Speaker 11>break down the track.

0:31:50.040 --> 0:31:50.680
<v Speaker 3>Yeah he got I.

0:31:50.680 --> 0:31:52.479
<v Speaker 2>Mean you think he would have learned, because I mean

0:31:52.480 --> 0:31:54.880
<v Speaker 2>he went around promising low power bills and we never

0:31:54.880 --> 0:31:59.040
<v Speaker 2>got him. As you say, it's interesting too the words

0:31:59.080 --> 0:32:03.480
<v Speaker 2>that have disappeared out of the agenda. Now we don't

0:32:03.520 --> 0:32:06.400
<v Speaker 2>hear much about the cost of living crisis anymore. I mean,

0:32:06.520 --> 0:32:08.480
<v Speaker 2>I'll talk to you about the opposition in a moment,

0:32:08.520 --> 0:32:11.680
<v Speaker 2>because part of that is their fault. But Albo doesn't

0:32:11.720 --> 0:32:14.480
<v Speaker 2>seem to realize he's off running around with pandas and

0:32:14.520 --> 0:32:16.920
<v Speaker 2>wandering around the Great Wall of China. How does he

0:32:17.000 --> 0:32:19.440
<v Speaker 2>think that looks to people sitting down in their lounge

0:32:19.480 --> 0:32:22.880
<v Speaker 2>room tonight with their electricity bill, trying to work out

0:32:22.880 --> 0:32:24.600
<v Speaker 2>if they can pay their mortgage next month.

0:32:25.200 --> 0:32:27.520
<v Speaker 11>He should be more concerned about what Donald Trump thinks

0:32:27.520 --> 0:32:30.120
<v Speaker 11>about him having his fourth visit to the Chinese leader

0:32:30.120 --> 0:32:33.000
<v Speaker 11>without even meeting Donald Trump, despite him being there for

0:32:33.760 --> 0:32:36.800
<v Speaker 11>a fair time, and as you say, it was all

0:32:36.840 --> 0:32:40.640
<v Speaker 11>about pandas it was all about feeling good and hail fellow,

0:32:40.720 --> 0:32:46.000
<v Speaker 11>well met, and then misquoted a Taiwan as the Chinese do.

0:32:46.080 --> 0:32:49.600
<v Speaker 11>They said, I know he's fully supporting us moving into

0:32:49.600 --> 0:32:50.720
<v Speaker 11>Taiwan and taking over.

0:32:51.040 --> 0:32:52.000
<v Speaker 1>It's not what he said.

0:32:52.760 --> 0:32:56.040
<v Speaker 11>But because he's over there shaking hands and glad handing

0:32:56.720 --> 0:33:01.280
<v Speaker 11>the Chinese leaders looking like one of them, well of

0:33:01.320 --> 0:33:05.080
<v Speaker 11>course they're going to misquote him and misuse his language

0:33:05.280 --> 0:33:08.160
<v Speaker 11>and say things he didn't say. And he's got to

0:33:08.280 --> 0:33:10.719
<v Speaker 11>now clarify all that and say, well, on a second, now,

0:33:11.320 --> 0:33:13.440
<v Speaker 11>I'm opposed to what they're trying to do to Taiwan.

0:33:13.960 --> 0:33:17.959
<v Speaker 11>And he still has enunciated really in clear terms that

0:33:18.000 --> 0:33:20.600
<v Speaker 11>we rely upon the United States of America, not just

0:33:20.680 --> 0:33:24.400
<v Speaker 11>in trade, but they saved us in World War tours.

0:33:24.400 --> 0:33:25.600
<v Speaker 1>I've said here previously with.

0:33:25.600 --> 0:33:28.680
<v Speaker 11>Shari, and if we're in strife sometime down the track,

0:33:28.720 --> 0:33:31.280
<v Speaker 11>we're going to need some help from them again. So

0:33:31.320 --> 0:33:34.600
<v Speaker 11>he's got to really really work hard to make sure

0:33:34.800 --> 0:33:38.080
<v Speaker 11>they're not offside, particularly the leader. He's got to make

0:33:38.080 --> 0:33:41.240
<v Speaker 11>sure Donald Trump's happy with him, and whatever it takes,

0:33:41.240 --> 0:33:41.920
<v Speaker 11>he's got to do it.

0:33:44.480 --> 0:33:46.320
<v Speaker 3>You've always been a winner in life.

0:33:46.440 --> 0:33:49.840
<v Speaker 2>How'd you like to be? Susan lee trying to run

0:33:49.880 --> 0:33:54.080
<v Speaker 2>the coalition? She's staring at least six years probably in opposition.

0:33:54.480 --> 0:33:56.920
<v Speaker 2>The Libs are down to the worst polling figures they've

0:33:56.920 --> 0:34:00.360
<v Speaker 2>had since the nineteen forties, their primary votes down at

0:34:00.360 --> 0:34:06.080
<v Speaker 2>twenty nine percent. Is that brand, in your view savable?

0:34:06.400 --> 0:34:08.800
<v Speaker 2>I mean, could Jerry Harvey even savored.

0:34:09.320 --> 0:34:12.280
<v Speaker 1>No, not if he offered you five years interest free.

0:34:13.200 --> 0:34:15.520
<v Speaker 11>As far as Susan Leed's concerned, I've said before she

0:34:15.560 --> 0:34:17.040
<v Speaker 11>won't lead the party.

0:34:16.760 --> 0:34:19.719
<v Speaker 1>To the next election. I wouldn't think and that's not

0:34:20.280 --> 0:34:21.120
<v Speaker 1>denigrating her.

0:34:22.000 --> 0:34:25.319
<v Speaker 11>But you know they've been battling all these weeks and

0:34:25.400 --> 0:34:29.120
<v Speaker 11>months since the election about gender equality and the first

0:34:29.120 --> 0:34:31.200
<v Speaker 11>thing she did when she's in the chair and sack

0:34:31.440 --> 0:34:34.680
<v Speaker 11>two of the most capable females that were serving under

0:34:34.680 --> 0:34:40.200
<v Speaker 11>Peter Dutton. Look, it's uninspiring stuff. I'm not surprised by

0:34:40.239 --> 0:34:43.799
<v Speaker 11>the news poll out the day. They've got a herculian task.

0:34:43.840 --> 0:34:45.839
<v Speaker 11>Of course, it's not good use for labor. Either their

0:34:45.880 --> 0:34:48.839
<v Speaker 11>primary voters down as well, but two party preferred. They've

0:34:48.840 --> 0:34:52.480
<v Speaker 11>increased their lead over what they did in May, so

0:34:52.800 --> 0:34:57.720
<v Speaker 11>you know they're coasting along. But look they've been looking

0:34:57.760 --> 0:35:00.279
<v Speaker 11>at themselves for the last three or four months. They've

0:35:00.280 --> 0:35:02.560
<v Speaker 11>been talking about things both in New South Wales and

0:35:02.600 --> 0:35:04.640
<v Speaker 11>federally that people.

0:35:04.480 --> 0:35:05.240
<v Speaker 1>Don't care about.

0:35:05.320 --> 0:35:07.799
<v Speaker 11>They don't care about gender equality, and they don't care

0:35:07.840 --> 0:35:09.000
<v Speaker 11>about whether they.

0:35:08.880 --> 0:35:11.680
<v Speaker 1>Want the best person in the Liberal Party for the job.

0:35:11.760 --> 0:35:14.160
<v Speaker 11>That's what they want, and it happens to be Susan Lee,

0:35:14.239 --> 0:35:15.759
<v Speaker 11>or it happens to be just hit a.

0:35:15.760 --> 0:35:17.839
<v Speaker 1>Price or anyone else. That's who they want doing it.

0:35:18.840 --> 0:35:21.279
<v Speaker 11>And they're preoccupied with all this stuff and it's just

0:35:21.880 --> 0:35:25.200
<v Speaker 11>it's green stuff. And as Jay said, I mean the

0:35:25.239 --> 0:35:27.959
<v Speaker 11>Greens are being wiped off the face of the earth

0:35:28.000 --> 0:35:31.359
<v Speaker 11>because the environmentalists who started the party been taken over

0:35:31.440 --> 0:35:35.360
<v Speaker 11>by these people who have social agendas, namely at the moment,

0:35:35.640 --> 0:35:39.120
<v Speaker 11>Palestine and Gaza and supporting Hamas and all the other

0:35:39.200 --> 0:35:42.080
<v Speaker 11>rubbish they go on with. And they're irrelevant now. But

0:35:42.960 --> 0:35:46.560
<v Speaker 11>Susan Lee faces a peculian task to pull this all together.

0:35:46.600 --> 0:35:48.719
<v Speaker 1>I don't think she can do it. I don't know

0:35:48.760 --> 0:35:50.000
<v Speaker 1>who can in the party.

0:35:50.440 --> 0:35:53.239
<v Speaker 11>Maybe Hasty down the track, I don't know, but I

0:35:53.280 --> 0:35:55.200
<v Speaker 11>don't think she can lead them to the next election

0:35:55.280 --> 0:35:56.360
<v Speaker 11>and have any hap of winning.

0:35:58.920 --> 0:36:01.040
<v Speaker 2>I'm glad you mention this because I mean you and

0:36:01.080 --> 0:36:02.600
<v Speaker 2>I could go out with a bag one hundred dollar

0:36:02.680 --> 0:36:05.200
<v Speaker 2>notes in the street. You would not find one person

0:36:05.480 --> 0:36:08.279
<v Speaker 2>who could tell you who the opposition leader of New

0:36:08.320 --> 0:36:13.800
<v Speaker 2>South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and you might get wa

0:36:13.880 --> 0:36:16.480
<v Speaker 2>because it's Basil Zempless and he's known for doing what

0:36:16.600 --> 0:36:19.360
<v Speaker 2>you do so well, calling sport. They wouldn't know, They

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<v Speaker 2>would have no clue about the rest of them. So

0:36:21.840 --> 0:36:25.160
<v Speaker 2>they're not only in trouble at a federal level, they're

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<v Speaker 2>just a basket case in the States.

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<v Speaker 11>Well, I'd leave Victoria to you because of your expertise

0:36:30.840 --> 0:36:32.440
<v Speaker 11>down there, but I can talk with some authority in

0:36:32.480 --> 0:36:36.239
<v Speaker 11>New South Wales. Mark Speakman, every day he leads the

0:36:36.320 --> 0:36:39.520
<v Speaker 11>Liberal Opposition is a day further away from being elected.

0:36:39.920 --> 0:36:43.440
<v Speaker 11>Chris Mins, who's not perfect but pretty good, plays him

0:36:43.480 --> 0:36:46.719
<v Speaker 11>off a break and when really important things are up

0:36:46.719 --> 0:36:51.359
<v Speaker 11>for the bait. Mark Speakman's are catautionous. Elian's further left

0:36:51.360 --> 0:36:55.000
<v Speaker 11>than some people on the Labor Party. But the problem

0:36:55.040 --> 0:36:57.279
<v Speaker 11>is the same as Susan Lee, who you replace him with.

0:36:57.480 --> 0:37:01.759
<v Speaker 11>There's some very capable women in the Liberal Party in

0:37:01.800 --> 0:37:03.919
<v Speaker 11>New South Wales, but they're not quite ready I don't

0:37:03.960 --> 0:37:04.680
<v Speaker 11>think to take over.

0:37:04.800 --> 0:37:06.799
<v Speaker 1>But it's the same deal with him.

0:37:07.120 --> 0:37:10.319
<v Speaker 11>They can't possibly win an election in New South Wales with.

0:37:10.360 --> 0:37:12.920
<v Speaker 1>Mark Speakman as leader. And one day they're.

0:37:12.760 --> 0:37:14.640
<v Speaker 11>Going to wake up with the fact and say, oh jeez,

0:37:14.680 --> 0:37:15.520
<v Speaker 11>we've made a blue ear.

0:37:15.840 --> 0:37:17.080
<v Speaker 1>We better move in another direction.

0:37:17.440 --> 0:37:22.960
<v Speaker 11>And as you say, you know among New South Wales vaders,

0:37:23.360 --> 0:37:25.640
<v Speaker 11>I think you find half of them, whether the.

0:37:25.600 --> 0:37:27.920
<v Speaker 1>Liberal supporters Labor supporters. If you put a photo up,

0:37:27.960 --> 0:37:29.799
<v Speaker 1>they'd be flat out identifying here he is.

0:37:32.160 --> 0:37:34.200
<v Speaker 2>I just want to give you a minute to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about the Newsander campaign to Save the Children campaign. I

0:37:37.160 --> 0:37:40.600
<v Speaker 2>know you're an ambassador for this. What is this trying

0:37:40.600 --> 0:37:41.320
<v Speaker 2>to achieve?

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<v Speaker 11>Well, quite simply working with children checks conducted on the

0:37:46.200 --> 0:37:49.240
<v Speaker 11>state by state basis, Steve hasn't worked.

0:37:49.880 --> 0:37:53.680
<v Speaker 1>It hasn't worked. Pedophiles by their.

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<v Speaker 11>Very nature are devious individuals and what they're able to

0:37:57.040 --> 0:37:59.680
<v Speaker 11>do is cherry picked from one jurisdiction to the other,

0:38:00.000 --> 0:38:03.520
<v Speaker 11>as we've seen. Without going into the legalities of it

0:38:03.560 --> 0:38:07.360
<v Speaker 11>in both Queensland and Victoria at the moment, and after

0:38:07.400 --> 0:38:11.799
<v Speaker 11>the Raw Commission that Julia Gillard God bless Her initiated,

0:38:12.239 --> 0:38:15.080
<v Speaker 11>we get to twenty eighteen and the commissioners said, among

0:38:15.120 --> 0:38:21.080
<v Speaker 11>many recommendations, we need one national body for working with children.

0:38:21.400 --> 0:38:25.200
<v Speaker 11>We've had successive Liberal National Party governments and Labor governments

0:38:25.320 --> 0:38:29.719
<v Speaker 11>ignore that plea from the Raw Commissioners. So surely, to

0:38:29.760 --> 0:38:33.880
<v Speaker 11>goodness Michelle Rowland, the Attorney General and the attorneys general

0:38:33.920 --> 0:38:38.359
<v Speaker 11>across the states, and the chief ministers from the two

0:38:38.400 --> 0:38:42.360
<v Speaker 11>places we're talking about, Canberra, the Act and Northern Territory,

0:38:42.560 --> 0:38:45.040
<v Speaker 11>they've already said, along with five premiers, we need to

0:38:45.040 --> 0:38:47.640
<v Speaker 11>make it national. It's too hard to deal with on

0:38:47.680 --> 0:38:51.560
<v Speaker 11>a state by state basis. A national register is needed.

0:38:52.040 --> 0:38:55.160
<v Speaker 11>As you and I well know. I'm a grandfather of seven,

0:38:55.640 --> 0:38:59.359
<v Speaker 11>a father of four. We need to protect children. They're

0:38:59.360 --> 0:39:03.400
<v Speaker 11>our greatest asset. And at the moment, given the charges

0:39:03.920 --> 0:39:07.520
<v Speaker 11>against these men in Victoria and the conviction and the

0:39:07.560 --> 0:39:11.080
<v Speaker 11>guilty plea from the Blake in Queensland Ashlee Griffith, I

0:39:11.120 --> 0:39:13.040
<v Speaker 11>mean it's a race to the bottom. So it's a

0:39:13.120 --> 0:39:17.400
<v Speaker 11>very simple one for the Attorney General look, I beg you, Michelle, you're.

0:39:17.280 --> 0:39:18.040
<v Speaker 1>A good person.

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<v Speaker 11>Line them up at the meeting next month and say, listen, guys,

0:39:21.920 --> 0:39:23.640
<v Speaker 11>what we're doing is it's national.

0:39:24.320 --> 0:39:26.160
<v Speaker 1>No debate required, it's national.

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<v Speaker 11>We're going to formulate a policy to give the working

0:39:29.200 --> 0:39:33.040
<v Speaker 11>with children check a national register so these grubs can't

0:39:33.200 --> 0:39:35.120
<v Speaker 11>cherry pick where they work with children.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well said, good luck with that campaign. I hope

0:39:40.320 --> 0:39:42.719
<v Speaker 2>it's very successful. Very nice to catch up with you,

0:39:42.800 --> 0:39:44.839
<v Speaker 2>my old friend, Ray Hadley. They're now coming up after

0:39:44.880 --> 0:39:47.440
<v Speaker 2>the break of Bombshall report from the US Director of

0:39:47.480 --> 0:39:51.239
<v Speaker 2>National Intelligence accusing the Obama administration of all things of

0:39:51.280 --> 0:39:55.200
<v Speaker 2>a year's long campaign or a coup against Donald Trump.

0:39:55.280 --> 0:39:58.480
<v Speaker 2>Skye News contributor Kosher Gada has the latest on that,

0:39:58.600 --> 0:40:03.200
<v Speaker 2>plus surging crime woes and tea and biscuits. What on

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<v Speaker 2>earth's going on in Victoria?

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome back.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>I've learned not to be surprised by anything the Victorian

0:40:14.719 --> 0:40:17.800
<v Speaker 2>State Labor government does. But this will make your hair curl.

0:40:17.840 --> 0:40:19.920
<v Speaker 2>I mean, there's got to be night works on the

0:40:20.000 --> 0:40:23.120
<v Speaker 2>dreaded suburban rail loop at a place called Heatherton in Melbourne,

0:40:23.560 --> 0:40:27.520
<v Speaker 2>and the people who live in the surrounding areas had

0:40:27.520 --> 0:40:30.040
<v Speaker 2>a knock on the door and someone handed over a

0:40:30.080 --> 0:40:32.880
<v Speaker 2>package which was supposed to make them feel better about

0:40:32.960 --> 0:40:37.040
<v Speaker 2>being awake all night while machinery bores its way through

0:40:37.200 --> 0:40:39.600
<v Speaker 2>the ground around their houses. They were given a paper

0:40:39.600 --> 0:40:42.120
<v Speaker 2>bag full of tea and biscuits. I'm not kidding that

0:40:42.280 --> 0:40:46.240
<v Speaker 2>construction of a stabling yard. It'll continue until ten o'clock

0:40:46.280 --> 0:40:48.759
<v Speaker 2>at night, every night, seven days a week. Joining me

0:40:48.760 --> 0:40:52.840
<v Speaker 2>in our shadow, Victorian Treasurer James Newbury. I mean you

0:40:52.920 --> 0:40:56.720
<v Speaker 2>imagine the look on people's faces, James, when someone turns

0:40:56.800 --> 0:40:59.080
<v Speaker 2>up with a package of tea and biscuits and saying,

0:40:59.400 --> 0:41:01.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't worry, We're only going to work till ten

0:41:01.520 --> 0:41:02.160
<v Speaker 2>o'clock at night.

0:41:03.239 --> 0:41:04.520
<v Speaker 4>Pretty condescending, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 8>Can you imagine someone jack hammering against your wall and

0:41:07.920 --> 0:41:11.279
<v Speaker 8>just Cindra Avellan sends you a tea bag. I mean, seriously,

0:41:11.560 --> 0:41:14.560
<v Speaker 8>it's got to be a joke. Sadly, in Victoria, it's not.

0:41:15.280 --> 0:41:17.040
<v Speaker 8>So you're going to be up all night and just

0:41:17.080 --> 0:41:20.040
<v Speaker 8>Cinterre Allen's solution is to send you a couple of

0:41:20.080 --> 0:41:21.880
<v Speaker 8>tea bags. Well, you're going to be sitting up in

0:41:21.920 --> 0:41:25.080
<v Speaker 8>bed because the government doesn't care about where you live.

0:41:25.120 --> 0:41:26.720
<v Speaker 4>It doesn't care about your amenity.

0:41:26.760 --> 0:41:29.879
<v Speaker 8>It doesn't care about Frankly, you're having sleep at night,

0:41:30.239 --> 0:41:30.920
<v Speaker 8>But don't worry.

0:41:31.040 --> 0:41:33.200
<v Speaker 4>Just Cintra Allen's going to send you a tea bag.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, let's be frank I mean, she's really giving

0:41:36.280 --> 0:41:40.359
<v Speaker 8>Victorians the two fingers salute, isn't she?

0:41:40.360 --> 0:41:40.759
<v Speaker 12>She is?

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll get it on a moment to machetes. And

0:41:43.719 --> 0:41:46.839
<v Speaker 2>what's happened at another shopping center in the last three

0:41:46.920 --> 0:41:49.520
<v Speaker 2>or four days where a man tragically lost his hand.

0:41:50.160 --> 0:41:51.160
<v Speaker 3>In your role as.

0:41:51.080 --> 0:41:54.440
<v Speaker 2>Shadow treasure businesses in Victoria, you hear about it day

0:41:54.480 --> 0:41:59.040
<v Speaker 2>after day after day. Places shutting in record numbers, unemployment,

0:41:59.160 --> 0:42:02.080
<v Speaker 2>tough regulation. And there's some new data in the Herald

0:42:02.120 --> 0:42:06.320
<v Speaker 2>some today showing a forty eight percent annual increase of

0:42:06.400 --> 0:42:10.040
<v Speaker 2>the number of businesses that have collapsed or in have

0:42:10.120 --> 0:42:13.399
<v Speaker 2>a financial controller in charge. Doesn't surprise me. I bet

0:42:13.440 --> 0:42:15.440
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't surprise you.

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<v Speaker 8>No. And the speed of closure, by comparison to other

0:42:19.200 --> 0:42:22.840
<v Speaker 8>states is what's really shocking. So the level of growth

0:42:22.960 --> 0:42:26.640
<v Speaker 8>year on year is exponential in Victoria. But you hear

0:42:26.719 --> 0:42:29.560
<v Speaker 8>lots of numbers, and you know forty four thy three

0:42:29.680 --> 0:42:32.400
<v Speaker 8>hundred roughly over the last year but let me break

0:42:32.400 --> 0:42:36.640
<v Speaker 8>that down so that people understand just under a dozen a.

0:42:36.680 --> 0:42:40.799
<v Speaker 4>Day over the year, every day over the year. So

0:42:40.920 --> 0:42:42.520
<v Speaker 4>that's the number you need to remember.

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<v Speaker 8>In Victoria, about a dozen a day are closing in

0:42:46.880 --> 0:42:47.440
<v Speaker 8>this state.

0:42:47.760 --> 0:42:50.480
<v Speaker 4>Are we surprised? No taxes?

0:42:50.600 --> 0:42:53.560
<v Speaker 8>We know the government's already increased over sixty two of them.

0:42:54.120 --> 0:42:56.440
<v Speaker 8>We know that taxes are too high. We know that

0:42:56.680 --> 0:42:59.720
<v Speaker 8>energy costs are too high. I mean, is there anything

0:42:59.760 --> 0:43:01.560
<v Speaker 8>that government's not doing well?

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<v Speaker 4>Actually, there's one thing.

0:43:02.800 --> 0:43:05.279
<v Speaker 8>The government's not doing to businesses. It's not seending them

0:43:05.320 --> 0:43:08.520
<v Speaker 8>tea bags. But apart from that, it's taxing them out

0:43:08.560 --> 0:43:12.480
<v Speaker 8>of existence. It's bleeding them through energy costs. And now

0:43:12.520 --> 0:43:15.839
<v Speaker 8>we're losing on average twelve a day, a dozen a day.

0:43:16.400 --> 0:43:17.080
<v Speaker 4>It's shocking.

0:43:17.120 --> 0:43:19.840
<v Speaker 8>I mean, frankly, we've got a small business closure crisis

0:43:20.120 --> 0:43:23.200
<v Speaker 8>and the only thing the Victorian government is doing is

0:43:23.239 --> 0:43:25.440
<v Speaker 8>it's in the business of shutting down businesses.

0:43:27.480 --> 0:43:30.040
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's a tragedy and the economy is just so

0:43:30.160 --> 0:43:33.960
<v Speaker 2>weak it's on its knees. I mentioned machetes. I thought

0:43:34.320 --> 0:43:36.680
<v Speaker 2>that it takes a lot to shock Melbourne people now

0:43:36.680 --> 0:43:39.439
<v Speaker 2>because we've seen pictures of people running down Chapel Street

0:43:39.440 --> 0:43:41.680
<v Speaker 2>with a machete in their hands. But a bloke in

0:43:41.719 --> 0:43:44.200
<v Speaker 2>a shopping center at the weekend there was two attacks,

0:43:44.200 --> 0:43:48.359
<v Speaker 2>one a teenager still fighting for his life, another tragically

0:43:48.400 --> 0:43:52.920
<v Speaker 2>losing his hand. These attacks came where they just they

0:43:53.000 --> 0:43:55.839
<v Speaker 2>wanted his phone and they lashed out at a machete.

0:43:55.920 --> 0:43:58.799
<v Speaker 2>I thought the Premier was going to ban machetes, I

0:43:58.800 --> 0:44:01.279
<v Speaker 2>mean the sales ban, but she's going to wait until

0:44:01.320 --> 0:44:04.960
<v Speaker 2>September to make it illegal as I understand it, to carry.

0:44:04.760 --> 0:44:07.560
<v Speaker 4>One, that's right. I mean, why wait?

0:44:08.160 --> 0:44:12.240
<v Speaker 8>These crimes, every single crime that occurs over the delay

0:44:12.320 --> 0:44:16.480
<v Speaker 8>until the Premier does something properly and brings in the

0:44:16.600 --> 0:44:20.040
<v Speaker 8>changes now are frankly at the government's feet, aren't they.

0:44:20.080 --> 0:44:22.000
<v Speaker 8>I mean, just down the road from where I am now,

0:44:22.040 --> 0:44:24.440
<v Speaker 8>only a couple of weeks ago, there was a shooting

0:44:24.719 --> 0:44:27.560
<v Speaker 8>in a suburban street and I met with dozens of

0:44:27.600 --> 0:44:30.480
<v Speaker 8>local residents who are saying, well, what if there's a

0:44:30.560 --> 0:44:31.440
<v Speaker 8>ricochet bullet?

0:44:31.600 --> 0:44:32.680
<v Speaker 4>What about our kids?

0:44:33.040 --> 0:44:34.680
<v Speaker 8>I mean, you go to a super you go to

0:44:34.719 --> 0:44:38.439
<v Speaker 8>a shopping center and you might have your hands chopped off.

0:44:38.640 --> 0:44:40.680
<v Speaker 8>You're in a suburban street and you've got to watch

0:44:40.719 --> 0:44:44.000
<v Speaker 8>out for stray bullets. The proof is in the pudding

0:44:44.000 --> 0:44:46.680
<v Speaker 8>in Victoria. And as I said, every time the government

0:44:46.760 --> 0:44:49.279
<v Speaker 8>talks about crime, and just Cindre Allen talks about crime,

0:44:49.280 --> 0:44:51.680
<v Speaker 8>I say, she's not going to fix it. You know,

0:44:51.760 --> 0:44:53.920
<v Speaker 8>Victorians don't believe she's going.

0:44:53.800 --> 0:44:54.239
<v Speaker 4>To fix it.

0:44:54.360 --> 0:44:58.120
<v Speaker 8>They're all hollow words. The premier is just the queen

0:44:58.320 --> 0:45:00.000
<v Speaker 8>of vacant words.

0:44:59.800 --> 0:45:02.640
<v Speaker 4>She says things to try and buy herself time.

0:45:03.000 --> 0:45:06.840
<v Speaker 8>But you know, we're contesting with stray bullets and machetes

0:45:07.000 --> 0:45:10.160
<v Speaker 8>chopping off people's hands in Victoria. If you're living into state,

0:45:10.280 --> 0:45:12.440
<v Speaker 8>you think this is some kind of dream. I mean,

0:45:12.480 --> 0:45:15.759
<v Speaker 8>you can't imagine this stuff and stuff happening in Victoria.

0:45:15.920 --> 0:45:19.520
<v Speaker 8>But just I mean, it's shocking, isn't it.

0:45:19.520 --> 0:45:22.120
<v Speaker 2>It's an absolute nightmare. I mean, she is just a

0:45:22.160 --> 0:45:24.720
<v Speaker 2>failure as a premier. There's no doubt about that. James,

0:45:24.719 --> 0:45:26.520
<v Speaker 2>as usual, thank you very much for joining us. We'll

0:45:26.520 --> 0:45:29.440
<v Speaker 2>catch up again soon. Now, coming up, Tulsi Gabbard's shocking

0:45:29.480 --> 0:45:34.799
<v Speaker 2>Obama accusation and another US socialist secures mayoral nomination. Sky

0:45:34.880 --> 0:45:38.560
<v Speaker 2>News contributor Kosher Garda talks about that right after the break.

0:45:42.719 --> 0:45:45.640
<v Speaker 2>Welcome back, Let's talk American politics. Now, let's bring in

0:45:45.719 --> 0:45:49.720
<v Speaker 2>Kosher Garda Sky News contributor Kosher. Great to see you again.

0:45:50.239 --> 0:45:54.000
<v Speaker 2>What has Tulsi Gabbard, who is the Director of National Intelligence,

0:45:54.239 --> 0:45:59.080
<v Speaker 2>what she's accused the former Obama administration of doing a coup?

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<v Speaker 12>Yes, creative with you, Steve, So. This is pretty historic news.

0:46:06.040 --> 0:46:08.320
<v Speaker 12>But I would say it's the beginnings of what could

0:46:08.320 --> 0:46:11.239
<v Speaker 12>be historic rather than the release itself in terms of

0:46:11.239 --> 0:46:15.200
<v Speaker 12>what kind of accountability is received because of it or

0:46:15.239 --> 0:46:17.840
<v Speaker 12>is effectuated because of it. This is all about, you know,

0:46:18.239 --> 0:46:21.359
<v Speaker 12>what's been now in the monikerb been known as Russia gauge,

0:46:21.440 --> 0:46:23.920
<v Speaker 12>or the Russia collusion hoax or Trump cocluding with Russia,

0:46:23.960 --> 0:46:26.719
<v Speaker 12>that whole thing that has been largely discredited and it

0:46:26.800 --> 0:46:28.960
<v Speaker 12>led to the Mulor investigation and all sorts of other

0:46:29.000 --> 0:46:31.279
<v Speaker 12>things that ended up doing nothing. And Trump obviously has

0:46:31.320 --> 0:46:35.320
<v Speaker 12>been re elected in a landslide victory. However, the American

0:46:35.320 --> 0:46:38.120
<v Speaker 12>people feel like that the accountability for that and a

0:46:38.120 --> 0:46:41.239
<v Speaker 12>true proper investigation for that has never quite been had,

0:46:41.280 --> 0:46:44.440
<v Speaker 12>even though other actors like Devin Nunaz and Ratcliffe and

0:46:44.480 --> 0:46:46.680
<v Speaker 12>others have talked about it. She now in her role

0:46:46.719 --> 0:46:49.319
<v Speaker 12>for the last six months, has gone in there and

0:46:49.360 --> 0:46:52.080
<v Speaker 12>done sort of a forensic audit of what kind of

0:46:53.200 --> 0:46:56.480
<v Speaker 12>steps led to that that foundational report that led the

0:46:56.480 --> 0:46:59.960
<v Speaker 12>Obama administration into believing that there is collusion with Russian

0:47:00.000 --> 0:47:02.400
<v Speaker 12>that the quote unquote hacked the US election in twenty sixteen.

0:47:02.560 --> 0:47:05.560
<v Speaker 12>And she's basically released over one hundred documents that detail

0:47:05.840 --> 0:47:08.200
<v Speaker 12>that there is no intelligence that was saying that was

0:47:08.200 --> 0:47:12.439
<v Speaker 12>the case until December, right after President elect Trump won

0:47:12.480 --> 0:47:14.880
<v Speaker 12>the election, and then suddenly they did a U turn

0:47:15.200 --> 0:47:18.919
<v Speaker 12>and created this intelligence allegedly that led to the ground

0:47:18.960 --> 0:47:21.080
<v Speaker 12>sool of everything else that happened from that. So this

0:47:21.160 --> 0:47:23.120
<v Speaker 12>is a big deal if it leads to indictments and

0:47:23.239 --> 0:47:25.640
<v Speaker 12>arrests of people, maybe not Obama but others in his

0:47:25.760 --> 0:47:28.560
<v Speaker 12>orbit Clapper, Brennan, et cetera. But that we'll sit with

0:47:28.600 --> 0:47:31.680
<v Speaker 12>the DOJ. Pambondi, and it remains to be seen if

0:47:31.680 --> 0:47:32.200
<v Speaker 12>that happens.

0:47:34.200 --> 0:47:38.040
<v Speaker 2>Democrats A said, I mean, how populous is former President

0:47:38.160 --> 0:47:39.920
<v Speaker 2>Obama still in the States.

0:47:42.239 --> 0:47:44.960
<v Speaker 12>He is popular, and that is one of many reasons

0:47:45.000 --> 0:47:49.440
<v Speaker 12>why people believe he is untouchable. Even if these allegations

0:47:49.440 --> 0:47:51.600
<v Speaker 12>are true, and how much was he personally involved in it?

0:47:51.640 --> 0:47:54.160
<v Speaker 12>Obviously none of that has been litigated. It would be

0:47:54.200 --> 0:47:57.520
<v Speaker 12>a big deal to go after any president, including him.

0:47:57.960 --> 0:48:00.439
<v Speaker 12>The issue is the rubicon has been crossed the way

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<v Speaker 12>in which they went after Trump from raiding his home

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<v Speaker 12>and indiced in him and rusting him for all sorts

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<v Speaker 12>of things. But I don't think that's going to happen.

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<v Speaker 12>It's more other people that are not exactly sympathetic figures

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<v Speaker 12>around him, like the head of the CIA under him,

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<v Speaker 12>John Brennan, or the head of d and I, James Clapper,

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<v Speaker 12>James Comey of the FBI. These people are not exactly

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<v Speaker 12>sympathetic figures. And it will be very interesting if Tulsia

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<v Speaker 12>Gabbard's released today is a first step towards seeing some

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<v Speaker 12>kind of accountability in terms of indictments. But a lot

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<v Speaker 12>of people are not holding their breath because it's been

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<v Speaker 12>eight years now since that and nothing has really happened.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of the Democrats, what's the Minnesota branch up to

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<v Speaker 2>that I've endorsed a Democrat, socialist and farlift candidate Oma Feta.

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<v Speaker 3>What do we know about him?

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<v Speaker 12>Yeah? So this is from Minnesota, of course, which was

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<v Speaker 12>the springboard for the infamous twenty twenty riots in the

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<v Speaker 12>Black Lives Matter movement and all the rest of it.

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<v Speaker 12>He is being indoorsed. He's another socialist who was born

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<v Speaker 12>in DC, but he's of Somalian heritage and he just

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<v Speaker 12>feels like he's cut from a cloth as Mamdani from

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<v Speaker 12>New York. And if you look around the world, the

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<v Speaker 12>mayor of London, the mayor of Rotterdam, the mayor of

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<v Speaker 12>Calgary are all sort of similar people with very left

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<v Speaker 12>wing socialist proclivities, and they come from backgrounds that are

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<v Speaker 12>probably not representative of the majority of these cities that

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<v Speaker 12>they're presiding over. He hasn't won, of course. The election

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<v Speaker 12>is in November, and he's going up against the incumbent,

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<v Speaker 12>who was somebody who famously cried crocodile tears during Black

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<v Speaker 12>Lives Matter Jacob Fryes his name and did a lot

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<v Speaker 12>of pandering to this group. And I think the lesson

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<v Speaker 12>here is pandering will only take you so far, because

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<v Speaker 12>now he's potentially being challenged by somebody that is much

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<v Speaker 12>more to the left of him, and everything that he

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<v Speaker 12>did is not necessarily serving him very well for his reelection.

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<v Speaker 11>VID.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's not going to go well for them. Kausher,

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate your time. I'll talk to you again next Monday,

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<v Speaker 2>not now.

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<v Speaker 3>The prisons.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking to prison Trump, he's a bit to go to Scotland.

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to open a brand new golf course. He'll

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<v Speaker 2>be out of the country, and he's He also told

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<v Speaker 2>the Washington Commanders and the MLB's Cleveland Guardians, go back

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<v Speaker 2>to your original names. Forget about that. Become the Washington

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<v Speaker 2>Redskins again, and become the Cleveland Indians again. I wonder

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<v Speaker 2>how that'll go down with those various teams. But Donald Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>he does what he wants. I'll see himorrow night.