Speaker 1: Live on Sky News. This is Sharry.
Speaker 2: Thanks Andrew, good evening, Welcome to the show. Tonight. The
Speaker 2: left in meltdown at Donald Trump's key appointments. Elon Musk,
Speaker 2: a hero of the working class, has become enemy number
Speaker 2: one for Democrats and they just can't cope with the
Speaker 2: new attorney general. More on that in a moment Also tonight,
Speaker 2: a leading Israeli politician lashes out at Penny Wong and
Speaker 2: Albanisi over their move to recognize Palestinian sovereignty, and Israel's
Speaker 2: parliamentary speaker also tells me that the normalization agreement between
Speaker 2: Israel and Saudi Arabia could happen in the next two months.
Speaker 2: That's a major exclusive. It's coming up also tonight, how
Speaker 2: the Quantus freebie scandal is still hurting the Prime Minister.
Speaker 2: It's a big show tonight. We've got Matt Canavan, Kelly Sloane,
Speaker 2: Jason Morrison and jem and Tognini. We're going to talk
Speaker 2: about these climate protesters in Melbourne today. Haven't we had
Speaker 2: enough of this disruption? But first tonight, Donald Trump has
Speaker 2: now announced key members of his cabinet and administration. They're
Speaker 2: Trump loyalists, will help the president prosecute the policies he
Speaker 2: does now have a mandate fault. Most are excellent choices,
Speaker 2: strong on national security, unapologetic supporters of Western values and Israel.
Speaker 2: It's a bold and ambitious team that reflects Trump's landslide win.
Speaker 2: But it's sending the left into meltdown.
Speaker 3: Matt Gabs, Tulci Gabbard, Pete hagskifth do you think that
Speaker 3: they are confirmable at this point? What's the buzz on
Speaker 3: the hill right now?
Speaker 4: Well, I mean, I hope you don't forgive me for
Speaker 4: saying this, Christian, but the general vibe on the Hill
Speaker 4: right now is WTF.
Speaker 5: People are a shock.
Speaker 2: Wals is a Trump loyalist, an election denier, and a
Speaker 2: NATO critic who echoes Trump's skepticism about supporting you.
Speaker 3: But one person has loomed over all of that. His
Speaker 3: name is Elon Musk. Multiple sources tell me tonight that
Speaker 3: Musk has been seen at mar A Lago nearly every
Speaker 3: single day since Donald Trump won co host.
Speaker 6: Of Fox and Friends Weekend, not even like that.
Speaker 2: Weekend. It's fun, isn't it? And yet they will get
Speaker 2: things done. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswami are heading up
Speaker 2: the Department of Government Efficiency. The acronyms are doge, which
Speaker 2: Elon Musk is having some fun with. It's also a
Speaker 2: popular decision. Musk has become somewhat of a hero from
Speaker 2: working class Americans, and in buying X, he's a defender
Speaker 2: of free speech. And having Musk, one of the smartest
Speaker 2: men in the world, in charge of slashing bureaucracy, well,
Speaker 2: it can only be a good thing, and it'll all
Speaker 2: be transparent. Musk set on X that we will also
Speaker 2: have a leaderboard for most insanely dumb spending of your
Speaker 2: tax dollars. This will both be extremely tragic and entertaining.
Speaker 2: Now must cut thousands of jobs when he took over Twitter,
Speaker 2: but its usage has skyrocketed despite the Left leaving it
Speaker 2: in droves, and he's now been given the task of
Speaker 2: cutting the six point five at trillion dollar annual government spending.
Speaker 2: He also wants to help bring down America's thirty four
Speaker 2: trillion dollar debt. It's an insane amount of money, but
Speaker 2: US debt, like here in Australia, needs to be cut.
Speaker 2: The only downside of it of this all is that
Speaker 2: unemployment will rise as a result, We've seen from almost
Speaker 2: all the job reports under the Biden administration that most
Speaker 2: employment growth comes from the government sector. Now, Elon Musk
Speaker 2: also appears to be playing a key role in advising
Speaker 2: Trump personally. He's reportedly sat in on some of the
Speaker 2: interviews for cabinet spots. He also, as you know, joined
Speaker 2: the call with Zelenski as I said, the left are
Speaker 2: leaving x and even the Guardian announced today that it
Speaker 2: would quit the social media platform, partly in protest at
Speaker 2: Elon Musk. But no decision has outraged Washington as much
Speaker 2: as Trump's moved to appoint Matt Gates as Attorney General.
Speaker 2: He's a controversial choice, no question, and I'll explain why
Speaker 2: in a moment. But the Democrats brought this on themselves
Speaker 2: when they decided to weaponize the Justice Department, when they
Speaker 2: decided to use lawfare to put their political opponents in
Speaker 2: prison to try take out a candidate in a democratic
Speaker 2: presidential election. Well, how did they expect that the Republicans
Speaker 2: would react? How did they expect Trump would react when
Speaker 2: he personally faced the prospect of prison receiving different treatment
Speaker 2: to Joe Biden, even when the ellection crime was exactly
Speaker 2: the same, and we saw that with a classified document's case.
Speaker 2: Now Trump feels the weaponization of the justice system more
Speaker 2: acutely than anyone. Steve Bannon, Pete Navarro. They already went
Speaker 2: to prison. So this explains Trump putting Gates in as
Speaker 2: Attorney General. Now, Gates has plenty of enemies, especially on
Speaker 2: his side of the aisle, but the left are particularly
Speaker 2: fired up about this.
Speaker 7: Have a look, well, Katie, I've gotten two different texts
Speaker 7: from different people at the Justice Department who just use
Speaker 7: the word insane to respond and react to this potential appointment.
Speaker 6: Heads are also exploding at the Justice Department because this
Speaker 6: goes against the kind of candidate, Republican or Democrat, that
Speaker 6: the DOJ sees as an appropriate candidate.
Speaker 2: And this is making everyone's head explode right now.
Speaker 8: We're watching, and I'm sure I'll have a lot more
Speaker 8: opinions on that.
Speaker 2: Gates is so provocative that he makes Trump look diplomatic.
Speaker 2: Here's what he's said about women attending abortion rallies.
Speaker 4: Is it seem to see that based off of your comments,
Speaker 4: you're suggesting that these women at these abortion rallies.
Speaker 2: Are ugly and overweet. Yes, what do you say to
Speaker 2: people who think that those comments are offensive be offended.
Speaker 2: He's often called a fire brown politician and a flamethrower,
Speaker 2: and he'd be America's top lawmaker. But he was also
Speaker 2: the subject of a federal probe into allegations he violated
Speaker 2: sex trafficking laws with paid escorts on a trip to
Speaker 2: the Bahamas. And there's yet another investigation by the House
Speaker 2: Ethics Committee into allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use,
Speaker 2: and misuse of campaign funds. Now nothing has been proven
Speaker 2: and he's denied all of these allegations. Gates has previously
Speaker 2: suggested he could be Attorney General, but he kind of
Speaker 2: joked about it.
Speaker 9: We go take the White House back and you never know,
Speaker 9: David and maybe an Attorney General Mac Gates down the
Speaker 9: road or someone a lie liking who will be there
Speaker 9: to actually enforce the law and provide the accountability not
Speaker 9: just the vision, but the actual accountability. The people that
Speaker 9: are sending you those messages deserve that in a free
Speaker 9: and justin constitutional republic.
Speaker 2: And that was last year, not last week. But it's
Speaker 2: no laughing matter. Now he will be the new attorney general.
Speaker 2: The question is will he end the political law fair
Speaker 2: of the Justice system, or will he seek revenge and
Speaker 2: use the same tactics against the Democrats that they used
Speaker 2: against Team Trump. And if Gates goes for that second option,
Speaker 2: he could relaunch investigations and prosecutions into Hunter Biden, even
Speaker 2: Anthony Faunci. It's no wonder Washington is so worried. Now
Speaker 2: another key Trump appointment Fox News host Pete Hegseth. He's
Speaker 2: going to be the new Secretary of Defense. This is
Speaker 2: the role that Mike Pompeo had been widely tipped for.
Speaker 2: Now heg Seth. He's much younger, but he is a
Speaker 2: two times Bronze Star recipient. He's got twenty years of
Speaker 2: military service. He studied at both Princeton and Harvard. Now,
Speaker 2: in Defense, heg Seth will be making sure that America
Speaker 2: is match fit against an increasingly aggressive China.
Speaker 3: China's building an army specifically dedicated to defeating the United
Speaker 3: States of America.
Speaker 2: Now, as you've already heard, Pete is also more. He
Speaker 2: was also a Fox News host and he was reporting
Speaker 2: live on the US election.
Speaker 5: Hi, guys, I've been to a lot of Trump rallies.
Speaker 5: There's Trump rallies and then there's this one.
Speaker 10: So we'll continue to monitor the crowd gets bid.
Speaker 2: Just a couple of months later, he'll be the Secretary
Speaker 2: for Defense. It's an amazing world, isn't it.
Speaker 9: Now.
Speaker 2: John Ratcliffe will be the new director of the CIA.
Speaker 2: He was the Director of the Office of National Intelligence
Speaker 2: in the last Trump administration, so he was in charge
Speaker 2: of eighteen intelligence agencies. But he had a key role
Speaker 2: when he was in charge of the intelligence agencies. I
Speaker 2: interviewed him about the origins of COVID and he said
Speaker 2: that all of the top secret intelligence on this topic
Speaker 2: should be declassified.
Speaker 11: The people that had the most access to the most
Speaker 11: intelligence are telling you that the most likely origin of
Speaker 11: COVID nineteen of the Wuhan virus was what happened was
Speaker 11: a lab league at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. There
Speaker 11: is more intelligence out there, and I'd like to see
Speaker 11: it declassified.
Speaker 2: That was from our Sky News Wuhan documentary.
Speaker 8: Now.
Speaker 2: I have high hopes that when he is CIA director,
Speaker 2: he'll do exactly that and declassify the intelligence and hopefully
Speaker 2: we'll find out more information about how the pandemic started
Speaker 2: inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Another strong Trump appointment,
Speaker 2: Marco Rubio he'll be the new Secretary of State. He's
Speaker 2: rock solid on China, on Israel, and on foreign policy.
Speaker 2: And here's what he said about the origins of COVID.
Speaker 8: Start to conclude here that in fact this probably was
Speaker 8: a lab leak accident. Someone got infected. It now has
Speaker 8: spread across the world, and at the talitarian communist government
Speaker 8: in China doesn't want the world to know about it.
Speaker 2: And here's Marco Rubio speaking about Hamas so in Rubio,
Speaker 2: will you conference on the contrary?
Speaker 5: I want you guys to get this.
Speaker 8: I want them to destroy every element of ham Master
Speaker 8: they can get their hands on. These people are vicious
Speaker 8: animals who did horrifying crimes.
Speaker 2: Now Trump announced America's ambassador to Israel as one of
Speaker 2: his earliest appointments. It's a signal that the decision is important,
Speaker 2: the relationship is important. Mike Huckabee, well, I have to
Speaker 2: say he makes me look soft on Israel because have
Speaker 2: a look at what he's had to say about the
Speaker 2: West Bank and settlements.
Speaker 12: I think Israel has titled eat Judea and Samaria. There
Speaker 12: are certain words I refuse to use. There is no
Speaker 12: such thing as a West Bank. It's Judea and Samaria.
Speaker 12: There's no such thing as a settlement their communities, their neighborhoods,
Speaker 12: their cities. There's no such thing as an occupation.
Speaker 2: Now this all comes as Trump met with Biden today
Speaker 2: in the White House, and many have noticed that. Well,
Speaker 2: it's the happiest the current president has looked in a
Speaker 2: long time.
Speaker 1: Congratulations, thank you, and I'm looking forward to having I.
Speaker 4: Like we said, it's good with transition to everything, we
Speaker 4: can make sure you're accommodated what you need.
Speaker 2: Perhaps he was one of those quiet Maga voters after all.
Speaker 2: Now on the Middle East, Trump's election night victory and
Speaker 2: strong appointments are already having the desired effect. Iran has
Speaker 2: reportedly backed down, saying it's not going to retaliate a
Speaker 2: gay against Israel. And as we'll hear tonight from the
Speaker 2: speaker of the Israeli Parliament, there's now hopes that Israel's
Speaker 2: normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia could go ahead within weeks.
Speaker 2: Both sides are kein to get it back on track.
Speaker 2: It was about to happen before October seven. It's at
Speaker 2: least part of the reason for those Iranian backed terror attacks.
Speaker 2: But I interviewed the speaker, Emir o'hanna. He says it
Speaker 2: could happen before Trump takes office. He explains why I
Speaker 2: have a quick look.
Speaker 13: To achieve a defense treaty between Saudi Arabia and America,
Speaker 13: they will need to get a majority, a wide majority,
Speaker 13: two thirds majority. So that could only happen if some
Speaker 13: of the Republican Party currently sitting in the House and
Speaker 13: all of the Democratic Party will vote for We know
Speaker 13: it's a possibility, but we assume that during President Trump's administration,
Speaker 13: which vis a vis Israel and US relations are expected
Speaker 13: to be the Golden Age, but it would be more
Speaker 13: tough to bring two thirds of the House. So we
Speaker 13: hope we can achieve it as soon as possible.
Speaker 2: That's a big exclusive. That full interview coming up. But
Speaker 2: if Israel and the United States can pull off normalizing
Speaker 2: relations with Saudi Arabia and potentially other Arab nations, well
Speaker 2: this is the best pathway to peace for Israel. This
Speaker 2: should be news that the Democrats and the mainstream media
Speaker 2: are welcoming. Instead we're just seeing a meltdown at the
Speaker 2: Trump effect. Okay, a lot to come on the show.
Speaker 2: Let's bring in now national senator Matt Canavan and commentator
Speaker 2: Jason Morrison. Greatt you both. Matt. I want to get
Speaker 2: your reaction to Trump's appointments. I know you follow them
Speaker 2: more closely. What do you think of his key pick
Speaker 2: so far?
Speaker 14: Well, definitely shaking things up, Shahi, and I think you've
Speaker 14: summed it up well. When you set off a whirlwind,
Speaker 14: you know it's going to come back at you, and
Speaker 14: that's what's happened here. I think, Look, I'm happy to
Speaker 14: give everybody a go. I think there's obviously a big
Speaker 14: mess to clean up over there. It's been a shocking
Speaker 14: four years in the United States on the economic front,
Speaker 14: on the geopolitical front, and yes, on the lawfare front
Speaker 14: as well. I've spoken in Parliament myself how I am
Speaker 14: very sad and to see what are in effect political
Speaker 14: prisoners in the US and the likes of Petere Navarro
Speaker 14: at Steve Bannon, who were fortunately now released from jail.
Speaker 14: Certainly many of the people that went away for walking
Speaker 14: through the Capitol Building on January sixth seem hard to
Speaker 14: explain too. There were some that were engaged aged in
Speaker 14: violent and destructive conduct, and they seemingly deserved to be sanctioned,
Speaker 14: but others just seemingly walked in and you've got grandmas
Speaker 14: and others being chased down rated locked up. It's just remarkable.
Speaker 14: So I'm able to give all of these guys a
Speaker 14: go to clean up this mess. So I hope it
Speaker 14: doesn't end up in a spiral of political tit for
Speaker 14: tat in the United States, because we need a stable
Speaker 14: United States is a strong partner in our region. Let's
Speaker 14: hope they can clean it up.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Jason, there will be the temptation to seek revenge
Speaker 2: through the courts and some of their political enemies, and
Speaker 2: you know where it's justified, show where there's a strong
Speaker 2: case for it. But if not, wouldn't it be more
Speaker 2: sensible to try remove politics from the justice system like
Speaker 2: in Australia.
Speaker 4: Yea, yeah, yeah, something that Americans would be shocked that
Speaker 4: someone wouldn't go into politics for revenge.
Speaker 5: I don't think there's necessarily.
Speaker 4: A track record in Trump's history to date the shows
Speaker 4: that he goes in to square up scores in fact,
Speaker 4: as much as you should, because God, they went after him.
Speaker 4: The temptation will be there, and probably people in the
Speaker 4: administration will be saying, go do it. But you've got
Speaker 4: to hit a reset button, because people voted for a
Speaker 4: reset button.
Speaker 5: And I think that's what's so interesting.
Speaker 4: About these selections is that we didn't vote for the
Speaker 4: same old in America. If I can use the collective
Speaker 4: we people over there, they voted for a change. They
Speaker 4: voted for a different way. It was in all the ads,
Speaker 4: you know, vote for President Trump for a different way,
Speaker 4: a different approach. A different way is not doing what
Speaker 4: everyone's always done.
Speaker 5: And as much as it's.
Speaker 4: Really easy for you know, a lot of the clowns
Speaker 4: that you just showed in those clips there that were
Speaker 4: criticizing Trump's decisions and his appointments, the American people wanted
Speaker 4: that reset button hit, and they wanted patriots, and they
Speaker 4: wanted people who actually were prepared.
Speaker 5: To challenge the assumptions to come back. So, you know, to.
Speaker 4: Answer your question specifically, I really hope that they don't
Speaker 4: go and seek revenge, but gee, it must be tempting.
Speaker 4: I mean, they did everything to that guy, right down
Speaker 4: to extra judicial powers beyond the criminal and then got
Speaker 4: the assassination.
Speaker 5: Who will ever know the truth about what that was about?
Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, indeed said one more thing too.
Speaker 14: These appointments also to my mind, show up the limits
Speaker 14: of the Albanezi government's diplomatica outreach. From reports, it would
Speaker 14: seem that their outreach the Trump campaign amounted to meeting
Speaker 14: with Mike Pompeo etly about twelve months ago, and he's
Speaker 14: missed out of course, And that's not making any commentary
Speaker 14: on Mike, but it was clear to anybody watching this
Speaker 14: that there was a very strong chance at Donald Trump's
Speaker 14: next term, if there were to be a next term
Speaker 14: at the time, would be very different from the first term.
Speaker 14: He could he could staff his organization with very different people.
Speaker 14: We've got the likes of Tulsa Gabbart to form a
Speaker 14: Democrat today announced as well. And it would seem that
Speaker 14: Penny Wong and Anthony Alberinezi have been been found completely
Speaker 14: flat footed here and just simply haven't done the groundwork
Speaker 14: to build relationships with this different element of the Trump world,
Speaker 14: and that's possibly going to cost hums in a long.
Speaker 2: Term as a compry. And exactly not only haven't they
Speaker 2: built the relationships, but we're seeing Elon Musk appear as
Speaker 2: one of the most influential figures so far with Donald
Speaker 2: Trump himself and Albinizi has gone out of his way
Speaker 2: to smash Elon Musk. I mean he's held prefer press
Speaker 2: conferences about Elon Musk. So you know, none of this
Speaker 2: is a good sign. And you look at them, they
Speaker 2: couldn't be I've I've made a lot of comments about this,
Speaker 2: but you couldn't get two different people, two different values
Speaker 2: or ideology, ideologies or policies. Then we will see under
Speaker 2: under Donald Trump, then, albin EZI we've been talking about
Speaker 2: Kevin right now for two weeks. I don't want to
Speaker 2: get too stuck into the weeds again. But Peter Dutton
Speaker 2: did comment about this today and he said that, well,
Speaker 2: if Albaneze has to dismiss Kevin rd over, you know,
Speaker 2: his many insults over several years, well then he may
Speaker 2: also have to fire Penny and even himself. Have a
Speaker 2: look at what Dudden had to say.
Speaker 10: Well, I guess the difficulty that the Prime Minister's in
Speaker 10: at the moment is that if he sacks Kevin Rudd,
Speaker 10: then what does he do with Penny Wong? And if
Speaker 10: he sacks Penny Wong, what does he do given he's
Speaker 10: made his own disparaging remarks about President Elect Trump as well.
Speaker 10: And look that these are issues for the Prime Minister.
Speaker 2: And then of course there was Chris Bowen. He said,
Speaker 2: I reported this the other night that Trump was the
Speaker 2: worst president in the United States history. I mean, Jason
Speaker 2: Peter Dutten has a point. The entire government has lashed
Speaker 2: out at Trump, which.
Speaker 5: Is why they can't sack him. They can't sack Rudd.
Speaker 4: Right has to do, if it's possible, a classy thing,
Speaker 4: if it's possible, and that is to recognize that his
Speaker 4: nation's needs outweigh his own ambitions and perhaps just show
Speaker 4: us that you're bigger than Jess your ego, Kevin and
Speaker 4: step aside and step back. I mean, I saw reports
Speaker 4: on Sky today that they've been reaching to Scott Morris
Speaker 4: and to ask Scott Morrison for assistance. Well, I mean
Speaker 4: there's a novel idea someone who actually does have contacts
Speaker 4: with the Trump administration that was about yeah, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 4: I mean, it's it is. It is remarkable that you've
Speaker 4: got these resources and let's call them that for a second.
Speaker 4: I mean, because people will obviously have a political view
Speaker 4: about whether Scott Morrison can work with the government whatever else.
Speaker 4: I mean, fundamentally, you would hope people who are ambassadors
Speaker 4: for the country.
Speaker 5: Are patriots not partisans.
Speaker 4: You would hope that they would be doing the best
Speaker 4: thing in the best interest for the country. And I
Speaker 4: would hope that the Australian government right now could look
Speaker 4: and say, yeah, Okay, Scott Morrison, we might have defeated
Speaker 4: him in et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, but he's got
Speaker 4: an in with with Trump and he's got an in
Speaker 4: with people over there, and this is what we should
Speaker 4: be doing. And it amazes me that we're two weeks
Speaker 4: down the track and we're still waiting for Kevin to
Speaker 4: do something that's good for the nation.
Speaker 5: On this phone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I broke that story that they would draft
Speaker 2: that Kevin rud was drafting in Scomo on Tuesday nights. So,
Speaker 2: but Matt, isn't that embarrassing that the Albanezi government has
Speaker 2: to appeal to Scott Morrison's best interests to try and
Speaker 2: help them forge ties with the Trump administration given how
Speaker 2: hard they went after Scott Morrison, personally blaming him effectively
Speaker 2: for Britney Higgins rape.
Speaker 14: Well, look, Charie, is it is embarrassing for the Albanezi
Speaker 14: government that they've been caught out like this unprepared, unexpected.
Speaker 14: They should have expected it. It's not the first time
Speaker 14: they've been in this sort of situation. But look at
Speaker 14: the same time, in this situation, I think you've got
Speaker 14: to put any sort of self reflections aside and do
Speaker 14: what's best for the country. And so what is best
Speaker 14: for the country was best for Australia is that we
Speaker 14: work together to re establish what is now a rocky
Speaker 14: relationship with the United States because of the unwise and
Speaker 14: personal insults from very senior Albanezi government ministers. So I've
Speaker 14: said on your show before I said it. I think
Speaker 14: I said it when Steve Bannon came out and criticized
Speaker 14: Kevin running yeargo, I'm happy to help no one's but
Speaker 14: no one's reached out. I mean, they seem to have
Speaker 14: reached out with Scott Morrison, but I actually think maybe
Speaker 14: there's a need here for Anthony Albernezi to convene across
Speaker 14: party delegation over to the over to d C where
Speaker 14: some of us that might be able to open a
Speaker 14: few doors, and some of us like you and I
Speaker 14: Sharow who've been on the war room, who spoke to
Speaker 14: Steve ban I mean when I went on the war
Speaker 14: room shower. I had senators that that fool Senator Tim
Speaker 14: Ayres get up and just pants Steve Banner and E's
Speaker 14: tin fall hat wearing all this rubbish. I mean, all
Speaker 14: that's on the record. You know, I try and limit
Speaker 14: my credit, you know, crats in the US. I'd be
Speaker 14: very diplomatic about it because of course, you know, you
Speaker 14: never know what you're going to get, so I think,
Speaker 14: you know, they need to reach out across the aisle.
Speaker 14: They might be embarrassed about it, but we've got to
Speaker 14: put Australia first.
Speaker 2: There's a senior journalist at the Australian newspaper who said
Speaker 2: he wasn't coming on my program again because I had
Speaker 2: interviewed Steve Bannett, and you know, I think that's just
Speaker 2: such a misunderstanding. But that shows the addage of labor
Speaker 2: leaning journalists and politicians towards the Trump administration and the
Speaker 2: Team Trump, because you know, as a journalist you deal
Speaker 2: with everybody you and as politicians you need to forge
Speaker 2: ties with everybody as well. Otherwise you're left in a
Speaker 2: position like this where Kevin Right and the Albanezy government,
Speaker 2: you know, don't know if they're going to be able
Speaker 2: to have Australia be exempt from those ten percent tariffs.
Speaker 2: This is that's an issue that affects businesses, families, farmers
Speaker 2: across the country.
Speaker 4: Now, just before we go with well, that's senior journalists
Speaker 4: from the Australian go on the ABC.
Speaker 5: I mean that'll be an issue.
Speaker 2: I'm sure he does all the time.
Speaker 5: I know which one's doing more damage to the country
Speaker 5: than you.
Speaker 2: Now, let's talk about this superannuation story. It's been big
Speaker 2: news front page now for two days in a row.
Speaker 2: The Corporate watchdog says the shocking treatment of vulnerable customers
Speaker 2: from super funds is a systemic failure. So ASK is
Speaker 2: now vowing to protect Australians over the next twelve months.
Speaker 2: It's lawn regulatory intervention, cracking down on exploitative behavior. Here's
Speaker 2: what they said.
Speaker 15: I think it's fair to say that we do think
Speaker 15: this is a broader industry issue. So we are at
Speaker 15: the moment doing a deep dive surveillance of superannuation trustees
Speaker 15: handling of death benefits claims. More broadly, we are going
Speaker 15: to be writing to the CEOs of superannuation trustees shortly
Speaker 15: to really put them on notice as to what we
Speaker 15: are seeing and our concerns about that. We're going to
Speaker 15: be putting out a detailed report early in the new
Speaker 15: year that really sets out the work that we are doing,
Speaker 15: and we may well have further enforcement action to follow.
Speaker 2: So Jason the regulator took sabuster Coot on Tuesday over
Speaker 2: twenty million dollars O to members. A lot of labor
Speaker 2: links here as well. This is a big story.
Speaker 4: Yeah, don't you just travel When you hear our six speak,
Speaker 4: I mean, they're just in there fighting these institutions. I
Speaker 4: think a lot of the time, you know, a lot
Speaker 4: of arms of government forget they are there for the people,
Speaker 4: not for the institutions.
Speaker 5: And when I hear the kind of way in which.
Speaker 4: This is enforced and the speed in which it happens,
Speaker 4: when you think that, you know, we chuck ten percent
Speaker 4: of our pay more than that now into super every week,
Speaker 4: every fortnight, and we pay these insurance policies and we
Speaker 4: expect that they will be there, and that most people
Speaker 4: have no idea how much they're super Fund is just
Speaker 4: waiting to f them over in the event that they
Speaker 4: ever need.
Speaker 5: To call on it.
Speaker 4: It is staggering and it amazes me that you know,
Speaker 4: these agencies just sort of waffle on like this is
Speaker 4: just something that can happen at.
Speaker 5: The pace of reform actually action it needs.
Speaker 4: There are people sitting there dying for this money, quite
Speaker 4: literally dying for the money, and they can't get their
Speaker 4: hands on their super It's.
Speaker 2: A major scandal. Jason Morrison, Matt Canavan, thank you both
Speaker 2: very much. Now let's get back to our top story,
Speaker 2: Donald Trump's key picks for his cabinet for his administration.
Speaker 2: And I'm joined now by National Review columnist John Fund.
Speaker 2: He's in Washington, DC as we speak. John, Thanks for
Speaker 2: your time. Look what's your read on Trump's cabinet and
Speaker 2: particularly the most controversial appointment today in Matt Gates.
Speaker 1: Well, I think the cabinet picks have been very good
Speaker 1: until yesterday, and they were met with general surprise that
Speaker 1: Trump had picked qualified people who had respect by their
Speaker 1: peers in their field. The latest picks, though, are bizarre.
Speaker 1: I referring to the Secretary of Defense, the designators Pete Higsith,
Speaker 1: a Fox News commentator and military veteran, and then Matt Gates,
Speaker 1: who is a firebrand congressman from Florida. I know both
Speaker 1: of them personally, very friendly sorts, but they're not suited
Speaker 1: for purpose. Gates, it has just been revealed, has resigned
Speaker 1: from Congress in order to avoid the publication of a
Speaker 1: damning ethics report regarding his personal life, possible as a
Speaker 1: drug use, possible conflicts of interest. And it strikes me
Speaker 1: that this would be the first time that someone has
Speaker 1: been appointed Attorney General who until very recently has been
Speaker 1: under active investigation by the Justice Department that he is
Speaker 1: supposed to lead. It strikes me that this is a
Speaker 1: colossal error. It will not stand. Matt Gates is not
Speaker 1: going to be confirmed, and in fact, I suspect that
Speaker 1: he's going to be forced to withdraw.
Speaker 2: That's fascinating. So when you say you don't think you'll
Speaker 2: be confirmed, do you think there are going to be
Speaker 2: senior Republicans who oppose this?
Speaker 1: There already are. They may not have announced publicly, but
Speaker 1: I know of at least one Republican who is not
Speaker 1: a moderate, who has said this is not happening. And remember,
Speaker 1: the Republicans do have a majority in the new Senate
Speaker 1: of fifty three to forty seven. But that means if
Speaker 1: for Republican senators and there will be no Democrats supporting
Speaker 1: Matt Gates. If four Republican senators say this is too
Speaker 1: much for us to bear, Matt Gates is not going
Speaker 1: to be confirmed.
Speaker 2: Even if there are Republicans who absolutely despise him, and
Speaker 2: I've already said tonight he definitely has his enemies. You know,
Speaker 2: he led that coup about was it a year ago?
Speaker 2: But even if that's the case, surely they would say, well,
Speaker 2: Trump has a mandate here, this is Trump's pick, will
Speaker 2: go with it.
Speaker 1: Well, if you look back through American history, I think
Speaker 1: almost every president has had at least one cabinet choice
Speaker 1: that ended up on the reef. The rocks and sank.
Speaker 1: I can't think of anyone that would be an exception.
Speaker 1: So I think almost all of Trump's picks are going
Speaker 1: to go through. But if you follow historical president someone
Speaker 1: is going to be left behind.
Speaker 2: I've also noticed that it's a very young habnet, a
Speaker 2: lot of people in their early forties. I mean, do
Speaker 2: you think this is a good thing to have that
Speaker 2: generational change come through, because mostly so far it's been
Speaker 2: a lot of I don't want to say elderly, but
Speaker 2: older people in very senior roles under the Biden administration.
Speaker 1: Well, I wouldn't say elderly. I would say in some
Speaker 1: cases perhaps senile.
Speaker 2: Yes, well, we'd agree with you there.
Speaker 1: We had the greatest generation that fought World War Two.
Speaker 1: What we had in power until very recently in Washington
Speaker 1: were the Boomers, and the Boomers have not covered themselves
Speaker 1: in glory as a generation. And yet we had Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker 1: we had Bernie Sanders, we had Donald Trump, we had
Speaker 1: Joe Biden, we had Mitch McConnell, and all of them
Speaker 1: were past their shelf by date easily.
Speaker 2: We saw those pictures today of Trump going to the
Speaker 2: White House sitting down with Joe Biden and Missus Biden.
Speaker 2: Millenia didn't attend. You know, a lot of people have
Speaker 2: commented on just how kind of happy Joe Biden looked.
Speaker 2: He was smiling, he was relaxed. Do you think, and
Speaker 2: we've heard the reports as well that the Biden camp
Speaker 2: and the Kamala Harris camp there were a lot of
Speaker 2: tensions in the final weeks of the campaigns. Do you
Speaker 2: think Biden was silently rejoicing that Trump won.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't go that far, but notice that you have
Speaker 1: footage of Donald Trump meeting with Joe Biden, where is
Speaker 1: the footage of the last meeting between Kamala Harris and
Speaker 1: Joe Biden. It's not to be found. Look, Joe Biden
Speaker 1: cannot help but resent the fact that he thought he
Speaker 1: was the only Democrat who could beat Donald Trump. He
Speaker 1: had been the only Democrat whoever defeated Donald Trump, and
Speaker 1: he was cast aside by his own party in favor
Speaker 1: of his vice president. He must view that as a
Speaker 1: disloyal act of some kind, and he was basically ignored
Speaker 1: and shunted aside of the campaign trail. And I can
Speaker 1: understand the reasons why. For all, Joe Biden me that
Speaker 1: infamous garbage continent, which I think certainly would have hurt
Speaker 1: Kamala Harris. I think he leaves with very mixed feelings,
Speaker 1: but probably relief, because all you have to do is
Speaker 1: look at Joe Biden and realize that it must be
Speaker 1: a taxing, tiring time to be president. Right now for all.
Speaker 2: Right, John find and great to have you with us
Speaker 2: from Washington. Thank you now still to come. Albanezi has
Speaker 2: gone down in the estimation of more than a third
Speaker 2: of Australians after the Quantus upgrade scandal. I'm going to
Speaker 2: speak about this with Kelly Sloan and Jemma Tognini plus
Speaker 2: our major exclusive, A senior Israeli politician reveals the push
Speaker 2: for the Saudi deal to go ahead while Biden is president.
Speaker 2: He also lashes the Albanzi government over their move today
Speaker 2: to recognize Palestinian sovereignty. Huge show, don't go anywhere, welcome back. Well,
Speaker 2: Anthony Albinizi and Penny Wong have changed Australia's vote at
Speaker 2: the United Nations to recognize the permanent sovereignty of Palestinian territories. Now,
Speaker 2: this is completely out of step with both the Biden
Speaker 2: and the incoming Trump administrations on Israel. But this is
Speaker 2: also a major betrayal to Israel and there is no
Speaker 2: reason for Australia to do this. There have been no
Speaker 2: moves by any Palestinian leadership to return the one one
Speaker 2: hundred and one hostages who have been held captive for
Speaker 2: over four hundred days, including a baby and his four
Speaker 2: year old brother, Baby Kafir. They haven't agreed to any
Speaker 2: of the numerous cease fire deals that Israel has sat
Speaker 2: down with. They haven't agreed to lay down their weapons.
Speaker 2: So who exactly does Penny Wog want to lead? The Palestinians.
Speaker 2: Humus is this who she wants to give recognition to.
Speaker 2: It's utter nonsense, it's illogical. Former Foreign Minister Alexander down
Speaker 2: I had some advice for her on Chris Kenny Show
Speaker 2: a little earlier.
Speaker 16: If I were in government today, therefore, I could give
Speaker 16: a bit of advice to Penny Wong and the Labor government,
Speaker 16: I would think about drafting a resolution which demanded that
Speaker 16: Hamas hand over the one hundred or so hostages that
Speaker 16: they're still holding and sees a tax on Israel.
Speaker 2: He's completely right. This move by the Albanezi government is
Speaker 2: pure politics. It's just about the marginal seats they want
Speaker 2: to win over. It's got nothing to do with peace.
Speaker 2: It only rewards the terrorism of October seven. Now, I
Speaker 2: spoke with a senior Israeli politician about this a little earlier.
Speaker 2: Speaker of the King, I said, Emir Khana, thank you
Speaker 2: very much for coming on the program.
Speaker 13: Good evening, Sheriff from the eternal capital of the Jewish people.
Speaker 13: Good to be with you.
Speaker 2: What's your reaction to the breaking news today that the
Speaker 2: Albanezy government here in Australia has changed its position to
Speaker 2: recognize Palestinian sovereignty at the United Nations.
Speaker 13: It is very unfortunate in counterproductive. I hosted recently another
Speaker 13: foreign minister and he told me that they considered to
Speaker 13: recognize the Palacey in the state as well. I told him,
Speaker 13: it is a great idea if you want to reward
Speaker 13: Harmas for the autrocities of October seventh. It is the
Speaker 13: perfect idea if you want to send a clear message
Speaker 13: to the entire terrorist organizations throughout the world that this
Speaker 13: is how to get the job done and to get
Speaker 13: their goals. Of course, the debate over the two so
Speaker 13: called two state solutions was a very live debate before
Speaker 13: October seventh. Following October seventh, and as long as we
Speaker 13: have our one hundred and one hostages still held in
Speaker 13: captivity by Hamas, as long as we have tens of
Speaker 13: thousands of displaced civilians threatened by his Bala and others organizations,
Speaker 13: it is a non debate here in Israel. It's very
Speaker 13: clear that it will only reward Hamas for the atrocities,
Speaker 13: which is unthinkable. So I hope that this notion, this
Speaker 13: idea will soon get off the table.
Speaker 2: It's not even clear who would lead the Palestinian TERRITORIESSM
Speaker 2: and it can't be Hamas, that's for shore. If the
Speaker 2: international community were actually serious about peace, they might put
Speaker 2: forward emotion of resolution that would demand the return of
Speaker 2: the hostages. But you know, it doesn't seem like they're
Speaker 2: as serious about peace as they are about rewarding terrorism.
Speaker 2: O Hannah.
Speaker 13: Indeed, indeed, unfortunately, we see a vast majority amongst the
Speaker 13: Palestinian people supporting Hamas and supporting October seventh atrocities, and
Speaker 13: it goes bored to board, you know, to both sides
Speaker 13: of the Aisle plo Fata and the Hamas. Unfortunately this
Speaker 13: is the case, and this is what we have to
Speaker 13: live with. But we will fight. We will continue to
Speaker 13: fight until we return safety and security to the entire
Speaker 13: civilians of Israel. Let me remind you that on October six,
Speaker 13: children were sleeping in their beds in Gaza peacefully. No
Speaker 13: one was after them, No one was after the people
Speaker 13: of Gaza. And unfortunately Hamas broke that silence on October seventh.
Speaker 13: And now we don't have the luxury to follow in
Speaker 13: grief and pain. We need to fight, That's what we do.
Speaker 2: Israel and Saudi Arabia were close to normalizing relations prior
Speaker 2: to October seven. Many say this is part of the
Speaker 2: reason that Iran encouraged the attacks by Hamas. When I
Speaker 2: met with your Prime Minister Benjaminette and Yahoo, he said,
Speaker 2: and he used the word determined. He said, he was
Speaker 2: determined to get this done, this deal with Saudi Arabia
Speaker 2: as a pathway to peace. Are you hopeful that this
Speaker 2: could happen while Joe Biden is still president?
Speaker 13: Absolutely. Let me tell you, I think that the Iran
Speaker 13: is not only Israel's enemy, or rather, should we be
Speaker 13: more precise, the Iyetola regime of Iran. It's not the
Speaker 13: Iranian people, but they are enemies of peace. We were
Speaker 13: on the verge, as you said, of expanding the circle
Speaker 13: of peace. I was fortunate enough to be a minister
Speaker 13: in the government that signed the Abraham Accords with the
Speaker 13: first Trump administration and four Arab countries, one of which
Speaker 13: is the country where both my parents were born and raised, Morocco.
Speaker 13: I was hosted by my counterpart, the Moroccan head of Parliament,
Speaker 13: and that was a very significant thing. And we were
Speaker 13: on the verge of expanding the circle of peace even further,
Speaker 13: which from US was trying to stop on October seventh.
Speaker 13: But as you said, Prime Minister, and the State of
Speaker 13: Israel is very determined to expand the circle of peace.
Speaker 13: How the Arab is definitely one of the most maybe
Speaker 13: the most important country in the Arab world, So it's
Speaker 13: a goal worth achieving.
Speaker 2: Just in terms of the timing, how soon could this happen.
Speaker 13: Well, to achieve a defense treaty between Saudi Arabia and America,
Speaker 13: they will need to get a majority, a wide majority,
Speaker 13: two thirds majority. So that could only happen if some
Speaker 13: of the Republican Party currently city in the House and
Speaker 13: all of the Democratic Party will vote for We know
Speaker 13: it's a possibility, but we assume that during President Trump's administration,
Speaker 13: which vis a vis Israel and US relations are expected
Speaker 13: to be the Golden Age, but it will be more
Speaker 13: tough to bring two thirds of the House. So we
Speaker 13: hope we can achieve it as soon as possible. But
Speaker 13: let me tell you that even if there will not
Speaker 13: be a peace treaty between Saudi Arabia and America, I
Speaker 13: think we can reach understandings that could be very fruitful
Speaker 13: and bring us closer together, even to a normalization and
Speaker 13: a peace agreement.
Speaker 2: But if there was to be a formal peace treaty
Speaker 2: if it was to go through the United States, as
Speaker 2: you just outlined. Do are you hopeful that this could
Speaker 2: happen in the next two months before Trump's inauguration.
Speaker 13: We hope it will happen as soon as possible, as
Speaker 13: as you said, we hoped it could happen more than
Speaker 13: a year ago. But we will never stop aspire for
Speaker 13: peace and extend our hands in peace to our entire
Speaker 13: neighborhood as we have done in the past. And we
Speaker 13: believe that, and I think that President Trump believes and
Speaker 13: understand that peace could come from strength from power, and
Speaker 13: this is what we are doing currently.
Speaker 2: Well, I'd love to get your reaction to some of
Speaker 2: Trump's key appointments so far. Mike hackeyby Elise Stephanick. Given
Speaker 2: we saw that Joy Biden did threaten to withhold weapons
Speaker 2: from Israel, and there were other ultimatums in recent times
Speaker 2: as well, is this a positive sign the appointments of
Speaker 2: Mike hockeyby in particular, of how the Trump administration is
Speaker 2: planning to cooperate with Israel.
Speaker 13: Absolutely, when I see the team that the Green Team,
Speaker 13: if I may say so, that doesn't Tromp assembles. Now,
Speaker 13: these are the America relations. These are great friends of
Speaker 13: Israel throughout the years. I hosted the Elise recently and
Speaker 13: I congratulated her for or appointee as ambassador in the UN.
Speaker 13: And I'm looking forward to work with those great people,
Speaker 13: those great friends of the State of Israel. And i
Speaker 13: do believe that we are about to experience the golden
Speaker 13: age of US is relations.
Speaker 2: The golden age. Well, let's hope that will be the case,
Speaker 2: because Israel certainly needs friends on the international stage. At
Speaker 2: the moment. We're hearing, and it is just media reports,
Speaker 2: but we're hearing media reports today that Tehran may have
Speaker 2: decided not to retaliate against Israel after pressure from the
Speaker 2: United States, perhaps because of Donald Trump as incoming president.
Speaker 2: Are you hopeful that Iran might not retaliate again? Are
Speaker 2: you hopeful that these media reports will be accurate.
Speaker 13: We have shown the Iotola regim of Iran that we
Speaker 13: can act on Iranian soil and put down a decisive
Speaker 13: reaction to their texts upon us. If they will do
Speaker 13: a mistake in harm Israeli once again and shure that
Speaker 13: Israeli they're going to get another decisive reaction.
Speaker 2: All right, emir Ocanna, pleasure to have you on the show.
Speaker 2: I appreciate your time.
Speaker 13: Thank you, Sherry.
Speaker 2: And after the break, climate protest chaos, extinction rebellion activists
Speaker 2: block Melbourne roads causing mayhem. Kelly soon and Jema Tognini
Speaker 2: will join me next. Welcome back. Well, let's have a
Speaker 2: look at the climate protests today in Melbourne because they
Speaker 2: shut down traffic. We've seen that university students couldn't get
Speaker 2: to their exams or they were late. It was absolute mayhem.
Speaker 2: Let's have a look. Okay, so this is activists, Kelly
Speaker 2: yet again choosing the most disruptive time to commuters, to families,
Speaker 2: people trying to get to work, get their kids to school.
Speaker 2: I mean, this doesn't win anyone over.
Speaker 17: Most people have zero sympathy for this kind of behavior.
Speaker 17: People stopping people going to their exams, stopping people going
Speaker 17: to work. It reminds me a lot of the Rising
Speaker 17: Tide protesters that are stationed at Newcastle Port of Newcastle
Speaker 17: at the moment doing exactly the same, who've been prohibited
Speaker 17: from doing their protest by the Supreme Court. Yet today
Speaker 17: the new South Wales Health Minister is quoted as saying, well,
Speaker 17: if they're doing nothing wrong, then happy days. So we're
Speaker 17: sending mixed messages to these people. They're idiots and they
Speaker 17: should stop.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a terrible mixed message. What do you think, Jemma.
Speaker 18: I think Australia is sick of them. I think people
Speaker 18: are sick of them. We know in Melbourne recently a
Speaker 18: judge overturned a softer center couple for an extended period
Speaker 18: of time in jail.
Speaker 5: More of that.
Speaker 2: I say, this is the.
Speaker 18: Small squeaky wheel, crying emergency, crying wolf and trying to
Speaker 18: impose this wild sort of climate cold, you know, propaganda
Speaker 18: on the rest of us. And think about the people who,
Speaker 18: as he said, university students can't go to their exams.
Speaker 18: In the most extreme cases, people can't get to hospitals.
Speaker 2: Parents got to get to the birth of their children.
Speaker 18: A woman gave birth on the Balty Bridge. I think
Speaker 18: it was protest before enough enough of them.
Speaker 2: I mean the economic impact as well. You think at
Speaker 2: some point the government should be able to move people
Speaker 2: on and say this is the spot where you can protest,
Speaker 2: but not shutting down traffic. Now we've seen we all
Speaker 2: saw the Quantus freebie scandal. We all know that it
Speaker 2: was not a good look for the prime minister. Now
Speaker 2: surveys back that up thirty seven percent. Australians now have
Speaker 2: a more negative opinion of alban Easy over all of this, Kelly,
Speaker 2: I think the perception is cementing that he likes the
Speaker 2: high life, is in it for the perks. I think
Speaker 2: it's that double standard.
Speaker 17: He portrays himself as the working class prime minister, the
Speaker 17: guy that got brought up by a single mom, and
Speaker 17: then he, on the other hand, buys a beach house
Speaker 17: in the eve of an election, but also then equivocate
Speaker 17: so over whether he did or did not ring Alan
Speaker 17: Joyce took him six days, right, So people say, you
Speaker 17: know what you don't I don't know that I trust
Speaker 17: what you're saying. And that's the problem. It's a trust deficit.
Speaker 17: So most people are reasonable. Thirty six percent said, look,
Speaker 17: if politicians get a flight up grade, fine, I'm twenty
Speaker 17: five percent they said they should have it for business
Speaker 17: or for pleasure. So most people are quite reasonable. What
Speaker 17: they don't trust is equivocation, people that take too long
Speaker 17: to get to the truth. You know, if I had
Speaker 17: picked up the phone to someone like Alan Joyce to
Speaker 17: get a flight up date, upgrade, which.
Speaker 2: I never had. I would remember it one hundred percent,
Speaker 2: you'd remember and jammer in a cost of living crisis
Speaker 2: as well. Not a good look. Well it's a terrible look.
Speaker 18: But it's also the extension of exactly what Kelly said.
Speaker 18: It's about saying we all need to pull out our
Speaker 18: belts in, we all need to reduce our emissions, we
Speaker 18: all need to do.
Speaker 17: X y Z.
Speaker 18: But by the way, we're going to fight climate change
Speaker 18: over a glass of Margaret RIVERSHARDI at the pointy end
Speaker 18: of the plane because our mates about Joyce and it.
Speaker 2: Was the delay.
Speaker 18: It was it was the run around and just the
Speaker 18: lack of trust and authenticity against a prime minister who.
Speaker 2: Loves the tennis, he loves the box here is at
Speaker 2: the latest folk festival.
Speaker 18: He is literally the duty likes to party his way
Speaker 18: through government. Meanwhile, there are all of these pressing issues
Speaker 18: that just seem to fall by the wayside.
Speaker 2: Kelly, in New South Wales, you're the state of the
Speaker 2: shadow health minister. We've seen the nurses go on strike
Speaker 2: this week demanding a fifteen percent pay rise. At least
Speaker 2: that was their initial demand. Look, we understand nurses need
Speaker 2: to be well paid, but you know already hospitals are
Speaker 2: shot staff. This is a very difficult situation. This is
Speaker 2: a problem.
Speaker 17: It's a huge mess and it feels like an intractable
Speaker 17: dispute between Labor you promise so much in the lead
Speaker 17: up to the election, and the nurses' union who were
Speaker 17: feeling betrayed.
Speaker 2: So you have a.
Speaker 17: Situation where the nurses are saying we're not backing down,
Speaker 17: and in fact they're flouting the Industrial Commissions rules not
Speaker 17: to strike. You have Labour saying we've got no more money.
Speaker 17: So how do you fix it? I don't know the solution.
Speaker 17: Labour's saying to the nurses, you we can't pay you
Speaker 17: more because we're going to invest in more nurses. Nurses
Speaker 17: are saying that's an impossible choice. And in the midst
Speaker 17: of this we've got a protests by the CFMU industrial election,
Speaker 17: by the Electrical Trades Union, rail unions stopping It is
Speaker 17: chaos in New South Wales and it's a problem of
Speaker 17: Labour's making.
Speaker 2: Yeah, especially because the unions very quickly Gemma expect pay
Speaker 2: rises from labor.
Speaker 18: Well, of course they do, because this is the Labor
Speaker 18: Party is a union party. This is that's where the
Speaker 18: votes come from, that's where the caucuses come from, That's
Speaker 18: where the deals are done. So it makes absolutely perfect
Speaker 18: sense that there is a time to pay the piper.
Speaker 18: In Italian we said Kipaga, who's paying. It's the unions
Speaker 18: Labor party is paying you and I are paying. Because
Speaker 18: this is the way the power structure works in the
Speaker 18: political left in this country.
Speaker 2: Right Gemma Tonianni Kelly Sloan's so great to have you
Speaker 2: bank shore me all right after the break, Just a
Speaker 2: final thought, stay tuned. Well. Last night I wasn't here
Speaker 2: because I was attending my company's journalism awards and my
Speaker 2: colleague at The Australian, Yanni Bashan, he won the main
Speaker 2: award in honor of Sir Keith Murdoch. Lachlan Murdock presented
Speaker 2: him with this prestigious award, and right after October seven,
Speaker 2: Yanni flew to Israel. He even went into Gaza. He
Speaker 2: was so courageous. But what I want to say, and
Speaker 2: I feel this strongly but I don't say it enough,
Speaker 2: is that there's only one media company around the world
Speaker 2: that has had unwavering moral clarity since October seven. You've
Speaker 2: been watching Sky News and you've seen the clear eyed
Speaker 2: reports from Chris Kenny, Caroline Marcus, Peter Credlin, Andrew Bolt,
Speaker 2: Aeron Moland, James McPherson and so many more. The commentators
Speaker 2: here as well, And given we've had such abysmal political leadership,
Speaker 2: I just have to say thank God for NewsCorp for
Speaker 2: Sky News and the news cop papers around the world.
Speaker 2: To all my colleagues, a huge thank you for standing
Speaker 2: by our side as we fight anti Semitism. That's it
Speaker 2: for me. I'll see you Monday at eight. And here's
Speaker 2: Paul Murray