WEBVTT - What young voters want from Albanese

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<v Speaker 1>From Schwartz Media. I'm Daniel James. This is seven AM.

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<v Speaker 1>At the recent election, a generational shift became undeniable. Nearly

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<v Speaker 1>half of all voters were millennials or gen Z and

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<v Speaker 1>their votes helped deliver Labor its biggest lower House majority ever,

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<v Speaker 1>returned a size of a cross bench and left the

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<v Speaker 1>coalition reeling. But despite their decisive influence, young voters are

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<v Speaker 1>still waiting for answers, especially on one issue they've placed

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<v Speaker 1>at the heart of their demands, a government duty of

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<v Speaker 1>care in the face of the climate crisis. Today, climate

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<v Speaker 1>activists Unduli Sharma on whether Labor were governed for the

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<v Speaker 1>young people who delivered them victory. It's Monday, June ninth.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, young voters held a large amount of power in

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<v Speaker 2>this federal election. For the first time, Gen Z and

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<v Speaker 2>millennials outnumbered Baby boomers.

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<v Speaker 1>So Labor has been given a huge majority at mandate.

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<v Speaker 1>And we've heard a lot about how that came off

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<v Speaker 1>the back of the youth vote at the most recent election.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you think young people viewed that election? What

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<v Speaker 1>did they think was at stake?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, there was a lot at stake this election.

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<v Speaker 4>We saw culture's rife during the election campaign, we saw

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<v Speaker 4>policies that just simply did not accord with what young

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<v Speaker 4>people are seeing before our eyes. What's reality for young people?

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<v Speaker 4>And I'm talking about nuclear I'm talking about uninspiring policies

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<v Speaker 4>on housing, on cost of living, really from both major parties,

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<v Speaker 4>and so I think what young people were really looking

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<v Speaker 4>for when we went to the ballot box was some

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<v Speaker 4>level of safety, some level of security, and the fact

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<v Speaker 4>that the government was delivered with such a historic majority,

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<v Speaker 4>I think is reflective of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Recognizing the change in demographics at the election, both major

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<v Speaker 1>parties chased young voters online.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely labeable white, twenty percent of everyone's student dead. By

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<v Speaker 2>the way, it's the first bit of legislation will introduce

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<v Speaker 2>if we're re elected on the third of May. Signing

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<v Speaker 2>up for UNIE shouldn't mean signing up for a lifetime

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<v Speaker 2>of debt.

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<v Speaker 1>What did you make of those efforts?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it brings a smell to my face thinking about

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<v Speaker 4>some of the social media campaigning that we saw from

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<v Speaker 4>really all sides of politics. Peter, why should I care

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<v Speaker 4>about Peter Dutton wanting to gut Medicare.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, Brian, You're a dog, so it doesn't surprise me.

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<v Speaker 1>That you don't care you're not allowed in hospitals. But

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<v Speaker 1>when he was last health minister, he tried to end

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<v Speaker 1>universal healthcare by introducing gp CO payments.

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<v Speaker 4>We now know that the words de lulu with no

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<v Speaker 4>sululu are in our parliamentary hand side. This really was

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<v Speaker 4>reflective of the fact that both major parties had done

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<v Speaker 4>their homework. They knew that it was young people who

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<v Speaker 4>were going to be a key factor in swaying this election,

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<v Speaker 4>and they wanted to meet us where we were. I

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<v Speaker 4>guess you can say that they did that. They met

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<v Speaker 4>us where we were in relation to their social media later,

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<v Speaker 4>in relation to how they tried to get our attention. Now,

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<v Speaker 4>the question for them is how they honor our votes

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<v Speaker 4>and how they take that forward, how they act on

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<v Speaker 4>that mandate that we delivered to them.

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<v Speaker 1>You mentioned that during the campaign it was rife with

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<v Speaker 1>things like culture wars, which are basically, I guess, constructed

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<v Speaker 1>to divide the community and try and get a majority

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<v Speaker 1>of from one particular side on any particular issue. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you see the election out come as a rejection of

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<v Speaker 1>that type of politics, that politics of.

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<v Speaker 4>Division In a way, I think that people were sick

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<v Speaker 4>of hearing about whether our next prime minister was going

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<v Speaker 4>to stand in front of three flags or whether they

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<v Speaker 4>were going to stand in front of one. But also

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<v Speaker 4>at the same time, at the start of twenty twenty five,

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<v Speaker 4>the Liberal Party was in a competitive position and there

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<v Speaker 4>were polls showing that they could take majority government even

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<v Speaker 4>and that we knew that their views on indigenous rights,

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<v Speaker 4>their history of climate denial, and their wants to spook

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<v Speaker 4>and push nuclear Of course, it became more visible as

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<v Speaker 4>the election campaign took center stage in people's minds, but

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<v Speaker 4>they were shown at the start of the year that

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<v Speaker 4>culture wars had gotten them support because they were there

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<v Speaker 4>in front in the polls. So I wouldn't say it

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<v Speaker 4>was a complete rejection of cultural wars. Unfortunately, to some

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<v Speaker 4>extent they got ground with that, and you know that's

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<v Speaker 4>why parties like One Nation have seats in the Parliament

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<v Speaker 4>as of now. But I think that vote was reflective

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<v Speaker 4>of that desire for some sort of security, some sort

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<v Speaker 4>of stability, and the backflipping that we saw from the

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<v Speaker 4>Liberal Party, the up and downness of their election campaign

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<v Speaker 4>and their ability to offend almost every marginalized group in

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<v Speaker 4>the country was something to do with their vote.

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<v Speaker 1>So We've been talking about the huge influence that Gen

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<v Speaker 1>Z millennials have had on what the new parliament looks like,

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<v Speaker 1>delivering what he's on paper, a progressive parliament. What confidence

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<v Speaker 1>do you have that what we'll see on paper will

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<v Speaker 1>translate to real world action.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, you're asking me this question after the government has

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<v Speaker 4>just approved the Northwest Shelf project, Woodside's carbon bomb essentially,

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<v Speaker 4>so you've caught me a time of not very much optimism.

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<v Speaker 4>I'll be honest. It's really, really, really disheartening that this

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<v Speaker 4>government's and this Environment Minister's first act is to greenlight

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<v Speaker 4>a project, a gas project out to twenty seventy in

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<v Speaker 4>clear contradiction of an immense amount of science, an immense

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<v Speaker 4>amount of business groups and organizations and unions backing a

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<v Speaker 4>call to keep all remaining fossil fuels in the grounds,

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<v Speaker 4>and the evidence that says that we need to do

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<v Speaker 4>that to make good on our Paris Agreement obligations to

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<v Speaker 4>deliver a safe and Liverpool future for young people. Woodside

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<v Speaker 4>is a carbon bomb and there was very good reason

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<v Speaker 4>to not let that project go ahead. But under Australia's

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<v Speaker 4>broken environmental laws that we've seen promises full reform continually

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<v Speaker 4>be kicked down the roads. That project was allowed to

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<v Speaker 4>go ahead despite this mandate, despite this historic youth vote.

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<v Speaker 4>Now that they've won our votes, they've retreated into that

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<v Speaker 4>shelter of complacency once again, and they're not too set

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<v Speaker 4>on figuring out how to honor.

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<v Speaker 1>Them coming up after the break a duty of care

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<v Speaker 1>to young people or to Woodside.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the federal government is being accused of setting off

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<v Speaker 2>a carbon bomb after.

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<v Speaker 4>Giving the green light to a forty year expansion of

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<v Speaker 4>that is biggest gas operation.

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<v Speaker 1>Angelie. You've point into the government's decision to green light

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<v Speaker 1>the extension of Woodside's a massive gas project, as a

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<v Speaker 1>major disappointment given the huge mandate labor now has. What

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<v Speaker 1>would you want to see them do with it?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, one end of Australia right now is underwater and

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<v Speaker 4>the other end is going through devastating drought. It's clearer

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<v Speaker 4>than ever that climate change isn't a far off issue

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<v Speaker 4>anymore for Australians. It's one that's touching hearts around the world.

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<v Speaker 4>It's one that people are seeing not just through our

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<v Speaker 4>TV screens but through our windows. That mandate now is

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<v Speaker 4>a mandate. As I've said, for safety, for security. And

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<v Speaker 4>that doesn't mean acting on woodsides wishes and on the

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<v Speaker 4>wishes of Meg O'Neil. It means delivering ambitious climate and

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<v Speaker 4>environmental reform. That means Australia's broken environmental laws aren't able

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<v Speaker 4>to be used as a smoke screen to push through

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<v Speaker 4>extension after extension.

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<v Speaker 3>That mean that we're.

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<v Speaker 4>Not able to tick a box and say yes, we've

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<v Speaker 4>done our part on climate change because our emissions that

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<v Speaker 4>we burned here in Australia are this much while actually

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<v Speaker 4>where one of the world's largest exporters of fossil fuels,

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<v Speaker 4>and where responsible for much much more emissions than we

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<v Speaker 4>actually count in our domestic targets.

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<v Speaker 1>Angelie, you were one of eight children who took the

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<v Speaker 1>Federal Environments to the court arguing the government has a

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<v Speaker 1>duty of care to protect young people from climate harm.

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<v Speaker 1>Where does the push for a legally recognized gi of

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<v Speaker 1>care stand right now?

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<v Speaker 4>So I guess to answer that question, I'll start with

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<v Speaker 4>telling you why we believe that that should be legally recognized,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's because we know that young people will be

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<v Speaker 4>worst affected by climate change. We know that climate disaster

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<v Speaker 4>is increasing in frequency and severity, and that it's our

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<v Speaker 4>generations that we'll have to bear the brunt of that.

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<v Speaker 4>That's what we argued, as you said, before the courts

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<v Speaker 4>in twenty twenty again in twenty twenty one on appeal,

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<v Speaker 4>and unfortunately that ruling was overturned after being successful initially.

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<v Speaker 5>The Federal Court today may have accepted the minister's legal

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<v Speaker 5>arguments over ours, but that does not change the minister's

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<v Speaker 5>legal obligation moral obligation sorry to take action on climate

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<v Speaker 5>change and to protect young people from the harms that

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<v Speaker 5>it will bring.

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<v Speaker 4>So it no longer exists right now in common law

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<v Speaker 4>before the courts. However, we continued that campaign after that ruling,

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<v Speaker 4>and what we've done is we've worked with Independence and

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<v Speaker 4>in a David pocock I move.

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<v Speaker 6>That the following bill be introduced, a Bill for an

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<v Speaker 6>Act to Amend the Climate Change Act twenty twenty two,

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<v Speaker 6>to put.

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<v Speaker 4>Forward a bill to the Federal Parliament that seeks to

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<v Speaker 4>establish that duty of care.

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<v Speaker 6>Bill obviously would legislate a duty of care where the Environmentister,

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<v Speaker 6>the relevant decision maker would have to consider the impact

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<v Speaker 6>of fossil fuel projects.

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<v Speaker 1>On young people.

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<v Speaker 4>Right now, that bill is still before the Parliament and

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<v Speaker 4>hasn't been voted on the Government has indicated that they

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<v Speaker 4>don't support it as of.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, but our work continues in that area.

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<v Speaker 1>So what kind of support does it have in and

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<v Speaker 1>out of Parliament?

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<v Speaker 3>It has lots of support in the Parliament.

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<v Speaker 4>We had a lobbying day where we went around to

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<v Speaker 4>around fifty MPs and we asked them for support in

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<v Speaker 4>writing for a duty of care. That day we got

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<v Speaker 4>support from around thirty members of Parliament and eleven of

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<v Speaker 4>them were from within the government, including assistant ministers too.

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<v Speaker 4>We have support from businesses and unions. We released an

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<v Speaker 4>open letter calling for this study of care that was

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<v Speaker 4>signed by five former Australians.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the Year.

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<v Speaker 4>A Nobel Laureate Australia is the most decorated Olympian Emma

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<v Speaker 4>McKeon organizations young people have written to the Parliament asking

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<v Speaker 4>for the.

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<v Speaker 3>Study of care.

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<v Speaker 4>We have thousands of signatures on our petition. It's a

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<v Speaker 4>principle that, as far as I've tried to communicate it

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<v Speaker 4>to people, is very well received.

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<v Speaker 1>Your campaign has led to a bill being put forward

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<v Speaker 1>by Senator David Pocock. You mentioned that Labor isn't going

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<v Speaker 1>to support that bill. Have you spoken to anyone within

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<v Speaker 1>the government about that bill.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so we have quite regular, ongoing and productive conversations

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<v Speaker 4>with many people within the Parliament. We have a really

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<v Speaker 4>strong coalition of backbenches within the government who support this

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<v Speaker 4>bill and to have been from the outset some of

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<v Speaker 4>our really really strong supporters for a duty of care. Unfortunately, though,

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<v Speaker 4>what we see is factional politics is caucus politics.

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<v Speaker 3>That mean that it's actually.

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<v Speaker 4>Not those backbenchers who get to say despite what their

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<v Speaker 4>communities might be calling for, and it means that really

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<v Speaker 4>really good policy proposals like this one don't just get rejected,

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<v Speaker 4>they get rejected without any possibility of compromise or negotiation.

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<v Speaker 4>That doesn't mean that we've stopped calling for a duty

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<v Speaker 4>of care.

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<v Speaker 3>Our campaign will continue in this term of.

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<v Speaker 4>Parliament to and now what we're calling for the government

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<v Speaker 4>now is that if you don't like this private members

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<v Speaker 4>bill that's before you.

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<v Speaker 3>Then do it your own way.

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<v Speaker 4>Put in a duty of care however you would like

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<v Speaker 4>draft in your own terms, but work with us and

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<v Speaker 4>work with young people on actually doing that, rather than

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<v Speaker 4>saying our current environmental.

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<v Speaker 3>Laws a fit for purpose. We've got X, Y and Z,

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<v Speaker 3>because clearly they're not.

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<v Speaker 4>If you're approving Northwest shelf out till twenty seventy, then

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<v Speaker 4>there's something lacking in our environmental laws. We've got this

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<v Speaker 4>proposal here to plug that gap, but we need you

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<v Speaker 4>to come to the table as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to fast forward to the twenty twenty eight election,

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<v Speaker 1>will be at the tail end of a decade that

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<v Speaker 1>signed to say is critical when it comes to climate change.

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<v Speaker 1>We spoke about how young voters were instrumental in Albanesi's victory.

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<v Speaker 1>What's the risk if young voters and their priorities are ignored.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, what we saw this election actually, as young people do,

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<v Speaker 4>skew progressive and that doesn't just mean delivering a labor government.

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<v Speaker 4>It means significant first preferences for Greens and for climate independence.

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<v Speaker 4>In some of the youngest electorates in the country. We

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<v Speaker 4>saw significant swings towards the Greens. We saw previously safe

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<v Speaker 4>seats turned marginal because of Green's challenges or because of

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<v Speaker 4>climate independence challenging the sitting and incumbent MPs. It's a

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<v Speaker 4>clear indication of what's to come in twenty twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 4>If we believe that that mandate that we handed the

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<v Speaker 4>government hasn't been on it and hasn't been taken forward.

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<v Speaker 4>It's something that we know that we'll continue to see.

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<v Speaker 4>It started in the twenty twenty two election, that green slide,

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<v Speaker 4>that swing towards climate independence. It continued this election and

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<v Speaker 4>it's only going to grow.

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<v Speaker 3>We know that one of the.

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<v Speaker 4>Biggest reasons that the government and parliaments haven't put forward

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<v Speaker 4>decisive policies on young peoples because up until now they

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<v Speaker 4>haven't really had to consider them as a key demographic

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<v Speaker 4>and lead up to election. The more that that happens,

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<v Speaker 4>as we saw in this election, the more we will

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<v Speaker 4>see policies targeted towards young people.

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<v Speaker 3>Who've just seen.

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<v Speaker 4>Australia's youngest senator ever elected, and I hope that she

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<v Speaker 4>does as she said, become a voice for those who

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<v Speaker 4>share her perspective and those who know what it's like

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<v Speaker 4>to be twenty one right now, staring down the barrel

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<v Speaker 4>at a world that could be marked by climate disaster

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<v Speaker 4>increasing in frequency and severity, and compounding with the crisis

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<v Speaker 4>of inequality of frog, insecurity of water, insecurity of housing, insecurity.

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<v Speaker 3>This movement is not just.

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<v Speaker 4>One that we see every three years at the ballot box.

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<v Speaker 4>It's one that we're seeing continuously through different avenues that

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<v Speaker 4>are being used for change.

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<v Speaker 1>Andelie, thank you so much for taking the time to

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<v Speaker 1>speak with us.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks so much for having me. I really appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we go, I wanted to tell you about some

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<v Speaker 1>of the reporting. In the latest edition of the Saturday Paper.

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<v Speaker 1>Barrister Adrian Bow writes about the recent death of a

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<v Speaker 1>young Aboriginal man while under the restraint of two plain

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<v Speaker 1>clothed police officers and Alice Springs in Bartway. He draws

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<v Speaker 1>parallels between the death and the twenty nineteen shooting of

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<v Speaker 1>Cumen Joe Walker and the systemic problems that these killings reveal,

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<v Speaker 1>and award winning writer Richard Flanagan reports in the crisis

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<v Speaker 1>within the Tasmanian Liberal Party over plans to build a

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<v Speaker 1>stadium that would bankrupt the state. You can find these

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<v Speaker 1>stories and many more at the Saturday Paper dot com

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<v Speaker 1>dot au. I'm Daniel James. This is seven am. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for stay