WEBVTT - Paul Murray Live | 15 September 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:06.760 From the Skyinging Center. This is Paul Murray Live. Thank 0:00:06.800 --> 0:00:08.920 you guys, Happy Sunday. Lots of show to get to tonight, 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:10.440 so let's not muck around. I want to tell you 0:00:10.520 --> 0:00:13.480 the story of two people who sadly are no longer 0:00:13.520 --> 0:00:16.400 with us. One is via an accident and one is 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:21.760 via absolute incompetence of people who should be there to 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:25.000 take care of them, and that is a failure of government. 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:29.400 It was pretty windy in Sydney today and sadly there 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:31.920 was a lady who ended up losing her life today 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:36.879 as a tree branch fell, fell quickly and ended up 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:40.880 crushing her. Here's what locals said about what they saw. 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.279 Try to reside to their tab but unfortunately, I think 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:48.680 kem Let she already passed before they came. Very terrible 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:52.400 unscared because our family here in evan of which kid 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:55.560 might be walking around and then thing like this happen. 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:59.480 Good examples about Australians trying to help somebody, and of 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:01.560 course all of us who live around trees, it's a 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:05.640 fear that we all have. The second, though, is one 0:01:05.640 --> 0:01:10.520 that never should have happened. It is not an accident, 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.640 now you know. I talk about ambulances a lot. I 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:18.240 talk about the failures in and around our ambulance network 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:21.320 because there's just not enough of them. There's not enough paramedics, 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:25.360 and the pressure on paramedics is pretty unbelievable. Now. For 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:29.880 the last state election in Victoria, I made much of 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:31.880 what I thought was one of those things that would 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.640 actually move the dial about whether people think that they 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:39.080 should rehire a government that oversaw such a stuff up 0:01:39.080 --> 0:01:44.640 with the TRIPLEO system, that ambulances weren't turning up, calls 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:49.120 weren't being connected, and thirty three people died as a 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:54.160 result of those failures. I've also talked a lot about 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.600 a reason why you should probably get rid of your 0:01:56.640 --> 0:02:00.520 local state government, because every state government in the country 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:06.200 is currently overseeing hospital ramping, hospital ramping that is at 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:10.040 near record levels. As I've explained before, if you call 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:12.679 Triple O and an ambulance turns up, most likely the 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:14.760 ambulance won't take you straight to the hospital, and then 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:18.120 you go straight into find a bed because there's not 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:20.440 enough beds, you end up sitting in the back of 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:25.000 the hospital, back of the ambulance. This becomes very significant, 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:27.760 and we have seen examples of people dying as a 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:29.959 result of the lack of care because they're not physically 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.519 in the hospital. They're in the car park in the 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:34.560 back of an ambulance, which of course is not able 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:40.519 to go and collect anyone else because of that hospital ramping. Well, 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:46.239 apparently there were fifty fewer ambulance crews around this weekend 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:50.760 in and around central Melbourne because of the exhaustion, that burnout, 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.160 the stress. Now, I in no way when I make 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:56.040 this point and making the point about your average paramedic. 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.799 These people's entire reason for why they picked the job 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:02.519 they did is to save as many lives as possible. 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.120 But something is going very wrong when fifty ambulance crews, 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:10.960 meaning fifty ambulances, weren't around this weekend. The Ambulance Union 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:12.880 was making the point today about why. 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.600 Code one lights in siren's cases. As we understand, it 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.200 waited over an hour to get an ambulance response. We 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:21.600 see this when crews are fatigued and they're burnt out 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:22.520 and they're exhausted. 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.200 I'm sad to say that there is a story tonight 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:31.440 of a man who should still be with us, but 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:34.280 the ambulance never turned up. In fact, it was a 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:38.720 four hour period of time between when the call was 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:43.840 made to when the ambulance actually turned up. Quoting from 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.960 the age, a man was found dead early on Sunday 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:53.160 morning as stretched paramedics arrived four hours after a neighbor 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:55.920 first heard him calling out for help and called Triple 0:03:56.040 --> 0:04:01.800 zero based on the limited information that he had received. 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:06.880 Hill Is, of course, the representative of the union, said 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.600 that the neighbor couldn't access the property themselves and had 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:13.320 heard the man call for up to two hours after 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:17.560 the initial call to emergency services. At some point after 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.839 that two hours, the voice disappeared and presumably he was 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.960 getting sicker or had actually died. It wasn't until another 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.719 two hours before the ambulance crew actually got to the 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.760 home cow for help. 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:33.920 You expect to get it when it's really busy. There 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:36.960 are delays, but a four hour delay really just doesn't 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:39.400 give someone who's critically unwell a chance at surviving. 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:44.000 What is going on here? What is going on in 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.919 a first world country where we pay so much in 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:50.599 tax Whereas I've told you before, federal, state and local 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:52.880 government have more money coming into them than they have 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:58.560 ever had before in our lifetimes. Yet an ambulance service 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.720 is stretched so thin that fifty separate crews not as 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:06.120 part of industrial action, but they were unable to get 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.960 into the ambulances, meaning you had an extra chance of 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:14.360 being collected if someone calls. Now, of course, none of 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.599 us want to have a moment where we have to 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:19.479 call Triple OW, but our assumption is when we do, 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:24.279 it's an emergency, it's a real emergency. And when we're 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.600 calling about a neighbor that for whatever reason we can't 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:31.560 physically get into their home because maybe we are disabled, 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.400 we are unable ourselves due to ill health, to be 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.440 able to get next door and help somebody that for 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:41.400 two hours you can hear their pain. In two hours, 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:45.599 when you call Triple O anywhere in Australia, an ambulance 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:50.000 should turn up, but in this case it didn't, and 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:53.640 in this case the man died. Ambulance Victoria of course, 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.000 will not release any further details because it's now a 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:59.080 matter for the coroner, meaning of course that the hope 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.880 is that some report will come out many months from 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:06.480 now and we won't notice. The statement though that was 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:10.680 released by Ambulance Victoria is your classic holding statement where 0:06:10.720 --> 0:06:13.839 you say everything, but you really say nothing. Our deeper 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:17.880 sympathies are with the patient's family at this very sad time. 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.239 We would like to thank the community members who alerted 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:27.080 Triple zero. That's it. Not we failed, not we will 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:30.640 do better. Not we need the government to give us 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:36.080 more money, or more equipment or more people. Just thanks 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:40.120 for your call. Honestly, this is like you're on hold 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.279 with an insurance company and you're being told that you're 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:46.040 seventeenth in the queue, but your call is important to us. 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:50.920 Any call to Triple O is an emergency. There are 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:54.040 too many calls, yes, hundreds, nay even thousands of them 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:57.800 every year in every state, which are idiotic, stupid, rubbish calls. 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.520 But clearly here the neighbor calls Triple zero and says 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:07.160 I can hear my neighbor screaming they're in pain. Pain 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:11.240 that continued for at least two hours, and help not 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:19.000 offered for another two hours. My advice is that tomorrow 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:23.679 morning the Health Minister should resign because when a system 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:28.960 fails like this, it is beyond your capacity to control it, 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:31.920 or you are out of your depth being able to 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:37.200 respond to it. So though same way she turned and 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:41.400 left a press conference, she should turn and leave the Ministry. 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:46.680 The Premiere should sack this minister. Now, I don't know 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.280 anything else about this situation other than what I have 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.920 read and what I have told you. But how is 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.760 it acceptable in a state where thirty three people died 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:58.120 before the last state election because the triple O system 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:02.679 didn't work, and this man dies because an ambulance doesn't 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:07.080 turn up for four hours, and not four hours during 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:11.640 the busiest time of the day, but at two o'clock 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:15.400 in the morning, all the way till six o'clock in 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:18.560 the morning, there was no one there to take care 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:21.880 of this person. We will learn in the next twenty 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:25.640 four hours whether the Victorian government is interested at all 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:30.280 in first accountability but secondly treating this with the urgency 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:34.720 that it deserves. Or most likely you won't hear anything 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.120 from anyone tomorrow. No one will do a press conference. 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:42.440 There'll be nothing happening in and around Parliament. The media 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:48.360 will move on because they won an election even after 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:52.080 thirty three people had died as a result of the 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:59.440 tripolo system that failed on their watch. Now we've debated 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.080 long and half here on Sky News about the absolute 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:05.280 idiocy of the decision which was made by the Environment 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:09.320 Minister based off one activist about whether or not a 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.840 certain amount of water could be used for the tailings 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.360 of a gold mine in central New South Wales. It's Blainey, 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:19.000 which is not too far from Bathurst. This is a 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:21.560 huge project that would have hired thousands of people and 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:24.240 may well have ended up producing at least a billion 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:30.400 dollars worth of gold. Now the Environment Minister listening to 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:33.679 the one piece of advice that she wanted as opposed 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:35.880 to all of the other advice that was on the table, 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:39.160 and even her Prime Minister who allegedly said he fully 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:43.400 supports the mine. Let alone other local Indigenous people, let 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:47.440 alone the local community, let alone the nwsappals Premier No no, 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:53.960 Tanya knows best. So this project disappears. But the Prime 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.679 Minister says he fully supports it. He couldn't possibly overrule 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:58.400 or tell the minister to go back and make a 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.720 different decision because of course these people don't talk to 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:07.640 each other. Why because you see their factional factional enemies. 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:11.360 He's the leader of the left, the Unicophals left in particular, 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.760 Tanua was the former deputy leader from the Nusopas left, 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:16.640 who of course had to get out of the way, 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.120 so Albo could make his run towards the leadership. But 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:21.040 you know it's the Liberal Party that has a problem 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:25.319 with women. But the bea Toloo gas basin, the bead basin, 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:27.800 i should say, and the gas project in the Northern Territory. 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:33.400 This is huge now according to the Northern Territory Government 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:36.080 and reporting at the time, the amount of gas that 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:38.200 is in this part of the Northern Territory is five 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:44.480 hundred trillion cubic feet of gas. Gas, of course is 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:48.040 high in Australia because whatever we come out of the ground, 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:50.360 for some reason, we have sent more of it overseas 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.160 than we keep for ourselves. That's an issue for another day. 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:57.440 But it also would have provided six three hundred jobs 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:01.520 the Northern Territory, which has a population of just a 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:04.079 couple hundred thousand people. That is a significant number of 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:10.199 jobs and it's something that the Northern Territory government under 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:14.400 not the most recent but the one before that Chief 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:18.600 Minister supported this project for too long. They had dragged 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:20.400 their feet, but finally they came out and they said 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:25.640 that they had backed the Terloo Basin gas project. In 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:27.920 actual fact, at the time it was something that they 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:30.199 were trying to use to try to hold onto power, 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.400 something that of course they lost. Despite the fact that 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.480 the person who replaced this Chief Minister as Labour's Chief 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.280 Minister also supported the project. 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:44.800 I want to make it clear traditional owners Aboriginal territorians 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:48.880 have the power to veto a project. Now is the 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:53.640 time for the Northern Territory to provide the energy that 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:58.720 the world needs to transition to renewable energies. We are 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:03.040 absolutely serious about protecting our environment and our social amenity. 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.520 This won't come at the cost to territorians. 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:10.640 Now. That was the same super lefty Labor Chief Minister 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:14.480 who of course believed that alcohol bands in Alice Springs 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.720 in particular were racist. Of course, she was proven to 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:19.560 be very wrong and ended up putting them back in 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:24.000 place and to some extent they worked. So this was 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:27.080 a person who clearly in a previous political life would 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:30.040 not have been interested in the project. In fact, she 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:32.080 most likely would have tried to throw the project under 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:34.400 the bus, because remember she ended up losing her seat 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:40.240 in Parliament to the Greens, but she supports the project. 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:43.960 Of course, there was a change of government and they 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:49.560 too support this project because firstly, that amount of gas 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:55.240 would obviously help with the territory's capacity to have permanent 0:12:55.360 --> 0:13:00.240 energy backing up the renewable energy. There's so much that 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.240 gas that would be able to do the same potentially 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.880 for other parts of the country, straight down to South Australia, 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:09.920 across the Queensland Diagonal, down to places like New South Wales. 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:15.319 But guess what, Tanya Plubisek has now found a reason 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:22.080 to delay the project. Fresh after the scandal that was 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.640 how she destroyed the mine in the middle of New 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.840 South Wales, she is now in a position where she 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:31.600 has decided to push this off to an independent committee. 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:33.760 And I think we all know how the independent committee's 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:36.280 going to rule, because it wasn't her choice, it was 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:41.239 the committee's choice. Environment Minister Tania Plebisec will force controversial 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:43.400 gas fracking projects and the straight is far north to 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:47.160 under go tough environmental checks. Of course, they're deliberately so 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:50.240 tough that nothing would get approved. As the federal government 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:53.160 brows with its political opponents and miners of the future 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:58.480 nature law reforms, plubi sc intervened on the weekend. Now 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:01.600 remember she did this on Saturday, hoping that everyone would 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:04.200 be distracted by football finals or local government elections in 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.959 New South Wales. But guess what. Thanks to the reporting of, 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.480 among others, the Sydney Morning Herald, we have noticed this 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.439 plub a se devend on Saturday in the debate over 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:15.439 the impact of gas exploration in water resources in the 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.320 Begloo Basin, five hundred kilometers south of Darwin, declaring the 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:23.080 three projects would be subject to scientific assessments. Now remember 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.000 they've already gone through all of the assessments to be 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:26.920 able to laudge all of the paperwork to get the 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:33.040 approval of both sides of territory politics. But this decision 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:38.480 will deeply damage labor. The best case scenario for the 0:14:38.480 --> 0:14:41.960 COLP representing the LNP and the National Party of the 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.880 next federal election is to win the seat of Solomon, 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:46.840 that's the one in and around Darwin, because many of 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.560 the jobs would be connected back to Darwin. The energy 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:53.920 projects would be connected back to Darwin. But equally so, 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:57.040 when places like Alice Springs have been plunged into darkness 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.280 because and I'm not joking, a cloud goes over their 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.840 soul of farm, this would be the way to guarantee 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:06.600 that the lights stay on. If this project is killed, 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:10.120 so too would at least one of those two territory 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:14.360 seats in my view for the Labor Party. Now Marian Scrimjaw, 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:18.000 who is the local Labor politician, she was skeptical about 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:20.640 the Voice. She is not a left wing advocate, of course, 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:22.600 she's telling the line that this is the right decision. 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:26.320 But as Alla Springs has shown us in the territory 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:28.960 elections and in the Voice elections, they don't quite care 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:32.640 what they are told by Labor, which is their own 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:36.560 good interests, what they believe to be the best interests 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:38.320 of the public. The public turns around says no, we 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.640 want energy that works, and if we can have some 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:44.440 jobs on top of that, even better. In The Guardian, 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:48.360 the most left wing view of this decision, Plibask said 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:52.280 environmental decisions must be guided by science and natural environment law. 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:56.320 Now again that's all code for indigenous issues. That's why 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:59.000 I've asked scientific experts to look at these projects to 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:02.880 settle any concerns about potential impacts on water. Well, how 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:04.720 did they get to the place where they had been announced, 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.960 they had been supported. There is hard equipment that is 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:10.480 on those sites right now without all of this already 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:12.760 have been done. No, this is a way of trying 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.520 to delay the projects. This is a way of trying 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:20.440 to kill the projects. Anyone concerned should respect the independent 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:24.080 scientists and not rush to judgment on the basis of assumptions. 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.360 But of course this may well be in and around 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.920 doing her bit for Green's preferences because they keep her 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:34.960 alive in the city of Sydney and the Seat of 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:39.320 Sydney as well. The Federal Green's Environment spokesperson, Sarah Hanson 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:43.200 Young said that the company could start fracking any day 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:45.960 and Plebisk should use her powers under the expanded water 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:49.080 trigger to stop it, letting the company drill for months 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:51.200 while the report is being written as too risky for 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:55.520 the environment in the local water supply. So all of 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:59.120 this had already been approved. This is just another bit 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:01.840 of red green tape that's being found at the last 0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:05.320 minute to wrap up the project, to try to lay 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:09.159 it till eventually the private company walks away, or to 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:12.160 kill it off to win Green's preferences that they would 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:16.040 already be guaranteed of getting at the next election. Watch 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.000 this space if you look. The gold mine was a 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:22.439 big story. The Begloo Basin is much bigger, not just 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:24.879 for the territory, not just for those two seats, but 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.639 for the country in general. A lot of people have 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:31.159 had something to say about the welcome to country ceremony, 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:33.919 not just the general existence of them. We certainly know 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:35.719 there are some local councils with people that have been 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:39.359 re elected that have turned around said no, enough of 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.600 this stuff. I don't want to be welcome in my 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:43.040 own country, all the rest of it. You know, the 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:45.680 arguments against it. Well, there was Welcome to Country of 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:48.720 the AFL Finals this weekend and it was the match 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:52.520 between the Lions and the Giants. Lions one, Giants out 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.760 of the finals. If you haven't heard, this is what 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:57.240 the bloke had to say. And I think this is 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:58.800 a bit of a preview of the future where the 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:01.399 Welcome to Country ceremony will be an opportunity for somebody 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:01.919 to lecture. 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:07.600 Welcome to country is not a ceremony that we've invented 0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:09.719 to cater for white people. 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:12.200 He's got more. 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:17.320 It's a ceremony we've been doing for two hundred and 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:22.359 fifty thousand years plus BC, and the BC stands for 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:23.879 before Cook. 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:29.320 Okay, versely, isn't it sixty five thousand years? That's what 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:32.080 we were all being told during the Voice debate forty 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:33.840 thousand years, of course twenty years before that. So I 0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:36.920 just love to know what he knows about two hundred 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:38.560 and fifty thousand years. Not that it matters, not that 0:18:38.560 --> 0:18:40.399 anyone will question it, That's just the way it is. 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:44.639 But mark my words, as the next generation of people 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:49.040 become the activists that are paid to provide these ceremonies, 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:52.520 they are going to get rougher. They are going to 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.199 be how some people are going to try to lecture 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:58.680 the assembled crowd about either the crimes that have taken 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:03.640 place or the crimes that never been atoned for. Now, 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:06.760 of course, this is all supposed to be an opportunity 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:10.760 from people like the AFL to reach out. But if 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.359 the person will take your money to appear but still 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.040 slap the hand that pays the money to appear, well 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:18.000 then I'm not entirely sure what the purpose of the 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.160 exercise is, but as if it's going to change anytime soon. 0:19:21.560 --> 0:19:28.120 Sadly now, the Reserve Bank of Australia, after a dozen 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:31.800 interest rate rises under the Albanezi government, they themselves have 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:34.040 said that at the last meeting they were more likely 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:37.200 to put them up than put them down. They ended 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:40.760 up holding and holding just But as we've talked about 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:45.080 ever since the last election, one interest rate rise was 0:19:45.080 --> 0:19:47.119 apparently a sign of a cost of living crisis that 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:49.200 was out of control, and the former Prime Minister had 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:50.800 to go, well what do you say when there's been 0:19:50.800 --> 0:19:53.919 twelve more of them under your watch? Well, of course 0:19:54.000 --> 0:19:56.160 Jim Chumas has an answer to all of this, which 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:58.960 is to change the Reserve Bank so it doesn't make 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:01.560 the decisions that the government doesn't want them to make 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:06.119 or becomes politically difficult. The python, of course that is 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:07.879 around Australians when it comes to trying to pay off 0:20:07.880 --> 0:20:10.280 their own homes, or cost of living in general, or 0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:12.000 rent that goes up as a result of the person 0:20:12.040 --> 0:20:15.200 trying to pay off the house of which you are renting. Well, 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:17.720 it is now so tight around people's necks that, as 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:20.000 I often say, people they're not just bright red, they're 0:20:20.040 --> 0:20:23.080 not purple. They're like rabina purple with how much pressure 0:20:23.080 --> 0:20:26.520 they're on. But Jim Charmers has a plan. He wants 0:20:26.560 --> 0:20:28.480 to put a law through the Parliament that will change 0:20:28.480 --> 0:20:31.160 the way the Reserve Bank works. Firstly, the current group 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:34.640 of people who are making the decisions which clearly are 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:37.840 about trying to get inflation in this country down to 0:20:38.000 --> 0:20:40.320 between two and three percent, despite the fact that inflation 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:44.000 remains closer to four percent in this country rather than 0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:49.360 three percent, while in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:54.800 all of their inflation is lower than ours. But nothing 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.520 to see here, right. The government, of course then turns 0:20:57.560 --> 0:21:00.520 around and spends billions and billions and billions of extra 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:02.400 dollars that they didn't spend before. But then they say 0:21:02.400 --> 0:21:05.159 it won't be inflationary. But then our inflation rate is 0:21:05.200 --> 0:21:07.840 higher than the rest of the world. Nothing to see here, 0:21:07.840 --> 0:21:10.840 of course. So the first thing they did was after 0:21:10.880 --> 0:21:13.960 appointing their own version of the Reserve Bank boss, that 0:21:14.080 --> 0:21:16.639 now being Michelle Bullet, to replace the previous one because 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:19.600 remember he was mustache twirling and monocle owning and he 0:21:19.640 --> 0:21:21.720 didn't care. Oh that's right, he just was trying to 0:21:21.760 --> 0:21:28.320 return the country to the agreed rate of inflation. She 0:21:28.400 --> 0:21:31.400 also now has to give press conferences after the decisions 0:21:31.440 --> 0:21:35.480 are made, because of course she will be therefore held responsible, 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:37.800 not the government. And they don't meet every month, they 0:21:37.880 --> 0:21:40.960 meet every six weeks or so. But the law, the 0:21:41.040 --> 0:21:42.919 Charmers wants to put in place is to take the 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:46.000 current group of people who are making those decisions the 0:21:46.080 --> 0:21:50.320 Reserve Bank Board and create an entirely separate group of 0:21:50.359 --> 0:21:53.040 people who are not connected to the board to make 0:21:53.080 --> 0:21:56.240 the decisions about interest rates. Among those they would like 0:21:56.280 --> 0:22:00.840 to put on that board union members, people who would 0:22:00.880 --> 0:22:04.000 put simply not represent workers but do the bidding of 0:22:04.080 --> 0:22:10.080 the government in the independent Reserve Bank. Now, the Greens 0:22:10.119 --> 0:22:12.879 believe that this really isn't necessary because they think that 0:22:12.920 --> 0:22:15.560 the current laws should be actually beefed up, meaning that 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:19.080 the current Treasurer would be able to overrule the Reserve Bank. 0:22:20.240 --> 0:22:22.399 But today we learned that the Liberal Party won't be 0:22:22.440 --> 0:22:25.560 having this. They'll do a deal in age care, but 0:22:25.600 --> 0:22:28.200 they won't do a deal on changing or dare I say, 0:22:28.359 --> 0:22:31.280 rigging the Reserve Bank. Jane Hume on Channel Too. 0:22:31.200 --> 0:22:36.560 Today, maintaining stability and continuity on that board is fundamental 0:22:36.640 --> 0:22:39.640 for fighting inflation and that should be the government's number 0:22:39.680 --> 0:22:43.800 one priority. That was the government's sticking point. Now, Bizarrely, 0:22:44.640 --> 0:22:48.479 the Treasurer then went into war with the RBA and 0:22:48.880 --> 0:22:52.879 essentially try to undermine their in their independence, which we 0:22:53.000 --> 0:22:55.840 found very question We're comfortable with the board that we 0:22:55.880 --> 0:22:58.160 have that are dealing with monetary policy as they are. 0:22:58.240 --> 0:23:00.760 That's the best way to get inflation down, which should 0:23:00.760 --> 0:23:02.120 be the number one priority. 0:23:03.000 --> 0:23:06.040 Correct. And remember, the majority of Australians polled even by 0:23:06.119 --> 0:23:09.720 left wing organizations, shows that the majority of Australians blame 0:23:10.119 --> 0:23:13.080 the federal government and the Treasurer for the issues to 0:23:13.080 --> 0:23:15.760 do with cost of living, not the Reserve Bank, the 0:23:15.920 --> 0:23:19.359 pre rigged Reserve Bank. For his part, again, Jim Chalmers 0:23:19.400 --> 0:23:21.800 about why he wants to change the Reserve Bank. 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:25.439 I think you can imagine a situation where there has 0:23:25.480 --> 0:23:30.160 been some substantial structural or institutional failure or some kind 0:23:30.200 --> 0:23:34.800 of other emergency around perhaps the personnel of the Reserve 0:23:34.840 --> 0:23:37.280 Bank and it's board or something like that, some total 0:23:37.320 --> 0:23:41.960 breakdown in the usual kind of decision making capacity of 0:23:42.000 --> 0:23:46.439 the Reserve Bank. But we're very deliberately not stipulating the 0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:49.439 exact circumstances. We're trying to limit the circumstances. 0:23:50.560 --> 0:23:52.800 But hang on, there's no evidence of any of that. Yes, 0:23:52.840 --> 0:23:54.760 they had an inquiry which of course suggested, guess what, 0:23:54.800 --> 0:23:57.280 you should change the bank and be able to have 0:23:57.359 --> 0:24:00.879 more representative voices like unions on its example of it 0:24:00.960 --> 0:24:03.680 being a failed institution in terms of how it does 0:24:03.720 --> 0:24:06.199 what it does. You can disagree with this decisions violence democracy, 0:24:06.560 --> 0:24:09.280 but this is a bloke who is just literally trying 0:24:09.320 --> 0:24:12.359 to novel the Reserve Bank from making the independent decisions 0:24:12.560 --> 0:24:16.160 to bring inflation down, inflation that in part still remains 0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:18.760 high because of the decisions of this federal government. I 0:24:18.840 --> 0:24:21.480 mentioned the Greens before. Now remember, most likely after the 0:24:21.480 --> 0:24:23.680 next election, it's a minority government and the Greens are 0:24:23.760 --> 0:24:25.480 the tail that's wagging the dog. 0:24:27.160 --> 0:24:29.720 They have the power and it's therefore a reason it's 0:24:29.760 --> 0:24:33.800 there because in emergencies and in crises, and we're saying 0:24:34.080 --> 0:24:36.320 that people are at breaking point and are in a 0:24:36.359 --> 0:24:38.480 crisis now in the middle of a cost of living, 0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:41.359 an inequality crisis. Labours saying they want to take their 0:24:41.359 --> 0:24:43.880 hands off the steering wheel even more, and we're saying no, 0:24:44.640 --> 0:24:45.560 that's not the answer. 0:24:46.720 --> 0:24:49.040 So what's the prime ministers are going to do about this? Well, 0:24:49.240 --> 0:24:51.240 not much this week, you see, he's got more important 0:24:51.240 --> 0:24:53.840 things to do now. Normally the Prime Minister passes himself 0:24:53.880 --> 0:24:56.720 off as one of us by walking around building sites, 0:24:56.840 --> 0:24:59.360 pointing at things high vis. Oh, but the other guy 0:24:59.440 --> 0:25:03.000 was all about far Yeah, okay, pot calling kettle. We 0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:04.800 all know what Albo really likes to do, which is 0:25:04.840 --> 0:25:08.000 to get on one of two brand new private planes 0:25:08.560 --> 0:25:11.760 that his government have paid for and delivered. Yes, yes, yes, 0:25:11.840 --> 0:25:14.399 originally ordered by the previous government. But Jess, isn't it 0:25:14.440 --> 0:25:17.040 inconvenient to cancel a brand new plane because I like 0:25:17.040 --> 0:25:18.960 flying around the wall on my own private plane that 0:25:18.960 --> 0:25:22.000 I even nickname after my dog. So guess what airbus 0:25:22.000 --> 0:25:24.399 elbow this week? Back up in the air where he 0:25:24.480 --> 0:25:28.119 loves to be, just looking at clouds. That was a 0:25:28.119 --> 0:25:30.560 real grab. Remember we showed you that he's off in 0:25:30.600 --> 0:25:32.199 the United States. He's going to be there for a 0:25:32.240 --> 0:25:35.960 meeting of the Quad leaders. That of course is among 0:25:36.040 --> 0:25:40.479 others Australia, the United States, India that are there. It 0:25:40.560 --> 0:25:42.480 means we'll get the opportunity of seeing a couple of 0:25:42.520 --> 0:25:45.360 losers together this time, Joe Biden and in my view, 0:25:45.359 --> 0:25:48.200 Anthony Abernezi Bubba all wait and see now. No doubt 0:25:48.200 --> 0:25:50.400 they'll probably be a little side meeting with Kamala Harris. 0:25:50.640 --> 0:25:52.440 No conversation at all when it comes to Trump, but 0:25:52.480 --> 0:25:53.960 I'll get to that in a moment or two is time. 0:25:54.200 --> 0:25:58.399 But good to know, right, he will be up in 0:25:58.440 --> 0:26:00.800 the air again, where he loves to be, on a 0:26:00.840 --> 0:26:04.320 plane that he nicknames after his dog, sitting with a 0:26:04.359 --> 0:26:08.080 president who is a lame duck president who does not 0:26:08.160 --> 0:26:10.480 even have the strength to run for reelection, let alone 0:26:10.520 --> 0:26:12.600 to actually remain the president because of course, as we know, 0:26:12.680 --> 0:26:14.720 he spends more time at the beach than he does 0:26:14.760 --> 0:26:19.760 actually talking about global affairs. But also worth noting about 0:26:19.800 --> 0:26:24.720 global affairs is the latest escalation of the Ukraine War. Now, 0:26:24.720 --> 0:26:26.840 for anyone who's half listening, I'm not somebody who believes 0:26:26.840 --> 0:26:29.199 that the Ukraine War is a hopeless fight that no 0:26:29.200 --> 0:26:31.800 one should be involved in. For obvious reasons, one's at democracy, 0:26:32.000 --> 0:26:35.399 Russia ain't, and for obvious reasons, Ukraine should do everything 0:26:35.400 --> 0:26:37.639 it can to try to repel Russia. But there's been 0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:41.040 a change in the past couple of weeks that maybe 0:26:41.040 --> 0:26:42.800 you haven't noticed because there's a lot of other things 0:26:42.800 --> 0:26:46.320 going on, And it is now a scenario where as 0:26:46.359 --> 0:26:48.920 you know, the United States can't fight with Russia because 0:26:48.960 --> 0:26:52.679 if they fight with Russia directly, well, of course Russia 0:26:52.720 --> 0:26:55.080 has a deal with China to defend Russia, and we're 0:26:55.119 --> 0:26:58.000 off to the races. World World War III, of course, 0:26:58.040 --> 0:27:01.639 what Ukraine is doing to defend itself to use weapons 0:27:02.080 --> 0:27:05.320 that are made by the United States shipped to them 0:27:05.400 --> 0:27:08.359 from the United States, and the United States get to 0:27:08.400 --> 0:27:15.760 decide what they can use. This month, Joe Biden has 0:27:15.800 --> 0:27:20.200 decided that missiles that will go further into Russia can 0:27:20.200 --> 0:27:25.480 now be used by Ukraine to shoot in to Russia. Now, again, 0:27:25.520 --> 0:27:28.360 the logic here is to try to weaken the Russian 0:27:28.400 --> 0:27:31.560 forces or cut off their capacity to go back into Russia. 0:27:31.600 --> 0:27:37.560 But still, is it not still an American weapon landing 0:27:37.680 --> 0:27:41.199 in Russian territory just because it wasn't fired by an 0:27:41.240 --> 0:27:45.840 American How will Putin respond? I don't say this is 0:27:45.880 --> 0:27:49.680 a Putin apologist. He's the bad guy, right, But there 0:27:49.680 --> 0:27:52.440 has been an escalation where it's not just giving them money, 0:27:52.480 --> 0:27:54.359 it's giving them weapons and now giving them weapons to 0:27:54.359 --> 0:27:57.920 actually hit Russia with. And this is not a one off. 0:27:57.960 --> 0:28:01.120 In fact, the Biden administration is now currently this week 0:28:01.359 --> 0:28:05.520 meeting with the UK's brand new prime minister telling them, hey, 0:28:06.000 --> 0:28:10.960 you should do the same thing. So again, unpredictable, wrong, 0:28:11.280 --> 0:28:15.040 bad guy Russia. How do they respond when weapons of 0:28:15.480 --> 0:28:18.800 the United States and the UK will be dropped into Russia? 0:28:19.280 --> 0:28:23.400 How will China respond? Of course, nothing to see here. 0:28:23.520 --> 0:28:28.639 Right at the end of October, Hopefully Queensland will do 0:28:28.800 --> 0:28:30.679 what fingers crossed we have been asking them to do 0:28:30.720 --> 0:28:32.919 for a long time, and that is to flush the 0:28:33.040 --> 0:28:36.800 ridiculous labor government that they have there right now, giggles Miles, 0:28:36.800 --> 0:28:39.520 Hopefully the gig will be wiped off his face and 0:28:39.560 --> 0:28:41.640 the person to do it, we hope will be David Crucifully. Now, 0:28:41.680 --> 0:28:44.520 remember we spoke about David Crucifully all the way back 0:28:44.640 --> 0:28:46.640 when he was a shadow minister, and we're backed him 0:28:46.640 --> 0:28:49.560 in from the first day that he became the opposition leader. 0:28:49.640 --> 0:28:52.280 We talk about Queensland politics a lot because I love 0:28:52.360 --> 0:28:56.200 Queensland now amazingly Today the decision from both sides of 0:28:56.240 --> 0:29:00.360 politics was to permanently keep the fifty cent public traansport 0:29:00.440 --> 0:29:02.120 fares because there has been our giant surge in the 0:29:02.200 --> 0:29:05.160 number of people that have been catching buses and trains. 0:29:05.200 --> 0:29:09.880 Sure it costs spillions, but who cares right. Also worth 0:29:09.920 --> 0:29:12.600 noting though, is that this is the start of the 0:29:12.680 --> 0:29:16.080 soft election campaign before we get to the actual election campaign. 0:29:16.120 --> 0:29:19.680 At the end of the month, Parliament's no longer around, 0:29:19.680 --> 0:29:23.400 so basically election campaign has begun, and these are the 0:29:23.440 --> 0:29:25.960 issues that matter. According to the opinion polls that show 0:29:27.800 --> 0:29:30.160 that an undecided number at forty percent is a lot 0:29:30.240 --> 0:29:33.280 higher than the low twenties for preferred premier. Right now, 0:29:33.320 --> 0:29:37.560 for Stephen Miles, the economy number one issue, daylight second 0:29:38.240 --> 0:29:40.920 fifty one percent. That's got to be good for the LNP. 0:29:41.520 --> 0:29:44.160 Housing and rental affordability, well, you'd think that may well 0:29:44.160 --> 0:29:48.680 help the Greens, certainly in lefty areas crime and antisocial behavior. 0:29:48.720 --> 0:29:52.040 We know that's going to help the opposition and everything 0:29:52.320 --> 0:29:56.479 under that is single digits, including climate change, which is 0:29:56.640 --> 0:30:02.440 not even on the list now. As we know, last 0:30:02.480 --> 0:30:05.800 week was the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, 0:30:06.280 --> 0:30:09.240 and the expectation is that's it, and you know what, 0:30:09.640 --> 0:30:12.040 that's all it should be, because we know how rigged 0:30:12.080 --> 0:30:14.600 it was in terms of the moderators. We know that 0:30:14.640 --> 0:30:17.320 Trump certainly got himself into trouble with the whole cat business. 0:30:17.960 --> 0:30:21.160 But essentially we don't need another debate. This is more 0:30:21.160 --> 0:30:23.960 of a media event than anything else, right at least 0:30:23.960 --> 0:30:25.520 that's what Trump says right now. 0:30:27.640 --> 0:30:31.520 So because we've done two debates and because they were successful. 0:30:30.960 --> 0:30:32.920 There will be no third debate. 0:30:33.360 --> 0:30:34.800 As everyone saw two. 0:30:34.680 --> 0:30:40.080 Nights ago, we had a monumental victory over Comrade Kamala 0:30:40.160 --> 0:30:42.640 Harris and the presidential debt. 0:30:44.040 --> 0:30:45.400 But one thing that we all thought we were going 0:30:45.440 --> 0:30:47.719 to see in the debate, which we didn't, but we 0:30:47.720 --> 0:30:50.480 did see once she started doing interviews, including on local 0:30:50.520 --> 0:30:54.080 television in Philadelphia. This is relevant because it's seen across 0:30:54.120 --> 0:30:57.240 all the Pennsylvania win, Pennsylvania win the presidency for either 0:30:57.240 --> 0:31:01.000 Tim Red or Team Blue. But the word salads. This 0:31:01.080 --> 0:31:02.760 is one of the reasons why she is the most 0:31:03.080 --> 0:31:05.720 unpopular vice president of all time, not twenty years ago, 0:31:06.560 --> 0:31:08.800 right now. And then, of course she wasn't Joe Biden. 0:31:08.880 --> 0:31:12.560 So Obama in a pants suit, But as I've argued, 0:31:12.640 --> 0:31:15.560 it's more of an empty pantsuit than Obama in a pantsuit, 0:31:15.560 --> 0:31:17.480 because in part she says crap like this. 0:31:19.600 --> 0:31:23.360 When we talk about bringing down prices and making life 0:31:23.640 --> 0:31:25.680 more affordable for people, what are. 0:31:25.560 --> 0:31:27.880 One or two specific things you have in mind for that. 0:31:28.960 --> 0:31:32.000 Well, I'll start with this. I grew up a middle 0:31:32.040 --> 0:31:35.440 class kid. My mother raised my sister and me. She 0:31:35.520 --> 0:31:39.560 worked very hard. She was able to finally save up 0:31:39.680 --> 0:31:42.320 enough money to buy our first house. When I was 0:31:42.440 --> 0:31:45.200 a teenager. I try to explain to some people who 0:31:45.240 --> 0:31:47.239 may not have had the same experience. You know, if 0:31:48.480 --> 0:31:50.840 a lot of people will relate to this. You know, 0:31:50.840 --> 0:31:52.680 I grew up in a neighborhood of folks who are 0:31:52.920 --> 0:31:54.160 very proud of their line. 0:31:55.320 --> 0:31:58.480 Now we stand by for the post debate bounce that 0:31:58.520 --> 0:32:01.920 supposedly is going to put Kamala haha beyond touching distance. 0:32:02.320 --> 0:32:05.600 We'll guess what tonight. A grade polls show her up 0:32:05.600 --> 0:32:08.120 by a lot, and another a grade pole says him 0:32:08.240 --> 0:32:11.400 up by a lot. So who knows. Let's say, look 0:32:11.400 --> 0:32:14.920 at the videotape of random people in a firehouse in 0:32:14.960 --> 0:32:33.640 Pennsylvania about their reaction to Biden and Harris or Trump 0:32:33.640 --> 0:32:47.960 and Vance. I know it ain't science. We'll all wait 0:32:48.000 --> 0:32:50.280 and see fifty one days to go. We'll talk about 0:32:50.360 --> 0:32:52.240 it every day between now and then, not to do 0:32:52.360 --> 0:32:53.800 the stuff you need to know. We'll ignore all the 0:32:53.800 --> 0:32:55.160 garbage as well. And I can't wait to be in 0:32:55.160 --> 0:32:57.560 the States for the election and a little bit before 0:32:57.640 --> 0:32:59.880 and most certainly after quick break back with more lots 0:32:59.920 --> 0:33:02.000 of talk about lots of debate, bold predictions for the 0:33:02.000 --> 0:33:03.880 week ahead, and a very special friend of mine with 0:33:04.000 --> 0:33:07.400 an conversation that I know you're going to absolutely love warness. 0:33:13.160 --> 0:33:15.160 How good is this Sunday night? So good to see 0:33:15.200 --> 0:33:16.760 two people who've got a smile on the die for 0:33:16.840 --> 0:33:19.280 very different reasons. James Ashby's got a smile in his 0:33:19.360 --> 0:33:21.440 die because he knows the election is on its way 0:33:21.480 --> 0:33:23.280 and he's running there in the set of capable for 0:33:23.320 --> 0:33:26.000 one nation. It's getting closer and there you go at 0:33:26.080 --> 0:33:28.600 his chances go up by the day, and the wonderful 0:33:28.640 --> 0:33:30.800 Linda Scott's happy because she's done with local council. Right, 0:33:30.840 --> 0:33:34.520 twelve years of your life finished done. Congratulations, Thank you 0:33:34.560 --> 0:33:36.880 for your service all of that business in relation to 0:33:37.320 --> 0:33:39.840 local government. Thank you for always coming on this program. 0:33:40.120 --> 0:33:42.600 But let's get to my favorite topic, which is the 0:33:42.680 --> 0:33:46.960 censoring of the Internet, the Misinformation Bill, James. It was 0:33:47.440 --> 0:33:50.440 announced on Thursday. It's there if anyone wants to go 0:33:50.480 --> 0:33:53.600 and find the details of seventy five pages of it. 0:33:53.640 --> 0:33:55.400 I've had plenty to say about why I think this 0:33:55.480 --> 0:33:57.200 is dangerous, What do you think of it? 0:34:00.240 --> 0:34:02.120 Or the public are get to really have a tough 0:34:02.160 --> 0:34:04.280 time getting their heads around this. But you know, the 0:34:04.480 --> 0:34:08.480 unintended consequences with bills that labor put forward are the 0:34:08.560 --> 0:34:11.840 things to really look forward to people because it starts 0:34:11.840 --> 0:34:16.840 off trying to crack down on the hardcore mistruths and disinformation, 0:34:17.560 --> 0:34:20.279 and then somehow finishes up that you can no longer 0:34:20.320 --> 0:34:22.720 post photos of you and the kids with Santa Claus 0:34:22.760 --> 0:34:26.080 because you know, all of a sudden that'll be treated 0:34:26.120 --> 0:34:29.960 as misinformation as well. I can't gather get over the 0:34:29.960 --> 0:34:33.080 fines here, Paul. They're trying to say they're going to 0:34:33.200 --> 0:34:37.560 charge five percent of the global revenue of some of 0:34:37.600 --> 0:34:41.600 these big corporations. And we're talking companies like Facebook here 0:34:42.160 --> 0:34:46.319 global turnover one hundred and thirty five billion. They want 0:34:46.360 --> 0:34:49.880 to hit them with a five percent fine. Like, I 0:34:49.920 --> 0:34:52.520 don't quite get it. Is this labour's way of somehow 0:34:52.800 --> 0:34:55.839 also trying to balance their budget and try and bring 0:34:55.880 --> 0:34:58.640 some revenue in because that's about a seven billion dollar fine. 0:34:58.680 --> 0:35:02.279 If people are caught doing the wrong thing and Facebook 0:35:02.880 --> 0:35:05.680 face the penalty, it just doesn't make sense. This has 0:35:05.719 --> 0:35:07.799 got a lot of holes in it, this bill, and 0:35:07.840 --> 0:35:11.040 no wonder so many people have had a lot to say, 0:35:11.400 --> 0:35:12.160 all negative. 0:35:12.200 --> 0:35:14.920 I might just add, yeah, remember the first version of 0:35:14.960 --> 0:35:16.760 this and this very little difference in my view between 0:35:16.760 --> 0:35:18.759 first and the second version was opposed from everyone from 0:35:18.760 --> 0:35:22.680 the ABC to US, from the IPA to the Human 0:35:22.800 --> 0:35:25.040 Rights Commission. Okay, so there's putting holes in all of this. 0:35:25.320 --> 0:35:27.800 For their part, the shadow Home Affairs ministers had plenty 0:35:27.840 --> 0:35:28.400 to say. 0:35:29.000 --> 0:35:32.600 Oh, this is crackpot stuff. This is about sovereignty. The 0:35:32.640 --> 0:35:36.400 Australian government, like every other democratic country in the world, 0:35:37.040 --> 0:35:40.000 asserts it right its rights to make laws to keep 0:35:40.040 --> 0:35:43.560 Australian safe. This is not about free speech. How can 0:35:43.680 --> 0:35:49.680 anyone in the name of free speech defend criminals publishing 0:35:50.040 --> 0:35:54.200 misleading content online which is leading Australians to lose billions 0:35:54.280 --> 0:35:54.800 of dollars. 0:35:55.560 --> 0:35:58.160 Apologies, we let that one through to the keeper Where 0:35:58.320 --> 0:36:01.440 that's the government pushing it's agenda there, I think that's 0:36:01.440 --> 0:36:04.320 the Assistant Treasurer Linda. I've got a lot of concerns 0:36:04.320 --> 0:36:08.040 about this. I understand what theoretically they're going after, but 0:36:08.120 --> 0:36:10.680 I don't think there's a government solution to this. Well. 0:36:10.719 --> 0:36:13.000 Look, I am not surprised to hear James Ashby on 0:36:13.040 --> 0:36:16.400 the side of billionaire Illin Mask, but it is disappointing 0:36:16.480 --> 0:36:19.800 because there's some pretty wacky views out there on the internet. 0:36:19.840 --> 0:36:22.880 This bill is pretty reasonable. It's calling for things that 0:36:22.960 --> 0:36:25.839 are demonstrably false. You've really got to be able to 0:36:25.920 --> 0:36:28.719 prove beyond a shadow of doubt that this information is 0:36:28.760 --> 0:36:33.800 false and in addition that the information could reasonably cause harm. 0:36:34.000 --> 0:36:35.799 What we don't want is kind of. 0:36:35.840 --> 0:36:39.759 Deep fake videos of you, Paul, you know, getting up 0:36:39.800 --> 0:36:43.120 and saying things that you don't believe, coming onto the internet, 0:36:43.480 --> 0:36:47.400 demonstrably fake and dangerous, could cause harm, could cause people 0:36:47.400 --> 0:36:50.719 to think that you think all sorts of incredibly good 0:36:50.800 --> 0:36:54.000 left wing things right, and that that be able to 0:36:54.080 --> 0:36:58.759 be sort of allowed because it's either permitted or the 0:36:58.800 --> 0:37:01.239 punishment is a slap on the is we cannot live 0:37:01.280 --> 0:37:05.000 in a democratic world. Where As Stephen Jones rightly says, 0:37:05.000 --> 0:37:08.560 we're allowing criminals to put false different you know, false 0:37:08.600 --> 0:37:11.880 disinformation that can cause harm onto the internet, and we 0:37:11.960 --> 0:37:14.120 all say, oh, that's okay, that's not okay. 0:37:14.560 --> 0:37:17.120 It's going to be about be being used to get 0:37:17.200 --> 0:37:20.719 rid of the content on podcasts and YouTube videos that 0:37:20.760 --> 0:37:23.080 they don't like. But we'll all wait and see together, 0:37:23.280 --> 0:37:26.160 we'll debate it as it goes. Obviously, the Queensland election 0:37:26.239 --> 0:37:28.120 often running, so James, I've got to get you nice 0:37:28.120 --> 0:37:30.600 and early on this. We've got both sides of politics, 0:37:31.080 --> 0:37:33.560 incredibly expensive policy, but the fifty cent thing's going to 0:37:33.560 --> 0:37:36.160 stick around. But it's the crime stuff that matters the 0:37:36.200 --> 0:37:39.319 most to me. It is top three issue. It is 0:37:39.360 --> 0:37:42.360 not number one, but it is top three issue for people. 0:37:42.640 --> 0:37:45.960 L ANDP came out today claiming that assault or victims 0:37:46.000 --> 0:37:48.120 of assault had actually increased one hundred and ninety three 0:37:48.120 --> 0:37:51.960 percent since the government came to power. You would no doubt, 0:37:52.080 --> 0:37:54.520 no and agree and people would come up to you 0:37:54.520 --> 0:37:57.480 in the street that crime is one of the tipping 0:37:57.480 --> 0:37:58.360 points of this election. 0:38:00.800 --> 0:38:01.520 Yeah, sure is. 0:38:02.840 --> 0:38:05.640 We've got a massive problem here in central Queensland with 0:38:05.719 --> 0:38:09.320 domestic violence as well. You know, we're the third highest 0:38:09.719 --> 0:38:14.279 offending area right throughout the whole of Queensland. Livingstonshire is 0:38:14.320 --> 0:38:16.760 the third worst in our state, which is quite sad, 0:38:17.160 --> 0:38:19.560 but you know, we've got to have places to put 0:38:19.600 --> 0:38:22.680 these people who are serial offenders, whether they be domestic 0:38:22.760 --> 0:38:29.560 violence or assault, and stop giving the perpetrators the slap 0:38:29.600 --> 0:38:32.560 on the wrist and letting them out. I'm sorry. We 0:38:32.600 --> 0:38:37.000 talk about human rights all the time and the person 0:38:37.040 --> 0:38:41.320 who's committed the offense can't spend too much time in prison. Sorry, 0:38:41.400 --> 0:38:43.839 what about the human rights of those poor victims out 0:38:43.840 --> 0:38:47.920 there who are left languishing, often because they can't afford 0:38:48.000 --> 0:38:51.120 to get over the nightmares I've been broken into and 0:38:51.719 --> 0:38:55.440 having their cars style and sometimes at knife point, and 0:38:55.920 --> 0:39:00.400 these things have monumental impacts on people. We've got to 0:39:00.480 --> 0:39:04.560 start looking after the people who have been offended against 0:39:04.880 --> 0:39:07.560 and start locking up these offenders. If you've only got 0:39:07.560 --> 0:39:09.879 three hundred and six detention center beds in this state, 0:39:09.960 --> 0:39:13.359 Paul tough luck trying to lock them up for too long, 0:39:13.440 --> 0:39:16.560 because that's why they get a free ticket. They go 0:39:16.600 --> 0:39:18.239 in for a couple of weeks and then they're let go, 0:39:18.400 --> 0:39:21.360 so it's really no deterrent for them. We've got to 0:39:21.360 --> 0:39:24.360 build more detention center beds, and we've actually got to 0:39:24.360 --> 0:39:27.480 make them a punishment, not a holiday camp. So we've 0:39:27.480 --> 0:39:29.399 got to get tough on a few fronts there if 0:39:29.400 --> 0:39:31.719 we're going to deal with the crime that seems to 0:39:31.880 --> 0:39:33.440 continue to escalate in this state. 0:39:33.560 --> 0:39:35.200 All right, give me the bumper stickers. So people want 0:39:35.239 --> 0:39:38.120 to read more about what you want to do in Keppel, 0:39:38.600 --> 0:39:40.960 but equally important, what one nation wants to do across 0:39:40.960 --> 0:39:43.600 the whole state. What's the website, what's the socials? 0:39:45.760 --> 0:39:48.279 People can simply go to James Ashby dot com dot 0:39:48.280 --> 0:39:51.919 au or go to Queensland dot one Nation dot org 0:39:51.960 --> 0:39:55.160 dot au and every policy. Unlike the other major parties, 0:39:55.200 --> 0:39:57.520 they haven't even put their policies online. We've put our 0:39:57.600 --> 0:40:01.239 full suite of policies online for people to re scrutinize, 0:40:01.280 --> 0:40:02.759 do what they like. They can give me a call 0:40:02.760 --> 0:40:03.160 as well. 0:40:03.320 --> 0:40:05.080 Good Man, good man, All right, Well, I won't give 0:40:05.080 --> 0:40:07.360 the number out on it, but I presumably there's a 0:40:07.360 --> 0:40:10.719 way to get it legitimately through one Nation. All right. 0:40:11.080 --> 0:40:13.760 Clover Moore gets another term in the City of Sydney. 0:40:13.800 --> 0:40:18.400 Disappointing because more of the same is not good anywhere 0:40:18.440 --> 0:40:21.239 after that length of time. We've spoken about many times 0:40:21.239 --> 0:40:24.520 why she's not a great Lord Mayor of Sydney. But 0:40:24.560 --> 0:40:27.160 as you start to look back at your time on 0:40:27.200 --> 0:40:29.799 that particular local council, what do you want to say 0:40:29.800 --> 0:40:32.840 about the more things change, the more things stay the same. 0:40:33.600 --> 0:40:36.400 Well, look, I had the privilege of serving on council 0:40:36.440 --> 0:40:38.640 for twelve years. It was greatest job of my life 0:40:38.680 --> 0:40:41.880 and I'm so honored to have done it. Congratulations to 0:40:41.920 --> 0:40:44.880 Clovermore who did win with a primary of about thirty 0:40:44.920 --> 0:40:49.480 seven percent. It's her sixth term in office. That is 0:40:49.520 --> 0:40:53.040 a remarkable term. But I think it will be interesting 0:40:53.080 --> 0:40:55.600 given that today she's gotten up and announced that she 0:40:55.680 --> 0:40:59.040 doesn't want to run for another term, and so really, 0:40:59.400 --> 0:41:01.719 will it be sort of four years of a job 0:41:01.760 --> 0:41:04.759 interview for her successor or will it be four years 0:41:04.760 --> 0:41:07.160 of governing, which is of course what Sydney needs. 0:41:07.200 --> 0:41:10.640 I think what was really unanimous. 0:41:10.200 --> 0:41:12.440 In the lead up to the City of Sydney elections 0:41:12.600 --> 0:41:15.840 was that there are some major cracks starting to emerge 0:41:15.840 --> 0:41:17.600 in the greatest city in the world, and that is 0:41:17.640 --> 0:41:19.480 Sydney Oxford Street. 0:41:19.640 --> 0:41:21.000 You know Sydney's nightlife. 0:41:21.000 --> 0:41:24.200 It's so hard to get dinner after ten o'clock at night. 0:41:24.239 --> 0:41:26.640 You know, Paul, you and I have discussed this endlessly. 0:41:27.280 --> 0:41:28.880 There's got to be more fun and we've got to 0:41:28.880 --> 0:41:33.920 bring back these incredibly significant, major strips of fun that 0:41:34.160 --> 0:41:35.960 used to be around in Sydney and used to be 0:41:36.040 --> 0:41:41.360 so thriving in the past. The homeless situation and affordable 0:41:41.360 --> 0:41:43.320 housing was also another. 0:41:43.000 --> 0:41:44.280 Significant call out. 0:41:44.480 --> 0:41:47.680 The City of Sydney has nearly eight hundred million dollars 0:41:47.680 --> 0:41:50.879 in cash in the bank, could be investing so much 0:41:50.960 --> 0:41:54.600 more to support those sleeping rafts, support more affordable housing 0:41:55.320 --> 0:41:57.799 and the Prime Minister of Australia, of course, grew up 0:41:58.000 --> 0:42:02.280 in a council owned housing property in the City of Sydney, 0:42:02.800 --> 0:42:05.560 and yet the Lord Mayor continues to reject this as 0:42:05.960 --> 0:42:09.240 a priority. She was elected on thirty seven percent. 0:42:10.000 --> 0:42:13.000 I do think. I know we're not yet at bold predictions, but. 0:42:13.920 --> 0:42:17.160 Will prediction will continue for the. 0:42:17.080 --> 0:42:19.640 Next couple of weeks. I do think she will lose 0:42:19.680 --> 0:42:23.640 her majority. I do think given the preferences and how 0:42:23.680 --> 0:42:26.760 they'll flow this time, it's quite different from last election. 0:42:27.480 --> 0:42:29.239 I do think she'll lose a majority. She'll have to 0:42:29.320 --> 0:42:30.360 negotiate with somebody. 0:42:30.560 --> 0:42:31.600 James, your bold prediction. 0:42:34.080 --> 0:42:37.120 Oh, people are going to get bombarded with political ads 0:42:37.120 --> 0:42:37.920 here in Queensland. 0:42:37.920 --> 0:42:39.279 I feel very sorry for you. 0:42:39.880 --> 0:42:41.480 I'm going to keep them to a minimum because I 0:42:41.520 --> 0:42:44.960 don't have a huge budget, but I'm sorry. The ads 0:42:44.960 --> 0:42:47.480 are going to be really relentless from this point forward. 0:42:47.600 --> 0:42:49.359 Just do one cartoon and text to do as many 0:42:49.400 --> 0:42:51.640 as you can. Thank you mate, do appreciate it. Thank 0:42:51.640 --> 0:42:54.040 you guys. We'll see you again next week. Hey, our 0:42:54.120 --> 0:42:57.200 town in grand final week, in coming to Victoria. Tell 0:42:57.200 --> 0:43:05.759 you exactly where next. No better place in Australia to 0:43:05.800 --> 0:43:08.360 be at the end of September than Melbourne for Grand 0:43:08.400 --> 0:43:10.680 Final week. Fingers cross the team you'd like to get 0:43:10.680 --> 0:43:13.400 there gets there. Minor is still alive thankfully. If you 0:43:13.440 --> 0:43:15.360 would like to join us day after the Grand Final 0:43:15.440 --> 0:43:17.759 in spring VA in Melbourne, that's what we'll be for 0:43:17.760 --> 0:43:19.319 the next outown. If you'd like to send me an email, 0:43:19.320 --> 0:43:22.200 please do so. Fill the joint now, all right, don't 0:43:22.280 --> 0:43:24.000 let the word get out for the lefties only ends, 0:43:24.120 --> 0:43:26.560 have any anything, No fill the job without people. Okay, 0:43:26.800 --> 0:43:29.160 outdound it's gonews dot com dot you. Outsound, it's Kye 0:43:29.160 --> 0:43:32.080 News dot com dot you. Now you know that I 0:43:32.320 --> 0:43:35.839 always talk about what's going on inside here, what's going 0:43:35.840 --> 0:43:37.920 on in here, about how important it is to have 0:43:38.000 --> 0:43:40.520 just a legitimate open honors, no frown mouth, just a 0:43:40.680 --> 0:43:43.200 normal chat about what's going on. And for an awful 0:43:43.239 --> 0:43:45.640 lot of people, they get really dark and really lonely, 0:43:45.880 --> 0:43:50.759 and often our conversation is about okay, those moments. But 0:43:50.880 --> 0:43:54.000 there is a fabulous resource for all of us who 0:43:54.040 --> 0:43:57.760 would like to know about the path up and out. 0:43:58.160 --> 0:43:59.920 And that is exactly what my dear friend John brogged 0:43:59.920 --> 0:44:02.080 In has done because not only his own journey, but 0:44:02.120 --> 0:44:04.600 plenty high profile Australians he's put together and had a 0:44:04.640 --> 0:44:06.800 chat to them in a thing called Profiles of Hope. 0:44:07.000 --> 0:44:08.640 All right, I make sure I keep it behind me 0:44:08.680 --> 0:44:10.480 each and every night, so you'll see it. I'll tell 0:44:10.520 --> 0:44:11.879 you how to buy it in a moment or two's time. 0:44:11.960 --> 0:44:14.280 But this is an excellent book which has got everyone 0:44:14.320 --> 0:44:17.680 from James Packer, Ian Thorpe, Preston Campbell, you name it 0:44:18.440 --> 0:44:20.759 talking about their journey back. And I please to say 0:44:20.760 --> 0:44:21.879 the great man's in the man cave. 0:44:22.000 --> 0:44:22.400 I love it. 0:44:22.440 --> 0:44:26.360 Congratulations, I love to see really good because I was 0:44:26.360 --> 0:44:28.960 thinking about this today very specifically that I did not 0:44:29.000 --> 0:44:32.240 want the froan mouth conversation right, because so often once 0:44:32.360 --> 0:44:35.920 the S word is mentor and all the rest of it, it's. 0:44:35.880 --> 0:44:39.520 Like a wet blanket, isn't it. Yeah, just brings everything down. 0:44:39.640 --> 0:44:43.680 And that's respectful, that's appropriate. But we forget to tell 0:44:43.680 --> 0:44:47.719 people is the way through correct And look, we've had 0:44:47.920 --> 0:44:50.239 an enlightenment in the last twenty years. You know, you 0:44:50.280 --> 0:44:51.839 and I are just old enough to remember the last 0:44:51.880 --> 0:44:54.200 twenty years. But my point is, you know, as a 0:44:54.280 --> 0:44:57.399 journey this was so different how you talked about mental health, 0:44:57.440 --> 0:45:00.000 so was like everything twenty thirty years ago, you wouldn't 0:45:00.040 --> 0:45:03.920 talk about suicide at all on the show and mental health, 0:45:04.400 --> 0:45:10.279 you know, anxiety depression began to get talked about in 0:45:10.280 --> 0:45:12.759 the right way, and we talk about it really well now, 0:45:12.800 --> 0:45:16.160 and we hear the stories of footy stars and other people, 0:45:16.360 --> 0:45:19.200 you know, sports people who come back and learn to 0:45:19.200 --> 0:45:22.400 live with that, but we don't hear the stories of 0:45:22.400 --> 0:45:25.080 how people get through suicide. And of course you can't. 0:45:25.120 --> 0:45:27.919 I mean, it's self evident. You can't interview somebody who 0:45:27.960 --> 0:45:30.920 took their own life. We'd love to know those journeys, 0:45:30.960 --> 0:45:33.880 but we can't. So what we've got in the book 0:45:33.920 --> 0:45:37.520 is fifteen stories of people who live with suicidality who 0:45:37.600 --> 0:45:39.759 made a plan to kill themselves or in fact, have 0:45:39.880 --> 0:45:43.040 I tried to take their own life and survived. And 0:45:43.800 --> 0:45:47.200 we have to give the message after the heavy blanket 0:45:47.239 --> 0:45:49.360 that falls out of the discussion about how can you 0:45:49.400 --> 0:45:52.640 get through this, because at the beginning and the end 0:45:52.640 --> 0:45:54.279 of the day, we want people to be alive and 0:45:54.440 --> 0:45:57.799 that's not a value judgment. And Pauly, we want to 0:45:57.880 --> 0:46:01.120 normalize missal illness. So there's nothing wrong. You've got a 0:46:01.120 --> 0:46:03.120 problem with your kidney, you've got a problem with your brain. 0:46:03.160 --> 0:46:05.600 There's nothing wrong. We actually don't want to normalize suicide 0:46:05.640 --> 0:46:07.600 because we want people to get through it. 0:46:07.719 --> 0:46:10.360 Yeah, And what I love here is and again you 0:46:10.400 --> 0:46:12.920 know there's an angle in anywhere in this book, right. 0:46:12.920 --> 0:46:16.120 This is why dare I say one for you one 0:46:16.160 --> 0:46:19.600 for one to give away? Because the stories are from 0:46:19.640 --> 0:46:23.719 business people, to footy players, to you know, you name it, right, 0:46:23.719 --> 0:46:27.560 so there's a way into this conversation. So obviously the 0:46:27.680 --> 0:46:29.920 James Packert story well known, Yes, out and about I 0:46:29.920 --> 0:46:32.440 think that was so vitally important. Good to see people 0:46:32.480 --> 0:46:35.640 like Ian Thorpe. Was there something that they all had 0:46:35.640 --> 0:46:38.680 in common? At the end of the conversation with you, well, 0:46:38.760 --> 0:46:39.240 not all. 0:46:39.080 --> 0:46:40.919 Of them, but for many of them, I asked this 0:46:42.360 --> 0:46:45.440 interesting question, did you have to get to this point 0:46:45.600 --> 0:46:47.400 in order to come back again? Did you actually have 0:46:47.480 --> 0:46:51.040 to get to the point of suicide to bounce back again? 0:46:51.520 --> 0:46:55.520 Jackie Lamby says yes straight away. Nick Sherry, the former 0:46:55.560 --> 0:46:57.880 Laby minister, says yes, but I wish I didn't have to. 0:46:58.680 --> 0:47:01.520 And the young Blake Matthew Carajuana in the wheelchair, who's 0:47:01.520 --> 0:47:05.560 an inspiration of inspirations in this book, he says, yes 0:47:05.600 --> 0:47:08.640 as well, so for many people. And I guess that's 0:47:08.680 --> 0:47:10.520 my story as well. You know, I knew something was 0:47:10.560 --> 0:47:12.799 going to go wrong and I probably had to get 0:47:12.800 --> 0:47:16.200 there to turn it around. There's a great farmer Peter Maloney. Great, yeah, 0:47:16.320 --> 0:47:19.000 you love the bush, this great farmer mate. Can I 0:47:19.040 --> 0:47:20.560 come and see you? He said, oh, I'll come and 0:47:20.560 --> 0:47:23.120 see you. I said where? He said, I just ate 0:47:23.160 --> 0:47:27.479 our strive from to one. No, just around the corner 0:47:27.520 --> 0:47:30.960 and loved it. Yeah. Yeah, And he's changed his life 0:47:31.000 --> 0:47:33.480 now and he's out talking all these other farmers and 0:47:33.800 --> 0:47:38.080 he's extraordinary. But he's changed his life to two meditations 0:47:38.080 --> 0:47:39.680 every day in a three minute ice bath. 0:47:39.840 --> 0:47:40.160 Wow. 0:47:40.280 --> 0:47:42.000 And I said, what do you do to you get 0:47:42.000 --> 0:47:44.759 in the bath? He said, it's an old deep free 0:47:44.880 --> 0:47:47.160 It's a fantastic I love it. But people who changed 0:47:47.200 --> 0:47:50.080 their lives forever, and you know, some of them do 0:47:50.160 --> 0:47:53.640 extraordinary things. And to be honest, some of the stories, 0:47:53.680 --> 0:47:56.440 they're just still here. Of course. You know, they're still fighting, 0:47:56.480 --> 0:47:59.120 they're still battling. That's probably partly James's story. And he'd 0:47:59.120 --> 0:48:01.839 say that himself, that he is still you know, he's 0:48:01.880 --> 0:48:04.919 not perfect. He's still battling through buddies here and that's 0:48:04.920 --> 0:48:07.200 what we want. So yeah, there's that thing that did 0:48:07.200 --> 0:48:10.080 I have to get this low to get out of 0:48:10.080 --> 0:48:11.839 it and to get high back again, And I think 0:48:11.880 --> 0:48:12.600 that's it as well. 0:48:12.880 --> 0:48:16.040 So obviously a significant connection that you have to Lifeline. 0:48:16.040 --> 0:48:17.360 Tell us about the books connection. 0:48:18.120 --> 0:48:21.120 So all of the royalties from the book will go 0:48:21.760 --> 0:48:24.040 to Lifeline as a donation. I don't make any bucks 0:48:24.040 --> 0:48:26.600 out of it. It all goes to Lifeline. But there are 0:48:26.640 --> 0:48:30.680 great that's because Lifeline, Paul, We've talked about Lifelin how 0:48:30.719 --> 0:48:34.640 many times. The biggest day in Lifeline's history was the 0:48:34.719 --> 0:48:38.600 day after the stabbings at Bondi four thousand, three hundred 0:48:39.080 --> 0:48:43.000 plus day last week four thousand, three hundred, four thousand 0:48:43.000 --> 0:48:45.560 and three. Now, as you and I know, there's two sides. 0:48:45.600 --> 0:48:47.640 One is there's a lot of people in crisis and 0:48:47.680 --> 0:48:50.680 stress and risk of suicide, but thank god they're calling. 0:48:51.360 --> 0:48:55.560 And during COVID, Paul, when the calls went through the earth, 0:48:56.400 --> 0:49:00.479 the best call and it's your age group, was Bloke 0:49:00.600 --> 0:49:02.839 ring In saying, not only is this the first time 0:49:02.880 --> 0:49:05.400 I've called Lifeline. I never thought I'd need a Lifeline 0:49:05.880 --> 0:49:07.879 and that was a big tick for me. Because that's 0:49:07.880 --> 0:49:10.120 what we've been saying for sixty years. 0:49:09.800 --> 0:49:11.520 And you've got the word out. Seriously, this is a 0:49:11.520 --> 0:49:16.640 beautiful book, profiles in hope, excellent conversations and all I 0:49:16.640 --> 0:49:19.279 think were possible because of this great man. I love you, John, 0:49:19.360 --> 0:49:22.080 I love your journey every day. You're a beautiful friend. 0:49:22.440 --> 0:49:24.120 Hit the book. We'll see you tomorrow night. Here's the 0:49:24.160 --> 0:49:28.680 Royal Report on sky News.