Speaker 1: From the Skying Center. This is Paul Burry Live Well
Speaker 1: One Cherry and if everyone involved in what was an
Speaker 1: extraordinary day to watch on television, imagine what have we
Speaker 1: been to be there inside of the synagogue. Congrats to
Speaker 1: everyone involved again all the highlights, please go and watch
Speaker 1: them at skynews dot com dot au. Welcome to man Cave.
Speaker 1: Locks to get to tonight, including not a great picture
Speaker 1: when it came to unemployment today. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: devil in the detail and I will get to that
Speaker 1: in a moment or two's time, as well as why
Speaker 1: is there a big rush of citizenship ceremonies that are
Speaker 1: happening around town. Lots of local mayors think something is weird.
Speaker 1: I'll get to what the minister is saying about what
Speaker 1: is going on in a moment or two time, and
Speaker 1: of course I will have my reflections on again what
Speaker 1: was an incredible day at that incredible summit put together
Speaker 1: by some incredible people. But I'm going to start with
Speaker 1: something that I have to tell you is going to
Speaker 1: be potentially distressing, that is difficult to watch, and it
Speaker 1: is new that probably you have not heard until this
Speaker 1: moment now because of the events that happen in our
Speaker 1: own country and around the world. When you take a
Speaker 1: sick kid to hospital, there's this incredible feeling when you
Speaker 1: walk through the sliding doors. When you walk through that
Speaker 1: you feel I have passed a threshold and we are
Speaker 1: on our way towards treatment and recovery. We're on our
Speaker 1: way to things getting better, not things getting worse. The
Speaker 1: reality of life is that for some people it does
Speaker 1: and for some kids it's a point of no return.
Speaker 1: There is a family in Sydney that is mourning the
Speaker 1: loss of their little boy, a little two year old
Speaker 1: boy named Joe Massa. His parents, Eloise and Danny, have
Speaker 1: spoken publicly today about what happened because a review into
Speaker 1: the treatment of their son has been scathing about the
Speaker 1: failures at a hospital on the northern beaches of Sydney.
Speaker 2: He's gone blind, like his eyes are rolling to the
Speaker 2: back of his head. It is not my boy anymore.
Speaker 2: He is literally dying. He is just deteriorating in my arms.
Speaker 2: I was pacing around the emergency department, still not given
Speaker 2: a bed, just saying, look, he's opened up, breathing, He's
Speaker 2: going in and out of consciousness. We need to do more.
Speaker 2: He died a cruel death at the hands of a
Speaker 2: hospital that failed him.
Speaker 1: Poor little man in that poor family. Let me tell
Speaker 1: you a little bit about the decisions that were made
Speaker 1: that led to the lack of treatment that led to
Speaker 1: this little man having a heart attack and dying. They
Speaker 1: presented in the morning with a boy who had clearly
Speaker 1: lost an awful lot of fluids and his heart rate
Speaker 1: was just thumping out of his little chest at one
Speaker 1: hundred and ninety seven beats per minute. He should have
Speaker 1: been treated within ten minutes. Instead, they moved through the
Speaker 1: emergency queue at thirty minutes. There was two more hours
Speaker 1: before he got a bed, and eventually, as I say,
Speaker 1: it was a heart attack that ended up dying off
Speaker 1: because his system could not cope with the amount of
Speaker 1: fluid that he had lost. The central and fatal flaw
Speaker 1: in his treatment was that he was denied, not forgotten,
Speaker 1: but denied an IV drip that would have replaced the fluids,
Speaker 1: that would have stabilized his body, that would have saved
Speaker 1: him from the heart attack, and for all intents and purposes,
Speaker 1: would have meant that it may have been a difficult
Speaker 1: couple of days rather than the end of viital life. Now,
Speaker 1: I understand that the healthcare system cannot provide perfect results.
Speaker 1: Not everyone who passes through that threshold when you're panicked
Speaker 1: as a parent is going to end up with their
Speaker 1: kid getting better. But so many things went wrong here,
Speaker 1: so many things. His mum and dad were trying to
Speaker 1: tell them, please give him the IV. Why haven't you
Speaker 1: given him the IV? Can't you see what's happening? Is terrible? Well,
Speaker 1: the report, as I said, that was released today is
Speaker 1: again damning about the decisions not taken and the decision
Speaker 1: taken not to give him the fluids to stabilize his
Speaker 1: body to prevent the heart attack that meant he died.
Speaker 1: His parents, like any parents who have lost a kid,
Speaker 1: will never be the same. But the strength that they
Speaker 1: have shown today in their many media appearances to be
Speaker 1: the parents on the behalf of their son who is
Speaker 1: no longer here is incredible. These moments are ones where,
Speaker 1: of course it's impossible to put one foot in front
Speaker 1: of the other until eventually you do, and then you walk,
Speaker 1: and then you stride. And they are using all the
Speaker 1: power that they possibly can to demand accountability, but to
Speaker 1: demand that this never happens again.
Speaker 3: They want a full parliamentary review. They also want a
Speaker 3: review of Northern Beaches Hospital. They are calling for urgent
Speaker 3: IT upgrades. They want the public private partnership with Healthscope
Speaker 3: that governs this hospital to be put under the microscope.
Speaker 3: Also investment in and wide enforcement of what's called the
Speaker 3: Reach program that would see parents alert to their rights
Speaker 3: and escalating their children's care on entry to any New
Speaker 3: South Wales hospital.
Speaker 1: We will follow the system and we will follow how
Speaker 1: it responds. For their part, the Premiere of New South
Speaker 1: Wales has said this about their situation.
Speaker 4: We won't rule anything out, including further inquiries. We take
Speaker 4: this incredibly seriously and I'm profoundly, profoundly sorry that this
Speaker 4: has happened. It's absolutely heartbreaking.
Speaker 1: As for the person who will have even greater responsibility here,
Speaker 1: this is what the Health Minister had to say today.
Speaker 1: They've got some questions to answer. I'll be very honest
Speaker 1: about it. A health system has let this family down
Speaker 1: in the absolute worst way possible. Now I understand the
Speaker 1: need for him to say things like let them down.
Speaker 1: They didn't, they betrayed them. And I feel exactly the
Speaker 1: same emotions that you do right now as our hearts
Speaker 1: sink for the little man sink, for his mum and dad,
Speaker 1: for his grandparents, for everyone around them. I offer nothing
Speaker 1: but strength and love to this family, but also a
Speaker 1: promise that we will use our platform if they, in
Speaker 1: any way, shape or form, need to keep nudging the system.
Speaker 1: It is a horrible thing that took place. It is
Speaker 1: a distressing thing to talk about at the start of
Speaker 1: the show. It is not normally how I would start
Speaker 1: a show, but on a day like this, when something
Speaker 1: we learn about is as bad as this, it's the
Speaker 1: only way to start tonight's program. Now to some other issues,
Speaker 1: including of course China, and we know that their attitude
Speaker 1: towards Australia is back in your box. We know how
Speaker 1: they treated Australia when Australia had the temerity to try
Speaker 1: to ask questions about a global pandemic that killed thousands
Speaker 1: of people here and millions of people around the world.
Speaker 1: We also know that they take a dark and dim
Speaker 1: view of Australia trying to do anything to defend ourselves
Speaker 1: against potentially what may be a threat at some point
Speaker 1: of China train to take Australia because Australia has chosen
Speaker 1: the side of freedom as opposed to theirs and the
Speaker 1: way that they run their country. Last night it was
Speaker 1: breaking news. We've had twenty four hours to think even
Speaker 1: more about it, but there were stories about Chinese warships
Speaker 1: who were very close to Sydney. Now they were still
Speaker 1: in technically international waters. But why are Chinese warships needing
Speaker 1: any reason to be coming around the Australian coast. This
Speaker 1: stuff is so often minimized, pretending that it's normal when
Speaker 1: let's be honest, it ate it is a long way
Speaker 1: for them to travel, and for them to travel here
Speaker 1: specifically is an act of intimidation. Here's more that we know.
Speaker 1: Twenty four hours.
Speaker 5: Later Wednesday, the vessels were sailing east of Sydney and
Speaker 5: have entered the country's Exclusive Economic Zone, which is the
Speaker 5: area up to two hundred nautical miles from the coast.
Speaker 5: The group includes a free get, a cruiser and a
Speaker 5: replenishment vessel. A Defense Department spokesperson said in a statement
Speaker 5: that it was routine for the Australian military to monitor
Speaker 5: traffic in the Exclusive Economic Zone and any maritime approaches.
Speaker 1: Now, of course we know when it comes to this
Speaker 1: Prime Minister, he will not speak with the shaking thunder
Speaker 1: that he does towards political opponents in this country who
Speaker 1: deny him what he believes to be either his place
Speaker 1: in history when it comes to things like referendums or
Speaker 1: bills passing through the parliament.
Speaker 6: No.
Speaker 1: Instead, of course, with China, it was about backing off.
Speaker 1: The more we back off, the closer they let us in,
Speaker 1: the more trade that can be done. And the message
Speaker 1: goes back to the more than one and almost one
Speaker 1: and a half million voters with an interest in what
Speaker 1: happens back in China because of family. Well, the message
Speaker 1: keeps coming through that there's a way to do it
Speaker 1: and there's a way not to do it. Now, we've
Speaker 1: seen plenty of times that the Prime Minister has shown
Speaker 1: a thundering emotion when he wants to How do you
Speaker 1: think the Prime Minister should react when Chinese vessels are
Speaker 1: trying to intimidate Australia and they are off the coast
Speaker 1: of Sydney. I don't think this is enough from the
Speaker 1: Prime Minister, But maybe I'm a hard marker.
Speaker 7: Just wonder more on Chinese tavy ship So you're worried
Speaker 7: about them of Sydney?
Speaker 8: No, Well, the Chinese noble ships are complying within a
Speaker 8: national law. But as we do, we're I'm monitoring the
Speaker 8: situation and observing what is going on as you would expect.
Speaker 1: No, now again, I don't want the Prime Minister to
Speaker 1: start using this type of language that will lead to
Speaker 1: a conflict. But surely you'd have a more passionate response.
Speaker 1: He of course, was annoyed because it distracted from the
Speaker 1: thing he wanted to talk about today, which was even
Speaker 1: more money going towards trying to get towards green hydrogen.
Speaker 1: I'm glad that the good people of Wyala and their
Speaker 1: jobs are going to be protected, but that's what he
Speaker 1: wanted to talk about today. He didn't want to dare
Speaker 1: talk about China a little bit like remember when we've
Speaker 1: had previous examples when Chinese jets throw a whole bunch
Speaker 1: of garbage into the air that could well down an
Speaker 1: Australian jet. But didn't know about that until after the
Speaker 1: Prime Minister had returned from an APEC meeting where he's
Speaker 1: shaking hands with the Chinese president. Because we couldn't air
Speaker 1: upset the Chinese establishment. Thankfully, there is an alternative, an
Speaker 1: alternative approach. And Andrew Hasty would be the Defense Minister
Speaker 1: in a potential alternative government led by Peter Dutton. Compare
Speaker 1: the pair, as they say.
Speaker 9: This is gun boat diplomacy designed to test our alliance
Speaker 9: with the United States.
Speaker 1: Yeah, pretty disgraceful, Pretty disgraceful. All right, let's get to
Speaker 1: the jobs now scenario, where let's have a chat about
Speaker 1: the unemployment numbers that have come on today. They show
Speaker 1: us that, yes, the unemployment rate is slightly up. But
Speaker 1: let's compare things to of course, the government that wants
Speaker 1: to tell you everything's great now compared to when they
Speaker 1: first took over. Well, the unemployment rate in the early
Speaker 1: months of the Prime ministership of Anthony Alberaneze was three
Speaker 1: point five percent. It is now four point one percent.
Speaker 1: Twenty three thousand people lost their job in January. More
Speaker 1: people ended up being able to get a job, but
Speaker 1: twenty three thousand people lost their job in the month
Speaker 1: of January. According to the ABS, forty four thousand people
Speaker 1: found a job in January. Twenty three thousand people became unemployed.
Speaker 1: But there's always data inside the data. They're generally speaking,
Speaker 1: they don't cover on the six PM news because they think, oh,
Speaker 1: one fact every four minutes, please the rest of it
Speaker 1: just adjectives and emotion. The unde employment rate. Now, remember
Speaker 1: in Australia, to be counted as an employed person and
Speaker 1: you have to work for just one hour a week,
Speaker 1: so six percent currently are under employed for minutes five percent.
Speaker 1: But have a look at that percentage when it comes
Speaker 1: to women. And then remember when Anthony Abernezi made quite
Speaker 1: the noise and the lead up to the last election,
Speaker 1: and we remember because we were all there, that people
Speaker 1: having to work more than one job to make ends
Speaker 1: meet was a sign of how tough people were doing
Speaker 1: it well. In March of twenty twenty two it was
Speaker 1: eight hundred and fifty six thousand people. It is now
Speaker 1: nine hundred and eighty six thousand people. Those were the
Speaker 1: latest numbers which were at leased very late last year,
Speaker 1: and people are noticing the great gulf between the numbers
Speaker 1: that may be released in Canberra, the reality on the
Speaker 1: ground and the numbers within the numbers. As the Prime
Speaker 1: Minister and Treasurer pat themselves on the back getting ready
Speaker 1: to go into this election, one of the economics writers
Speaker 1: at the Channel nine newspapers made a good point about
Speaker 1: productivity that this is a real problem for Australia right now.
Speaker 1: Put simply, if life is a highway, then Australia is
Speaker 1: stuck in second year. I even liked the sort of
Speaker 1: AI image that they came up with. I don't understand
Speaker 1: why Peter Dutton, who's not in a decision making position,
Speaker 1: is put there, because obviously we couldn't dare upset the
Speaker 1: dear Prime Minister. But there it is. Anyway, We've become
Speaker 1: a Volkswagen bus, as some fly past in their Lamborghinis.
Speaker 1: Nations such as the United States, Germany, Belgium and Spain
Speaker 1: have all improved their productivity levels over the past couple
Speaker 1: of years, but Australia has gone backwards. He offers an
Speaker 1: example that was quoted by the Productivity Commission, and that
Speaker 1: is about building a house. About how long it now
Speaker 1: takes to build a house in a quarter of the
Speaker 1: way into the twenty first century versus a little while ago.
Speaker 1: A decade ago, the average time it took to build
Speaker 1: a detached house for six point four months. It is
Speaker 1: now ten point four months. The time to build a
Speaker 1: new townhouse gone from nine point four to twelve point nine.
Speaker 1: An apartment block has gone from eighteen months to now
Speaker 1: twenty seven months. He concludes his piece Shane right today
Speaker 1: that if we continue down the economic freeway at the
Speaker 1: current pace, we will never reach our preferred destination and
Speaker 1: our kids, stuck in the back seat of the Australian Jealopy,
Speaker 1: will be asking the perpetual question aren't we there yet?
Speaker 1: A lot of people have just become citizens of Australia
Speaker 1: and will in the next couple of days now. The
Speaker 1: Daily Telegraph today had the story that Tony Burke has
Speaker 1: taken citizenship ceremonies out of the hands of many local
Speaker 1: councils and is pumping hundreds of people, nay thousands of
Speaker 1: people who will become full fledged Australian citizens in the
Speaker 1: next couple of days. The Daily Telegraph can reveal that
Speaker 1: mister Burke's department has gone on an industrial style, industrial scale
Speaker 1: citizenship ex travaganza. Remember, all of this is full voting
Speaker 1: rights to give twelve and a half thousand new Australians,
Speaker 1: says citizenship papers in time to vote at the upcoming election.
Speaker 1: Western Sydney mayors are furious on Thursday that mister Burke's
Speaker 1: department took the upcoming ceremonies out of their hands to
Speaker 1: confer citizenship. On six thousand people over the past couple
Speaker 1: of days at Sydney Olympic Park. Now, for their part,
Speaker 1: the Minister and his department have said that these are
Speaker 1: people who have been waiting for many years. It is
Speaker 1: not a rushing of people who have recently come to
Speaker 1: the country as a result of the issues in the
Speaker 1: Middle East. But Peter Dutton had this to say today
Speaker 1: on the matter of this many people getting pushed through
Speaker 1: just in time for an election.
Speaker 9: Tony Burke is spending today and the rest of this week,
Speaker 9: as I understand it, conducting as many citizenship ceremonies as
Speaker 9: you can, literally putting thousands of people through an express
Speaker 9: citizenship process so that they can in the election within
Speaker 9: a few weeks, which I think is quite remarkable. And
Speaker 9: I just question whether there has been any slackening of
Speaker 9: the process, whether there has been any compromise on the
Speaker 9: security checks.
Speaker 1: The Minister in his office are offended at the suggestion,
Speaker 1: and again via more friendly media have put forward the
Speaker 1: idea that all of this is about clearing a backlog.
Speaker 1: Nicholas Rees is the Lord Mayor of Melbourne. He too
Speaker 1: has been a citizenship ceremonies today. I just will ask
Speaker 1: him straight up if there's anything different, different timing, why
Speaker 1: are things being rushed on at this moment. If he
Speaker 1: has an answer, we'll all find out together, because he
Speaker 1: is here this evening for tonight's debate. Now I have
Speaker 1: the same moral clarity tonight as I did when we
Speaker 1: learned of the October seven attacks back in twenty twenty three,
Speaker 1: the same moral clarity about the evil of Hamas, about
Speaker 1: the disgrace of those amongst us who celebrate, celebrate what
Speaker 1: took place on that horrible day, the many failures in
Speaker 1: and around that opera house protest. Still so few people
Speaker 1: have been held account And it's wonderful that politicians want
Speaker 1: to say sorry, but hang on, you saw it coming.
Speaker 1: Your police forces were the same ones who turned around
Speaker 1: and said that they were overwhelmed. Your same police forces
Speaker 1: have hardly been handing out the same level of charges
Speaker 1: in relation to people at that event, which obviously was
Speaker 1: about intimidating Australia's Jewish community as they mourned their dead
Speaker 1: on that day. Now I say I have that same
Speaker 1: moral clarity tonight because, as you will have heard both
Speaker 1: with Shari and with Andrew before her, Hamas has returned
Speaker 1: the remains of a murdered mother and murdered children, but
Speaker 1: they chose to do so in the full glare of
Speaker 1: the media. How can you not view this as the
Speaker 1: parading of their bodies Previously, the people that have stood
Speaker 1: on that stage are people who have been able to
Speaker 1: return to their families. A dead family being returned to
Speaker 1: a man who had left their captivity a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago reminds us of the rights and wrongs in
Speaker 1: this situation. Now, it is true that I do not
Speaker 1: talk about the situation in the Middle East every night.
Speaker 1: There are many weeks that can pass before I remark
Speaker 1: about what is happening on the other side of the world.
Speaker 1: But I don't want anyone to ever think that that
Speaker 1: is a way of ignoring it. No, it's because there
Speaker 1: are other hosts, other programs that frankly cover it better
Speaker 1: than I could, better than I can, with a greater
Speaker 1: insight into what is taking place. But I've also, over
Speaker 1: the many months, spoken about a human toll on both
Speaker 1: sides of this situation. For that, I receive some criticism,
Speaker 1: but I stand by it. But I want to be
Speaker 1: very clear tonight that I have the same moral clarity
Speaker 1: about the barbarism and the evil that is harmas as
Speaker 1: I did on the day they chose to attack on
Speaker 1: October seventh, because they paraded the bodies of a dead
Speaker 1: mother and her kids. Today, as you know, is the
Speaker 1: Anti Semitism Summit which took place on behalf of Sky
Speaker 1: News in the Great Synagogue in Sydney. Incredible speeches, and
Speaker 1: what I liked the most was that this was about
Speaker 1: discussing how to deal with things into the future, as
Speaker 1: opposed to speaking endlessly about the barbarism of what took
Speaker 1: place on that horrific day. In the many many months since,
Speaker 1: I'm proud that I work for an organization that had
Speaker 1: the moral clarity to host what they hosted. I am
Speaker 1: proud of the people who spoke, and I am proud
Speaker 1: of the relentlessness of the focus in and around anti
Speaker 1: Semitism that many people have had on the air. Again,
Speaker 1: just in case there's any doubt in anyone's mind, just
Speaker 1: because I don't lead the show with it or I
Speaker 1: don't talk about it every couple of weeks does not
Speaker 1: mean I am not absolutely aware of the rights and
Speaker 1: wrongs here. I wish nothing but strength to the hand
Speaker 1: of law enforcement to deal with this horrific behavior. And
Speaker 1: I wish nothing more than a country that people are
Speaker 1: born into or that they come to, is the one
Speaker 1: that they love more than whatever historic connections people have
Speaker 1: to the conflicts, with all of its complications, all of
Speaker 1: its difficulties, all of its heartbreak. On other sides of
Speaker 1: the world, you have a chance to reach art your
Speaker 1: life in a country like this. It is something that
Speaker 1: we assume is the case for anyone who comes to
Speaker 1: the country, but for too many they seek to punish
Speaker 1: those who have a connection to another country. It is
Speaker 1: not acceptable, it is not appropriate, and many of the
Speaker 1: speeches were quite phenomenal. Today now it cannot go without
Speaker 1: saying that all and many. In fact, the majority of
Speaker 1: the anti Semitic attacks have been happening in New South
Speaker 1: Wales have been happening in Sydney, and that is under
Speaker 1: the watch of the New Southwil's premiere. And while they
Speaker 1: need to do more, it is good to hear again
Speaker 1: moral clarity from the people who have the capacity to
Speaker 1: change laws and focus our police.
Speaker 4: It was appalling to see the hateful scenes on the
Speaker 4: steps of the Sydney Opera House one day after October seventh,
Speaker 4: and I can tell you. I'm deeply ashamed that it
Speaker 4: happened under my watch as premier of this state.
Speaker 1: Now what I also really liked about the summit, and
Speaker 1: I watched it in its entirety. I want you to
Speaker 1: be able to do so by going to skynews dot
Speaker 1: com dot au. Also check out all of the supplementary
Speaker 1: channels depending on how you watch us, be a Flash
Speaker 1: or Foxtel, or there'll be plenty of stuff up on
Speaker 1: YouTube as well. I like that this was forward looking.
Speaker 1: I liked that this was about a series of key
Speaker 1: points and a plan for action about how to take
Speaker 1: these things on. Now. There were multiple these are the
Speaker 1: ones that stood out to me. That there should be
Speaker 1: a declaration of a national emergency on antisemitism. This would
Speaker 1: trigger a collection of things in and around a joint
Speaker 1: counter Terrorism Task Force. That we should have uniform policing guidelines,
Speaker 1: including training for law enforcement officials and understanding antisemitism and
Speaker 1: how hate crimes should be prosecuted. That anti Semitism education
Speaker 1: should be included into the national curriculum. Justice. Michael Lee's
Speaker 1: speeching and around that was fascinating. There should be more
Speaker 1: public awareness and advertising campaigns, particularly towards younger Australians aimed
Speaker 1: at debunking the ideology of antisemitism. There should be a
Speaker 1: national ban on encampments at Australing universities, as well as
Speaker 1: prohibiting the disruption of lectures by protests. There should be
Speaker 1: a creation of a judicial inquiry into antisemitism at our universities.
Speaker 1: There should be a repeal of charity status and funding
Speaker 1: from religious or charitable institutions if they promote racism or
Speaker 1: display terrorist symbols. And finally that the Migration Act should
Speaker 1: be enforced or amended to ensure that antisemitic conduct is
Speaker 1: a grounds to reject a new visl or cancel and
Speaker 1: existing one. It is complicated. It is difficult for those
Speaker 1: of us that have been lucky enough to be born
Speaker 1: here and not to have the weight of the connections
Speaker 1: back to this difficult part of the world. There are
Speaker 1: times when yep, we're aware of it, but there are
Speaker 1: other things that will come across our plate. But well
Speaker 1: done to everyone involved in what happened today, and to
Speaker 1: anyone who wants to practice this sort of garbage. You
Speaker 1: are not amongst us, you are not for us. And
Speaker 1: I look forward to any and every way that this
Speaker 1: garbage can be rid. Now let's talk about local government here,
Speaker 1: particularly the Casey Council which is on the outskirts of Melbourne.
Speaker 1: Now this happened a couple of days ago, so forgive me.
Speaker 1: I've had a lot in the intray this week and
Speaker 1: I wanted to get this done before we go off
Speaker 1: to Batement's Bay on Sunday Monday and then off to Vegas.
Speaker 1: Baby well, police police needed to be called by the
Speaker 1: council because they are afraid of their rate players. What rubbish,
Speaker 1: What absolute crap. Now, this council, which has been run
Speaker 1: by an administrator, an unelected person as opposed to an
Speaker 1: elected mayor or council for the past few years, has
Speaker 1: made some ridiculous decision, including ones where people are being
Speaker 1: told that they need a permit where they need to
Speaker 1: pay for the right to be able to store an
Speaker 1: old boat or a car that you're fixing up in
Speaker 1: your front yard. Now, of course, it's just another money
Speaker 1: grab from a council that won't cut its own wings,
Speaker 1: no doubt. If I went onto their jobs vacant tonight
Speaker 1: and I did the same thing I do every time
Speaker 1: these stories, there'd be plenty of examples of a stupid
Speaker 1: amount of money being spent on things where they don't
Speaker 1: need to go off and try to introduce fines or
Speaker 1: licenses for you to be able to have a car
Speaker 1: up on the blocks because you're going to slowly strip
Speaker 1: it down for small parts and spare parts, because the
Speaker 1: one you've actually been tinkering with is your dream project
Speaker 1: and that's been in the garage for the past five
Speaker 1: or six years. God forbid, that's what people want to
Speaker 1: do with their days. I'm sick of this sort of
Speaker 1: snobbery that there's a certain type of Australian activity that's acceptable.
Speaker 1: There's a certain sort of thing that is approved of
Speaker 1: or not approved of by the ear oh so lovely
Speaker 1: ones about what you can do with your land. Paul
Speaker 1: Dowsley is the report from Channel seven, who will explain
Speaker 1: part of what this is all about.
Speaker 10: The meeting was adjourned then abandoned as residents raged about
Speaker 10: controversial by laws requiring paid permits for residents to keep
Speaker 10: some vehicles on their properties, which prompted the seizure of
Speaker 10: three cars from one property.
Speaker 1: I know a caravan, a caravan under the car port.
Speaker 1: That's not interfering, but it's not parked out in the street. Now,
Speaker 1: I get it. There are some people who think you
Speaker 1: can park whatever you want out in the front of
Speaker 1: your house, like out on the road. Well, guess what,
Speaker 1: that's public. I can just whack it on them. At No,
Speaker 1: we're talking about people in their own zone of property.
Speaker 1: Now there's also a decision about a tip in and
Speaker 1: around the area. And guess what the locals had had
Speaker 1: enough at computer, theft NAE, computer, theF NAE or politicians
Speaker 1: who want to pretend, oh, I'm not really our fault,
Speaker 1: despite the fact of course it's their responsibility.
Speaker 10: Rowdy rate payers hit back face to face with the council.
Speaker 10: They say, isn't listening. The angry confrontation erupted last night
Speaker 10: of the City of Casey officers in Narry Warren. New
Speaker 10: mayor Stephen Kerman shouted down repeatedly heckled, please remain seated,
Speaker 10: Please remain quiet. Police called to escort counselors from the room.
Speaker 1: What garbage call the police. They're hardly surging towards the counselors.
Speaker 1: They're standing up and saying boom. It will not surprise
Speaker 1: you that the mayor will have no interest in talking
Speaker 1: to Paul or any of the other media.
Speaker 10: After this thing, the new mayor wouldn't speak on camera today,
Speaker 10: instead releasing a statement saying he was incredibly disappointed with
Speaker 10: last night's threatening behavior, adding I Understan there is a
Speaker 10: real frustration over the past five years under administration. We're
Speaker 10: looking forward to listening and representing our community. However, last
Speaker 10: night's behavior is not the way to go about this.
Speaker 1: Just talking to people in this way just it's not
Speaker 1: the way, like as if they're the school principal speaking
Speaker 1: to sort of a kid mucking up in year five.
Speaker 1: These people pay their rates, they've bought their house, they're
Speaker 1: paying off the house, they're renting the house. Leave them alone,
Speaker 1: goodness sake. Now, I told you that we would have
Speaker 1: something in a couple of days in and around the
Speaker 1: North Queensland flood situation, and we have had plenty of
Speaker 1: people get in touch with us about the problems they
Speaker 1: are having with insurance companies. Now, Lauren Forbes is the
Speaker 1: reporter who was there when the rain was coming down,
Speaker 1: when the flood waters were taking their toll, and she
Speaker 1: now returns to this story about insurance companies screwing the
Speaker 1: very people over who should be getting maximum help because
Speaker 1: they've paid for it.
Speaker 11: Ingham is still homes gutted, businesses and farms wiped out,
Speaker 11: as many are left wondering how they'll recover.
Speaker 6: As things are clearing and the weeks are passing, I
Speaker 6: guess it comes to light that people are still struggling
Speaker 6: with that emotional financial impact of the disaster.
Speaker 11: For Marian's brother, Vince Blanco, the disaster has been life changing.
Speaker 11: His cane farm, passed down from his father, was swallowed
Speaker 11: by floodwaters. His belongings left as a pile on the roadside,
Speaker 11: basically lost everything, and it's how to rebuild that without
Speaker 11: any funding, without any support. It was only after the
Speaker 11: event that Vince discovered his insurance doesn't cover floods and
Speaker 11: he doesn't have the means to pay off a disaster
Speaker 11: assistance loan.
Speaker 6: My brother wasn't aware that it wasn't included in his package,
Speaker 6: So I guess from that perspective, it's you know, it's devastating.
Speaker 11: It's a problem many far in the region of facing any.
Speaker 7: Home and content policy that forms part of a broader
Speaker 7: farm insurance policy, they tend not to have flood cover.
Speaker 7: So it's not that it's just not available. Insurance just
Speaker 7: aren't offering it.
Speaker 11: And for those who can access it, skyrocketing premiums mean
Speaker 11: full coverage is often out of reach.
Speaker 7: People can't afford to ensure their house for the full
Speaker 7: replacement value, so they've ensured it for what they can.
Speaker 7: So an example, you've got the house that the rebuild
Speaker 7: costs of this house is say eight hundred thousand dollars
Speaker 7: in today's money to completely level it and rebuild it
Speaker 7: as it was. People are ensuring them for three hundred
Speaker 7: thousand dollars.
Speaker 11: So far, more than seven thousand, one hundred insurance claims
Speaker 11: have been made in North Queensland. In the hinton Brookshire
Speaker 11: there's been nearly one thousand home claims lodged, two hundred
Speaker 11: and eighty two for vehicles and one hundred and sixty
Speaker 11: one for businesses. But the cyclone reinsurance pool, which is
Speaker 11: meant to bring premiums down, wasn't activated.
Speaker 12: We're not seeing any benefit coming through it now. We've
Speaker 12: had two cyclones in the last twelve months and luckily
Speaker 12: fortunately there was no extensive damage or anything of that nature,
Speaker 12: and we're very grateful that. But people who did make
Speaker 12: a claim you are saying, well, there really is no different.
Speaker 11: Hinchinbrookshire and Mayor Raymond jo says funding for this disaster
Speaker 11: has fallen short compared to past events.
Speaker 12: All the industry bodies and all the business associations that
Speaker 12: are telling us that they require further assistance. One of
Speaker 12: the other issues that there's also emerging is that, you know,
Speaker 12: due to the high cost of living, there's a lot
Speaker 12: of pressure in that regard, so you know, just just
Speaker 12: the material costs and the labor costs and all that
Speaker 12: have risen exponentially.
Speaker 11: He's calling for action before the next disaster, pushing for
Speaker 11: government red tape to be removed to clear waterways.
Speaker 12: You know, our inability to clean our streams, our streams
Speaker 12: that are out of the water. Once it comes out
Speaker 12: of the river, it's got to get to the ocean,
Speaker 12: and it's got to go through.
Speaker 1: The mangrove interface.
Speaker 12: And we've been really struggling over the past eight years
Speaker 12: to get permits and approvals to go in there.
Speaker 11: And clean as the regent bands together to rebuild locals,
Speaker 11: so calling out for more support. Lauren Forbes Sky News.
Speaker 1: Good on you, Lauren, and thank you for making that
Speaker 1: for us. Well done. Know everyone who was reaching out,
Speaker 1: if you want to at any time, We'll do what
Speaker 1: we can for you. Polotskynews dot com dot AU, Poulotsgynews
Speaker 1: dot com dot A. You quick break back with more,
Speaker 1: looking forward to Nicholas Rees joining us, Lisa god Art
Speaker 1: as well, who's the winter and Loser of the week,
Speaker 1: and some big ideas about well going after graffiti in
Speaker 1: the great city of Melbourne, But so much more than that.
Speaker 1: Thanks for watching this Thursday night, Hey, thank you so
Speaker 1: much for watching. Now we have got a massive mixed
Speaker 1: sort of week and a bit here on the show.
Speaker 1: Obviously our town on Sunday night, Bateman's Bay cannot wait,
Speaker 1: really beautiful part of Australia. Looking forward to celebrating and
Speaker 1: doing a whole bunch of really cool stuff, really cool stuff.
Speaker 1: Monday night is going to be the first of our
Speaker 1: pub tests, where of course it is the people of
Speaker 1: the area that are able to ask their local candidates
Speaker 1: whatever they want, all right, we don't stand in the
Speaker 1: way of that process. It's really cool sort of politics
Speaker 1: in the pub with TV cameras all the rest of it.
Speaker 1: And then we're off to Las Vegas where we're going
Speaker 1: to be just absolutely responsible and folk. Now we're there
Speaker 1: to celebrate rugby league and the fact that the start
Speaker 1: of the rugby league season is there. Can't wait. We're
Speaker 1: going to talk to players and coaches and tell you
Speaker 1: the fun, show you some of the stuff of the
Speaker 1: city that I know like the back of my hand,
Speaker 1: you know, like I know the Gold Coast with my
Speaker 1: eyes closed, and I know Vegas like the back of
Speaker 1: my hand. Right, So we'll show you some of that
Speaker 1: fun stuff. But I wanted to also say our plan
Speaker 1: while we are overseas is we are still going to
Speaker 1: keep doing Australian political conversation. Okay, You're still going to
Speaker 1: get the editorial, You're still going to get the guests,
Speaker 1: plus all of the fun in and around it. Okay,
Speaker 1: So stay for the met all right, and enjoy the
Speaker 1: sizzle that's going to be around it. The same two
Speaker 1: for the pub test and for our town. We will
Speaker 1: be right across all of the stuff. And if anyone's
Speaker 1: got used to our Sunday night hardcore shows, well I
Speaker 1: will make sure that you get to hear it all first,
Speaker 1: and then as you start to hear it across the
Speaker 1: rest of the week and go hang on. Paul talked
Speaker 1: about that on Sunday All right, let's get to this
Speaker 1: right now with Well, it's been too long. Nicholas rees Is,
Speaker 1: of course the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne.
Speaker 1: He's got the little badge, he's got the you know,
Speaker 1: he's got the chains, he's got the moon but kings.
Speaker 1: He's there joining us in Melbourne. And the wonderful Lisa
Speaker 1: Goddard who just you know, with that smile, she can
Speaker 1: do whatever the hell she wants in Brisbane and beautiful Queensland.
Speaker 1: All right, let's get to this here, Nick. I want
Speaker 1: to talk about an idea which was one we talked
Speaker 1: about when you were campaigning. Now it's action, which is,
Speaker 1: guess what if you do graffiti in the beautiful streets
Speaker 1: of Melbourne, not the lane ways where they sometimes let you,
Speaker 1: but the place is where they don't let you do it,
Speaker 1: what's going to happen?
Speaker 13: Well, Paul, you back on the show mate. You're right,
Speaker 13: it has been too long, and your memory is good.
Speaker 13: You will recall I came on the program prior to
Speaker 13: the election. I said, if I'm elected, no one's going
Speaker 13: to go harder on city safety and city cleaning than me.
Speaker 13: And that's what I am damn well doing. So in
Speaker 13: terms of city cleaning, got a whole new fleet of
Speaker 13: vehicles out there. We throw out the old clapped out
Speaker 13: vacuum cleaner, we brought in the high powered dison cleaning
Speaker 13: the streets up with new vehicles. And then we're going really,
Speaker 13: really hard using all the powers available to us to
Speaker 13: ensure that if you spray, you pay the City of Melbourne.
Speaker 13: So we will take an activist approach in the courts.
Speaker 13: We will send legal representation from the City of Melbourne
Speaker 13: and pursue vandals the taggers for cost orders for the
Speaker 13: damage that they're causing. We will also work with the
Speaker 13: state government because they need their help on this to
Speaker 13: make sure that people clean up their mess and they
Speaker 13: do it in the area where they create it. So
Speaker 13: I've got it issue in Melbourne where people come in
Speaker 13: from the suburbs tag and deface the central city and
Speaker 13: then if the courts do catch up with them, they
Speaker 13: do their time, they're clean up out in the suburbs.
Speaker 13: I want them to come into the city and clean
Speaker 13: up the damn well mess that they created. Third thing
Speaker 13: we're going to do is, and this sounds like a
Speaker 13: small thing, but it's really important, is we're going to
Speaker 13: put in victim impact statements on behalf of property owners
Speaker 13: properties damage as well as the community. This idea that
Speaker 13: tagging vandalism is a victimless crime.
Speaker 1: It's not.
Speaker 13: We're paying for it, ratepayers, taxpayers paying millions to clean
Speaker 13: it up, and the city, the community is suffering for
Speaker 13: loss in pride in our town, in our city. So
Speaker 13: I'm going hard, I set a would and I'm getting
Speaker 13: it done.
Speaker 1: See, Lisa, this is why we back him right. Like
Speaker 1: you know, we don't agree much on politics. Occasionally, you know,
Speaker 1: there might be a cross word every now and then
Speaker 1: about the big idea.
Speaker 13: We had some fun times over the years, Paul, Mrtray,
Speaker 13: We had some fun times.
Speaker 1: At any time you want to come in during the
Speaker 1: thirty three days of the election campaign, all bits are
Speaker 1: off there. There'll be no kid glass. You get right
Speaker 1: in there. That'll be fun. It's the invitation is always there.
Speaker 1: But it is extraordinary that again for Nick, and power
Speaker 1: to him. Right, we're a quarter of the way through
Speaker 1: the twenty first century, and that's when you have the
Speaker 1: leadership that's willing to do what Nick's willing to do.
Speaker 14: Here, Nicholas rees, congratulations and Hallelulia, may you lead the
Speaker 14: way for politicians who will actually do what they say
Speaker 14: they will do when they get into office, and may
Speaker 14: every mayor around this country actually listen to what you're
Speaker 14: doing and follow in your footpath. Because I did some
Speaker 14: research tonight Queensland aligned So if you look at Queensland Rail,
Speaker 14: it's over a million dollars a year just to clean
Speaker 14: up the graffiti on the trains alone. So you're right,
Speaker 14: it's taxpayers. It's us rate payers who are paying to
Speaker 14: clean up this mess. And it's about time that the
Speaker 14: magistrates are held to account and they actually have these
Speaker 14: people in front of them charge and look, I know
Speaker 14: that what the finds Nicholas will way around seven hundred
Speaker 14: to eight hundred dollars of their court. So that's a problem.
Speaker 14: But we need to see the courts now backing you in.
Speaker 1: Can I get creative as well? Nick? I think the
Speaker 1: people who are guilty of this stuff should have to
Speaker 1: park your please for you you know, why not. Let's
Speaker 1: let's let just say as part of your you know,
Speaker 1: like when you drive into Melbourne, you know, you just
Speaker 1: turn around, you go into one of those parking stations
Speaker 1: and somewhere and no, no, no, I well, actually hand, I
Speaker 1: really shouldn't have thought that through otherwise, Yeah, they might anyway, anyway,
Speaker 1: you get the idea, You get the idea. All right,
Speaker 1: let's talk here some basic moral principles here, isn't it Yeah,
Speaker 1: one hundred percent correct. All right, Let's talk about something
Speaker 1: which popped up at the ARC conference happening over in
Speaker 1: the United Kingdom, which is plenty of people talking about
Speaker 1: governments that grossly overspend for the here and now, which
Speaker 1: is always political, but of course the reality into the
Speaker 1: future is that they put their countries deeper into debt.
Speaker 1: The harder it is to service that debt means well,
Speaker 1: you're not able to spend money on the things that
Speaker 1: they are paying tax for into the future. Perfect example
Speaker 1: about this, Lisa, would be say what the Queensland government
Speaker 1: with the credit rating in Queensland that's now been downgraded,
Speaker 1: which means it is more expensive to pay on the
Speaker 1: stupid spending of the previous government. Good on Peter Costello
Speaker 1: for standing up today and saying here that governments have
Speaker 1: to rain in their spindings otherwise it's a problem for
Speaker 1: future generations.
Speaker 14: Well, and if you look at Queensland, Paul, it's spending
Speaker 14: to win votes, and look, it didn't work this time around,
Speaker 14: but we're still left with increased debt. So you're right,
Speaker 14: you just can't keep racking up and racking up the debt.
Speaker 14: I've heard you say it before your homeowners and anyone
Speaker 14: who sitting around with a credit card or a mortgage.
Speaker 14: You just can't overspend. You have to stay within that budget.
Speaker 14: And the governments just simply aren't doing it. And if
Speaker 14: you look at what between twenty six and twenty seven,
Speaker 14: they're predicting that we'll have over a trillion dollars in
Speaker 14: gross debts. So when you look at what the interest
Speaker 14: rates are, interest payments are on that alone within four years,
Speaker 14: it's thirty five billion dollars in interest payments alone on
Speaker 14: our national debt. So they have to rein it in.
Speaker 14: Unfortunately we're heading into a federal election. They'll be throwing
Speaker 14: around the sugar hits everywhere.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm just double checking here, and the Stralian supporting
Speaker 1: legend has passed a message to Nick. I'll double check
Speaker 1: it because sometimes there might be the odd swear word
Speaker 1: in it, but I will gladly pass it on for you,
Speaker 1: great man. In a moment or two's time, all right,
Speaker 1: let's talk about Clyde Palmer here, Nick, so clide Palmer
Speaker 1: is able to operate under the old rules, not the
Speaker 1: new ones, which means he's of course in with his
Speaker 1: new party. If he does the advertising spend and directs
Speaker 1: it message wise the way they did against Bill Shorten,
Speaker 1: that's really good for Peter Dutton. If it's bugging them
Speaker 1: all like they did in twenty twenty two, that ultimately
Speaker 1: ends up being good for Anthony Obernezi. So until you
Speaker 1: see the first ad, how do you feel about Palmer
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five?
Speaker 13: I mean, look, I think his political strategies he's going
Speaker 13: to try and take the Donald Trump formula, roll it
Speaker 13: out here in Australia and he's going to go after
Speaker 13: Peter Dutton and the Liberals, so he doesn't think are
Speaker 13: conservative enough. I suspect he'll blow a whole lot of money,
Speaker 13: probably harm the electoral chances of the Liberal National Party
Speaker 13: and won't get much of an outcome. I mean, remember
Speaker 13: that brilliant IKEA ad about Clive Palmer's campaign. They sort
Speaker 13: of had Clive Palmer one hundred million dollars one seat,
Speaker 13: IKEA one hundred dollars one seat. What delivers your better value.
Speaker 13: It's just a massive, massive waste of his money. Look
Speaker 13: at his money. And it's a democracy, so he's allowed
Speaker 13: to do it, sadly under the old rules. But look,
Speaker 13: I think it's going to be him trying to get
Speaker 13: everyone to look at him, and I'm not sure it's
Speaker 13: going to be a great thing for the voters of Australia.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, Lisa, Look, the media companies love love
Speaker 1: Clive Palmer. Why because of course he's paying them right,
Speaker 1: so they're all very happy. But his message and what
Speaker 1: it is is going to be the indication of its
Speaker 1: effect when it comes to the election. Look, I think
Speaker 1: some of the poles are overcooked, saying you know Dunton
Speaker 1: and the Libs at seventy three seats. I don't think
Speaker 1: that's the case. I think the Freshwater one was a
Speaker 1: little closer. We we're sort of talking about an exchange
Speaker 1: of Labor losing seven the Coalition winning ten, and that
Speaker 1: basically puts Labor in the position of the minority. That's
Speaker 1: where I think it's going to end up. But nothing
Speaker 1: is inevitable, and I certainly want a different outcome than that.
Speaker 1: But in these ads, he has an opportunity to punch
Speaker 1: harder than anyone else in the field. Now he's already
Speaker 1: said that he's a direct about two genders. He's directed
Speaker 1: about many of the things that are quite trumpy in
Speaker 1: But obviously if he actually decides to aim at all
Speaker 1: at Anthony Albanezi, well then that's going to help Peter
Speaker 1: it Dutton, isn't it?
Speaker 14: Well it is, And look, in no way is this
Speaker 14: about Clive Palmer getting bums on seats in Parliament, because
Speaker 14: we know that's not going to happen. As Nicholas said,
Speaker 14: one hundred million dollars, He's got one Senate seats, so
Speaker 14: it's not about that. And look, as a aside, he
Speaker 14: then has to go and try and find these candidates,
Speaker 14: So I don't know where he's going to find those,
Speaker 14: but that's a whole other story. But you're right, this
Speaker 14: is about disruption. This is about him capturing that part
Speaker 14: of Australia. There's watching what's happening in America and saying
Speaker 14: we want that here. And as much as everybody is
Speaker 14: pushing Peter Dutton at the moment, he isn't yet at
Speaker 14: that point and I don't know if he will get there.
Speaker 14: So what will fill avoid Clive Palmer all right, years
Speaker 14: ago he was already talking about nuclear and so now
Speaker 14: the coalition is caught up on uclear.
Speaker 1: A really good point.
Speaker 14: He'll now push, as you say, the two genders, so
Speaker 14: that will actually capture some of the voting electric out there.
Speaker 14: So he will hold those tough conversations, as you say,
Speaker 14: the challenging ones that everyone sort of says, don't want
Speaker 14: to say it out loud, He will say it and
Speaker 14: maybe that will push that public narrative and maybe that
Speaker 14: will push the coalition to come out harder.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see. All right, take a quick break in
Speaker 1: a moment. Whom is the winner or loser of the week.
Speaker 1: These lovely people from different parts of the country with
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Speaker 1: me cheering on from Bateman's Bay. Cannot wait to watch
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Speaker 1: of the team. Now let's get into the conversation right
Speaker 1: now with Lisa Goddard. Adoni Media is her company in
Speaker 1: Brisbane and the company of strangers is what happens when
Speaker 1: you are the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, which means just
Speaker 1: you know, his flock are those he knows and does
Speaker 1: not the wonderful Nicholas Race. So what about the Chief
Speaker 1: Justice or a significant Yeah, chief Justice in the Northern
Speaker 1: Territory today who well, I don't know whether they're blowing
Speaker 1: up or complaining, but basically saying the tough on crime
Speaker 1: approach of the new government, it's clogging up the courts.
Speaker 1: There's not enough room. I don't care, Lisa, Yeah.
Speaker 14: No nor do I. And look you had the chief
Speaker 14: bitterester from the Northern Territory on was it last week?
Speaker 1: Paul?
Speaker 14: Yes, she is incredible and she is one of the
Speaker 14: best I think in this country, because she's actually going
Speaker 14: out there and setting an agenda where she's saying, you know,
Speaker 14: safety matters. She wants the juvenile offenders particularly under control,
Speaker 14: and she doesn't care that she's got the police out there.
Speaker 14: The morale amongst the police force now is up because
Speaker 14: they're actually able to do their job and put these
Speaker 14: alleged crems in front of the court. And I'm sorry
Speaker 14: if the court can't handle that and they think it's
Speaker 14: too busy for them, well that's not a problem that
Speaker 14: the general community who are out there dealing with the
Speaker 14: thugs who are beating them up, breaking into their homes,
Speaker 14: breaking into their businesses, will care about what they need
Speaker 14: to do. And thankfully somebody has extra money has gone
Speaker 14: into the prosecution and into the defenders for the people
Speaker 14: who can't afford lawyers. However, they need to now look
Speaker 14: at what's happening with the presents. That's their next sort
Speaker 14: of pressure point, making sure that they've got places to
Speaker 14: put these alleged defenders.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and look, they should be stayed run, not privatized.
Speaker 1: Not a huge fan of privatized to prisons. A lot
Speaker 1: of issues in around that around the world, nick one
Speaker 1: last one we go here, which is George the Fifth's statue.
Speaker 1: The head was ripped off, the head turned it up
Speaker 1: on a barbecue. Some smart ass somewhere thinking this is
Speaker 1: some sort of wonderful point to be made. But these statues,
Speaker 1: I mean, there's plenty of them. I know, you want
Speaker 1: to add to them with you, you know, let's get
Speaker 1: gender equality and all the rest of it with your
Speaker 1: statues lead recovery. But what should the response be when
Speaker 1: people do things like this?
Speaker 13: Yeah, so look, I mean I do think we can
Speaker 13: have a debate as a society about you know, statues
Speaker 13: and memorials, so we can have an adult conversation about
Speaker 13: these things. But it is never acceptable to deface statues,
Speaker 13: decapitate them, you know, spray them in red paint, salt,
Speaker 13: looks like blood saw them down, as been the case
Speaker 13: with Captain Cook here in Melbourne. And so look, we've
Speaker 13: got a pretty clear policy at the City of Melbourne.
Speaker 13: We repair and we reinstates. So we recently reinstated a
Speaker 13: statue of Captain Cook which had been sworn down in
Speaker 13: the treasury regards new steel reinforced in there. We don't
Speaker 13: know who the culprits are with this King George decapitation,
Speaker 13: but I know the police are hot on the trail there.
Speaker 13: And again I'm open to a debate on these things,
Speaker 13: but I will never ever reward the damaging of statues
Speaker 13: by saying, Okay, well, because it was damaged, we're just
Speaker 13: going to leave it down like we will always reinstate,
Speaker 13: because we're not going to reward bad behavior.
Speaker 1: Just thinking out, perhaps we should electrify them and see
Speaker 1: what happens. Kidding, kidding, relax complained to someone else somewhere else, or.
Speaker 13: With CCTV aroun around all our cameras, which is a
Speaker 13: sad state of the world. We're in the parks. There's
Speaker 13: now all CCTV monitoring statues because it's become a thing, right,
Speaker 13: people attacking these memorials and statues.
Speaker 1: Or I've got thirty seconds, which means fifteen for each
Speaker 1: of you, which means treat at late ten win are
Speaker 1: a loser of the week, Lisa loser.
Speaker 14: Mark Drayphus today at the summit, and starting with the
Speaker 14: booing that he got there and how he delivered that
Speaker 14: speech was appalling. Winner of the week. If you listen
Speaker 14: to Jim Chalmers, have to be all of the Australians
Speaker 14: who have a mortgage and the great huge cut we've
Speaker 14: had in interest rates one hundred bucks.
Speaker 1: All right, thank you, all right, Nicholas, you're going to
Speaker 1: a loser, mate.
Speaker 13: Oh look, I'm just going to go for a loser.
Speaker 13: Donald Trump. You know what he said about Zelenski in Ukraine.
Speaker 13: I mean, the facts are the facts. Russia started that war,
Speaker 13: not Ukraine, and Zelenski was democratically elected. It was despicable
Speaker 13: what Trump said. No four D chess going on, absolutely despicable.
Speaker 1: All right, good stuff, Thank you very much. Do appreciate it.
Speaker 1: Mayor future mayor former mayors and anyone else who's watching
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