WEBVTT - Paul Murray Live | 20 Feburary 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:06.600 From the Skying Center. This is Paul Burry Live Well 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:08.879 One Cherry and if everyone involved in what was an 0:00:08.880 --> 0:00:11.600 extraordinary day to watch on television, imagine what have we 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:14.239 been to be there inside of the synagogue. Congrats to 0:00:14.280 --> 0:00:17.079 everyone involved again all the highlights, please go and watch 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:19.759 them at skynews dot com dot au. Welcome to man Cave. 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:23.599 Locks to get to tonight, including not a great picture 0:00:23.600 --> 0:00:26.119 when it came to unemployment today. There's a lot of 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:27.920 devil in the detail and I will get to that 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:31.520 in a moment or two's time, as well as why 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:34.440 is there a big rush of citizenship ceremonies that are 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.800 happening around town. Lots of local mayors think something is weird. 0:00:38.920 --> 0:00:41.800 I'll get to what the minister is saying about what 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:43.800 is going on in a moment or two time, and 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.559 of course I will have my reflections on again what 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.720 was an incredible day at that incredible summit put together 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:53.479 by some incredible people. But I'm going to start with 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:55.000 something that I have to tell you is going to 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:59.200 be potentially distressing, that is difficult to watch, and it 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:02.480 is new that probably you have not heard until this 0:01:02.600 --> 0:01:05.600 moment now because of the events that happen in our 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:09.760 own country and around the world. When you take a 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:14.760 sick kid to hospital, there's this incredible feeling when you 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:18.880 walk through the sliding doors. When you walk through that 0:01:18.920 --> 0:01:23.440 you feel I have passed a threshold and we are 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:27.440 on our way towards treatment and recovery. We're on our 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:34.000 way to things getting better, not things getting worse. The 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:37.640 reality of life is that for some people it does 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:41.200 and for some kids it's a point of no return. 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:45.880 There is a family in Sydney that is mourning the 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:49.960 loss of their little boy, a little two year old 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:57.760 boy named Joe Massa. His parents, Eloise and Danny, have 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:01.640 spoken publicly today about what happened because a review into 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:06.200 the treatment of their son has been scathing about the 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:11.320 failures at a hospital on the northern beaches of Sydney. 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:13.679 He's gone blind, like his eyes are rolling to the 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:16.040 back of his head. It is not my boy anymore. 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:22.079 He is literally dying. He is just deteriorating in my arms. 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:25.440 I was pacing around the emergency department, still not given 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:28.880 a bed, just saying, look, he's opened up, breathing, He's 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:31.480 going in and out of consciousness. We need to do more. 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:35.520 He died a cruel death at the hands of a 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:37.079 hospital that failed him. 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:42.079 Poor little man in that poor family. Let me tell 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.360 you a little bit about the decisions that were made 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.920 that led to the lack of treatment that led to 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:52.799 this little man having a heart attack and dying. They 0:02:52.840 --> 0:02:58.720 presented in the morning with a boy who had clearly 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.079 lost an awful lot of fluids and his heart rate 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.280 was just thumping out of his little chest at one 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.760 hundred and ninety seven beats per minute. He should have 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:11.920 been treated within ten minutes. Instead, they moved through the 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:17.600 emergency queue at thirty minutes. There was two more hours 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:23.400 before he got a bed, and eventually, as I say, 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:26.240 it was a heart attack that ended up dying off 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:29.760 because his system could not cope with the amount of 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:35.320 fluid that he had lost. The central and fatal flaw 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:39.600 in his treatment was that he was denied, not forgotten, 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:45.240 but denied an IV drip that would have replaced the fluids, 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:48.480 that would have stabilized his body, that would have saved 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:52.960 him from the heart attack, and for all intents and purposes, 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:56.960 would have meant that it may have been a difficult 0:03:56.960 --> 0:04:05.560 couple of days rather than the end of viital life. Now, 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:10.720 I understand that the healthcare system cannot provide perfect results. 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.360 Not everyone who passes through that threshold when you're panicked 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:17.040 as a parent is going to end up with their 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:23.360 kid getting better. But so many things went wrong here, 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.960 so many things. His mum and dad were trying to 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:32.040 tell them, please give him the IV. Why haven't you 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:38.240 given him the IV? Can't you see what's happening? Is terrible? Well, 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.760 the report, as I said, that was released today is 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:44.920 again damning about the decisions not taken and the decision 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.719 taken not to give him the fluids to stabilize his 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:52.960 body to prevent the heart attack that meant he died. 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:57.440 His parents, like any parents who have lost a kid, 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:03.040 will never be the same. But the strength that they 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:08.320 have shown today in their many media appearances to be 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:10.599 the parents on the behalf of their son who is 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:17.440 no longer here is incredible. These moments are ones where, 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:19.599 of course it's impossible to put one foot in front 0:05:19.640 --> 0:05:22.040 of the other until eventually you do, and then you walk, 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.840 and then you stride. And they are using all the 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:29.240 power that they possibly can to demand accountability, but to 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:32.120 demand that this never happens again. 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:41.600 They want a full parliamentary review. They also want a 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:45.159 review of Northern Beaches Hospital. They are calling for urgent 0:05:45.480 --> 0:05:49.680 IT upgrades. They want the public private partnership with Healthscope 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:53.600 that governs this hospital to be put under the microscope. 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:57.400 Also investment in and wide enforcement of what's called the 0:05:57.480 --> 0:06:00.799 Reach program that would see parents alert to their rights 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:05.080 and escalating their children's care on entry to any New 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:06.160 South Wales hospital. 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:10.280 We will follow the system and we will follow how 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.719 it responds. For their part, the Premiere of New South 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:16.200 Wales has said this about their situation. 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:21.560 We won't rule anything out, including further inquiries. We take 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:25.839 this incredibly seriously and I'm profoundly, profoundly sorry that this 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:27.960 has happened. It's absolutely heartbreaking. 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:31.920 As for the person who will have even greater responsibility here, 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:34.480 this is what the Health Minister had to say today. 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:38.000 They've got some questions to answer. I'll be very honest 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:40.640 about it. A health system has let this family down 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:44.359 in the absolute worst way possible. Now I understand the 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:46.000 need for him to say things like let them down. 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:50.160 They didn't, they betrayed them. And I feel exactly the 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:53.040 same emotions that you do right now as our hearts 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:56.680 sink for the little man sink, for his mum and dad, 0:06:56.760 --> 0:07:00.560 for his grandparents, for everyone around them. I offer nothing 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.919 but strength and love to this family, but also a 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.880 promise that we will use our platform if they, in 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:12.280 any way, shape or form, need to keep nudging the system. 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:14.440 It is a horrible thing that took place. It is 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:16.200 a distressing thing to talk about at the start of 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.320 the show. It is not normally how I would start 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.720 a show, but on a day like this, when something 0:07:21.880 --> 0:07:24.840 we learn about is as bad as this, it's the 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:31.679 only way to start tonight's program. Now to some other issues, 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:36.680 including of course China, and we know that their attitude 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:41.040 towards Australia is back in your box. We know how 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.520 they treated Australia when Australia had the temerity to try 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.520 to ask questions about a global pandemic that killed thousands 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:48.720 of people here and millions of people around the world. 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:53.160 We also know that they take a dark and dim 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:56.440 view of Australia trying to do anything to defend ourselves 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:59.760 against potentially what may be a threat at some point 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:05.400 of China train to take Australia because Australia has chosen 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:09.560 the side of freedom as opposed to theirs and the 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.680 way that they run their country. Last night it was 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.160 breaking news. We've had twenty four hours to think even 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:20.320 more about it, but there were stories about Chinese warships 0:08:20.640 --> 0:08:23.240 who were very close to Sydney. Now they were still 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:28.440 in technically international waters. But why are Chinese warships needing 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:32.480 any reason to be coming around the Australian coast. This 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:36.280 stuff is so often minimized, pretending that it's normal when 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:39.080 let's be honest, it ate it is a long way 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:40.920 for them to travel, and for them to travel here 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:44.680 specifically is an act of intimidation. Here's more that we know. 0:08:45.000 --> 0:08:45.960 Twenty four hours. 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:50.480 Later Wednesday, the vessels were sailing east of Sydney and 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:54.360 have entered the country's Exclusive Economic Zone, which is the 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:58.160 area up to two hundred nautical miles from the coast. 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.960 The group includes a free get, a cruiser and a 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:06.319 replenishment vessel. A Defense Department spokesperson said in a statement 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:10.079 that it was routine for the Australian military to monitor 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:14.679 traffic in the Exclusive Economic Zone and any maritime approaches. 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:17.360 Now, of course we know when it comes to this 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:21.319 Prime Minister, he will not speak with the shaking thunder 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:25.880 that he does towards political opponents in this country who 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.520 deny him what he believes to be either his place 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.840 in history when it comes to things like referendums or 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:33.320 bills passing through the parliament. 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:33.400 No. 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:37.360 Instead, of course, with China, it was about backing off. 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:40.600 The more we back off, the closer they let us in, 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:44.960 the more trade that can be done. And the message 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.480 goes back to the more than one and almost one 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:51.720 and a half million voters with an interest in what 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:55.080 happens back in China because of family. Well, the message 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.520 keeps coming through that there's a way to do it 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:00.839 and there's a way not to do it. Now, we've 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:04.120 seen plenty of times that the Prime Minister has shown 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.480 a thundering emotion when he wants to How do you 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:11.080 think the Prime Minister should react when Chinese vessels are 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:14.120 trying to intimidate Australia and they are off the coast 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.640 of Sydney. I don't think this is enough from the 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:19.640 Prime Minister, But maybe I'm a hard marker. 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:23.280 Just wonder more on Chinese tavy ship So you're worried 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:24.160 about them of Sydney? 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:31.319 No, Well, the Chinese noble ships are complying within a 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.920 national law. But as we do, we're I'm monitoring the 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:38.840 situation and observing what is going on as you would expect. 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.679 No, now again, I don't want the Prime Minister to 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.000 start using this type of language that will lead to 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:53.079 a conflict. But surely you'd have a more passionate response. 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:55.520 He of course, was annoyed because it distracted from the 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:57.560 thing he wanted to talk about today, which was even 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:02.559 more money going towards trying to get towards green hydrogen. 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:04.720 I'm glad that the good people of Wyala and their 0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:06.720 jobs are going to be protected, but that's what he 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.319 wanted to talk about today. He didn't want to dare 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:12.160 talk about China a little bit like remember when we've 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:16.600 had previous examples when Chinese jets throw a whole bunch 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.880 of garbage into the air that could well down an 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:24.200 Australian jet. But didn't know about that until after the 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:26.440 Prime Minister had returned from an APEC meeting where he's 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:29.800 shaking hands with the Chinese president. Because we couldn't air 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:38.000 upset the Chinese establishment. Thankfully, there is an alternative, an 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.400 alternative approach. And Andrew Hasty would be the Defense Minister 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:46.319 in a potential alternative government led by Peter Dutton. Compare 0:11:46.360 --> 0:11:48.160 the pair, as they say. 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:53.400 This is gun boat diplomacy designed to test our alliance 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:54.400 with the United States. 0:11:57.480 --> 0:12:00.840 Yeah, pretty disgraceful, Pretty disgraceful. All right, let's get to 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:04.760 the jobs now scenario, where let's have a chat about 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:08.600 the unemployment numbers that have come on today. They show 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.199 us that, yes, the unemployment rate is slightly up. But 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:13.720 let's compare things to of course, the government that wants 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:15.839 to tell you everything's great now compared to when they 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.720 first took over. Well, the unemployment rate in the early 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:21.360 months of the Prime ministership of Anthony Alberaneze was three 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.280 point five percent. It is now four point one percent. 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:29.439 Twenty three thousand people lost their job in January. More 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:31.360 people ended up being able to get a job, but 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:34.720 twenty three thousand people lost their job in the month 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:37.800 of January. According to the ABS, forty four thousand people 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:42.000 found a job in January. Twenty three thousand people became unemployed. 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:46.760 But there's always data inside the data. They're generally speaking, 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.240 they don't cover on the six PM news because they think, oh, 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:52.120 one fact every four minutes, please the rest of it 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:57.320 just adjectives and emotion. The unde employment rate. Now, remember 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.120 in Australia, to be counted as an employed person and 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.000 you have to work for just one hour a week, 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:10.240 so six percent currently are under employed for minutes five percent. 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:11.839 But have a look at that percentage when it comes 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:15.720 to women. And then remember when Anthony Abernezi made quite 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:17.760 the noise and the lead up to the last election, 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:21.600 and we remember because we were all there, that people 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:23.480 having to work more than one job to make ends 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.040 meet was a sign of how tough people were doing 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.679 it well. In March of twenty twenty two it was 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.319 eight hundred and fifty six thousand people. It is now 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:34.959 nine hundred and eighty six thousand people. Those were the 0:13:35.040 --> 0:13:37.160 latest numbers which were at leased very late last year, 0:13:38.720 --> 0:13:43.000 and people are noticing the great gulf between the numbers 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:45.560 that may be released in Canberra, the reality on the 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:49.600 ground and the numbers within the numbers. As the Prime 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.360 Minister and Treasurer pat themselves on the back getting ready 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:56.280 to go into this election, one of the economics writers 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:59.600 at the Channel nine newspapers made a good point about 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:03.079 productivity that this is a real problem for Australia right now. 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:05.079 Put simply, if life is a highway, then Australia is 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:07.160 stuck in second year. I even liked the sort of 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.959 AI image that they came up with. I don't understand 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:12.400 why Peter Dutton, who's not in a decision making position, 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.080 is put there, because obviously we couldn't dare upset the 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:19.640 dear Prime Minister. But there it is. Anyway, We've become 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:24.880 a Volkswagen bus, as some fly past in their Lamborghinis. 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.800 Nations such as the United States, Germany, Belgium and Spain 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.840 have all improved their productivity levels over the past couple 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:36.000 of years, but Australia has gone backwards. He offers an 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:40.360 example that was quoted by the Productivity Commission, and that 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:44.240 is about building a house. About how long it now 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:46.680 takes to build a house in a quarter of the 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:51.440 way into the twenty first century versus a little while ago. 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:53.800 A decade ago, the average time it took to build 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:56.000 a detached house for six point four months. It is 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:59.160 now ten point four months. The time to build a 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:04.840 new townhouse gone from nine point four to twelve point nine. 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.640 An apartment block has gone from eighteen months to now 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:14.120 twenty seven months. He concludes his piece Shane right today 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.400 that if we continue down the economic freeway at the 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.960 current pace, we will never reach our preferred destination and 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:22.280 our kids, stuck in the back seat of the Australian Jealopy, 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:26.400 will be asking the perpetual question aren't we there yet? 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:32.520 A lot of people have just become citizens of Australia 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:36.080 and will in the next couple of days now. The 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:40.440 Daily Telegraph today had the story that Tony Burke has 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:43.280 taken citizenship ceremonies out of the hands of many local 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:47.840 councils and is pumping hundreds of people, nay thousands of 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:51.200 people who will become full fledged Australian citizens in the 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:54.040 next couple of days. The Daily Telegraph can reveal that 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:59.200 mister Burke's department has gone on an industrial style, industrial scale 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:02.600 citizenship ex travaganza. Remember, all of this is full voting 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:05.200 rights to give twelve and a half thousand new Australians, 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:09.120 says citizenship papers in time to vote at the upcoming election. 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:14.400 Western Sydney mayors are furious on Thursday that mister Burke's 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:17.480 department took the upcoming ceremonies out of their hands to 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:22.120 confer citizenship. On six thousand people over the past couple 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:27.520 of days at Sydney Olympic Park. Now, for their part, 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:32.480 the Minister and his department have said that these are 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:34.680 people who have been waiting for many years. It is 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:37.360 not a rushing of people who have recently come to 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:39.400 the country as a result of the issues in the 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:42.440 Middle East. But Peter Dutton had this to say today 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.000 on the matter of this many people getting pushed through 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:46.360 just in time for an election. 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.640 Tony Burke is spending today and the rest of this week, 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:53.960 as I understand it, conducting as many citizenship ceremonies as 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:57.640 you can, literally putting thousands of people through an express 0:16:57.680 --> 0:17:02.400 citizenship process so that they can in the election within 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:05.080 a few weeks, which I think is quite remarkable. And 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:11.600 I just question whether there has been any slackening of 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:15.399 the process, whether there has been any compromise on the 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:16.399 security checks. 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:19.920 The Minister in his office are offended at the suggestion, 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.000 and again via more friendly media have put forward the 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.120 idea that all of this is about clearing a backlog. 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:27.399 Nicholas Rees is the Lord Mayor of Melbourne. He too 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:29.840 has been a citizenship ceremonies today. I just will ask 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:32.720 him straight up if there's anything different, different timing, why 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:34.639 are things being rushed on at this moment. If he 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:36.880 has an answer, we'll all find out together, because he 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:41.560 is here this evening for tonight's debate. Now I have 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:46.359 the same moral clarity tonight as I did when we 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.560 learned of the October seven attacks back in twenty twenty three, 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:54.440 the same moral clarity about the evil of Hamas, about 0:17:54.440 --> 0:18:00.040 the disgrace of those amongst us who celebrate, celebrate what 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:05.760 took place on that horrible day, the many failures in 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:10.200 and around that opera house protest. Still so few people 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.480 have been held account And it's wonderful that politicians want 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:15.160 to say sorry, but hang on, you saw it coming. 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.160 Your police forces were the same ones who turned around 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:21.639 and said that they were overwhelmed. Your same police forces 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:24.760 have hardly been handing out the same level of charges 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.080 in relation to people at that event, which obviously was 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:31.440 about intimidating Australia's Jewish community as they mourned their dead 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:36.600 on that day. Now I say I have that same 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:41.520 moral clarity tonight because, as you will have heard both 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:48.119 with Shari and with Andrew before her, Hamas has returned 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:53.040 the remains of a murdered mother and murdered children, but 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:55.639 they chose to do so in the full glare of 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:58.439 the media. How can you not view this as the 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:03.760 parading of their bodies Previously, the people that have stood 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:05.639 on that stage are people who have been able to 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:08.520 return to their families. A dead family being returned to 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:11.720 a man who had left their captivity a couple of 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:15.879 weeks ago reminds us of the rights and wrongs in 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:23.080 this situation. Now, it is true that I do not 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.440 talk about the situation in the Middle East every night. 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:28.760 There are many weeks that can pass before I remark 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.000 about what is happening on the other side of the world. 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:35.720 But I don't want anyone to ever think that that 0:19:35.840 --> 0:19:38.640 is a way of ignoring it. No, it's because there 0:19:38.720 --> 0:19:42.440 are other hosts, other programs that frankly cover it better 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:45.320 than I could, better than I can, with a greater 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:50.200 insight into what is taking place. But I've also, over 0:19:50.520 --> 0:19:54.720 the many months, spoken about a human toll on both 0:19:54.760 --> 0:19:58.480 sides of this situation. For that, I receive some criticism, 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:02.919 but I stand by it. But I want to be 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:05.879 very clear tonight that I have the same moral clarity 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:09.800 about the barbarism and the evil that is harmas as 0:20:09.840 --> 0:20:13.000 I did on the day they chose to attack on 0:20:13.040 --> 0:20:19.440 October seventh, because they paraded the bodies of a dead 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:25.840 mother and her kids. Today, as you know, is the 0:20:25.840 --> 0:20:30.080 Anti Semitism Summit which took place on behalf of Sky 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:36.239 News in the Great Synagogue in Sydney. Incredible speeches, and 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:38.400 what I liked the most was that this was about 0:20:38.520 --> 0:20:41.280 discussing how to deal with things into the future, as 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:46.120 opposed to speaking endlessly about the barbarism of what took 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:49.760 place on that horrific day. In the many many months since, 0:20:51.520 --> 0:20:56.800 I'm proud that I work for an organization that had 0:20:56.800 --> 0:21:01.960 the moral clarity to host what they hosted. I am 0:21:02.560 --> 0:21:08.640 proud of the people who spoke, and I am proud 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:13.720 of the relentlessness of the focus in and around anti 0:21:13.760 --> 0:21:16.800 Semitism that many people have had on the air. Again, 0:21:17.800 --> 0:21:21.639 just in case there's any doubt in anyone's mind, just 0:21:21.680 --> 0:21:23.359 because I don't lead the show with it or I 0:21:23.359 --> 0:21:25.119 don't talk about it every couple of weeks does not 0:21:25.280 --> 0:21:27.720 mean I am not absolutely aware of the rights and 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:31.360 wrongs here. I wish nothing but strength to the hand 0:21:31.400 --> 0:21:38.040 of law enforcement to deal with this horrific behavior. And 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:41.960 I wish nothing more than a country that people are 0:21:42.000 --> 0:21:45.320 born into or that they come to, is the one 0:21:45.320 --> 0:21:49.560 that they love more than whatever historic connections people have 0:21:49.720 --> 0:21:53.679 to the conflicts, with all of its complications, all of 0:21:53.720 --> 0:21:58.800 its difficulties, all of its heartbreak. On other sides of 0:21:58.800 --> 0:22:00.440 the world, you have a chance to reach art your 0:22:00.480 --> 0:22:04.760 life in a country like this. It is something that 0:22:04.800 --> 0:22:07.720 we assume is the case for anyone who comes to 0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:11.760 the country, but for too many they seek to punish 0:22:11.920 --> 0:22:17.399 those who have a connection to another country. It is 0:22:17.440 --> 0:22:19.960 not acceptable, it is not appropriate, and many of the 0:22:20.000 --> 0:22:25.840 speeches were quite phenomenal. Today now it cannot go without 0:22:25.880 --> 0:22:30.080 saying that all and many. In fact, the majority of 0:22:30.119 --> 0:22:31.879 the anti Semitic attacks have been happening in New South 0:22:31.880 --> 0:22:33.560 Wales have been happening in Sydney, and that is under 0:22:33.560 --> 0:22:38.560 the watch of the New Southwil's premiere. And while they 0:22:38.600 --> 0:22:42.399 need to do more, it is good to hear again 0:22:42.520 --> 0:22:46.040 moral clarity from the people who have the capacity to 0:22:46.160 --> 0:22:50.840 change laws and focus our police. 0:22:51.840 --> 0:22:55.000 It was appalling to see the hateful scenes on the 0:22:55.040 --> 0:22:59.680 steps of the Sydney Opera House one day after October seventh, 0:23:00.080 --> 0:23:02.199 and I can tell you. I'm deeply ashamed that it 0:23:02.280 --> 0:23:05.000 happened under my watch as premier of this state. 0:23:10.240 --> 0:23:13.240 Now what I also really liked about the summit, and 0:23:13.240 --> 0:23:15.000 I watched it in its entirety. I want you to 0:23:15.080 --> 0:23:16.800 be able to do so by going to skynews dot 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:19.159 com dot au. Also check out all of the supplementary 0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:21.520 channels depending on how you watch us, be a Flash 0:23:21.680 --> 0:23:24.040 or Foxtel, or there'll be plenty of stuff up on 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:27.040 YouTube as well. I like that this was forward looking. 0:23:27.160 --> 0:23:30.120 I liked that this was about a series of key 0:23:30.160 --> 0:23:32.320 points and a plan for action about how to take 0:23:32.520 --> 0:23:35.879 these things on. Now. There were multiple these are the 0:23:35.880 --> 0:23:38.240 ones that stood out to me. That there should be 0:23:38.280 --> 0:23:41.200 a declaration of a national emergency on antisemitism. This would 0:23:41.240 --> 0:23:44.240 trigger a collection of things in and around a joint 0:23:44.560 --> 0:23:49.000 counter Terrorism Task Force. That we should have uniform policing guidelines, 0:23:49.040 --> 0:23:53.159 including training for law enforcement officials and understanding antisemitism and 0:23:53.160 --> 0:23:57.800 how hate crimes should be prosecuted. That anti Semitism education 0:23:57.800 --> 0:24:02.000 should be included into the national curriculum. Justice. Michael Lee's 0:24:02.000 --> 0:24:04.800 speeching and around that was fascinating. There should be more 0:24:04.800 --> 0:24:08.240 public awareness and advertising campaigns, particularly towards younger Australians aimed 0:24:08.240 --> 0:24:12.000 at debunking the ideology of antisemitism. There should be a 0:24:12.040 --> 0:24:14.719 national ban on encampments at Australing universities, as well as 0:24:14.760 --> 0:24:20.639 prohibiting the disruption of lectures by protests. There should be 0:24:20.720 --> 0:24:24.240 a creation of a judicial inquiry into antisemitism at our universities. 0:24:25.280 --> 0:24:27.879 There should be a repeal of charity status and funding 0:24:27.880 --> 0:24:31.919 from religious or charitable institutions if they promote racism or 0:24:31.920 --> 0:24:35.320 display terrorist symbols. And finally that the Migration Act should 0:24:35.320 --> 0:24:38.199 be enforced or amended to ensure that antisemitic conduct is 0:24:38.240 --> 0:24:42.159 a grounds to reject a new visl or cancel and 0:24:42.400 --> 0:24:47.000 existing one. It is complicated. It is difficult for those 0:24:47.040 --> 0:24:49.880 of us that have been lucky enough to be born 0:24:49.920 --> 0:24:54.879 here and not to have the weight of the connections 0:24:54.880 --> 0:24:57.880 back to this difficult part of the world. There are 0:24:57.960 --> 0:25:00.240 times when yep, we're aware of it, but there are 0:25:00.280 --> 0:25:03.880 other things that will come across our plate. But well 0:25:03.880 --> 0:25:05.960 done to everyone involved in what happened today, and to 0:25:06.000 --> 0:25:08.840 anyone who wants to practice this sort of garbage. You 0:25:08.880 --> 0:25:11.040 are not amongst us, you are not for us. And 0:25:11.080 --> 0:25:14.680 I look forward to any and every way that this 0:25:15.000 --> 0:25:20.119 garbage can be rid. Now let's talk about local government here, 0:25:20.160 --> 0:25:24.720 particularly the Casey Council which is on the outskirts of Melbourne. 0:25:25.359 --> 0:25:27.280 Now this happened a couple of days ago, so forgive me. 0:25:27.320 --> 0:25:28.760 I've had a lot in the intray this week and 0:25:28.760 --> 0:25:30.479 I wanted to get this done before we go off 0:25:30.520 --> 0:25:33.480 to Batement's Bay on Sunday Monday and then off to Vegas. 0:25:33.560 --> 0:25:40.639 Baby well, police police needed to be called by the 0:25:40.720 --> 0:25:45.359 council because they are afraid of their rate players. What rubbish, 0:25:45.600 --> 0:25:51.800 What absolute crap. Now, this council, which has been run 0:25:51.840 --> 0:25:54.639 by an administrator, an unelected person as opposed to an 0:25:54.680 --> 0:25:58.200 elected mayor or council for the past few years, has 0:25:58.240 --> 0:26:03.080 made some ridiculous decision, including ones where people are being 0:26:03.119 --> 0:26:05.399 told that they need a permit where they need to 0:26:05.640 --> 0:26:08.719 pay for the right to be able to store an 0:26:08.760 --> 0:26:11.760 old boat or a car that you're fixing up in 0:26:11.760 --> 0:26:15.520 your front yard. Now, of course, it's just another money 0:26:15.520 --> 0:26:18.160 grab from a council that won't cut its own wings, 0:26:18.280 --> 0:26:20.720 no doubt. If I went onto their jobs vacant tonight 0:26:20.760 --> 0:26:22.080 and I did the same thing I do every time 0:26:22.160 --> 0:26:25.480 these stories, there'd be plenty of examples of a stupid 0:26:25.520 --> 0:26:28.240 amount of money being spent on things where they don't 0:26:28.280 --> 0:26:31.360 need to go off and try to introduce fines or 0:26:31.920 --> 0:26:34.040 licenses for you to be able to have a car 0:26:34.160 --> 0:26:36.160 up on the blocks because you're going to slowly strip 0:26:36.200 --> 0:26:38.399 it down for small parts and spare parts, because the 0:26:38.480 --> 0:26:40.800 one you've actually been tinkering with is your dream project 0:26:40.960 --> 0:26:42.720 and that's been in the garage for the past five 0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:45.639 or six years. God forbid, that's what people want to 0:26:45.640 --> 0:26:48.760 do with their days. I'm sick of this sort of 0:26:48.760 --> 0:26:52.360 snobbery that there's a certain type of Australian activity that's acceptable. 0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:55.960 There's a certain sort of thing that is approved of 0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:59.000 or not approved of by the ear oh so lovely 0:26:59.040 --> 0:27:03.400 ones about what you can do with your land. Paul 0:27:03.480 --> 0:27:05.639 Dowsley is the report from Channel seven, who will explain 0:27:05.760 --> 0:27:07.520 part of what this is all about. 0:27:08.800 --> 0:27:12.800 The meeting was adjourned then abandoned as residents raged about 0:27:12.800 --> 0:27:17.040 controversial by laws requiring paid permits for residents to keep 0:27:17.080 --> 0:27:20.320 some vehicles on their properties, which prompted the seizure of 0:27:20.400 --> 0:27:24.200 three cars from one property. 0:27:25.119 --> 0:27:28.439 I know a caravan, a caravan under the car port. 0:27:29.440 --> 0:27:33.640 That's not interfering, but it's not parked out in the street. Now, 0:27:33.680 --> 0:27:35.760 I get it. There are some people who think you 0:27:35.760 --> 0:27:37.159 can park whatever you want out in the front of 0:27:37.160 --> 0:27:39.359 your house, like out on the road. Well, guess what, 0:27:39.480 --> 0:27:41.840 that's public. I can just whack it on them. At No, 0:27:42.400 --> 0:27:47.199 we're talking about people in their own zone of property. 0:27:47.880 --> 0:27:51.000 Now there's also a decision about a tip in and 0:27:51.040 --> 0:27:53.600 around the area. And guess what the locals had had 0:27:53.680 --> 0:27:57.120 enough at computer, theft NAE, computer, theF NAE or politicians 0:27:57.119 --> 0:27:58.800 who want to pretend, oh, I'm not really our fault, 0:27:58.800 --> 0:28:04.080 despite the fact of course it's their responsibility. 0:28:05.440 --> 0:28:12.840 Rowdy rate payers hit back face to face with the council. 0:28:12.920 --> 0:28:16.920 They say, isn't listening. The angry confrontation erupted last night 0:28:16.920 --> 0:28:19.960 of the City of Casey officers in Narry Warren. New 0:28:20.000 --> 0:28:27.680 mayor Stephen Kerman shouted down repeatedly heckled, please remain seated, 0:28:27.960 --> 0:28:31.840 Please remain quiet. Police called to escort counselors from the room. 0:28:33.520 --> 0:28:39.800 What garbage call the police. They're hardly surging towards the counselors. 0:28:39.840 --> 0:28:44.080 They're standing up and saying boom. It will not surprise 0:28:44.200 --> 0:28:46.640 you that the mayor will have no interest in talking 0:28:46.640 --> 0:28:48.040 to Paul or any of the other media. 0:28:48.120 --> 0:28:53.000 After this thing, the new mayor wouldn't speak on camera today, 0:28:53.080 --> 0:28:56.800 instead releasing a statement saying he was incredibly disappointed with 0:28:56.960 --> 0:29:01.000 last night's threatening behavior, adding I Understan there is a 0:29:01.080 --> 0:29:04.840 real frustration over the past five years under administration. We're 0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:08.320 looking forward to listening and representing our community. However, last 0:29:08.400 --> 0:29:10.600 night's behavior is not the way to go about this. 0:29:12.240 --> 0:29:15.320 Just talking to people in this way just it's not 0:29:15.360 --> 0:29:17.600 the way, like as if they're the school principal speaking 0:29:17.640 --> 0:29:19.240 to sort of a kid mucking up in year five. 0:29:20.160 --> 0:29:23.040 These people pay their rates, they've bought their house, they're 0:29:23.040 --> 0:29:25.640 paying off the house, they're renting the house. Leave them alone, 0:29:26.440 --> 0:29:29.560 goodness sake. Now, I told you that we would have 0:29:29.560 --> 0:29:31.400 something in a couple of days in and around the 0:29:31.440 --> 0:29:34.560 North Queensland flood situation, and we have had plenty of 0:29:34.560 --> 0:29:36.239 people get in touch with us about the problems they 0:29:36.240 --> 0:29:40.600 are having with insurance companies. Now, Lauren Forbes is the 0:29:40.640 --> 0:29:43.160 reporter who was there when the rain was coming down, 0:29:43.320 --> 0:29:47.080 when the flood waters were taking their toll, and she 0:29:47.160 --> 0:29:52.360 now returns to this story about insurance companies screwing the 0:29:52.600 --> 0:29:56.280 very people over who should be getting maximum help because 0:29:56.320 --> 0:29:57.280 they've paid for it. 0:29:59.040 --> 0:30:03.480 Ingham is still homes gutted, businesses and farms wiped out, 0:30:04.040 --> 0:30:06.480 as many are left wondering how they'll recover. 0:30:07.040 --> 0:30:10.120 As things are clearing and the weeks are passing, I 0:30:10.120 --> 0:30:13.800 guess it comes to light that people are still struggling 0:30:13.880 --> 0:30:17.120 with that emotional financial impact of the disaster. 0:30:17.720 --> 0:30:21.920 For Marian's brother, Vince Blanco, the disaster has been life changing. 0:30:22.440 --> 0:30:25.640 His cane farm, passed down from his father, was swallowed 0:30:25.640 --> 0:30:30.000 by floodwaters. His belongings left as a pile on the roadside, 0:30:30.400 --> 0:30:36.080 basically lost everything, and it's how to rebuild that without 0:30:36.120 --> 0:30:39.840 any funding, without any support. It was only after the 0:30:39.840 --> 0:30:44.120 event that Vince discovered his insurance doesn't cover floods and 0:30:44.160 --> 0:30:46.320 he doesn't have the means to pay off a disaster 0:30:46.440 --> 0:30:47.320 assistance loan. 0:30:47.640 --> 0:30:51.080 My brother wasn't aware that it wasn't included in his package, 0:30:51.600 --> 0:30:58.680 So I guess from that perspective, it's you know, it's devastating. 0:30:58.800 --> 0:31:02.360 It's a problem many far in the region of facing any. 0:31:02.360 --> 0:31:05.600 Home and content policy that forms part of a broader 0:31:06.520 --> 0:31:09.640 farm insurance policy, they tend not to have flood cover. 0:31:10.360 --> 0:31:15.600 So it's not that it's just not available. Insurance just 0:31:15.680 --> 0:31:16.520 aren't offering it. 0:31:16.720 --> 0:31:20.600 And for those who can access it, skyrocketing premiums mean 0:31:20.680 --> 0:31:22.520 full coverage is often out of reach. 0:31:23.000 --> 0:31:25.280 People can't afford to ensure their house for the full 0:31:25.320 --> 0:31:27.880 replacement value, so they've ensured it for what they can. 0:31:29.320 --> 0:31:32.440 So an example, you've got the house that the rebuild 0:31:32.440 --> 0:31:34.760 costs of this house is say eight hundred thousand dollars 0:31:34.760 --> 0:31:38.200 in today's money to completely level it and rebuild it 0:31:38.480 --> 0:31:41.560 as it was. People are ensuring them for three hundred 0:31:41.600 --> 0:31:42.240 thousand dollars. 0:31:42.520 --> 0:31:46.000 So far, more than seven thousand, one hundred insurance claims 0:31:46.000 --> 0:31:49.560 have been made in North Queensland. In the hinton Brookshire 0:31:49.720 --> 0:31:53.040 there's been nearly one thousand home claims lodged, two hundred 0:31:53.080 --> 0:31:55.840 and eighty two for vehicles and one hundred and sixty 0:31:55.840 --> 0:31:59.640 one for businesses. But the cyclone reinsurance pool, which is 0:31:59.720 --> 0:32:02.360 meant to bring premiums down, wasn't activated. 0:32:02.800 --> 0:32:05.640 We're not seeing any benefit coming through it now. We've 0:32:05.640 --> 0:32:09.840 had two cyclones in the last twelve months and luckily 0:32:09.920 --> 0:32:13.880 fortunately there was no extensive damage or anything of that nature, 0:32:13.880 --> 0:32:16.239 and we're very grateful that. But people who did make 0:32:16.280 --> 0:32:19.160 a claim you are saying, well, there really is no different. 0:32:19.280 --> 0:32:22.920 Hinchinbrookshire and Mayor Raymond jo says funding for this disaster 0:32:23.320 --> 0:32:26.040 has fallen short compared to past events. 0:32:26.480 --> 0:32:29.760 All the industry bodies and all the business associations that 0:32:29.800 --> 0:32:34.040 are telling us that they require further assistance. One of 0:32:34.120 --> 0:32:36.880 the other issues that there's also emerging is that, you know, 0:32:36.960 --> 0:32:39.600 due to the high cost of living, there's a lot 0:32:39.600 --> 0:32:43.160 of pressure in that regard, so you know, just just 0:32:43.200 --> 0:32:46.719 the material costs and the labor costs and all that 0:32:46.760 --> 0:32:47.920 have risen exponentially. 0:32:48.080 --> 0:32:51.600 He's calling for action before the next disaster, pushing for 0:32:51.640 --> 0:32:54.720 government red tape to be removed to clear waterways. 0:32:55.360 --> 0:32:59.600 You know, our inability to clean our streams, our streams 0:32:59.640 --> 0:33:02.640 that are out of the water. Once it comes out 0:33:02.640 --> 0:33:04.440 of the river, it's got to get to the ocean, 0:33:04.480 --> 0:33:05.440 and it's got to go through. 0:33:05.320 --> 0:33:06.360 The mangrove interface. 0:33:06.920 --> 0:33:09.720 And we've been really struggling over the past eight years 0:33:09.760 --> 0:33:12.120 to get permits and approvals to go in there. 0:33:11.960 --> 0:33:16.200 And clean as the regent bands together to rebuild locals, 0:33:16.200 --> 0:33:20.840 so calling out for more support. Lauren Forbes Sky News. 0:33:21.600 --> 0:33:23.160 Good on you, Lauren, and thank you for making that 0:33:23.240 --> 0:33:25.480 for us. Well done. Know everyone who was reaching out, 0:33:25.520 --> 0:33:27.440 if you want to at any time, We'll do what 0:33:27.480 --> 0:33:31.000 we can for you. Polotskynews dot com dot AU, Poulotsgynews 0:33:31.040 --> 0:33:32.760 dot com dot A. You quick break back with more, 0:33:32.960 --> 0:33:35.520 looking forward to Nicholas Rees joining us, Lisa god Art 0:33:35.560 --> 0:33:37.200 as well, who's the winter and Loser of the week, 0:33:37.520 --> 0:33:41.320 and some big ideas about well going after graffiti in 0:33:41.360 --> 0:33:43.280 the great city of Melbourne, But so much more than that. 0:33:43.440 --> 0:33:50.680 Thanks for watching this Thursday night, Hey, thank you so 0:33:50.760 --> 0:33:53.320 much for watching. Now we have got a massive mixed 0:33:53.320 --> 0:33:55.360 sort of week and a bit here on the show. 0:33:55.960 --> 0:33:59.600 Obviously our town on Sunday night, Bateman's Bay cannot wait, 0:33:59.680 --> 0:34:02.720 really beautiful part of Australia. Looking forward to celebrating and 0:34:02.800 --> 0:34:05.680 doing a whole bunch of really cool stuff, really cool stuff. 0:34:05.920 --> 0:34:07.560 Monday night is going to be the first of our 0:34:07.640 --> 0:34:10.360 pub tests, where of course it is the people of 0:34:10.400 --> 0:34:12.480 the area that are able to ask their local candidates 0:34:12.640 --> 0:34:14.400 whatever they want, all right, we don't stand in the 0:34:14.400 --> 0:34:17.360 way of that process. It's really cool sort of politics 0:34:17.360 --> 0:34:19.520 in the pub with TV cameras all the rest of it. 0:34:20.120 --> 0:34:22.279 And then we're off to Las Vegas where we're going 0:34:22.360 --> 0:34:26.520 to be just absolutely responsible and folk. Now we're there 0:34:26.560 --> 0:34:28.839 to celebrate rugby league and the fact that the start 0:34:28.880 --> 0:34:31.120 of the rugby league season is there. Can't wait. We're 0:34:31.120 --> 0:34:33.920 going to talk to players and coaches and tell you 0:34:34.000 --> 0:34:35.520 the fun, show you some of the stuff of the 0:34:35.560 --> 0:34:37.719 city that I know like the back of my hand, 0:34:38.000 --> 0:34:39.840 you know, like I know the Gold Coast with my 0:34:39.840 --> 0:34:41.799 eyes closed, and I know Vegas like the back of 0:34:41.800 --> 0:34:43.880 my hand. Right, So we'll show you some of that 0:34:43.880 --> 0:34:46.680 fun stuff. But I wanted to also say our plan 0:34:46.719 --> 0:34:49.040 while we are overseas is we are still going to 0:34:49.120 --> 0:34:52.960 keep doing Australian political conversation. Okay, You're still going to 0:34:52.960 --> 0:34:55.760 get the editorial, You're still going to get the guests, 0:34:56.040 --> 0:34:58.400 plus all of the fun in and around it. Okay, 0:34:58.600 --> 0:35:01.000 So stay for the met all right, and enjoy the 0:35:01.000 --> 0:35:03.440 sizzle that's going to be around it. The same two 0:35:03.760 --> 0:35:06.160 for the pub test and for our town. We will 0:35:06.160 --> 0:35:08.200 be right across all of the stuff. And if anyone's 0:35:08.440 --> 0:35:11.040 got used to our Sunday night hardcore shows, well I 0:35:11.080 --> 0:35:13.520 will make sure that you get to hear it all first, 0:35:13.760 --> 0:35:15.320 and then as you start to hear it across the 0:35:15.360 --> 0:35:16.839 rest of the week and go hang on. Paul talked 0:35:16.840 --> 0:35:18.719 about that on Sunday All right, let's get to this 0:35:18.800 --> 0:35:21.960 right now with Well, it's been too long. Nicholas rees Is, 0:35:22.000 --> 0:35:26.360 of course the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne. 0:35:26.360 --> 0:35:28.839 He's got the little badge, he's got the you know, 0:35:28.880 --> 0:35:31.920 he's got the chains, he's got the moon but kings. 0:35:32.400 --> 0:35:35.440 He's there joining us in Melbourne. And the wonderful Lisa 0:35:35.440 --> 0:35:38.120 Goddard who just you know, with that smile, she can 0:35:38.160 --> 0:35:40.600 do whatever the hell she wants in Brisbane and beautiful Queensland. 0:35:40.719 --> 0:35:42.960 All right, let's get to this here, Nick. I want 0:35:42.960 --> 0:35:44.919 to talk about an idea which was one we talked 0:35:44.920 --> 0:35:48.160 about when you were campaigning. Now it's action, which is, 0:35:48.200 --> 0:35:51.200 guess what if you do graffiti in the beautiful streets 0:35:51.200 --> 0:35:53.360 of Melbourne, not the lane ways where they sometimes let you, 0:35:53.520 --> 0:35:55.399 but the place is where they don't let you do it, 0:35:55.560 --> 0:35:56.480 what's going to happen? 0:35:58.960 --> 0:36:01.839 Well, Paul, you back on the show mate. You're right, 0:36:01.880 --> 0:36:04.399 it has been too long, and your memory is good. 0:36:04.440 --> 0:36:07.160 You will recall I came on the program prior to 0:36:07.200 --> 0:36:09.799 the election. I said, if I'm elected, no one's going 0:36:09.840 --> 0:36:13.160 to go harder on city safety and city cleaning than me. 0:36:13.600 --> 0:36:17.400 And that's what I am damn well doing. So in 0:36:17.480 --> 0:36:19.440 terms of city cleaning, got a whole new fleet of 0:36:19.520 --> 0:36:21.359 vehicles out there. We throw out the old clapped out 0:36:21.960 --> 0:36:24.840 vacuum cleaner, we brought in the high powered dison cleaning 0:36:24.840 --> 0:36:28.840 the streets up with new vehicles. And then we're going really, 0:36:29.120 --> 0:36:32.719 really hard using all the powers available to us to 0:36:32.920 --> 0:36:37.360 ensure that if you spray, you pay the City of Melbourne. 0:36:37.400 --> 0:36:40.480 So we will take an activist approach in the courts. 0:36:40.560 --> 0:36:44.200 We will send legal representation from the City of Melbourne 0:36:44.480 --> 0:36:49.200 and pursue vandals the taggers for cost orders for the 0:36:49.280 --> 0:36:52.840 damage that they're causing. We will also work with the 0:36:52.840 --> 0:36:55.120 state government because they need their help on this to 0:36:55.200 --> 0:36:57.640 make sure that people clean up their mess and they 0:36:57.719 --> 0:36:59.520 do it in the area where they create it. So 0:36:59.560 --> 0:37:01.799 I've got it issue in Melbourne where people come in 0:37:02.120 --> 0:37:05.560 from the suburbs tag and deface the central city and 0:37:05.600 --> 0:37:07.879 then if the courts do catch up with them, they 0:37:07.920 --> 0:37:10.920 do their time, they're clean up out in the suburbs. 0:37:11.160 --> 0:37:13.200 I want them to come into the city and clean 0:37:13.280 --> 0:37:16.799 up the damn well mess that they created. Third thing 0:37:16.840 --> 0:37:18.160 we're going to do is, and this sounds like a 0:37:18.200 --> 0:37:20.120 small thing, but it's really important, is we're going to 0:37:20.120 --> 0:37:23.240 put in victim impact statements on behalf of property owners 0:37:23.680 --> 0:37:26.920 properties damage as well as the community. This idea that 0:37:27.000 --> 0:37:29.480 tagging vandalism is a victimless crime. 0:37:29.600 --> 0:37:29.960 It's not. 0:37:30.440 --> 0:37:34.120 We're paying for it, ratepayers, taxpayers paying millions to clean 0:37:34.120 --> 0:37:36.520 it up, and the city, the community is suffering for 0:37:36.719 --> 0:37:39.400 loss in pride in our town, in our city. So 0:37:39.920 --> 0:37:42.200 I'm going hard, I set a would and I'm getting 0:37:42.200 --> 0:37:42.560 it done. 0:37:42.719 --> 0:37:44.480 See, Lisa, this is why we back him right. Like 0:37:44.560 --> 0:37:46.920 you know, we don't agree much on politics. Occasionally, you know, 0:37:46.960 --> 0:37:48.799 there might be a cross word every now and then 0:37:49.000 --> 0:37:49.960 about the big idea. 0:37:50.040 --> 0:37:52.359 We had some fun times over the years, Paul, Mrtray, 0:37:52.440 --> 0:37:53.560 We had some fun times. 0:37:53.560 --> 0:37:55.040 At any time you want to come in during the 0:37:55.080 --> 0:37:57.360 thirty three days of the election campaign, all bits are 0:37:57.400 --> 0:38:00.960 off there. There'll be no kid glass. You get right 0:38:01.000 --> 0:38:03.680 in there. That'll be fun. It's the invitation is always there. 0:38:03.719 --> 0:38:08.120 But it is extraordinary that again for Nick, and power 0:38:08.160 --> 0:38:10.480 to him. Right, we're a quarter of the way through 0:38:10.520 --> 0:38:14.040 the twenty first century, and that's when you have the 0:38:14.120 --> 0:38:16.319 leadership that's willing to do what Nick's willing to do. 0:38:16.440 --> 0:38:22.840 Here, Nicholas rees, congratulations and Hallelulia, may you lead the 0:38:22.840 --> 0:38:25.719 way for politicians who will actually do what they say 0:38:25.760 --> 0:38:28.040 they will do when they get into office, and may 0:38:28.280 --> 0:38:31.080 every mayor around this country actually listen to what you're 0:38:31.120 --> 0:38:33.440 doing and follow in your footpath. Because I did some 0:38:33.480 --> 0:38:36.919 research tonight Queensland aligned So if you look at Queensland Rail, 0:38:37.200 --> 0:38:39.839 it's over a million dollars a year just to clean 0:38:39.920 --> 0:38:42.480 up the graffiti on the trains alone. So you're right, 0:38:42.520 --> 0:38:45.200 it's taxpayers. It's us rate payers who are paying to 0:38:45.200 --> 0:38:47.319 clean up this mess. And it's about time that the 0:38:47.360 --> 0:38:49.839 magistrates are held to account and they actually have these 0:38:49.840 --> 0:38:52.600 people in front of them charge and look, I know 0:38:52.640 --> 0:38:54.919 that what the finds Nicholas will way around seven hundred 0:38:54.920 --> 0:38:57.400 to eight hundred dollars of their court. So that's a problem. 0:38:57.600 --> 0:38:59.600 But we need to see the courts now backing you in. 0:39:00.880 --> 0:39:03.520 Can I get creative as well? Nick? I think the 0:39:03.560 --> 0:39:05.360 people who are guilty of this stuff should have to 0:39:05.400 --> 0:39:08.080 park your please for you you know, why not. Let's 0:39:08.160 --> 0:39:09.799 let's let just say as part of your you know, 0:39:09.960 --> 0:39:11.880 like when you drive into Melbourne, you know, you just 0:39:11.920 --> 0:39:14.160 turn around, you go into one of those parking stations 0:39:14.200 --> 0:39:17.120 and somewhere and no, no, no, I well, actually hand, I 0:39:17.120 --> 0:39:20.640 really shouldn't have thought that through otherwise, Yeah, they might anyway, anyway, 0:39:20.680 --> 0:39:22.600 you get the idea, You get the idea. All right, 0:39:22.719 --> 0:39:26.000 let's talk here some basic moral principles here, isn't it Yeah, 0:39:26.760 --> 0:39:29.120 one hundred percent correct. All right, Let's talk about something 0:39:29.120 --> 0:39:32.680 which popped up at the ARC conference happening over in 0:39:32.760 --> 0:39:35.600 the United Kingdom, which is plenty of people talking about 0:39:35.760 --> 0:39:38.839 governments that grossly overspend for the here and now, which 0:39:38.880 --> 0:39:41.080 is always political, but of course the reality into the 0:39:41.080 --> 0:39:43.680 future is that they put their countries deeper into debt. 0:39:43.760 --> 0:39:46.839 The harder it is to service that debt means well, 0:39:46.920 --> 0:39:48.960 you're not able to spend money on the things that 0:39:49.000 --> 0:39:52.000 they are paying tax for into the future. Perfect example 0:39:52.040 --> 0:39:54.840 about this, Lisa, would be say what the Queensland government 0:39:54.840 --> 0:39:57.920 with the credit rating in Queensland that's now been downgraded, 0:39:57.960 --> 0:40:00.600 which means it is more expensive to pay on the 0:40:00.680 --> 0:40:03.880 stupid spending of the previous government. Good on Peter Costello 0:40:03.920 --> 0:40:06.560 for standing up today and saying here that governments have 0:40:06.640 --> 0:40:09.000 to rain in their spindings otherwise it's a problem for 0:40:09.040 --> 0:40:10.120 future generations. 0:40:12.000 --> 0:40:14.280 Well, and if you look at Queensland, Paul, it's spending 0:40:14.360 --> 0:40:17.040 to win votes, and look, it didn't work this time around, 0:40:17.040 --> 0:40:19.440 but we're still left with increased debt. So you're right, 0:40:19.520 --> 0:40:22.279 you just can't keep racking up and racking up the debt. 0:40:22.400 --> 0:40:25.880 I've heard you say it before your homeowners and anyone 0:40:25.920 --> 0:40:27.720 who sitting around with a credit card or a mortgage. 0:40:27.840 --> 0:40:30.800 You just can't overspend. You have to stay within that budget. 0:40:30.920 --> 0:40:33.279 And the governments just simply aren't doing it. And if 0:40:33.280 --> 0:40:35.719 you look at what between twenty six and twenty seven, 0:40:35.760 --> 0:40:38.400 they're predicting that we'll have over a trillion dollars in 0:40:38.520 --> 0:40:40.760 gross debts. So when you look at what the interest 0:40:40.840 --> 0:40:44.000 rates are, interest payments are on that alone within four years, 0:40:44.000 --> 0:40:48.080 it's thirty five billion dollars in interest payments alone on 0:40:48.160 --> 0:40:50.239 our national debt. So they have to rein it in. 0:40:50.480 --> 0:40:53.840 Unfortunately we're heading into a federal election. They'll be throwing 0:40:53.880 --> 0:40:55.480 around the sugar hits everywhere. 0:40:55.760 --> 0:40:58.360 Yeah, I'm just double checking here, and the Stralian supporting 0:40:58.400 --> 0:41:01.839 legend has passed a message to Nick. I'll double check 0:41:01.880 --> 0:41:03.960 it because sometimes there might be the odd swear word 0:41:04.000 --> 0:41:05.680 in it, but I will gladly pass it on for you, 0:41:05.760 --> 0:41:07.600 great man. In a moment or two's time, all right, 0:41:07.680 --> 0:41:10.760 let's talk about Clyde Palmer here, Nick, so clide Palmer 0:41:10.880 --> 0:41:14.799 is able to operate under the old rules, not the 0:41:14.840 --> 0:41:17.879 new ones, which means he's of course in with his 0:41:17.920 --> 0:41:21.400 new party. If he does the advertising spend and directs 0:41:21.400 --> 0:41:23.800 it message wise the way they did against Bill Shorten, 0:41:24.080 --> 0:41:26.279 that's really good for Peter Dutton. If it's bugging them 0:41:26.280 --> 0:41:28.360 all like they did in twenty twenty two, that ultimately 0:41:28.440 --> 0:41:31.360 ends up being good for Anthony Obernezi. So until you 0:41:31.400 --> 0:41:33.920 see the first ad, how do you feel about Palmer 0:41:34.080 --> 0:41:35.160 in twenty twenty five? 0:41:38.280 --> 0:41:40.839 I mean, look, I think his political strategies he's going 0:41:40.880 --> 0:41:43.400 to try and take the Donald Trump formula, roll it 0:41:43.440 --> 0:41:46.160 out here in Australia and he's going to go after 0:41:46.200 --> 0:41:48.840 Peter Dutton and the Liberals, so he doesn't think are 0:41:49.040 --> 0:41:53.160 conservative enough. I suspect he'll blow a whole lot of money, 0:41:53.440 --> 0:41:56.840 probably harm the electoral chances of the Liberal National Party 0:41:57.080 --> 0:41:59.760 and won't get much of an outcome. I mean, remember 0:41:59.800 --> 0:42:04.319 that brilliant IKEA ad about Clive Palmer's campaign. They sort 0:42:04.320 --> 0:42:07.520 of had Clive Palmer one hundred million dollars one seat, 0:42:08.040 --> 0:42:12.279 IKEA one hundred dollars one seat. What delivers your better value. 0:42:12.840 --> 0:42:15.600 It's just a massive, massive waste of his money. Look 0:42:15.600 --> 0:42:18.320 at his money. And it's a democracy, so he's allowed 0:42:18.320 --> 0:42:22.080 to do it, sadly under the old rules. But look, 0:42:22.120 --> 0:42:24.440 I think it's going to be him trying to get 0:42:24.440 --> 0:42:26.319 everyone to look at him, and I'm not sure it's 0:42:26.360 --> 0:42:28.480 going to be a great thing for the voters of Australia. 0:42:28.600 --> 0:42:32.160 Yeah, I mean, Lisa, Look, the media companies love love 0:42:32.320 --> 0:42:35.359 Clive Palmer. Why because of course he's paying them right, 0:42:35.680 --> 0:42:39.520 so they're all very happy. But his message and what 0:42:39.640 --> 0:42:42.160 it is is going to be the indication of its 0:42:42.160 --> 0:42:45.200 effect when it comes to the election. Look, I think 0:42:45.200 --> 0:42:47.520 some of the poles are overcooked, saying you know Dunton 0:42:47.560 --> 0:42:49.400 and the Libs at seventy three seats. I don't think 0:42:49.440 --> 0:42:51.239 that's the case. I think the Freshwater one was a 0:42:51.239 --> 0:42:54.239 little closer. We we're sort of talking about an exchange 0:42:54.280 --> 0:42:58.080 of Labor losing seven the Coalition winning ten, and that 0:42:58.080 --> 0:43:00.719 basically puts Labor in the position of the minority. That's 0:43:00.760 --> 0:43:02.880 where I think it's going to end up. But nothing 0:43:02.920 --> 0:43:05.279 is inevitable, and I certainly want a different outcome than that. 0:43:05.600 --> 0:43:08.680 But in these ads, he has an opportunity to punch 0:43:08.719 --> 0:43:12.240 harder than anyone else in the field. Now he's already 0:43:12.239 --> 0:43:16.720 said that he's a direct about two genders. He's directed 0:43:16.719 --> 0:43:18.520 about many of the things that are quite trumpy in 0:43:19.320 --> 0:43:22.600 But obviously if he actually decides to aim at all 0:43:22.600 --> 0:43:24.960 at Anthony Albanezi, well then that's going to help Peter 0:43:24.960 --> 0:43:25.680 it Dutton, isn't it? 0:43:27.640 --> 0:43:29.640 Well it is, And look, in no way is this 0:43:29.719 --> 0:43:33.120 about Clive Palmer getting bums on seats in Parliament, because 0:43:33.120 --> 0:43:35.080 we know that's not going to happen. As Nicholas said, 0:43:35.080 --> 0:43:37.040 one hundred million dollars, He's got one Senate seats, so 0:43:37.040 --> 0:43:39.719 it's not about that. And look, as a aside, he 0:43:39.760 --> 0:43:41.400 then has to go and try and find these candidates, 0:43:41.400 --> 0:43:42.800 So I don't know where he's going to find those, 0:43:42.880 --> 0:43:45.160 but that's a whole other story. But you're right, this 0:43:45.239 --> 0:43:48.120 is about disruption. This is about him capturing that part 0:43:48.120 --> 0:43:50.720 of Australia. There's watching what's happening in America and saying 0:43:50.840 --> 0:43:53.160 we want that here. And as much as everybody is 0:43:53.160 --> 0:43:55.759 pushing Peter Dutton at the moment, he isn't yet at 0:43:55.760 --> 0:43:57.480 that point and I don't know if he will get there. 0:43:57.719 --> 0:44:00.680 So what will fill avoid Clive Palmer all right, years 0:44:00.680 --> 0:44:03.359 ago he was already talking about nuclear and so now 0:44:03.440 --> 0:44:04.920 the coalition is caught up on uclear. 0:44:04.960 --> 0:44:05.560 A really good point. 0:44:05.600 --> 0:44:08.560 He'll now push, as you say, the two genders, so 0:44:09.200 --> 0:44:12.240 that will actually capture some of the voting electric out there. 0:44:12.400 --> 0:44:14.640 So he will hold those tough conversations, as you say, 0:44:14.719 --> 0:44:17.440 the challenging ones that everyone sort of says, don't want 0:44:17.440 --> 0:44:19.359 to say it out loud, He will say it and 0:44:19.400 --> 0:44:21.719 maybe that will push that public narrative and maybe that 0:44:21.760 --> 0:44:23.360 will push the coalition to come out harder. 0:44:23.640 --> 0:44:25.560 Yeah, we'll see. All right, take a quick break in 0:44:25.600 --> 0:44:28.440 a moment. Whom is the winner or loser of the week. 0:44:28.680 --> 0:44:30.880 These lovely people from different parts of the country with 0:44:30.960 --> 0:44:34.080 a love of this show and its viewers will tell 0:44:34.160 --> 0:44:41.319 us more than see. May I give a little plag 0:44:41.440 --> 0:44:45.040 to my favorite sport in Australia which of course supercars. 0:44:45.120 --> 0:44:49.000 Supercars is racing again new format where the first few 0:44:49.080 --> 0:44:52.080 rounds is one version of the championship, then there's a finals, 0:44:52.640 --> 0:44:55.320 the in Dua Cup. All of that. They're in Sydney 0:44:55.520 --> 0:44:58.120 this weekend. The first race is actually going to be 0:44:58.440 --> 0:45:02.320 on a Friday. There's one on Saturday, and Sunday as well. 0:45:02.640 --> 0:45:05.400 What about that supercars going across the Harbor Bridge. You 0:45:05.400 --> 0:45:08.480 can check it all out Fox Sports channel five oh six, 0:45:08.480 --> 0:45:11.879 on Foxtel KO or anywhere else. And yes you'll hear 0:45:11.880 --> 0:45:14.080 me cheering on from Bateman's Bay. Cannot wait to watch 0:45:14.120 --> 0:45:17.000 it all. And good luck to Jess Mark and all 0:45:17.080 --> 0:45:19.919 of the team. Now let's get into the conversation right 0:45:19.960 --> 0:45:22.920 now with Lisa Goddard. Adoni Media is her company in 0:45:22.960 --> 0:45:26.200 Brisbane and the company of strangers is what happens when 0:45:26.239 --> 0:45:28.160 you are the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, which means just 0:45:28.239 --> 0:45:30.839 you know, his flock are those he knows and does 0:45:30.920 --> 0:45:34.360 not the wonderful Nicholas Race. So what about the Chief 0:45:34.480 --> 0:45:36.960 Justice or a significant Yeah, chief Justice in the Northern 0:45:37.000 --> 0:45:39.600 Territory today who well, I don't know whether they're blowing 0:45:39.640 --> 0:45:42.200 up or complaining, but basically saying the tough on crime 0:45:42.200 --> 0:45:44.760 approach of the new government, it's clogging up the courts. 0:45:44.960 --> 0:45:51.320 There's not enough room. I don't care, Lisa, Yeah. 0:45:51.160 --> 0:45:52.640 No nor do I. And look you had the chief 0:45:52.640 --> 0:45:54.759 bitterester from the Northern Territory on was it last week? 0:45:54.800 --> 0:45:55.000 Paul? 0:45:55.080 --> 0:45:58.200 Yes, she is incredible and she is one of the 0:45:58.200 --> 0:46:00.480 best I think in this country, because she's actually going 0:46:00.520 --> 0:46:03.080 out there and setting an agenda where she's saying, you know, 0:46:03.239 --> 0:46:07.320 safety matters. She wants the juvenile offenders particularly under control, 0:46:07.480 --> 0:46:09.799 and she doesn't care that she's got the police out there. 0:46:10.040 --> 0:46:12.799 The morale amongst the police force now is up because 0:46:12.800 --> 0:46:15.280 they're actually able to do their job and put these 0:46:15.320 --> 0:46:18.480 alleged crems in front of the court. And I'm sorry 0:46:18.480 --> 0:46:20.120 if the court can't handle that and they think it's 0:46:20.120 --> 0:46:22.400 too busy for them, well that's not a problem that 0:46:22.440 --> 0:46:24.839 the general community who are out there dealing with the 0:46:24.840 --> 0:46:27.240 thugs who are beating them up, breaking into their homes, 0:46:27.719 --> 0:46:30.480 breaking into their businesses, will care about what they need 0:46:30.520 --> 0:46:33.319 to do. And thankfully somebody has extra money has gone 0:46:33.360 --> 0:46:38.279 into the prosecution and into the defenders for the people 0:46:38.320 --> 0:46:40.799 who can't afford lawyers. However, they need to now look 0:46:40.800 --> 0:46:42.920 at what's happening with the presents. That's their next sort 0:46:42.960 --> 0:46:45.200 of pressure point, making sure that they've got places to 0:46:45.239 --> 0:46:47.120 put these alleged defenders. 0:46:47.239 --> 0:46:49.600 Yeah, and look, they should be stayed run, not privatized. 0:46:49.640 --> 0:46:52.000 Not a huge fan of privatized to prisons. A lot 0:46:52.040 --> 0:46:54.759 of issues in around that around the world, nick one 0:46:54.840 --> 0:46:57.840 last one we go here, which is George the Fifth's statue. 0:46:58.120 --> 0:47:00.839 The head was ripped off, the head turned it up 0:47:00.840 --> 0:47:03.640 on a barbecue. Some smart ass somewhere thinking this is 0:47:03.640 --> 0:47:07.560 some sort of wonderful point to be made. But these statues, 0:47:07.600 --> 0:47:09.080 I mean, there's plenty of them. I know, you want 0:47:09.080 --> 0:47:10.920 to add to them with you, you know, let's get 0:47:10.960 --> 0:47:13.799 gender equality and all the rest of it with your 0:47:14.040 --> 0:47:17.600 statues lead recovery. But what should the response be when 0:47:17.719 --> 0:47:18.719 people do things like this? 0:47:21.400 --> 0:47:24.640 Yeah, so look, I mean I do think we can 0:47:24.680 --> 0:47:28.800 have a debate as a society about you know, statues 0:47:28.800 --> 0:47:32.080 and memorials, so we can have an adult conversation about 0:47:32.120 --> 0:47:37.319 these things. But it is never acceptable to deface statues, 0:47:37.480 --> 0:47:41.080 decapitate them, you know, spray them in red paint, salt, 0:47:41.160 --> 0:47:44.960 looks like blood saw them down, as been the case 0:47:45.000 --> 0:47:47.680 with Captain Cook here in Melbourne. And so look, we've 0:47:47.680 --> 0:47:49.600 got a pretty clear policy at the City of Melbourne. 0:47:49.640 --> 0:47:54.520 We repair and we reinstates. So we recently reinstated a 0:47:54.600 --> 0:47:57.560 statue of Captain Cook which had been sworn down in 0:47:57.600 --> 0:48:02.400 the treasury regards new steel reinforced in there. We don't 0:48:02.400 --> 0:48:06.120 know who the culprits are with this King George decapitation, 0:48:06.360 --> 0:48:09.800 but I know the police are hot on the trail there. 0:48:09.920 --> 0:48:12.600 And again I'm open to a debate on these things, 0:48:12.640 --> 0:48:17.239 but I will never ever reward the damaging of statues 0:48:17.480 --> 0:48:19.520 by saying, Okay, well, because it was damaged, we're just 0:48:19.560 --> 0:48:22.279 going to leave it down like we will always reinstate, 0:48:22.320 --> 0:48:24.360 because we're not going to reward bad behavior. 0:48:24.640 --> 0:48:26.839 Just thinking out, perhaps we should electrify them and see 0:48:26.880 --> 0:48:30.560 what happens. Kidding, kidding, relax complained to someone else somewhere else, or. 0:48:30.880 --> 0:48:33.799 With CCTV aroun around all our cameras, which is a 0:48:33.800 --> 0:48:36.520 sad state of the world. We're in the parks. There's 0:48:36.560 --> 0:48:40.319 now all CCTV monitoring statues because it's become a thing, right, 0:48:40.320 --> 0:48:43.160 people attacking these memorials and statues. 0:48:43.280 --> 0:48:45.560 Or I've got thirty seconds, which means fifteen for each 0:48:45.560 --> 0:48:47.719 of you, which means treat at late ten win are 0:48:47.760 --> 0:48:51.520 a loser of the week, Lisa loser. 0:48:51.560 --> 0:48:54.200 Mark Drayphus today at the summit, and starting with the 0:48:54.600 --> 0:48:56.680 booing that he got there and how he delivered that 0:48:56.719 --> 0:48:59.279 speech was appalling. Winner of the week. If you listen 0:48:59.280 --> 0:49:01.240 to Jim Chalmers, have to be all of the Australians 0:49:01.280 --> 0:49:03.560 who have a mortgage and the great huge cut we've 0:49:03.560 --> 0:49:05.640 had in interest rates one hundred bucks. 0:49:05.760 --> 0:49:07.640 All right, thank you, all right, Nicholas, you're going to 0:49:07.680 --> 0:49:09.000 a loser, mate. 0:49:10.000 --> 0:49:11.520 Oh look, I'm just going to go for a loser. 0:49:11.680 --> 0:49:15.800 Donald Trump. You know what he said about Zelenski in Ukraine. 0:49:16.040 --> 0:49:18.960 I mean, the facts are the facts. Russia started that war, 0:49:19.040 --> 0:49:23.359 not Ukraine, and Zelenski was democratically elected. It was despicable 0:49:23.440 --> 0:49:27.759 what Trump said. No four D chess going on, absolutely despicable. 0:49:27.880 --> 0:49:30.239 All right, good stuff, Thank you very much. Do appreciate it. 0:49:30.320 --> 0:49:33.160 Mayor future mayor former mayors and anyone else who's watching 0:49:33.239 --> 0:49:34.759 right now, Thank you very much. We'll see you're in 0:49:34.800 --> 0:49:36.799 Batman's babe. But remember we're focused on the news while 0:49:36.840 --> 0:49:38.960 having the fun as well. We've got a massive couple 0:49:39.000 --> 0:49:41.319 of weeks ahead. Join us for every night. You're going 0:49:41.400 --> 0:49:41.759 to love it.