1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,160 Speaker 1: From the Australian. Here's what's on the front. I'm Claire Harvey. 2 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: It's Friday, October eighteen. 3 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 2: Nine. 4 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: Entertainment has a systemic cultural issue with abuse of power 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: and authority, bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment. That's according to 6 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: a review commissioned by the organization itself, But there are 7 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: no findings about individual incidents or allegations, leading to fears 8 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 1: nobody will be held accountable. You can read all the 9 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 1: detail right now at the Australian dot com. A free 10 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: lunch for every school kid sounds great, but it comes 11 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: with a one point four billion dollar price tag and 12 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: it's turning up the heat in a Queensland election campaign. Today, 13 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: our reporter joins us from a famous pub with a 14 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: big yarn about the man who wants to be premiere. 15 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 2: What's your name, l Amelia? And what's your favorite thing 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: to have for lunch? 17 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: This is Queensland's Labor Premier, Stephen Miles, interviewing some preschoolers. 18 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 3: What's your name? 19 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: Amelia likes fruit, Azaia likes nuggets, and Miles, who's desperately 20 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: hoping to keep labor alive in the upcoming election, is 21 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: hoping their moms and dads like free lunches. That's his 22 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: big policy announcement of the week and it's captivated parents. 23 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 1: It's also led us on a deep dive into Miles's 24 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: TikTok and it turns out lunch is a bit. 25 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: Of a theme, all right. 26 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: Sandwich there's a stack of tiktoks where Myles stands in 27 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: his kitchen wearing a series of t shirts tight enough 28 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: to show off his gums. Making sandwiches sometimes a come 29 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: needed by his daughter. 30 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 4: Lots of announcements, including one I'm really excited in that, which. 31 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,160 Speaker 1: Is a massive There's chopping and shredding and buttering. It's 32 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: quite gripping. He's slicing a tomato. He's what putting the 33 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: tomato strata on the bread and then pouring salt on it. Geez, salami, 34 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: raw onion. 35 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 4: Oh. 36 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 2: He really loves sandwiches. 37 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 4: He loves making a Sunday sandwich with his ten year 38 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,200 Speaker 4: old daughter Brady. I think it's part of his kind 39 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 4: of daggy dad stick. He's doing it a little bit 40 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 4: more convincingly than Scott Morrison did I think, Honey. 41 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: This is one of the Australian's gun reporters. Sarah Elks 42 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 1: who's part of our team covering Queensland politics. 43 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 4: And then he's supercharged that at the ALP campaign launch 44 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:56,359 Speaker 4: on Sunday when he said that Queensland Labor, if re elected, 45 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 4: would provide a free school lunch for every kid between 46 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:05,959 Speaker 4: prep and year six, so all of primary school, every day. 47 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: We caught her in the middle of a busy day 48 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: on the campaign trail and she'd just taken her first 49 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: sip of a beer that looked icy and pretty delicious. 50 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 4: Just excuse my beer, it's really hot. 51 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 2: It's hot. 52 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 4: I got up at four am to get on the plane. 53 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,079 Speaker 1: Sarah's got some experience with school lunches as a real 54 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: life issue as well as a policy. 55 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 4: Debate, and as a new school mum myself, I can 56 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 4: say that I don't love making school lunches, but I 57 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 4: also understand that. 58 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 1: It's really tricky for school touch shops. 59 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 4: Ours has one paid staff member and the rest rely 60 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 4: on volunteers. Sometimes it's really tricky to find volunteers. And 61 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 4: there's not been a huge amount of detail from Stephen 62 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 4: Mars and Labor about exactly how he's going to roll 63 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 4: out these school lunches to every single kid, particularly in 64 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 4: regional and rural areas where some schools don't even have 65 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 4: a touch shop. But I think it goes to show 66 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 4: that labor is really focusing on cost of living relief. 67 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: There's been a bit of scoffing about the free lunch policy, 68 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: in particular it's one point four billion dollar price tag. 69 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:26,719 Speaker 1: What's your take on how ordinary Queenslanders will receive this policy? 70 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 4: From talking to my small focus group of ordinary Queenslanders, 71 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 4: you know, friends and family, I think that there is 72 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:40,239 Speaker 4: some acceptance that the government is trying to relieve cost 73 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,479 Speaker 4: of living pressures and everyone is doing it a little 74 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 4: bit tough, but I think they're really taking a leaf 75 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 4: out of say the pmc's book. The Queensland Parents and 76 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 4: Citizens Association released a statement to say thank you for 77 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 4: recognizing that cost of living is a problem, but we 78 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 4: would prefer the money being spent on the cost of 79 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:07,240 Speaker 4: school expenses, stationery and uniforms and excursions and all that 80 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 4: kind of thing. So I think that there is skepticism 81 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:15,159 Speaker 4: and also I think the problem with these kind of 82 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 4: measures with a third term government is people might be 83 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 4: happy to accept them, but it may not be enough 84 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 4: to win over their votes when there's such a strong 85 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 4: it's time factor that's kind of ricocheting through the electorate. 86 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 1: Coming up. Sarah's been breaking big yarns about David Chrisfuli's past. 87 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,840 Speaker 1: After the break what he says about his record. 88 00:05:42,560 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 2: In business. 89 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: For as life on a campaign trail can be hard going. 90 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: The leaders load you onto buses, but you don't get 91 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,799 Speaker 1: told where you're going or what you're doing until you arrive. 92 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 1: It's political party's way of avoiding nasty surprises like protesters 93 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: showing up. But it makes for long days for journos. 94 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: So where have you been today? 95 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 4: We flew from Brisbane to Townsville and we did a 96 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 4: press conference outside the Youth Detention Center in Townsville, and 97 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 4: then we drove up the road to Ingham, which is 98 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 4: David chrystop philliess hometown, and we went to the tennis club. 99 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,599 Speaker 4: He's now gone to his favorite deli and we're just 100 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 4: having a lunch in allegedly the pub that Slim Dusty 101 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 4: wrote the song Pub with No Beer About a Lot 102 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 4: of Chair of Little Place is a pub with no beer, 103 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:56,600 Speaker 4: although it has beer now, which is definitely a plus. 104 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 4: You're on the David Christifully come Back tour now in 105 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 4: his home town of Ingham, Sarah, and you've been digging 106 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 4: into his past what he did after losing his seat 107 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 4: in the Queensland Parliament a few years back. David chrysip 108 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 4: Fully lost his seat Munding Borough, which is a Townspall 109 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 4: seat in twenty fifteen when the Newman government was swept 110 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 4: out of power. When he found himself without a seat, 111 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 4: he looked to the private sector for employment. The first 112 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 4: thing he did was get some consulting work for a 113 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 4: company called Outcome Results, which was like a recruitment company 114 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 4: for unemployment training providers. So they found people who were 115 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 4: long term unemployed and connected them with registered training organizations. 116 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 4: Outcome Results was a company that was run by a 117 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 4: gentleman called Rabbia Kraem and he is a long term 118 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 4: associate of mister Chrysa Fullies. And in the dying days 119 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 4: of the Newman government, David Chrisipfully as local member, boasted 120 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:01,840 Speaker 4: that he secured a taxpayer FUNDEDRT worth about three hundred 121 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 4: and twenty one thousand dollars for Outcome Results to set 122 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 4: up a call center in Townsville to shift its operations 123 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,520 Speaker 4: from Melbourne to towns full And what we found out 124 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 4: is that soon after mister chrysa Fully lost his seat 125 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 4: of monding Borough. He then became a consultant for mister 126 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:26,120 Speaker 4: Craam's outcome results. Following that consultancy work, he then agreed 127 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,480 Speaker 4: to be the sole director and the chief executive of 128 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 4: a registered training organization that mister Crayam was the half 129 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 4: owner of. And this is a business that has now 130 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 4: come back to haunt mister chrysa Fully in terms of 131 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:46,200 Speaker 4: questions about its running. It ultimately failed. It fell into 132 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 4: liquidation a couple of months after mister chrisa Fully left 133 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 4: that business in April twenty sixteen, and while he was 134 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 4: only there for four months, I think questions do need 135 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 4: to be asked at what he knew when he entered 136 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 4: the business, what he did as its sole director and 137 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 4: the person who was in charge of running the business, 138 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 4: and then what he did afterwards. 139 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,079 Speaker 1: Here's Sarah taking on Chris a Fully at a press 140 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 1: conference just before the beer in Ingham on Thursday. 141 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 4: Can I ask some questions about your business if that's okay, please? 142 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 4: Why did you leave Southern Edge Training on April one 143 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 4: in twenty sixteen. 144 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,840 Speaker 1: Because my promise capital been country. 145 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 4: I was in the business. 146 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 2: Performer and I met every single one. 147 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:39,439 Speaker 3: Of my obligations. 148 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: Sarah versus Chris A. Fooley kept going for a solid 149 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: eight minutes based. 150 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 4: On what Cameron Dick said, and he spent seventy two 151 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,680 Speaker 4: hours talking about the Supreme Court of Victoria. I'm not 152 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 4: talking about the Supreme Court of Victoria, I am because 153 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 4: it's related to. 154 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 3: No, it's really not. I got a statement from the 155 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 3: Australian Skills Quality Authority last night to say that the 156 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 3: report I have read the report, can I it's the 157 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,160 Speaker 3: allegation was that the company traded. 158 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: His heart really must sink when he sees reporters from 159 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: the Australian showing up at his press conference every day. 160 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 1: We spoke to Lydia Lynch last week about his difficulty 161 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: answering questions about how he's going to handle the issue 162 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: of abortion if he's elected. What's been your sense of 163 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 1: his inability or unwillingness to answer some pretty simple questions 164 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: about this issue. 165 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 4: It has been unfortunate as a reporter and disappointing as 166 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 4: a reporter and as a Queenslander to ask these simple 167 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 4: and relevant questions about mister Chris Fully's personal policy position 168 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 4: on things and his party's policy position on things. And 169 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 4: also issues that are on the public record about his 170 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 4: business dealings and be met with non answers. I don't 171 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,000 Speaker 4: want anyone to feel sorry for a We're used to 172 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 4: people not answering our questions, but I think, particularly during 173 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 4: an election campaign, it's voters who deserve that transparency and 174 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:15,079 Speaker 4: that accountability. I think to not answer really straightforward questions 175 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 4: is being disrespectful to voters. 176 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: Sarah Elks is a senior reporter with The Australian. You 177 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: can check out all her reporting and don't miss our 178 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,480 Speaker 1: Queensland team's political gossip column, Feeding the Chucks at the 179 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 1: Australian dot com dot u. Thanks for joining us this 180 00:11:38,280 --> 00:11:41,360 Speaker 1: week on the front. Our team is Kristin Amiot, Jasper 181 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: leik Leat, Samaglue, Joshua Burton, Tiffany Dimac and me Claire Harvey.