WEBVTT - The $1.4 billion free lunch

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<v Speaker 1>From the Australian. Here's what's on the front. I'm Claire Harvey.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Friday, October eighteen.

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<v Speaker 2>Nine.

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<v Speaker 1>Entertainment has a systemic cultural issue with abuse of power

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<v Speaker 1>and authority, bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment. That's according to

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<v Speaker 1>a review commissioned by the organization itself, But there are

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<v Speaker 1>no findings about individual incidents or allegations, leading to fears

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<v Speaker 1>nobody will be held accountable. You can read all the

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<v Speaker 1>detail right now at the Australian dot com. A free

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<v Speaker 1>lunch for every school kid sounds great, but it comes

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<v Speaker 1>with a one point four billion dollar price tag and

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<v Speaker 1>it's turning up the heat in a Queensland election campaign. Today,

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<v Speaker 1>our reporter joins us from a famous pub with a

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<v Speaker 1>big yarn about the man who wants to be premiere.

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<v Speaker 2>What's your name, l Amelia? And what's your favorite thing

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<v Speaker 2>to have for lunch?

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<v Speaker 1>This is Queensland's Labor Premier, Stephen Miles, interviewing some preschoolers.

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<v Speaker 3>What's your name?

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<v Speaker 1>Amelia likes fruit, Azaia likes nuggets, and Miles, who's desperately

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<v Speaker 1>hoping to keep labor alive in the upcoming election, is

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<v Speaker 1>hoping their moms and dads like free lunches. That's his

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<v Speaker 1>big policy announcement of the week and it's captivated parents.

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<v Speaker 1>It's also led us on a deep dive into Miles's

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<v Speaker 1>TikTok and it turns out lunch is a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Of a theme, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>Sandwich there's a stack of tiktoks where Myles stands in

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<v Speaker 1>his kitchen wearing a series of t shirts tight enough

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<v Speaker 1>to show off his gums. Making sandwiches sometimes a come

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<v Speaker 1>needed by his daughter.

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<v Speaker 4>Lots of announcements, including one I'm really excited in that, which.

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<v Speaker 1>Is a massive There's chopping and shredding and buttering. It's

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<v Speaker 1>quite gripping. He's slicing a tomato. He's what putting the

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<v Speaker 1>tomato strata on the bread and then pouring salt on it. Geez, salami,

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<v Speaker 1>raw onion.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>He really loves sandwiches.

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<v Speaker 4>He loves making a Sunday sandwich with his ten year

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<v Speaker 4>old daughter Brady. I think it's part of his kind

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<v Speaker 4>of daggy dad stick. He's doing it a little bit

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<v Speaker 4>more convincingly than Scott Morrison did I think, Honey.

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<v Speaker 1>This is one of the Australian's gun reporters. Sarah Elks

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<v Speaker 1>who's part of our team covering Queensland politics.

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<v Speaker 4>And then he's supercharged that at the ALP campaign launch

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<v Speaker 4>on Sunday when he said that Queensland Labor, if re elected,

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<v Speaker 4>would provide a free school lunch for every kid between

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<v Speaker 4>prep and year six, so all of primary school, every day.

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<v Speaker 1>We caught her in the middle of a busy day

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<v Speaker 1>on the campaign trail and she'd just taken her first

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<v Speaker 1>sip of a beer that looked icy and pretty delicious.

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<v Speaker 4>Just excuse my beer, it's really hot.

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<v Speaker 2>It's hot.

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<v Speaker 4>I got up at four am to get on the plane.

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<v Speaker 1>Sarah's got some experience with school lunches as a real

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<v Speaker 1>life issue as well as a policy.

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<v Speaker 4>Debate, and as a new school mum myself, I can

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<v Speaker 4>say that I don't love making school lunches, but I

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<v Speaker 4>also understand that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really tricky for school touch shops.

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<v Speaker 4>Ours has one paid staff member and the rest rely

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<v Speaker 4>on volunteers. Sometimes it's really tricky to find volunteers. And

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<v Speaker 4>there's not been a huge amount of detail from Stephen

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<v Speaker 4>Mars and Labor about exactly how he's going to roll

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<v Speaker 4>out these school lunches to every single kid, particularly in

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<v Speaker 4>regional and rural areas where some schools don't even have

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<v Speaker 4>a touch shop. But I think it goes to show

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<v Speaker 4>that labor is really focusing on cost of living relief.

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<v Speaker 1>There's been a bit of scoffing about the free lunch policy,

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<v Speaker 1>in particular it's one point four billion dollar price tag.

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<v Speaker 1>What's your take on how ordinary Queenslanders will receive this policy?

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<v Speaker 4>From talking to my small focus group of ordinary Queenslanders,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, friends and family, I think that there is

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<v Speaker 4>some acceptance that the government is trying to relieve cost

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<v Speaker 4>of living pressures and everyone is doing it a little

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<v Speaker 4>bit tough, but I think they're really taking a leaf

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<v Speaker 4>out of say the pmc's book. The Queensland Parents and

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<v Speaker 4>Citizens Association released a statement to say thank you for

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<v Speaker 4>recognizing that cost of living is a problem, but we

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<v Speaker 4>would prefer the money being spent on the cost of

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<v Speaker 4>school expenses, stationery and uniforms and excursions and all that

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<v Speaker 4>kind of thing. So I think that there is skepticism

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<v Speaker 4>and also I think the problem with these kind of

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<v Speaker 4>measures with a third term government is people might be

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<v Speaker 4>happy to accept them, but it may not be enough

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<v Speaker 4>to win over their votes when there's such a strong

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<v Speaker 4>it's time factor that's kind of ricocheting through the electorate.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming up. Sarah's been breaking big yarns about David Chrisfuli's past.

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<v Speaker 1>After the break what he says about his record.

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<v Speaker 2>In business.

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<v Speaker 1>For as life on a campaign trail can be hard going.

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<v Speaker 1>The leaders load you onto buses, but you don't get

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<v Speaker 1>told where you're going or what you're doing until you arrive.

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<v Speaker 1>It's political party's way of avoiding nasty surprises like protesters

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<v Speaker 1>showing up. But it makes for long days for journos.

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<v Speaker 1>So where have you been today?

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<v Speaker 4>We flew from Brisbane to Townsville and we did a

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<v Speaker 4>press conference outside the Youth Detention Center in Townsville, and

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<v Speaker 4>then we drove up the road to Ingham, which is

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<v Speaker 4>David chrystop philliess hometown, and we went to the tennis club.

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<v Speaker 4>He's now gone to his favorite deli and we're just

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<v Speaker 4>having a lunch in allegedly the pub that Slim Dusty

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<v Speaker 4>wrote the song Pub with No Beer About a Lot

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<v Speaker 4>of Chair of Little Place is a pub with no beer,

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<v Speaker 4>although it has beer now, which is definitely a plus.

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<v Speaker 4>You're on the David Christifully come Back tour now in

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<v Speaker 4>his home town of Ingham, Sarah, and you've been digging

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<v Speaker 4>into his past what he did after losing his seat

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<v Speaker 4>in the Queensland Parliament a few years back. David chrysip

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<v Speaker 4>Fully lost his seat Munding Borough, which is a Townspall

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<v Speaker 4>seat in twenty fifteen when the Newman government was swept

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<v Speaker 4>out of power. When he found himself without a seat,

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<v Speaker 4>he looked to the private sector for employment. The first

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<v Speaker 4>thing he did was get some consulting work for a

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<v Speaker 4>company called Outcome Results, which was like a recruitment company

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<v Speaker 4>for unemployment training providers. So they found people who were

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<v Speaker 4>long term unemployed and connected them with registered training organizations.

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<v Speaker 4>Outcome Results was a company that was run by a

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<v Speaker 4>gentleman called Rabbia Kraem and he is a long term

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<v Speaker 4>associate of mister Chrysa Fullies. And in the dying days

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<v Speaker 4>of the Newman government, David Chrisipfully as local member, boasted

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<v Speaker 4>that he secured a taxpayer FUNDEDRT worth about three hundred

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<v Speaker 4>and twenty one thousand dollars for Outcome Results to set

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<v Speaker 4>up a call center in Townsville to shift its operations

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<v Speaker 4>from Melbourne to towns full And what we found out

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<v Speaker 4>is that soon after mister chrysa Fully lost his seat

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<v Speaker 4>of monding Borough. He then became a consultant for mister

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<v Speaker 4>Craam's outcome results. Following that consultancy work, he then agreed

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<v Speaker 4>to be the sole director and the chief executive of

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<v Speaker 4>a registered training organization that mister Crayam was the half

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<v Speaker 4>owner of. And this is a business that has now

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<v Speaker 4>come back to haunt mister chrysa Fully in terms of

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<v Speaker 4>questions about its running. It ultimately failed. It fell into

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<v Speaker 4>liquidation a couple of months after mister chrisa Fully left

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<v Speaker 4>that business in April twenty sixteen, and while he was

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<v Speaker 4>only there for four months, I think questions do need

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<v Speaker 4>to be asked at what he knew when he entered

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<v Speaker 4>the business, what he did as its sole director and

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<v Speaker 4>the person who was in charge of running the business,

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<v Speaker 4>and then what he did afterwards.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's Sarah taking on Chris a Fully at a press

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<v Speaker 1>conference just before the beer in Ingham on Thursday.

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<v Speaker 4>Can I ask some questions about your business if that's okay, please?

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<v Speaker 4>Why did you leave Southern Edge Training on April one

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<v Speaker 4>in twenty sixteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Because my promise capital been country.

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<v Speaker 4>I was in the business.

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<v Speaker 2>Performer and I met every single one.

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<v Speaker 3>Of my obligations.

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<v Speaker 1>Sarah versus Chris A. Fooley kept going for a solid

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<v Speaker 1>eight minutes based.

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<v Speaker 4>On what Cameron Dick said, and he spent seventy two

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<v Speaker 4>hours talking about the Supreme Court of Victoria. I'm not

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<v Speaker 4>talking about the Supreme Court of Victoria, I am because

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<v Speaker 4>it's related to.

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<v Speaker 3>No, it's really not. I got a statement from the

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<v Speaker 3>Australian Skills Quality Authority last night to say that the

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<v Speaker 3>report I have read the report, can I it's the

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<v Speaker 3>allegation was that the company traded.

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<v Speaker 1>His heart really must sink when he sees reporters from

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<v Speaker 1>the Australian showing up at his press conference every day.

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<v Speaker 1>We spoke to Lydia Lynch last week about his difficulty

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<v Speaker 1>answering questions about how he's going to handle the issue

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<v Speaker 1>of abortion if he's elected. What's been your sense of

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<v Speaker 1>his inability or unwillingness to answer some pretty simple questions

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<v Speaker 1>about this issue.

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<v Speaker 4>It has been unfortunate as a reporter and disappointing as

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<v Speaker 4>a reporter and as a Queenslander to ask these simple

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<v Speaker 4>and relevant questions about mister Chris Fully's personal policy position

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<v Speaker 4>on things and his party's policy position on things. And

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<v Speaker 4>also issues that are on the public record about his

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<v Speaker 4>business dealings and be met with non answers. I don't

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<v Speaker 4>want anyone to feel sorry for a We're used to

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<v Speaker 4>people not answering our questions, but I think, particularly during

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<v Speaker 4>an election campaign, it's voters who deserve that transparency and

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<v Speaker 4>that accountability. I think to not answer really straightforward questions

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<v Speaker 4>is being disrespectful to voters.

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<v Speaker 1>Sarah Elks is a senior reporter with The Australian. You

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<v Speaker 1>can check out all her reporting and don't miss our

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<v Speaker 1>Queensland team's political gossip column, Feeding the Chucks at the

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<v Speaker 1>Australian dot com dot u. Thanks for joining us this

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<v Speaker 1>week on the front. Our team is Kristin Amiot, Jasper

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<v Speaker 1>leik Leat, Samaglue, Joshua Burton, Tiffany Dimac and me Claire Harvey.