1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,254 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mumma Mea acknowledges 2 00:00:15,334 --> 00:00:18,134 Speaker 1: the traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast 3 00:00:18,214 --> 00:00:22,454 Speaker 1: is recorded on Hi. I'm Claire Murphy from Mummamea's twice 4 00:00:22,534 --> 00:00:25,414 Speaker 1: daily news podcast, The Quickie with your evening headlines for Wednesday, 5 00:00:25,454 --> 00:00:28,934 Speaker 1: April thirty. Prime Minister Anthony Albernizi has said that if 6 00:00:28,974 --> 00:00:32,014 Speaker 1: his party wins at Saturday's election, one of his first 7 00:00:32,054 --> 00:00:34,254 Speaker 1: acts will be to seek a call with US President 8 00:00:34,294 --> 00:00:38,334 Speaker 1: Donald Trump to discuss tariff negotiations. The US President has 9 00:00:38,374 --> 00:00:41,134 Speaker 1: confirmed that he's aware the Australian federal government has been 10 00:00:41,174 --> 00:00:43,774 Speaker 1: working to set up a conversation after we were hit 11 00:00:43,814 --> 00:00:46,374 Speaker 1: with a ten percent tariff on all goods we export 12 00:00:46,454 --> 00:00:50,174 Speaker 1: to America. Trump told Whitehouse reporters they are calling and 13 00:00:50,294 --> 00:00:52,894 Speaker 1: I will be talking to them. Yes. The Prime Minister 14 00:00:52,974 --> 00:00:55,894 Speaker 1: said the comment was a throwaway, but indicated he would 15 00:00:55,934 --> 00:00:58,534 Speaker 1: aim for a phone conversation depending on the outcome of 16 00:00:58,574 --> 00:01:01,054 Speaker 1: Saturday's vote, and that he'd already had a couple of 17 00:01:01,054 --> 00:01:04,574 Speaker 1: phone calls with the new president. Liberal Senator Michaylia Cash 18 00:01:04,614 --> 00:01:07,054 Speaker 1: says the fact that mister Alberizi has not been able 19 00:01:07,094 --> 00:01:09,414 Speaker 1: to secure another one on one call with the President 20 00:01:09,934 --> 00:01:13,294 Speaker 1: shows there's no relationship with the US under Labour, saying 21 00:01:13,334 --> 00:01:16,014 Speaker 1: if the coalition wins, they look forward to speaking to 22 00:01:16,094 --> 00:01:19,974 Speaker 1: our greatest ally, the United States of America. Meanwhile, Peter 23 00:01:20,094 --> 00:01:23,774 Speaker 1: Dutton has today been asked about allegations a secretive Christian 24 00:01:23,854 --> 00:01:26,814 Speaker 1: sect known as the Brethren, have been campaigning for the 25 00:01:26,854 --> 00:01:30,854 Speaker 1: Liberal Party. Videos have circulated online of Brethren members at 26 00:01:30,854 --> 00:01:34,614 Speaker 1: polling stations, the women removing their traditional head scarfs and 27 00:01:34,654 --> 00:01:37,694 Speaker 1: long skirts in favor of more modern dress. Some have 28 00:01:37,774 --> 00:01:41,494 Speaker 1: been accused of intimidating other party representatives by blocking them 29 00:01:41,494 --> 00:01:44,294 Speaker 1: from people who are entering to vote. The sect is 30 00:01:44,414 --> 00:01:47,494 Speaker 1: known for not allowing its members to vote. Mister Dutton 31 00:01:47,534 --> 00:01:50,374 Speaker 1: said that Australians of all faiths support the Liberal Party 32 00:01:50,534 --> 00:01:52,894 Speaker 1: and that in Australia we have freedom of speech so 33 00:01:52,974 --> 00:01:55,494 Speaker 1: they can vote or not vote and make a decision 34 00:01:55,494 --> 00:01:58,254 Speaker 1: to support a party or not support a party. When 35 00:01:58,334 --> 00:02:00,614 Speaker 1: asked how he felt about the sect treating women as 36 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:04,974 Speaker 1: second class citizens and not tolerating homosexuality, he said again 37 00:02:05,054 --> 00:02:07,774 Speaker 1: his point is that people will support parties for different 38 00:02:07,814 --> 00:02:10,494 Speaker 1: reasons and the people of his life faith are also 39 00:02:10,534 --> 00:02:14,294 Speaker 1: involved in this election. A political analyst says those parties 40 00:02:14,294 --> 00:02:17,214 Speaker 1: who spam voters with text messages and more likely to 41 00:02:17,294 --> 00:02:20,294 Speaker 1: turn them off than change their minds. Voters have been 42 00:02:20,334 --> 00:02:24,374 Speaker 1: posting to social media they've been receiving unsolicited text mostly 43 00:02:24,414 --> 00:02:27,454 Speaker 1: from the trumpet of Patriots Party, the group backed by 44 00:02:27,494 --> 00:02:31,414 Speaker 1: mining magnate Clive Palmer. The Australian Electoral Commission says they're 45 00:02:31,534 --> 00:02:34,294 Speaker 1: unable to tell where they manage to get people's numbers 46 00:02:34,294 --> 00:02:37,894 Speaker 1: from as they do not provide that information. Political parties 47 00:02:37,934 --> 00:02:41,094 Speaker 1: are also exempt from the Spam Act and the Privacy Act, 48 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:44,134 Speaker 1: so they can send those messages without an opt out option. 49 00:02:44,494 --> 00:02:47,054 Speaker 1: Parliament itself would have to change the laws to enable 50 00:02:47,054 --> 00:02:50,614 Speaker 1: that to be stopped. Political analysts Caused Samaras says sending 51 00:02:50,694 --> 00:02:53,374 Speaker 1: those messages is probably one of the quickest ways you 52 00:02:53,414 --> 00:02:56,334 Speaker 1: can send a message to people that you are impersonal 53 00:02:56,454 --> 00:02:58,494 Speaker 1: and that you lack the capacity to speak to them 54 00:02:58,574 --> 00:03:00,894 Speaker 1: at a face to face level. He said it also 55 00:03:00,974 --> 00:03:04,214 Speaker 1: lacks understanding that people's phones are quite a personal item 56 00:03:04,494 --> 00:03:07,814 Speaker 1: and people find that intrusion annoying. Mister Samaras says most 57 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:11,014 Speaker 1: political parties are yet to conduct research to see if 58 00:03:11,014 --> 00:03:14,814 Speaker 1: the tactic actually works. Prime Minister Anthony Albernizi admitted that 59 00:03:14,854 --> 00:03:17,694 Speaker 1: his fiance Jody Hayden, had received one of the Palmer 60 00:03:17,734 --> 00:03:20,494 Speaker 1: backed text saying he would be happy to ban them 61 00:03:20,534 --> 00:03:22,894 Speaker 1: from political parties, but he isn't sure if it will 62 00:03:22,934 --> 00:03:26,734 Speaker 1: fit in with other legal requirements. Inflation has fallen into 63 00:03:26,774 --> 00:03:29,414 Speaker 1: the Reserve Bank's target ban for the first time in years. 64 00:03:29,734 --> 00:03:32,294 Speaker 1: It's the first time in three years the inflation rate 65 00:03:32,334 --> 00:03:34,774 Speaker 1: has fallen into the bracket between two and three percent, 66 00:03:35,134 --> 00:03:38,054 Speaker 1: now sitting at two point nine down from three point 67 00:03:38,054 --> 00:03:41,414 Speaker 1: three percent annually in the previous quarter. The level aims 68 00:03:41,454 --> 00:03:44,574 Speaker 1: to maintain a stable economy by preserving the purchasing power 69 00:03:44,614 --> 00:03:48,814 Speaker 1: of money and encouraging sustainable growth. Headline inflation has remained 70 00:03:48,854 --> 00:03:51,094 Speaker 1: steady at an annual rate of two point four percent, 71 00:03:51,374 --> 00:03:53,574 Speaker 1: but the RBA prefers to use the measure of mean 72 00:03:53,654 --> 00:03:57,254 Speaker 1: trimmed inflation as a measure of consumer prices. The decrease 73 00:03:57,374 --> 00:04:00,654 Speaker 1: has many economists predicting another rate drop at the RBA's 74 00:04:00,694 --> 00:04:04,014 Speaker 1: May twenty meeting. The Prince and Princess of Wales have 75 00:04:04,094 --> 00:04:07,774 Speaker 1: returned to Scotland to celebrate their fourteenth wedding anniversary. William 76 00:04:07,814 --> 00:04:10,774 Speaker 1: and Kate got married in Westminster, ad beyond April twenty nine, 77 00:04:10,854 --> 00:04:13,654 Speaker 1: twenty eleven. They'd met ten years earlier when both were 78 00:04:13,654 --> 00:04:17,054 Speaker 1: students at the University of St Andrews on Scotland's East coast. 79 00:04:17,454 --> 00:04:20,454 Speaker 1: They started this troop in the town of Tobermory, smiling 80 00:04:20,494 --> 00:04:23,054 Speaker 1: and waving to the crowd before strolling through an artisan 81 00:04:23,134 --> 00:04:26,854 Speaker 1: market and speaking to stallholders while posing for pictures. They're 82 00:04:26,894 --> 00:04:30,174 Speaker 1: planning on spending their anniversary night in a small, isolated, 83 00:04:30,214 --> 00:04:33,014 Speaker 1: self catered cottage on the Isle of mull. That's the 84 00:04:33,134 --> 00:04:35,694 Speaker 1: latest news headlines. 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