1 00:00:10,614 --> 00:00:15,254 Speaker 1: You're listening to a Muma Mia podcast. Mamma Mia 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 --> 00:00:19,054 Speaker 1: is recorded on. 4 00:00:21,494 --> 00:00:24,694 Speaker 2: Hey, I'm Taylor Strano. This is Mamma MIA's twice daily 5 00:00:24,734 --> 00:00:28,014 Speaker 2: news podcast, The Quickie. For the first time in Mamma 6 00:00:28,094 --> 00:00:31,414 Speaker 2: MIA's history, both the Prime Minister and opposition leader have 7 00:00:31,534 --> 00:00:34,334 Speaker 2: sat down with the same podcast to make their pitch 8 00:00:34,374 --> 00:00:38,614 Speaker 2: to women voters. Today, we're unpacking what they're promising and 9 00:00:38,814 --> 00:00:41,694 Speaker 2: what it means for you. But first, here's Claire Murphy 10 00:00:41,734 --> 00:00:45,534 Speaker 2: with the latest from The Quickie newsroom for Tuesday, March eighteen. 11 00:00:45,774 --> 00:00:48,654 Speaker 1: Thanks Taylor. Catherine, the Princess of Wales has told an 12 00:00:48,654 --> 00:00:51,254 Speaker 1: Aussy Reserve soldier that she wants to bring her family 13 00:00:51,334 --> 00:00:54,774 Speaker 1: back to Australia. Catherine and William brought Prince George here 14 00:00:54,814 --> 00:00:57,614 Speaker 1: when he was just eight months old, telling Corporal Adam 15 00:00:57,614 --> 00:01:00,574 Speaker 1: Hamilton while visiting the Irish Guards for Saint Patrick's Day, 16 00:01:00,854 --> 00:01:03,694 Speaker 1: that George finds it fascinating that he's been to Australia 17 00:01:03,694 --> 00:01:06,094 Speaker 1: and New Zealand, saying she would like to go back 18 00:01:06,094 --> 00:01:08,534 Speaker 1: there with all three children now they're old enough to 19 00:01:08,574 --> 00:01:11,054 Speaker 1: remember it. She says. She also wants to be able 20 00:01:11,094 --> 00:01:13,814 Speaker 1: to carve out time to experience the countries they visit 21 00:01:13,854 --> 00:01:17,774 Speaker 1: in their capacity as working royals in a more private way. Otherwise, 22 00:01:17,814 --> 00:01:19,934 Speaker 1: she said, you end up seeing lots of insides of 23 00:01:19,974 --> 00:01:22,974 Speaker 1: amazing buildings, but you don't get to meet that many people. 24 00:01:23,374 --> 00:01:25,414 Speaker 1: Catherine put money on the bar of the soldiers she 25 00:01:25,534 --> 00:01:28,214 Speaker 1: visited and drank a bit of guinness herself as she 26 00:01:28,254 --> 00:01:30,614 Speaker 1: returned to the celebration she missed last year due to 27 00:01:30,694 --> 00:01:34,534 Speaker 1: her cancer treatment. A coronial inquest begins today looking into 28 00:01:34,534 --> 00:01:37,054 Speaker 1: the death of water polo coach Lily James at the 29 00:01:37,094 --> 00:01:40,214 Speaker 1: hands of a colleague she briefly dated. Miss James was 30 00:01:40,254 --> 00:01:43,214 Speaker 1: teaching at St. Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney in October 31 00:01:43,254 --> 00:01:46,534 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three when she was found with serious head injuries. 32 00:01:46,774 --> 00:01:49,414 Speaker 1: She'd reportedly been in a brief relationship with the man 33 00:01:49,454 --> 00:01:52,614 Speaker 1: she worked with. He was wanted by police for questioning 34 00:01:52,694 --> 00:01:55,574 Speaker 1: before his body was found in Sydney's Eastern suburbs a 35 00:01:55,574 --> 00:01:58,614 Speaker 1: few days later. It's believed he took his own life. 36 00:01:58,734 --> 00:02:02,134 Speaker 1: The inquest will look into the circumstances surrounding both debts 37 00:02:02,414 --> 00:02:06,614 Speaker 1: and broader issues such as coercive control and unacceptable behavior 38 00:02:06,654 --> 00:02:10,054 Speaker 1: and relationships. The coroner will consider the role of technology 39 00:02:10,094 --> 00:02:13,334 Speaker 1: in relationships and how to improve understanding around ways of 40 00:02:13,414 --> 00:02:17,334 Speaker 1: identifying damaging behavior. It will also attempt to determine whether 41 00:02:17,374 --> 00:02:20,414 Speaker 1: authorities could have intervened at any point before both Miss 42 00:02:20,534 --> 00:02:24,454 Speaker 1: James and her killer died. Water safety experts are concerned 43 00:02:24,454 --> 00:02:27,534 Speaker 1: that almost half of Australian Year six students can't swim 44 00:02:27,614 --> 00:02:32,094 Speaker 1: fifty meters. Royal Life Saving Society Australia CEO Justin Scarr 45 00:02:32,294 --> 00:02:34,534 Speaker 1: says the lack of skills leaves us at risk of 46 00:02:34,574 --> 00:02:37,454 Speaker 1: becoming a nation of waiters, unable to swim their way 47 00:02:37,494 --> 00:02:40,094 Speaker 1: out of trouble. According to a survey of more than 48 00:02:40,134 --> 00:02:43,974 Speaker 1: three hundred education staff, primary age students struggle to meet 49 00:02:44,054 --> 00:02:47,574 Speaker 1: benchmarks and that isn't improving much in high school teaches 50 00:02:47,734 --> 00:02:50,414 Speaker 1: estimating that forty eight percent of students in year six 51 00:02:50,534 --> 00:02:53,534 Speaker 1: can't reach the national benchmark for a fifty meter swim 52 00:02:53,614 --> 00:02:56,694 Speaker 1: and treading water for two minutes. They also estimate that 53 00:02:56,734 --> 00:02:59,254 Speaker 1: thirty nine percent of Year ten students are unable to 54 00:02:59,294 --> 00:03:03,014 Speaker 1: meet that benchmark. The pandemic has amplified the problem, with 55 00:03:03,094 --> 00:03:06,694 Speaker 1: many children missing their formative learn to swim years. Doctor Scarr, 56 00:03:06,734 --> 00:03:09,294 Speaker 1: saying the cost of private swimming lessons is also making 57 00:03:09,334 --> 00:03:12,974 Speaker 1: a harder Sarah Michelle Gella has revealed that the reboot 58 00:03:13,014 --> 00:03:16,614 Speaker 1: of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is progressing faster than she expected. 59 00:03:16,934 --> 00:03:19,574 Speaker 1: Hulu revealed last month they're working on a new series 60 00:03:19,614 --> 00:03:22,014 Speaker 1: of the show, which ended in two thousand and three, 61 00:03:22,334 --> 00:03:24,774 Speaker 1: the now forty seven year old Gella confirming she will 62 00:03:24,814 --> 00:03:27,774 Speaker 1: be reprising her role as Buffy Summons, but her character 63 00:03:27,934 --> 00:03:30,894 Speaker 1: now won't be the main focus. Gella called on fans 64 00:03:30,934 --> 00:03:32,854 Speaker 1: to be patient, saying to do it the way it 65 00:03:32,934 --> 00:03:35,374 Speaker 1: needs to be done. Everyone has to be patient with 66 00:03:35,414 --> 00:03:38,414 Speaker 1: all of us because this isn't something that will just happen. 67 00:03:38,614 --> 00:03:42,094 Speaker 2: Thanks Clare Next. With women said to play a crucial 68 00:03:42,174 --> 00:03:46,214 Speaker 2: role in deciding the upcoming election, both Anthony Albanesi and 69 00:03:46,374 --> 00:03:48,934 Speaker 2: Peter Dutton have sat down with Mamma MIA's No Filter 70 00:03:48,974 --> 00:04:01,174 Speaker 2: podcast to share their vision for Australia's future. With speculation 71 00:04:01,294 --> 00:04:04,414 Speaker 2: mounting around the date Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi will call 72 00:04:04,454 --> 00:04:07,374 Speaker 2: the upcoming election, here's a quick refresher on how a 73 00:04:07,494 --> 00:04:12,014 Speaker 2: federal election actually works. First, the Prime Minister decides when 74 00:04:12,054 --> 00:04:15,334 Speaker 2: to call the election, advising the Governor General, who then 75 00:04:15,374 --> 00:04:19,734 Speaker 2: dissolves Parliament and issues ritz those official legal orders. They 76 00:04:19,774 --> 00:04:22,014 Speaker 2: go to all seats in the House of Reps and 77 00:04:22,174 --> 00:04:25,694 Speaker 2: for Senate seats also up for election. Usually that happens 78 00:04:25,734 --> 00:04:28,054 Speaker 2: a couple of days after the PM makes the call. 79 00:04:29,174 --> 00:04:31,494 Speaker 2: Then there's a couple of rules, including that the election 80 00:04:31,694 --> 00:04:35,014 Speaker 2: must be held no later than May seventeen, twenty twenty five, 81 00:04:35,494 --> 00:04:38,934 Speaker 2: and once called, there's a minimum campaign period of thirty 82 00:04:39,014 --> 00:04:42,694 Speaker 2: three days, plus the election must be held on a Saturday, 83 00:04:43,054 --> 00:04:46,614 Speaker 2: and while not compulsory, a democracy sausage should be enjoyed 84 00:04:46,694 --> 00:04:51,054 Speaker 2: after casting your vote at the ballot box. Once the 85 00:04:51,134 --> 00:04:53,934 Speaker 2: rits are issued, voters have just one week to ensure 86 00:04:53,934 --> 00:04:57,854 Speaker 2: they've correctly enrolled or update their details with the Australian 87 00:04:57,854 --> 00:05:02,134 Speaker 2: Electoral Commission. Now to the two men vying for the 88 00:05:02,214 --> 00:05:06,134 Speaker 2: top job, current Labour Prime Minister Anthony Alberanzi who's held 89 00:05:06,134 --> 00:05:09,414 Speaker 2: the position for almost three years, and Opposition Leader p 90 00:05:10,134 --> 00:05:13,214 Speaker 2: leader of the Liberal Party. When both sat down with 91 00:05:13,334 --> 00:05:17,174 Speaker 2: Muma MIA's No Filter podcast host Kate Langbrook recently, they 92 00:05:17,214 --> 00:05:20,014 Speaker 2: had one goal to convince Ozzie Women they were the 93 00:05:20,094 --> 00:05:21,734 Speaker 2: right choice to lead the country. 94 00:05:22,174 --> 00:05:26,054 Speaker 3: It's a critical election. I think that what happens in 95 00:05:26,094 --> 00:05:29,534 Speaker 3: Australia for the rest of this decade will either set 96 00:05:29,654 --> 00:05:33,694 Speaker 3: us up or the decades ahead, or will just tread 97 00:05:33,734 --> 00:05:35,734 Speaker 3: water and watch the world go past us. 98 00:05:36,654 --> 00:05:39,534 Speaker 2: The Prime Minister's pitch is clear. He wants you to 99 00:05:39,574 --> 00:05:43,494 Speaker 2: see his government as one that understands women's lived experiences, 100 00:05:43,934 --> 00:05:48,094 Speaker 2: with gender equality at the core of policymaking. His government's 101 00:05:48,134 --> 00:05:50,614 Speaker 2: front bench has more women than men for the first 102 00:05:50,654 --> 00:05:54,614 Speaker 2: time ever. Labour's federal caucus is fifty two percent women. 103 00:05:54,974 --> 00:05:59,214 Speaker 2: The Liberal Party is currently sitting around thirty percent our cabinet. 104 00:05:59,454 --> 00:06:02,814 Speaker 3: I chair a cabinet that has eleven men and eleven women, 105 00:06:03,174 --> 00:06:07,654 Speaker 3: and it means that gender isn't an add on, isn't 106 00:06:07,894 --> 00:06:12,134 Speaker 3: like a nice to have a curiosity. It's just what 107 00:06:12,174 --> 00:06:14,454 Speaker 3: we do in every cabinet submission. 108 00:06:15,614 --> 00:06:19,134 Speaker 2: The Prime Minister's pitch centers on his government's record of achievement, 109 00:06:19,534 --> 00:06:23,374 Speaker 2: the introduction of paid family and domestic violence leave, increase 110 00:06:23,454 --> 00:06:26,934 Speaker 2: funding for community legal services, and changes to the Fair 111 00:06:26,974 --> 00:06:30,574 Speaker 2: Work Act to address the gender pay gap. Looking ahead, 112 00:06:30,614 --> 00:06:34,734 Speaker 2: Albanesi has promised more, including adding superannuation to parental leave, 113 00:06:35,134 --> 00:06:39,014 Speaker 2: reducing student debt by a further twenty percent, and investing 114 00:06:39,054 --> 00:06:43,494 Speaker 2: a billion dollars in childcare infrastructure. Meanwhile, the opposition leader 115 00:06:43,654 --> 00:06:47,534 Speaker 2: is focusing on housing affordability, improving online safety for women 116 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:50,134 Speaker 2: and girls, and economic independence. 117 00:06:50,494 --> 00:06:53,294 Speaker 4: The reason that I'm passionate about making sure that we 118 00:06:53,334 --> 00:06:55,854 Speaker 4: allow people to realize that dream of high ownership again 119 00:06:55,934 --> 00:06:58,214 Speaker 4: is that I just think with the house, you've got 120 00:06:58,534 --> 00:07:01,574 Speaker 4: a unit, but with accommodation, you've got stability. I think 121 00:07:01,574 --> 00:07:02,814 Speaker 4: it's good for a relationship. 122 00:07:03,214 --> 00:07:06,054 Speaker 2: Both leaders are making big promises at a time when 123 00:07:06,174 --> 00:07:08,894 Speaker 2: cost of living pressures are the top concern for many 124 00:07:08,934 --> 00:07:12,654 Speaker 2: Aussie women. More than six in ten of Mumameer's audience 125 00:07:12,694 --> 00:07:15,974 Speaker 2: say they felt more financially stressed this past year than 126 00:07:16,014 --> 00:07:19,534 Speaker 2: ever before, and recent polling shows this election could be 127 00:07:19,614 --> 00:07:22,974 Speaker 2: one of the closest in Australia's history. Both leaders net 128 00:07:23,014 --> 00:07:26,574 Speaker 2: approval ratings in the negative territory Done at minus three 129 00:07:26,774 --> 00:07:32,254 Speaker 2: and Albanizi at minus eight. Significantly, both men have committed 130 00:07:32,254 --> 00:07:35,414 Speaker 2: to sitting down with Mumameer again in twelve months to 131 00:07:35,454 --> 00:07:38,534 Speaker 2: be held accountable for their promises to Australian women. 132 00:07:39,974 --> 00:07:44,454 Speaker 5: All right, here's a proposition for you. Should you win 133 00:07:44,534 --> 00:07:48,094 Speaker 5: the election. I would like to invite you back in 134 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:51,654 Speaker 5: a year's time, so that I can check your KPIs 135 00:07:51,974 --> 00:07:57,054 Speaker 5: done on what you have done for women, policies that 136 00:07:57,134 --> 00:07:59,974 Speaker 5: have been executed that have changed the lives of women 137 00:08:00,014 --> 00:08:01,014 Speaker 5: in Australia. 138 00:08:01,134 --> 00:08:03,894 Speaker 3: Absolutely, it's a deal, Albo I done. 139 00:08:04,014 --> 00:08:07,494 Speaker 5: See you in a year's time, see you then possibly 140 00:08:07,534 --> 00:08:10,694 Speaker 5: as Prime minister. Possibly is a normal. It's just dropped 141 00:08:10,694 --> 00:08:11,734 Speaker 5: by to say hello, I. 142 00:08:11,694 --> 00:08:15,174 Speaker 3: Hope we're both doing it. 143 00:08:15,214 --> 00:08:17,974 Speaker 5: Should you win the election, do you think you're going. 144 00:08:17,814 --> 00:08:21,014 Speaker 4: To I think we can win the election. It hasn't 145 00:08:21,054 --> 00:08:23,254 Speaker 4: happened since nineteen thirty one for a first term government 146 00:08:23,254 --> 00:08:26,294 Speaker 4: to lose, so it's a huge task and we've got 147 00:08:26,294 --> 00:08:29,934 Speaker 4: to win about twenty seats, which is a big undertaking. 148 00:08:30,014 --> 00:08:31,894 Speaker 4: But there's no doubt in my mind that we can 149 00:08:31,934 --> 00:08:35,974 Speaker 4: win if we work hard, we're disciplined, and we put 150 00:08:35,974 --> 00:08:38,534 Speaker 4: the policies out that can capture people's imaginations. 151 00:08:38,734 --> 00:08:41,694 Speaker 5: Well, if you do win, I would like to invite 152 00:08:41,734 --> 00:08:47,094 Speaker 5: you to come back thank you exactly a year from today. Deal. 153 00:08:47,694 --> 00:08:50,414 Speaker 5: I would like to discuss with you in that intervening 154 00:08:50,534 --> 00:08:53,894 Speaker 5: period what you have done to that. 155 00:08:54,014 --> 00:08:58,054 Speaker 4: In firstly an absolute commitment and it should be a 156 00:08:58,094 --> 00:09:00,774 Speaker 4: conversation that continues on for the year about what we 157 00:09:00,854 --> 00:09:04,414 Speaker 4: can do to make lives for women and young girls better, 158 00:09:04,534 --> 00:09:07,614 Speaker 4: and particularly, as I said, a real focus with online 159 00:09:08,254 --> 00:09:11,494 Speaker 4: and safety online and being to deal with the transmission 160 00:09:11,534 --> 00:09:15,334 Speaker 4: of images and how women and girls can feel safe 161 00:09:15,614 --> 00:09:18,094 Speaker 4: living a bigger part of their lives online than they 162 00:09:18,094 --> 00:09:20,974 Speaker 4: ever have. But there are many other issues, housing etc. 163 00:09:21,534 --> 00:09:23,454 Speaker 4: That I spoke about before, Kate, So I think there's 164 00:09:23,454 --> 00:09:25,454 Speaker 4: a lot of work for us to do and it'd 165 00:09:25,454 --> 00:09:26,694 Speaker 4: be great to work with you and great to be 166 00:09:26,734 --> 00:09:27,734 Speaker 4: back here in twelve month's time. 167 00:09:28,294 --> 00:09:31,414 Speaker 2: In fact, Cape point blank asked both Dutton and alban 168 00:09:31,494 --> 00:09:33,214 Speaker 2: Easy what their pitch to women was. 169 00:09:34,454 --> 00:09:36,374 Speaker 4: I want to be a Prime minister who can govern 170 00:09:36,454 --> 00:09:39,654 Speaker 4: for our country and for all Australians, but I strongly 171 00:09:39,694 --> 00:09:42,494 Speaker 4: believe in making sure that people have dignity in their lives, 172 00:09:42,854 --> 00:09:46,694 Speaker 4: women in particular, and that means first and foremost running 173 00:09:46,694 --> 00:09:49,734 Speaker 4: an economy where if you're sitting at home pulling your 174 00:09:49,734 --> 00:09:52,614 Speaker 4: hair out in a garage or the back bedroom with 175 00:09:52,654 --> 00:09:55,534 Speaker 4: your online business. I want to be a prime minister 176 00:09:55,574 --> 00:09:57,774 Speaker 4: that creates an environment where you can make sales and 177 00:09:57,854 --> 00:10:03,134 Speaker 4: that financial independence and success gives you options and opportunities. 178 00:10:03,214 --> 00:10:06,254 Speaker 4: And I want to be a prime Minister that can 179 00:10:06,294 --> 00:10:08,894 Speaker 4: provide an environment where you can afford to put a 180 00:10:08,974 --> 00:10:12,294 Speaker 4: roof over you and recover from a marriage breakdown or 181 00:10:12,334 --> 00:10:16,614 Speaker 4: a violent relationship. And I want an opportunity where people can, 182 00:10:16,654 --> 00:10:20,054 Speaker 4: at different points in their life, feel comfortable about making 183 00:10:20,174 --> 00:10:23,614 Speaker 4: choices that are right for them and facilitating those choices. 184 00:10:23,694 --> 00:10:26,454 Speaker 4: And that I think is important. When I go up 185 00:10:26,494 --> 00:10:28,934 Speaker 4: to Alice Springs and speak to women in town camps 186 00:10:29,014 --> 00:10:31,774 Speaker 4: or indigenous elders up there, their view is no different 187 00:10:31,814 --> 00:10:34,294 Speaker 4: to women in the cities or frankly, a lot of 188 00:10:34,814 --> 00:10:37,494 Speaker 4: parents are male or female. When you speak to them, 189 00:10:37,494 --> 00:10:39,614 Speaker 4: What can I do for you? What are the priorities. 190 00:10:39,734 --> 00:10:41,214 Speaker 4: I want a roof over my head. I want a 191 00:10:41,254 --> 00:10:43,774 Speaker 4: safe environment. I want to be able to educate my kids. 192 00:10:44,054 --> 00:10:46,294 Speaker 4: I want to be able to pay the bills. I 193 00:10:46,334 --> 00:10:49,214 Speaker 4: want a good health system. And I want an environment 194 00:10:49,214 --> 00:10:52,414 Speaker 4: where my kids, when they graduate from school or from 195 00:10:52,414 --> 00:10:54,414 Speaker 4: a trade or from a university, can find a job. 196 00:10:55,054 --> 00:10:59,494 Speaker 3: We are a government that are defined by in part 197 00:10:59,814 --> 00:11:02,694 Speaker 3: of our core objectives, not something that's an add on, 198 00:11:03,254 --> 00:11:06,574 Speaker 3: not something that's an after thought. How do we promote 199 00:11:06,734 --> 00:11:12,574 Speaker 3: economic equality for women? And that is something that's at 200 00:11:12,614 --> 00:11:16,654 Speaker 3: the core of what we do, whether it's in economic policy, 201 00:11:17,294 --> 00:11:21,734 Speaker 3: whether it be in social policy. We have a record 202 00:11:21,774 --> 00:11:25,574 Speaker 3: of achievement in our first three years, but we recognize 203 00:11:26,054 --> 00:11:29,694 Speaker 3: there is more to do and my government will always 204 00:11:29,734 --> 00:11:36,214 Speaker 3: be respectful and engaging. And I believe one of the 205 00:11:36,334 --> 00:11:43,494 Speaker 3: key differences between my government and our opponents is whether 206 00:11:43,534 --> 00:11:46,334 Speaker 3: we take gender equity seriously. 207 00:11:47,934 --> 00:11:50,094 Speaker 2: Thanks for taking some time to feed your mind with 208 00:11:50,174 --> 00:11:52,414 Speaker 2: us today. You can hear the full interviews with both 209 00:11:52,494 --> 00:11:56,414 Speaker 2: Anthony Albanezi and Peter Dutton on Mamma Meres No Filter podcast. 210 00:11:56,574 --> 00:11:59,254 Speaker 2: It'll be linked in the show notes. The quickie is 211 00:11:59,294 --> 00:12:02,934 Speaker 2: produced by me Tail Strano and Claire Murphy, with audio 212 00:12:02,974 --> 00:12:05,094 Speaker 2: production by Lou Hill.