1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Steve Price. Morning to you. Good o there I was 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:04,960 Speaker 1: running through. I mean, what a day you had between 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Little Proud and your planes taking off to the Middle 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: East and your football players. I mean it was all 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: go there. 6 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: Wasn't it. Yeah, it was a huge news day I 7 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,720 Speaker 2: think last night dominated by the exit from Australia of 8 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 2: the Uranian women's soccer team. Those who wanted to go 9 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 2: back now I reiterate wanted because every one of them, 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 2: according to Tony Burke, the Home Affairs Minister, every one 11 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,319 Speaker 2: of those players was given the option to not go 12 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 2: at the last moment. So we had dramatic scenes in 13 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: Brisbane yesterday when a bus pulled up at the hotel 14 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 2: where the team was playing. Those who were due to 15 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 2: fly down to Sydney got on the bus and then 16 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:47,919 Speaker 2: there was a huge number of demonstrators Iranian expats from 17 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 2: Australia laying down on the road in the front of 18 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 2: the bus trying not to let that bus leave or move. 19 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 2: It finally did under police protection. The deals then got 20 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: on this flight from Brisbane to Sydney, and that where 21 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 2: we find out now today that two more of that 22 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 2: team did not get on that bus and did not 23 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 2: go to Sydney, remained in Brisbane and are now under 24 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 2: protection along with the original five of the Australian Federal Police. 25 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 2: They've all been offered visas in Australia to stay for 26 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 2: at least twelve months. The drama at Sydney Airport involved 27 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 2: about one hundred and fifty expats, including one who had 28 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 2: a message from a brother of one of the girls 29 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 2: who plays in that team. Her name is Efren, who 30 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 2: maiden name is Ran and the message simply said, don't 31 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 2: come back. So we now have seven who have claimed asylum. 32 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: The rest are on a flight as we speak to 33 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 2: Kuala Lumpa. Where they go from there. Who knows, because 34 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 2: obviously you can't fly a commercial flight into Iranian airspace. 35 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 2: At the moment with the war going on, dramatic scenes 36 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: and the federal government I must say have acted quickly. 37 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: Tony Burke was in Brisbane at the weekend. There was 38 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: a sort of media blackout on what was going on, 39 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 2: and then that was all announced yesterday and then he 40 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: flew to Sydney from Canda where Parliament sitting overnight and 41 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 2: personally spoke to each of the women and those who 42 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:10,919 Speaker 2: stayed well two more. That's where we're at. 43 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: Okay, so what's this legislation then to amend the Migration 44 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: Act so that a whole bunch of other temporary visa 45 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,560 Speaker 1: holders don't roll on into town. I mean, is that tricky? 46 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: Has he got cross party support, he got the numbers 47 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: to do all of that? 48 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: Is that a major Well, it's very tricky, And it's 49 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 2: always the case when you come to if you do 50 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 2: it for these people, can't you do it for others? 51 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 2: And who turns up, puts a hand up, who's already 52 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 2: in the country, who says saying, hang on, I don't 53 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 2: want to go back to whatever my country is, either 54 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 2: on Russian or whatever. So that is going to be 55 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 2: a problem. But when you're dealing with a high profile 56 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: sporting team that refused to sing a national anthem in 57 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 2: that match in Perth at the first game in the 58 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 2: Asian Women's Cup, and then you have the people here 59 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 2: in the country representing the Iranian government saying, well, you 60 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 2: have to sing it next time, suggestions on TV in 61 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 2: Iran that they were going to be executed. I don't 62 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 2: think the government had any choice. 63 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: No, the wedge tail you're sending along with some medium 64 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,839 Speaker 1: mare to hear missiles and stuff. Is there a lot? 65 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: Is there a general acceptance you're in the war now 66 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: and if there is their pushback. 67 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 2: No, there's not a general acceptance. I don't think that 68 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 2: we're in the war. Most people don't understand what a 69 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: wedgetail is and the number of personnel is small, so 70 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 2: people are not out marching in the streets saying we 71 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:32,880 Speaker 2: shouldn't be there. But unless you remember the Greens, of course, 72 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 2: the Greens came out screaming yesterday that Australia was funding 73 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: Donald Trump's murderous war on Iran. I mean, they're just 74 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 2: a ridiculous party these days, and so we ignore them. 75 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 2: The fact that Australia has a base in the Looe 76 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 2: is the reason the Prime Minister is saying it is 77 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: a defensive act by Australia. We talked about some missiles 78 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: as well. I mean, I don't even know we had missiles, 79 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: but apparently we're sending some defensive missiles there. So these 80 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: missiles knock out aggressive attacks from the other side, so 81 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 2: we're sort of in it. You know, we'd have the 82 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 2: President of the United States bringing you up as Anthonel, 83 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,359 Speaker 2: but easy did at two am yesterday morning, leading for 84 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 2: the safety of the Iranian girls, and then apparently the 85 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 2: call went for half an hour and Trump would have 86 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 2: obviously said to elbow, what are you going to do 87 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 2: about helping us in the Middle East. That's what's happened. 88 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 2: I mean, it's reluctant. No one in that labor government 89 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 2: wants to be sending assets into the Middle East to 90 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 2: get involved in this conflict that they've sort of gone. Well, 91 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: I imagine the Prime Minister went to the head of 92 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 2: the Defense forces and says, what's the minimum we can 93 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 2: do to show that we're at least trying to do something. 94 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: That's how I see it. 95 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: I happen to be watching Sky In fact, I watched 96 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:51,800 Speaker 1: Guy most afternoons, but I wasn't expecting a Little Proud 97 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: to burst into tears in front of my television screen 98 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 1: and then wander off with his arms around his wife. 99 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:57,239 Speaker 1: What on earth happened? 100 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, in a very Australian quote to leave, which might 101 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 2: have been one of the quotes of the Wed, I'm buggins. Well, 102 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 2: I'm not sure. Little Proud then made the ridiculous comment 103 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 2: that he was the best Nationals leader since no one 104 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 2: in New Zealand would know this bloke that black Jack 105 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 2: mckewan back in the nineteen sixties. I mean, that's just ridiculous. 106 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 2: The Nationals have had some very good leaders, people like 107 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 2: John Anderson for example, but Little Proud he has been 108 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 2: blamed for a lot of the troubles within the coalition, 109 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 2: and quite rightly. The only good thing that David Little 110 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 2: Proud did was I think leave lead the No campaign 111 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 2: against the Voice, which eventually the rest of the country 112 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 2: put up with sixty percent of us both to the 113 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 2: Voice referendum. He's been an interesting politician but has achieved 114 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 2: very little. And so now you've got the conservative side 115 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 2: of the National Parties, led by Senator Matt Cannavan, has 116 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: put his hand up already and the voter happened today. 117 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 2: He wants the job. He's the go who led the 118 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 2: Note to net zero campaign within the Nationals is very 119 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 2: much on the energy side. He's at Queensland or he 120 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 2: says we should get into nuclear. So we'll see where 121 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 2: this goes. But I'll tell you what it doesn't do. 122 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 2: It doesn't help at all with the upcoming by election 123 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 2: in that seat of Pharaoh because Susan Lee decided that 124 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 2: she was going to walk away after she lost the leadership, 125 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 2: so the Nationals are in big trouble in that seat. 126 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:22,239 Speaker 2: You would think if they tried to get the votes 127 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 2: for their Canvadate. 128 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: Exactly what are you paying for? I did two nine 129 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: to nine yesterday, per leter of the ninety eight What 130 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 1: are you running at? 131 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 2: What's nine in New Zealand converted to Australia and he's 132 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 2: just going to confuse. 133 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 1: All sixty seven cents. 134 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I'm paying somewhere around about two dollars forty 135 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 2: eight for ninety eight ron. That's the best petri you 136 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 2: can buy. But the panic buyings continued and I don't know, 137 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 2: I can't remember if I told you on Monday, but 138 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 2: that giant Bunning store, one of them, at least two 139 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 2: of them in Australia run out of jerry cans, so 140 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,800 Speaker 2: people are just rushing jerry can to Australia. 141 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,239 Speaker 1: Is not realize that the oil's gone back down below 142 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: eighty dollars ninety dollars a barrel. 143 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,920 Speaker 2: Well, a lot of it's in the regions and so 144 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 2: the delivery trucks that delivered diesel to the regions have 145 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 2: decided to concentrate on delivery to the cities because they 146 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 2: can make more money to it. And so the farmers 147 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 2: who are in the middle of about the get ready 148 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 2: for their planting season and have to feed some of 149 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: their stock with hayb because they've got droughts. They need 150 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 2: diesel to run their tractors and so they're filling up 151 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 2: Jerry Cantim. The regions are the ones that have been 152 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 2: there artists. There's a lot of anger in the bush 153 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 2: about how they've just been ignored and let down and 154 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 2: it is stupid to only have thirty or thirty five 155 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 2: whatever figure. Silly. Chris Bowen makes it up in his 156 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,280 Speaker 2: head of fuel in the country. 157 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: It's crazy, yeah, exactly all right, might go well seen 158 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: next week two forty eight Australian two nine nine years 159 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: healand so it's exactly the same, which is interesting because 160 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: generally petrol is cheaper in Australia and yet now it isn't, 161 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: so that would lead you to believe maybe they're getting 162 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: gouged more than we are. 163 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 2: For more from the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 164 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 2: News Talks at b from six am weekdays, or follow 165 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.