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Speaker 1: International correspondence with ends and eye insurance feace of mind

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Speaker 1: for New Zealand Business.

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Speaker 2: Murray Olds of our Australia correspondent, Murray, good afternoon, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: get out there. Thanks you good, thank you. Now Duston

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Speaker 2: wants a referendum on deportation. Is he is he? Is

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Speaker 2: this a sort of a headline or is he serious?

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Speaker 1: Mate? It's another little lamb chop thrown out to his

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Speaker 1: base who wanted him to be strong and tough in

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Speaker 1: this phony campaign. We haven't even called the election yet

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Speaker 1: and the pair of them, alban Easy and Dutton are

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Speaker 1: racing all over the country like Headler's chucks, throwing money

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Speaker 1: to the winds and promising all sorts of OUTLANDI stuff

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Speaker 1: like this ridiculous call for a referendum. I mean Alban

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Speaker 1: Easy summed up Dutton's pledge this morning he said it's

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Speaker 1: a thought bubble. I mean that was on national television

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Speaker 1: early on this morning, saying, oh yes, yes, I'm Prime Minister.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to hold a referendum to give the government

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Speaker 1: new power to the port dual citizen criminals. Well, only

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Speaker 1: a couple of hours later, the Shadow Attorney General mccabey

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Speaker 1: Cash admitted it was only at last resort option and

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Speaker 1: in the meantime, I mean, it's just absolute nonsense. It's

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Speaker 1: the same nonsense that Albanese spouting as well. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's not confined to one side of politics. But I

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Speaker 1: did like a line of another thought. Bubble hasn't been

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Speaker 1: thought through, not clear where it's come from. Peter doesn't

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Speaker 1: want to talk about anything other than the cost of living.

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Speaker 1: So look, it's going to be a constant living election.

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Speaker 1: I just can't wait until the damn things cool, because

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Speaker 1: then we can start getting on with the real business.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you're here, I think. I mean, honestly, even

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Speaker 2: on this side of the Testament, there's probably some anticipation

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Speaker 2: for at least a date. We haven't even got that

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Speaker 2: in Murray. Now, what's up with these anonymous letters in

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Speaker 2: Melbourne to do with Hong Kong.

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Speaker 1: This is a very worrying thing and it picks up

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Speaker 1: on things that have happened before here. You've had demonstrators

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Speaker 1: gathering down in in Canberra outside the Embassy of the

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Speaker 1: of the People's Republic of China, protesting about human rights,

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Speaker 1: for example, about wigas and so on. When you've had people,

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Speaker 1: you've had goons walking through allegedly out of the embassy,

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Speaker 1: walking around photographic people putting your frighteners on others. And

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Speaker 1: this has been a recurring theme here that the Chinese

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Speaker 1: government is here putting a squeeze on either students who

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Speaker 1: are here to study or Australian citizens who are here

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Speaker 1: to live. And this is what's happened. Apparently a number

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Speaker 1: of Melbourne residents have received anonymous letters offering a big

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Speaker 1: bounty that's called a police bounty if they tell tales

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Speaker 1: on an Australian citizen. And this guy, Kevin Yam, is

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Speaker 1: a pro democracy activist. He's wandered in Hong Kong for

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Speaker 1: these alleged national security crimes. Well, Penny Wong, who's the

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Speaker 1: Australian Foreign and says, you're cracking jokes. This is completely unacceptable,

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Speaker 1: very deeply worrying, and she says Australias are going to

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Speaker 1: tolerate surveillance, harassment or intimidation against individuals or family members

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Speaker 1: in Australia. The government raised its concerns apparently directly with

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Speaker 1: Beijing and authorities in Hong Kong.

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Speaker 2: Interesting, Murray, thank you for that. Murray olds are Australia correspondent.

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