1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Murray Old's Australia correspondents here, Murray, good afternoon. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, hi there here you going good? Thank you. What's 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 2: in the budget? 4 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: Well, it's what we don't know. I suppose it will 5 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: be the most intriguing thing tonight. It's Jim Charmer's fourth 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: budget the opposition. Nice line from the opposition. It's a plan, 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: the opposition says, for the next five weeks, not the 8 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: next five years. And the five weeks reference of course 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: until the next election. This is a budget the government 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 1: really didn't want. If it wasn't for Cyclone Alfred. I 11 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: suspect very much that we'd already been in full campaign 12 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 1: mode because Anthony Albaneze. 13 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: Would have pulled the trigger already. 14 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: He couldn't because of the cyclone's impact on southeast Queensland 15 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,600 Speaker 1: and northern New South Wales. So this is what we're 16 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: left with. And we know it's going to be about 17 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: cost of living. We already know, for example, there's going 18 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: to be one hundred and fifty bucks back and energy 19 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: payment to everybody is not means tested everyone in Australia, 20 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: so James Packer will get it, along with someone who's 21 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,480 Speaker 1: homeless and unemployed. They'll all get a one hundred and 22 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: fifty dollar energy rebate. You're going to have massive spending 23 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: on health, on Medicare, supporting medicare, creating more payment free 24 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: visits to doctors. And basically there's so much uncertainty surrounding 25 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: his budget because what's going to happen in terms of 26 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: any new tariffs that might be applied against, say pharmaceuticals 27 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: or Australian beef or other exports that Australia makes into 28 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: the United States. We simply don't know. There's so many 29 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: things that are up in the air, and it depends 30 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: entirely what Donald Trump's next move is in terms of tariffs. 31 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: So look, it's a budget for the here and now. 32 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: It's a budget to get us to an election in 33 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: the next few weeks. Peter Dutton has his budget reply 34 00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: speech on Thursday, but I've read at least one analysis 35 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 1: over here the last forty eight hours. There's a suggestion, 36 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: God help us, that Anthony Elberonezi will go to the 37 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: Governor General on Thursday this week and call the election 38 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: to take any wind out of Dutton's sales. On Thursday night, 39 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: when he stands up in the Parliament to deliver his 40 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: budget reply. Look, that may just be complete hyperbole. I 41 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,919 Speaker 1: don't know I've read it. I'm just putting it out there. 42 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: I haven't heard it from anyone. I don't even know. 43 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 1: I don't even remember. 44 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 2: Actually, I had to be honest where I read it. 45 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 2: There might be some evil conspiracy. Great to know your 46 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: chicking the facts for us, Murray, Oh, make facts sacred? 47 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 2: You know that? Look at Donald Trump backs of sacred. Hey, Queensland, 48 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 2: what's happening with the stadium? They've been protest reviews? You 49 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 2: your premiers, what's the deal? Well, I'll give you two figures. 50 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: It was one thousand and three hundred and forty three 51 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: days ago that Brisbane was awarded the Games. There are 52 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 1: now two thousand, six hundred and seventy seven days out 53 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: from the opening ceremony. They've wasted an awful amount of time, 54 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,639 Speaker 1: but we finally do have what the brand new government's 55 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: landed on, and that is for those who know Brisbane, 56 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 1: it's a beautifully laid out city based around the Brisbane 57 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: River and right there at the northern edge of the 58 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: CBD there's a glorious bit of parkland right that's going 59 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: to be the home of the brand new Olympic Stadium. 60 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 2: Locals are furious. 61 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: Well, you know the locals who loved that bit of parkland. 62 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 2: They say it's the lungs of the city. 63 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: But it's also an absolute primo venue for a brand new, 64 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 1: multi billion dollar Olympic stadium. 65 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,119 Speaker 2: They were looking at the Gabba. The game has been around. 66 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: I think since eighteen nineties, the eighteen nineties, but it's 67 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: run down and clapped out. It's also used for cricket 68 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: of course, for cricket tests and for Australian rules footy 69 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: through the winter, so that's been scrubbed. It's going to 70 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: be a brand new pool and a brand new suburb 71 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: that's going to be created a bit like Sydney did 72 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: twenty five years ago. They built a brand new pool 73 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: to accommodate twenty five to thirty thousand spectators for the 74 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: Olympic Games that it was scaled right back after the Games. 75 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: That's going to happen in Brisbane and also a brand 76 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: new suburb to house all the athletes. That happened in Sydney, 77 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: it's going to happen in Brisbane as well. Expect some 78 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: more announcements in the days ahead, and a whole lot 79 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: more protest and that's all I can say. Fascinating Least 80 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: I've made a decision. 81 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 2: Murray, Thank you. 82 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: Murray Old's our Australia correspondence with all the Facts this afternoon. 83 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 1: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 84 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: news Talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 85 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.