1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: International correspondence with ends in Eye Insurance, Peace of Mind 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: for New Zealand business. Murray Oldiers with US Australia correspondent Murray, 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:10,560 Speaker 1: good afternoon, Hey mate. 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 2: How you going? Yeah? 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 1: Good, thank you. So I thought I albo sum that 6 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: up quite well. It just doesn't make a lot of sense, 7 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 1: makes no. 8 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: Sense at all. I mean percent and all Australian exports 9 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 2: and every other country's exports into America make those imports 10 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: at their end, the imports that they take from US 11 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: and you and every other country around the world just 12 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: makes them ten percent more expensive. And I'll give you 13 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 2: the example. I mean, he's talking about Australian beef exports 14 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: to the United States worth three point three billion dollars 15 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:41,480 Speaker 2: last week. Now I'm not a farmer, but I did 16 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 2: see a stat a couple of weeks back. Now, Australia 17 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 2: supplies almost fifty percent of the beef consumed in America. 18 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 2: Apparently now most of that goes into hamburgers, because apparently 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: the Australian beef that has sold into America is particularly 20 00:00:56,600 --> 00:01:00,279 Speaker 2: lean and that's what they like. So he said, oh, 21 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 2: you know, you're not allowing any beef imports from America 22 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 2: to get into Australia. Well, that's because we've got biosecurity 23 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 2: rules you half with, the same as New Zealand's got 24 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: biosecurity rules. You can't have stuff coming in, agricultural products 25 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 2: coming in that aren't one hundred and one percent Reggie 26 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: Didge in terms of biosecurity, it's everything that this country 27 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 2: stands for, same as New Zealand. You can't have I mean, 28 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 2: the risk of foot and mouth, forget it, it's just 29 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 2: not worth it. So he can fulminate all he likes 30 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 2: and waivers arms around the Orange half with but under 31 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 2: no circumstance. And this is both sides of politics. Over here, 32 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: Dutton is also backing Alban easy and saying no way 33 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,360 Speaker 2: known we're going to compromise on that. But naturally we're 34 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 2: in an election campaign. So Peter Dutton says, oh, the 35 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 2: Prime minister's missing an action was the quote I heard today. 36 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: Peter Dutton might be better off Ryan having a look 37 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: at his own back bench because there's a bunch of 38 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: nervous Nelly's in there thinking Peter Dutton is driving the 39 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 2: campaign to this point down the toilet. They insisting this 40 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 2: is all anonymous and you know, it leaks to even 41 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 2: the murder press over here, which is just absolutely red 42 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,239 Speaker 2: hot for Peter Dutton. They are saying, Pete, come on, son, 43 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: put out some policies. All we know so far is 44 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 2: about he's going to repeal a tax cut for every Australian. 45 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 2: They're going to need more than that between now an 46 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: election day. 47 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: All right, Well he's got about a month now. One 48 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty thousand livestock have died in Queensland's outback. 49 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: What's this about? 50 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, dreadful, dreadful, dreadful. Well, they've had so much rain 51 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 2: out in that it's called the Channel Country. It's way 52 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 2: out west in western Queensland. You know, it's very popular 53 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 2: of course with the gray nomads who crisscross the country, 54 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 2: you know, year round. It's a beautiful country out there. 55 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 2: Apparently I've never been there. Oh no, I have been 56 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:53,359 Speaker 2: to long Reach. I beg your pardon, but I'm talking 57 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,520 Speaker 2: beyond long Reach. So there are these channels that have 58 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 2: been there for millennia, and whenever it rains, these channels 59 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: feed down through the very complex river systems that they've 60 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 2: got out there. The thing is it's so flat, it 61 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: basically just sits there, it trickles out. You're going to 62 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,080 Speaker 2: have Lake Air full for the first time they reckon 63 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 2: in over half a century. That's how much rain has 64 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 2: been And apparently that is the most magnificent site you'll 65 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,959 Speaker 2: see in your life. There are water birds coming from 66 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 2: all over Asia, all over Australia to go to Lake Air. 67 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,239 Speaker 2: All the most beautiful carpets of flowers that pop up. 68 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 2: But it's terrible for producers. Beat producers, Goats, sheep, horses, 69 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 2: all manner of livestock are gone. You've got the stat 70 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 2: I saw twenty nineteen. There was a huge flooding disaster 71 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: up there. In that flood in twenty nineteen, they lost 72 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,120 Speaker 2: six hundred and fifty thousand head of livestock and that 73 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 2: costs two billion dollars. So it's not on that scale, 74 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 2: but boy boy, it's the last thing they want. The 75 00:03:57,720 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: poor buggers are doing it really really tough out there, 76 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 2: and now they've lost all their livestock. Roads are washed away, 77 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: fencers are gone. The repair bills is going. 78 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 1: To be enormous. Yeah, it is tough for them. Murray, 79 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: thank you for that. 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