1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: Politics is largely about trust. When you break it down 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: to its most simple terms, it's about trust. If you 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: see a bloke or a woman on the tally trying 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: to get your vote, you try and work out what 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: sort of person they are. Do they think like me? 6 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: Are they smart? Are they thick? Can I trust that 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 1: they'll make a good decision in an important time. It's 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 1: a magic thing that takes a lifetime to earn, in 9 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: a second to plunder. And so as the Labor Party 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: faithful filed in for their annual conference, gearing up for 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: another year and then probably another term and opposition, you'd 12 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: have to stay on balance. Voters will be thinking about well, actually, 13 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: voters mon't be thinking about anything to do with politics 14 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:42,840 Speaker 1: right now, because we're mid cycle. It's way too early. 15 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: It's like freshing over a birth before you're even pregnant. 16 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: You know, it's just way too in the future. But 17 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: when they do, they will ask whether they can trust 18 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:57,080 Speaker 1: Chippy Like a sugar daddy Santa. He was doling out 19 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: the cash quicker than you could wake it in at 20 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: the weekend, a full new hospital into need. And how 21 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: much exactly will it cost, Well, we don't know, but 22 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: we don't care. They're getting it, saying what goes with 23 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: the rail enabled fairies, They're on their way. The price 24 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: was in the billions for the landside parts of that 25 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,680 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. It's happening. How are you going to pay 26 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: for all of that is the question when, as we 27 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,040 Speaker 1: learned last week, our growth outlooks have been downgraded. Nikolas 28 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: is hinted at a when we find out finally, when 29 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,479 Speaker 1: we get the Hayfu numbers, that we'll probably be looking 30 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: at at pushing the surplus even further out into the future, 31 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 1: which makes you wonder whether it's ever even going to happen. Ever, 32 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: no matter who's in government, it's that bad. So how 33 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: do you spend all that money, commit to spending all 34 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: that money, commit to reversing all the cuts that nationals 35 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: made as well, and then still balance the books. It's 36 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: like wizardry, and that's where trust comes into it. After 37 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: six years, labor lost the country's trust on many issues because, 38 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: as many people have said, they couldn't deliver a pizza, 39 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: or run a bath or pick here, you know, pick 40 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 1: your number of metaphors. They've been quiet on tax for now, 41 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: but the remit did pass at the election so the 42 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,120 Speaker 1: question is where the labor should at this point be 43 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: promising much in the way of anything to anyone when 44 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: they've lost so much capital on delivery. For more from 45 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live to News Talk 46 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: Set B from five am weekdays, or follow the podcast 47 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:31,399 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio.