1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: Murrayol's in Australia for us. Murray, good afternoon and happy 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: New Year to you. 3 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks very much and the same to you and listeners. 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: Now, what the emergency session of Parliament's going on? What's 5 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 1: happening there? 6 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 2: Well, today is the day for condolence motions from all 7 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: parts of the House. The Parliament recalled by Anthony Albanezi. 8 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 2: They come back two weeks early on Thursday. There's the 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: National Day of Remembrance, in which you know, flags will 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 2: be flown at half mast on government buildings around the 11 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 2: country and we're being asked to observe a minute silence 12 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 2: into perhaps a lighter candle in a window somewhere as 13 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: a market respect for those who die. I mean, it's 14 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 2: still struggling to get your head around what happened. It's 15 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 2: just a crazy thing to have happened in Australia. But 16 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 2: that's the reality we're dealing with, and that's the reality 17 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 2: Anthony albanezis dealing with. He's lost a lot of skin 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,160 Speaker 2: on this, A lot of political skin has been gone 19 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: because it was dithering and is mucking about, and it's 20 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 2: the same for the opposition. We'll have a look at 21 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: some figures in the moment, but the nuts and bolts 22 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 2: of what's happening today and tomorrow, the condolence motions are 23 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 2: today in the main. Tomorrow the Government will present two 24 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 2: bits of legislation. One is expected to sail through that 25 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 2: concerns tighter gun controls concerns tighter licensing and registration of 26 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: those weapons, and tighter storage rules. The government wants to 27 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 2: get as many guns out of the community as possible. 28 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 2: Four million guns washing around Australia now and a lot 29 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 2: of them, of course can't be trace becers in the 30 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 2: hands of bloody criminals. The second bit of legislation is 31 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 2: more contentious. This is the government's anti hate speech legislation. 32 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 2: It's basically been nutted. The government wanted to have anti 33 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: semitism specifically mentioned. The Greens wouldn't budge on having Islamophobia 34 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: and homophobia in there as well without those two nasties 35 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:02,200 Speaker 2: being also outlawed. The Greens would not budge. And the 36 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 2: opposition is just all over the place that you know, 37 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 2: they're howling about Parliament coming back early. When it was recalled. 38 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: They weren't happy about that. So look, it's a bit 39 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 2: of a it's a bit of a dog's breakfast. Suffice 40 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:16,360 Speaker 2: to say that politics of this, at least at the 41 00:02:16,360 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 2: start of today, was not allowed to it in the 42 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,360 Speaker 2: way of the genuine, the genuine remorse and the sorrow 43 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 2: that the entire Parliament felt. 44 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: Right, let's move to those numbers you were talking about, 45 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: because I find this fascinating. So you've got the Coalition, 46 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: You've got Pauline Hanson and one nation now outraging the coalition. 47 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 2: Extraordinary, isn't it. I mean, please, look, she's been around 48 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 2: for the best twenty five years. Pauline Hansen never ever 49 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 2: threatened to get any sort of level of power. She's 50 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,239 Speaker 2: always been like a minority. But heavens above, are these 51 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: figures right? Well, it's in the Murdock papers. The Murdock 52 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 2: Papers have no time for the Labor government over here, 53 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 2: but one Nation's primary vote, according to the latest News poll, 54 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,240 Speaker 2: up seven points twenty two percent, near enough to one 55 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 2: in four Australians will give it their primary vote, their 56 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 2: number one vote to Pauline Hanson. In one nation, the 57 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 2: Coalitions down three points to a record low of twenty 58 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 2: one percent. There's just one percent below below Hanson and 59 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 2: her crowd Labors down four points to thirty two percent, 60 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 2: So basically Labor thirty two one, Nation twenty two, Coalition 61 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 2: twenty one, the rest scattered around the place. The combined 62 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,399 Speaker 2: primary vote fifty three percent for Labor and the Coalition 63 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: right is the lowest level for major parties ever since 64 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 2: news poll began. That's how this disenchanted voters over here 65 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 2: are with the major political parties. They look at them 66 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 2: both and say, you're hopeless, your bloody worthless, both of you. 67 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 2: Guess what Pauline Hansen for the Conservatives is offering a 68 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 2: realistic alternative? They know what she stands for. What on 69 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 2: earth does Labour stand for? What does the Coalition stand for? Anymore? 70 00:03:58,920 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: People have no idea. 71 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a similar thing happening in the UK, 72 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: isn't it? What it's happening everything? Really? Now, I want 73 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: to finish on this young boy. He's only twelve, critical 74 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: conditioned shark attack. He was jumping off a cliff. 75 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 2: Yeah. Look, it's a very popular jump spot over there 76 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: on the edge of Sydney Harbor at Bore Clues in 77 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 2: Sydney's Eastern suburbs, ironically called Shark Park. It's called Shark 78 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,280 Speaker 2: Park for a reason. Lots of bull sharks are there 79 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,919 Speaker 2: and they think that's what got this little boy. Yesterday afternoon, 80 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 2: he and a bunch of friends were jumping off the 81 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 2: rock into the water, climbing out, jumping off again. This 82 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 2: young man at a twelve years old savage by a shark. 83 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 2: The water was very murky. We've had a lot of 84 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 2: rain here and the harbourside water a lot of runoff 85 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 2: from the streets and it was very murky. This young 86 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 2: man's friends jumped in, would you believe it, They jumped 87 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 2: in to pull him out. Emergency services very quickly on 88 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 2: the scene and police applied turner caves to the kid's 89 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 2: legs and they raced on their police boat across Rose 90 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 2: Bay to the wharf. There was a paramedic amb and 91 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: it was waiting there and they got him up to 92 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 2: the children's hospital very quickly. So he's critical. Only an 93 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 2: hour or so ago, maybe ninety minutes ago, not far 94 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,920 Speaker 2: from me. Up at d Y on Sydney's Northern Beaches, 95 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 2: a young surfer had a giant, big chunk bitten out 96 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 2: of his board. He okay, thank goodness, the young man 97 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: wasn't hurt, but the board's a mess and they think 98 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: from the shape of the bite. It's another bull shark. 99 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 2: There's lots of sharks. Water is a lot cleaner now 100 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 2: than it's ever been, which means more bait fish, which 101 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 2: means more shark activity looking for a feed. And if 102 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 2: a young surfer gets in the way, a young fella 103 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 2: jumping off a rock, well that's tough luck, isn't it 104 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 2: just just dreadful? 105 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 1: I'm very very said indeed, Murray. Let's hope he makes that. 106 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 1: Murray Old's Australia correspondent. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, 107 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: listen live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, 108 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.