1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,760 Speaker 1: The prices, whether it's in Australian Morning. 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 2: Mate, good Ada. 3 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 3: Can we assume that, given he didn't go to Canberra 4 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 3: and the gg's office over the weekend, that this April 5 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 3: five and twelve might not be right or he's still 6 00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 3: got time. 7 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:14,680 Speaker 2: To do it. I think you can go Sunday, and 8 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 2: I think it'll be April twelve. Now I could be 9 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: horrifically wrong, but everything's pointing to that. And we're talking 10 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:24,799 Speaker 2: a moment about the interview here in his partner Jodi 11 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: did on sixty minutes last night. That would be one 12 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 2: indicator for me that that's going to happen. There's a 13 00:00:29,800 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: whole lot of things being lined up, including that mass 14 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 2: citizenship ceremonies that went nationwide with Tony Burke last week. 15 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 2: All of these things point to an election in April. 16 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: There's also going to be an economic statement, probably delivered 17 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 2: this week, and that would mean there's no budget. Now, 18 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 2: a budget, if we were to have one, was due 19 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 2: to be handed down in three weeks time. So I 20 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 2: think it'll be in April election this time next week. 21 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 2: I could be proven to be wrong, but I doubt it. 22 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 3: Okay, So he also announces the weekend a couple hundred 23 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 3: million dollars worth of this excise tax on draft beer. 24 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 3: Do people not see that they are being played? 25 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 2: Probably? But if you go to the pub and the 26 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 2: beer is cheaper then and it's our boat decision to 27 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 2: make that happen, then you know, for a lot of people, 28 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 2: that's reason enough to vote Labor back in. I mean, 29 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 2: you know, you and I analyze politics within an inch 30 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:25,960 Speaker 2: of its life, but most people don't do that. They go, Okay, well, 31 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: my schooner this weekend is fifty cents cheaper than it 32 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 2: was last weekend, so good on. He's in real trouble 33 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 2: in Victoria, though. There was a red Bridge pole published 34 00:01:33,959 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 2: in the Sunday Papers yesterday showing that there's been an 35 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 2: eight point four percent two party preferred swing to the Liberals. 36 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 2: That would, if it turned out that way across Victoria, 37 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 2: would mean eight seats alone in the state of Victoria 38 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: would go to Labor. Now, that would put Peter Dutton 39 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 2: a long way down the road to a job in 40 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: the lodge, because he's only got to win between sixteen 41 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: and eighteen seats and he could actually govern in his 42 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 2: own right. So if he picks up eight and Victoria 43 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 2: that's a huge boost for him. It shows also the 44 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 2: opposition leader, Dutton's popularity is way ahead of Anthony Albernezi. 45 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 2: So these poles are going to come out increasingly over 46 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 2: the next few weeks. The only polem matters is they 47 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 2: all say, is election day. But it's pretty positive. 48 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 3: But the Victoria one does prove that. The by elections 49 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 3: that we talked on the other day, the argument was 50 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 3: it local or was it federal? 51 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: It's federal. 52 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 2: The labor brand in this state is completely broken, and 53 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 2: it's broken because the ten years of state labor in particular, 54 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,120 Speaker 2: and people are suffering through things like land taxes that 55 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 2: they never had to pay before. Now is that canvas foot? 56 00:02:39,760 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 4: No. 57 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 2: But when you go to the polling booth and there's 58 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 2: a bunch of people standing out the front trying to 59 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 2: hand your labor out of vote cards, you think, well, 60 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 2: you're the same mob that made my life in Victoria. Hell, 61 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: I'm not voting for you exactly. That doesn't necessarily mean 62 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 2: those votes go to the liberals. They could go to 63 00:02:53,880 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 2: any number of independents, and I think there's going to 64 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,119 Speaker 2: be a huge surge in support for non aligned independent 65 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 2: candidates right all of Australia. 66 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 3: I did know that, you said. I don't know you 67 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 3: can say that with a straight face either. He said 68 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 3: on sixty Minutes last night, it's going to be a 69 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:07,320 Speaker 3: positive campaign. 70 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:08,799 Speaker 1: Is it really? Does anyone? 71 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 2: No, it's already negative. That did file was out talking 72 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: about Dutton's realistided empire last week. I mean they never 73 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 2: learned these people. I mean he's gone on there with 74 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 2: his partner Jody, and he's been interviewed by Carl Stefanovic, 75 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 2: which prompted me this morning knowing you or speaking to 76 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 2: you to remember before the last election Scott Morrison, the 77 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 2: then Prime Minister, when on sixty Minutes was interviewed by 78 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 2: Carl Stefanovic and sang April's son in Cuba playing the ukulelee. 79 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 4: I mean, and what happened? He was then out of 80 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 4: the job about a week later. So why would you 81 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 4: just say, Carl, stay away. I'm not going to do 82 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 4: anything with you at all. So what's Albo's April son 83 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 4: in Cuba moment last night? Well, he talks about you know. 84 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 2: He's going to get married this year and Albo's got 85 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 2: a dog called Toto, right, Toto is going to be 86 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: the ring bearer at the wedding ceremony. That's what added 87 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: to the alban Easy, Prime Minister of the Great Nation 88 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 2: of Australia told everyone on television last night. 89 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: Is she a credit to us? 90 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: The dog or the girl friend? No is. 91 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: His betrothed? She is? She is? She nicest you come? 92 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: Does she come across? 93 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 2: Well, it comes to the central coast in your south. 94 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 2: I was knock about fell in love with Anthony Albanizy. 95 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 2: It's some political rally, which is a bit of a worry. 96 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 2: But she was also she sang out go the Rabbitos, 97 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 2: who are a Breaken League team in Sydney. 98 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: The whole Trump thing did Were you worried when Trump? When? 99 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 3: When the British reporter at the White House last week said, 100 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 3: are you going to talk about August and Trump? 101 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: Sid? What's that? 102 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 2: Well? 103 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 3: Are you slightly worried that Marles gave him eight hundred 104 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 3: million dollars the other day? 105 00:04:55,520 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: More than slightly worried? It's quite remarkable. After he said 106 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: what the hell is orcus, he also turned to Kiirs 107 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 2: Dharma and said, well, you know, we get on really well, 108 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 2: We've got a great relationship with Australia. You seem to 109 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: have a great relationship with Australia as well. Does anyone 110 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 2: think Donald Trump actually knows that the British colonized Australia 111 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 2: back in the seventeen hundred, So, I mean, I doubt 112 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 2: that he would know that when he. 113 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: Had exactly where are we at? 114 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 3: By the way, the whole defense Chinese ships, all that 115 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:28,440 Speaker 3: sort of stuff, and you know, increase in defense spending 116 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 3: and their desire at Dunton's desire to spend billions on fighters. 117 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 3: Do you need fighters or is this just part of 118 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 3: this new Fris song we have going on with defense. 119 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 2: Well, these things were originally ordered and then cancered by 120 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 2: the Ovenue government. I'm talking about twenty eight thirty five 121 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,799 Speaker 2: light construct fighters, their best fighter aircraft in the world. 122 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,479 Speaker 2: If Dutton wins is going to spend three billion on 123 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 2: rounding out that order, and if he can and get 124 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 2: back into the production line and get hold of them, 125 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 2: they are a good weapon for Australia to have. Then 126 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 2: he comes at a time when that's tiller. It's now 127 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 2: off Perth. So these three ships have circumnavigated Australia. I mean, 128 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 2: if you can't see that, that's a provocative act by 129 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 2: the Chinese, then you're blind. Then the Prime Minister has 130 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,440 Speaker 2: been weak on this all week. He's tried to say 131 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 2: nothing to see here, they're in international waters, don't worry 132 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 2: about it. But it's actually the Chinese making very clear 133 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 2: that they can come and do whatever they want, whenever 134 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 2: they want. 135 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: Exactly the Alfred coming into Brisbane? Is it just me? 136 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 3: Or that seems to have been sitting off the coast 137 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 3: for days on end and we're waiting for it to 138 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 3: finally arrive. 139 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, and look it's a very long time since a 140 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 2: cyclone activity has been that far south. They're talking about 141 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: it making land between Byron Bay and Brisbane. Now, as 142 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 2: you would well know, the population in that corridor between 143 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,160 Speaker 2: Brisbane down to the Gold Coast, down to cool and 144 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 2: Gatta and then further on down to the Lord of 145 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 2: New southwill it's huge numbers of people. Millions of people 146 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 2: live in that region. So it would be catastrophic if 147 00:06:58,839 --> 00:07:00,359 Speaker 2: it did what they say it was going to do. 148 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 2: But look, it's already been downgraded from A four to 149 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 2: three and some suggestion it'll cross land Tuesday and it 150 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 2: might be down to all one. I just get Look, 151 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 2: let's hope if we're right, and that this thing's not 152 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 2: as strong as it seems. But are you not of 153 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,600 Speaker 2: my similar view that the media around that world. 154 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 3: Love They don't know exactly the moment they put out 155 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 3: a press release six weeks in advance of something that 156 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 3: may happen, they just go insane and it. 157 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 2: Never knew click on it. 158 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, all right, we'll see what happens Wednesday. We'll 159 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 3: talk then appreciate them as a Steve Price out of Australia. 160 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 3: Just by the way, Jerry Harvey Harvey Norman says, a 161 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,560 Speaker 3: minority government after the election under myne Australia's economy put 162 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 3: businesses tackling higher energy costs than labor shortages under more pressure. 163 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: It would be quote terrible. 164 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 3: We'll have a political system that's destined for having fight 165 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 3: after fight after fight and slowing down the economy at. 166 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: A rate of knots. 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