1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: In Australia, Steve morning to you mate, Good morning. So 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: that's South Australian vote. Yes, Melanowska's won. So I've got 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: several questions. Is Melanowskas some sort of rock star and 4 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: therefore he tilted the vote his way? Or is South 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 1: Australia just labor or is labor strong simply because they're 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: the opposition to useless? 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: Probably the latter. The opposition's pretty useless. In WA they 8 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 2: were down to single figures and it looks like they 9 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 2: will be in South Australia as well. Peter malanowskis and 10 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:32,919 Speaker 2: Chrismans in New South Wales as a premier of New 11 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 2: South Wales. There are two labor politicians that ought to 12 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 2: be running the country. I mean, if I was a dictator, 13 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 2: I'd be saying to them both, right, you've fixed up 14 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: your states, that's it. Come to Canberra and fix up 15 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,600 Speaker 2: the country. Because they're center right labor politicians in the 16 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,440 Speaker 2: same manner that Bob Hawk was, and that's what we 17 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: need nationally. And they're both very good. But the big 18 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:56,440 Speaker 2: story out of there, of course, is one nation and 19 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 2: what happened there. Now, this is the first big test 20 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 2: the rebirth of One Nation since Barnaby Joyce, who used 21 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 2: to be with the Nationals, defected, they picked up twenty 22 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 2: two percent of the primary vote. The Liberal Party is 23 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 2: probably in South Australia going to go from sixteen seats 24 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: down to seven, maybe even six only so down to 25 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 2: single figures, and the One Nation Party could win two 26 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 2: or three Lower House seats. They've already run at least 27 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 2: one Upper House seat. And of course this is just 28 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: the practice match because we now have a federal by 29 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 2: election coming up in the seat of Farah, and you've 30 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 2: also got a by election in Victoria, so it's really 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,280 Speaker 2: the Fara by election where everyone else seat. Is this real? 32 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 2: I think we've got to stop asking that question. One 33 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 2: Nations now a genuine, reborn political force and it's scooping 34 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: up voters from not just the Liberal and Nationals, but 35 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 2: from labor as well. And when I say that, and 36 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 2: they're appealing to working class labor, typical voters in blue 37 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: collar seats who are sick and tired of the cost 38 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 2: of living migration, which is poll enhance's biggest policy, and 39 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 2: they're just saying, okay, we're going to if you don't 40 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 2: if you don't listen to us. We're going to keep 41 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: throwing votes at one nation, and so the Labor Party 42 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 2: is equally as worried about it as anyone. 43 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: Else would one nation. I mean they would publicly say so. 44 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: But they got the Bonardi seat, they'll get some in 45 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: the Upper House. Is at twenty two percent with the 46 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: preferencing that you do. Is that a good material result 47 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: on the number they had in terms of polls and 48 00:02:32,440 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: what they got. 49 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, I won't boil the audience in trying to explain 50 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 2: preferential voting, but twenty two percent primary vote is massive, 51 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 2: and the fact that the Libs are down to single figures, 52 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 2: So that's the figures you look at. I mean the 53 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 2: problem for them is preferences spray around like a gardener. 54 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: You've got no idea where they go. So by that, 55 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 2: I mean if you put in number one your one 56 00:02:55,680 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 2: nation vote, and then you go through the preferencing, you 57 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 2: could prefer anyone. You could say, Okay, I'm going to 58 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 2: vote for Pauline and then my second preference will be 59 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 2: the Labor Party because I'm still, deep down really a 60 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 2: blue collar labor voter. And that's how that works. So 61 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 2: it's a very difficult thing. And that's one nation's problem. 62 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: How much pressure on elbow to cut you some slack 63 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 1: on the fuel price. You know, the tax relief will 64 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 1: cap the price, will take Wednesdays off or something. 65 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, he's still trying to pretend that it's not 66 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,119 Speaker 2: a real problem. But when you drive around at see 67 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 2: diesel well over three dollars a liter and in many 68 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 2: regional rural places petro stations actually shut. He's under huge pressure. 69 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 2: So he started hitting the phones to places like Singapore 70 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 2: and China and saying, well, hang on, guys, I understand 71 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 2: that you're starting to limit the ships that are coming 72 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 2: to Australia loaded with crud that we can then refine 73 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 2: it or sending us refined fuel. But don't forget we 74 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: send the other way gas, huge amounts of it, particularly 75 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 2: the places like Japan and iron or So we've got 76 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 2: to just talk this through and you've got to make 77 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 2: sure you keep sending me sending me petrol. But the 78 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 2: public are all wake up to this and everyone keeps 79 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 2: topping up. And this is the problem that you might 80 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 2: have the supply that the demand is still through the roof. 81 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: Chris Bullen, the loopy Energy Minister, he warned on Sunday 82 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 2: about quote bumpy supply from next month. This is the 83 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 2: same bloke that two weeks ago said there was no 84 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 2: crisis at all, it's not a drama. He's now talking about, 85 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,159 Speaker 2: Oh well maybe you should work from home. So we're 86 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: going down to work from home route now, where we 87 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 2: already have a huge number of people, particularly in our 88 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,360 Speaker 2: major capital cities, who work from home a couple of 89 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 2: days a week, we're going to look like ending up 90 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 2: the way that the Italians have where or some of 91 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 2: the other European countries where they've actually mandated you don't 92 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 2: travel into work. I'm not quite sure how that actually helps, 93 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 2: because the majority of people who go into the CBD 94 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 2: in Melbourne, as you would know Mike, go on a 95 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,240 Speaker 2: train or a tram, and that's not going to No 96 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 2: one's driving their car into the city anymore. That stopped 97 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,839 Speaker 2: that in about nineteen seventy. There's nowhere to park, so 98 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 2: you don't take your car to work. I mean, God, 99 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 2: say these people, they don't actually know what happens in 100 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 2: the country that they actually rule. I mean, it's ridiculous. 101 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 2: So yeah, fuel prices are through the roof, and the 102 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: other interesting thing. Fuel theft has taken off. You know, 103 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:18,599 Speaker 2: if you turn up at a petro station, fill your 104 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: car up and drive off, no one's chasing you. So 105 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 2: that's gone through the roof and people are pinching petrol 106 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 2: from all over the place. So we're in as much 107 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 2: trouble as you are. And who knows where it's going 108 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 2: in this. 109 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: Big Tobacco is threatening to pull out. Is this real 110 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: or not real? 111 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 2: Yeah? Kingsley Wheat and chief executive British American Tobacco has 112 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 2: been in the country for the last couple of weeks. 113 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 2: They are the biggest supplies of legal cigarettes in this country. 114 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 2: He said, look, I'm sick of this. We're going to 115 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: pull out and you've got to fix it. You've got 116 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 2: to bring the excise on legal tobacco down or we're gone. 117 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 2: Seventy five percent. Let me repeat that figure. Seventy five 118 00:05:56,160 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 2: percent of cigarettes in Australia are now illegal cigarettes. And 119 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 2: you could. I proved it myself. I reade a column 120 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 2: about it. Last week. I went to three shops in 121 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 2: Chapel Street and bought cigarettes for sixteen dollars a packet 122 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 2: illegal ones. No one asked any questions, no one said no, 123 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 2: we don't sell them. They just all have them under 124 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 2: the counter, and that would have cost me about fifty 125 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 2: or sixty dollars a packet for legal cigarettes. Now this 126 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 2: figure will blow your mind. About four or five years ago, 127 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 2: the federal government used to raise seventeen billion billion with 128 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 2: a b dollars in tobacco xis every year. It's now 129 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 2: this year down to five. So seventeen down to five 130 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 2: because of the high rate of xis on cigarettes. So 131 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 2: this bloke Waten, he is very serious. He said, look, 132 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 2: there's no point us even being here. We must just 133 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 2: pack our cigarettes up and see you later. 134 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: Interesting, right, MAT's see Wednesday, appreciate it. Steve Price out 135 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: of Australia, there are four metioned mens who runs New 136 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: South Wales. He was sort of in charge when Hertzeg 137 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: came to town. I mean Hertzig went to Melbourne as 138 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: well as in the Israeli president and they had all 139 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: those protests and stuff like that, and then the Law 140 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: Enforcement Conduct Commission got involved and they sort of limited 141 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: how much you could protest it. Anyway, Pole came out 142 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: fifty four percent of voters believe Min's handled the protest well. 143 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:16,000 Speaker 1: Eighteen percent said he handled it poorly, so he's a hit. 144 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: Melanauskis in South Australia's a hit. Jacinta Rellen is a disaster. 145 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 1: And the bloke who's running New South Wales who sort 146 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: of took over from the previous blok who's running not 147 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: in New South Wales, a blok who's running Western Australia 148 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: who took over from the other bloke who's running Western Australia. 149 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: He seems a hit as well. For more from the 150 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to news talks it'd be 151 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio