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Speaker 1: With me right now though we've got out of Australia.

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Speaker 1: Oli Peterson six pr Perth Life presenter, Hayoli Hey, Heather. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So how many people have put their hands up for

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Speaker 1: the Liberal Party leadership now?

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Speaker 2: Well two and a half.

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Speaker 3: So you've got Susan Lee, You've got obviously Angus Taylor,

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Speaker 3: and now Tim Wilson is flirting with the idea he

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Speaker 3: won Goldstein from Zoey Daniel. He's flirting with the idea

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Speaker 3: of trying to perhaps potentially wrestle the leadership away from

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Speaker 3: probably Angus Tayley. You'd imagine he's the front runner there

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Speaker 3: tomorrow when the Liberal Party meets. Wilson is considered one

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Speaker 3: of the moderates. There's not many moderates left in the

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Speaker 3: Liberal Party at the moment. It would probably be unlikely

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Speaker 3: he'd have enough support from his colleagues.

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Speaker 2: But I'll tell you what fresh face. He looks good.

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Speaker 3: Put him on the ticket as leader or deputy, give

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Speaker 3: them a fresh start. How old is angers Angus Taylor's

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Speaker 3: I reckon he's in his fifties.

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Speaker 2: He might haven't been a bit older.

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Speaker 3: He might have been closer to sixty, to be honest,

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Speaker 3: fifty eight I read a.

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Speaker 1: Really interesting piece on this which was that neither Angus

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Speaker 1: Taylor nor Susan Lee will ever become the prime minister

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Speaker 1: because both of them too old really and the placeholders

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Speaker 1: because by the time the next election rolls around is

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Speaker 1: probably going to be a generational change.

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Speaker 2: What do you think?

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Speaker 3: Probably, I think the difficulty is most Australians don't really

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Speaker 3: know either Angus Taylor or Susan Leeve. Tim Wilson's forty five,

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Speaker 3: so I think you probably need him on the ticket.

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Speaker 3: I think him is either the leader or the deputy. Look,

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Speaker 3: the big victory that the government had at the polls

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Speaker 3: last weekend sets it up for not just this term

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Speaker 3: but the following term. So maybe the next leader of

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Speaker 3: the Liberal Party isn't even you know us, the next leader,

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Speaker 3: next Prime minister from that side of the fence isn't

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Speaker 3: even in the parliament yet.

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Speaker 1: Yeah maybe, And so talk me through the Nationals.

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Speaker 3: So Matt Canavan, he's putting up his hand to take

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Speaker 3: on David Little Proud. He will not win the leadership

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Speaker 3: of the National Party. But Matt is a hardcore right

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Speaker 3: member of the party. He argued on the Today Show

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Speaker 3: this morning that they were told to tone things down

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Speaker 3: in the lead up to the election because the Liberals

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Speaker 3: were getting a bit nervous. The relationship between the Nats

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Speaker 3: and the Libs is quite soad as we speak, Heather

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Speaker 3: and just since Price has defected from the National Party

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Speaker 3: room to the Liberal Party room, she's even a potential

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Speaker 3: candidate for Deputy leader tomorrow in the Liberal Party. That

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Speaker 3: has really soured those relations between the coalition partners.

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Speaker 2: And the fact that the NATS only now have.

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Speaker 3: Five senators, with just Enterprise going to the Libs that

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Speaker 3: makes it four in the upper house of the Australian Parliament.

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Speaker 2: They're not actually qualifying now as a.

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Speaker 3: Party, so they don't get all the resources and the

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Speaker 3: back room staff to be able to do the work

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Speaker 3: that the coalition's junior partner's already had. So there is

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Speaker 3: some talk within the Nats they might just tell the

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Speaker 3: Libs to get stuffed and go and sit by themselves independently,

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Speaker 3: which is funnily enough, what happens on this side of

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Speaker 3: the country. The Libs in the NATS in Western Australia

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Speaker 3: are not in coalition, they're in an alliance and they

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Speaker 3: always stress to us in Wa that they are very

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Speaker 3: much their own parties but will come together to support

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Speaker 3: supply or you know, they come together with commonalities.

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Speaker 1: And what did you make of the cabinet lineup?

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Speaker 3: Well, I think it's really interesting that Tanya Plibasik has

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Speaker 3: been moved from Environment to Social ste Servis because obviously

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Speaker 3: Anthony Alberize doesn't like her and she doesn't like him,

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Speaker 3: so he's been able to move probably his biggest rival

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Speaker 3: and threat, Mark Butler.

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Speaker 2: Who's the Health Minister.

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Speaker 3: He also takes on the challenge of National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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Speaker 3: That's a mammoth portfolio. So good luck to Mark Butler.

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Speaker 3: And I note Michelle Rolins the new Attorney General because

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Speaker 3: Mark Drafison ed Husick were dumped over the weekend. Ed

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Speaker 3: Hughsick described the Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles as a

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Speaker 3: factional assassin.

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Speaker 2: So they have had a big victory last week here

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Speaker 2: the heather.

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Speaker 3: And you think, oh, it's all hunky dory here because

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Speaker 3: you've got so many backbenches and so many divisional divides

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Speaker 3: amongst the factions and the unions. There is a hell

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Speaker 3: of a lot of infighting going on in the Prime

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Speaker 3: Minister didn't come to the aid of two of his

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Speaker 3: most senior cabinet ministers. He said, nup, that's up to

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Speaker 3: the factions, that's up to the caucus to deside who

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Speaker 3: they put forward. So it's a big test already of

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Speaker 3: his leadership and it shows that Albo runs the roost

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Speaker 3: and he's maybe not prepared to fight for anybody or

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Speaker 3: save anybody at this stage.

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Speaker 2: Interesting.

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Speaker 1: Now, what's going on with is Ozzie who's in the

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Speaker 1: Jalen Iraq.

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Speaker 3: Well, he's about to die, they reckon because he's got

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Speaker 3: lung cancer. This is a terrible story. This man has

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Speaker 3: been behind bars in Iraq now for four years. Robert Peether,

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Speaker 3: he was put behind bars. The family claims over some

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Speaker 3: odd links between his company and the Iraqi governments. He

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Speaker 3: had to sign in Arabic a confession which he didn't understand,

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Speaker 3: they say.

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Speaker 2: Four years ago.

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Speaker 3: So the charges they argue are trumped up. But he's

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Speaker 3: been in bag that hospital.

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Speaker 2: They reckon. He's got lung cancer while he has been

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Speaker 2: in prison.

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Speaker 3: But he's not even being given now basic help or

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Speaker 3: assistance if he is battling lung cancer. His family obviously

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Speaker 3: raising the alarm. There hasn't been much from the Australian government.

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Speaker 3: To be honest, there's been a little bit from the

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Speaker 3: Irish government because they live in Ireland as well, but

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Speaker 3: not much from the Australian government. I've got to say

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Speaker 3: it's a bit of an unfortunately sleeper issue in Australia.

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Speaker 2: At the moment, the plight of poor Robert Peter.

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Speaker 3: But when you dig into the story and what he

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Speaker 3: is going through and the lack of representation and the

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Speaker 3: allegations here of what might have gone on in the

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Speaker 3: Iraqi justice system, you'd think that the Australian government might

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Speaker 3: want to intervene calling for his release the Guard the

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Speaker 3: Australian government calling for his release. But you haven't had

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Speaker 3: Penny Wong on the front pages. You haven't seen on

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Speaker 3: the television screaming that from the rooftop. So let's hope

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Speaker 3: you get some help in the government's able to provide

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Speaker 3: some consular assistance at least.

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Speaker 2: To the poor bloke.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, totally, Hey, Ollie, thank you.

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Speaker 2: Has always appreciated.

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