1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,880 Speaker 1: In Australia, Steve Price, very good morning to you. 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 2: Good day. 3 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: That so Elbow was wearing a Sunnies and a sea 4 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: of world leaders, there was one man with Sonny's on 5 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: and that was Elbow and in a kubra hat. 6 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 3: Can you explain that to me? I just don't understand. 7 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 3: So for all of our wonderful listeners who've never worn 8 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 3: on the cubra hat, it's an Australian brand. It's like 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 3: our version of a cowboy had I suppose cool. And 10 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 3: our politicians normally pull it out of a bag somewhere 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 3: when they go outside of a capital city. 12 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 2: So if they're. 13 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 3: Campaigning or launching a new transport project somewhere out in 14 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 3: the bush, they put on a cubra. This is from 15 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 3: a politician. By the way, antonew VENEZI holds an inner 16 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,880 Speaker 3: urban seat in Sydney, which is about as far away 17 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 3: from a cubra wearing as you could possibly get. It 18 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 3: looks ridiculous when they do it here. It looked even 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 3: more ridiculous in my view, to do it at the 20 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 3: Vatican in Rome in Italy. Now, I don't know about you, Mike. 21 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 3: When you travel you try and blend in a little 22 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 3: bit you don't try and stand out if you possibly can. 23 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 3: And there is this blow representing our country wandering around 24 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 3: in sunglasses wearing a hat that he would not normally 25 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 3: even wear at home. 26 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 2: I mean, am I being too harsh? 27 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: Well well no, I mean, just let me put the 28 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: spart to your thinning on top warm day in Rome. 29 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 2: Baseball cap there for cool? I mean. 30 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 3: Anyway, he also met with Bottomy Zelensky on more serious 31 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 3: matters on the sidelines. And finally these M one A 32 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 3: one tanks that we no longer use in Australia because 33 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 3: what would be the point of having tanks in Australia ever? Anyway, 34 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 3: because no one's coming invading us over the outside Darwin, 35 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 3: we're going to hit them with tanks. The ridiculous to 36 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 3: own them. So we've decided we donate them to Ukraine, 37 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 3: which desperately does need that sort of armory. And they've 38 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 3: never left Australian shores. But we now learn after this 39 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 3: meeting between Zelenski and Anthony Albeezi, that the tanks are 40 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 3: our quote on their way. A couple of weeks ago, 41 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 3: the media revealed that the tanks we had promised I 42 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 3: think about three years ago were sitting in a shed 43 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 3: somewhere and hadn't even left the country. Now they are 44 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 3: unlike the X fighter planes that we cut up and 45 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 3: buried and don't use anymore. So the tanks are on 46 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 3: their way to Ukraine. 47 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: The meeting with. 48 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 3: Zelanski went very well, mister Albnez. He told him it's 49 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: crucial that we determine Ukraine determines its own future. He said, 50 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 3: Australia has already donated one point five billion dollars in support, 51 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 3: primarily military and defense support because the struggle, this is 52 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 3: a quote from the Prime Minister. The struggle and the 53 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 3: courage that your people are showing is quite remarkable, as. 54 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,720 Speaker 2: Is your leadership. So we're all in on Ukraine. 55 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: Well we're all into what extent because I thought, I mean, 56 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: Trump's supposed to be ringing everyone tomorrow and we're going 57 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,359 Speaker 1: to get some sort of peace to Are you still 58 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: giving these tanks to funder war or are you giving 59 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: these tanks because you're promised and you're a bit embarrassed 60 00:02:57,680 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: and they're sort of hopefully won't be used anymore if 61 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: and when we ever get to some sort of piece 62 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:01,720 Speaker 1: of room. 63 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 3: One percent. The latter comment that you make. They're on 64 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 3: a ship on their way there. They should have been 65 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,079 Speaker 3: there two years ago. They will finally get there. Everyone 66 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 3: hopes that the wall's over by the time they do 67 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 3: get there. And I presume I don't know if you 68 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 3: ever been delicted inch time, but when you go to 69 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 3: the border, there's a tank sitting there in the tiniest 70 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:19,280 Speaker 3: country in Europe. I presume they'll stick them on the 71 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 3: border and say, don't come back to our territory. Otherwise 72 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 3: the N ONEA ones will be there ready to shoot 73 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 3: shells at you. 74 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: Is there in the budget in Victoria tomorrow something for 75 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: everybody even though you have no. 76 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 3: Money, We have no money, and there is something for 77 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 3: everyone in this budget. Absolutely, And it starts with guess 78 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 3: what free public transport for anyone under the age of 79 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 3: eighteen for the rest of their lives, starting on January 80 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 3: the first next year. Now the election is next year, 81 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 3: twenty twenty six. We are broke. But you'll be given 82 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 3: a card. So you have to use a Mikey card 83 00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:00,120 Speaker 3: in Melbourne to travel on trains or trams or buses there. 84 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 3: Anyone under eighteen will be issued with a special card 85 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 3: that will cost a fortune, and you will be able 86 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 3: to tap this on to ride for free. This is 87 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 3: all very well and good. I should point out, though, 88 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 3: at the premier, who probably doesn't catch as many trains 89 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 3: and trams as what I do is that anyone under 90 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 3: the age of eighteen, particularly anyone between the ages of 91 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 3: say twelve and eighteen, they don't pay anyone. I never 92 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 3: see anyone get on a Melbourne tram. 93 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 2: Or a train and tap a cart. 94 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: Very glad you said that, because last time I was 95 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 1: in Melbourne and we were coming out of the restaurant 96 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: of my daughter and my wife and I and she goes, 97 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: we'll catch the train home, and I said, well, what 98 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: do you need for that? Do you need a credit card? 99 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 4: Cash? 100 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: She goes, don't need anything, just hop on board. 101 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 4: No one pays anyway, So it's a great promise it's 102 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 4: going to on paper who costs a lot of money, 103 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 4: but in reality it's already happening. 104 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 2: And I should just point out this wonderful figure for you. 105 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 3: The Victorian government debt in twenty fourteen twenty fifteen was 106 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 3: twenty two point three billion dollars. 107 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 2: Sounds like a lot of money, doesn't. 108 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: It, Max Then could that be because of day in. 109 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 3: Twenty twenty seven, twenty twenty eight, so in two years 110 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 3: time will be one hundred and eighty seven point three 111 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 3: billion dollars. 112 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: Jeez, Actually funny you should say that. I think ours 113 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: from memory, our national debt is about that as well, 114 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,960 Speaker 1: and so we're a whole country. Mind you, you're at 115 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 1: least five million, but our bill on the interest for 116 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: that is eight going on nine billion dollars a year 117 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 1: just on interest, so yours will be something similar. 118 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, several million dollars a day. We're paying on just 119 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 2: one hundred debt. 120 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: You watch the F one this morning, Oscar Oscar Max 121 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: one and he won by a lot, so that whole 122 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: Oscar slash and Lando dominance thing seems to be at 123 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: least putting its box for a week. 124 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. 125 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 3: Look, I mean it was the first second turn, wasn't it? 126 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 3: The MENI it was on pole. He just he let 127 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 3: Mex get through. He breaks a bit too early in 128 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 3: Max break and went straight past. 129 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:02,840 Speaker 2: Once he was pasted him. He was not unless there 130 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 2: was a problem. 131 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 3: He was not going to lose, so I wouldn't read 132 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 3: too much into that. Oscar said afterwards that he thought 133 00:06:07,960 --> 00:06:10,839 Speaker 3: that he'd made a mistake, and they also was a 134 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 3: pit stop problem where they put him on old he 135 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 3: was still on old tires and Norris went past him. 136 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,600 Speaker 2: But there you go. That's what formula one do. 137 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: That is true. Hey, quick question. I read what I 138 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 1: thought was a very interesting article over the weekend in Australia. 139 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: They looked at a number of individual booths out of 140 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: the election and the swing in Elbow's electorate. In some 141 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: of the booths he had a swing to him of 142 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 1: twenty five percent. How do you explain that, given one 143 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: you already knew who he was, generally a prime minister's 144 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 1: reasonably popular in their local electorate. What is it that 145 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 1: happened that so many people suddenly fell in love with 146 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: them that way? 147 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 3: Well, I guess you've got to go back to the 148 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 3: election before and there was a very strong vote for 149 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 3: both a Kiel candidate and an independent candidate and the. 150 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 2: Greeds, So I would put that down. 151 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,799 Speaker 3: And without having a look at that in particular Booth, 152 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 3: a whole bunch of people who thought they were voting 153 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,280 Speaker 3: Green in the election prior to a recent one decided 154 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 3: that the Greens had become such a nasty, hard left 155 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 3: pro Palestine party that they would pull their votes from 156 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 3: the Greens and give it to alban Ezy. 157 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: That's what I suspecting to have see Wednesday. 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