1
00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,960
Speaker 1: Donna de Mayo, our Australia correspondent, Donna, good morning, good

2
00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:06,600
Speaker 1: morning to you. Good so you don't want Andrew as

3
00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:07,080
Speaker 1: your king?

4
00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:12,159
Speaker 2: Surprise, surprise. Look, we had heard, we had heard that

5
00:00:12,160 --> 00:00:15,280
Speaker 2: the British government was considering passing a law that would

6
00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:20,000
Speaker 2: remove Andrew Mountbatten Winsor's succession rights, and of course this

7
00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,479
Speaker 2: followed his arrest then release without charge. We have now

8
00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,160
Speaker 2: heard that Anthony Alberanezi has told the British PM that

9
00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,640
Speaker 2: the Australian government would agree to any proposal to remove

10
00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:34,280
Speaker 2: Andrew from the line of rayal succession. Now he remains

11
00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:38,839
Speaker 2: eighth in line to the throne. So mister Albinezi is

12
00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,240
Speaker 2: the first leader of a Commonwealth country to confirm support

13
00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,879
Speaker 2: for legislation that would strip Andrew of succession rights. And

14
00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,839
Speaker 2: he actually wrote this to his British counterpart to let

15
00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,640
Speaker 2: him know of Australia's position. It looks it's a very

16
00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:56,400
Speaker 2: complex legal framework that would surround this changing of the

17
00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,960
Speaker 2: line of succession, but it means that these changes require

18
00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,720
Speaker 2: are all countries where King Charles is head of state,

19
00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,399
Speaker 2: including Australia, to pass new law. So the Prime Minister

20
00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,520
Speaker 2: has said these are grave allegations and Australia takes them

21
00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:13,960
Speaker 2: very seriously. So he's made that move.

22
00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,880
Speaker 3: Now, it's interesting what did the Australian public think of that,

23
00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:18,920
Speaker 3: you know, down at the pub, because I had spoke

24
00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,680
Speaker 3: to our deputy Prime Minister here going called David Seymour

25
00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:24,639
Speaker 3: about this last week and he said, so many people

26
00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,520
Speaker 3: have to die in order that he would actually become king.

27
00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:32,679
Speaker 3: It's not probably not worth your time passing a law. Oh.

28
00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,320
Speaker 2: I think I can't speak for all Australians, but I

29
00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,040
Speaker 2: think they, you know, just in case, I think they're

30
00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,920
Speaker 2: going to support that move, just just saying all.

31
00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,200
Speaker 1: Right, and you've got a monsoon low heading your way.

32
00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,160
Speaker 2: Oh, this is quite nasty. In fact, some areas of

33
00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,920
Speaker 2: Australia could actually get a year's worth of rain in

34
00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,120
Speaker 2: just one week. And these are parts of South Australia

35
00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,400
Speaker 2: right across Queensland and New South Wales. And of course

36
00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,000
Speaker 2: there's a risk of a great deal of flash flooding

37
00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:06,200
Speaker 2: with its monsoon low. The forecast obviously follows this record

38
00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,880
Speaker 2: breaking heat that we've suffered through in recent times. The

39
00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:13,720
Speaker 2: Bureau Mineorology has issued these quite a number of severe

40
00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:17,600
Speaker 2: weather warnings for today, and we know that intense rainfalls expected.

41
00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:22,320
Speaker 2: For instance, some places could get brace yourself two hundred

42
00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,400
Speaker 2: to three one hundred millimeters of rain over just a

43
00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:27,720
Speaker 2: handful of days. And Melbourne isn't in the clear either.

44
00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,000
Speaker 2: We've got thunderstorms coming, we've got heavy rain, flash flooding,

45
00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,600
Speaker 2: so it's going to be a land of extremes throughout

46
00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:36,680
Speaker 2: the day and the rest.

47
00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:39,800
Speaker 1: Of the week. Don appreciate that. Dono dema Our, Australia correspondent.

48
00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,919
Speaker 1: For more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge.

49
00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,600
Speaker 2: Listen live to News Talks it be from five am weekdays,

50
00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,760
Speaker 2: or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.