S1: This is a mini font cast a bite sized chunk
S1: containing some of our favorite moments from the last full
S1: episode of the podcast.
S2: We went forwards and then went backwards on the last week,
S2: and directly as a result of the launch of the
S2: AFL team on the Monday night, you.
S1: Went backwards.
S3: Because of the launch of the AFL team? Yes, despite
S3: being the party that's been the strongest supporter of the
S3: AFL team.
S2: Explains might be revelation to you guys. Not to not
S2: to David because he agrees with me, the stadium and
S2: yet the the biggest pile of stinking poo in this state.
S2: The stadium politically really, uh, and very refreshing. We spent
S2: the this has been my view all along. I think
S2: the record will show this. Um, of course, we spent
S2: the entire campaign variously trying to polish that turd or
S2: to cover it up and disguise it with various other
S2: pieces of shiny announcement, so it wasn't talked about.
S3: So therefore you don't buy in to some people's view,
S3: and certainly not mine, that the overwhelming support for the
S3: team equates to an overwhelming support for the stadium.
S2: Well, no. In fact, again, our vote went backwards in
S2: the last week because what that launch did was bring
S2: to the fore that issue. And as a result, many,
S2: many more people went to the ballot box thinking about
S2: that rather than thinking about what we wanted to talk about,
S2: was think about because a majority government.
S3: And is there any chance in the world your vote
S3: went backwards in the last week because last Sunday you
S3: came out and Undemocratically said, if you disagree with the
S3: Liberal Party, you'll be kicked out of Parliament. No, really
S3: got just wall to wall. Great feedback on that idea.
S2: Um, when.
S3: Will we see that enshrined? Well, when.
S2: It passes the parliament, I presume. Alex.
S3: You're going to stick with that one.
S2: The entire 2030 strong plan cap here.
S3: Includes.
S2: Non-negotiable.
S3: You can includes making people cap in hand. The plank
S3: of the plan.
S2: Well, um.
S3: What will be the threshold when Eric Abetz votes votes
S3: against conversion conversion therapy or I think.
S2: Yeah, that is a very long bow, Alex. I don't
S2: think it was made clear in the campaign that that
S2: is not the threshold. The threshold is easy for you,
S2: I don't know, quit your party to join another party
S2: or be an independent, which is what happened.
S3: And that's it. I hate to agree, but I will, uh,
S3: on the stadium, I'll offer a piece of weak data.
S2: Yes, I've got a weak correlation.
S3: Yeah, the swing against the liberals was strongest the further
S3: you got from the stadium. Sam.
S2: Dada. Wow.
S3: So, um, in Lyons, the swing against the liberals. Tell
S3: me if I've done the maths wrong. 13.6%. Um, in
S3: Barada in in bass 21.85%. Correct. That's where the alternate
S3: games would be played. Our stadium wasn't built where the.
S2: Stadium wasn't being built. One of the.
S3: Pipe. Yeah. And in Braddon 11.9. That confounds the the
S3: sort of straight line the further you get from home.
S3: There was a.
S2: Premier factor there.
S3: The less the stadium there was. Um, you know whereas
S3: in Clark and Franklin, minus four, minus eight.
S2: There you go.
S3: There's your, there's your. Um, there's some dialogue going to add.
S2: To that writing style, uh, which came in from the
S2: field via a candidates that it was the number one
S2: issue on the doors north of Baghdad.
S3: That's right. It's funny. I mean, I got anecdotal evidence
S3: there was a problem for labor on the doors down
S3: here as well. So maybe the both things can be true.
S3: I think it was a problem for labor.
S2: There's another position that was their problem.
S3: Well, they didn't they certainly didn't benefit from their anti-stadium stance. No,
S3: they didn't benefit. So what does that mean then. Well,
S3: well hang on.
S2: We'll come to that. But um, to be clear, um,
S2: it was the biggest single drag on the Liberal campaign
S2: was the stadium. There was this this election campaign was
S2: about one thing. It was the stadium. It just wasn't
S2: said out loud. But it was the main issue in
S2: this campaign. Two parties that gained votes and gained seats
S2: were clearly against the stadium, the Lambies and the Greens.
S2: And you cannot argue with that. Yep. If the Labor
S2: Party had have had a clear, strong position against it
S2: from the start, if Rebecca White had stood on Macquarie
S2: Point every single day and said, I hate this thing,
S2: and then every second day said, I'm going to build
S2: this hospital instead of that thing. Labor would be in
S2: government today.