1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,000 Speaker 1: Still in the studio with me this morning, our very 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: own Kathleen Gazola and Kathleen, it's always a busy week 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: on a Friday, with the week that wasn't always interesting, 4 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: comments of course made interesting things discussed. A big topic 5 00:00:12,039 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: on the agenda today has indeed been Susan Lee being rolled. 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: I know that some are sort of questioning whether it's 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: a good look given the fact that she is the 8 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: first female leader of the Liberal Party. You know, we 9 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: talked about it this morning on air, and I would 10 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:30,400 Speaker 1: say it again. I think that the most important thing 11 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: with any government is that you've got a strong government 12 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: and a strong opposition. And at the moment we've got 13 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: a coalition party that is like naval gazing. 14 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 2: It is. 15 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 3: It's a rabble. 16 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 4: And I mean I think Jane Hume, who has been 17 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 4: elected deputy, had actually said that publicly either beginning of 18 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 4: this week or last week, as all this speculation was growing. Basically, 19 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 4: Susan Lee fronted up to the cameras and she said 20 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 4: that she had no hard feelings about it, She thanked 21 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 4: her supporters and would now retire from politics. She has 22 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 4: been a member for quite some time now, so I 23 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,679 Speaker 4: suppose maybe she's just put it down to this is the. 24 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 3: Cut and thrust of federal politics. 25 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:12,600 Speaker 1: But I reckon she's also gone, well, you know you've 26 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: oursked to be so borm Now you've got a buy election. 27 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 2: See how you like that? 28 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 3: Well, that's always a good one. 29 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 4: The card they've got left up their sleeve, you know, 30 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 4: So give it a crack and see what you think. 31 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 4: I mean, she did beat Angus Taylor to the leadership, 32 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 4: and then he's obviously gained those supporters and those supporters 33 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:32,280 Speaker 4: from Hasty So I mean he has united that side 34 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 4: of the Liberal Party to be able to take the numbers. 35 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 4: I mean what Marie Claire said, Oh, well like this, 36 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 4: they'll come back stronger than ever. Time will tell. They 37 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 4: do need to unite behind their leader. They've elected him 38 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 4: quite convincingly thirty four to seventeen, so it will be 39 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 4: very interesting. He has tried to kind of, you know, 40 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 4: take a bit of a leaf out of Howard's book. 41 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:59,639 Speaker 4: Obviously that the most popular Liberal leader over the last. 42 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 3: Few year time shas and stuff. 43 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, so you know, I mean that's probably a bit 44 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 4: of a smart move from him to do that and 45 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 4: hopefully gained some ground. 46 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: Kat We did also speak quite extensively about the by 47 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: election that's set to happen in Nightcliffe. It's you know, 48 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 1: it was interesting then to hear from Justine Davis and 49 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: Matt Cunningham. Matt had said that he had seen some 50 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: of the grassroots I can't remember what they're called. You 51 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: know that the independent sort of group or group of 52 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: Territorians catching up with each other at the Nightcliff Sports 53 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: Club last night. Justine didn't say whether you know, whether 54 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: they've got somebody who's going to be running or not, 55 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: but he certainly tried his best to get that info 56 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:42,120 Speaker 1: from her. 57 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it will be fascinating. You would have 58 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,639 Speaker 4: thought that hopefully things would have, you know, made announcement 59 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 4: by the end of this week. Time is ticking. How's 60 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 4: the c or peanut put up their candidate? You know, 61 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,840 Speaker 4: they clearly seems like they've been caught on a hop 62 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 4: a little bit. 63 00:02:56,639 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: Well and we're literally so they've gotten to the nighteenth. 64 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 2: Is that correct? 65 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 3: To our Thursday? 66 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 2: So there is no time at all. 67 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: I mean when you look at when this is actually happening, 68 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: you've got one to three working weeks basically, so anybody 69 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 1: that decides to put their hand up they're going to 70 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:17,519 Speaker 1: need to have a bit of a profile, or they're 71 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: going to need to get their sneakers on and get 72 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: out there knocking on every door in the electorate. Now, 73 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: I don't know that you actually do need to get 74 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: out there and knock on every single door, but you've 75 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 1: got to get creative in terms of being known by 76 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: the electras. 77 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 3: Yes, that's right. 78 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 4: You'd imagine this Sunday at the markets there will be 79 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 4: an orange and red tent and purple teal whatever stripes 80 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 4: that they carry, saying we probably at parapp markets. That 81 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 4: is definitely a central place. 82 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 3: Park run. 83 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: I hate park I hate politics at park run. I 84 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: don't think you should be allowed to wear a political 85 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 1: shirt to park run. I think if you're going to 86 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: take part in park run, you be well known enough 87 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: that people come and have a chat to you. Anyway, 88 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: I don't think that you should be running in your 89 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: labor shirt or your liberal shirt or your green shirt 90 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 1: or whatever it might be. Save your politics for outside 91 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: of sport. 92 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 4: I mean it could be the same thing for you know, 93 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 4: the Grand Fondo where their going along. Yes, you know, 94 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 4: I also don't like it at my market. I'm a 95 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 4: very frequent market attender every weekend and I sort of 96 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 4: admittedly put my head down and walk on past quickly. 97 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 3: Same here, but where it we're surrounded by it. 98 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, time, I mean, they are good spots for people 99 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 4: to get some information if you are trying to. 100 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: If you're trying to work out who you're a fantastic 101 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 1: opportunity to actually do that. 102 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 2: But yeah, I think it'll be interesting. 103 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:45,600 Speaker 1: It's going to be a really interesting few weeks and 104 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: it's going to be fascinating to see who else puts 105 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: their hand up to run. 106 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 2: And like you touched on and like we spoke about. 107 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: This morning, we couldn't get that information from Marie Clair 108 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: Boothby as to who's going to be running for the CLP. 109 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 2: But they want to choose pretty quickly. 110 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 4: I'd imagine they're probably getting together some you know, pictures 111 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 4: and all the stuff that. 112 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 3: Comes with put ready to go. 113 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, but you would have thought that maybe they would 114 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 4: have been a little bit on it. I mean, we've 115 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 4: obviously obviously the Greens would have had the insight is 116 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,919 Speaker 4: to what's happening. So of course they're ahead at the 117 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 4: game with selecting Suki and as Matt said, core flutes 118 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 4: are already up. But you know, as sources have been 119 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 4: telling three sixty, this hasn't been as a surprise. There's 120 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 4: been a bit of rumblings on it. So maybe, yeah, the. 121 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,559 Speaker 1: Timing of it potentially in terms of, you know, straight 122 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: after parliament sitting, because I thought it was a bit 123 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: of an own goal. And look, I suppose if you're unwell, 124 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: you're not thinking about it. But the discussion was well 125 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: and truly about the administrator and the government was sort 126 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 1: of pushed against the ropes a little bitch. 127 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: On that topic. 128 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: But then with the Greens member announcing that she's going 129 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: to you know, to resign effective immediately, what it has 130 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: meant to set that discussion's really got well away from 131 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: what had happened in Parliament last week around the administrator, 132 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: around those members of Parliament walking out of Parliament as 133 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: a result of that, to now it going straight to 134 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: a by election. So you would think if you're the 135 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: Chief Minister and the colp at the moment, you'd be 136 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: feeling pretty happy that this has actually happened. 137 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 4: Yes, well, I'll have to say, standing out at my 138 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,039 Speaker 4: computer and watching the discussion that you know, Matt Cunningham 139 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 4: was holding Marie Claire Boothby on the administrator. You could 140 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 4: kind of tell it was a little bit like she 141 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 4: didn't want to talk about it anymore. She had sort 142 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 4: of hope that that topic had moved on. You know, 143 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 4: had to really push her on whether she specifically supported 144 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 4: David Connolly being chosen for that role, So she had 145 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 4: to say it emphatically that she does. 146 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: Which was a little bit like the week on the 147 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 1: week that was, And we give poor Joel Baden a 148 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,159 Speaker 1: bit of stick about this, teasing him when we couldn't 149 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: quite get him to say that he supported the gas industry, 150 00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: and eventually he did. It felt a little bit like that. 151 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 1: But anyway, you know, throughout the week that was, that's 152 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 1: the time when we would definitely keep asking the question. 153 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 2: Kat. 154 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: You know, the other issue that's been huge on the 155 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: agenda this week for our listeners is that bus violence 156 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: and parents really concerned about that bus violence. We were 157 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: first to get that information, of course from concerned parents 158 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: because they are the people that listen to this show everyday, 159 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: Territorians who had real concern about their children getting on 160 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 1: the bus network and the violence that was seen on 161 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: Friday afternoon there at the bus exchange. Now Joe Hersey, 162 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:34,120 Speaker 1: the Education Minister, really quite strong on this throughout the 163 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: week and saying that it was not acceptable and that 164 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: she would not tolerate it as the minister. We now 165 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: know that there's you know that she has given that 166 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: update which I read out throughout the week that was 167 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: as well, saying that. 168 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 2: Education of met with DLI. 169 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: The Department of Logistics and Infrastructure and they're going to 170 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,840 Speaker 1: be deploying attendance offices on those school routes from Rosebery 171 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 1: and Driver to the depot then handover to Transit Safety from. 172 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:01,239 Speaker 3: Which is great. 173 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 4: And I mean, you know, we talked about Joe's response 174 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 4: this week, like. 175 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 3: That's what you want to see. 176 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 4: You want to see them get on the front foot 177 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 4: and really take action and hear what people are saying 178 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 4: and their concerns. 179 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 3: Whether it makes a difference, obviously, time will tell. 180 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 4: But to have those extra adults on those buses or 181 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 4: patrolling those areas is really good because I had heard 182 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 4: the Transport Workers Union had said, you know that the 183 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 4: bus driver had stopped and told the kids to stop 184 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 4: or calm down or so what and so forth, and 185 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 4: they just laugh in their face because they're like, whatever, 186 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 4: just drive the bus, you know, so to have an 187 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 4: extra number of adults on there in an authoritative position 188 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 4: that I think is important for parents to feel a 189 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,959 Speaker 4: bit safer. Hopefully that does act as a bit of 190 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 4: a deterrent along with those extra punishments and bands. 191 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 2: We can only hope, We can only hope well. 192 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: Kathleen Gazola, my producer and also covering off on the 193 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: local news, thanks so much for keeping us up to 194 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: date with everything this morning. 195 00:08:58,280 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 3: Thank you