1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:01,319 Speaker 1: Ninety six. 2 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 2: A FM plans at least one more time, and I 3 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 2: showed for twenty twenty four is a Christmas party at 4 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 2: the Broken Hill Hotel and all I want to do 5 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 2: is have a little fun before an election. 6 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 3: Lise Well, it has become a Christmas tradition on our 7 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 3: show to be joined by the premier. 8 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 4: Good morning Christmas, good morning, great to be here. 9 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 1: I'm really well joining Now. 10 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 3: Can I just say we're going to need that electricity 11 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 3: credit today. 12 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 4: I think everyone's going to have their air cons cranked up. 13 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: This is really humid summer's here, right, yeah. True. 14 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 3: And it's been a quiet start. 15 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 2: It's been yeah, it's been mellow, hasn't very weather absolutely yeah, yeah, 16 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 2: make good to see you. 17 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: Look at fighting fit. 18 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 4: Oh look and Dave, Dave Faulk. It was I was 19 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 4: a bit star struck, I must I was saying to 20 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 4: some folk down the front here that last time I 21 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 4: saw Dave fall there was ninety eighty five. 22 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: He had long hair and I had tints oh talking. 23 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 4: It was that the looking borough. 24 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, you both should have recreated it for the morning 25 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 2: for a wig on. 26 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: Put the wig on. 27 00:00:57,520 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was great. I mean then his voice is 28 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 4: still so strong, and he had he had already cranked 29 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 4: up a gig last night. 30 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it was amazing. It's a lot to ask 31 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: the truth rock. 32 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 3: Star first thing in the morning, park you know we 33 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 3: do when they do now twenty twenty four. Can I 34 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 3: just say, I'm very disappointed that we didn't get to 35 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 3: keep the penguin. Do you know? I, in my life 36 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 3: thought I would see an Emperor penguin standing on the 37 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 3: sand at Denmark looking around, going where. 38 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 4: The hell am I? 39 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 1: Hell am I? 40 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 4: But that penguin? 41 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 3: Can you can you update this? 42 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 4: I can't actually know. 43 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 3: But I saw on your your site that he'd hop 44 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 3: footed it back to wherever. 45 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 4: You go, back to the Antarctic. 46 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: I suppose you ever got the penguin at home? Have 47 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: you read? It would be a pretty cool to have 48 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: talking point. 49 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 5: Okay, you can tell us about yeah, tell us about 50 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 5: the penguin, but you can't tell us about the transport. 51 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 4: Yeah. Look, ellen Brook rail line. I'm chatting to a 52 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 4: few folk in the crowd. Some of them are Ellenbrook 53 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 4: locals or people who live along that line. That's good. 54 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 4: That's a game changer, right, This is public transport infrastructure 55 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 4: which is literally going to change lives and those people 56 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 4: out at Ellenbrook who will promised this back in two 57 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 4: thousand and eight. You know, I have waited so long 58 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 4: for it to happen. 59 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: Yes, and it was. 60 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 4: I was so proud to be there with the Prime Minister, 61 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,440 Speaker 4: the Deputy Premier, the Federal Minister for Transport. Yes, you know, 62 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,959 Speaker 4: all leaned in to make this thing happen for Western 63 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 4: Australians and it will literally transport lives. We know that 64 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 4: the importance of public transport, you know, just to get 65 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 4: to work and so on. But this means that kids 66 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,480 Speaker 4: that are that live out there will be able to 67 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 4: go to universities, will be able to go to work 68 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,239 Speaker 4: in the city or a tafe at somewhere university in 69 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 4: the well. That's right, Yeah, it's such an exciting project. 70 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 2: Look again, may I moved out of Balla Jura in 71 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 2: nineteen ninety nine, so it was I missed out on 72 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 2: the timing. Well after so much talk and so much activity. 73 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 2: And of course it costs money, a lot of federal money, 74 00:02:57,800 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 2: nearly a billion dollars in federal money. 75 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: But I must have been a great morning to have it. 76 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: Actually you need to actually cut the ribbon. It was. 77 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 4: It was both a moment of great pride but also 78 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:10,919 Speaker 4: great relief as well. Were you know, wrestling this project 79 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 4: for a number of years, particularly the Deputy Premier Rita. 80 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: Was rich, a bit teary. She was on the edge 81 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: solute time, a lot of time coming and. 82 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 4: You know, there's a lot of people that said we 83 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 4: couldn't do it. A lot of people said that we 84 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 4: wouldn't do it. A lot of people said we shouldn't 85 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 4: do it. Yeah, but we did it, and people along 86 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 4: that line are going to have such a great experience 87 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,839 Speaker 4: and be able to take advantage of what is now 88 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 4: world class public transport. Yes, and that's something we've never 89 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 4: been grade ating w A right. 90 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 3: You know, we always we're very spread around the place. 91 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 4: It's one of the longest cities in the world. Yeah, 92 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 4: we've always relied on the car. Now you can catch 93 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 4: a train from mandra all the way to yan Chip 94 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 4: for four dollars sixty. You can't do that in any 95 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 4: other part of the world. That's around about one hundred 96 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 4: and twenty kilometers. 97 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 3: Speaking about Ribbon Cushing, I drove over the causeway getting 98 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 3: here this morning because the sun was just coming up 99 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 3: and the new bridge looked magnificent. Does that open on 100 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 3: in a week or something that's coming. 101 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 4: Look, it's a stunning piece of infrastructureful it's locked in 102 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 4: for around about the twenty seconds in terms of its opening, 103 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,239 Speaker 4: I don't. I think people might have seen some sneak 104 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 4: peaks when they had the lights on it. 105 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: I saw that we saw it before. 106 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 4: Yeah, this is going to be the most extraordinary entry 107 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:25,920 Speaker 4: statement for Perth. And we always say, you know perf 108 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 4: it doesn't have any iconic buildings and structures and stuff. 109 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 4: This is iconic and this is going to be beautiful. 110 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 4: And I think when people actually see the full display 111 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 4: of the lights and what we can do to promote 112 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 4: the state through that bridge, they're going to be just 113 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 4: blown away. And of course it means that people can 114 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:48,720 Speaker 4: walk and rise cycle point for a drink, get back 115 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 4: to the park and the afternoon and of course we'll 116 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 4: be a bit at the broken Hill of course. 117 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: At some point walk across stumble. 118 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 4: That's right, that's right, it's exciting. 119 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: I'm speaking about. 120 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 2: Free public transport over summer and kids and families getting 121 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 2: into the museum is great as well. 122 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 4: Yeah, look, we know that the Western Australian economy is 123 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 4: going game busters at the moment, but there's still a 124 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 4: lot of people that are doing it tough. You know, 125 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,920 Speaker 4: the cost of living is impacting on a lot of people, 126 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 4: so we're looking at all the ways that we can 127 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 4: assist people with that. We know that over summer there's 128 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 4: extra pressures because you've got the kids at home. There's 129 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 4: a whole range of things, which which means that over 130 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 4: the summer our budgets are that little bit more tested. 131 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 4: So the opportunity had the summer of free public transport 132 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 4: is obviously great. We've got free entry to all our 133 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 4: WA Museum sites, seven sites across WA and of course 134 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 4: every you know, into everyone's horizon and synergy bills. This 135 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 4: month and next month they'll see another three hundred and 136 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 4: fifty dollars household electricity credit. So that comes at a 137 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 4: time and everyone's Christmas budgets under pressure, and we're hoping 138 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 4: that that would just give everyone that little bit extra 139 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 4: this summer. 140 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 3: All right, Well, in summing up as premier, what has 141 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 3: been your rose and thorn. 142 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: Of the year. 143 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 4: Oh look, the rose would have to have been the 144 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 4: opportunity to celebrate with everyone along the ellen Brook Line 145 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 4: last Sunday. That was an absolute highlight, and that gives 146 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 4: me a chance to keep talking about that. 147 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 1: Well, I think about what the. 148 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 4: Thorn was saying goodbye to the penguin, mister penguin. But look, 149 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 4: it's been great hanging out with you guys this year. 150 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. 151 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 4: It's always great to come on ninety six f M, 152 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 4: so really great to really enjoy the opportunities to catch up. 153 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 4: And I want everyone to just enjoy this summer and 154 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 4: but make sure you stay safe. You know, we've got 155 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 4: some really challenging road statistics at the moment. Yes, we 156 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 4: just want everyone to be able to celebrate Christmas with 157 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 4: their family, So everyone please just take extra care on 158 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 4: the roads over the next few weeks. 159 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: Get the feeling, Roger, We're going to have a catch 160 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: up between now and Mark Jay looking forward to it. 161 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:58,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, we'll talk about that in the New Year's another 162 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 5: time you and you found have a wonderful and safe Christmas. 163 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,359 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, and you guys. Merry Christmas everyone. 164 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:06,760 Speaker 1: It's a pretty rogic coalok, cooling us this morning.