1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: Already and this is the Daily This is the Daily OS. 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:15,920 Speaker 1: Oh now it makes sense. Good morning and welcome to 3 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: the Daily OS. It's Monday, the twenty eighth of April. 4 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: I'm Billy fitz. 5 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:20,759 Speaker 2: Simon's I'm Zara Seidler. 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: Well, we are now less than a week out from 7 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: the election, when more than eighteen million Australians are due 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 1: to vote for who will form the country's next government 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: and who will be the next Prime Minister. On today's episode, 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: we're going to break down who the major parties in 11 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 1: Australia are. Now. All your life, you've probably been hearing 12 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 1: about the Labor Party and the Coalition, But if you've 13 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: never stopped to do a deep dive on either of 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 1: those parties, then this podcast is for you. 15 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 2: Billy, I always like the opportunity to just step back 16 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 2: and explain the basics that really sits behind our political system. 17 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: It's something that we take for granted, this idea that 18 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 2: we all know everything, but it is really important to 19 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 2: explain the basic So how does how Australian political still work? 20 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 2: Just a small question to start with. 21 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: Okay, So, Australia's political landscape is often described as a 22 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: two party system, and that's because we do have two 23 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: major parties or two major groups who tend to get 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: the majority of votes and who tend to make up 25 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: most of the spots in parliament, and that's the Labor 26 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: Party and the Coalition. Now, for several decades it's been 27 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 1: either the Labor Party or the Coalition who have been 28 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: in government with the other in opposition. So there's always 29 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: one party that's in government and one party who's in opposition, 30 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,039 Speaker 1: and their job in opposition is kind of to hold 31 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: the government of the day to account. Now, Labor is 32 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 1: one single party, but unlike Labor, the Coalition isn't actually 33 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: a single party. It's two or actually it's more than two, 34 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: but mainly it's two. 35 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 2: Let's not get bogged down in this scifully here, but yes, 36 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 2: it is a coalition of multiple players here. And so 37 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 2: let's start with the coalition. How do they bill themselves? 38 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 2: What are they about? 39 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 1: So the coalition is a formal alliance between the Liberal 40 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 1: Party and the National Party. And then like I kind 41 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: of just said, there are a few other very small parties, 42 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: but they kind of do. 43 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 2: Full undersidiaries of exactly National. 44 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: Exactly, and so they join forces to govern together. If 45 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: they win enough seats collectively in the House of Representatives. Now, 46 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: since twenty twenty two, the Coalition has been in opposition, 47 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: but before that they were actually in government for nearly 48 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: a decade. You might remember some of the prime ministers 49 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:44,519 Speaker 1: of that time. We had Tony Abbott, we had Malcolm Turnbull, 50 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: and then we had Scott Morrison, which I'm sure many 51 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: of our listeners, our younger listeners will remember, maybe Scott 52 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: Morrison more than the previous two. And then right before that, 53 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: if we're going back to you know, the early two thousands, 54 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: we had John Howard. So those are some of the 55 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: fame Coalition prime ministers. 56 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 2: Yep. 57 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: And important to say that when the Coalition is in government, 58 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: it's the leader of the Liberal Party who becomes the 59 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 1: prime minister, and then it's the leader of the National 60 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: Party who becomes the deputy prime minister. Now, deputy prime 61 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: ministers definitely don't have the same high profile as prime ministers, 62 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: but one deputy prime minister that you might be familiar 63 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: with was Barnaby Joyce. He definitely had maybe a higher 64 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: profile than some of the previous ones. 65 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 2: Definitely. Okay, So this coalition is made up of the 66 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 2: Liberal Party, and of the nationals, starting first with the 67 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: Liberal Party. What do they stand for? 68 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, so the Liberal Party is usually considered to be 69 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: on the right side of the political spectrum. 70 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: I want to stop you there, because you and I 71 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 2: often do panels where we explain the basics of politics, 72 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 2: and this idea of the left and the right can 73 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: be quite an abstract term for a lot of people. 74 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 2: What do you mean by the right? 75 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 1: I vividly remember in year ten my history teacher throwing 76 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 1: out the schedule for that day and saying, today I 77 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: am teaching you the difference between the left and the 78 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: right in politics. It was amazing And to the same 79 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,839 Speaker 1: it's the like only class I remember, no, but it's 80 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: like it was just the most amazing lesson. So for 81 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: anyone who didn't have mister Muir as a history teacher, 82 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: you're right that it's something that we always hear about 83 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 1: but is never quite explained to us. So it's a 84 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 1: common way to define political parties as existing on this 85 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: kind of spectrum between the left and the right, and 86 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: the left is considered to be more socially progressive, and 87 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,679 Speaker 1: it tends to favor the government playing a more active 88 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 1: role in our lives. And then the right is the opposite, 89 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: so they favor the government playing less of a role 90 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: in our lives and kind of government exactly, and that 91 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: is what the Liberal Party is usually considered to be. 92 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: It's considered to be more right of center, although important 93 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: to note that, especially in Australia, both of the major 94 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: parties are quite center. But then Liberal Party a little 95 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: bit more to the right, the Labor Party a little 96 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: bit more to the left. Back to the Liberal Party. 97 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: So they position themselves as the party of business, and 98 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: they tend to push for economic changes that benefit businesses 99 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: and their owners. And like I just said, they tend 100 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: to believe that the government should have minimal interference in 101 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: our daily lives, prioritizing kind of individual freedom and responsibility. 102 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:27,960 Speaker 1: And it also tends to be more socially conservative than Labor. 103 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 2: Okay, So when we talk about the Liberal Party, an 104 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 2: easy way to think about it is small government, like 105 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 2: market running itself and tends to be a bit more 106 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: socially conservative than what we see from the Labor Party. 107 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: And when you say market economic market. 108 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, correct, So then that's the Liberal Party. They're in 109 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,920 Speaker 2: coalition with the Nationals. Tell me about the Nationals. 110 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:53,240 Speaker 1: So the National Party is traditionally the party for regional Australia. 111 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure all of their seats that they hold 112 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: in the House of Representatives are in regional or rural 113 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:02,279 Speaker 1: parts of Australia, and that's because it has a particular 114 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: focus on agricultural and mining industries. And if we go 115 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: back to that spectrum that we were just talking about, 116 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: they tend to be considered further to the right than 117 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 1: the Liberal Party, especially on social issues and also on 118 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: environmental issues. 119 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, and so it's that very interesting balance that the 120 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 2: coalition has to get right, which is that the Nationals 121 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:29,919 Speaker 2: do tend to sit differently on the spectrum to certainly 122 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 2: some parts of the Liberal Party. But because they govern together, 123 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 2: they have to reach this compromise and they have to 124 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:40,360 Speaker 2: have a party position as the coalition. So what are 125 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 2: some of the key policies that the coalition has put 126 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 2: forward with this federal election coming up? Okay? 127 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,320 Speaker 1: I would say that there are two big things that 128 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: they are focusing on. The first is cost of living, 129 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: and I'd say they're kind of focusing on that through 130 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: two main ways. The first is through their fuel EXI 131 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 1: So you might not know that every single time you 132 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 1: fill up your car or fill up your motorbike, you 133 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: are paying fifty cents per litera in tax on the 134 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: price of petrol. Now, what the Coalition wants to do 135 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: if they get into government is have that to be 136 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: twenty five cents. So in effect, that would mean that 137 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 1: your petrol is twenty five cents cheaper per liter that 138 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: you fill up. So that's the first way that they're 139 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: trying to address cost of living. And then the second 140 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,119 Speaker 1: way is through housing. They talk a lot about trying 141 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: to help first home buyers get into the market, and 142 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 1: they have a range of different policies to do that. 143 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,080 Speaker 1: I think a key one is that they want to 144 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: help first home buyers access up to fifty thousand dollars 145 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 1: of their superannuation to help them buy a home. And 146 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: then if you did that, so if you access fifty 147 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: thousand dollars of your superannuation, you would then need to 148 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,440 Speaker 1: put that money back if you were then to sell 149 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 1: the house that you bought with that money. Does that 150 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:55,800 Speaker 1: make sense? 151 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, makes sense, And so that's their kind of central 152 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 2: housing proposition or a way to get new home buyers 153 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 2: into the market. But then really another key policy pillar 154 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 2: i'd call it is really energy, and I don't think 155 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 2: that this is unique to the Coalition. Both Labor and 156 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 2: the Coalition are really focusing on cost of living and 157 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 2: energy as these two big topics, but the way that 158 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 2: they're doing it is very different. Talk me through the 159 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 2: coalition's energy policy. 160 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: Yes, this is a big one, so stick with me. 161 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: So basically, with energy, Australia over the next decade or 162 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: so is going through a period of transition, and what 163 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: the Coalition wants to do is they want to introduce 164 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,440 Speaker 1: nuclear energy into Australia. So they want to build nuclear 165 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 1: reactors on the sites of coalfied power stations, which are 166 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: stations that are already closing down in the next decade 167 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 1: or so. Now, just to explain that a bit more, 168 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: because they did have to go. 169 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 2: To a lot of reason, a lot of to and 170 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 2: fro on this line, Yes. 171 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,679 Speaker 1: Because I really wanted to understand first why is it 172 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: that they think we need this. So, like I just said, 173 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: all coal fiede power stations are due to close in 174 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: Australia in the next decade or so, and that's due 175 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: to multiple reasons like their impact on the environment, and 176 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,400 Speaker 1: then also just the growing popularity of renewable energy sources, 177 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: and so with the closure of these coal fide power stations, 178 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: there becomes a gap in the market that needs to 179 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: be filled. And just to give you an idea of 180 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: that gap, in twenty twenty three, forty six percent of 181 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: electricity generation in Australia came from coal, so that's about 182 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 1: half and that now needs to be filled. So the 183 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: Coalition says Australia is running out of energy, which will 184 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:49,199 Speaker 1: mean inconsistent energy sources, so more blackouts and also higher 185 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: energy bills. But they say that they can solve that 186 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: through nuclear energy, which they say is the cheaper, cleaner 187 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 1: and more consistent alternative. And so they want to build 188 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,960 Speaker 1: these nuclear reactors on these retired colfied power stations to 189 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: keep Australia's energy source running smoothly. So that's their aim, 190 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: and this is their alternative to Labour's plan, which is 191 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: to focus on renewable energy, so mostly solar and wind power. 192 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 2: I mean, it's certainly the quickest explanation I've ever heard 193 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:22,920 Speaker 2: on nuclear I do just want to add, though, the 194 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 2: reason listeners might not be familiar with nuclear power. I 195 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaker 2: guess the reason you and I have had to spend 196 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 2: so long trying to get our heads around it is. 197 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 2: It's been banned in Australia since the nineties. The Coalition 198 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,479 Speaker 2: under John Howard at that point banned nuclear in Australia. 199 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 2: That was as a result of shifting public opinion. We 200 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 2: all know of many nuclear related disasters and so what 201 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 2: the Coalition is saying here is that they are going 202 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 2: to repeal that ban and use, as you said, those 203 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 2: coal fired stations or the retired ones to set up 204 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 2: nuclear reactors. And throughout this campaign there's been a real 205 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 2: to and fro between the Coalition on labor and labor 206 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 2: on how much that will cost. But again a whole 207 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 2: other podcast, so we will leave that there, but we 208 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 2: will absolutely be uploading pieces to TDA that really explains 209 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 2: where the Coalition is going with their thinking here. 210 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: I was just going to say that throughout this podcast. Also, 211 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: when we go through Labour's policies, I'm kind of just 212 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 1: telling you their perspective on why they think those policies 213 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,280 Speaker 1: are important. Obviously there's a lot of criticism on both 214 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: sides about the different policies and I'm not really going 215 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: through that. I thought it was important to just tell 216 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: you what are the policies from their perspective. 217 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, and then it's for our listeners to look at 218 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 2: what is being suggested on both sides and decide what 219 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 2: they think is better for them. Yes, all right, So 220 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 2: on that topic, we obviously have another party, the party 221 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 2: that is in government currently Labor. Tell me about Labor. 222 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: So the Labor Party traditionally positions itself as the party 223 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 1: of working people. So we said before, the Liberal Party 224 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: was more the party of Businessabor Party is much more 225 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: the party of working people. It has its roots in 226 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: the union movement, and they say they exist to push 227 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: for economic changes that benefit workers, specifically, such as things 228 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,680 Speaker 1: like increasing the minimum wage, and just to go back 229 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: to the spectrum we were talking about before, we keep 230 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: going back to it. They exist more on the left 231 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 1: of the spectrum, but again, just like the Liberal Party, 232 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 1: they are close to the center as well. Now their 233 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: current leader is Anthony Alberanzi, who is of course the 234 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: current Prime minister. And then some recent prime ministers from 235 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: the Labor Party that listeners might be familiar with include 236 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: Kevin Rudd Kevin O seven, one of the probably one 237 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: of the most successful political campaigns in recent memory. And 238 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 1: then there was also Julie Gillard, who was our first 239 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: female prime minister in Australia and only and then Kevin 240 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 1: Rudd again, we went back to Kevin Rudd. 241 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 2: That was an interesting time in politics, wasn't it. So 242 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 2: what are the key policies that Labor is taking to 243 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 2: this election. 244 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, so similar to the Coalition, they are also campaigning 245 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 1: very heavily on helping voters with the cost of living 246 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: and the housing crisis, but the ways in which they 247 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: propose to do that are a little bit different. So 248 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: first with housing, they also have a range of policies 249 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: to help first home buyers. Specifically, one way that they 250 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: are proposing to do this is to allow all first 251 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: home buyers the ability to buy a home with just 252 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: a five percent deposit. So usually the minimum you would 253 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: need is ten percent, and they're saying that they would 254 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,680 Speaker 1: bring that down to five percent. And they say that 255 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: they'll do that by guaranteeing a portion of a first 256 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: home buyers loan and not requiring the first home buyer 257 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: to pay lender's mortgage insurance. Are you familiar with lender's 258 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: mortgage insurance? 259 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 2: Honestly, it's really nache, But I am because I did 260 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 2: a lot of work on it in my previous job. 261 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:52,480 Speaker 2: I know, so I didn't know that about you. 262 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, I know for anyone who's not familiar with it. 263 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: It's basically just a fee that you need to pay 264 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: if the deposit you're putting down is below a certain 265 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 1: percentage of a property price. I think it's usually twenty percent. 266 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: So what Labour is saying is that if you're a 267 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,199 Speaker 1: first home buyer, you wouldn't have to pay that under 268 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: their policy. And then I talked about energy before, So 269 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: Labour's proposal in this area is to get our energy 270 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 1: grid to eighty two percent renewables by twenty thirty. Now, 271 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: just to give you an idea, in twenty twenty three, 272 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: thirty five percent of Australia's total electricity generation was from 273 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: renewable energy sources, and so they want to increase that 274 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 1: thirty five percent in twenty twenty three to eighty two 275 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: percent by twenty thirty, so basically doubling it in less 276 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 1: than a decade. And so just to recap that again, 277 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,640 Speaker 1: the Coalition they are wanting to rely on nuclear energy 278 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: to fix this gap, and then Labor is wanting to 279 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: rely on renewables. 280 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:51,480 Speaker 2: Billy, very helpful to understand what the value or the 281 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 2: offering from both of the major parties this election is. 282 00:14:55,960 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 2: But always important to note that when you go to 283 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 2: the ballot box, it's not just the major parties that 284 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,200 Speaker 2: are on that ballot. We will be speaking in a 285 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 2: later episode this week about minor parties about independence, because 286 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 2: although we do exist in this kind of two party system, 287 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 2: we are seeing the growing prominence of those minor parties 288 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 2: and of those independents, and we will absolutely be talking 289 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: about them ahead of the election. But for today, thank 290 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:27,080 Speaker 2: you for taking us through Labor and the Coalition, and 291 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 2: thank you for joining us for another episode of the 292 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 2: Daily Ods. This week, we'll be taking you through politics 293 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 2: one oh one. 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