1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: Already and this is the daily This is the Daily os. 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 2: Oh, now it makes sense. 3 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 3: Good morning and welcome to the Daily Ours. It's Tuesday, 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 3: the twenty second of July. I'm Harry Seculch. 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:21,160 Speaker 2: I'm Sam Kazlowski. 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 3: School's back for our political leaders. Today, Parliament will resume 7 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 3: two and a half months after Labour won a convincing 8 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 3: victory at the polls. While the government will have more 9 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 3: members in its ranks, opposition parties mostly have new faces 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 3: as their figureheads. In today's deep dive, we'll take a 11 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 3: look at what we can expect from the government of 12 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 3: Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi in the next term of parliament. 13 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 2: Harry, you super excited to get into this first. He's 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 2: message from our sponsor, So, Harry. Parliament resumes today for 15 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 2: the first time since the federal election. How long ago 16 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: was that? I feel like seventy nine days, right, so 17 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 2: it's quite a while. I'm counting. It's been quite sometime, 18 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: and that's a pretty long winter break compared to how 19 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 2: they normally roll out. 20 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 3: Right, Well, these parliaments actually earned the nickname of part 21 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 3: time parliament because they just have so few sitting days. 22 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 3: Obviously not casting any aspersions here, But it does seem 23 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 3: like the election did come at a very convenient time 24 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 3: because they have the winter break around this time anyway 25 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 3: in the parliamentary calendar, so it's really just extended out 26 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 3: quite a lot. But I'm sure many MPs and senators 27 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 3: would be listening to this saying, we still work hard 28 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 3: even when we're not in parliament itself, when parliament's not sitting, 29 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 3: so you know, we're just back to the formalities now. 30 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: We'd never want to doubt that our parliamentarians work as 31 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 2: hard as possible. But why don't we go back eighty 32 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 2: days and get a quick refresher on what happened in 33 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: that election to give us a sense of this new 34 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: state of playing camera. 35 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, so on the third of May we had the 36 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 3: Fed election where Labour won in quite a convincing landslide, 37 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 3: so they won ninety four out of one hundred and 38 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 3: fifty seats. And remember his seat is an electorate, so 39 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 3: a certain area of the country that's represented the Coalition 40 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 3: had a pretty poor showing on the night, so much 41 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 3: so that the leader of the Coalition at the time, 42 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 3: Peter Dunton, actually lost his seat. I'm sure you remember, 43 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 3: Sam It was quite a big news story on a 44 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 3: night of many many headlines, but that was certainly one 45 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 3: of the biggest. And Susan Lee has since become the 46 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 3: leader of the opposition, has been interviewed by The Daily 47 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 3: Os was sitting in this chair and the Greens leader 48 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 3: Adam Bandt also lost his seat at the election and 49 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 3: he's since been replaced by Senator Larissa Waters. So in 50 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,000 Speaker 3: that time there's been a few political dramas, a few developments. 51 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 3: We even saw the coalition split up for eight days, 52 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 3: so the Liberal and National parties took a bit of 53 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 3: a break. They're back together again and patch they've patched 54 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 3: things up ahead of the parliament so they keen to 55 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 3: put forward a united front in opposition to the government 56 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 3: now and the Prime Minister has also announced a reshuffle 57 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 3: of the cabinet and the ministry, so we saw a 58 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 3: few people, some notable figures actually be removed from the cabinets, 59 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 3: so that included the Attorney General Mark Drevis and the 60 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 3: former Industry Minister Ed Husick as well. So if you 61 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 3: look at the house like skittles, there's a lot of 62 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 3: red and a smaller clutch of green and blue. For 63 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 3: the opposition in this next parliament and it's going to 64 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 3: be really really stuck when they all sit in the chamber. 65 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 3: There's going to be a lot of labor. Yeah. 66 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 2: I kind of imagine that horseshoe shape of those skittle 67 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: maps and you're going to see the government the Labor 68 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: Party really stretch over that bend and almost towards the 69 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,720 Speaker 2: other side of the chamber now physically. And it's important 70 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: to remember though that we do have a formed coalition 71 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: as we enter this first day of parliament. How will 72 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 2: today actually work though, Harry? I mean, what does afir 73 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 2: stay of school look like in Canberra? 74 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, so school's back in session. The bells will be ringing, 75 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 3: the new MPs and senators will be sworn in, and 76 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 3: there'll be a bit of formality just on the first day, 77 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 3: just to mark the opening of the forty eighth Parliament 78 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 3: and the three year term to follow. So there's going 79 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 3: to be ceremonies like a welcome to country which will 80 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 3: be led by First Nations elders. We'll also see a 81 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 3: bit of pageantry. So I don't know if you've ever 82 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 3: seen those parliamentary officers. For anyone that hasn't, they're usually 83 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 3: donned in long black roades with a white what would you. 84 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 2: Call it, captain feathersword's style. 85 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 3: Neck piece, yeah, ker chief of some sort and Matt Preston, 86 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 3: he'd be proud. And then we have this position called 87 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 3: the usher of the black rod. The rods just like 88 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:56,600 Speaker 3: a scepter summoning the members. We'll see the Governor General 89 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 3: Sam Moston, who's also sat in that chair since the election. 90 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 3: She's going to deliver a speech in the Senate to 91 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 3: welcome the new MPs and Senators. Notably, she won't be 92 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 3: in the House because that dates back to a very 93 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 3: very old Westminster tradition from the UK, so she can't 94 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 3: actually step foot in the House, but she will address 95 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 3: all the new members in the Senate. And look, it's 96 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 3: all very formal. There will be a new Speaker elected 97 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 3: in the House, a new President elected in the Senate. 98 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 3: It's likely to be the same person from the last 99 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 3: term of Parliament. But it's just getting all the formalities 100 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 3: out of the way for day one. 101 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 2: And then once all of those formalities are over, then 102 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,160 Speaker 2: we'll get to the substantive business of actually running the country. 103 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 2: Have the government laid out their priorities for this new term, 104 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 2: especially now that we're actually having sitting days. I mean, 105 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,279 Speaker 2: it's one thing to talk to the electorate about what 106 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 2: you're promising in the campaign. It's another thing to say, 107 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 2: this is what we're talking about on day one. 108 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 3: So the very first day, which will be tomorrow in 109 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 3: the sitting calendar, they being the government will introduce a 110 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 3: bill to wipe twenty percent off HEX debts. 111 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 2: So that's kind of the headline change that they want 112 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,159 Speaker 2: to lead with, is that hex debt thing we promised, 113 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: we're going to deliver a first thing. 114 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 3: That's right, And someone I was speaking to from the 115 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 3: government a little earlier today was very confident that that's 116 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,080 Speaker 3: going to pass through the Senate as well tomorrow. So 117 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 3: that's going to be a quick turnaround according to them, 118 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 3: and that was one of their key election pitches. We 119 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 3: heard a lot about reducing the HEX debts, student loans 120 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 3: and all part of this cost of living relief platform 121 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 3: that they took to the election. So no surprises there. 122 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 3: We knew that was going to be early on in 123 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 3: the term. The second piece of legislation actually relates to 124 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 3: childcare centers meeting national standards. 125 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 2: Is that directly linked to the news that we've seen 126 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 2: over the past couple of weeks to do with the 127 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 2: safety of those childcare centers exactly. 128 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 3: So in those seventy nine days, we saw the stories 129 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 3: emerge of the alleged child sex offender Joshua Brown, who 130 00:06:55,560 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 3: worked in multiple centers in Melbourne. He's been charged with 131 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 3: more than seventy offenses now and more than two thousand 132 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 3: children have been recommended to undergo testing for infectious diseases. 133 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 3: So you might be thinking, what does this have to 134 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 3: do with the government. Yeah, the government props up this 135 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 3: sector a lot financially. In fact, in the twenty twenty 136 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 3: three to twenty four financial year, the government spent eighteen 137 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 3: billion dollars on subsidies in the childcare sector, and the 138 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 3: legislation that they want to introduce would basically see funding 139 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 3: cut off from some centers if they're not meeting these 140 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 3: national standards. So the government, that's their response to these 141 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 3: allegations that we've seen surface in Melbourne. 142 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 2: So I guess you could kind of say that the 143 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 2: states and territories are taking a look at this from 144 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 2: a registering who's working in these childcare centers. Some of 145 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 2: the CCTV measures that we've been hearing about the government's 146 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 2: kind of federally coming over the top and saying, well, 147 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 2: our power is with the funding, so we're going to 148 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:57,280 Speaker 2: kind of approach it from that angle. 149 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 3: That's right, And you touched on something important there, which 150 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 3: is that the states and territories are usually the service providers. 151 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 3: They are the ones that run the childcare centers themselves, 152 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 3: but the government is the funding machine behind that, if 153 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 3: you like. 154 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 2: Okay, so we've got the hex reductions, we've got the 155 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 2: changes to the way that childcare centers could get their funding. 156 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 2: And then third, we're also expecting some legislation on penalty rates. Yeah. 157 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 3: So this one is also a headline and a story 158 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 3: that we've seen bobbing away since the start of this year, 159 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 3: and that relates to workers entitlements to penalty rates, which 160 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 3: are things like holiday rate weekends, public holidays over time. 161 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 3: And this is hooked off a case that we've seen 162 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 3: play out in the Fair Work Commission. Basically, some retail, 163 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 3: clerical and hospitality industry groups and some big companies supporting 164 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 3: them are pushing to bring it a change where essentially 165 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 3: a worker could get a higher rate of minimum pay 166 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 3: in exchange for waiving some of those penalty rate entitlements, 167 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 3: so things like rest breaks in their award, so an 168 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 3: award just as a quick refresher the paying conditions that 169 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 3: you receive as a worker in a specific industry. So 170 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 3: there are awards specific to the fast food industry to 171 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 3: hospitality bar staff, that kind of thing. And since this 172 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 3: case emerged in the Fairwork Commission, the government's actually put 173 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 3: forward its opposition to this basically tip for tat. They 174 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 3: say that it shouldn't be a requirement that any worker 175 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 3: give up their penalty rates in exchange for even just 176 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 3: a baseline higher salary. So what they're doing is they're 177 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 3: legislating against any changes to penalty rates. They're saying, it's 178 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 3: a fierce protection of that holiday pay that we can 179 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 3: pay that extra money you might get for having to 180 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 3: show up on a Sunday. And that's just basically their 181 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 3: way of saying, we oppose what's going on in the 182 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 3: Fairwork Commission right now. We want to protect these entitlements 183 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 3: down the track, all. 184 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 2: Right, So we're basically gosh, university students, childcare centers and 185 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,960 Speaker 2: workers in those specific fields as kind of the ones 186 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 2: to be most impacted by the conversations that could play 187 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 2: out in Canberra this week. We're going to keep an 188 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 2: eye on all three of those legislative agendas, Harry. Before 189 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 2: we go, let's talk about the opposition from a minute, because, 190 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 2: as you said, we had Susan Lee join us on 191 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 2: the podcast a couple of weeks ago, and Billy spoke 192 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 2: to her a lot about what we can expect from 193 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,920 Speaker 2: this iteration of the opposition, a depleted opposition. What are 194 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 2: you looking out for when you're looking at the opposition 195 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 2: over the next couple of weeks in Canberra. 196 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 3: I think it's just really interesting to note from the 197 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 3: outset that it's going to be the first time that 198 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 3: the Prime Minister faces a female opposition leader a chair 199 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 3: in the Lower House. 200 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 2: Because Julia Gillard was the leader of the Labor Party, 201 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:45,320 Speaker 2: but never actually the opposition leader. 202 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 3: That's right, she was a Prime minister, never the opposition leader. 203 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:49,680 Speaker 3: So it's going to be the first time that that 204 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 3: chair is occupied by a woman. So what I'm going 205 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 3: to be looking at for with Susan Lee and the 206 00:10:54,559 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 3: opposition more broadly is just the tone that they strike, 207 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 3: because so far there has been an acknowledgment that they 208 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 3: got in Susan Lee's words, smashed at the election and 209 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 3: that a rebuild needs to happen. Her line is that 210 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 3: our policies are up for review, but our values are not. 211 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 3: So we're still true to our conservative routes. But we're 212 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 3: going to have to have a look at the different 213 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 3: items and measures that we take as an opposition to 214 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 3: the Australian people. And you know, we're going to see 215 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 3: the coalition critique the government, that's their formal role. In particular, 216 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 3: they've already come out hard against a measure to double 217 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 3: the tax rate for superannuation balances above three million dollars 218 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 3: that the government plans to introduce. We don't exactly know when, 219 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 3: but that's just one of the higher taxing let's just 220 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 3: say earworms that the opposition wants to put out there, 221 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 3: and we know that they are very much opposed to 222 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 3: that idea. 223 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 2: Have we heard anything from them on this hex reduction 224 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 2: that is tabled to be the first thing to be 225 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 2: talked about. 226 00:11:57,080 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 4: Yeah. 227 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 3: So it's so fascinating because before the election and during 228 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 3: the campaign itself, they said that they were opposed to 229 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 3: the twenty percent reduction and now it appears as though 230 00:12:07,040 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 3: things have shifted within the party over the weekend, the 231 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 3: Shadow Education Minister John o'dunnean was asked about whether he 232 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 3: was going to support the twenty percent reduction, and here's 233 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 3: a bit of what he had to say. 234 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: We're not really in the business of standing in the 235 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: way of cost of living relief, but I think it 236 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,439 Speaker 1: is one of those things that Australians wanted they voted for. 237 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: We'll go through our process, but I expect this will 238 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: pass the Parliament. 239 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 3: So this definitely comes across as a little bit more 240 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 3: collaborative in tone. And Susan Lee has said that she's 241 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 3: trying to carve out a constructive path during this term, 242 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 3: but equally said and I quote, our goodwill is not 243 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 3: a blank check, and that'll be especially true in the Senate, 244 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,280 Speaker 3: which is also known as the upper House, where the 245 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 3: government doesn't have a majority. 246 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 2: Well, just before I let you go, talk to me 247 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 2: briefly about the Senate. I know that it's sometimes the 248 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 2: forgotten chamber and we spend a lot of time thinking 249 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 2: about the House of Reps. Picture for me of the 250 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 2: state of play in the red Chamber. 251 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, the Senate the overlooked child, the middle child, we 252 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 3: might say, of the Australian Parliament. So based on the 253 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 3: new makeup, Labor has a slightly simple path to passing 254 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 3: legislation in the upper House. They'll need to negotiate with 255 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 3: either the Coalition or the Greens. In the last term 256 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 3: of parliament it was a calculus of the Greens plus 257 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 3: a few crossbenches. Because Labour picked up a few seats, 258 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 3: they won't have to negotiate with those cross benches necessarily. 259 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 3: And the new Greens leader, Larissa Waters, who's in the Senate, 260 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 3: she has said she's going to do things differently. 261 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 4: I am a different person and I bring a different style. 262 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 4: I really want to get outcomes. I really want to 263 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 4: work with the current government to try to improve people's 264 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 4: lives and protect the planet. 265 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,760 Speaker 3: It's going to look like a very different parliament to 266 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 3: what we had last time, not least because some of 267 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 3: the leaders that we got used to are just no 268 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 3: longer there. At Avan lost his seat from the Greens 269 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 3: and Peter Dutton lost from the Coalition. There's going to 270 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:03,199 Speaker 3: be more Labour members. Those red skittles will be, you know, 271 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 3: just rounding that bend. And then it's important to note 272 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,920 Speaker 3: that we are going to have the largest proportion of 273 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 3: female MPs in Australian political history. It's actually nearly evenly 274 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 3: split fifty to fifty. There are going to be one 275 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 3: hundred and twelve MP's and senators who are female and 276 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 3: one hundred and fourteen that are male, so very very close, 277 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:26,600 Speaker 3: very close to gender parody. 278 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 2: Really interesting. It's a new era for the Australian Parliament 279 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 2: and Prime Minister Anthony Abernezi has a very strong mandates 280 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 2: to lead given to him by the Australian public. But 281 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 2: no doubt the opposition will be holding the government accountable 282 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 2: as they should. Harry, thank you and look forward to 283 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 2: bringing us some more updates from Canberra throughout the year. 284 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 3: Absolute pleasure. 285 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 2: Thanks Sam, and thank you for joining us on the 286 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 2: Daily Hours this morning. We're going to be back in 287 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 2: your ears this afternoon with some headlines. If you got 288 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 2: the SEC I'd love you to click follow on Spotify 289 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 2: or Apple really just helps make our week. We'll be 290 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 2: back with those headlines later. 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