WEBVTT - Parliament's back. What now?

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<v Speaker 1>Already and this is the daily This is the Daily os.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, now it makes sense.

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning and welcome to the Daily Ours. It's Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 3>the twenty second of July. I'm Harry Seculch.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Sam Kazlowski.

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<v Speaker 3>School's back for our political leaders. Today, Parliament will resume

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<v Speaker 3>two and a half months after Labour won a convincing

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<v Speaker 3>victory at the polls. While the government will have more

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<v Speaker 3>members in its ranks, opposition parties mostly have new faces

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<v Speaker 3>as their figureheads. In today's deep dive, we'll take a

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<v Speaker 3>look at what we can expect from the government of

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<v Speaker 3>Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi in the next term of parliament.

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<v Speaker 2>Harry, you super excited to get into this first. He's

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<v Speaker 2>message from our sponsor, So, Harry. Parliament resumes today for

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<v Speaker 2>the first time since the federal election. How long ago

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<v Speaker 2>was that? I feel like seventy nine days, right, so

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<v Speaker 2>it's quite a while. I'm counting. It's been quite sometime,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's a pretty long winter break compared to how

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<v Speaker 2>they normally roll out.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, Well, these parliaments actually earned the nickname of part

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<v Speaker 3>time parliament because they just have so few sitting days.

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<v Speaker 3>Obviously not casting any aspersions here, But it does seem

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<v Speaker 3>like the election did come at a very convenient time

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<v Speaker 3>because they have the winter break around this time anyway

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<v Speaker 3>in the parliamentary calendar, so it's really just extended out

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<v Speaker 3>quite a lot. But I'm sure many MPs and senators

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<v Speaker 3>would be listening to this saying, we still work hard

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<v Speaker 3>even when we're not in parliament itself, when parliament's not sitting,

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<v Speaker 3>so you know, we're just back to the formalities now.

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<v Speaker 2>We'd never want to doubt that our parliamentarians work as

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<v Speaker 2>hard as possible. But why don't we go back eighty

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<v Speaker 2>days and get a quick refresher on what happened in

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<v Speaker 2>that election to give us a sense of this new

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<v Speaker 2>state of playing camera.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so on the third of May we had the

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<v Speaker 3>Fed election where Labour won in quite a convincing landslide,

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<v Speaker 3>so they won ninety four out of one hundred and

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<v Speaker 3>fifty seats. And remember his seat is an electorate, so

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<v Speaker 3>a certain area of the country that's represented the Coalition

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<v Speaker 3>had a pretty poor showing on the night, so much

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<v Speaker 3>so that the leader of the Coalition at the time,

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<v Speaker 3>Peter Dunton, actually lost his seat. I'm sure you remember,

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<v Speaker 3>Sam It was quite a big news story on a

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<v Speaker 3>night of many many headlines, but that was certainly one

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<v Speaker 3>of the biggest. And Susan Lee has since become the

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<v Speaker 3>leader of the opposition, has been interviewed by The Daily

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<v Speaker 3>Os was sitting in this chair and the Greens leader

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<v Speaker 3>Adam Bandt also lost his seat at the election and

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<v Speaker 3>he's since been replaced by Senator Larissa Waters. So in

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<v Speaker 3>that time there's been a few political dramas, a few developments.

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<v Speaker 3>We even saw the coalition split up for eight days,

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<v Speaker 3>so the Liberal and National parties took a bit of

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<v Speaker 3>a break. They're back together again and patch they've patched

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<v Speaker 3>things up ahead of the parliament so they keen to

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<v Speaker 3>put forward a united front in opposition to the government

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<v Speaker 3>now and the Prime Minister has also announced a reshuffle

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<v Speaker 3>of the cabinet and the ministry, so we saw a

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<v Speaker 3>few people, some notable figures actually be removed from the cabinets,

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<v Speaker 3>so that included the Attorney General Mark Drevis and the

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<v Speaker 3>former Industry Minister Ed Husick as well. So if you

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<v Speaker 3>look at the house like skittles, there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>red and a smaller clutch of green and blue. For

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<v Speaker 3>the opposition in this next parliament and it's going to

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<v Speaker 3>be really really stuck when they all sit in the chamber.

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<v Speaker 3>There's going to be a lot of labor. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of imagine that horseshoe shape of those skittle

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<v Speaker 2>maps and you're going to see the government the Labor

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<v Speaker 2>Party really stretch over that bend and almost towards the

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<v Speaker 2>other side of the chamber now physically. And it's important

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<v Speaker 2>to remember though that we do have a formed coalition

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<v Speaker 2>as we enter this first day of parliament. How will

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<v Speaker 2>today actually work though, Harry? I mean, what does afir

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<v Speaker 2>stay of school look like in Canberra?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so school's back in session. The bells will be ringing,

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<v Speaker 3>the new MPs and senators will be sworn in, and

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<v Speaker 3>there'll be a bit of formality just on the first day,

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<v Speaker 3>just to mark the opening of the forty eighth Parliament

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<v Speaker 3>and the three year term to follow. So there's going

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<v Speaker 3>to be ceremonies like a welcome to country which will

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<v Speaker 3>be led by First Nations elders. We'll also see a

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<v Speaker 3>bit of pageantry. So I don't know if you've ever

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<v Speaker 3>seen those parliamentary officers. For anyone that hasn't, they're usually

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<v Speaker 3>donned in long black roades with a white what would you.

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<v Speaker 2>Call it, captain feathersword's style.

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<v Speaker 3>Neck piece, yeah, ker chief of some sort and Matt Preston,

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<v Speaker 3>he'd be proud. And then we have this position called

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<v Speaker 3>the usher of the black rod. The rods just like

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<v Speaker 3>a scepter summoning the members. We'll see the Governor General

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<v Speaker 3>Sam Moston, who's also sat in that chair since the election.

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<v Speaker 3>She's going to deliver a speech in the Senate to

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<v Speaker 3>welcome the new MPs and Senators. Notably, she won't be

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<v Speaker 3>in the House because that dates back to a very

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<v Speaker 3>very old Westminster tradition from the UK, so she can't

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<v Speaker 3>actually step foot in the House, but she will address

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<v Speaker 3>all the new members in the Senate. And look, it's

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<v Speaker 3>all very formal. There will be a new Speaker elected

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<v Speaker 3>in the House, a new President elected in the Senate.

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<v Speaker 3>It's likely to be the same person from the last

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<v Speaker 3>term of Parliament. But it's just getting all the formalities

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<v Speaker 3>out of the way for day one.

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<v Speaker 2>And then once all of those formalities are over, then

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get to the substantive business of actually running the country.

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<v Speaker 2>Have the government laid out their priorities for this new term,

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<v Speaker 2>especially now that we're actually having sitting days. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>it's one thing to talk to the electorate about what

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<v Speaker 2>you're promising in the campaign. It's another thing to say,

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<v Speaker 2>this is what we're talking about on day one.

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<v Speaker 3>So the very first day, which will be tomorrow in

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<v Speaker 3>the sitting calendar, they being the government will introduce a

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<v Speaker 3>bill to wipe twenty percent off HEX debts.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's kind of the headline change that they want

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<v Speaker 2>to lead with, is that hex debt thing we promised,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to deliver a first thing.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right, And someone I was speaking to from the

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<v Speaker 3>government a little earlier today was very confident that that's

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<v Speaker 3>going to pass through the Senate as well tomorrow. So

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<v Speaker 3>that's going to be a quick turnaround according to them,

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<v Speaker 3>and that was one of their key election pitches. We

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<v Speaker 3>heard a lot about reducing the HEX debts, student loans

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<v Speaker 3>and all part of this cost of living relief platform

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<v Speaker 3>that they took to the election. So no surprises there.

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<v Speaker 3>We knew that was going to be early on in

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<v Speaker 3>the term. The second piece of legislation actually relates to

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<v Speaker 3>childcare centers meeting national standards.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that directly linked to the news that we've seen

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<v Speaker 2>over the past couple of weeks to do with the

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<v Speaker 2>safety of those childcare centers exactly.

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<v Speaker 3>So in those seventy nine days, we saw the stories

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<v Speaker 3>emerge of the alleged child sex offender Joshua Brown, who

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<v Speaker 3>worked in multiple centers in Melbourne. He's been charged with

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<v Speaker 3>more than seventy offenses now and more than two thousand

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<v Speaker 3>children have been recommended to undergo testing for infectious diseases.

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<v Speaker 3>So you might be thinking, what does this have to

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<v Speaker 3>do with the government. Yeah, the government props up this

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<v Speaker 3>sector a lot financially. In fact, in the twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 3>three to twenty four financial year, the government spent eighteen

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<v Speaker 3>billion dollars on subsidies in the childcare sector, and the

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<v Speaker 3>legislation that they want to introduce would basically see funding

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<v Speaker 3>cut off from some centers if they're not meeting these

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<v Speaker 3>national standards. So the government, that's their response to these

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<v Speaker 3>allegations that we've seen surface in Melbourne.

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<v Speaker 2>So I guess you could kind of say that the

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<v Speaker 2>states and territories are taking a look at this from

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<v Speaker 2>a registering who's working in these childcare centers. Some of

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<v Speaker 2>the CCTV measures that we've been hearing about the government's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of federally coming over the top and saying, well,

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<v Speaker 2>our power is with the funding, so we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>kind of approach it from that angle.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right, And you touched on something important there, which

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<v Speaker 3>is that the states and territories are usually the service providers.

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<v Speaker 3>They are the ones that run the childcare centers themselves,

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<v Speaker 3>but the government is the funding machine behind that, if

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<v Speaker 3>you like.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so we've got the hex reductions, we've got the

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<v Speaker 2>changes to the way that childcare centers could get their funding.

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<v Speaker 2>And then third, we're also expecting some legislation on penalty rates. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So this one is also a headline and a story

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<v Speaker 3>that we've seen bobbing away since the start of this year,

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<v Speaker 3>and that relates to workers entitlements to penalty rates, which

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<v Speaker 3>are things like holiday rate weekends, public holidays over time.

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<v Speaker 3>And this is hooked off a case that we've seen

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<v Speaker 3>play out in the Fair Work Commission. Basically, some retail,

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<v Speaker 3>clerical and hospitality industry groups and some big companies supporting

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<v Speaker 3>them are pushing to bring it a change where essentially

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<v Speaker 3>a worker could get a higher rate of minimum pay

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<v Speaker 3>in exchange for waiving some of those penalty rate entitlements,

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<v Speaker 3>so things like rest breaks in their award, so an

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<v Speaker 3>award just as a quick refresher the paying conditions that

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<v Speaker 3>you receive as a worker in a specific industry. So

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<v Speaker 3>there are awards specific to the fast food industry to

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<v Speaker 3>hospitality bar staff, that kind of thing. And since this

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<v Speaker 3>case emerged in the Fairwork Commission, the government's actually put

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<v Speaker 3>forward its opposition to this basically tip for tat. They

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<v Speaker 3>say that it shouldn't be a requirement that any worker

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<v Speaker 3>give up their penalty rates in exchange for even just

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<v Speaker 3>a baseline higher salary. So what they're doing is they're

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<v Speaker 3>legislating against any changes to penalty rates. They're saying, it's

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<v Speaker 3>a fierce protection of that holiday pay that we can

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<v Speaker 3>pay that extra money you might get for having to

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<v Speaker 3>show up on a Sunday. And that's just basically their

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<v Speaker 3>way of saying, we oppose what's going on in the

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<v Speaker 3>Fairwork Commission right now. We want to protect these entitlements

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<v Speaker 3>down the track, all.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, So we're basically gosh, university students, childcare centers and

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<v Speaker 2>workers in those specific fields as kind of the ones

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<v Speaker 2>to be most impacted by the conversations that could play

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<v Speaker 2>out in Canberra this week. We're going to keep an

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<v Speaker 2>eye on all three of those legislative agendas, Harry. Before

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<v Speaker 2>we go, let's talk about the opposition from a minute, because,

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<v Speaker 2>as you said, we had Susan Lee join us on

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<v Speaker 2>the podcast a couple of weeks ago, and Billy spoke

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<v Speaker 2>to her a lot about what we can expect from

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<v Speaker 2>this iteration of the opposition, a depleted opposition. What are

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<v Speaker 2>you looking out for when you're looking at the opposition

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<v Speaker 2>over the next couple of weeks in Canberra.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's just really interesting to note from the

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<v Speaker 3>outset that it's going to be the first time that

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<v Speaker 3>the Prime Minister faces a female opposition leader a chair

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<v Speaker 3>in the Lower House.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Julia Gillard was the leader of the Labor Party,

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<v Speaker 2>but never actually the opposition leader.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right, she was a Prime minister, never the opposition leader.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's going to be the first time that that

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<v Speaker 3>chair is occupied by a woman. So what I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to be looking at for with Susan Lee and the

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<v Speaker 3>opposition more broadly is just the tone that they strike,

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<v Speaker 3>because so far there has been an acknowledgment that they

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<v Speaker 3>got in Susan Lee's words, smashed at the election and

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<v Speaker 3>that a rebuild needs to happen. Her line is that

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<v Speaker 3>our policies are up for review, but our values are not.

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<v Speaker 3>So we're still true to our conservative routes. But we're

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<v Speaker 3>going to have to have a look at the different

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<v Speaker 3>items and measures that we take as an opposition to

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<v Speaker 3>the Australian people. And you know, we're going to see

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<v Speaker 3>the coalition critique the government, that's their formal role. In particular,

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<v Speaker 3>they've already come out hard against a measure to double

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<v Speaker 3>the tax rate for superannuation balances above three million dollars

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<v Speaker 3>that the government plans to introduce. We don't exactly know when,

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<v Speaker 3>but that's just one of the higher taxing let's just

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<v Speaker 3>say earworms that the opposition wants to put out there,

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<v Speaker 3>and we know that they are very much opposed to

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<v Speaker 3>that idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Have we heard anything from them on this hex reduction

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<v Speaker 2>that is tabled to be the first thing to be

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<v Speaker 2>talked about.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's so fascinating because before the election and during

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<v Speaker 3>the campaign itself, they said that they were opposed to

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<v Speaker 3>the twenty percent reduction and now it appears as though

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<v Speaker 3>things have shifted within the party over the weekend, the

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<v Speaker 3>Shadow Education Minister John o'dunnean was asked about whether he

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<v Speaker 3>was going to support the twenty percent reduction, and here's

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<v Speaker 3>a bit of what he had to say.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not really in the business of standing in the

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<v Speaker 1>way of cost of living relief, but I think it

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<v Speaker 1>is one of those things that Australians wanted they voted for.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll go through our process, but I expect this will

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<v Speaker 1>pass the Parliament.

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<v Speaker 3>So this definitely comes across as a little bit more

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<v Speaker 3>collaborative in tone. And Susan Lee has said that she's

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<v Speaker 3>trying to carve out a constructive path during this term,

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<v Speaker 3>but equally said and I quote, our goodwill is not

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<v Speaker 3>a blank check, and that'll be especially true in the Senate,

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<v Speaker 3>which is also known as the upper House, where the

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<v Speaker 3>government doesn't have a majority.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, just before I let you go, talk to me

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<v Speaker 2>briefly about the Senate. I know that it's sometimes the

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<v Speaker 2>forgotten chamber and we spend a lot of time thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about the House of Reps. Picture for me of the

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<v Speaker 2>state of play in the red Chamber.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the Senate the overlooked child, the middle child, we

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<v Speaker 3>might say, of the Australian Parliament. So based on the

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<v Speaker 3>new makeup, Labor has a slightly simple path to passing

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<v Speaker 3>legislation in the upper House. They'll need to negotiate with

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<v Speaker 3>either the Coalition or the Greens. In the last term

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<v Speaker 3>of parliament it was a calculus of the Greens plus

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<v Speaker 3>a few crossbenches. Because Labour picked up a few seats,

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<v Speaker 3>they won't have to negotiate with those cross benches necessarily.

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<v Speaker 3>And the new Greens leader, Larissa Waters, who's in the Senate,

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<v Speaker 3>she has said she's going to do things differently.

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<v Speaker 4>I am a different person and I bring a different style.

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<v Speaker 4>I really want to get outcomes. I really want to

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<v Speaker 4>work with the current government to try to improve people's

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<v Speaker 4>lives and protect the planet.

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<v Speaker 3>It's going to look like a very different parliament to

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<v Speaker 3>what we had last time, not least because some of

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<v Speaker 3>the leaders that we got used to are just no

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<v Speaker 3>longer there. At Avan lost his seat from the Greens

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<v Speaker 3>and Peter Dutton lost from the Coalition. There's going to

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<v Speaker 3>be more Labour members. Those red skittles will be, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>just rounding that bend. And then it's important to note

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<v Speaker 3>that we are going to have the largest proportion of

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<v Speaker 3>female MPs in Australian political history. It's actually nearly evenly

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<v Speaker 3>split fifty to fifty. There are going to be one

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and twelve MP's and senators who are female and

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<v Speaker 3>one hundred and fourteen that are male, so very very close,

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<v Speaker 3>very close to gender parody.

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<v Speaker 2>Really interesting. It's a new era for the Australian Parliament

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<v Speaker 2>and Prime Minister Anthony Abernezi has a very strong mandates

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<v Speaker 2>to lead given to him by the Australian public. But

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<v Speaker 2>no doubt the opposition will be holding the government accountable

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<v Speaker 2>as they should. Harry, thank you and look forward to

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<v Speaker 2>bringing us some more updates from Canberra throughout the year.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolute pleasure.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Sam, and thank you for joining us on the

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<v Speaker 2>Daily Hours this morning. We're going to be back in

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