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Speaker 2: Good morning and welcome to the Daily os It's Monday,

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Speaker 2: the twenty second of May. I'm zara, i'm nina. One

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Speaker 2: year ago today we were waking up to a labor

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Speaker 3: Tonight, the Australian people have voted for change.

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Speaker 2: Last election, we saw a return to labor after nearly

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Speaker 2: a decade. We saw the rise of the teals, and

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Speaker 2: we also saw an overwhelming sense that young people had

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Speaker 2: In today's deep Dive, a year after the federal election,

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Speaker 2: made by the Albanese government since the First Nina What's

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Speaker 4: Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi has attended the G seven summit

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Speaker 2: External gambling related signs at pubs and clubs will be

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Speaker 2: banned in New South Wales from the start of September.

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Speaker 2: Incident and the good news. Sylvia Nupunditch has become the

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Speaker 4: One year ago today, you were doing this podcast with

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Speaker 4: Let's talk about integrity, because I think that was something

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Speaker 2: Throughout the election, Labor promised to implement the statement in full.

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Speaker 2: the Uluru Statement is the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which

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Speaker 2: of course we've been speaking about a lot and is

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Speaker 4: We have spoken about the Voice and the referendum a

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Speaker 4: you just outline where we're out in the process.

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Speaker 2: Yes, So, earlier this year the Government outlined what the

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Speaker 2: In terms of politically speaking, the Greens have come out

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Speaker 2: On the other hand, separately, in a separate times, both

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Speaker 2: And you can listen back to an earlier episode when

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Speaker 2: we outline those two separate positions. But I think now

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Speaker 2: is the right time to say that whatever the Government

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Speaker 2: you and I do. We are basically as important as

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Speaker 2: I think that it is clear that this is going

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Speaker 4: And also once we get past the referendum, we can

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Speaker 4: of the Uluru Statement from the heart, including that treaty

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Speaker 4: and truth telling. But I think for today we've covered

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Speaker 4: a lot of ground. So thanks so much for that overview, Sarah.

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Speaker 2: And apologies for two very nasally women.

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Speaker 4: We are not in our best state of health, but

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Speaker 4: we will recover from our cold suit.

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Speaker 2: a brilliant day,