1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,080 Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. It is Monday, 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: the eleventh of April. It finally happened. We have an 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: election date. This is big news for Team TDA. We know, 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: or we're working towards the Australian public know when they're voting, 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: and today on the podcast we're going to be breaking 6 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: all of that down. Zara, give us the high level 7 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: rundown before I get to quiz you on some of 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: the differences that are now triggered by the calling of 9 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: the election. 10 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,159 Speaker 2: After Scott Morrison went to the Governor General yesterday and 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 2: announced that the election would be on the twenty first 12 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 2: of May, both him and opposition leader Anthony Albanizi outlined 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 2: their election pitchers at separate press conferences. Morrison described the 14 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 2: election as a choice between a strong economy and a 15 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 2: labor opposition that would weaken it, while Albanizi said we 16 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 2: are a great country. 17 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 3: But we are even better if we have a better government. 18 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: Two International news now and Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan 19 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: has been removed from office after losing a no confidence 20 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: vote in his leadership. It came after Pakistan's Supreme Court 21 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: ruled that Khan had acted unconstitutionally in blocking a previous 22 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 1: attempt at a no confidence vote by dissolving parliament. Khan 23 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: is the first Pakistani PM to be removed via a 24 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: no confidence vote. 25 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 2: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has visited Ukraine's capital of 26 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: Kiev to tour the city with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski. 27 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 2: Johnson pledged new military assistants, including one hundred and twenty 28 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 2: armored vehicles and anti ship missile system and an extra 29 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 2: six hundred and seventy million dollar loan. 30 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: And today's good news, Let's kick off the good news 31 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: of the week with a sports one. Over the weekend, 32 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: the Adelaide Crows won their third AFLW Premiership, beating the 33 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: Melbourne Demons by thirteen points, and the Sydney Roosters have 34 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: taken out the NRLW Grand Final after beating the Saint 35 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: George Illawara Dragons sixteen to six. Okay, so the election 36 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: has now been called and we have a date. But 37 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: what I'd like to do today, Zara? I know there's 38 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: a heap of news around. Let's just go through what's 39 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: happened over the last forty eight hours and what calling 40 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: an election actually means for us now. So you and 41 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: I had a very good idea that the election was 42 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: going to be called yesterday, and it all started on Friday. 43 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 1: What happened? 44 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, So there were two main reasons why people thought 45 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: that the election was going to be called on Sunday, 46 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 2: and the first was that a lawsuit challenging Liberal preselections 47 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:33,919 Speaker 2: in New South Wales, so that was including the pre 48 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 2: selections of MPs like Alex Hawk, who is a close 49 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 2: ally of the Prime Minister, Susan Lee who's the current 50 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 2: Environment Minister, that was dismissed by the High Court on Friday, 51 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 2: and so that decision meant that the Prime Minister, who 52 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 2: had intervened to help with those preselections, was now free 53 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 2: to call the election because there weren't these things up 54 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: in doubt or in front of the courts. And then 55 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 2: the second reason why we knew an election was imminent 56 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 2: was because of a video release by Prime Minister Scott 57 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 2: Morrison on Saturday. 58 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 3: And that was a very almost. 59 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 2: Presidential like video that focus on the Prime Minister and 60 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 2: everything that he believed the Coalition had delivered over the 61 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 2: years in government, and it really outlined the coalition's pitch 62 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: to voters, and that was the first very obvious electioneering 63 00:03:20,200 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 2: that had occurred, and so many pundits were looking on 64 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 2: and understanding that the election being called was imminent, and. 65 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: They were one hundred percent right because the next morning, 66 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: yesterday morning, the election was called. Here is Scott Morrison 67 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:34,320 Speaker 1: fronting the press. 68 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 2: But this election and this campaign is incredibly important because 69 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: there is so much at stake for Australia and our future. 70 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: So now the election has been called, what do we 71 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: have to do? 72 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 2: I feel like this is a step that often gets missed, 73 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 2: but it's an important one, and it's an especially important 74 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 2: one for young people because we know that enrollments are 75 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 2: low in younger demographics. So you may have do now 76 00:04:00,760 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 2: enroll to vote if you've never done so before. So 77 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: if this is your first election after turning eighteen, or 78 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 2: you've moved and you have to check your enrollment, go 79 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 2: to the AEC's website, that's the Australian Electoral Commission and 80 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 2: you can check there everything you need to do to enroll. 81 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 2: To do so, you'll need a driver's license, a passport, 82 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 2: or the confirmation of someone who's already enrolled. 83 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 3: And we don't need to remind you that you must 84 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 3: be eighteen. 85 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 2: To vote, but you can actually get ready early, so 86 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 2: if you're sixteen or seventeen, you can actually enroll now 87 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 2: to be ready for the next election. 88 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 3: This is the clanger though. 89 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 2: You only have seven days to enroll, so seven days 90 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 2: to make sure your enrollment is up to date and accurate, 91 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 2: and that's a really important part of our democracy, so 92 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: that you can actually go on Saturday, the twenty first 93 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 2: of May and vote. 94 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: And the twenty first of May is six weeks away, 95 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: so what can we expect in the next six weeks. 96 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 2: So what you can expect is a whole lot of 97 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 2: politicking and absolutely no policy, and that's because the government 98 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 2: is moving into to caretaker mode, which means that no 99 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 2: really big funding announcements or expended chart can be announced, 100 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:07,960 Speaker 2: and the government. 101 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 3: Is basically just caretaking. 102 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 2: They're just making sure that there is somebody in charge, 103 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 2: but they're not making any political appointments, they're not making 104 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:19,279 Speaker 2: any major policy announcements. They're basically just holding the status quo. 105 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 2: And that means that it's then a level playing field 106 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 2: for both them, the opposition, the minor parties, the independence. 107 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,919 Speaker 2: Everyone's meant to be on an even playing field, so 108 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 2: you can expect a lot of very schmick campaign videos. 109 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 2: You can expect to see Scott Morrison and Anthony Alberenezi 110 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 2: darting across the country. With WA's borders open, and Scott 111 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 2: Morrison having had COVID when that first opened, he'll no 112 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 2: doubt spend a bit of time there and they'll be 113 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 2: really targeting the seats that they see as fundamental to 114 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 2: each party's respective wins. So it'll be interesting to see 115 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 2: where the Prime Minister and the opposition leader spend most 116 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 2: of their time. 117 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 1: It's interesting. There's actually a few differences with this period 118 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: that really caught my eye yesterday. One of them is 119 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: who has to pay for the advertising that we're going 120 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: to see so up until Parliament is dissolved, which happened 121 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: when the Prime Minister visited the Governor General yesterday. The 122 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: taxpayer dollar paid for ads from the government because it 123 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,280 Speaker 1: was part of government messaging. Now that the election has 124 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: been called, that money has to come from the parties. 125 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 1: Another interesting bit of trivia is now not only does 126 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: Scott Morrison have an raaf jet to take him across 127 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: the country, but Anthony Abernezi gets one as well. He 128 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: also did a press conference yesterday. Here is a little 129 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: bit of what the opposition leader had to say. 130 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,760 Speaker 4: Fear can be a powerful emotion and there'll be a 131 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 4: bit of that over the next six weeks, I suspect, 132 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 4: but I want to appeal to Australian's cent of optimism 133 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,560 Speaker 4: and hope for a better future. 134 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 1: All right, So let's say that everybody is up to 135 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: scratch with their enrollment, with the right address and everything 136 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: is good to go. What is the job of the 137 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: Australian individual from here? 138 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 3: All right? 139 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: You tda listener, you have two jobs. Come made first. 140 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,400 Speaker 2: So the first is to elect a local representative from 141 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 2: your area or you're electorate. Now, this representative gets a 142 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 2: seat in you guessed it, the House of Representatives, and 143 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: whichever party can control a majority of the one hundred 144 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,240 Speaker 2: and fifty one seats there, they are the ones that 145 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 2: form government and the leader of that party becomes the 146 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: prime minister. So voting for your House of Representatives representative 147 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: is really important in determining who the government will be. 148 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 2: And another thing to add here is that you're not 149 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 2: actually voting for the prime minister unless you are voting 150 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 2: in the seat of Cook or ingrainedlers, so that's Scott 151 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: Morrison's seat and Anthony Albanezi's seat. If you're in any 152 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 2: other seat, you are voting for a representative who will 153 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 2: go to Canberra and represent you there, but they aren't 154 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 2: necessarily again, unless you're in those two seats going to 155 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 2: be the prime minister. So when you go to the 156 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 2: ballot box, you're voting for the party and you're voting 157 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 2: for the representative that you want in Canberra. But that's 158 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 2: not it because we have a bicameral system in this country, 159 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 2: which means we also have a Senate, and that Senate 160 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 2: is very complicated, but the gist of it is that 161 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 2: your second job is to elect representatives from your state 162 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 2: or territory in the Senate. Each state has six senators 163 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 2: and each territory so the Northern Territory or the Act 164 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 2: has two. The Senate doesn't affect who forms government, but 165 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 2: that doesn't make it any less important, because it does 166 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 2: affect whether the government will have an easy or a 167 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 2: difficult time enacting its policies. 168 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: It's an interesting point you raised. There'sara about who we 169 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: are actually voting for. A lot of the commentary yesterday 170 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: across the Australian media was about how we're about to 171 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: enter a very presidential style election, so there's a lot 172 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: of focus on the two leaders and their character and 173 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: their track record. It's always important to remember that we 174 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: have a very different system here than in the US, 175 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: where it's very much one candidate pitted against another for 176 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: the leadership position. Nonetheless, it is going to be an 177 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,199 Speaker 1: election that's very much about Scott Morrison versus Anthony alb 178 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 1: and easy. We're going to be taking you through that 179 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: election day by day and we really want this to 180 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: be a two way conversation. So if you have anything 181 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: you'd like explained throughout the election, it could be about 182 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:14,959 Speaker 1: particular seats, particular policies, or the way our system works, 183 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: let us know. Hit us up on Instagram at the 184 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: Daily OS it's where you'll find the coverage throughout the 185 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: day until then. Take it all in and we'll speak 186 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: to you tomorrow morning.