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Speaker 1: Very good morning and welcome to the Daily Ours. It's Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: the fifteenth of March, and today we're on familiar territory.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about elections and I couldn't be happier. But

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Speaker 1: before we get to what is happening in South Australia

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Speaker 1: next weekend, Sam take us through the stories of the day.

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Speaker 2: The Victorian government has announced thousands of workers in casual

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Speaker 2: and insecure jobs will now be able to access five

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Speaker 2: days of sick leave a year. The two hundred and

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Speaker 2: forty five point six million dollar scheme is a two

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Speaker 2: year pilot program and will apply to an estimated one

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Speaker 2: hundred and fifty thousand workers in the state. Eligible occupations

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Speaker 2: will include hospitality workers, supermarket and supply chain workers, aged

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Speaker 2: and disability carers and laundry workers.

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Speaker 1: Yesterday we heard more from the federal government on this

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Speaker 1: sanctions front, with the Australian government announcing new sanctions on

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Speaker 1: thirty three Russian individuals, and that includes Chelsea Club owner

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Speaker 1: Roman Abramovich. Most of the individuals targeted are oligarchs and

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Speaker 1: business people, and to date Australia has imposed four one

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Speaker 1: hundred and sixty sanctions on Russian companies and individuals.

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Speaker 2: Sticking with Russia, and the Russian government has asked China

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Speaker 2: for military aid and other support, and this is according

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Speaker 2: to multiple global reports. US officials have told The Financial

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Speaker 2: Times there are signs Russia is running out of some

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Speaker 2: equipment as it enters the third week of its attack

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Speaker 2: on Ukraine. On Sunday, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan

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Speaker 2: told CNN the White House is quote watching closely to

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Speaker 2: see the extent to which China actually does provide any

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Speaker 2: form of support to Russia.

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Speaker 1: The good news yesterday, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacindra Ardern

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Speaker 1: announced the country's scheduled to reopen borders will be fast tracked.

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Speaker 3: Adan said that Australians.

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Speaker 1: Generally would due to come in July, visa waiver countries

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Speaker 1: as well thereafter, but that the government was looking to

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Speaker 1: bring those forward because and I quote, we believe that

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Speaker 1: we can safely do so. She said, we'll be looking

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Speaker 1: to make announcements on the timeframe on that this week.

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Speaker 2: Zara, it's the battle of the Bite, the rumble in Rundle,

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Speaker 2: the ambush of Adelaide. The South Australian state election is

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Speaker 2: in less than a week. It's coming up on the weekend.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to make it as exciting as possible, Lack.

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Speaker 2: If you find yourself in South Australia on the weekend,

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Speaker 2: you're going to be seeing voters lining up at polling

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Speaker 2: booths with the task to choose someone to represent their

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Speaker 2: electorate in the South Australian House of Assembly and statewide

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Speaker 2: representatives in the South Australian Legislative Council. You might even

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Speaker 2: see them sneaking a democracy sausage or two, warming up

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Speaker 2: for the federal election, which is only in a couple

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Speaker 2: of months. Time Liberal leader Stephen Marshall he's seeking re

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Speaker 2: election as Premier and his opponent is Labor leader Peter Malinowskis.

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Speaker 2: Whichever party wins a majority of seats in the South

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Speaker 2: Australian House of Assembly, they'll form the South Australian Government

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Speaker 2: and the party leader will become the premier. Along with

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Speaker 2: the major parties, there will be a field of other

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Speaker 2: candidates from other parties, including the Greens, One Nation, Family

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Speaker 2: First and the Animal Just This Party. Last week, both

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Speaker 2: Marshall and Malanaskis faced off in a debate where they

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Speaker 2: discussed some big issues for the state of South Australia.

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Speaker 2: Here's a little clip of how that went down.

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Speaker 4: Our policies and ounce have totaled less than three hundred

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Speaker 4: million dollars. The vast majority are all ready this is

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Speaker 4: not true. Well, I'm sorry, it is one hundred percent true.

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Speaker 2: And you said you were about five hundred million on

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Speaker 2: health a couple of days ago.

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Speaker 4: The people of South Australia have got to determine who

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Speaker 4: they trust to manage the budget, manage the economy in

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Speaker 4: South Australia.

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Speaker 2: Zara, talk South Australia to me, what are some of

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Speaker 2: the big issues that have shaped this campaign.

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Speaker 1: Considering the two years we've just had. Let's start off

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Speaker 1: with the topic of COVID nineteen. The Libs are campaigning

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Speaker 1: on their management of the pandemic, pointing to the state's

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Speaker 1: high levels of vaccination and the government's ongoing financial support.

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Speaker 1: And I must say this was pretty popular among South Australians,

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Speaker 1: given that Premier Stephen Marshall had high approval rates. Seventy

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Speaker 1: four percent approved of the government's handling in a survey

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Speaker 1: in late twenty twenty one. However, the Labor Party says

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Speaker 1: the government was not adequately prepared and says it will

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Speaker 1: focus on planning for schools, boosters and rapid tests.

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Speaker 2: And is the COVID nineteen discussion dominating the health portfolio

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Speaker 2: in this debate or is there more to it?

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Speaker 3: I mean, naturally there is more to it.

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Speaker 1: Like many other states, South Australia's hospitals have had to

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Speaker 1: deal with a large influx of COVID nineteen patients in

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Speaker 1: early twenty twenty two, Labour says the system is in

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Speaker 1: crisis and wants to scrap a six hundred and sixty

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Speaker 1: two million dollars stadium project and then redirect that money

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Speaker 1: to health funding. Remember this stadium project because we'll be

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Speaker 1: coming back to it. But in comparison, the Liberals have

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Speaker 1: promised one hundred and twenty three million dollars to upgrade

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Speaker 1: hospitals and expand capacity.

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Speaker 2: Let's look at the infrastructure policies from both parties. Now,

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Speaker 2: speaking of stadiums, what's been promised?

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Speaker 1: As mentioned, the Liberals are promising to build a fifteen

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Speaker 1: thousand person arena on the Adelaide Riverbank, which will cost

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Speaker 1: around six hundred and sixty two million. Included in the

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Speaker 1: riverbank upgrade, the Liberal Party has promised an underground tunnel

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Speaker 1: directly linking that arena with the Adelaide Convention Center. Outside

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Speaker 1: of stadium projects, both parties have committed to funding to

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Speaker 1: build a new aquatic center in North Adelaide, eighty million

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Speaker 1: from Labour and twenty five million from the Liberals.

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Speaker 2: All right, talk to me about the economy.

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Speaker 1: The economy is a big thing for South Australia, as

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Speaker 1: it is any other state or territory. But in that

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Speaker 1: state there is the highest unemployment rate in the country.

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Speaker 1: So the Liberals are promising to remove payroll tax for

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Speaker 1: all apprentices and trainees for two years, and that's to

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Speaker 1: reduce the cost of hiring new people. They've also committed

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Speaker 1: to funding twelve thousand apprentice and trainee positions. If we

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Speaker 1: move then to labor. They're promising to support a range

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Speaker 1: of industries and have committed to reversing the privatization of

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Speaker 1: the state's trams and trains and they want to return

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Speaker 1: them to public ownership.

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Speaker 2: All right, take me to the juicy bit. I want

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Speaker 2: to know who is likely to win this election, just.

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Speaker 1: To go to the process of things. Whichever party can

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Speaker 1: control the majority of seats in the South Australian House

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Speaker 1: of Assembly will of course form government. And its leader

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Speaker 1: will become premier. It is expected to be a close race.

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Speaker 1: A News poll published on the twenty sixth of February

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Speaker 1: found fifty three percent of respondents favored the Labor Party

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Speaker 1: over the Liberal Party. And it's important to note here

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Speaker 1: that I'm not saying the coalition, and that's because in

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Speaker 1: South Australia it isn't a coalition, it's just the Liberals.

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Speaker 1: So it'll be really interesting to see how many seats

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Speaker 1: both of the major parties can pick up at this election,

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Speaker 1: and whether or not the state changes hands.

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Speaker 3: It's certainly one to watch.

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Speaker 1: Ahead of the federal election, which we are expecting in

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Speaker 1: May of this year, because it gives a general sentiment

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Speaker 1: about how people feeling post pandemic and how the economy

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Speaker 1: might be faring in that state. One last thing to

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Speaker 1: note is that pre poll and postal votes won't be

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Speaker 1: counted on the night in South Australia, which means that

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Speaker 1: if it is tight, we're unlikely to get a result

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Speaker 1: on that Saturday.

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Speaker 2: A big weekend for South Australia and indeed the country.

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Speaker 2: We're going to learn a lot about the state of

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Speaker 2: politics by the end of the weekend or a little

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Speaker 2: bit later. If the polls are tight, we'll be there

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Speaker 2: every step of the way. And if you enjoy this podcast,

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