1 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Good morning, and welcome to the Daily Os. It's Tuesday, 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 1: the ninth of March. My name is Sam Kazlowski, and 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: helping me make sense of today's news is Zara Sidler. 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 2: Making news today, more on the Christian Porter case, pressure. 5 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: On New York Governor Andrew Coomo. 6 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:20,600 Speaker 2: Some good news about COVID, and let's. 7 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:22,640 Speaker 1: Have a chat about the future of the monarchy. 8 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 2: Here's today's Daily Digest. 9 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 1: The woman who alleges she was raped by Christian Porter 10 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: reportedly spoke in detail to a sexual assault counselor about 11 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 1: her claim eight years ago. We know this because the 12 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: councilor told four Corners last night that the woman was 13 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: extremely articulate, not delusional, and volunteered the allegation. 14 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 2: Now to international News, at least twenty people have been 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: killed and more than six hundred wounded in a series 16 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 2: of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea, which 17 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,320 Speaker 2: is in Central Africa. The president has attributed the blasts 18 00:00:56,400 --> 00:00:59,639 Speaker 2: to a negligent handling of dynamite. 19 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 1: Two senior New York Democrats have withdrawn their support from 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: New York Governor Andrew Cowomo, who's facing several allegations of 21 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: sexual harassment, with the state Senate majority leaders saying New 22 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: York is still in the midst of this pandemic. We 23 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: need to govern without daily destruction. For the good of 24 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: the state, Governor Coomo. 25 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:22,320 Speaker 2: Must resign and finally for the good news. Yesterday New 26 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 2: South Wales recorded its fiftieth day in a row of 27 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 2: no locally acquired COVID nineteen cases on your New South Wales. 28 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: From COVID to the Royal Family. Today's big story is 29 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 2: one hundred percent about the interview that Meghan Markele and 30 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 2: Prince Harry had with Oprah. Now, during this interview, we 31 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 2: heard allegations of racism, we heard about the ostracization that 32 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 2: Meghan Markle felt, and we heard a whole lot that 33 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: no one had ever spoken about about the depths of 34 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 2: the Royal family. And that brought up an interesting question 35 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: for Sam and I. We know that whenever there are 36 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 2: these sorts of stories from the Royal family that it 37 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: ignites the Republican movement here in Australia. So Sam, where 38 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 2: are we at with this movement? And we're not talking 39 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:10,560 Speaker 2: about the American political party. 40 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: That's exactly right. So what we thought would be helpful 41 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 1: was a quick survey of what the republican movement is, 42 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: how we would actually get to become a republic, and 43 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: why people would be talking about it now. So what 44 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: is a republic. A republic is a country where power 45 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 1: is completely in the hands of the people. So at 46 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 1: the moment, the top of the food chain for Australia 47 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: is the monarchy in England. That's because we originally were 48 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: colonized as a British colony and the legacies of that 49 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 1: are still there today. 50 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 2: And it's really obvious even when there is legislation being 51 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 2: passed through the Parliament, it needs to go for royal 52 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,959 Speaker 2: assent to become law, so it needs to go to 53 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 2: the Queen's representative here in Australia before it becomes part 54 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 2: of our law. 55 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: And so an Australian republic would still have a Prime 56 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,119 Speaker 1: Minister as the head of our government, and it would 57 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: still have the Parliament making the laws as it does today, 58 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: but instead of that royal assent, the head of Australia 59 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: would not be a British king or Queen, but rather 60 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: a head of state or a president. For Australia to 61 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 1: become a republic, we would go to a referendum where 62 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: every Australian voter would have the opportunity to vote yes 63 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: or no to all of the detail laid out about 64 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: what an Australian republic would look like. If more than 65 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: half of all voting age Australians voted yes, and there 66 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,119 Speaker 1: is a majority in at least four of the six 67 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: states of Australia, then the change would go ahead and 68 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: Australia would leave the British monarchy. 69 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 2: Okay, so what are the arguments for a republic. 70 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: The key arguments for a republic is that Australian values 71 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 1: should be reflected in the way that we are governed. 72 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: So that's why you can expect to see a lot 73 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: of Republican chatter after the interview with Megan Markel yesterday, 74 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: is because we're constantly looking towards the Royal Family of 75 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: whether they're a good reflection of our current values. We 76 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: expect to see the Republican movement drill in this point 77 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: that the Royal Family is outdated, that they no longer 78 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: have relevance to modern society, and that we need to 79 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: move forward. 80 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 2: On the other hand, critics of the Republican movement say 81 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 2: that basically, if nothing's broken, why do we need to 82 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 2: fix it. If democracy in Australia is functioning as it 83 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,760 Speaker 2: is supposed to, while the Queen is at arm's length 84 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 2: from our country, then why would we go through this really, 85 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 2: really substantial, major process of overhauling the system of our 86 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 2: democracy for something we don't know if it'll be much 87 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 2: better than what we have already. It's also interesting to 88 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 2: note that Australia's head of state is destined to be 89 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 2: a man for at least our next three monarchs after 90 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 2: Queen Elizabeth passes. 91 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: While you can certainly expect to be reading some coverage 92 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: about the Republican movement because of the explosive interview with 93 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: Oprah yesterday, this discussion's really going to kick off in 94 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: earnest when we have a change to the head of state. 95 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: There you'll see a lot of coverage about what's to 96 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: come for Australia's future. 97 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 2: Okay, team, that is, we have time for today, but 98 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 2: in the meantime, please follow the day's news on Instagram 99 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 2: at the Daily Odds. 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