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Speaker 1: Well, it is just on ten thirty and it's time

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Speaker 1: for the Big Issues with thanks to Kolano Community Association

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Speaker 1: and joining us in this studio. Dave Tolner, good morning

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Speaker 1: to be with Youtie and Damie and Hale. Good morning

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Speaker 1: to you. You're really good. Great to see you both.

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Speaker 1: And there is a boy. There's so much going on.

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Speaker 2: One pink jacket today cold a little bit of a riching.

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Speaker 2: Beno looked with the pink. I think it reminds me

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Speaker 2: of when he used to do the Jane McGrath test.

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Speaker 1: Oh, that's fantastic. Well, it is Prescotcer Awareness month, so

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Speaker 1: it's perfect time to have a pink jacket on. But anyway,

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Speaker 1: let's get into it. There's lots happening and Queenslanders it's

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Speaker 1: looking like they're going to be able to spend Christmas

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Speaker 1: but those who refuse to get vaccinated will face curves

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Speaker 1: on the freedoms that they're currently enjoying, as authorities warned

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Speaker 1: that it would be the last chance for Queenslanders to

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Speaker 1: protect themselves before the Delta wave arrives. So the state's

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Speaker 1: regardless of whether eighty percent of the eligible Queenslanders are

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Speaker 1: fully vaccinated, but could open sooner if people get the JAB.

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Speaker 1: So it does mean that you're going to be able

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Speaker 3: Well, it could be. But it's great.

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Speaker 2: Like the Key's always been about vaccinations, isn't it. So

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Speaker 4: They still now I've got to ask you, did either

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Speaker 4: of you guys see the Channel nine news last night,

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Speaker 4: Because acted I sat there and thought, shit, is this

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Speaker 1: Well do you reckon though, He's just very worried about

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Speaker 3: Right, David. What leaders in the community should be saying.

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Speaker 2: And you're a leader in your side of politics, and

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Speaker 1: To get the name and listen to the health professionals.

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Speaker 1: You know, I don't listen to people who are not

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Speaker 4: Elections, but also you just put the health professionals in charge.

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Speaker 4: I got a message right. If you don't want to

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Speaker 1: You don't get your or you don't get your child

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Speaker 3: But the reality is now.

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Speaker 5: That we've got the debate, that we've now got the vaccines,

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Speaker 1: So the Coalition party group is going to meet again today.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure whether that's happened or not. So far,

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Speaker 5: Let's hope not here we go now, you haven't got

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Speaker 2: Occupy the last ten minutes of the show doing Barnaby's

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Speaker 4: He's good mate. But somebody, some people will think a

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Speaker 4: He went to the last election with all this hocus

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Speaker 4: Like every person who's taken on this, it's a climate.

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Speaker 1: So you don't reckon, you go no, because it's a.

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Speaker 2: Waste of players money sending him. The whole world knows

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Speaker 6: So you can sit there and say that's well, the

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Speaker 2: So it doesn't matter. It really doesn't matter what policy

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Speaker 2: They do not believe in climate change. And I'm proud

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Speaker 2: But we see this from the nationals every time is

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Speaker 4: There's a whole range of ways of adapting to climate

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Speaker 4: That's the only answer that there green laughters. You are

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Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying production in Australia.

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Speaker 4: To call us around name under the sun, but at

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Speaker 2: Mistage is that they fundamentally don't believe that we are

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Speaker 3: Of the world. They don't.

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Speaker 2: Otherwise they would be part of the solution.

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Speaker 3: They're part of the solution. They're part of the problem.

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Speaker 4: Like there should do.

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Speaker 3: Is put it to the vote, all right, if all

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Speaker 2: And you're talking like Dave, we've last two weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: Whoween.

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Speaker 3: We can have such national law as well. Mate, we

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Speaker 3: We can all accept that.

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Speaker 1: Dame Dolar and Damian, it's always fun. Thank you both

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Speaker 1: so much for joining us this morning. For the big issues.

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