1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Good morning everyone, Welcome to the Daily Odds. We are 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 1: hours away from another amazing session of action in the pool. 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: I expect all of you are going to be watching 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: around lunchtime as we hopefully get a few more gold 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: medals in Tokyo Zara. What else is making headlines this Thursday? 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: Not a whole lot else. Actually, we have three straight 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 2: COVID stories, so let's jump straight into it. There were 8 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 2: some unfortunate news for Sydney siders, but not unexpected. The 9 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 2: lockdown in Greater Sydney was extended for another four weeks 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 2: after we recorded one hundred and seventy seven new locally 11 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 2: acquired cases of COVID nineteen. There are new restrictions for 12 00:00:38,479 --> 00:00:41,360 Speaker 2: parts of the city and those LGAs of George's River, 13 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,920 Speaker 2: Campbelltown and Parramatta, and so residents there are not able 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 2: to leave unless they are quote an authorized worker, so 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 2: they'll get a special exemption for that. The premiere in 16 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 2: Better News, however, outlined a new singles bubble which means 17 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 2: that residents who live alone are able to nominate one 18 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 2: person that they can have over. 19 00:00:58,560 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: To their house. 20 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 2: As she said throughout this whole outbreak, Premier Gladys Barry 21 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 2: Jiclian is focused on the number of people who are 22 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 2: infectious in the community. 23 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 3: Forty six of these were infectious in the community, and 24 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 3: that's the key number we're really looking at in the 25 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,119 Speaker 3: next few weeks. We really want that forty six number 26 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 3: to come down to as close to zero as possible, 27 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 3: because that will give us confidence that there aren't chains 28 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:21,919 Speaker 3: of transmission in the community. 29 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: On a federal level, yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced 30 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: additional COVID support for those who have lost work in 31 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: Greater Sydney due to the ongoing lockdown, which we now 32 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: know is going for a lot longer. From next week, 33 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,680 Speaker 1: the maximum payment of six hundred dollars to workers will 34 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: be increased to seven hundred and fifty dollars, and for 35 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: those who've lost more than eight and fewer than twenty 36 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: hours a week, the payment is going to be increased 37 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: from three hundred and seventy five dollars to four hundred 38 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: and fifty dollars. To get all of this financial support, 39 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: you need to apply through the service's Australia website. 40 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: To overseas, COVID News Malaysia reported a record two hundred 41 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 2: and seven COVID nineteen deaths on Tuesday and more than 42 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 2: fourteen thousand new cases. The country also recorded forty two 43 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 2: new COVID nineteen clusters, which takes the total number of 44 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 2: active clusters to over one thousand. Surgeon cases has, like 45 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 2: we've seen in many other parts of the world, increased 46 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 2: pressure on the healthcare system and there are now crowded 47 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 2: hospitals and patients having to share oxygen cylinders. Malaysia's been 48 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 2: in a state of COVID nineteen emergency since January this year, 49 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,559 Speaker 2: but that is set to end on August first. 50 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: And in today's good news, you cannot go past Australia's 51 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: record hall yesterday with gold medals coming from both rowing 52 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 1: and swimming, it actually was the equal most successful day 53 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: that Australia has had and the Olympics. Ever, I had 54 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: to include this grab of the commentary from the last 55 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: stages of swimmer Arion Tipmas's win in the two hundred 56 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 1: meter free style immerse yourself in this audio. 57 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: Now she goes our money, she gets into the lade 58 00:02:57,639 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 2: tarry on Tipmos the. 59 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: Legends before our Lives. She does that again and on the. 60 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 3: Break record of a golden double. 61 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: Harry on Tipmas the two and four. 62 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 2: So it's been a while since I have gone full 63 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 2: political nerd on you all, and I gathered that it 64 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 2: was now time, So welcome to another session of political 65 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 2: nerding with Zara today. I wanted to talk about some 66 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: pretty major changes that the Labor Party made their policy platform, 67 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: and this was in the news this week but didn't 68 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: get a whole lot of traction, probably because of obvious 69 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 2: reasons like an extension to lockdown. But now that we 70 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 2: have a bit of room to breathe, I wanted to 71 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 2: deep dive into the changes that Labor leader Anthony Albernezi 72 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 2: announced earlier this week and what this means about Labor 73 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 2: going into the next election. 74 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: So just to clarify here, we know that Labor isn't 75 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: in government, it's the coalition in government. So changes to policies. 76 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: Is this all because of the election coming up at 77 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: some point in the next twelve months. That's exactly right. 78 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 2: So Labor is currently the federal opposition, which means that 79 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: they have a bit of time now to form what 80 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 2: policies they'll be taking to the next election. We don't 81 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,080 Speaker 2: know when that next election will be, we are presuming 82 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 2: it will be in the first quarter of next year. 83 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 2: We know it has to happen before May next year, 84 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 2: and it's sort of really just dependent on the pace 85 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 2: of the vaccine roll out now and if you want 86 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 2: to know more about that, we did a whole post 87 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 2: on it, so head to our instagram. 88 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: So talk me through the main changes of the new 89 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:33,520 Speaker 1: Labor policies. 90 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 2: So at the last election, I was actually working for 91 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 2: a politician and I vividly recall the fact that the 92 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 2: Coalition used Labour's negative gearing and capital gains tax on 93 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 2: all of their ads. This was like their go to 94 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 2: and a retrospective review of Labour's loss at the twenty 95 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 2: nineteen election revealed that these policies might have had something to. 96 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: Do with the loss. 97 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 2: So the policy in twenty nineteen was that Labor, if 98 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 2: they won government, we're going to have the capital gains 99 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 2: tax discount from fifty to twenty five percent with negative gearing. 100 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 2: They were going to remove negative gearing for people who 101 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 2: had bought existing properties. So the big news that we 102 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 2: found out this week is that Labor has dropped both 103 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 2: of those policies ahead of the next federal election. And 104 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: we know that that is now part of the Labor 105 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 2: Party's strategy to focus the next election on what they 106 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 2: perceived to be the government's inadequate handling of the pandemic response. 107 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 2: Labor for a very long time said that they would 108 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 2: oppose the government's Stage three tax cuts and it's a 109 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 2: long story to go into, but basically these tax cuts 110 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 2: were going to benefit the higher income earners in this 111 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 2: country and Labor traditionally did not support that. They've now 112 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 2: dropped that opposition, which is a pretty big deal, and 113 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:51,479 Speaker 2: the government didn't mince words, with Finance Minister Simon Birmingham 114 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 2: saying the position was and I quote, the most half 115 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:58,119 Speaker 2: hearted concession in Australian politics ever and that Labour should 116 00:05:58,120 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 2: not be believed by voters. 117 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: These are obviously pretty major economic decisions for a party 118 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 1: to make. Is there a sense that the Labor Party 119 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: is unified in these decisions. 120 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 2: There was a fair bit of briefing out by members 121 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: of the Labor Party to the media and it seems 122 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 2: like it wasn't at the time a unified position because 123 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 2: as we know, there are different parts of the Labor Party, 124 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,800 Speaker 2: there are different factions and they are scattered across the 125 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 2: political spectrum. So even though the Labor Party is left 126 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 2: of center. There are some right wing Labor members in 127 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 2: there and there are some very far left wing Labor 128 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 2: members in there. So obviously they're not all going to 129 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 2: see ey to eye on everything. But ultimately, in a 130 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,440 Speaker 2: virtual caucus meeting, the policy changes were passed and this 131 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 2: is what Labor will be taking to the next election. 132 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: Just one question from a news perspective, when we talk 133 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 1: about the big issues of the election, you said before 134 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: that it's going to be a big attack on Prime 135 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: Minister Scott Morrison's handling of COVID nineteen. 136 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 2: Well, that's what Labour thinks it will be. Whether or 137 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 2: not that's the case is another thing altogether, right. 138 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 1: And do we see throughout history that what the parties 139 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: want to be the big issue actually becomes the big issue? 140 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: What about things like climate or housing? 141 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 2: I think here it's important to remember how much time 142 00:07:12,640 --> 00:07:15,920 Speaker 2: we could have before the next election. So in February 143 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 2: last year, all anyone could talk about was the bushfires 144 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 2: and was Scott Morrison's handling of the bushfires, And we 145 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 2: saw his approval rating plummet really really dramatically during that time. 146 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 2: Fast forward a couple months and his approval rating had 147 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 2: shot back up again after the government handled the beginnings 148 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: of the COVID outbreak pretty well. By all accounts, we 149 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,640 Speaker 2: managed to last with Scott Morrison's approval ratings really high 150 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 2: until recently when we saw the vaccine roll out going 151 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,280 Speaker 2: a little slower than we had expected or that the 152 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 2: Government had led on. And this is when we've seen 153 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 2: the government and the Prime Minister's approval ratings drop again, 154 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 2: with Labour now ahead on a two party preferred system. 155 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 2: So all that to say that whatever the narrative is 156 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 2: now is not necessarily what the next narrative will be 157 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 2: them and it's even less likely to be dictated by 158 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,640 Speaker 2: the opposition. They can do that through media messaging and 159 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 2: they can do that through their campaigning, but really it's 160 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 2: up to what matters to voters, and we saw that 161 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 2: at the last election, especially with Labor. They tried to 162 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 2: make it a climb at election and it didn't resonate 163 00:08:18,320 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 2: and the Coalition won a whole lot of seats they 164 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:21,600 Speaker 2: weren't expecting to win. 165 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: Australian politics is certainly an extreme sport. If it was 166 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: in the Olympics, it would definitely need a helmet. Follow 167 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: all the action from ospol from COVID nineteen and from 168 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: the Olympics. 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