1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: We've been watching every breath they Premier takes lately to 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: see what's happening with our new public holidays. Yes, we've 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: all been waiting with Braine no not you know, suggest 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: that we're a lazy bunch, but we don't mind it. 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: Easter holiday. Roger Cook is joining us this morning. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 2: Good morning, Morning Premier. 7 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 3: Good morning. I love that segue from us from a 8 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 3: police song to public holidays. 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: And we do we have some new ones. What's going 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: on with the public holidays? 11 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 3: Yeah, as people to be aware, we've been undertaking a 12 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 3: bit of a review of public holidays in wa both 13 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 3: in terms of the number of them and secondly in 14 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 3: terms of when they occur. So we had about eleven 15 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,840 Speaker 3: We've got about eleven public holidays at the moment. Most 16 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 3: states have got around thirteen. And of course, as everyone knows, 17 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 3: all our public holidays are loaded up in the front 18 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 3: half of the year. Yes, and we have to celebrate 19 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:56,280 Speaker 3: wa day when it's raining, in cold, dark and wet. 20 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 3: So I mean, we wanted to sort of have a 21 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 3: look at this, just just do a review. We put 22 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 3: out a little consultation paper. Tens ten thousand people and 23 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 3: organizations responded to that. And so we're proposing some new changes. 24 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 3: Shall I take you through them? Yes? 25 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 4: Please? 26 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 3: Okay, we're going Our calendar is ready, yeah, excellent. So 27 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:21,199 Speaker 3: we've decided on extra two public holidays, and as part 28 00:01:21,240 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 3: of that, we want to align a lot of the 29 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 3: public holidays that we have that don't align with the 30 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 3: East Coast, so you know that annoying thing. We've got 31 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 3: a public holiday, they don't, then they have a public holiday, 32 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 3: then we don't. So we're aligning Labor Day and the 33 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 3: King's Birthday with the East Coast to make sure that 34 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 3: there's a we get better productivity out of that. We're 35 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 3: a single economy in this country, so we need to 36 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 3: make sure that we can all work together. Yes. The 37 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 3: other thing we've done is we've moved Wada away from 38 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 3: the winter and now the idea is to celebrate that 39 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 3: in the first weekend in November. So basically it becomes 40 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 3: us bring fester. We're celebrating our community, celebrating everything that's 41 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 3: great about our wonderful state. Now, as I said, we've 42 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 3: included two new public holidays. We are aligning ourselves with 43 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 3: the wreck with the East Coast in declaring Easter Saturday 44 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 3: are public holiday. Now and we're going to bring a 45 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 3: new public holiday in the second half of the year. Now, 46 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 3: this will occur in the first weekend on the first 47 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 3: Monday of the September October school holidays. You know, that 48 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 3: aligns with a very important event which every person living 49 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 3: in Perth loves and that is the Perth World Show. 50 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 3: So we call that behind. Yes, absolutely, so that's going 51 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 3: to be called Show Day. A great opportunity for families 52 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 3: to spend time together. 53 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: This is all very very very sensible. I mean, nothing 54 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: says waday like cold, wet and duck. So you know, 55 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: I mean we want to move back to November. That 56 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: makes wonderful sense. And of course people have been talking 57 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: about getting our holiday is aligned with the East Coast 58 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: for years and years and years because it is a 59 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: sort of day loss. 60 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 3: Just sort of with time to time to just do it, 61 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 3: you know, we get ourselves better aligned with the East 62 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 3: Coast and we can all celebrate as one. 63 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 2: And they weren't going to move to ours, they weren't 64 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 2: going to move to accommodation. 65 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: We have to be the biggest state. 66 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right, and. 67 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:21,239 Speaker 4: Look there's a few of them. 68 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 3: You know, it doesn't completely line up I mean, but 69 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,519 Speaker 3: basically we're aligning ourselves with the beef big East Coast economies. 70 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 3: We think that's a sensible point of a sensible approach 71 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:35,000 Speaker 3: to take in terms of, you know, just continuing to 72 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 3: drive productivity. 73 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 2: As put forward by that esteem w a publication on 74 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 2: Facebook at least the bell Tower Times Clive Palmer denied 75 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 2: days still on the table. Is it a possibility down 76 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:47,360 Speaker 2: the track. 77 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 3: Or have we moved on? Reader of the bell Tower Times, 78 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:54,160 Speaker 3: I always make sure I'm guided by them when it 79 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 3: comes to great public policy. 80 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: Well yeah, yeah, this is your first chat with us, 81 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: with Russell, your lazy left ust stepping into a role 82 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,480 Speaker 1: with big shoes to fill. Do you have any advice 83 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: for Russell? 84 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 3: First of all, I just like to say that my 85 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:18,600 Speaker 3: application to your job, I. 86 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 2: Knew I was in a pool of applicants and there 87 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 2: was some pretty high profile one. 88 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,040 Speaker 4: Yeah. 89 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, well look, congratulations Russell, welcome to the day. I'm 90 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 3: sure Lisa is. 91 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 4: Showing you the ropes and yeah, look as someone else 92 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 4: that took over, you know, from from another person with yeah, 93 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 4: and I just say, be you genuine, Russell. 94 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,159 Speaker 3: This is your show, This is your show. It's a 95 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 3: bit late, Joy. 96 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: It's a bit late in life to try and be 97 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 2: someone else. Now, I think that's the. 98 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: Advice that guy gave you, because it's very good advice. Definitely. 99 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, well we'll look. I obviously catch up with Mark 100 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 3: quite a bit. I'm still, you know, get great advice, 101 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 3: but from from time to time. But I just think 102 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 3: people out there want to know who you are and 103 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 3: what you stand for, and that's the that's the issue 104 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 3: that I've you know, continue to guide me all the 105 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:19,599 Speaker 3: way along, is that I'm Roger and I'm just going 106 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 3: to do me. 107 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 2: Hi, I'm Roger. 108 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: You remember me from I think it was Mark Twain 109 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: that said be yourself because everyone else is taken. 110 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:34,679 Speaker 3: That's a beautiful way to describe. 111 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: They are words to live by and you may have that. Well, 112 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: actually I've asked my train, but I'm giving it to you, Roger. 113 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: Thank you for the public holidays, Thank for the chat 114 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: this morning. We'll catch up with you soon. 115 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 3: Look forward to the guys. Thank you very much. 116 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 2: And we're we're booking in our extra holidays. 117 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: Yeah that's good stuff. 118 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 3: But I didn't know. 119 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:55,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, we had. 120 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 2: Less than other parts of the country. I mean, I 121 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 2: new Canberra had more, but then that just goes without saying, 122 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 2: doesn't it. 123 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: Northern Territory, I think at the moment. 124 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, probably it's fireworks. 125 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: Day you just need Oh god, it's hot day. 126 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 3: You know. 127 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 2: What is that Todd River thing where they do the 128 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,839 Speaker 2: dry river bed where they have a whole holiday for 129 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 2: that too. They have all sorts of all sorts of stuff. 130 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 2: It's a crazy place anyway. We're catching up mud crabs, 131 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: moving a few around.