1 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,359 Speaker 1: Good morning and welcome to the Daily OS. Happy Facebook 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: re emergence Day. It's Wednesday, the twenty fourth of February. 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: My name is Zara Sidler, and helping me make sense 4 00:00:12,680 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: of today's news is Sam Koslowski. Making news today, increases 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:18,400 Speaker 1: to job seeker. 6 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 2: A digital vaccine passport, some good news about space, and 7 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 2: a chat about the crossbench is today's daily digest. 8 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: The federal government yesterday announced they're fifty dollars a fortnight 9 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: permanent raise to the job seeker rate. Now PEAT bodies 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: have been calling for this for quite a while, and 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: the government announced that the payment would be lifted to 12 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: six hundred and fifteen dollars a fortnight, roughly forty four 13 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 1: dollars a day after March thirty first. The federal government 14 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: also announced the establishment of a new hotline for employers 15 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: to call if someone applied for a job, got offered 16 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: a job, but turned that job down. And this is 17 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 1: all part of the mutual obligation scheme. 18 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: If you're traveling to New Zealand any time after April, 19 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: this is a pretty important story. Their New Zealand are 20 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 2: going to be trialing a digital vaccine passport on flights 21 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 2: between Auckland and Sydney. When someone is vaccinated or tested 22 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 2: either side of the Tasman the medical center can send 23 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,360 Speaker 2: that information to a centralized app and that can be 24 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 2: cross checked against the travel requirements for the country the 25 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 2: traveler is trying to visit. 26 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: To international news, the wife of el Chapo, Emma Coronell, 27 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 1: has been arrested in Virginia on international drug trafficking charges. 28 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: She's been charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methanphetamine, heroin, 29 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: and marijuana in the US and she's expected to face 30 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:36,919 Speaker 1: court in Washington today. 31 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 2: And the good news, twenty nine year old Hailey Arsenal 32 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,919 Speaker 2: will become the youngest American in space when she joins 33 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: elon Musk's SpaceX flight later this year. Haley's a medical assistant, 34 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: bone cancer survivor and will be the first person in 35 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 2: space with a prosthetic limb. 36 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: And from space to Camera's Parliament House, which seems like 37 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: a very normal jump there. So the big story today 38 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: is that controversial Liberal Party MP Craig Kelly has resigned 39 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: from the party and he'll now move to sit on 40 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: the cross bench for the remainder of the electoral term. 41 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: So I know there's quite a bit of jargon in 42 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: that sentence, so let's break it down. Craig Kelly, he's 43 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: the Federal Liberal member for Hughes. He's announced he will 44 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,359 Speaker 1: no longer represent the Liberal Party in Federal Parliament. Instead, 45 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 1: he's moving to something called the cross bench, which is 46 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: a group of diverse independents and minor party members of 47 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: Parliament who are not part of either of the major parties. 48 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: The cross bench isn't bound by any party policies or principles, 49 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 2: so they basically have free agency to say or do 50 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,480 Speaker 2: whatever they like. This is extremely attractive to someone like 51 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 2: Craig Kelly, who has been censured by his party on 52 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:46,679 Speaker 2: speaking on things like vaccines, COVID nineteen and climate change. 53 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: He said yesterday that it was the response from the 54 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 2: party to his suggestion of ivermectin as a treatment of 55 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 2: COVID that ultimately made him quit. While his freedom of 56 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 2: speech will certainly be expanded now he can really say 57 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: and do whatever he likes. The the hand, it means 58 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 2: that he won't have access to Liberal Party resources, and 59 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 2: that includes things like funding, branding and policy messaging. 60 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, and at a parliamentary level, the coalition, which is 61 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: the Liberal Party in the Nats have also now lost 62 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: one vote in the House of Reps, which brings increased 63 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: power to the cross bench when they're voting on policy matters. 64 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: So Craig Kelly has essentially become a king maker in 65 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: the House, with the government now needing the cross bench 66 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: to pass contentious legislation. Craig Kelly has confirmed, however, that 67 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: he'll continue to support the government on matters of supply 68 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 1: and confidence, which means that he'll continue to vote on 69 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: things that pertain to the budget or confidence in the 70 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: government in general. 71 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 2: Kelly's move reportedly shocked his colleagues, becomes after a string 72 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 2: of controversies for the MP, many of which we covered 73 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: on Instagram. He was deeplatformed from Facebook for spreading COVID 74 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 2: nineteen conspiracy theories. He said he would wait to see 75 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 2: the evidence before getting the vaccine, his staunchly anti climate change, 76 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 2: and most recently, his longtime senior staffer was accused of 77 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 2: inappropriate conducts in the workplace by various young women and 78 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 2: is currently facing in that branded violence order. 79 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: So what this all amounts to and what it means 80 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: for Craig Kelly and the Liberal Party at the next 81 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: election remains to be seen. He's been saved by a 82 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: number of Liberal leaders from losing pre selection, which is 83 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: the process when a party picks their candidate for the 84 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: upcoming election, and the Liberal Party are now free to 85 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: choose a more competitive candidate that could ultimately beat Craig Kelly. Alternatively, 86 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 1: he is also free to join any other party, including 87 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: the NATS, one Nation or even the Great Australia Party, 88 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: which is mate Pete Evans as a member of and Zara. 89 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 2: Didn't we he yesterday that we're not going to an 90 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 2: election this year. 91 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, look, that also remains to be seen. But Scott 92 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 1: Morrison did say yesterday that he would like to hand 93 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: down two budgets before the next election, and the last 94 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: date that the election can be held is next May, 95 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: so we'll keep an eye on that and we will 96 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: update you all as we go. 97 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 2: That's all we have time for today, but in the meantime, 98 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:00,480 Speaker 2: follow the day's news on Instagram at the z AliOS. 99 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 2: It's where over eighty five thousand Australians get their news 100 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 2: throughout the day and we'd love you to become part 101 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:10,480 Speaker 2: of the community.