1 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,439 Speaker 1: Good morning everyone, and welcome to the Daily OS. It's Tuesday, 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,639 Speaker 1: the twenty seventh of April. My name is Sam Kazlowski, 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: and helping me make sense of today's news is Zara Sideline. 4 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: Here's what's making news today. The WA lockdown. 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 2: Lifts, reactions to India. 6 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 1: Some good news from the OSCARS, and a. 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 2: Quick fire guide to the upcoming Tasmanian state election. Here's 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 2: today's daily digest. We've been covering this one quite a lot, 9 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 2: and it just seems to be getting worse. Countries are 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 2: now working to assist India as it struggles with the 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 2: deadly second wave of COVID nineteen. The US is offering 12 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 2: raw materials for COVID nineteen vaccines, medical equipment, protective gear, 13 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: therapeutics and rapid diagnostic tests. On the other hand, France 14 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: will offer significant extra oxygen capacity after Indian hospitals reported 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 2: that they were running out of oxygen supply. The efforts 16 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: come after Germany, Britain and Italy also confirmed assistance and 17 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 2: supplies for India last week. 18 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,280 Speaker 1: The lockdown of the Perth and Pill region was lifted 19 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: on Monday at midnight after Western Australia recorded no community 20 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: transmitted COVID nineteen cases. Residents can now return to schools 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 1: and work. However, there are still some restrictions that will 22 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:17,880 Speaker 1: remain until at least twelve oh one am on Saturday. 23 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: Mask wearing in public is still mandatory. Private indoor and 24 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: outdoor gatherings are also limited to crowds of twenty. Restaurants, pubs, 25 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: and cafes will reopen, while indoor fitness venues, nightclubs, and 26 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: the casino will remain closed. 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: A candlelight vigil was held yesterday in the Gold Coast 28 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: to remember Kelly Wilkinson, who was allegedly murdered by her 29 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: estranged partner. Gold Coast MP Sam O'Connor, who helped organize 30 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: the vigil, spoke of how the tragedy shocked the community, 31 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 2: saying you never expect this sort of thing to happen 32 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 2: in your own area and a lot of people are 33 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: feeling this. Over the last week, a thirty four year 34 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 2: old man is facing murder charges after Wilkinson was found 35 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: dead in her backyard. If you need any help or support, 36 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: please contact the National Domestic Violence Servers on one eight 37 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 2: hundred respect. 38 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: And here's today's good news. Chloe Zao has become the 39 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: first woman of color and the first woman of Asian 40 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: descent to receive the Best Director award at yesterday's Academy Awards. 41 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,480 Speaker 1: In her acceptance speech, Zao said, this is for anyone 42 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,639 Speaker 1: who has the faith and the courage to hold out 43 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: to the goodness in themselves and to hold out to 44 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: the goodness in each other, no matter how difficult it 45 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: is to do that. Very apt for the year that 46 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: we've had. This year is the first year that two 47 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: women were nominated for Best Director. Oh right, So what's 48 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,799 Speaker 1: the go with state politics? Ay? Like it pops up 49 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 1: here and there, but it's hard to get your head 50 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: around at the best of times. Zara, Are you speaking 51 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: like that? Even when we wrote the post on the 52 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: Tasmanian election, we knew we had to sell it as 53 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: based on a democracy sausage. Zara, I need you to 54 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: take us through the Tazzi election in a short and 55 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: shot that I'm not totally out of the loop, but 56 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 1: expect my base level of knowledge to be zero. Go. 57 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 2: Challenge accepted. So there is a Tasmanian election on May first, 58 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 2: which is this Saturday. And the reason that it is 59 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,800 Speaker 2: on this Saturday is because the Premier Peter Gutwen. He 60 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: called a snap election and he did that because his 61 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 2: Tasmanian Liberal government was plunged into minority government, which meant 62 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 2: basically he didn't have a mandate or so he said 63 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:28,800 Speaker 2: to keep governing. 64 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: Zara, you know me, we work together. I love the 65 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: news like nobody's business. Peter Gutwin never heard of him, 66 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: absolutely never heard of him again. Can you go slow? 67 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: But also in lots of detail. I hope our. 68 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 2: Tazi listeners are not offended by the way that you're 69 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 2: approaching this. But Premier Gutwen, Peter Gutwen, he's the premier. 70 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 2: He's from the Liberal Party. He replaced the former Liberal premier, 71 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 2: so he wasn't actually voted in as premier and his 72 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 2: government are seeking their third term of reelection. You might 73 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 2: have seen him last week he got his COVID nineteen 74 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 2: vaccine and he sported a vicious tiger tattoo on his 75 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 2: arm that everyone was talking about and it was probably 76 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 2: the only time he's got an intense media coverage. On 77 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 2: the other side, we have the Labor Party and the 78 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 2: leader of the Labor Party in Tasmania is Rebecca White 79 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 2: and she has had a career in politics, and she's 80 00:04:21,279 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 2: now climbed to the top and she's the leader of 81 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 2: the opposition. She's been the leader since twenty seventeen. But 82 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 2: as I said earlier, the Labor Party has not held 83 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: government in Tasmania since that time. If we look at 84 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 2: what both of the leaders are promising. Peter Gutwin, as 85 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 2: we've seen happen in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia, 86 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 2: he's been running with the incumbent line, which is we 87 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 2: treated you well through COVID nineteen, we made sure you 88 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 2: were safe, we made sure you had money, so vote 89 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 2: us in as a safe pair of hands. And that's 90 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 2: really what all incumbent governments have done and they've all 91 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 2: won on that, so it seems like it's a bit 92 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,799 Speaker 2: of a winning formula. On the other side, the Labor 93 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 2: Party our campaign on health and housing, which are really 94 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 2: traditional Labor values, and they've been going hard on this, 95 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 2: with Rebecca White saying after seven years of a Liberal government, 96 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 2: the crisis in our health and hospital system has never 97 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 2: been worse. 98 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: Have we seen much intervention from Prime Minister Scott Morrison 99 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: during the election. Does he care about what's happening in Tasmania. 100 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 2: So Scott Morrison hasn't actually even visited Tasmania and we 101 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 2: can't judge him for that, given that the election was 102 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,919 Speaker 2: called really last notice, it's called a snap election, he 103 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 2: honestly might have been too busy to get down there. 104 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 2: We have seen Anthony Albernizi, he's the opposition leader. We've 105 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 2: seen him there and he's been supporting Rebecca White throughout 106 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 2: the campaign. To answer your question, the results of this 107 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 2: election doesn't actually have significant consequences as such for the 108 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:51,080 Speaker 2: Morrison government because either way, it's just a barometer of 109 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 2: one state, not necessarily how the whole country is feeling. 110 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 2: That's what we get polling for, and that is a 111 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 2: cross section of the entire Australian community. 112 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 1: Win for the. 113 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 2: Liberals in Tazi wouldn't make any material difference to Scott 114 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,280 Speaker 2: Morrison's government, but it would show at least at a 115 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 2: state level that the Liberals do have support. Also, when 116 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 2: the next election comes around, the federal election, Scott Morrison 117 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 2: will be looking at some key swinging seats in Tasmania 118 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 2: like Bass and so he'll be looking at the results 119 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 2: from Saturday's election to understand what the community is thinking 120 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 2: and how they're voting. 121 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: So who is the smart money on. Who are the 122 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 1: betting agencies telling us they're going to win? What do 123 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: the punters believe? 124 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,200 Speaker 2: Well, I'm not one to get political advice from sports bet, 125 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:35,720 Speaker 2: but it is looking really likely that the Liberals will 126 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 2: win on Saturday. On sports Bet, the Liberals are paying 127 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 2: a dollar eight compared to Labour's seven dollars, so as 128 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 2: you can see, it's looking pretty likely. Also, as I 129 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,599 Speaker 2: said earlier, there is the incumbent factor that Peter Gutwin 130 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 2: has on his side, which is that we've seen every 131 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 2: single state government in Australia have the incumbents returned to power. 132 00:06:55,640 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 2: It'll certainly be interesting if Labor manages to reverse this trend. 133 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,640 Speaker 1: And I've quickly turned my attention to potential campaign slogans 134 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: for both sides. I've got a gut full as the 135 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: labor policy and it's not black and white for the 136 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: Liberal Party. Do with that what you will. I hope 137 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: we can always have fun with topics like state elections, 138 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: because it's actually important to know about in the news, 139 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: but there's nothing wrong with learning about it in interesting ways. 140 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: That's all we've got time for today on the daily ODS. 141 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: But if you want to follow us on Instagram, jump 142 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: on at the Daily Ods. It's where over one hundred 143 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: thousand Australians get their news throughout the day and we 144 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: would love you to become part of our community.