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Speaker 2: Good morning to you both.

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Speaker 3: I'm thrilled to be here with Haley, are you oh good?

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Speaker 4: Fairly well, we might be able to make the Olympics together.

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Speaker 3: Great dancers, break beans, break beans together.

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Speaker 3: So it's not only the birthplace for labor politicians, it's

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Speaker 4: No, that wouldn't That wouldn't be the case of all?

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Speaker 2: Is that aligned?

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Speaker 1: Is that?

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Speaker 4: So you need to the problem with the.

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Speaker 4: The Labor Party, let.

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Speaker 5: Me finish, the Labor Party doesn't sit around in rooms

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Speaker 2: So is this a warrior at the moment or is

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Speaker 4: No, there's always going to be argie bargie, and there's

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Speaker 5: And of course, and the fundamental while the union movement

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Speaker 3: Well, I think it's just a demonstration of sort of moronic,

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Speaker 3: It's only fifty of them, but it's a demonstration of

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Speaker 3: Instead of saying thank you to Michael Gunner for trying

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Speaker 1: In all my time, I've never thought that i'd hear

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Speaker 3: When well I mean Michael Gunner. I think Michael Gunner

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Speaker 4: Did you move along when.

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Speaker 3: You're treasurer the public service? And I got to say

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Speaker 3: thank you, thank you for standing up for us, thank

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Speaker 5: It's an interesting situation as the week before the election

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Speaker 3: How much you can trust me, Michael and Indian giver

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Speaker 4: So and I think it's the wage freeze in regards.

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Speaker 5: But you know, it is a public service type town.

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Speaker 5: You know, if you've got the public service on side,

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Speaker 4: Next time.

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Speaker 3: I just send us bankrupt.

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Speaker 2: Well, I tell you what, what a night to finish on.

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Speaker 1: We are going to have to wrap up because it's

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Speaker 3: I believe this.

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Speaker 5: Shock and Simon Watson. I'm really disappointed for Simon because

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Speaker 5: he didn't get the leading.

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Speaker 4: That he deserves. For them, I had to prompt you

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Speaker 2: That's right, it's a great sign.

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Speaker 5: I'm just I'm just disappointed that Dave didn't do more

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Speaker 3: I'd be disappointed you don't play more of those Darwood

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Speaker 3: Ship Store rats, you know, because they are always tuning in.

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Speaker 3: They're a big supporter of it. They're a big supporter

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Speaker 3: of your station here as well.

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 3: We make sure we are always sitting there side to me.

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Speaker 3: I go to the buff Club. Quite often they're always saying, oh,

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Speaker 3: Katie as good looking as she seems.

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Speaker 4: No doubt about that.

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Speaker 5: But I love too the stuff you played today very

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Speaker 5: good looking. The stuff you played today with Michael Dunner,

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Speaker 5: it when Michael has a blow up.

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Speaker 4: My word, lazy. Lazy is the worst thing you can

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Speaker 5: I think, guys, that girl's lazy, and it's just like

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Speaker 5: want to I don't want to be nicknamed lazy.

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Speaker 2: You are not lazy. There's no doubt.

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Speaker 1: Enjoy coming into the studio every week. And that's our

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Speaker 1: last big issues.

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Speaker 4: What we having a Christmas drink?

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Speaker 2: Well, my boss did.

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Speaker 3: Actually, I was in search of rocking horse spit and

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Speaker 3: I think I've had more success getting a lunch out

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Speaker 3: of this Bailey's.

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Speaker 4: It has been a decade.

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Speaker 3: Peak Davies took us for one deer. I think it

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Speaker 4: Then, he said, when he said he had an important engagement,

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Speaker 4: he was straight out to the.

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Speaker 1: Past to get in trouble because we're about to go

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Speaker 1: over the news, so we're going to have to be

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Speaker 1: very fast. But thank you both very much for all

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Speaker 1: the time that you give up to be part of

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Speaker 1: the show each and every week, some of us more

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Speaker 1: often than othersidding you've got.

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Speaker 3: To contract to be sent through. I'm not coming in he.

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Speaker 1: See you both in the new year, and and thank

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Speaker 2: We really appreciate it.

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Speaker 3: Again with you to Katie and and your listeners too well.

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Speaker 3: I get a lot of feedback around the community about

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Speaker 3: this show and it's it's good to still fun in

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Speaker 3: the waters.

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Speaker 5: Merry Christmas to everyone, Enjoy time with your family. Stay

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Speaker 5: safe on the roads please, you know, no crash.

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Speaker 2: Get in the hug.

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Speaker 4: I've actually I've actually trained trained myself to the minute

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Speaker 4: at Santa Claus this year. It's for the kids.

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Speaker 5: I'm absolutely fine tuned for Santa and then I'll go

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Speaker 5: off the grog and.

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Speaker 1: In the new year January, god on you guys, we'll

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Speaker 1: talk to you so, thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: You are listening to Mix one O four point nine.

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Speaker 2: It was the big issues