Mornings with Graeme Goodings - 20 August 2025 - Mornings with Graeme Goodings

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Welcome to a delightful Wednesday in Adelaide. Hope
we find you well well. The Prime Minister is in
South Australia. He's reportedly on Kangaroo Island at the moment
to inspect the devastation caused by the algal bloom. We
would expect that he will come to our metropolitan shores
and check out the dead sea creatures that are washing
up on our beaches. Hopefully you'll be hearing of the

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impact on local businesses and the seafood industry. Now, details
of the trip have been scarce, which is not unusual
for Prime minister real travel. We put out an invitation
to the PM to come on the program, as did
our breakfast program, but as handlers have said, he will
be unavailable. No doubt he fears an all out of
solve on his government's half hearted response for the environmental crisis,

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although if he was the bearer of good news, I'm
sure he would be more than available to have a
chat with us. But the invitation is still out there
and Prime Minister, if you are listening over on KI
or in transit, we're more than happy to take a
call at a moment's notice. But just some of the
questions that I would like to pose to the Prime
Minister about the algal bloom crisis. Why did it take

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so long for the federal government to take the crisis
seriously enough to warrant a visit from the Prime Minister?
Why has it taking you this long, Prime Minister? We
know it's not a natural disaster in the terms of
Murray Watt, although the Premier has said it is a
natural disaster, but that doesn't extend across state borders. Apparently,
Prime Minister, local communities and experts raised the alarm months ago.

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Why was there no immediate federal intervention. What specific federal
funding has been allocated to identify the cause of the
bloom and why wasn't that prioritized from the outset? Prime Minister?
Is the government willing to admit this environmental disaster could
have been prevented with better long term planning and waterway management.
Why has there been such a lack of transparency in

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communication with the affected communities and industries. How many warnings
or recommendations were ignored before this bloom reached crisis level.
Now it's a matter of record that last year when
Tanya Plibersek was the Environment Minister. She was approached by
sixteen scientists who expressed concern. They were very, very worried.

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They were members of the Great Southern ref Research Partnership.
They wrote to the minister requesting a meeting and four
million dollars a year for ten years to establish a
monitoring program. Tanya plebersec ignored their pleas Then after the
federal election, Murray Watt was appointed the Environment Minister. The
scientists again approached him, requesting a meeting, requesting money for

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ten years to research the program. Nothing came of it.
The harmful algel bloom first emerged in March of this year.
It was initially detected off the Fleurir Peninsula, specifically around
in Counter Bay, where reports began to surface of dead
fish and discolored water. March twenty twenty five, South Stralia
and Premier Peter Malanaskis formally approached the federal government. When

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Monday July the twenty first, four months after the outbreak,
the delays, who knows, We don't know. If if they'd
done something immediately, this might there might not have been
any change, But we didn't take any action. Action could
have been taken. So much sooner, but it wasn't and
these statistics are damning. The over nine thousand dead marine

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animal observations logged across more than four hundred species, widespread
habitat destruction. The bloom spans about four and a half
thousand kilometers, twice the size of the Australian Capital Territory.
It's affected ecosystems including reefs, seagrass beds, penthic zones and
filter feeding communities like mussels and sponge habitats. There's been

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high mortality among sharks, rays, and other benthic species. Iconic
species severely affected. Leafy and weedy sea dragons are protected species.
Decimation of reef life sites like the dredge off Glenel
once rich in fish and coral narw Lie Barren gone
are decades of old carol or coral and marine life
with only dead shells and empty structures remaining. The ecological

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collapse has been compared to bushfires. Experts like in the
Environmental Devastation to the twenty nineteen twenty twenty Black Sunday bushfires,
emphasizing its scale and urgency and what have the governments done?
They have been very delayed in their response. In fact,
we only now have the Prime minister coming here. What
would he say of it? What can he say? We're

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told that there will be no more money. Fourteen million
dollars has come from the federal government so far, fourteen
million dollars from the state government. We're told that is
a drop in the ocean. So, Prime Minister, an open invitation.
We would love to hear from you. Is there anything
more forthcoming? Give us a call eight double two three
double o double O. Brenton has done just that. Brenton,
good morning to.

Speaker 2 (04:50):
You, Good morning, good thanks, goodman. We've got a prime
minister who's the leader.

Speaker 1 (04:58):
That's hilarious.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
Actually it's not a there. He's a leader of modern
democratic nation who recently stated we're an open and transparent government.
This means that he represents the people he supposedly represent.
It means he's going to communicate with the public of
Adelaide today. I hear his movements as secret. So where's
the public interaction? This is a shameful display of non

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transparency and lack of accountability. I think the public of
Adelaide and South Australia to deserve more than this.

Speaker 1 (05:34):
Yeah, wellically, what.

Speaker 2 (05:35):
I wanted to say, I mean, he needs to get
his act together and support the interests of South Australia
far more than he is at the moment. One thing
to be open and transparent.

Speaker 1 (05:43):
Yeah. One thing I'll give him a little bit of
a margin for is when prime ministers and senior ministers
travel around the country, they don't for shadow or for
tell their travel arrangements, and that's a security thing. But
once he's here and we know he's on KI and
then it's reasonable to assume that he'll find to Adelaide
and then visit metropolitan beaches. He should be accessible. You know,

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this business of he's not going to be accessible sometime.
We would think that he will give a news conference
and we will be across that. But we have an
open invitation, as did Breakfast, to speak with him. You
would think that he would give the time and in
transit he could speak on the phone. It doesn't seem
too much to ask, does it.

Speaker 2 (06:23):
No, that's absolutely not. And I think a basic fundamental
requirement of the leader of the nation is to speak
with a public and address their concerns and if they
have any questions, to answer them.

Speaker 1 (06:34):
Yeah, good on your Brandon. Thank you very much for
that well, we had murray what to come here the
other week and that was an embarrassing visit of the
highest order, the way he played semantics and refused to
admit it was a natural disaster because well it didn't
quite fulfill the requirements and the you know, the template
of a natural disaster. And why was it delayed? Oh,

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because it was a state issue, not on. This is
one country. And as we've said time and time again,
if it had been happening, you know, from Elbow's abode
looking over the Eastern beaches in Northern Beaches in Sydney,
and if he'd seen dead fish, do you reckon? He
would have said, oh, now, let's let the state fix this.

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He would have been all over it like a rash.
If it had been Bondai or Manly Beach, or in
Sydney Harbor, on Port Fillip Bay or up on the
Gold Coast, of course there would have been action. But
why is he loath to be so open and responsive. Well,
let's face it, he doesn't have to worry here in
South Australia. All metropolitan seats are labor and stitched up.
He doesn't have to worry. He's got this state stitched

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up and in his back pocket. It's a labor state
federally and on the state label, so he doesn't really
need to bother. He'll put his issues in elsewhere. I mean,
this has been what a five or six month issue,
this algill bloom, and only now the Prime Minister has
deigned to come and take a look. He sent his

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Environment Minister Murray Watt, who who embarrassingly at ham fistedly
handled the whole situation, embarrassed himself and embarrassed his government.
Now Albo has come. So what can he say? We're
told that there'll be no more money, So why did
he come here? What can he possibly add? If there
is to be no more money, why does he jump
on a government plane and burn all that fossil fuel

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that he so much as against? Why is he here?
And if he is here, why would he speak to us?
I think those questions are quite reasonable, don't you? Eight
double two to three double double back shortly.

Speaker 3 (08:32):
Five double A Mornings with Graham Goodings.

Speaker 1 (08:36):
Eighteen past nine five double A. On a delightful Wednesday morning,
Marty says, good morning Graham. Decades of pollution and lack
of water flows via the failed Murray Darling issue this
failure by multiple politicians and successive past governments. Now we
are pinning this on one person. Seriously, this is nothing
but looking for escapegoat. Enough already, Marty, Marty, Marty. Nobody

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is blaming Anthony Alberanesi for the algal bloom. We're blaming
Anthony Albanesi and his government for a lack of action,
that's all. No, he didn't cause the algal bloom. He
could have acted sooner, He could have responded sooner, he
could have admitted it was a natural disaster. But no
he hasn't. So we're not blaming Anthony Alberinesi for causing

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the algal bloom. Please listen, please listen. The answer to
all those questions you asked about the PM is simple.
He's a dud. Okay Graham, the main thing I've learned
about Albow is he cares more about Gars than he
does about South Australia. Well, that segues into our next
story Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natania, who's slammed Anthony Alberzi,

(09:41):
accusing him of having abandoned Australia's Jews. It's an extraordinary
escalation of diplomatic tensions over the recognition of Palestine by
Australia joining US know as doctor Jessica Genoa, who is
from Flinder's University of Senior international S National Relations spokesperson, Doctor,

(10:02):
thank you, good morning, thanks for your time today.

Speaker 4 (10:05):
Good morning, thanks for having me on the program.

Speaker 1 (10:06):
So what are we to make of, firstly, what Australia
has done in recognizing Palestine and secondly the response by
the Israeli Prime minister.

Speaker 4 (10:17):
So it's quite interesting. I mean it's rare for the
Israeli Prime minister to mention our prime minister by name
and sort of single Australia out for comment. Australia tends
to fly under the radar in a way of a
lot of world politics, just because of our geographic location.
So we had about a week and a half ago

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now the Australian government says they would recognize a state
of Palestine in the United Nations General Assembly in September. Now,
really Australia followed a number of other countries around the world,
so Canada, the UK, France importantly, who also said that
they were going to recognize Palestine. So I don't think
Australia was really going out on the limb there or

(10:59):
sort of going out on their own in any way.
But we did see as a result of that that
the Israeli Prime Minister has sort of criticized all of
those countries for that decision. And then more recently with
Australia deciding to cancel the visa of an Israeli MP
who wanted to come to Australia, so the Israeli Prime

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Minister was criticizing that decision as well.

Speaker 1 (11:24):
I mean, his words are pretty strong. History will remember
Alberezi for what he is, a weak politician who betrayed
Israel and abandoned Australia's Jews. Strong words, that's right.

Speaker 4 (11:35):
I mean, I think it's very tricky, Like obviously, whenever
there's conflict, whenever there's war, we're talking about very sort
of high stakes and high emotion situations. And I think
this is a very tricky area of international politics because
no country likes to feel that they're being criticized for

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their either their foreign policies or their domestic policies and
the way that they're conducting themselves. On the other hand,
there has to be room in the international arena for
countries to be able to make comment and sometimes criticisms
on what they see other countries doing. So it's always
sort of navigating that very sort of complex area where

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states won't like it, they will get offended, they will
usually respond. But on the other hand, in the international arena,
it does often happen that countries will comment on what
other countries are doing, and you know, might not view
favorably what other countries are doing, and there needs to
be a space for that as well as a sort
of constructive criticism.

Speaker 1 (12:39):
So how seriously is this diplomatic RIFK between Australia and
Israel and what are the likely ramifications.

Speaker 4 (12:46):
I don't think that there will be huge ramifications. There
might be some very small kind of tick for tat
actions that are taken in the short term, but they
don't see this being hugely significant and in the medium
to long term. And that's partly because Australia is really
joining other countries, importantly not the United States, but other

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sort of European countries as I mentioned Canada, around the
world that are taking a similar type of line and
similar types of actions emphasizing really an end to the
ongoing quite serious humanitarian situation in Gaza. As well, So

(13:29):
I don't think over the long term, I think the
Israeli government won't be happy about it. They will respond,
they will be critical of what countries are saying around
the world. But I don't think that ultimately it will
significantly impact other dimensions of the relationships, so economic dimensions
or you know, other types of you know, security tech
or other types of relationships that Australia and Israel might have,

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I don't think will be deeply affected.

Speaker 1 (13:55):
Could this be seen as on Statia taking a more
independent stance on the Middle East, separate from traditional ellies
like the US.

Speaker 4 (14:03):
So I don't think so. I mean, there's sort of
two ways to look at that. One is that yes,
we are diverging a bit from the US, but we've
actually seen Anthony Albanesi since Trump has come into a
second his second administration, Anthony Albernesi has tended to align
Australia more with European countries than with US policy on

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various different issues. So if we also look at the
Ukraine Russia war, Albanesi sort of aligned himself a bit
more with European partners than he has with the US.
And I think similarly, when we're looking at the war
between Israel and Hamas, Albanesi is aligning Australia a bit
more with European partners certainly than he is with the
US position. So yes, we are diverging a bit maybe

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from that very close security alliance with the US under
the second Trump administration, but we're still sticking very much
with other strong middle powers around the world and the
position that they're taking on sort of key world issues.

Speaker 1 (15:01):
Is it likely to have any impact economically on our
dealings with the Israel So at this stage.

Speaker 4 (15:07):
I don't think so, and that's because the probably more
serious issue of sanctions has not been seriously floated by
any of those countries that I mean, there has been
sort of an idea put out there, but nothing has
been implemented in any serious way by the countries I mentioned, UK, France, Canada, Australia.
So as long as Australia is not kind of imposing

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serious economic costs on Israel, so here I'm talking about
serious sanctions on Israel. There have been a couple of,
you know, personalized actions on key people, but that's quite
different and wouldn't have a very significant effect. So as
long as Australia stays away from something like imposition of
serious economic costs on Israel, then there wouldn't be any

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sort of economic response either from the Israeli side, and
I think that our economic relations would continue pretty understood.

Speaker 1 (16:01):
After the Israeli Prime Minister's comments, we haven't heard anything
back from Anthony Albanesi. Do you think we're likely to?

Speaker 4 (16:08):
I don't think so. I think that generally Albanesi and
his government have tried to take a relatively I could say,
cautious or moderate approach. Ever since you know, the war
between Israel and Hamas, and I think that Alberanesi would
like to say less rather than more, and in some ways,
you know, would prefer for this not to be an

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issue that stays very much in the spotlight or becomes
a key issue for his government. So we might hear
a mild and moderate response, but I think it's also
just as likely that we will not hear this directly
addressed by the Australian Prime Minister.

Speaker 1 (16:48):
Doctor, thank you so much for your time today. Doctor
Jessica Kanal, Flinder's senior international researcher and international relations met
Nyahu slamming Anthony Albanesi wrong words, unusual between two leaders
or from one leader to another. It will be interesting
to see if Anthony Albanezi does in fact react from

(17:10):
the text line. High Gig, I believe the excess imagination
is Is this autocorrect here? The excess imagination is just
another part of the great reset. If we have an
influx of unidentified people that would meant to be immigration,
this will reinforce the need for digital ID and the
introduction of central bank digital currency. Thank you, I love

(17:33):
your show, Thank you, John Hi Graham. Yes, can you
look into just who is buying our houses? As one
was sold a couple of weeks ago in my suburb
and Chinese couple bought it for their Chinese parents who
are still living in China. Yes, that certainly is an issue.
High Graham. How can we vote Albou out of office?

(17:53):
The labor government must be sacked. They are bloody hopeless. Well, no,
there's no reason, there is no legal reason that the
government cannot continue doing what it is doing. If you
voted for them or didn't vote for them, and you're
not happy with them, you have for three years to wait. Elizabeth,
good morning.

Speaker 5 (18:13):
I have three words to sum it up. They are
bread and circuses and mister alber Easy has found it
nice to talk to a bass and also good to
talk to z but has not contacted or been able
to speak to the President of the United States. I

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found it horrific.

Speaker 1 (18:40):
Yeah, good on you. Thanks for that, Elizabeth. That is interesting,
isn't it. How long has it been now that Donald
Trump's been in office since January early January and Anthony
Albenesi still has not been able to secure a meeting
with him? Now? Is there a breakdown in communication? Does
our Prime minister not want to meet with the president?
Is the President not want to meet with Anthony Albanezi?

(19:03):
Is there a problem with man in Washington? Is there
a problem with Kevin Rudd? We know Kevin Rudd has
said some offensive things about President Trump. President Trump has
expressed his distaste and dislike for Kevin Rudd. Is that
where the breakdown is? This is crazy. Australia US allies.

(19:25):
You know, they are our closest friends. They have been
there for us so many times. We have been them
there for them. But at the moment we haven't heard
much about it, have we Thank you for bringing that
to our attention, Elizabeth. Yeah, if we ever get to
speak with the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, if you're listening,
we'd love to have a chat with you. How are
your negotiations going with the White House to get a

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meeting with President Donald Trump? We'd certainly like to know
eight double two three, double backshortly five double.

Speaker 3 (19:54):
A Mornings with Graham Goodings.

Speaker 1 (19:59):
Twenty seven to ten Ia on a Wednesday morning. Well,
whatever you think of the state of the nation and
the economy, Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi's popularity continues to soar,
Labour support reaching its highest level in two years according
to two recent polls. The Resolve Political Monitor shows Labour's
primary vote climbing to thirty seven percent, up two points

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since last month, while the Coalition holds steady at twenty
nine percent. The Newspole reports Labour's primary vote steady at
thirty six percent, with a coalition at thirty percent. Cos
Samaras of Redbridge Group Australia is on the mind Cole's
good morning to you, Good morning. Where has all this
support for Labour come from.

Speaker 6 (20:40):
It's fairly it's pretty much a continue as to what
we saw on election nine. That is a very strong
level of support for Labor within urban Australia, so Netelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane,
Sydney and so on, where of course the Coalition lost
a lot of seats. They currently only hold around ten
urban seats in the entire country. So we see that

(21:02):
trend is continuing and I think it will get worse
unless something drastically changes over the next three years.

Speaker 1 (21:09):
It's been claimed that a large amount of labor supporters
come from migrants.

Speaker 2 (21:13):
They do.

Speaker 6 (21:14):
Historically, it's always been the case. After the Second World War,
the first wave of migrants, we really did only see
them appear on the elector role, and actually in the
nineteen eighties they took some time for that particular waves
to find itself on the elector role, and obviously that
created a whole bunch of seats in Adelaide, but also

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another parts of the country where labor was obviously very
successful in securing those seats. We're now seeing the second
wave and that's again having a fairly positive impact on
labour's electro fortunes.

Speaker 1 (21:50):
Now you're reported as saying that Australia's Indian community has
emerged as a powerful voting block for labor.

Speaker 6 (21:57):
Yes, yeah, that's right. If we can buy not only
the Indian in the Asper but also the Chinese diasper
in this country. They're close to combine a one million
in this country. Already in the state of Victoria, for example,
where the Indian communities add its largest within the close
of this decade, we will see in excess of six
hundred and seven hundred thousand Indian Australians actually voting at elections.

Speaker 1 (22:21):
At the last poll. What percentage of those Indian members
of the community voted.

Speaker 6 (22:27):
Labor between seventy five and eighty five percent depending on
where we looked, and a little bit lowering Queensland, but
higher in Victoria. But there are very significant levels of
support for the Labor Party at the moment.

Speaker 1 (22:41):
Does it surprise you that the Indian community have voted
so strongly for Labor.

Speaker 6 (22:46):
Not really, although when we do speak to them, they
will go at some length of explaining to us their
values matrix, so to speak, and that is they are
wealth accumulators, they run small businesses, they are all about aspiration,
the sort of qualities that you would say would have
been attractive to a John Howard government.

Speaker 1 (23:07):
For I was going to say that sounds more like
a coalition voter.

Speaker 6 (23:10):
To me, that's right, correct. But then when we asked
him was so why aren't you voting for the Coalition?
Their response is I don't un like this. It's unfortunately
for the Coalition, particularly over the last ten years. I
wouldn't say this is necessarily the case under Howard, but
more under Abbott, Turnbull and then Morrison. They developed a
fairly anti immigration narrative. Although when you look at the

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stats during their tenure, two hundred thousand permanent residents will
coming to this country every year, the same as it
is right now, So you could you know, the policies
didn't change, but the rhetoric did, and the rhetoric his
way actually would hurt them.

Speaker 1 (23:46):
So where does all this leave the Coalition? They have
a new leader in Susan Lee. Is she making any
attraction in any impact at all?

Speaker 7 (23:53):
Now?

Speaker 6 (23:53):
Look, I think and it isn't really about the leader. Now,
it's really about them as a political movement in this country.
They need to have a series think about where they're
going to head as a political movement. I would say
the existential crisis that they're facing is akin to the
sort of problems that the conservative forces in this country
faced in nineteen forty three when mens decided to go

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and form a new political party. That's how drastic it is,
and of course it is. On May third, it was
the lowest result they had since nineteen forty three.

Speaker 1 (24:26):
I know they've had roundtable meetings and talking of a
new direction, but do you see any change in the
direction of the coalition?

Speaker 6 (24:36):
A seaton were expressed by some elements of their leadership.
But their problem is that they lack the discipline and
a lot of their backbenches out there freelancing on issues
which are hurting them. So whether it's on migration, whether
it's on zero, all these policies which have created all
this problem for them are still been basically a torn

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down by elements within that caucus.

Speaker 1 (25:04):
There's an election what two and a half years away,
I guess, is that a long enough time for the
coalition to make up ground.

Speaker 6 (25:14):
Well, they're going to have to get they have to
get the skates on because there's going to be an
additional seven hundred thousand generations z on the elector role
from the May third election of this year too when
that election occurs. And that's fairly problematic for the coalition
because they only are receiving a round one in five
of those Australians in terms of support in the ballot box.

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So they've they've got a few problems to actually confront
and overcome.

Speaker 1 (25:43):
And migration levels are still huge are The latest figures
show that more than fifteen hundred new arrivals to a
stay there every day, and on past record it would
appear that most of those would favor labor.

Speaker 6 (25:56):
They do yes historically, And what we do know is
that so those who arrived in this country and voter
of recent times and voter at the recent federal action,
the latest would have been twenty nineteen. It usually takes
about five to six years before we see someone appeal
on their elector roles, sometimes a little bit longer, sometimes

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as much as ten years. So what we're seeing in
twenty twenty eight is those individuals who arrived in this
country just before the pandemic and just after the pandemic
would have enrolled to vote. So there is a bit
of a lag and so all that the migration intriate
that we're seeing at the moment, we really want to

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see that manifest in the ballot box for at least
another ten years.

Speaker 1 (26:42):
Now. The coalition certainly got it's work cut out for
it cost. Samaris, thanks for time today. Thank you, Director
of Redbridge. Samarus on the situation that prim and Anthony
Alberezi his popularity continues to soar despite the cost of
living crisis, the housing crisis, the Aldill Bloom's way more
popular than the Liberals, way more popular than the Coalition

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as a whole. Well, joining me now in the studio,
I have Sunda Gosh, Sonda, good morning to you.

Speaker 8 (27:11):
Good morning Graham, and thanks for having me on the show. Really,
thank you for the opportunity.

Speaker 1 (27:17):
Yeah, look why Sunda is in the studio. Sunda is
an account manager here at five Double A and for Nova,
and he was concerned about some of the direction We're
talking about immigration and the rate of immigration, and a
lot of people were sort of saying we're getting the
wrong sort of people. It's a burden on the community,
it's a burden on the nation, so many people coming

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into the country. So, Sunda, I'd like you to tell
your story. Now you've been in Australia for two years,
you've been from India. How difficult was it for you
and your family to be granted visas to Australia.

Speaker 8 (27:52):
Okay, it took almost about three years for us to
be granted visa. The reason I actually wanted to talk
about it is because this is something that I heard
yesterday about people talking about immigration as if people are
just boarding one of the Dreamliners flying into the city

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and just did they'd probably just start living in Australia
without a proper screening process. The idea that I want
to you know, convey in today's discussion is the fact
that US immigrants we go through a proper screening process
before we are actually granted the visa by the government.

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So not only the screening process, it's also about us
sitting for an English exam for us to prove our
capability in terms of listening, reading, writing, and understanding English
as a language to communicate when we come into Australia.
Also the fact that our experience, our educations are all

(28:57):
we go through again a screening process where we apply
to relevant departments in Australia who figure out whether we
are eligible to work in the in the nation. Now
having said that us coming in here, you know, uh,
trying to seek accommodation for us going through multiple inspection

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to be able to get one of the homes for
us to rent. That itself is such a hassle because
no property owner, no property UH rental agent would give
that home to us right away, that house to us
right away. They would take us. They won't take our
our applications in a way that they would take an

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Australian UH living in this in this uh any city
in Australia in general. So they would they would ask
on the sidelines for deposits which are upwards of six
months plus. So it's not an easy game for us
to be able to come here and you know, start
living straight away. The point I'm trying to communicate is

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we are here to be able to positively impact, make
an impact in the society, contribute to the society and
you know, be a part of a well oiled missionary
we as soon as we come into Australia. We are
not living on welfare. There are certain types of visas

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which we are granted. Like for me, I'm on a
four nine to one visa, so I have to be
able to, you know, contribute, show my taxes every year
for the next three years to be able to granted
a permanent residency post that I will be able to,
you know, get to CENTRALNK and get to get all
those welfare schemes that government has for a normal Australian.

Speaker 1 (30:51):
You can understand people's concern thinking so many people are
coming into the country. Yeah, if they do end up
on welfare, they don't have jobs, they're taking our houses. Now,
I think you would agree that you're more than welcome
in Australia and you're making a contribution and that's appreciated.
But the immigration levels are just far too high.

Speaker 8 (31:10):
Actually, I also believe the same. I believe quality over
quantity has to be given precedents here. But if you
know for a fact that there's someone here sitting at
the top have ensured that the entire screening process has
been fair. It has been taken through multiple round of

(31:31):
internal discussions for them to be able to grant visas
to a particular person, Why would we question their authority?

Speaker 9 (31:38):
Ye?

Speaker 1 (31:39):
Now, what money do you have to put upfront to
come into Australia.

Speaker 8 (31:43):
Almost to the tune of ten to fifteen thousand dollars
for a family of three to be able to granted
Australian visas?

Speaker 1 (31:50):
And do you have to have guaranteed a place to live? Not?

Speaker 8 (31:54):
Really, we'll have to go through. As I said, we
have to go through the process. When I came in,
I booked an airbnb for four weeks, paid almost about
ten thousand dollars to be there, and then while I
was there, I actively looked for rentals and eventually I
did a win something and that's when I moved on

(32:14):
to a rental home.

Speaker 1 (32:16):
Soda, thanks for coming in and telling your story. I
can understand your concern and thanks for sharing it with us.
But there are two issues here. It's the size of
the migration the quality of the migrants. And you're saying
the screening process is such that we are getting the
right kind of people here and you were having to
fulfill so many requirements to become part of Australia. So

(32:39):
thank you for telling your story. Appreciated.

Speaker 8 (32:41):
Thank you, Graham, Take care.

Speaker 1 (32:43):
Soda Gosh who's an accountant manager at A five A
and over with his story on becoming a migrant, an
immigrant to Australia. And I think the issue is that
it's the quantity, isn't it. We need good quality migrants.
This country has grown to where it has been in
the past. By the standard of migration, we've done it

(33:05):
pretty well. But in the last what is it twenty
five years, our population has grown by forty three percent
forty three percent. It's the fastest growth rate in the
developed world and has got totally out of hand. There
are not enough homes for the people that are already here,
and we're letting more people in at the rate of

(33:26):
fifteen hundred and forty four a day. Fifteen hundred and
forty four a day. That will mean in three years
time a city the size of Adelaide would need to
be created to house them. So you know, it is
a ludicrous situation. And that's another question that we would
ask the Prime Minister if he was available to come
on the line today eight double two to three double O,

(33:46):
double oh back shortly five Double.

Speaker 3 (33:49):

Speaker 1 (33:51):
It's eleven to ten on five Double A. Are getting
some very interesting reaction. Anthony Albanize he is in South
Australa at the moment. Prime Minister. If you're listening, open invitation,
you can come on the program at a moment's notice.
We have heard he's been on Kango Island. We have
heard that he will be in Adelaide later today with

(34:13):
the Premier and there will be a doorstop interview at
ten forty five at thirty one doll Gleiche Street, Caverton.
So once again the Prime Minister will be available for
the media and that level, but for quick little grabs,
but to for long form radio interviews. Obviously a little
bit too busy. Well, he was on Kangar Island this
morning to inspect the algal bloom damage. And who was

(34:36):
with him? I told you one person wasn't with him
was the Mayor of Kangar Island Council, Michael Pengelly. Michael,
good morning to you.

Speaker 7 (34:43):
Good morning Graham, Good morning to your listeners.

Speaker 1 (34:45):
So I assume you got an invite from the Prime
Minister and just didn't want to go along.

Speaker 7 (34:49):
No, not true, Grian. I got a chip off about
an hour and a half ago from a source that
he was on KI and that source came from Canberra
actually says a bit for their confidentiality over there, So
I had no knowledge of it. I would have liked
to meet him as Prime Minister and said, for heaven's sake,

(35:10):
declare a natural disaster and get on with this. But no,
I don't know who he saw. If he failed to
see the fishing sector the aquaculture sector. He's done us
a great disservice. We were among the first, along with
the lower flurio to get hit with this. We've still
got it. It's still causing chaos. So I'm just very

(35:31):
disappointed that he never made the effort. I mean, I've
got no ego about this whatsoever.

Speaker 1 (35:37):
Seriously, Michael, you're the mayor, the highest ranking official on
Kangaroo Island. It would seem that he would touch base
as a matter of course. It's a reasonable thing to do.
It's like coming to South Australia, coming to Adelaide and
not touching base with the Premier. I mean, as far
as it goes, as I said, you're the highest ranking
official on KI. You've got your your finger on the pulse,

(35:58):
so you know what's happening. It would seem just as
a reasonable thing to do to seek out your counsel
and at least inspect the damage with you.

Speaker 7 (36:07):
Yes, well, he doesn't seem to like to deal with
people that he knows not much about it. They don't
say the nice things about him. He won't see Trump
and he won't see me. But myself, from.

Speaker 1 (36:23):
I think you just did.

Speaker 3 (36:26):
Definitely not well.

Speaker 7 (36:28):
I just think it is rude.

Speaker 1 (36:31):
So if you had been face to face with the
Prime Minister, what would you have said to him? What
would you have asked him?

Speaker 7 (36:37):
Look, I would have asked him or more or less
made the point to him. I think that he needed
to take this very seriously, the impact on South Australia,
not just Kangle Island. They don't appear to have given
it much more than lip service. We do need a
natural disaster declared. We've got people who are going to
be in trouble financially, economically and socially for a long

(36:59):
long time with this. And look, I just compare it
to when we had the fires. The Prime Minister Scott
Morrison at the time, he was here within a few days,
he met with large group of the community out near
Stokes Bay. He saw people, he had a look around.
But this fellow doesn't seem to want to do that.
So it's just a whistle stop. I have no idea

(37:21):
who was with him. I just don't know Graham. But
I again, I just I just think it's poor form,
really poor form.

Speaker 1 (37:29):
Now, well, I'm gobsmack when I heard that you hadn't
been asked to go along to it, So we dropped in.
I mean, he must have made contact with somebody.

Speaker 7 (37:38):
You would think, oh, undoubtedly he hasn't. I guess the
law come out in the wash later on in the
day or whatever. But now I know nothing. I just
sent a message out to my counselors and a couple
of them came back with some interesting responses, but we'll
let that go to the keeper. So yeah, it's just disappointing.
And we're a major player, and you know the tour

(38:00):
and fishing sector in South Australia. We have tens of
thousands of international visitors, we have tens of thousands of
domestic visitors. So there was an opportunity to touch base
with him and just push the case for heaving a
natural disaster declared.

Speaker 1 (38:19):
So how are you coping over at the moment? Is
continuing to have an impact?

Speaker 7 (38:24):
Well, it is grim. There has been a few fish
caught around the place, Kings Cove, American River finish all way,
a few whiting and other fish, which is good. We
just don't know how sustainable that is. But I was
told on the weekend by people who know these things
down on the South coast, and now we've got dead
abalaine rolling up on the beaches down along the South coast,

(38:45):
which is just a dreadful outcome there. It had largely
been reasonably clear on the South coast, but it seems
to have rolled in along there. And then the map
in the Advertiser today which I saw earlier, that's a
large I mean, we're spreading, so we just don't know
where this thing's go in. There are potential ways to

(39:05):
do something about this. I know this chap from the
US is talking about clay spreading. There is a South
Australian firm who have been in touch with the government
for some time now on oxygenating areas of water which
takes the bloom out of it. Now I would like
to see trials on that. My understanding is the EPA

(39:27):
are stopping that or won't support it. But if you
put that into and obviously Parochio here and say I
for use at the intakes of the Avalone farm or
at the oyster farm at American River, it just might
try and hold the bove there. Now these businesses to
keep going lower the toxins, I don't know. I think
it's worth a go and I think we'll hear a

(39:48):
lot more about that in the next week or so.

Speaker 1 (39:50):
Okay, Michael, great to chat, Thanks for your time. That's
Michael Pengilly, the mayor of Kangaro Island Council who was
snubbed by the Prime Minister. Prime Minister took the time
to fly unto ki I went down to have we
assume we went down to have a look at the
dead fish and the marine life, but didn't bother speaking
with the leading official on Kangaro Island. That bigger his

(40:12):
belief and he will not talk to us. But he
is holding a media conference at thirty one Dull Gleiche Street,
Thebton If you want to go along and say hi
to the Prime minister, that's at ten forty five this morning.
We will be across that if we possibly can and
bring you any latest developments from the text line. So
where is the balance commentary here? Why is FIVEAA now

(40:34):
the cheer squad for the Liberal Party. More than fifty
percent of Australians chose the Labor government. Why do you
choose to ignore that? Well, not at all? Text number
ending in zero one four. Why don't you ring up
and tell me what good the Labor government has done?
You can take a snipe I mean, obviously the government

(40:56):
is the is in the picture. They are making the decisions.
So not cheer squad for the Liberal Party by any means.
But you can ring up and tell me or de
text me three good things that Labor has done well
since coming to power And tell me how have they
handled the algal bloom crisis? One? Two how have they

(41:17):
handled the cost of living crisis? And three how have
they handled the housing crisis? Let's know you think they're
going well? And four maybe how are they doing with immigration?
Let's know that give us a call. No, well, textas
because you don't want to call obviously, Higg. Apparently Indians
get a lot of grants to buy houses and businesses.

(41:39):
I heard migrants shouldn't be allowed to go on the
election roll until they've been in the country for a
minimum of ten years. Looks like buying votes to me,
I don't know that migrants are getting grants to buy houses.
I'm not aware of that. That's an apocryphal story. If
someone can give me any real information on it, we're
happy to look into it. Fifteen hundred new Labor voters
a day. Of course, the polls positive, so the only

(42:03):
way to win power in Australia hour is to sign
up to mass migration, especially from India and China. Neither
of these countries are our allies. Yes, even India. Yeah,
that is a disturbing figure, isn't it? Well, is it disturbing?
It's an enlightening figure the fact that up to eighty
five percent of Indian migrants vote labor. And it is

(42:24):
interesting why that they come here and they're highly qualified people,
their business motivated, all qualities that you would have thought
once upon a time would have led them to vote
for the Coalition, free enterprise, business, free thinking. And yet
they're gravitating towards labor. Now there's not so much labor
doing anything wrong, but certainly the Coalition is not doing

(42:46):
a lot right. What are your thoughts? Love to hear them, mate,
Double two three double O double oh back shortly five Double.

Speaker 3 (42:52):

Speaker 1 (42:55):
We have double passes to the Royal Adelaide Show to
give away all week, presented by Res all week. We've
been giving them away each day so far. Today we
will give another double pass away to the best caller
of the morning. It could be you on eight double
two to three double O double ow is the number
to ring from the text line, George says, Graham, your

(43:16):
liberal bias is so obvious and sickening. You keep on
bad mouthing labor. You are so rude. You don't talk
to liberals like that. Not good enough. Thank you for that, George,
Ring up and have a chat with me. You obviously
haven't heard my views on liberal leader Vincentazi. Have you
stay listening? Rick? Good morning?

Speaker 9 (43:34):
Yeah?

Speaker 10 (43:34):
Mate? This thing about that, I get this constant barrage.
I don't vote labor, you know, I don't vote liberal,
so but this constant barage about a gutless prime minister
and a gutless prime minister, this is one of the
few men in the world that he's trying to stop.
If you don't like the word genocide, the murder of

(43:57):
civilians in the Middle East, what's wrong with that? That
is the courageous man. Plus he did not You got
a bit upset when someone said, well, you know, he's
stopping stopping this bug out in the golf, but what
can he do to stop it? Will I'm playing the men.

Speaker 1 (44:18):
Sorry, you're playing the man. No, I'm playing the government.
This is a natural disaster, is it not?

Speaker 10 (44:25):
Yeah, it's natural and he can't do anything about it.

Speaker 1 (44:28):
Well, yes, he can put resources towards it.

Speaker 10 (44:32):
They wanted to put the bushfires in.

Speaker 1 (44:34):
Sorry, his government has ignored anything until this year. Last year,
his government was approached. His Environment Minister Tania Plebersek was
approached by sixteen scientists saying there's warning signals about this
algal bloom. We need to spend money. She ignored it.
There was an election, then there's a new environment minister,
Murray what he was approached by the scientist. They ignored it.

(44:57):
Murray what finally came here five months after the event.
Was that good enough? Are you happy with that?

Speaker 10 (45:03):
Mate? The scientists believe in global warming and we know what.

Speaker 1 (45:06):
Come on, don't don't go down that path?

Speaker 10 (45:08):
Well, I scientist, scientist, scientists, what do you want to know?

Speaker 3 (45:11):
What?

Speaker 10 (45:12):
Money to what? You can't stop this? Nobody can stop it.

Speaker 1 (45:15):
So we don't even were staying on the beach and
raw our hands. No, we don't need know what's caused.

Speaker 10 (45:19):
I don't even know what caused, So let's.

Speaker 1 (45:21):
Try and find out. Don't you think that would be
a good idea?

Speaker 10 (45:23):
No, I'd rather you talked about getting the ramping fixed.
Thank you?

Speaker 1 (45:28):
Good on you. Thanks for that.

Speaker 10 (45:29):
Rick.

Speaker 1 (45:30):
Yeah, we have a lot of problems in this state
and this country, don't we this no doubt about that.
But the government have been bereft of interest in what
is happening here. And we always say it and a
tools say it till the cars come home. If dead
fish had been washing up on the beach in their thousands,
at Bondi or Manly or in Sydney Harbor, there would

(45:51):
have been a national inquiry. There would have been tens
of millions of dollars poured into it. But because it's
in southern Stadia, a labor stronghold, what do they do?
They have done next to nothing. Chandell, good morning.

Speaker 11 (46:05):
Oh hi Graham, how are you?

Speaker 1 (46:06):
I'm very well.

Speaker 3 (46:07):
Thanks, sorry for.

Speaker 11 (46:09):
Changing the tune a little bit.

Speaker 12 (46:12):
I just need some help.

Speaker 11 (46:14):
My sixteen year old son has locked his my goather account.
It will not recognize him when he produces his passports
because he's grown so much since that photo was taken.
I've been in Center Lang, I've been. I've been in
I was rung on the ato. You know all the
connections with it too? Or where do I go about

(46:36):
having it reset?

Speaker 1 (46:37):
Where do you go? I think we'll have a contact
for you. That would be our centerlink contact who comes
on the show on a regular basis. Sam will get
in touch with him because, yeah, I understand your plight.
I had trouble with my GOV account with mixed up
passwords and the like. But you've got a problem. So
it was facial recognition. But because he's grand so much,

(46:59):
he doesn't like he once did.

Speaker 11 (47:01):
Yeah, no, absolutely, and that's only two years. Because he's
a child, and of course because he works part time,
look like he's tax back and we just can't get
into anything.

Speaker 1 (47:12):
Yeah, so what happens with sandalink.

Speaker 11 (47:16):
We've been to sent Meen to try to have them
reset it, and they said it's not our concern. You
need to contact.

Speaker 1 (47:22):
MYGA and you can't get on because you.

Speaker 11 (47:26):
Yeah, I'm just going around in circles.

Speaker 1 (47:28):
Yeah, look, leave it with a chandell. I'll put you
back to Sam because there is a way around, and
obviously it should be done better than the way it is,
but we'll certainly we'll look into it for you and
come up with a solution. Well, speaking of solutions, the
Royal Commission into Domestic Family and Sexual Violence has handed
on its findings Commissioner Natasha Stott the Spoiler, was damning

(47:51):
in her criticism of the state, saying it had lost
its way in tackling the issue. Once upon a time,
we were leading in this bity, Glara. Now, according to
Natasha stop Desployer, we have fallen way behind. The Royal
Commission made one hundred and thirty six recommendations. The government
has said it will implement seven of them. Immediately. Joining

(48:12):
us now is the Minister for Women and Prevention of Domestic,
Family and Sexual Violence, Katrin Hillyard, Minister, Good morning to you.

Speaker 13 (48:19):
Good morning Graham, and good morning to all of your listeners.

Speaker 1 (48:22):
The Royal Commission was damning and it was very forthright.
How do you read it.

Speaker 13 (48:29):
The Royal Commission, as you and your listeners would know, Graham,
was established following an absolutely horrific week in November twenty
twenty three when four women died. That was a week
that absolutely demanded action, and our state government talk action.

(48:51):
We established the Royal Commission because we knew we needed
to do better. We knew there were gaps in the system.
The report that the esteemed Royal Commissioner Natasha Sttor Slayer
has presented us with is so important, as she said,
it presents a defining moment for our state, a once

(49:15):
in a generation opportunity to empower the whole of our community,
every agency of government and the whole sector to act
to collaboratively drive the change that we need. And we
embrace this generational opportunity for change.

Speaker 1 (49:31):
Now, the Royal Commission found systemic faders across several government agencies.
Will anyone be held accountable?

Speaker 13 (49:39):
So the Royal Commission produced one hundred and thirty six recommendations, Graham,
and as you rightly said just before, we have immediately
and specifically accepted seven of those recommendations. And those seven
set up are recommendations that set up the foundation and

(50:01):
the framework for us to work right across government, across
every agency, to methodically, strategically and collaboratively drive change in
partnership with those brave survivors and the sector. We are
very open to the fact that this Royal Commission demands change,

(50:26):
and we're really taking the advice of the Royal Commissioner,
who said in her report that we need to very carefully,
with deep consideration, with patience and with purpose other words
that she used, now set about going on a course
for long term systemic change, and in amongst the recommendations, Graham,

(50:50):
are recommendations that really speak to how we set up
those long term accountability monitoring implementation measures to help ensure
that we get this right.

Speaker 1 (51:04):
But can the sector make the frontline changes the necessary
because for so long we've heard that the whole sector
is underresourced. Will there be more money?

Speaker 13 (51:14):
There will be more money. The Premiere made that clear yesterday.
A number of the recommendations go to the need for
better resourcing, but they also go to the need for
really broad, very well sought through system change, legislative change,

(51:34):
investment changes, resourcing changes, alignment changes, so they go to
The recommendations go to a very very broad range of issues.
One of the things I wanted to mention Graham is
that alongside the six hundred and fifty four page report
that goes very deeply into everything that we need to change,

(51:56):
and as I said that we are absolutely determined to change,
is another report that's over one hundred pages long, and
it's called Voices, and it is heartbreaking. It is survivor
after survivor of every age, every background, talking about their
experiences of domestic family and sexual violence. For them and

(52:19):
for those that we've lost, we will absolutely set about
making the right changes and the right investments.

Speaker 1 (52:28):
Many women are forced to stay in violent situations due
to the lack of crisis and long term housing options.
What will be done in that area.

Speaker 13 (52:37):
That was another really really big focus of the recommendations.
As I said, we're really carefully considering them. The ones
we've immediately accepted set up that foundation for change. We've
said that by the end of the year we'll come
back with a response on the other one hundred and
twenty nine. Interestingly, Gray and one of the things that
the Commission speaks to is the need to decouple how

(53:04):
people access services from simply a homelessness lens. Yes, there
are particular women who need their first need is to
access that crisis accommodation. There are also and so we
need to absolutely better consider how that happens better resource that.

(53:29):
I'm proud of the changes that our government is already
making in that regard, in terms of the properties that
we have across crisis, transitional and supported housing. Also, we
need to make sure that when a woman is not
experiencing homelessness and she needs other sorts of services, that

(53:54):
she is not denied because she is not at that
point where she needs crisis accommodation. So again, this particular
area of the Royal Commission really points to the complexity
of this issue and the fact that we need a
multi faceted response. Yes, we need better resourcing for crisis accommodation,

(54:15):
we also need better resourcing for a whole range of
support that a whole range of people in our community
need when they experience domestic family and sexual violence. And
we're determined to look at all of those multi faceted
issues and respond in the best possible and most impactful way.

Speaker 1 (54:36):
I mentioned earlier the Royal Commission found systemic failures across
government agencies. How can we be sure that the people
involved won't be punished? How can we be sure that
they will not continue on in their current roles.

Speaker 13 (54:51):
So the sector, domestic family and Sexual violence sector in
South Australia are absolutely brilliant, Graham, and they have been
in carrying the load of this issue for a really,
really long time. What the recommendations talk about is the
need to better resources sector to develop a long term

(55:16):
ten year workforce strategy. What it also talks about is
in a number of recommendations is that the state government
actually establishes much better monitoring and accountability measures so that
we as a government and indeed our whole state are

(55:38):
held accountable to making sure that the recommendations aren't just
quickly ticked off, but rather they are delivered in a
way that is impactful and that drives that long term difference.
So the report absolutely goes to that accountability and monitoring,
and it goes to the need to better support and

(55:59):
resource the incredible workers in the sector and grow the
pipeline of workers for the long term.

Speaker 1 (56:05):
Minister, thanks for your time. Katrine Hillyard, the Minister for
Child Protection. Back shorty five double.

Speaker 3 (56:11):
A Mornings with gram Goodings.

Speaker 1 (56:14):
What an eventful morning. It is a double two three
double double. The love to ring on any issue that
we've been talking about, maybe something that has past our
gay is something that we've lost in the wash. Give
us a call now, Trish, good morning.

Speaker 14 (56:27):
Good morning. First of all, thank you for the diverse
chat that we are.

Speaker 11 (56:32):
All listening to.

Speaker 14 (56:34):
I really appreciate five double A because you're there for
the people. Unlike Elbow, I feel I think that everything
that's been discussed this morning, especially the domestic violence issue
because it's in the limelight at the moment, which is great,

(56:55):
is linked. Just to go back a step, I'm a
product of people that came to Australia from Europe. I
was born here, but I grew up in a It's
not about me, this school, I'm retired, I've gone through
my childhood, blah blah blah. There are reasons that there

(57:16):
is domestic violence, and one of the reasons, from personal experience,
is that when people come here they don't cope as
well because there's no real well I don't know for sure,
but like we need to give people more help when

(57:37):
they get here, and I don't believe that's happening. My
father was a violent alcoholic. He had some really bad
mental problems and I witnessed violence for mind high twenty
one years that I was living at home. So I'm
just speaking from that point of view, and we can

(58:01):
only develop our thinking on what happened to us as
children and how we were brought up here. So going
back to why people don't appreciate the population growing, it's
not that I don't think it's the people that are
coming in that should feel.

Speaker 9 (58:23):
A bit like that.

Speaker 14 (58:24):
We don't like the people that are coming in. It's
the government decisions. It's fact that the services are not
keeping up with the increase in population. So therefore people
who need say emergency release. For instance, I went on
Facebook the other day and I put on the premiers

(58:45):
facebook page. You can't even ring some of the emergency
release places. They can't answer the phone. These a church
groups that run manage free food for people, for families
who can't feed their kids or themselves else and there's
a lineup like this country, I believe, and it's hidden.

(59:07):
The wealthy people in this country don't see it. You
only see it if, like me and other families, you
have to line up to get some help. There are
emergency relief sites obviously where a lot of people that
have just recently come to this country are living. And

(59:28):
you see these the people, poor people who have come here,
but they can't get a job, they can't get decent housing,
or they've got really huge rents. They's to line up
for food.

Speaker 12 (59:42):
So one lady on.

Speaker 14 (59:43):
The Premier's Facebook page, she questioned me and she said,
what's emergency relief? And I just couldn't believe it. It
took me or my patients not to have a go
at this person, because at least she are what it was.
And I told her on the Facebook page what is
And I said to her, at least you've asked. I

(01:00:04):
believe some of the politicians don't even know what it is.
So I think, going back to where I started, everything
is linked. Every decision our politicians make has a consequence,
and as you said before, the consequences of what labor

(01:00:24):
have done since they've been in I believe anyway, they
are negative. Everyone is feeling. If you go out into
the suburbs, especially the outer suburbs, if you talk to
people out there, you go to the emergency release places,
you see.

Speaker 5 (01:00:42):
What's going on.

Speaker 14 (01:00:44):
You know that every single thing has a consequence, and
labor are not seeing this.

Speaker 1 (01:00:53):
Tricia, you speak so much sense that I cannot add
to what you've said there that it's a whole range
of issues and largely born out I think of the
fact that this country has grown too far, too fast,
and we're not complaining about the quality of the migrants
that come to the country. It's the quantity. They're just
far too many. It is putting a stress on the system.

(01:01:13):
Two hundred and eighty thousand migrants. This year alone, fifteen
hundred or more are coming into the country every day.
It is just an untenable situation. And you know, it
doesn't matter which party you vote for, and I don't
care who has allowed it to happen. It just shouldn't happen.
It's crazy. It's good morning, By good morning, Ran.

Speaker 15 (01:01:34):
I just wanted to say that I totally agree with
you Sommation of the Labor Party, the current Labor Party
in Alvenasia in particular. Now, I'll give you an example.
I've just received last week a newsletter from the local member,
Louis Milla Frost. Now, in this newsletter, it clearly states
more energy bill relief with one hundred and fifty dollars

(01:01:57):
off power bills for every household per quarter. Well, that's
totally incorrect. For a start, it's seventy five dollars a quarter. Now,
I ran her office, this is a week ago, and
as soon as I mention it, a gentleman or the
staff member said, yes, we know about this problem. And
I said, well, I hope you're going to redact it all,

(01:02:18):
withdraw it now where we're definitely going to put something
out And he said we will basically say yeah, that's
a mistake. And I said, well, I hope you do,
because if you don't, I will I will ring the media.
And he said, oh, the media already know all that nonsense.
That was a week ago. Now it's not been once

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one mentioned by media, so the media don't know now.
And then you know, helping more with cost of living
thirty percent off battery a lot of people. Fortunately I've
got solar panels.

Speaker 2 (01:02:51):
They haven't got a battery.

Speaker 15 (01:02:52):
A lot of people cannot even afford panels, you know.
And then they talk about their developing the entry, and
they've got this big conference on at the moment. Well,
one of the biggest problems with the development of the country.
People want to go in the industry because of the
cost of power, power and simply poor. They're not even

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look at. They won't even have an open discussion. Regardless
whether you like nuclear or not, it probably should be
part of the they will not even have an open discussion.
And Bowen is almost arrogant in his manner.

Speaker 1 (01:03:27):
Manner is correctly there. He isn't almost arrogant. He is arrogant.

Speaker 15 (01:03:31):
Oh yeah, maybe I was trying to be nice.

Speaker 1 (01:03:34):
God on le thanks for your call. Yeah, we need
to get into this subject a whole lot more, and
we'll do so as the days and weeks progress. Eight
double two to three double o double oh. Back after
the news headlines.

Speaker 3 (01:03:44):
Five double A Mornings with Gram Goodings.

Speaker 1 (01:03:48):
It's eleven to eleven five double A. Will they say
variety is a spice of life. Turning to another subject.
We'll get back to our core subjects as the morning progresses.
So if you've got some thoughts on what has been
happening regarding the algel bloom, the Prime Minister's visit to Australia, migration,
et cetera, et cetera, give us a call. Eight double
two to three double o double oh. But my next

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guest is Alex Barbers. Alex, good morning to you.

Speaker 12 (01:04:13):
Oh Gret, are you going?

Speaker 1 (01:04:15):
Look? I'm going well, but I want to know how
you're going. You're taking on a run for starlight, and
you're not only running from Sydney to Perth, you're going
to turn around and go home again.

Speaker 12 (01:04:25):
Yeah, that's it. I am from Perth originally, so it's
a bit of a run home and back. So leaving
on September one, in a couple of days time, now
actually from the Sydney Children's Hospital, running through the Perth
Children's Hospital, then turning around, saying good ay to mum,
betting a kiss on on the cheek, and then turning
around and coming back to Sydney.

Speaker 1 (01:04:46):
So it's a massive undertaking. What made you want to
do it?

Speaker 12 (01:04:51):
So I've always been someone who enjoyed a challenge. Last
year I ran fifty k's a day, four fifty days,
and that was sort of the standard for this run.
And I've been volunteering with Starlight twenty sixteen, so back
when they were in the Princess mag Castle in Perth
and now it's the Perth Children's Hostel. So they do

(01:05:13):
some amazing I mean, they do amazing work and you know,
the joy they bring to the tips and also the
relief families is awesome. So yeah, I've been volunteering there
for nearly ten years and it's something that I just
want to do and give back.

Speaker 1 (01:05:30):
So we're setting off from Sydney after Perth. How long
do you figure it's going to take you to get
across the Nullboar Well.

Speaker 12 (01:05:37):
I leave September one and aiming to be by, aiming
to be over in Perth by mid October. So about
forty five odd days, eighty five meters a day.

Speaker 1 (01:05:47):
And you're pretty sure you can do eighty five k's a.

Speaker 12 (01:05:50):
Day, yes, sir, Yeah, yeah, I'm I mean look over
at twelve hour period. Yeah, I'm going to be having
a few breaks here and there. But look, I'm really
excited to get into the obviously the run, but just
meeting people along the way. I've obviously never done anything
like this before. I've been training, but I think once
you out there and being involved in these regional Remote

(01:06:14):
Rule towns, I'm excited to get in there and say hello,
and obviously to raise as much money as I can,
and I'm excited to get the on the journey.

Speaker 1 (01:06:23):
So what sort of support team when you have you'll
lead back up?

Speaker 12 (01:06:28):
Yeah, I have a full media team, a medic and
two other crew members. So a lot of the logistics
on the run is obviously food, fuel, water, and just
reaching out to the local towns that they're coming into
to say this is what we're doing for the run,
and to see if they can support any way.

Speaker 1 (01:06:45):
Shape or form you might go through. The footwear, i'd reckon, yes.

Speaker 12 (01:06:49):
Yeah, so I've got five shoes so far. I might
get one more in a week leading up, just just
in case. But I can't do this without any of
my crew members ilis. So it's very much. You know, yes,
I'm the one running, but you know they're sacrificing a
lot on their end as well, so I'm super grateful
for their time and their.

Speaker 16 (01:07:10):
Effort as well.

Speaker 1 (01:07:11):
Nobody's trying to talk you out of it.

Speaker 12 (01:07:14):
No, No. I was on a flight back to Perth
probably three or four months ago, and when I was
sitting in my chair, I saw the flight map going
across and I thought to myself, Wow, that's actually quite
a long wayder whatever looks like on foot. No, no,
it's and I'm excited to get into it. The organizing

(01:07:35):
of the run has probably been the most stressful thing,
the training, eating, sleeping, diet, working full time, organizing registics
operationally crewe you know, it's being really stressful. Still still
juggling all the balls until I get to the star line.

Speaker 1 (01:07:53):
It's a seven thousand and eight killing me to run.
You're hoping to raise seven hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
How can people chip in? How do you what do
you get sponsorship? What do you want people to do.

Speaker 12 (01:08:04):
I look, would love for them to go and donate.
The website is Alex's Out and Back dot com, dot you.
You can find me on instaground. That's through the best
social media channel to to sort of reach out or
donate through that way and everything goes one hundred percent
goes back to the Starlight Children's Foundation.

Speaker 1 (01:08:26):
Fantastic. Well can you touch base what you're running through Adelaide?
Are you?

Speaker 3 (01:08:31):
I am?

Speaker 12 (01:08:31):
Yeah, I am. I don't have my map in front
of me, but yeah, we will be cutting down through Adelaide,
I think probably the second second week of September.

Speaker 1 (01:08:44):
So what's you get your crew to give us a
call and we'll have a chat with you, see how
you're going.

Speaker 12 (01:08:48):
Yeah, one hundred percent they'll be they'll be good. And
I can get some local tips on the closest pub
or best steakhouse or Pieto.

Speaker 1 (01:08:58):
To try or somewhay to buy some new runners.

Speaker 12 (01:09:01):
Yeah, yeah, that's it.

Speaker 1 (01:09:02):
Good on, Alex. What you wish you well for you'll run.
That's Alex Barbers running seven eight hundred kilometers for the
Starlight Foundation, setting off from Sydney all the way across
the Perth. When he gets there, he said, he's going
to say, hi, Mum, I'm going back to Sydney. Now
turn around and run all the way back. Can you
imagine it. Good luck to him. We wish you well, Alex,

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and he'll give us a call when he touches Adelaide
on the way.

Speaker 17 (01:09:28):
Okay, good morning, Good morning Graham.

Speaker 1 (01:09:31):
How are you very well?

Speaker 16 (01:09:32):
Thanks, good Graham.

Speaker 18 (01:09:34):
A couple of years ago, I had a stand up
freezer that I didn't need anymore. It was in a
brand new condition. That was a Fisher and Parker parcels.
So anyway, someone gave you the number of a group
that collects furniture and whitewoods for immigrants that are coming
into Australia. So I rang that number and they were

(01:09:59):
not interested. They were firsting at the seams with donations.

Speaker 16 (01:10:03):
Really not interested at all.

Speaker 18 (01:10:06):
So anyway, then someone gave you the number of another group.
Now this group provide donated goods, furniture and whatnot for
homeless people who have managed to get into a home. Well,
they were so grateful. They came around to my house
within the hour and picked up the freezer and were

(01:10:30):
so grateful they hard to get any donations. And here
we are you know, with a group that provides everything
that the new immigrants need when they come to Astray.

Speaker 1 (01:10:47):
Can we have some contact details, k because because I'm
sure a lot of people who've got excess furniture, furniture
they're replacing for whatever, would be only too happy to
donate it.

Speaker 18 (01:10:59):
This was a couple of year to go. But I
think if you run run the Hart Street Center or
Elizabeth House, they would have contact for those for those
people hut Street.

Speaker 1 (01:11:10):
Center or Elizabeth House. Yeah, no, that's a great idea. Yeah.
Look there's a lot of need out there. Okay, thanks
for sharing.

Speaker 18 (01:11:16):
Your story, No problem, Thanks Grime.

Speaker 1 (01:11:19):
Great to chat five double A good morning to you.
I just want to mention more about this Australia versus Norway.
It bears repeating. I mean, when it comes to managing
natural gas wealth, Australia is an embarrassment. Norway the gold standard.
And we can compare them because on a lot of
levels there are similarities. Norway taxes its gas giants very heavily,

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between royalties, corporate tax and a special petroleum tax. The
Norwegian people get a massive return on the resources they have.
As I mentioned earlier, a sovereign wealth fund. It's built
purely from oil and gas profits. It now tops two
trillion dollars. That is double Australia's national debt. Double Australia's

(01:12:04):
national debt. They have that sitting in the bank or
somewhere money bank for the public, good for schools, for hospitals,
for pensions, infrastructure, Every single Norwegian benefits. Now, what is
the Australian story. Now, we're one of the world's biggest
LNG exporters. We collect barely scraps in comparison, the multinational

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gas companies pay minimal royalties. Then there's the petroleum resource
rent tax, which is a joke. It's riddled with loopholes.
Some gas projects haven't paid a cent in tax for years.
The result, billions in profits go offshore while Australian's cop
soaring energy prices, housing crisis and underfunded services. And what
do we do here in Australia. We just bump up

(01:12:45):
the taxes. Now, we were speaking with Mark og from
the Australia Institute yesterday. He said on this program that
we are losing twelve billion. Yes, with a b twelve
billion dollars a year in lost revenue. Wouldn't that be
nice billion dollars coming in every year from these multinational companies.
So what is the difference between the two countries, Australia

(01:13:08):
and Norway political spine. I think it is Norway saw
its resources as belonging to the people and Australia sold
out to corporate lobbyists and foreign multinationals. Now, I'm not
just pointing the finger at the Labor government here. The
Liberals the Coalition are just as guilty and they will
defend to the hilt what they've done in the past.

(01:13:30):
But surely it's time to stop this absolute madness. There
can be no more sweetheart deals and no more excuses.
If Norway can build a trillion dollar future from gas,
why are we in this country giving it away? It
is just absolutely unbelievably stupid, and I would like someone

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from the government come on and justify what they're doing,
someone from the Coalition to come on and say why
they did it in the past, and why nobody will
take a stand against these multinationals. Back after the News
five Double.

Speaker 3 (01:14:06):

Speaker 1 (01:14:09):
Eight past eleven on this Wednesday morning. What a delightful
day it is too. From the text line high Graham
hope that running man is prepared for all the hip, knee, leg,
ankle and foot problems that he'll have after a seven
thousand kilometer run. He's not thinking about his future at all.
Thank you for that, Maria. Well, hopefully he is prepared

(01:14:30):
and it is for charity. Ian says, you keep glossing
over the fact that Howard gave our gas away. Ian.
I will address that a little bit later on, So
stay tuned. And Julia is admonishing me, Graham, it isn't
Katherine or isn't it Catherine House not Elizabeth You need
to concentrate in freely responding to callers. Look, I'm sorry, Julia,
a little bit going on from time to time here

(01:14:51):
in the studio. But yes, of course it is Catherine
House not Elizabeth House, and it is Hot Street and
both of them do a fabulous job.

Speaker 3 (01:15:00):
Well.

Speaker 1 (01:15:00):
A major change to council regulations. We'll see only Australian
citizens able to vote in future, say council elections. Joining
me and awas Heather Holmes Ross LGA State President. Have
a good morning to you, Hi Graham.

Speaker 3 (01:15:13):
How are you?

Speaker 1 (01:15:14):
Yeah? Look, I'm very well. Thanks. How do you take
to these changes in regulating and who can vote.

Speaker 19 (01:15:22):
We're supportive of almost all of the reforms the state
government have put forward. It brings us in line this
Australian's only voting with state and with federal elections, so
we're happy with that. Still, businesses and other entities can
vote in local government elections, so we still will hear

(01:15:45):
from business members of our community. It's just that they
also must be on the electoral role. So yes, we're
very happy with it because we think that I think
most councilors agree that voting is apprivaly that comes with.

Speaker 1 (01:16:00):
Citizenship most certainly. So you said you agree with most
of the things the government has put forward.

Speaker 19 (01:16:08):
As I said that, I was like, no, I shouldn't.

Speaker 9 (01:16:10):
Have put it.

Speaker 1 (01:16:12):
So what what don't you agree with? You left yourself
over there.

Speaker 19 (01:16:16):
I absolutely did, and I shouldn't have because it's in
the detail, you know, it's it's nothing that we need
worry ourselves about. It's in the writing of the bill.
That's there's tiny little things but and I'm not over them,
I have to say. But absolutely, in general what's been
proposed we agree with.

Speaker 1 (01:16:36):
Yeah, has this been brought out by sort of fudging
the system? Would you suggest that there have been elections
that haven't been squeaky clean.

Speaker 19 (01:16:47):
Well, it would appear so if we look at that
last last terms elections, particularly the city of Adelaide, there
was you know, things going on that you know, we
wouldn't want. So I think partly that that's the motivation.
But I also think that there's been a push for
a while, particularly on the Australian citizen front, that it

(01:17:09):
just isn't fair some Australian citizens still to have people
that aren't willing to take on citizenship involved in deciding
how and who the country.

Speaker 2 (01:17:19):
Is led by.

Speaker 1 (01:17:20):
And this happens pretty much in all consciusecuencies around Australia.

Speaker 2 (01:17:24):
Does it.

Speaker 19 (01:17:27):
What the bring or whatever with them?

Speaker 1 (01:17:29):
No?

Speaker 7 (01:17:30):
No.

Speaker 1 (01:17:32):
The fact that only Australian citizens can vote.

Speaker 19 (01:17:35):
Oh absolutely so at state and federal level, yes, and
it's been like that, you know, forever. So this is
just bringing us in line with our state and federal
counterparts as part of the bill.

Speaker 1 (01:17:45):
Good news, doctor Heather Holmes Ross, thanks for your time,
good to chat.

Speaker 2 (01:17:50):
Okay, thanks Graham, have a good.

Speaker 1 (01:17:51):
One you two, President of the l GA. Essay, So
what are your thoughts about it only Australian citizens able
to vote in future Essay Council elections. It makes you
wonder why it hasn't been the case all along, because
in all other forms of election you have to be
an Australian citizen. Now, getting back to Ian's comment about
I keep glossing over the fact that Howard gave our

(01:18:12):
gas away, well there's no question that when it comes
to Australia's vast natural gas reserves, history is not kind
to the Howard government. Back in the late ninety nineties
and early two thousands, John Howard's government signed long term
export contracts with countries like China, and they did so
with astonishing low prices, some as little as three cents

(01:18:35):
a liter, and there was no allowance for inflation over
the years. So while we're talking about resource rich nations
like Norway have been making an absolute killing when it
comes to propping up there, not propping up that's not
the right word, but to supporting their nation in Australia. Now,
the point I take with Ian is there have been

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a lot of government since John Howard's government, namely one
government that has put their hand up and said enough
is enough. We are going to tax you multinationals you
are going to pay a reasonable price.

Speaker 14 (01:19:10):
Now.

Speaker 1 (01:19:10):
John Howard might have started it, Yeah, big mistake. Wrong.
He will not be kindly remembered for that very thing.
But successive Liberal coalition and labor governments have let it go.
They've let it ride. So you can chip on me
or pick me up on the fact that you know,
oh John Howard started it, well, no one, no government

(01:19:34):
since has had the intestinal fortitude to pick it up
and say no, enough is enough. You've been getting a
free ride for so long. No more free gas to
be given away. And they can do it. And I've
asked the relevant people. Existing contracts don't mean anything. If
the nation just decides the tax rate goes up, the

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tax rate goes up, and these multinationals can like it
or lump it.

Speaker 20 (01:20:00):
Good morning, Graham and Adele adience. Yeah, I'm really glad
that it's take the words starting to get out to
the main media and actual people are knowing about this.
Is just spread the word that people know what's going on.
It's not right and we could be like they are

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in Sweden.

Speaker 1 (01:20:23):
Yeah, well look at Norway's the one. Norways the one
the money that they've got there, right, they have got
more in their sovereign fund. It's double what our national
debt is. Absolutely, I mean, it's just mind boggling. And
we sit on our hands. Well no, the people in
Canvas sit on the hands saying or dear idea, we

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don't want to upset the multinationals. They might they might
move on and get their gas from somewhere else. Well,
no they won't.

Speaker 9 (01:20:51):
That's it.

Speaker 20 (01:20:52):
Yeah, Well we need to look after ourselves and not
look after other people's for a while.

Speaker 1 (01:20:57):
Yep.

Speaker 20 (01:20:57):
And this government that's in at the moment, we can't
trust Red and Blue. We need someone else that actually
cares for the country.

Speaker 1 (01:21:05):
Where are they going to come from? Though, Mark, that's
the thing.

Speaker 20 (01:21:08):
Let's put a new party together, you know, the mom
and dad family, Bob Catter, Pauline Hanson, third daughter. But
Bet Peter is doing a pretty good job here in
South Australia. I'm proud of some of the things he
has done. But I'm still waiting for a phone call back, Peter.

Speaker 1 (01:21:26):
What's the phone call for?

Speaker 20 (01:21:29):
I contacted his office a long time ago about something
that I went through that I'm still waiting to actually
hear back from the man. And I get no phone
calls Oh.

Speaker 1 (01:21:39):
Really yeah, well politicians contend to do that, particularly when
they're in a very very safe situation. Mark, thanks so
much for your call. Phil says yesterday you spoke to
a chap about cemeteries. Soon we will all have to
be cremated because there's no room left, but there will
be no gas left for cremation because it's all gone overseas.

Speaker 3 (01:22:00):
Five double A Mornings with Graham Goodings, but.

Speaker 1 (01:22:03):
He past eleven five double All. The Prime Minister doesn't
want to be misunderstood. He has snucky to town, went
to kangar Island unannounced and he has still holding a
news conference and this is part of what he had
to say thanks to seven News.

Speaker 21 (01:22:21):
I want to say to South Australians that the Federal
Government stands side by side with you, will continue to
work constructively, will continue to provide support as it's requested
through and today we have some immediate measures as well.
Four million dollars will be made available for direct funding

(01:22:41):
to local government for grants to assist those cycle communities
who are dealing with these challenges. In addition to that,
we will invest two point twenty five million dollars in
targeted scientific research support two million dollars to enhance the
monitoring and data collection of marine heat waves through the

(01:23:04):
CSIRO's water quality system called aqua Watch, and two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars for our gal bloom related research
informed by the South Australian algal Bloom Science Panel through
the National Environmental Science Program. This is important immediate support

(01:23:26):
on top of the twenty eight million dollars joint funding
that we had previously announced. In addition to that, we
need to look at the issue of a significant environmental
event that we have, so tonight today we're announcing as
part of our Regional Investment Corporation funding that is a

(01:23:48):
multi billion dollar fund that provides support to farmers to
manage drought. It's something that we have provided support for.
We're going to create a new stream a Significant ecological
Event program in order to ensure that that longer term
support is put in place. It's very clear that slow

(01:24:09):
onset events like marine heat waves and algal blooms will
continue to impact our natural environment, communities and businesses. What
we will do is work with the Minister for Agriculture,
who's been working closely with relevant stakeholders to extend the
operations of the RIC and improve those operations. So as

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part of this work, the government will add this new
stream working through. It's a product of the discussions that
I've had with our South Australian federal members such as
Amanda and Mark Butler and others, as well as this
morning I had a chat to the Member for Mayo
as well, Rebecca Sharki, who's raised issues across the board,

(01:24:57):
but will continue to work as well. We are obviously
very concerned about a work program over summer. I know
from speaking to the people on KI this morning that
that is an ongoing concern. But it's important that we
work hand in hand with the South Australian government. There's

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something that is defined my government is being able to
work cooperatively through conwealth, state and also local government to
deliver for local communities.

Speaker 1 (01:25:28):
That's Prime Minister Anthony Albanezi giving a doorstop press conference
today announcing some additional funding. It looks like about seven
million dollars on top of the twenty eight million dollars
that's always already been announced. Fourteen million, State, fourteen million,
federal government four million dollars. Direct funding for local councils
are two point twenty five million targeted for scientific research

(01:25:52):
support and two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for alder
bloom research. The Prime Minister is careful to call it
a evgicant environmental event, he still refuses to acknowledge it's
a natural disaster. The Premier calls it a natural disaster.
I wonder if he held the Prime Minister to account
about that, but apparently not. But he said the Prime

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Minister that we're working side by side. We're side by
side with you. It's a bit late to the party,
Prime Minister, because this our issue has been around for
six months. You were worn no you personally, your government
was warned last year by a group of sixteen scientists
that here was a disaster waiting to happen. Something needed
to be done. So Chanya Plebisek at the time ignored

(01:26:36):
the scientist's plea. Murray what the incoming environment minister ignored
the scientist's plea. The Premier, Peter Malanaskis was late to
the party and didn't request any help from Candra until July. Now,
the environmental disaster had been around since March, all right,
progressively getting worse. It didn't look all that nasty at

(01:26:58):
the start, but the potential there, and it wasn't until
July twenty one. I think it was the Premier approach
to Canberra for help. The help we got was Marry
what paid a visit and refused to recognize that we
had a natural disaster on her hands here by acting. Now, yes,
that's good, thank you for that. But maybe if some
of this action had been taken twelve months ago, when

(01:27:18):
site is worn, that it was in the wind, maybe
we wouldn't have got to the stage. Nick, good morning,
good morning.

Speaker 9 (01:27:24):
It's some white couple of minutes more to call me.
I didn't want to hear the Prime Minister another drop
in the sea and twelve billion three gas. I give up, Graham.

Speaker 1 (01:27:36):
Frustrating, isn't it?

Speaker 9 (01:27:38):
Well? What I'm called we have to do something. This
is sir deicular by what I'm calling you, Gran want
to come to this beautiful country affairs from Europe. I
was seventeen and a half years of age and they
were crying for workers, Graham. Then my friend come two
months before me, and he was got job at mitchib

(01:27:59):
Krist they used to call it, and he said to
his boss, a good friend coming from overseas. You've got
a job for him, and he said to him, we
give you extra week. Why just might from from Michibe,
from Christ to poor Adlai. They used to be a
bit of fifty companies that used to make things for

(01:28:21):
the Australians grime, and they're all gone there and get
the crap from China.

Speaker 1 (01:28:25):
Yeah, it's it's a sad tale. It is an absolutely
sad tale. Yeah, look, Nick, I know I feel your
pain because we're all feeling unfortunate at the moment. Thanks, no, look,
thank you so much for you call. This country just
isn't what it once was. You can always talk about
the good old days, you know, but potentially we should
be the richest country in the world and we are struggling.

(01:28:48):
Of all the developed countries, our GDP is worse than
any of them. We're going backwards at a great rate
of knots. It's just crazy regas and giving it away.
Both major parties are guilty of cheating the population of
Austrata out of a better life. Until an independent anti
corruption is set up is set up for federal government,
we will continue to go down the loo. Thank you

(01:29:10):
very much for that. Trish Matt Good morning.

Speaker 22 (01:29:14):
Yeah, good morning, Graham.

Speaker 10 (01:29:15):
How are you today?

Speaker 1 (01:29:16):
Good? Thanks.

Speaker 22 (01:29:18):
I just got just two things to say. It's just
about the eye Zach Rankin thing. The O film just
needs to get on and get this punishment announced, because well,
this is just getting more. They got some of the
comments on their directed at the Collingwood people as well,
just become increasingly vile. About fifteen minutes ago when I

(01:29:38):
had my SMOCO, there was a comment on there. I
won't say the words that bring there, but i'll paraphrase
it. It was effectively along the lines of I hope every
Collingwood or Ethan Collingwood player dies on their next plane.

Speaker 1 (01:29:52):
Doesn't very bad.

Speaker 22 (01:29:54):
Now, I just want to say that there is only
one and only one person to blame for this, and
that's ranked. He shouldn't have said it. We know that now.
Whether that word in particularly offense may offense your offense
anyone else is beside the point. The AFL has come
out clearly from last year for Finlayson Onwards, I said,

(01:30:14):
you say this particular word, you are going to cop
the whack.

Speaker 2 (01:30:18):
That's it.

Speaker 22 (01:30:19):
If there is a quick Google search, you can see
that six hundred thousand words in the Oxford Dictionary. So
the way I look at it, he had another five
hundred ninety nine nine hundred ninety nine words it could
have used. And it's just beggars belief that Collingwood players
Collingwood supporters as well are getting dragged into these If

(01:30:40):
he didn't say it against the Collingwood players, that I
don't think there would be a bigger issue about the
punishment that's coming. It's not because there was nothing said
about any of the other people that said it about Mite.
So Finlayson when he directed whoever it was or whoever
they played for, the vitriol was nothing like it is.
So I think that the majority of Crow supports are

(01:31:01):
probably level headed, normal table you are going to get
you more on fock in every group. But wishing death.

Speaker 1 (01:31:06):
On people, no, that's outrageous.

Speaker 22 (01:31:08):
Yes, like pure and other insanity. And I think it's
just about time. If you're stupid enough to say it,
then then you've got to copy your right wack.

Speaker 3 (01:31:18):
Well that's it.

Speaker 22 (01:31:19):
There's no instant bards. And to say that he was provoked,
I mean, give me a spell. I mean a lot
of works in the construction you see for the best
part of twenty five years. I've been called all sorts
of names, whether it be in chest or having an
argument for someone, and then what I say back, that
is my choice. What I say back. I'm not forced
at gunpoint, and I just think that that this needs

(01:31:39):
to hurry up and be sorted out so we can
all move on.

Speaker 1 (01:31:42):
Yep. Look, I take your point, Matt, and I think
the AFL probably could have acted quicker. Unfortunately the poison
that is social media. There's no question that Isaac Grankan
said the wrong thing. There is no defense. It doesn't
really matter what might have been said to him that
he said, she said. He said something that was labeled
defensive by the af well, and they have sort of
handed down their punishment. Why are we at Weddnesday when

(01:32:05):
the game was on Saturday night. Rankin apparently apologized on
the to the Collingwood player on the Sunday. So the
AFL have had all the information, they have questioned all
parties involved, the Adelaide Football Club, the Collingwood Football Club,
the players involved. And here we are at Weddnesday and
we get a leak from Eddie McGuire and Eddie's has

(01:32:26):
some immaculate sources there's no question about that. But where
is the official word from the AFL. The AFL do
have a lot to answer for a double two to three
double O double oh is the number to ring. We're
going to take a break and then we're going to
come back with your calls and lots.

Speaker 3 (01:32:40):
More five double A Mornings with Graham Goodings.

Speaker 1 (01:32:45):
Let's take a call, Vinnie. How are you going good?

Speaker 16 (01:32:48):
Thank you? Look, you know it's just being you talk
about politicians all day to day and yeah, for myself,
we just haven't got that menzies or how can I say?

Speaker 1 (01:32:59):
Played for top of statesmen states?

Speaker 16 (01:33:01):
Yeah, tough ones and lead and lead the pack showed away.
The problem is those two maybe done them a little bit,
but those two particularly, they led them all away and
they press replayed you where he did a list. I
mean there was real statesment of politics. These guys. Now
there's just two Bob states. You know, two bob politicians call.

Speaker 1 (01:33:25):
Well lacking men of vision, men and women of vision.

Speaker 16 (01:33:27):
Unfortunately there's no vision. That's right, there's no vision at all.

Speaker 1 (01:33:30):
No vision. Yeah, no, you make a good point, Vinnie.
And unfortunately most politicians are looking to their next election
to get re elected they're looking for their parliamentary pension
and they see it as a long term deal and
they get in. Keep your head down and not don't
make too much noise, don't upset the electorate. Well, upsetting

(01:33:51):
the electorate, that's probably the wrong turn of phrase. They
are upsetting the electric all right, but they're not for
the right reasons. Well, in two thousand and five at
the Women in Hotels conference, they instigated the Women in
the Hotels Hall of Fame. Back in two thousand and five. Well,
I'm very pleased to say that Leah Foster last night

(01:34:14):
was inducted into the AHA Women's Hall of Fame. She
joins me in are Leah congratulations?

Speaker 23 (01:34:20):
Well done, Oh thank you very much.

Speaker 15 (01:34:22):
Here.

Speaker 23 (01:34:22):
It's a wonderful honor. Her recognition is amazing.

Speaker 1 (01:34:25):
How long have you been in the industry, Well, I've been.

Speaker 23 (01:34:29):
I've started working in the industry with my dad, the
Streety based Sports club when I was fifteen, and yeah,
I've worked all over the place. I did five years
at Lenny's and I've done twenty seven years with mart
Palmer and the Palmer Hospitality Group.

Speaker 1 (01:34:44):
What do you think it takes to be a good
public and to be someone who has their finger on
the pace, on the pulse of being involved in the
hospitality industry.

Speaker 23 (01:34:54):
Yeah, you have to be interested in your community. You
have to definitely be a customer obsessed. You want to know,
you want to be someone who provides a service to
the community, not just you know yeah, yeah, but yeah, you've.

Speaker 1 (01:35:10):
Been in the industry for twenty seven years now, how
things changed in that time.

Speaker 23 (01:35:14):
Oh, dramatically with the introduction of technology, that's been a
huge change people's perception on hospitality. You know, before it
was socially, it was you know, the community, and now
it's more, you know, it's more of an offering. It's
more you know, special occasions and those sorts of things,

(01:35:35):
just the staffing that the you know, we have these
amazing young people coming into this industry, and yeah, it's
changed dramatically.

Speaker 1 (01:35:45):
What was the impact of COVID.

Speaker 23 (01:35:46):
Like, it was awful, it was it was horrific for
everyone involved. I think that that day in March was
one of the hardest days of my life when you
you know, you just didn't know whether you were going
to have a job or you know, and you had
all these beautiful people not have jobs, and yeah, it
was it was. It was yeah, very very very hard.
It was a very hard period.

Speaker 1 (01:36:07):
So did the hospitality industry have to make dramatic changes
to survive?

Speaker 23 (01:36:12):
Absolutely at the time. Yeah, And we've and we've you know,
changed the focus of things now, you know, we're we've
gone back to food and you know, yeah, based ourselves
on food and rejigged how we want the industry to
be and and go back to being that community provider.
I guess.

Speaker 1 (01:36:30):
I know there's been an issue in just getting staff
these days. Is that still an ongoing problem?

Speaker 15 (01:36:36):
I think so.

Speaker 23 (01:36:37):
And I think that I think that a lot of
people don't understand or don't realize that the hospitality has
got career paths. A lot of people use it just
as a stop gap, you know, you know, why you're
at UNI or in between jobs and things. But there's
a real there's a real need for professionals. It's a
wonderful industry to work in and it has amazing career projections.

(01:36:57):
And yeah, I wish that that we could show that more.
I think that would help us. Yeah, thats exactity staff.

Speaker 1 (01:37:04):
Yeah, that was exactly the direction I was going to
take that. So many any students and people between jobs
sort of going to hospitality and don't see it as
a career path, but there are you know, you can
work your way right through to like yourself, you know,
twenty seven.

Speaker 23 (01:37:18):
Years on now, Yeah, that's right, and you know, yeah,
I just yeah, there's just so many opportunities in the industry.
And not just you know, waitressing or front of house
managers or that you've got marketing, You've got you know,
a data collection. You know, it's just everything, you know,
sales analysis, you know, it's not just front of house,

(01:37:40):
it's you know, it's an amazing industry.

Speaker 1 (01:37:42):
So you recommend it to any young person who's looking
for a career.

Speaker 23 (01:37:45):
If my son currently works in the industry, and I
think that's where he will go, because yeah, we are
very driven and we love the industry. And yeah, I
definitely I tell anyone who's interested in in hospitality to
take the lead.

Speaker 1 (01:37:59):
Well, Leah, great to chat with your congratulations.

Speaker 17 (01:38:01):
And well done, Thank you very much.

Speaker 1 (01:38:04):
Leah Foster inducted last night into the AHA Women and
Hotels Hall of Fame. What a claim to fame. Well done.
From the text line, good morning GG. The North Sea
Oil Project was a joint project between the British and
the Norwegians. The British did as the Australians have done,
which is sell their share to the corporate interests for
a negligible amount. The Norwegians kept their share under sovereign control,

(01:38:26):
which is why they are in a much better position.
Thank you for that. Ray. Successive governments in this country
should hang their heads in shame. High Graham. Would it
be possible to get Susan Lee on the show to
state her policies on gas if she's elected? Oh? Yes, okay,
good on your Lenya. I'm thinking that she has been
elected as opposition leader. But yeah, look we've tried in
the past. Some time ago she wasn't available, But we

(01:38:49):
will try again to get Susan Lee on the show
to see what the coalition would do if they were
in government. Janus, good morning.

Speaker 18 (01:38:57):
Hello him great. I want to speak about I want
to speak about Isaac Rankin sure and the AFL. He
does deserve a punishment. He did the wrong thing, there's
no disputing that. But then we've got the hypocritical stance
of the AFL that are promoting bringing someone for the
AFL entertainment that has used these comments in his songs

(01:39:21):
for many many years. It's just ridiculous. I know, exactly,
absolutely ridiculous.

Speaker 1 (01:39:27):
I know exactly what you're saying. It is very hard.
On the one hand, and as you say, I agree entirely.
Isaac Rankin has done totally the wrong thing. There is
no exception to be made. He said the wrong thing
and it's an AFL negative. You should not do that.
And yet we have Snoop Dogg who has a history
of singing about that very subject.

Speaker 18 (01:39:48):
Yeah, it's just silly. One other point, I do think
that if it is going to be five weeks, I
think that is way too harsh simply beca because we're
talking about a finals campaign being match within the finals
campaign that's to be awaited more the more a normal

(01:40:10):
match hat and I think this for everyone, not just
for a posed player.

Speaker 1 (01:40:14):
Yeah. No, I do take your point, Janis. But in
the past, I don't believe the AFL is considered finals
as extra waiting, whether they should or not. You know,
I've got a vested interest, of course, being an avid
Crow supporter, but stepping back from it, they never have
made exceptions in the past, and I doubt they're going
to do so now. Rex On The text line says,

(01:40:36):
if Ranken strolled onto the MCG on Grand Final Day
with his guitar, he could sing about homo's and hoes
just like Snoop Dogg will with the blessing of the AFL.
Thank you for that, Rex. Dave at Blakevie, Good morning, Dave.

Speaker 24 (01:40:51):
Good Thanks he Did you ever chat with Paul Murray
on Tuesday or Monday?

Speaker 1 (01:40:58):
Paul Murray? Are you from sky News?

Speaker 24 (01:41:01):
From sky News?

Speaker 1 (01:41:02):
No, I've never had a chat with Paul Marrie.

Speaker 3 (01:41:05):
No.

Speaker 24 (01:41:05):
Right now, the cup funding, the government, the cap funding,
they're going to cut the funding for the salves to
run around with the ads. They've been doing it for
one hundred and twenty four years and they're look, they're
looking at cutting the funding back. It's about one and
a half million for however, many of the salvos men

(01:41:30):
and girls go around and just have a friendly face
on the battlefield and around the training fields, around the
place in just some on different a chat too. I reckon,
that's crap.

Speaker 1 (01:41:42):
I had not heard that day. I had not heard
that at all. So you're saying that the government is
cutting one and how many little of funding that was
going to the Salvos for their work with the Australian
Defense Forces.

Speaker 24 (01:41:53):
Correct, and they've been the Salvos have been doing it
for one hundred and twenty five years.

Speaker 1 (01:41:57):
Oh, the Salvos have performed the fo They.

Speaker 24 (01:42:01):
Call them the Salum Saluman. Yeah, the idea of call
them the Salumen.

Speaker 16 (01:42:05):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:42:05):
Look, I tell you what, anytime you've been involved in
on frontline or high pressure of things and the Salvation
Army turn up, you know, the smile on people's faces
that the joy not joy might not be the right word,
because sometimes it can be in hardship, natural disasters, all
that sort of thing. The Salvos arrive on the scene
and there's an air of calm. They do a fantastic.

Speaker 24 (01:42:26):
Job and that's and that's all.

Speaker 1 (01:42:29):
I love them, Yeah, most definitely.

Speaker 24 (01:42:31):
And I've got I've had a brother in law, a nephew,
the son in law and Naomi Lad they're all being
their world, the lads. Doney just joined and the son
in law's being with him for about twelve years, the
nephew was with him for about twelve and the brother
in law for thirty five. And yeah, oh well.

Speaker 1 (01:42:52):
Yeah, thanks for letting me know about that, Dave. I
appreciate it. I had not heard about it. We'll make
some inquiries to find out just what is happening in
that area. Pat, good morning, Good morning, Grahamy.

Speaker 17 (01:43:03):
I just want to touch on the AFL.

Speaker 10 (01:43:04):
I don't like the afsus garbage.

Speaker 17 (01:43:06):
Sport, never been interested in it, cocrasy, they don't un through.
It's garbage. Rather watch ain't right. But that's just it's
just me. I'm not interested in money because of the hypocrisy.
And yet again they got Snoop Dogg come over. That's
the biggest racist bigot you can find. And it's all
okay that the impigriants. But I want to talk about

(01:43:26):
the gas and the price of gas. Yeah, you really
got to investigate. When John Howard helped with this view,
it was a different era. Back then, gas wasn't demonized
like the Labor Party done through the Green movement over
the years. Now it's demonized John Howard, how what Tony Everott.

(01:43:47):
He was over here in twenty fifteen saying, look, guys,
it's going to be a major gas shortage coming up
and years to come. You've got to explore you've got
to get fracking. And he was demonizing Pood food for that.
Back when Howard done this dew, they know how much,
roughly how much gas is sitting under our soil.

Speaker 2 (01:44:03):
And it's a lot.

Speaker 17 (01:44:05):
Like I said, endless, almost infinite, the fly of gas.
And it was a different era back then. Everyone thought, well, well,
we're going to keep using gas. Gas is a clean fuel.
But over the years it was grabbed by the Labor
Party in the left and demonized and demonized to such
an extent. No new gas stations have been built, no
new coal powers.

Speaker 2 (01:44:23):
To be built.

Speaker 10 (01:44:24):
That's what the problem is.

Speaker 1 (01:44:26):
Ill, it's exploring for it. Yeah, Pat the government, the
Labour Party have changed their tune to a degree because
they've allowed mining of the Northwest Shelf. You know, they're
looking for more gas now because they've realized that good
and all his renewables might be. They don't work twenty
four hours a day. You've got to have a backup.
And they don't like coal. Coal's an absolute no. No

(01:44:48):
gas is just a one though.

Speaker 17 (01:44:50):
So and look look how much damage that is done
to the economy. Look at much damage that's done to
their way of life and their cost of living. Oh,
we've made a mistake. We need gas. Was too bad
for the businesses and the manufacturing that's gone off, sure
because they can't afford gas. I mean, you've got pin
heads in the public servant in the councils telling you what,

(01:45:10):
you can't have a cooking appliants. You've got a holes
in the government saying, oh, you can't buy that land
cruiser with a VA because we don't like it. It's
just all about control. And that was one of the
clearest things they got was to demonize energy and the
production of it.

Speaker 2 (01:45:24):
Now you've got AI.

Speaker 17 (01:45:25):
Coming up that needs a lot of energy to go. Oh,
now we're going to we're going to scrable to do
something about it. Too bad about the people that have
lost their lives, the families that are being destroyed, that
business has lost, and what they're going to do is
probably going to be a dropping the ocean. They should,
I hope they should do exactly what Donald Trump's done.
Open up exploration and let's have a decent quality of life.

Speaker 10 (01:45:46):
At cost of living.

Speaker 17 (01:45:48):
It's just outrageous how much it cost now to go anywhere.

Speaker 1 (01:45:50):
Yeah, no, you're right there. Good on your pat Thanks
for call five double.

Speaker 3 (01:45:54):
A Mornings with gram Goodings.

Speaker 1 (01:45:57):
It's eleven to twelve on five Double A, and the
Prime Minister's news conference goes on with the competence of
Channel seven. A little bit more of what he had
to say.

Speaker 25 (01:46:06):
To me that your government put about is sooner you've
this alglworthment happened on the East coast.

Speaker 21 (01:46:11):
No, absolute nonsense, absolute nonsense. I have been to South
Australia six times this year.

Speaker 3 (01:46:21):
I reckon.

Speaker 21 (01:46:22):
I've been to southas I reckon I have been. I
was here for the drought just a little while ago.
I have been to South Australia, I reckon, more than
any Prime minister over the period of just over less
than three and a half years. I compare that with
any prime minister since Federation probably but certainly in the

(01:46:44):
last thirty years.

Speaker 7 (01:46:46):
That is the case.

Speaker 21 (01:46:47):
I stand up for South Australia. We have had a
range of programs here, whether it be infrastructure programs, housing programs,
environmental programs, support for South Australia here and I represent
the whole country, the whole country, not just Canberra.

Speaker 1 (01:47:08):
So that's the Prime Minister under pressure to explain why
he should have acted soon, or should he have acted sooner,
talking about all his visits to South Australia. Well, Prime Minister,
a little wrong there. The last time you were here
was the first of April, which was during the election campaign.
You were here campaigning, It wasn't for any other particular purpose,

(01:47:29):
so it is a long time between drinks. You might
say you're most visiting prime minister to South Australia of
any prime minister. Maybe that's the case, but when we
really needed you, hear, he weren't. Gus McDonald from nine
News State political reporter was at the news conference. Gus,
good morning. Sounds like I got a little bit willing.

Speaker 25 (01:47:49):
Yeah, it bought a little bit. That was my questions
to the Prime Minister. Did he admit that he should
have come here sooner? Should he have? He shouldn't have
been on the East coast And you heard it in
the audio that just played. He wasn't too happy that
I'd said that. I think the important point is to
make it doesn't matter how many times you come to
South Australia, but you need to come when when you're needed.

(01:48:11):
And we haven't seen him at all for the Adibill bloom,
so I think it was fair criticism.

Speaker 1 (01:48:16):
It is a little surprising. Do you think he was
sort of trying to mop up after the horrible job
that Murray Watt did.

Speaker 25 (01:48:22):
Well, I think so because he hasn't come with all
that much to show that.

Speaker 10 (01:48:26):
We were at a.

Speaker 25 (01:48:29):
Lab called agile X, which is where they're going to
do the new testing here that we've heard in a
previous announcement. Instead of sending water and samples off to
New Zealand, they're going to do the testing right here
in South Australia to determine where the bloom is. But
really it was more of a photo opportunity than anything else.
We didn't see him on the beaches. He obviously went

(01:48:49):
to Kangaro Island this morning. The media weren't invited to that.
Do I think he's trying to mop up Murray Wat's mess,
probably because he hasn't actually come here with much to give.

Speaker 1 (01:48:59):
Or to say. Well, I tell you what. We had
the Mayor of kangar Island Council, Michael Pengilly, on the
phone and he was not at all happy because he
was not aware that the Prime Minister was showing up.
You would think that the most significant and highest profile
public servant on the on the island would have been
involved in the tour, but he wasn't.

Speaker 25 (01:49:20):
Well, certainly, if you're going to go to ki and
not tell the media or about it, at least tell
local government about it. They're the ones on the ground
at the cold face every day dealing with this bloom.
But I spoke to Michael as well this morning. He
was very, very frustrated that he hadn't been even given
a heads up that it was happening.

Speaker 1 (01:49:39):
Was the Premier involved in this morning's news conference?

Speaker 25 (01:49:42):
He was, he was, And there was a little bit
of back and forth between journalists and the Premier and
the Prime Minister because the Premier has referred to the
Ogle bloom as a natural disaster. Now the Prime Minister
won't categorize it as a natural disaster. He started a
news stream of funding, but still won't call it in
that disaster. So the question was put to the Prime
minister is the Premier wrong? And the question was put

(01:50:05):
to the Premier, it's the prime minister wrong. Both of
course towed the party line, but it's a fair question.
If state government is calling this a natural disaster, why
can't the Commonwealth also come to the table.

Speaker 1 (01:50:17):
Yeah, well, I was careful to note that the Prime
Minister said it was a significant environmental event and he
would go no further. No, that was the scripted line,
I think Graham Gusa, thanks for input today and well done.
Thanks matte Gus McDonald nine News State political reporter on
the news conference with the Prime Minister. When he was

(01:50:39):
asked would you have acted sooner? The Prime Minister got
a little prickly. Someone who never gets prickly is Leith Barren.

Speaker 26 (01:50:44):
Never never say at Albo. Come on, stop being stubborn.
The politicians, You've got to love them, Murray, what first?
Now are Prime Minister? They're like the Fonds. There are
just words in their vocab that they cannot say. There's
nothing wrong with admitting that you were wrong.

Speaker 1 (01:50:59):
I'll tell you what. You would gain so much respect
from the electric for someone to say, we got that wrong.
We will make sure that it doesn't happen again. We
will get it right in the future. Is that so difficult?
You're human?

Speaker 26 (01:51:09):
And then there's all this stealth. I heard Michael Pengilly
on your show earlier today too, which I love the
idea of him not getting an invite. I think he's
not the only person in Kanger Island that didn't get
an invite, So we'll talk about that later on in
the show. It's almost like a preordained let's do it here,
no protesters, no sort of agitators, everything will be fine.
Let's not create a scene. We don't want great television.

(01:51:32):
Let's just get him out on cha and sneak him back.
They orchestrated it basically, yeah, which is disappointing. And of
course Breakfast put out an invitation to the Prime Minister
to come on the show. Yes, so Jodo put out
an invitation to come on the show. So did I
you did? I text his media person this morning and
he said, sorry, not possible.

Speaker 1 (01:51:50):
Now, I tell you what if he was coming here
with fifty fifty million dollars, Oh, he'd be on all
of our shows, would come on with you know, probably
probably cooking with Chris Jarmer. It would be here with
bells on. It's about time now politicians realize that we
and most us in the studio are in the media,
the public. We all see through them. Of all persuasions,

(01:52:11):
we see through a lot of them. Anyway, you're not
here to be rape Polly's.

Speaker 26 (01:52:15):
Well I can. We're here to do all of that
and more. We'll actually head to the US, so you
would have seen the story in the paper today online
with the satellite photos of how bad the al Gore
bloom is. We will speak to that expert who's quoted
in the paper from Florida. Little teaser. I've already had
to do it because of time differences in Florida. Let
me just say spoiler alert. I think you've got to

(01:52:37):
get used to it because I'm not sure it's ever
going to leave, which is not ideal. I think that
is the new norm. It's a bit like COVID. It
is the new norm. Sadly, we just need to learn
to live with it and make the best most of it.
I mean there are ways.

Speaker 1 (01:52:51):
Yep, if we got onto it earlier, we might but
be to tut that and say, yeah, it's an awful thing.
It is an awful thing, but we need to work
out well.

Speaker 26 (01:53:00):
We'll have all of that and more. We wait to
see if the rank and decision comes down. We don't
think that'll be today now they're talking about it could
be tomorrow. So we'll follow that one with interest. Richard
Pasco is here, we've got real estate, and I don't
know if your illustrious media career. Graham, you've ever done
a story like this, But we have a singing dog
on the show today.

Speaker 1 (01:53:18):
Everythink singing dogs, singing dogs.

Speaker 26 (01:53:21):
No, there's a dog that sings the crow song and
it's coming in to sing it live on the live
stream from three o'clock. So we hope you can join missus.
Can I have a recorded copy? I will do it
as your new phone ring tone.

Speaker 1 (01:53:31):
My ringtoon will be wonderful leeth forris lead afternoon. That's
it for today, Thanks for company. Back tomorrow.

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