Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell being let out of prison

Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has walked out of prison - two months after a court heard he was too dangerous to live amongst the community.

The 32-year-old was granted bail with a $20,000 guarantee by Supreme Court Justice James Elliott.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds explained the situation further.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Murray Old's Ossie correspondents with that's.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Jimas very good afternoon.

Speaker 1 (00:04):
The Libs have done it. They've dounped the net zero
by twenty fifty.

Speaker 2 (00:08):
Yes, they have. They've rolled the dice. The Conservatives within
the Liberal Party at the federal level have have won
the day. They've won over the moderates. They've beaten the
moderates who wanted to hang on to net zero twenty fifty.
That was the position signed up to by Scott Morrison,
the former Liberal Prime minister. But this really look, it's

(00:29):
it's a tough. It's a very tough position for the
Liberals to take. And i'll tell you why. Well, it's
tough for Susan Lee, who's still on their feet speaking
in Canberra right now justifying this decision. It's tough on
two levels. They're going to try and sell it as
a win for Australians who are battling ever higher power bills,

(00:50):
and you can't deny that is very much the case
the power bills. I mean, you know, Anthony Alberniz, we're
going to cut power bills by two hundred and seventy
five dollars. Well, what why that didn't happen. In fact,
bills went north, and so that's the way the Liberals
are going to frame it. But here's the thing. There
are two things that you're going to have to say
about that. Business groups here, the biggest business lobbies in

(01:12):
the country, and the National Farmers Federation, three very powerful
institutions here. They all said, you cannot dump this, you
can't keep yo yoing on policy. If you want investment
in this country, you have to pay will have a
position and stick to it. Now, the Liberal Party has
been tearing itself to pieces heather, as you and I
both know, for a decade or more. It's just this

(01:35):
festering sauw that won't go away. So you've got the
business lobby and farmers against this, and you've also got
anyone under the age of thirty thirty five is going
to look at this think here's a party run by
old blokes and suits who don't believe in climate change,
wha not going to vote for them ever, And the
only people who left to vote for the conservative liberal
rump they're going to be old white men with very

(01:57):
poor education, a bit like we saw in the United
States for Trump. You know, it's it's so tough and
Susan Lee now is you know, she's basically stuck her
own head on the pole outside Parliament House because she said,
you know, we have to keep nets, you have to
get more until we don't. So it's been so tough
on her and these right wings, the right wingers in

(02:19):
the Liberal Party have been tearing it down from the
day she was elected. It's just such a tough gig
for you.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
Do you think do you think her leadership is now
basically done?

Speaker 2 (02:26):
Oh? I think so, I think so. I think it's
just a question of timing now, Heather. But here's the
thing with Labor ninety four seats, the coalition forty forty three.
You look, you know, unless there's something catastrophic, it happens
to Labor. The opposition's got another two years of this
term of government and then two more terms. So it's
like eight eight years, eight or nine years now? Who

(02:48):
wants that gig? Gee? Where's That's a tough gig. But
you know, these thrusting blokes and blue suits and the
right will you know, I bet they have their hands
out in the new year.

Speaker 1 (02:57):
Yeah maybe so, Hey, I see our mates. The new
nazis out of jail.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Oh he is this is this Thomas Sule I hate
immigration to Tommy, you were born at New Zealand vape.
He was bailed that he spent two months in jail.
The charged over this neo Nazi attack. Horrible, horrible attack
on an indigenous camp that has been set up in Melbourne.
It's called Camp Sovereignty and for whatever reason, the neo

(03:23):
Nazis thought, here's some Indigenous Australian, let's go and attack
their camp. Well that didn't work so well for Thomas
sull and fourteen others. The Saul himself is facing twenty
five charges, you know, and very serious. I mean you're
talking decent jail time if he's convicted. Back in August,
the magistrate said this guy, Saul, you're a dangerous to

(03:44):
the rest of the community. I'm going to lock you up.
He has appealed. He's out today pending, of course, more
court dates to face these charges about this attack on
the camp.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
Miles, thanks very much. You look after yourself, as Murray Olds,
Australia correspondent. For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen
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