The first round of polls following the Australian federal Budget are out, and the Albanese-led Government is taking a hit.
New data shows Opposition leader Angus Taylor is in front as the preferred Prime Minister, and One Nation's support is on the up.
Australian correspondent says this Budget has sparked backlash among business owners and older Australians - but it's too early to say what this means for a future election.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International correspondence with ends and eye insurance peace of mind
for New Zealand business. That's obviously a Bible joke written
by a Catholic. By the way, the resident Catholic member
of the team, right, Oliver Peterson ABC Perth Radio Drive
presenters with us Ali get ahead. No, I'm surprised the
budget's not going down that well in You're part of
the world with the voters.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Not at all.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
In fact, it's become a really social media sensation. Lots
of small business owners have been putting up these AI
generated memes with their new silent business partner Anthony Albanezi
taking forty seven percent of their business and doing a
sweets bugger all. It's actually quite funny you see it
from anybody running a little cafe, perhaps a plumbing business
(00:42):
or whatever it might be. It is popping up everywhere
in the polls today. There's if you actually out, there's
a news poll, there's a freshwater pole, there's an Essential pole,
and all of the poles are indicating that this budget
has not gone down particularly well with the Australian public.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
They do vary from pole to pole.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
For example, the Essential poll now has Angus Taylor is
the preferred prime minister over Anthony Albanesi. But there seems
to be a certain trend that the one nation vote
continues to surge if there were.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
To still be a federal election.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Hell today though there's not enough to top all the
Albanesi government. But this isn't one of those budgets Heather
that he's going to disappear.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
You know, people get read in the budget, then move on.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
This budget's going to have a real stitch about it
now I think for a good three four weeks. It
kind of reminds me of the Work Choices budget that
Tony Abbott put out there when he was the Prime Minister.
I just would say to continue to watch this space
because business both big and small, and obviously older Australians
who are very influential to their children and potentially their
grandchildren are really starting to arc up. So it's too
(01:43):
early to call it, but watch this space and you
may end up seeing there being some sort of walk
back on this from the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in
Jim Charmers or even does the Prime Minister throw the
treasure out of the bus, do you really honest?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I mean, because they have made such a big song
and dance about what a transformative budget this is. If
they walk that back, that is massive egg on their face.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Isn't it? Sure is?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
But you already look at the weekend that's just gone
the clearance rates.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Now that there's a lot that goes into this.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Don't get me wrong, I'm looking at it simplistically potentially
at the moment because we've had interest rates go up.
There's still a lot of uncertainty, but all of a
sudden over the weekend, the clearance rates weren't quite there
for auctions, particularly on the East Coast. There's a lot
of property analysts who also are quite unsure whether the
proposed changes are going to have the desired effect of
actually creating additional properties being for sale for Australians who can't.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Get into the housing market.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
So maybe they tried to bite off too much more
than they can chew. Maybe they should have gone to
an election with this to really start to have that
level of analysis, and I suppose feedback from the Australian
people on just how far they wanted to go. So look,
it's really an interesting mood in Australia at the moments.
And when you just read the tea leaves. I don't
(02:56):
think everything is. It might have been written in pencil.
Put it that way. I don't think the ink has
dried yet or it's been covered over with pen Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Interesting, Okay, now listen, is it possible that tobacco taxes
may actually go down?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Well I doubt it, but it is being flagged. So
look a packet of cigarettes in Australia, it's just over.
What's a pack of cigarettes in New Zealand. It's about fifty.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Bucks here for this idea, I no one.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Look, I don't either, but the black market's taken over,
like it's as simple as that.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
In fact, is going on in your part of the
world though with the fire bombings and stuff.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Correct, it's huge and if you like, the war on
illegal tobacco has been lost. And there are even some
of the you know, the big multi national cigarette companies
who are now starting to say that they're not going
to even sell cigarettes through our major supermarket chains because
it's not worth it. You can go to an almost
any convenience store anywhere in any city in Australia and
(03:49):
you can you can buy the black market cigarettes by
giving the nod nod wink wink or you know, you know,
the secret.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Handshake, whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
And so the legal packet's there for fifty five dollars,
the illegal packet's there for about twenty dollars.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
What are you gonna buy it?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Dollar packet because you can't tell the difference either, et cetera,
et cetera. Now there is talk about reducing the tobacco excise,
which would bring the legal packet of cigarettes down to
thirty dollars. Again, no header, if there's a thirty dollars
and a twenty dollar packet, they're still going to go
for the twenty dollar packet.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
So it's a lose lose situation.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
But as you say, organized crimes in the thick of this,
the fire bombings that are happening in Melbourne in particular,
and the Australian Federal Police has simply just said, basically,
there's not much.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
More we can do.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I had a look on online for you to answer
your question. Benson and Hedges Classic reds twenties forty nine
dollars fifty.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
All right, so about the same price. I said, crazy,
there are there about it.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
It's like two hours work on the minimum wage. It's nuts.
Say thank you, Ollie appreciate it. That's Oliver Peterson, ABC
Perth Radio Drive presenter.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drave.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Listen live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
International correspondence with ends and eye insurance peace of mind
for New Zealand business. That's obviously a Bible joke written
by a Catholic. By the way, the resident Catholic member
of the team, right, Oliver Peterson ABC Perth Radio Drive
presenters with us Ali get ahead. No, I'm surprised the
budget's not going down that well in You're part of
the world with the voters.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Not at all.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
In fact, it's become a really social media sensation. Lots
of small business owners have been putting up these AI
generated memes with their new silent business partner Anthony Albanezi
taking forty seven percent of their business and doing a
sweets bugger all. It's actually quite funny you see it
from anybody running a little cafe, perhaps a plumbing business
(00:42):
or whatever it might be. It is popping up everywhere
in the polls today. There's if you actually out, there's
a news poll, there's a freshwater pole, there's an Essential pole,
and all of the poles are indicating that this budget
has not gone down particularly well with the Australian public.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
They do vary from pole to pole.
Speaker 3 (00:59):
For example, the Essential poll now has Angus Taylor is
the preferred prime minister over Anthony Albanesi. But there seems
to be a certain trend that the one nation vote
continues to surge if there were.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
To still be a federal election.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Hell today though there's not enough to top all the
Albanesi government. But this isn't one of those budgets Heather
that he's going to disappear.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
You know, people get read in the budget, then move on.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
This budget's going to have a real stitch about it
now I think for a good three four weeks. It
kind of reminds me of the Work Choices budget that
Tony Abbott put out there when he was the Prime Minister.
I just would say to continue to watch this space
because business both big and small, and obviously older Australians
who are very influential to their children and potentially their
grandchildren are really starting to arc up. So it's too
(01:43):
early to call it, but watch this space and you
may end up seeing there being some sort of walk
back on this from the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in
Jim Charmers or even does the Prime Minister throw the
treasure out of the bus, do you really honest?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
I mean, because they have made such a big song
and dance about what a transformative budget this is. If
they walk that back, that is massive egg on their face.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Isn't it? Sure is?
Speaker 3 (02:06):
But you already look at the weekend that's just gone
the clearance rates.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Now that there's a lot that goes into this.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Don't get me wrong, I'm looking at it simplistically potentially
at the moment because we've had interest rates go up.
There's still a lot of uncertainty, but all of a
sudden over the weekend, the clearance rates weren't quite there
for auctions, particularly on the East Coast. There's a lot
of property analysts who also are quite unsure whether the
proposed changes are going to have the desired effect of
actually creating additional properties being for sale for Australians who can't.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Get into the housing market.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
So maybe they tried to bite off too much more
than they can chew. Maybe they should have gone to
an election with this to really start to have that
level of analysis, and I suppose feedback from the Australian
people on just how far they wanted to go. So look,
it's really an interesting mood in Australia at the moments.
And when you just read the tea leaves. I don't
(02:56):
think everything is. It might have been written in pencil.
Put it that way. I don't think the ink has
dried yet or it's been covered over with pen Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Interesting, Okay, now listen, is it possible that tobacco taxes
may actually go down?
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Well I doubt it, but it is being flagged. So
look a packet of cigarettes in Australia, it's just over.
What's a pack of cigarettes in New Zealand. It's about fifty.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Bucks here for this idea, I no one.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
Look, I don't either, but the black market's taken over,
like it's as simple as that.
Speaker 1 (03:22):
In fact, is going on in your part of the
world though with the fire bombings and stuff.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Correct, it's huge and if you like, the war on
illegal tobacco has been lost. And there are even some
of the you know, the big multi national cigarette companies
who are now starting to say that they're not going
to even sell cigarettes through our major supermarket chains because
it's not worth it. You can go to an almost
any convenience store anywhere in any city in Australia and
(03:49):
you can you can buy the black market cigarettes by
giving the nod nod wink wink or you know, you know,
the secret.
Speaker 2 (03:53):
Handshake, whatever it is.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
And so the legal packet's there for fifty five dollars,
the illegal packet's there for about twenty dollars.
Speaker 2 (03:59):
What are you gonna buy it?
Speaker 3 (04:00):
Dollar packet because you can't tell the difference either, et cetera,
et cetera. Now there is talk about reducing the tobacco excise,
which would bring the legal packet of cigarettes down to
thirty dollars. Again, no header, if there's a thirty dollars
and a twenty dollar packet, they're still going to go
for the twenty dollar packet.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
So it's a lose lose situation.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
But as you say, organized crimes in the thick of this,
the fire bombings that are happening in Melbourne in particular,
and the Australian Federal Police has simply just said, basically,
there's not much.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
More we can do.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I had a look on online for you to answer
your question. Benson and Hedges Classic reds twenties forty nine
dollars fifty.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
All right, so about the same price. I said, crazy,
there are there about it.
Speaker 1 (04:36):
It's like two hours work on the minimum wage. It's nuts.
Say thank you, Ollie appreciate it. That's Oliver Peterson, ABC
Perth Radio Drive presenter.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drave.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Listen live to news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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