Mike's Minute: Here's my advice for Hipkins and Labour

I am here to help the ol' Chipster. 

The Chipster, aka Chris Hipkins, was in the building this week. I said hello to him. 

He asked me when I was dropping the blacklist I have on him appearing on this show. 

I said he had appeared once already this year and that was plenty. We both laughed. 

What I like about him is that he doesn’t seem to take any of this personally. 

He knows I think he's hopeless and he knows I think he wrecked the country. But he is playing the long game and he knows I know he will be back next year in the election campaign and, if he wins, he will be back as a regular. 

Which brings me to the help. 

In Australia this week their Labor Government approved the extension of a massive gas project – Woodside are Australia's largest gas producer. 

Before the word came from the Government, the company had launched a fairly vigorous, and as it turns out, effective campaign reminding us all that if you want to look at Spain the other day, and indeed various parts of Europe that have been spending increasing periods of time in the dark, you will find they became obsessed with renewables and that obsessions led to blackouts. 

Continuity and consistency of supply, Woodside argued, is just as important as where you get your energy. 

Anyway, Labor gave them the tick. Yes, the conservationists are upset, but aren't they always? 

The point for Hipkins is this: this is a Labour Government that did this. A Labour Government that romped home in an election just the other day. A Labour Government with a gargantuan majority. 

Why? Because it's what you'd call here a Labour Government of old. It's a centrist Labour Government. 

It's not a woke, handwringing, ideologically obsessed Labour Government of, say, 2020-2023. 

Blair Hawke and David Lange are your Labour Governments of success. 

Hipkins is your Labour Government of failure. 

Albanese has clearly learned the lessons of history and worked them nicely to his favour. Yes, he can be centre left, but the lights will always be on. 

Last time the Chipster was in charge we stopped looking for gas altogether and, as far as I know, he wouldn't start looking again. 

That’s the sort of thinking that leads to blackouts and an electorate that doesn’t see you as viable. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm here actually, as it happens, this morning, to help
Chris Sipkins, the Chipster. The Chipster was in the building
this week. I said hello to him. He asked me
when I was dropping the blacklist that I have on
him appearing on this program. I said he had appeared
already once this year and that was plenty. We both laughed.
What I like about him is he doesn't seem to
take any of this personally. He knows I think he's hopeless,

(00:20):
and he knows I think he wrecked the country, and
he's playing the long game, and he knows. I know.
He will be back next year in the election campaign,
and if he wins, he'll be back as a regular
on this program, which brings me to the help. In Australia,
this week their labor government approved the extension of a
massive gas project. Woodsite are Australia's largest gas producer, and
before the word came from the government, the company had

(00:40):
launched a fairly vigorous and as it turns out, effective
campaign reminding us all that if you want to look
at Spain the other day, and in the various parts
of Europe that have been spending increasing periods of time
in the dark, you will find they became obsessed with renewables,
and that obsession has led to blackouts. Continuity and consistency
of supply Woodside argued is just as important as where

(01:02):
you get your energy. Anyway, labour gave them the tick. Yes,
the conservationists are upset, but then again aren't they always.
The point for Hipkins is this is a labor government,
a labor government that romped home in an election just
the other day in Australia. A labor government with a
gargantuan majority. Why because it's what you would call an
old fashioned labor government, A labor government of old a

(01:24):
centrist labor government, not a woe hand wringing, ideologically obsessed
labor government of say twenty twenty through twenty twenty three
in this particular country. Think of the great labour names Blair, Hawk, Longee.
They are labor governments of success. Hipkins is your labor
government of failure. Albanezi has clearly learned the lessons of
history and worked them nicely to his favor. Yes, he
can be sent a left, but the lights will always

(01:46):
be on. See last time the Chipster was in charge.
We stop looking for gas altogether, and as far as
I know, he wouldn't start looking again. That's the sort
of thinking that leads to blackouts and an electorate that
doesn't see you as viable. More or from the Mic
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