November 3, 2024 • 6 mins
Support for the Australian Labor party and the coalition has dropped.
Australian correspondent Steve Price tells Mike Hosking a new poll published in The Australian shows Prime Minister Anthony Alabanese is seen as incompetent and useless.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Golus a Tasmhen we go. Steve Price, very good morning
to you.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Good Ada.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Now, well the pole we got a bit hard to
believe that Albanezey's scene is incompetent. Where on earth did
that come from?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Well, it is an unusual pole. It's not the normal
news pole. So we've going to make that very clear.
But it's published in Australia this morning. It's not great
for Peter Dutton either, I should point out, but this
new poll says the Prime Minister has seen is incompetent
and useless, while for Peter Dutton he's seen is untrustworthy
and bad. So it's not great for either leader. But
(00:31):
the Prime Minister's had the week from hell. Last week
we spoke about the upgrade issue. Of course that is
still bugging him. He can't believe it. He went to
Adelaide yesterday and I'll mention what he did with the
UNI debt. At the moment he had adoring crowd, they
were cheering for him. But in the wider public, this
whole thing about getting airline upgrades for ministers and the
(00:54):
Prime Minister in particular is going to dog him all
the way to the election. I think so we learned
yesterday that of his senior colleagues, Jason Claire very much
a supporter of Prome min Australb and Easy. He suddenly
after eight days miraculous. You remember, Oh yeah, okay, yes,
I got an upgrade on a flight on Connis between
Sydney and Singapore. It was all the way back in
(01:16):
twenty nineteen, that's not that long ago. And he said
he actually asked for it. He picked up a phone
and rang somebody. He can't remember who he rang, of course,
as if you wouldn't remember. He said he'd had surgery
on his leg for some sort of melanoma or something,
had it cut out. His family were already traveling, and
so he rang Desplokeing Connus and said can I get
(01:38):
an upgrade? And they gave it to him. I mean,
the public just look at that and go, these guys
are just gone.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Or wrought exactly. And that's the problem he's opened up.
First of all, he copped it up by taking so
long to deny it all if in fact he has
been able to deny it in the way that people believe.
But you've now got this can of worms of every politician,
and you know they're going to have to cough detail,
aren't they correct?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
And interestingly the Australian sent questions to all of the
Tiel independence These are the independent MPs who've got elected
at last election on making Parliament a better place, all
very much about honesty and transparency. None of them would
respond to any questions about airline upgrade.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Ye. Interesting the debt you mentioned we did it here.
When I say we, the Labor government did it a
number of years ago. They suspended interest on the debt
and that got them an election. Biden's busy for giving
debt left right and see that doesn't appear to have
worked for him necessarily. But this is just a blatant
I need something for Australians to feel better about me
type policy.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Isn't it pretty much here? What they're what he announced
in Adelaide yesterday was anyone with a student debt will
get a twenty percent discount on their loans, which will
wipe out around sixteen billion. Well wipe out it's a
good phrase because the government's got to find sixteen billion
to wipe that debt out. So you take making taxpayers
(03:00):
money and handing it from one pot to another pot really,
but it is a chase for the younger vote. Well,
the younger vote's probably already there, although it might pull
some people away from the Greens. To give you an example,
an average university student debt with an average twenty seven
six hundred in debt, we'll have five hundred and twenty
(03:20):
dollars wiped off their hext. Interestingly, I mean, this is
a disgraceful thing for a father to admit. I rang
my eldest daughter who did a law degreet a and
U took five years. She's now got a very well
paid job working for one of the big accounting service
as a nin house lawyer. She's got a sixty five
thousand dollars hex debt. I had no idea.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
What's her old man, what's her argument for not having
paid it off?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Well, she started to pay it off, but I mean,
you don't pay it off until you get to a
certain salary level. That's the other thing he changed yesterday.
They'd start paying it until you get over sixty seven
thousand dollars. But how the hell is she ever going
to pay that off? I mean, I'll put my hand
up here. Can't see me, but I'm putting my hand up.
Who do you think is going to pay that?
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, exactly, I'm going through the same thing at the moment.
I don't know what to do. Give give me some advice.
What do you do with kids in debt? Do you
do if you can? And we might well be in
lucky positions if you can, do you or not?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
We're in very lucky positions. Yet, well, well I think
you do, because I mean, how are they ever going
to get into the housing market, Because if you've got
a heck'stead, the bank looks at that and says, we're
not going to lend you enough money that you want
to buy that house or unitalt or whatever.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
And do you vary it based on you go, well,
they've got an arts degree, or they got a law degree,
or they are a doctor or there or whatever. You know,
therefore you'll be earning millions versus fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
You're a father, Just pay the debt.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
This is true. By the way, if you have a
holiday tomorrow, do you take Monday off?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Oh? Everyone is? I mean, you know, I live outside
of Melbourne. The town's packed with people. No one's working tomorrow,
no one's working today. I should say, everyone's taking a
forward week. You speak of the Melbourne Cup of Book.
Now I always give you five horses for a box trifector.
We've done this every year, So here we go. Everybody ready.
(05:11):
A horse called Volban which is at seven dollars at
the moment, Bukarou which is at five dollars fifty. You've
got a horse called Zardozi which is at nineteen dollars
an absurd ending in a knee eleven dollars, and I've
thrown in a Hosking special. This is just for you
to top it up. Okay, smooth, smooth operator, which is
(05:35):
what you are, of course, one smooth operator. I should say.
It's all one word, one smooth operator. Brackets Husking. That's
your box trifector.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And that that's going to pay me enough not to
do the show anymore, or it's going.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
To pay you enough to pay off your hex step.
That's what it's going to do.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
All right, mate, We'll see you on us election day
on Wednesday. Look forward to your company. Steve Price.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
For more from the Mic Hosking Breakfast listen line ape
to news talks, it'd be from six am weekdays, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio,
Golus a Tasmhen we go. Steve Price, very good morning
to you.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
Good Ada.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
Now, well the pole we got a bit hard to
believe that Albanezey's scene is incompetent. Where on earth did
that come from?
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Well, it is an unusual pole. It's not the normal
news pole. So we've going to make that very clear.
But it's published in Australia this morning. It's not great
for Peter Dutton either, I should point out, but this
new poll says the Prime Minister has seen is incompetent
and useless, while for Peter Dutton he's seen is untrustworthy
and bad. So it's not great for either leader. But
(00:31):
the Prime Minister's had the week from hell. Last week
we spoke about the upgrade issue. Of course that is
still bugging him. He can't believe it. He went to
Adelaide yesterday and I'll mention what he did with the
UNI debt. At the moment he had adoring crowd, they
were cheering for him. But in the wider public, this
whole thing about getting airline upgrades for ministers and the
(00:54):
Prime Minister in particular is going to dog him all
the way to the election. I think so we learned
yesterday that of his senior colleagues, Jason Claire very much
a supporter of Prome min Australb and Easy. He suddenly
after eight days miraculous. You remember, Oh yeah, okay, yes,
I got an upgrade on a flight on Connis between
Sydney and Singapore. It was all the way back in
(01:16):
twenty nineteen, that's not that long ago. And he said
he actually asked for it. He picked up a phone
and rang somebody. He can't remember who he rang, of course,
as if you wouldn't remember. He said he'd had surgery
on his leg for some sort of melanoma or something,
had it cut out. His family were already traveling, and
so he rang Desplokeing Connus and said can I get
(01:38):
an upgrade? And they gave it to him. I mean,
the public just look at that and go, these guys
are just gone.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Or wrought exactly. And that's the problem he's opened up.
First of all, he copped it up by taking so
long to deny it all if in fact he has
been able to deny it in the way that people believe.
But you've now got this can of worms of every politician,
and you know they're going to have to cough detail,
aren't they correct?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
And interestingly the Australian sent questions to all of the
Tiel independence These are the independent MPs who've got elected
at last election on making Parliament a better place, all
very much about honesty and transparency. None of them would
respond to any questions about airline upgrade.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Ye. Interesting the debt you mentioned we did it here.
When I say we, the Labor government did it a
number of years ago. They suspended interest on the debt
and that got them an election. Biden's busy for giving
debt left right and see that doesn't appear to have
worked for him necessarily. But this is just a blatant
I need something for Australians to feel better about me
type policy.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
Isn't it pretty much here? What they're what he announced
in Adelaide yesterday was anyone with a student debt will
get a twenty percent discount on their loans, which will
wipe out around sixteen billion. Well wipe out it's a
good phrase because the government's got to find sixteen billion
to wipe that debt out. So you take making taxpayers
(03:00):
money and handing it from one pot to another pot really,
but it is a chase for the younger vote. Well,
the younger vote's probably already there, although it might pull
some people away from the Greens. To give you an example,
an average university student debt with an average twenty seven
six hundred in debt, we'll have five hundred and twenty
(03:20):
dollars wiped off their hext. Interestingly, I mean, this is
a disgraceful thing for a father to admit. I rang
my eldest daughter who did a law degreet a and
U took five years. She's now got a very well
paid job working for one of the big accounting service
as a nin house lawyer. She's got a sixty five
thousand dollars hex debt. I had no idea.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
What's her old man, what's her argument for not having
paid it off?
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Well, she started to pay it off, but I mean,
you don't pay it off until you get to a
certain salary level. That's the other thing he changed yesterday.
They'd start paying it until you get over sixty seven
thousand dollars. But how the hell is she ever going
to pay that off? I mean, I'll put my hand
up here. Can't see me, but I'm putting my hand up.
Who do you think is going to pay that?
Speaker 1 (04:03):
Yeah, exactly, I'm going through the same thing at the moment.
I don't know what to do. Give give me some advice.
What do you do with kids in debt? Do you
do if you can? And we might well be in
lucky positions if you can, do you or not?
Speaker 2 (04:15):
We're in very lucky positions. Yet, well, well I think
you do, because I mean, how are they ever going
to get into the housing market, Because if you've got
a heck'stead, the bank looks at that and says, we're
not going to lend you enough money that you want
to buy that house or unitalt or whatever.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
And do you vary it based on you go, well,
they've got an arts degree, or they got a law degree,
or they are a doctor or there or whatever. You know,
therefore you'll be earning millions versus fifty thousand dollars.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
You're a father, Just pay the debt.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
This is true. By the way, if you have a
holiday tomorrow, do you take Monday off?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Oh? Everyone is? I mean, you know, I live outside
of Melbourne. The town's packed with people. No one's working tomorrow,
no one's working today. I should say, everyone's taking a
forward week. You speak of the Melbourne Cup of Book.
Now I always give you five horses for a box trifector.
We've done this every year, So here we go. Everybody ready.
(05:11):
A horse called Volban which is at seven dollars at
the moment, Bukarou which is at five dollars fifty. You've
got a horse called Zardozi which is at nineteen dollars
an absurd ending in a knee eleven dollars, and I've
thrown in a Hosking special. This is just for you
to top it up. Okay, smooth, smooth operator, which is
(05:35):
what you are, of course, one smooth operator. I should say.
It's all one word, one smooth operator. Brackets Husking. That's
your box trifector.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
And that that's going to pay me enough not to
do the show anymore, or it's going.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
To pay you enough to pay off your hex step.
That's what it's going to do.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
All right, mate, We'll see you on us election day
on Wednesday. Look forward to your company. Steve Price.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
For more from the Mic Hosking Breakfast listen line ape
to news talks, it'd be from six am weekdays, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio,
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