PM addressing the Nation

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Fellow Australians. By nature, we're an optimistic country, but I
understand that right now it's hard to be positive. The
war in the Middle East has caused the biggest spike
in petrol and diesel prices in history. Australia is not
an active participant in this war, but all Australians are
paying higher prices because of it. I know that you're

(00:23):
seeing this at the servo and at the supermarket, and
I understand farmers and truckies, small businesses and families are
doing it tough. And the reality is the economic shocks
caused by this war will be with us for months. Tonight,
I want to speak directly with you about what the
government is doing to shield Australia in these uncertain times.

Speaker 2 (00:47):
And okay, let's just unpack that a little bit.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
Right.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
It sounds like he's in year eleven and he's just
being given the opportunity to do a speech to try
and get captain of the school.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
You know what that that I'm hearing you? I know
what you mean, because look, not everyone's a great as
great a speaker as you, Gaily.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
I've never claimed to be a speaker, no, no, but
I expect prime minister to sound authentic.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
Yeah, I get what you mean. It doesn't sort of sound.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
I'm speaking to you tonight. And he wasn't he speaking
at the people and reading his thing. He's not talking
to people.

Speaker 3 (01:24):
Yeah, it sounded it did sound a little.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Later on this downward inflections there that just shouldn't be.

Speaker 3 (01:29):
Well right at the stuff. Didn't he say, well, I
know you're feeling the pain. However he said it, I know,
I just don't think he's a great What do I.

Speaker 2 (01:38):
Say he wasn't feeling it. I know you're feeling the pain.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
You want someone to come up and pinch him so
it can actually.

Speaker 2 (01:48):
But hey, guys, I know you're feeling feeling the pain.
This is terrible, right, But I'm understanding it was a
bit rabody anyway, Let's not break it down that way.
This is some of the stuff that he said regarding
what we're dealing with with our fuel and our changes.

Speaker 1 (02:03):
Cutting the tax on every leader of petrol by twenty
six cents. Those savings have started showing up at your
petrol station.

Speaker 2 (02:12):
For our truck is.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
We have cut the heavy vehicle road user charge to zero.
Both these measures will be in place for the next
three months. We are working to bring the price of
fuel down, to make more fuel here and to keep
it on shore. You should go about your business and
your life as normal, and if you're hitting the road,
don't take more fuel than you need. Just fill up

(02:35):
like you normally would. And overcoming weeks, if you can
switch to catching the train or bus or tram to work,
do so. That builds our reserves and it saves fuel
for people who have no choice but to drive.

Speaker 2 (02:48):
All right, Albert, Okay, thank you very much. Okay, So,
which is ironic because that little grab where he says
go to the train. When we did that in the
news with Lucy, the next story was that our trains
are going to be not running over a few days
from tomorrow. More details with news on that. But Elbow,

(03:10):
with his messaging there is telling us to try and
say fuel.

Speaker 3 (03:15):
Yes, don't go Well, you say go away. He didn't
say don't go on Easter holidays, did he Well, he didn't.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
Say not to. But I'm wondering if that people are saying, hey,
fuels too much, I'm not going to go camping. I'm
not going to do this. So what are you doing
over Easter? And is the fuel affecting you on your
decision making give us called double five seventy one one
two nine. Has the fuel crisis changed your Easter plans