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Edward O’Donahue MP, Shadow Attorney General / Liberal state member for Eastern Victoria Region, joins Luke Grant to discuss the Hotel Quarantine Board of Inquiry Chairperson, Jennifer Coate confirming there is nothing stopping Daniel Andrews, Jenny Mikakos, Martin Pakula and Lisa Neville from giving full, honest and truthful answers to the decisions they made and what they knew when and where regarding this fiasco.

 

Mr O’Donahue says the Hotel Quarantine fiasco and the spread of COVID-19 it facilitated is costing lives, billions in lost economic activity and causing immeasurable angst and stress in the community.

 

 

Daniel Andrews needs to recognise the loss his mismanagement has caused and come clean with the facts. The time for ducking, dodging and obfuscation is over.

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Luke Grant is joined by Peter Switzer, www.growyourbusiness.com.au and author of ‘Join the Rich Club’, regarding former Prime Minister & ex-Treasurer Paul Keating slamming baby boomers for being greedy.  Mr Keating argues that they would never have tolerated what young people cop today, such as HECS debts and low wages.

 

Mr Switzer writes, ‘undoubtedly, a Labor stalwart like the ex-PM would be annoyed that Bill Shorten lost the last election after running with policies such as changing negative gearing, reducing the capital gains tax discount and KO’ing franking credits, which were clearly anti-baby boomer.’

 

‘In a sense he might argue that the boomers were accessories before the fact in the ‘crime’ of Bill losing and ScoMo winning on May 18 last year.’

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Professor James Allan, Garrick professor of law at the University of Queensland, joins Michael to discuss his recent article that explores ‘mistaken identity politics.

 

Professor Allan writes ‘To call another a ‘racist’ back during the days of the US civil rights movement was to allege that that person was unable to ignore skin colour. The transgressor treated those with one skin pigmentation differently than those with another and did so for no reason other than that. Instead of ignoring race, he made it central, and so he was labelled a ‘racist’.

 

‘Fast forward half a century and the world has literally turned upside down. Today the charge of racism, at least for those who inhabit the virtue-signalling realms of ‘woke’ central, has transmogrified into the claim that you are – wait for it – ignoring race.’

 

You can read Professor Allan’s full article here; https://www.spectator.com.au/2020/07/mistaken-identity-politics/

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Michael is joined by Cindy McLeish, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party / Shadow Minister for Education / Shadow Minister for Regional Cities / Member for Eildon, as Victoria’s Andrews government orders shutdowns for thousands of Melbourne businesses as the state battles to stop the spread of COVID-19. 

 

The new restrictions were announced after Victoria recorded 429 new coronavirus cases and 13 more deaths, equalling its deadliest day since the pandemic began.

 

The current inquiry should prove an embarrassment to Daniel Andrews and his senior leaders, stemming back to their bungled hotel quarantine which undoubtedly lead to an appalling situation now spread throughout Victoria and to the rest of Australia.

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Michael Rogers, Chief executive of the Australian Fresh Produce Alliance, joins Michael regarding the horticulture industry raising the alarm that fruit & vegetable prices could see a rise of up to 60 per cent due to the coronavirus pandemic.

With around 127,900 jobs at risk, the Australian Fresh Produce Alliance fears that without a backpacker labour force, fruit and vegetables would be left to wither and rot, so it’s asking for the number of harvest workers coming to Australia via the Seasonal Worker Program and Pacific Labour Scheme increased from 12,000 to 15,000 per year.

"Australian farmers need to continue to secure a workforce to harvest fruit and vegetables for Australian families. And we have a current and very real challenge that we will have a shortage of workers," says Mr Rogers.

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