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Michael is joined by Jason Wood MP, Liberal member for La Trobe & Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs, who says Prime Minister Scott Morrison has shown great leadership to call on the world health organisation (WHO) to halt the exotic meat trade - otherwise known as the wildlife wet-markets.

 

Mr Wood says, “unfortunately, this is not a bipartisan approach.”

 

“When I called for an end to these wildlife markets, Labor Shadow Immigration Spokesperson Andrew Giles and Labor MP for Macnamara, Josh Burns said I was race-baiting.”

 

“It’s time that Anthony Albanese stop being silent on this issue and join the PM in calling for this. We need to be united in our approach to shut down these cruel markets, the epicentre of pandemics.”

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Michael talks to Dr Vlado Vivoda, Senior Lecturer in Strategic Studies at Deakin University, about the major oil-producing nations agreeing to an historic 10% cut in output.

 

Major oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia have reached a truce after a collapse in demand and have agreed to the cut in global oil production by almost 10% to protect the market from coronavirus impact.

Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies agreed to withhold almost 10m barrels a day from the next month as lockdowns caused by the Covid-19 led to a fall in demand and a collapse of oil prices.

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The Hon. Kelvin Thomson, Former Federal Member for Wills & adviser for Sustainable Australia Party’s Clifford Hayes, joins Michael for a discussion on high density living in the age of coronavirus.

NSW Arts Minister Don Harwin has been caught escaping his high density Sydney apartment for "health"reasons… and even high density advocates like property industry consultant Bernard Salt are now admitting that Australia's (relative) low density is a big weapon in the fight against COVID-19.  

Why then are our politicians forcing millions of Australians into small and expensive apartments?

Alarmingly, short-sighted politicians are now easing restrictions on the property industry to help fast-track developments. They are putting even more of our economic eggs in the property industry basket, at a time in which we should be re-balancing our economy.

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Michael is joined by Andrew Laming MP, Liberal member for Bowman Qld & former infectious disease researcher, who wrote in yesterday’s The Australian that the newly released COVID-19 modelling shows that Australia’s response means we can move on from the modelling of overrun hospital wards because, on current data, this simply won’t happen.

‘What’s more important is to understand the likely scale of this disease through winter. The crucial­ measure is “active cases” — total infections minus the number of recovered patients and those who die. Active cases are heading for a manageable equilibrium, with infection­s brought in by travellers and cruise-ship passengers run­nin­g their course while the ranks of the ­recovered increase.’

‘So the bigger question is which lockdown measures need to stay and which don’t. The distant finish line is a vaccine early next year.’

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Michael is joined by Greg Dyer, CEO of the Sydney Fish Markets, which will remain open throughout the Easter long weekend for the provision of seafood and other produce to the public.

 

Good Friday will operate with extended trading hours from 5am – 5pm with Saturday, Sunday and Monday being open from 7am -5pm… though individual retail opening hours will apply.

 

He says the health and safety of visitors, employees and other workers at Sydney Fish Market is their highest priority and they will closely monitor the Coronavirus (Covid-19) situation and comply with, and respond immediately, to all guidelines which are issued by the Australian Department of Health and the NSW Department of Health.