The outcome of it was. I just know, but hell no, all over the country. Oh, sorry, with the exceptions of a couple of teal electorates and the ACT. And we all remember the referendum of a couple of years ago. We all remember what the outcome of it was. I just know, but hell no, all over the country. Oh, sorry, with the exceptions of couple of teal electorates and the ACT. We know what the result of all of that was. And we also remember that one of the reasons why people were so annoyed that the whole thing took place was because it apparently cost the best part of half a B, $4 billion, to actually stage. I double check this this afternoon, the Australian Electoral Commission has got up the cost of every by election, every federal election, every referendum, that we've ever had. The one a couple of years ago was 411 million dollars. This was for a yes, no question. Believe it or not, the Prime Minister is openly talking about having another referendum, one that not many Australians, all of it, psyched about, and one that I'm not imagining is going to be automatically supported by the Australian people. He made that announcement today. The beginnings of a process. Which could lead to more politicians and longer terms in the parliament. Currently, roughly 3 years, but it's not a fixed term and we've got that whole willy-won-y nonsense. About elections that played out earlier this year. Instead, the Prime Minister, desperate to hold onto the power that he believes he will have for the rest of his life. wants it in bigger and longer chunks. In fact, he would like it to move to fixed four year terms. Of course, that would mean that the average politician would get to add an extra $200,000, or in his case, $600,000. It would mean we would go from six year terms for senators like Lydia Thorpe. to potentially eight year terms. For people like Lydia Thorpe, who freshly reelected, remember, ran away from the Greens, and we now have to still put up with her up until the next election when she claims she's not gonna run, but I think we all know she'll probably find a way to keep on running. Here is the Prime Minister today, talking about why Australia should change its constitution, have a referendum to guarantee politicians like himself can earn more money. I support fixed 4 year terms, always have. Um, referendums are pretty hard to carry in this country. And opportunism kicks in. I've made clear my government's position, but we support it if people want to go out there and advocate and build support for it, that would be a sensible thing. Now, part of the building support for it. Is an inquiry which is to be held by the federal parliament into the last federal election. There is, I think, called a joint standing committee on electoral matters. It's been around forever, and its job is to turn around and have a look at how to secure our democracy, going into the next election. Now, in the last Parliament, this was a multi-year process that resulted in, among other things, perhaps on spending at elections, in my view, slanted towards the Labour Party because unions are independent organisations that can outspend anyone else on the political ballot, apart from the Labour Party. At times, once you put them together, it can be 5 to one, 10 to one, 15 to one. Spending limits on people like the teals, but of course they were deferred for this election when there was a chance of a hung parliament. But now, with the dominance of the Albanese government, here comes the Hammer. Which is, they would like to have an inquiry into having more federal politicians. The argument is that there are too many people in the country, though, wonder who makes that voice, which now means that there are too few politicians to effectively represent the too many people, but by their own admission, politicians have to represent particularly in the big cities. Now, all of this comes via a bloke called Don Farrell. Now, anyone who knows Australian politics knows this bloke is an absolute, the godfather, as they call him, the Labour Party, but, of course, he's the man who, as Special Minister of State, this is his full time job. working out how to reform the system. You know, to guarantee more taxpayer money goes to people like the Labour Party, who if they have more votes in the opposition, end up with not just a permanent financial advantage. But then potentially, with a whole bunch of other changes that are being discussed. A Victorian light grip on power. Well, the news reporting today is the current 150 members of the parliament needs to expand. Why? Because the ratio of politicians to population that the parliament also decides to continually increase is a reason to change. Inquiry will consider creating more electors to reflect population growth since the last time the parliament was expanded from 125 to 148. It's now, of course, at 150. I move the Albanese government, and other labour and coalition MPs are apparently open to in private. Geez, what a surprise. Everyone on the gravy train wants the gravy train to go longer, and to be deeper for the trough to go. It continues here with another little thing that the government that remember, with its majority and as well as its combination with the greens, can make dumb ideas law that quickly, and everyone... Who are you Paul Murray? Are you a gift from the gods? Whenever you quote The Guardian, it makes me wonder. Because, uh, bad gas lighters. You did talk about FOI. Well, you went a lake. No, lake is FOI for you. Just finally, what does it take, the collective power of everyone but labour in the parliament, to get more places for people who would like to stay at home for as long as possible before they have to go to an age care facility? Congratulations to yourself, your shadow minister, and the campaign that has been run since we learnt about some specific information, about 200,000 people, effectively either waiting for the wait list, or even fewer of those people that are actually on a wait list. What does it say about the true priorities of a government, that it takes the collective scream of everyone else to get basic access to care? That's right. Paul. I'm very proud of my team and what we were able to achieve on behalf of those elderly Australians. When I sat there in Parliament, and I heard the minister say, oh, it's just a short delay from July to November. If you're 97 years old and you're desperate for help and services and just want to feel safe in your own home, this is a generation that built this country. And they're being dismissed as if they can be some budget saving by this government, because when Senator Rustin fought the fight along with the team in the Senate, they gave in, and they acknowledged that they actually could deliver the beginning of these 87,000 places, actually 40,000 more by the end of the year. These are home care packages so that Australians can stay in their own home with the supports that they deserve and they need. And it just was shocking to see this government walk away from promises that they'd made, empty promises, to support elderly Australians and their aged care. So, yeah, very proud of my team. We're not going to stop here, Paul, by the way, because yes, we've got 40,000 more home care packages between now and the end of the year, but that's not enough, and we've just found out that the waiting list is actually even bigger. 25,000 more people than we were informed of. So, you know, there's work to be done. Um, and we'll keep doing it on behalf of the people that we're here for. Well, thank you for doing it. Go get him. Susan Lee, lovely to talk to you. See you very soon. Thank you so much for watching on. I know you love the Wednesday night bang bang as much as we do here. Of course, I know than Lucy's Ellich, the wonderful and amazing lady broadcast. Wonderful mum. We're just talking about it gorgeous. Oh, bless. Thank you. All right, and Stephen Connery, who equally is a wonderful dad, no question about that. Today's daughters will always attest. But he's always here to help when it comes to the Labour Party, because he's in Canberra. he's doing his best work. You know, just in more, just the ministerial halls, he remedies. someone's cast down. He remembers the passcode to the cabinet... Oh, what are you doing in here? Well, funnily enough, couple of things I have to mention to you. All right, so, Daniel Andrews makes an all the way to Tianeman Square. He doesn't just shake the hand and photo up, but he knows how to slow down. Wasn't the slowing down to the footage for us? He just stood there and tried to take up as much Z time as he possibly could, knowing the click, click, clicks were coming. He then ends up on a stage with a rogues gallery, like fading him. Unbelievable. Lucy, I can guess you're not gonna be a fan, but Stephen, I've been waiting all day to hear what you think about this. And your old mate, Dan. First, I would love... Yeah, let's get it. Go on then, Stephen. Tell us how much you loved it, how proud you were to see him up there with these dictators. Look, I have an enjoying image of Tenament Square, and that is of a student standing in front of tanks. And I think it's quite sad that people forget that. But I can't imagine sitting there and watching Forces goose step their ways through Teneman Square, I think I would probably, you know, throw up and run away as fast as I could. So I think it's disappointing that he chose to go. I think it's disappointing that he uses the excuse of the 80th anniversary. And I... Well, okay. Oh. Hey, my wife. Who is Paul Barry anyway? Let's do a little skip. Where they're reading off prompts generated by chat GDP. Every word. And it's all about how you can execute your lines. Not about what you think. Hey, as what actors do. Then they get precious about the script. Wow. You want to get precious, they become a scriptwriter.
