Migrants must learn English in Lib plan + Should you run a marathon?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
A listener production. Hi, Sasha Barbagat with you. Happy Friday and welcome to The Briefing. Chances are you know someone who is a runner or maybe you're a runner yourself. We seem to be in the middle of a running craze, which begs the question, if you're not already doing it, should you be?
I don't think everyone should be running marathons, but everyone should be physically active. And the question then is, what's the best form of physical activity for you? You know, the best exercise is the exercise you do.
Whether or not you should run a marathon is coming up in the second half of this episode. First, let's get into the headlines with Chris Spirou. It is Friday the 15th of May.
What budget proposals did Angus Taylor outline in his recent speech?
Morning, Sash. Angus Taylor has laid out his budget reply overnight, making a clear play to win back voters who have or are thinking about defecting to One Nation. In a speech to the lower house, the opposition leader laid out his plans to take away welfare access for anyone who isn't a citizen, address bracket creep and make the biggest cut to immigration ever seen in this country.
We will make the existing Australian value statement an enforceable visa condition. We'll make it an obligation, not an option, for permanent visa holders to learn English.
What factors are contributing to the current running craze in Australia?
We'll enhance screening to stop radicals from entering our borders.
He also vowed to deport 70,000 so-called visa overstayers and make it harder to get a temporary protection visa.
There was also a promise of an additional $1,000 tax cut for Australian workers and in an attempt to win over businesses and tradies, a promise to allow any businesses with a turnover of less than $10 million to immediately deduct assets of up to $50,000. Now, we did already know a couple of these announcements which were leaked yesterday. We did cover them in the headlines. However, Taylor's budget reply does include much awaited detail on the party's policy platform ahead of the 2028 federal election.
Chris. Like the Treasurer the night before, he rushed to sit down with the ABC immediately after the speech and he was forced to defend the move to target non-citizens.
Citizenship is a privilege and it's something we want people to get something from. If you contribute to this country, we want to contribute back and that's what citizenship is all about. But when you have a situation where someone can come and get all the benefits without that, it becomes meaningless.
He also refused to put a number on how many immigration positions would be cut.
What you will see from our number is a cut of more than 70% since Labor's, the peak under Labor. That's 100... More than 40%. That's 150,000.
Is that your number?
Can I answer the question? Please.
Should everyone consider running a marathon, or is it not for everyone?
I'm trying. 40% on the current level. And the truth is the right number will depend on how many houses get built.
Yeah, so this was the policy we were talking about yesterday that was leaked prior to his speech in that they're going to tie immigration levels directly to how many houses are built. So the number of people coming to Australia and staying and living is far outpacing the supply of housing. So they want to tie it to that and Angus Taylor is basically saying we can't give you a number because we don't know how many houses are going to be built each year. However, he did call it in his speech the biggest cut to immigration numbers ever.
Yeah.
So they must have an idea of a number.
Well, you'd hope so, yeah. But, you know, based on their track record, there's every good chance that they don't.
Yeah, sure. But there has long been pressure for the Coalition to put up actual policies to offer genuine opposition to Labor. This has been going on for years now. And what remains to be seen, though, is how the voting public is going to respond to these policy announcements and whether they will help woo back voters from One Nation. Pauline Hanson says, this policy is straight out of my playbook. This is exactly how One Nation would play it. She accused Taylor of having no vision for the future and that's why he's picking up One Nation's policies.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:44
2
What budget proposals did Angus Taylor outline in his recent speech?
0:44–1:17
3
What factors are contributing to the current running craze in Australia?
1:17–2:43
4
Should everyone consider running a marathon, or is it not for everyone?
2:43–5:39
5
What are the implications of the proposed English learning requirement for migrants?
5:39–22:54
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