[00:00:00] Hi, I'm Chrissy Mack from Radio Northern Beaches and you've just tuned in to the Listen and Chat with The Chrissy Mack Podcast. This is the space where we pull no punches, sometimes a little controversial, sometimes downright outrageous and sometimes just packed full of information that is interesting to know. Is it just me or has the television remote control become the most vital piece of political survival gear in this country?
[00:00:28] Because seriously, every single time Angus Taylor shows his face on my screen, my thumb heads straight for the mute button on instinct. It's the exact same script every single time. We have to get rid of this rotten Labour government, the worst government ever. It's exhausting and honestly it feels like we're being treated like we are completely thick.
[00:00:55] It's as if he's entirely convinced that if he just says it enough times, spins it hard enough or yells it out as loud enough, we will all just glaze over and be brainwashed into believing it. How dare he treat the public like a pack of mindless morons? We are intelligent people. We can look at the nuances. We can evaluate policy. We can spot a broken record from a mile away. Look at the play style.
[00:01:25] It is Peter Dutton version 2. It's like Angus just picked up the old playbook, didn't change a single word and decided to run with it. Now let's look closer at that playbook because if you listen to the opposition's economic lines right now, it sounds a whole lot like Dutton era. But delivered by a completely different vehicle. And that is why it feels so hollow. When Dutton talked about the economy, he didn't talk like an economist.
[00:01:54] He talked like an ex-cop. His message was tiered for fear and protection. It was a populist angle aimed straight at the outer suburbs and regional towns. The elites are taking your money. Cost of living is killing you. And I'm here to protect your wallet. It wasn't sophisticated, but it was raw and direct. But enter Angus Taylor. He's a corporate technocrat. First class honours in economics from Sydney Uni. A Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. A former partner at McKinsey.
[00:02:24] On paper, the guy is an economic powerhouse. So you would expect his economic messages to be entirely different, right? You'd expect sophisticated, deeply costed, structural-like, structural alternatives to the labour budget. Instead, he's playing the brawler. But it sounds like a corporate sideshow on a loop. When the Rhodes Scholar stands at the podium and just repeats, worst government ever, without offering a single scrap of costed alternative policy,
[00:02:54] it feels incredibly disingenuous. It's like he's hiding his actual intellect behind focus group slogans because he thinks we can't handle the real data. But here is a reality check, Angus. We want to see real policies with real, fully-costed budgets that actually work. It's time to stop talking at us, get off your privileged high horse, and start doing something about making real inroads into making things better for everyday Australians.
[00:03:22] Let's be honest about the track record here. The Liberals sat on their backsides in office for a decade and did next to nothing to future-proof this country. And now, we are all suffering the consequences of that inaction. We don't want the slogans anymore. Solutions, answers, realistic ways forward. That is what we want to hear. Actually, I have to share this with you. While I was putting the finishing touches on this very episode,
[00:03:51] I took a quick break to walk down my drive and check the mail. And what I pull out actually made me break into laughter. Right there, in my hand, was a very shiny campaign poster from Clive Palmer. Couldn't help but laugh. Then, I check my phone, and that viral One Nation post, Fire the Liar, pops up in my feed. If you're donating to that, you have a lot more money than most of us have at the moment. Because right now, I don't even have $5 to spare.
[00:04:21] And then, I see the Labor Party is hitting up the panic button with a fresh drive for funds. Seriously, we are two years out from the next federal election. The ink is on the last ballot paper and has barely dried. And here we are, back in the middle of a full-blown election campaign. Isn't there some sort of regulation about this? Some kind of off-season for our sanity situation? Well, there isn't.
[00:04:48] Aside from a tiny three-day blackout right before the polling day on TV and radio, these guys can harass your letterbox and your social media all year long. Or is that all two years long? And what really ticks me off is they don't have to tell the truth at any time during that time. And if there's anything, any one thing that has to be changed, it's that. They should be made to tell the truth.
[00:05:15] And then we would get a clear picture of what is actually going on. Are we really going to have to go through this for the next two years? Are we going to be stuck in this permanent state of spin and shouting? In blatantly frank terms, bugger off the lot of you. Just let us get on with our living. Let us get on with surviving. We've got bills to pay, families to raise and a country to run. While we're busy doing the actual work of being Australians,
[00:05:43] how about you lot spend the next two years cleaning up the mess you've made and maybe, just maybe, cleaning up your own act? We don't want your posters. We don't want your fundraising emails. We want you to do your jobs. Is it really too much to ask? This is Chrissy Mac and these are my opinions and not necessarily anyone else's. All right. I hope I've given you a lot to think about and talk about and debate and maybe disagree with.
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