English transcript

Why do you think that this issue enrages people so much?

Because we're told, and the budget's about to drop, we're told every day,

oh, we can't afford to invest in schools. Like, we can't afford to make our education,

like, on par with some countries around the world that are just as wealthy. We have to cut costs

here, cut funding there, cut different services that we rely on, our medical systems under strain.

We have to cut stuff. We're about to hear that. We're about to hear that the global economy is

going through a shock, and we have to tighten our belts, because something that happened overseas

is making everything more expensive for us, and we're about to be told that we can't afford

anything, except when we look at what we are as a nation, lots of resources that we all

collectively own, we know it not to be true. And like I said, like, genuinely, I shouldn't be here.

Puntus politics exists because I spoke about this issue, and regular Aussies went, yeah,

this doesn't only pass the pub test, this is outrageous, and we've been sold out,

because we shouldn't have issues with what we can afford. We should be looking at how we can

invest in future businesses, how we can supply basic medical and dental to sort of anyone who

wants it. This is the kind of country, how wealthy we are. Aussies know it. I know it. We know it.

So when politicians tell us, and they're about to tell us, that we can't afford it,

we know it's a lie, and this gas issue is the perfect example of how it's a lie.