00:00Well, Anthony Albanese was very jubilant today addressing media for the first time from the
00:08Prime Minister's courtyard since his resounding election win on Saturday night, and he provided
00:14some detail about his discussion this morning with the US President Donald Trump. It was
00:18the first time the two leaders have spoken since the US decided to impose universal tariffs
00:25of 10% on products for all countries. As we know, Australia was one of the individuals
00:32affected by that decision. And at the time, Mr Albanese described that action as not those
00:39of a friend. But for all intents and purposes, their discussion was very friendly. Today,
00:45Mr Albanese said that Mr Trump was very congratulatory and had very warm remarks to say to him,
00:52we don't have the full details of what exactly they spoke about. We don't know, for example,
00:58if there was any sort of trade or tariff exemptions secured. However, we do know that AUKUS was a
01:05discussion point and that Mr Albanese did agree to visit Washington DC at some point in the near
01:12future. He did, however, reveal that Mr Albanese, that is, that he will be making Jakarta his first
01:19item on his travel itinerary in the coming weeks and months. Here's a little bit about that
01:26discussion from earlier. I had a very warm and positive conversation with President Trump
01:32just a short while ago when I was at the lodge. And I thank him for his very warm message of
01:43congratulations. We talked about AUKUS and Tariff will continue to engage. We will engage with each
01:53other on a face-to-face basis at some time in the future. But it was a very warm, and I thank him
02:03for reaching out in such a positive way as well.
02:07And Olivia, it's about 48 hours now since that stunning loss for the Liberals. Where are they at
02:13now? Well, look, ultimately, they're still licking their wounds, really, and trying to figure out
02:19exactly what went wrong. As we know, they had an absolute walloping in the polls over the weekend.
02:25One of the key things they need to do is actually pick a new leader. And I have confirmed that Shadow
02:31Defence Minister Andrew Hastie has pulled out of that leadership race. So now it's a contest,
02:37really, between the Shadow Treasurer, Angus Taylor, the Shadow Immigration Minister, Dan
02:42Teehan, as well as the Deputy Opposition Leader, Susan Lee. And ultimately, those kinds of party
02:49processes can't take place until all the seats are finalised. So as we know, votes are still being
02:56counted. So it's not likely to happen until the end of the week, really. But ultimately, there's a lot
03:03of reflection taking place, a lot of soul searching. And time and time again, as I've been speaking with
03:09Liberal sources, both prior to the election, but also in the days afterwards, is this issue around
03:17the policy of formulation over the course of the election. And we did hear some pretty scathing
03:24remarks from, say, Holly Hughes today, Liberal Senator. She's taken direct aim at Angus Taylor,
03:29for example, as she says that he's failed to create a cohesive economic policy as Shadow Treasurer
03:36and actually has laid blame at his feet for the election loss, because as we know, the cost of
03:41living was such a key issue. We've also heard from Liberal MP Aaron Violi. He's one of the few MPs to
03:49actually see a swing towards him in his Melbourne seat. And he provided this sobering assessment on
03:55afternoon briefing a short time ago. The Australian people made the decision that they didn't believe
04:01we as a Liberal Party and the policies we put forward would help address the challenges that
04:06they faced. And that is a tough and bitter pill for us to accept. But that's what we need to do. So we
04:11need to move forward, holding the government to account, but also most importantly, offering those
04:16positive policies that will solve the tangible challenges that the Australian people face. And
04:21clearly, the electorate broadly didn't feel that we had the solutions to the challenges they face.
04:28We also heard from Donald Trump early this morning, and he made some complimentary remarks
04:34about Anthony Albanese. Ultimately, though, we'll remember that in the lead up to the election,
04:39Peter Dutton did say that he thought that he'd be better placed to deal with the White House. But
04:45the US president revealed this morning that he'd never heard of the opposition leader.
04:50And Olivier, you just mentioned before that Andrew Haysey that you've heard he's pulled out of the
04:54race. Have you heard any chatter as to why he has? Because he's a pretty strong performer, isn't he?
04:59Yeah, he's a really strong performer. And ultimately, you know, he's had a pretty good campaign. I mean,
05:06there were those issues, though, of course, he was called into question over some remarks that he'd
05:11made some time ago about his thoughts on women serving in sort of close to close combat during,
05:19I guess, in wars and in combat. But ultimately, it's my understanding that he sees the leadership
05:26sort of proposition as a long term thing. And I guess ultimately, at the moment, the Liberals are
05:31really in this period of reflection, and they're not likely to be able to form government for at least
05:36some time, there had been some hopes that they'd have this two term strategy. But as we saw on
05:41Saturday, you know, their seats are now in the 30s. And that's been sort of pushed into the the
05:46never ever. So my assumption is this isn't directly from him that he thinks that maybe it'd be better
05:52to do or I guess make a tilt for the leadership more into the future. Yeah, maybe that two term strategy
05:59has restarted now.
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