Brian Courtice – Latest issues (17 March)

0:00Rural Queensland today on the Resonate Broadcast Network. Well the political landscape has never been more uncertain at this time And plenty going on throughout rural and regional Queensland Brian Cortes has lived and breathed at his whole career He joins me this morning when uncertainty Rains Supreme Brian good morning, and thank you so much for being with us Good morning, Ben Have you ever seen anything like it? We've got mining companies with drawing their activity in Queensland We've got a few crosses that you know, we really could have prevented The uncertainty is that the thing that is causing everybody some angst yet We're we've got definitely silence from the federal and at-time state politicians Then we don't have any leadership. That's the problem There's no leadership. There's no hawk or keating or John Howard or Peter Costello there You know, it's It breaks your heart to see it. I mean we are

1:02Resourced rich and yet we're not developing our resources the way we should be and What this is shown is if we were Blockaded in a war. Yeah, we'd fall apart and I'm completely and this is only a small war compared with World War 2 and It's containable But you know, we should be developing our oil here. We should be developing more of our coal More of our gas, you know more of our aluminum More of our own all but we're not and there's no there's not no long-term plan and yet at the same time We're bringing in too many people and we don't have the infrastructure to provide for them And today if interest rates go up and they probably will the treasurer will trow and blame The wall in Irene instead of the fact that they're overspending like drunk and sailors and don't have a vision or an idea on what to do so

2:02When you talk about I mean Maccannivan's selection. I think is is a step in the right direction But when you look at the national party there on their knees at the moment as well But Chris won at the Albanese That whole Labor government and this is and I'm not there There isn't a hawker are keating in there. There just isn't that that this Renewable green energy push this ideology of the rich and the eastern coast It is ruining our country and and and I don't necessarily know if one nation is the right answer But the reason that they are surging in the polls is because they are trying to peel it back to the principles that this country was built on Well, that's right and what's happening is that people have are down to have a protest vote and And I don't think it's going to change and in two years one nation is going to get even more votes than showing up in the polls now because People are sick of the two major parties

3:03And it won't matter whether one nation's got any policies or not people for one election are simply going to protest and vote for none of the above That's that's why one nation's doing so well And you know, it it just frustrates people Like I I had to be allowed not with my mate Crowe who produces 13% of the sweet potato product in this country Yep, all the sweet potatoes have to go to Brisbane Sydney and Melbourne And we have friends from the north. This is my wife from Tully all the bananas come for minutes bar on tully have got to go to Melbourne We can't use electric electric vehicles to drive it. We need diesel We need semi you know the fertilizers got to come up from the south That the meat got to come from the abattoirs and I don't think these developments understand just that simple principle Why What's the push behind it? Where is the undercurrent coming from and why is it because they did the deal with the Greens in your opinion?

4:07I understand that that that that they're backed by science, but if I'm honest The Labor Party was formed in barcaldan with the series. It was the workers party. It was the it was the workers They they are anything but that now and I mean that and yes, there is some people in there But they have gone so far away from what their belief system was what they started was because if the Labor Party was true to itself now We'd all be voting for it and and and the farmers the Grazes because they were the backbone of this nation To go up against the high corporates, but they're they're actually not that anymore Well, the problem is being that slowly over the last two three decades Those the settle left parties in both Britain and the Democrats in America and Labor here have been taken over by the academic and the Chinese And what we've seen over the last two decades is a flow shift away from Labor by the working class

5:12and More so now the people that did vote from over the last 20 years that is Immigrants have come in in the in the last 20 years they're moving away There's a great article being put up by Redbridge about the Brahman left and how And but the left wing parties are losing grounds in Britain in America and here Because they've been taken over by by people that don't have a clue and working people feel totally disenfranchised This way Donald Trump won the last election when you saw the crowds in Pennsylvania and Ohio all working class people at Donald Trump's rallies You knew that he was going to win he won by five million votes and The sad thing for the national party is They've left it to like to stand up for their own people. I think Matt Tanneron is a great bloke But his problem is he can't get Out past Barnaby Joyce and Paul enhancement and if he does he would draw the liberal vote down in the city

6:12The teals are going to gobble up the left-wing liberal Yeah, and and they've got nowhere to go They couldn't know where to go and I think that the Sarah by like and will be very intuitive because It looks as though it will be between the independent woman and one nice and who wins it depending on on who runs burden for repressions and that that was once national party heartland can fish a hell that seat prior to it going to the liberal truth and life And You know if you look at look at Queensland and the heartland what that was once labor that was Capricornia It's now held by the conservative party And in Brittany the working-class areas are moving away to nitro for hours for the same reason That they've been disincentialists And I don't think people understand where food comes from they think it just comes out of all worse or cold That you need fertilizer to grow your crops and you need to transport them thousands of kilometers and

7:14There's no common sense about how things work And the maker parties and they're just focused on the capital cities where the majority of the votes are And we look I agree with you here, Brian. Can I just ask you this now? I like said to me yesterday He said he thinks the liberal parties dead It and and because of the teals and what that is and when you just explain the challenges that Matt cannaven have It would indicate to me that yes massive dramas ahead for the liberal party And you know, it could be years and years before Um, they they can come back into power That's right exactly and the sad thing is it just encourages the loopies in the left of the labor party Who think they're there forever and will keep pushing their so-called progressive agendas Which advocate for their regress And they're more interested sadly In social policy than in the bread and butter things that create jobs and create stability for families

8:17Like if you think this right now up again today A lot of people are going to lose their health Yeah And Like it's very serious The cost with freight Because of fuel Royce is going to keep pushing in place and but it's going to hurt farmers It's gonna hurt The supermarket people now have to put the price up This is just got a massive flow on effect And what the problem is should do is sit down with all the state seniors and state And with the proportion of some local government and start developing a bloody plan for this country We did it during World War II, but we had a great leader in Jonathan We had a great leader in in America with Franklin Delano Roosevelt But we haven't got anything anymore. That's the problem And of course Britain had Churchill thank God that Britain did have Churchill otherwise that it will be speaking German And we'd be we'd be speaking Japanese if it wasn't for FTA and the American Navy Yeah, and I don't think people understand history and they certainly don't understand the serious position

9:23We're in today both politically and economically Yeah, you make such a good point. We need to get you on more often. Appreciate your time. Thanks for being with us, Brian Good on you rural Queensland today Brian call us. We're going to take a break come back with more. This is rural Queensland today