Anthony Albanese's lead the Australian Labor Party to a back-to-back run in Government. 

Peter Dutton has lost his seat as well as losing the election, making him the first federal opposition leader to do so. 

Australian Correspondent Steve Price talks all things election with Mike Hosking. 

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Anthony Albanese's lead the Australian Labor Party to a back-to-back run in Government.&nbsp;
Peter Dutton has lost his seat as well as losing the election, making him the first federal opposition leader to do so.&nbsp;
Australian Correspondent Steve Price talks all things election with Mike Hosking.&nbsp;
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Steve Price: Australian Correspondent on the Federal election over the weekend

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The Conservation Minister says there's huge opportunity for conservation land to generate the country more money. 

A bill's been lodged, promising major reforms aimed at speeding up the DOC sign-off process for concessions on conservation land. 

It would also see overseas visitors charged to visit certain sites – estimated to raise around $60 million a year to go to conservation. 

Tama Potaka told Mike Hosking he's confident visitors are prepared to pay. 

He says they've just started charging for a few carparks and made about $1.5 million for DOC. 

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The Conservation Minister says there's huge opportunity for conservation land to generate the country more money.&nbsp;
A bill's been lodged, promising major reforms aimed at speeding up the DOC sign-off process for concessions on conservation land.&nbsp;
It would also see overseas visitors charged to visit certain sites – estimated to raise around $60 million a year to go to conservation.&nbsp;
Tama Potaka told Mike Hosking he's confident visitors are prepared to pay.&nbsp;
He says they've just started charging for a few carparks and made about $1.5 million for DOC.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE &nbsp;

Tama Potaka: Conservation Minister on the conservation law reform, plans to charge overseas visitors for access to certain sites

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/bab19de4-065b-408f-9da6-b4430151d27a/transcript

The Finance Minister says the Government's going to have to do something about Superannuation.  

An OECD report warns if current policy settings continue, we could be spending 5% more of our GDP on health, long-term care, and pensions by 2060. 

Minister Nicola Willis says the cost for superannuation is going up billions of dollars, while there are fewer workers for every pensioner.  

She told Mike Hosking the cost is also rising as a proportion of taxes.  

Willis says it will soon account for 20%, and every dollar spent isn't available for education, health, and infrastructure. 

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The Finance Minister says the Government's going to have to do something about Superannuation. &nbsp;
An OECD report warns if current policy settings continue, we could be spending 5% more of our GDP on health, long-term care, and pensions by 2060.&nbsp;
Minister Nicola Willis says the cost for superannuation is going up billions of dollars, while there are fewer workers for every pensioner. &nbsp;
She told Mike Hosking the cost is also rising as a proportion of taxes. &nbsp;
Willis says it will soon account for 20%, and every dollar spent isn't available for education, health, and infrastructure.&nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE &nbsp;

Nicola Willis: Finance Minister on the OECD report looking at the impact of our current superannuation settings on the economy

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/9903eb75-ffdf-4bce-946d-b443014b2e53/transcript

I do worry about Paul Goldsmith's ability to make a decision. 

The BSA and its abolition is a “done by morning tea, let's move onto the important stuff” sort of thing. 

And yet he seems to have been waxing and waning and pontificating for the past two years of Government. 

At last, he has got there. The Broadcasting Standards Authority is over and thank the good Lord for that. 

It was from another time: pre-streaming, pre-international, no borders broadcasting. It caught the few originals left in a weird, old net that made no sense. 

And that’s on top of the fact they had next to no complaints given no one can be bothered and most of the industry is professionally run anyway. 

The NZ Media Council will apparently take over duties, which I'm sort of torn over. 

I think we need someone who corrects mistakes. 

A decision this week over a story on the Interislander found the numbers used in the story on costings was wrong. 

Winston Peters complained, he was right, they needed to correct the record. The point in that example is he went to the company who published and they rejected his argument. You would like to think they were better than that, hence the need for the council. 

But those sorts of examples aside, what these quasi-courts end up doing is adjudicating on nuance and argument based on the moaning of some bored loser in suburbia, who would probably be better off watching less TV or reading less news and writing fewer letters. 

I do worry about the council. The current lot appear all lawyers and consultants, with not a single proper broadcaster. They do, they tell me, have some industry people who offer advice. 

But let me tell you this; unless you have driven a three-hour live radio programme or a live TV show with its varying unpredictables, you have no idea of the pressure that unfolds literally instantly, therefore the potential for verbal carnage. And yet that’s the sort of thing they pass judgement on. 

Anyway, the BSA – been there, done that. It made no difference. It was an idea past its time. 

And it will not be missed. 

I do worry about Paul Goldsmith's ability to make a decision.&nbsp;
The BSA and its abolition is a “done by morning tea, let's move onto the important stuff” sort of thing.&nbsp;
And yet he seems to have been waxing and waning and pontificating for the past two years of Government.&nbsp;
At last, he has got there. The Broadcasting Standards Authority is over and thank the good Lord for that.&nbsp;
It was from another time: pre-streaming, pre-international, no borders broadcasting. It caught the few originals left in a weird, old net that made no sense.&nbsp;
And that’s on top of the fact they had next to no complaints given no one can be bothered and most of the industry is professionally run anyway.&nbsp;
The NZ Media Council will apparently take over duties, which I'm sort of torn over.&nbsp;
I think we need someone who corrects mistakes.&nbsp;
A decision this week over a story on the Interislander found the numbers used in the story on costings was wrong.&nbsp;
Winston Peters complained, he was right, they needed to correct the record. The point in that example is he went to the company who published and they rejected his argument. You would like to think they were better than that, hence the need for the council.&nbsp;
But those sorts of examples aside, what these quasi-courts end up doing is adjudicating on nuance and argument based on the moaning of some bored loser in suburbia, who would probably be better off watching less TV or reading less news and writing fewer letters.&nbsp;
I do worry about the council. The current lot appear all lawyers and consultants, with not a single proper broadcaster. They do, they tell me, have some industry people who offer advice.&nbsp;
But let me tell you this; unless you have driven a three-hour live radio programme or a live TV show with its varying unpredictables, you have no idea of the pressure that unfolds literally instantly, therefore the potential for verbal carnage. And yet that’s the sort of thing they pass judgement on.&nbsp;
Anyway, the BSA – been there, done that. It made no difference. It was an idea past its time.&nbsp;
And it will not be missed.&nbsp;

Mike's Minute: Good riddance to the BSA

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Steve Price: Australian Correspondent on the Federal election over the weekend

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