Karl Weekly: Melbourne Burning, Communities Failing, Politics Shifting
5/6/20261 hr 43 min
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following episode may contain images and voices of deceased persons.
Go to the Jacinta Price interview: 07:41
Go to Rohan Pike interview: 47:09
Go to Gerard Rennick interview: 01:24:34
This week on Karl Weekly.
Karl’s take on the week — including why, at the very least, Pauline Hanson was upfront about accepting a plane donation, while other political parties quietly take support Australians never hear about.
And the truth about that billion-dollar loan scheme for struggling businesses by the government.
Then, a confronting, chaotic snapshot of modern Australia.
Former federal agent Rohan Pike breaks down Melbourne’s firebombing crisis, alleging organised crime gangs are cashing in on a black market fuelled by Australia’s tobacco taxes — with kids allegedly recruited online to torch businesses for cash.
Gerard Rennick joins Karl to discuss whether Pauline Hanson’s One Nation is on the verge of a political breakthrough in regional Australia.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price explodes over what she calls the “racism of low expectations” after a five-year-old Indigenous girl — despite six reports about her safety — was failed by the system.
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First 90 secondsKarl Stefanovic· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome everyone. Plenty packed into the show this week. Another firebombing in Melbourne, the Iraq-based group who ordered it to happen, and what's coming next with former law enforcer Rowan Pike. Why isn't there an appetite to commit the resources needed to close them down?
Rohan Pike· Guest0:19
Well- [laughs] ... you'll have to ask Jacinta that question, but, um, I think voters is a key aspect. There's a lot of smokers who perhaps that are in a demographic that'll be, um, leaning towards a Labor vote that she doesn't wanna upset. Um, but also Victoria's broke. We've haven't got, um, the money to dedicate to the, uh, to the extreme levels that we need.
Karl Stefanovic· Host0:44
This Friday, we're doing a live show from Albury ahead of the election for the very important seat of Farrer. Gerard Rennick joins us, what it could mean for One Nation moving forward.
Gerard Rennick· Guest0:53
Most Nationals and Liberals will preference One Nation, and that's what will get them over the line.
Karl Stefanovic· Host0:59
Jacinta Price joins me on the horrific murder of her five-year-old niece in the Northern Territory, the warnings that went ignored, and the calls for intervention. All of that coming up. Let's start, though, with that decision yesterday afternoon by the RBA to again hike interest rates. Homeowners back to feeling the pinch, forking out extra dollars each month for repayments. Any reprieve from the cuts since COVID has now been wiped. Up to 9% of mortgage holders may not afford the extra rise. 100,000