Gary Hardgrave
Former Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs of Australia
28
APPEARANCES
3
PODCASTS
Sep 10, 2026
Gary HardgraveGUEST
And the only reason that the Australian government kept its, uh, triple A credit rating was because we-- they brought in new taxes.
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John StanleyHOST
... how, do you remember your feelings, where you were, and, and, and, and how it changed what you did?
Gary HardgraveGUEST
The CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, have done a report into the cost of our energy grid being greened.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
Which I'm, I, I, I'm gonna talk to an expert about this, somebody who actually does have a thoughtful take on it, and it's good.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
But going in, into those places and you see, [laughs] in the case of one night at Logan, I'll never forget this.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
Monday night at Logan Hospital, and there's four police officers guarding two people who are on stretchers that have been brought in by the ambos.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
So I think we've gotta keep our local pharmacist, the person in that white coat, and now it's more often to be a woman of Asian background than it is the, the old sort of bloke with the gray hair.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
everybody's worked, a lot of us have worked with Darren on multiple occasions.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
When he became a senator for Victoria, I rang him up and said, mate, He said, oh, can you come and talk to me? So I actually tried to help him a little bit through the way in which he would be prevailed upon and what he should do, the marks he should pick, because he was interested in a lot of stuff.
Karla BignascaHOST
I love that you have a personal connection and that you're going to share your
Gary HardgraveGUEST
You see, Jason Matthews suckered me in, right? I don't like to make a prediction.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
Because I believe State of Origin is always the game where it can go either way.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
And, look, I think they're winners even if they, you know, before they walk onto the field, right? Because I think that in so many ways what State of Origin does is it drags a whole lot of young Queensland kids into the I could dream to be just like them category.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
Uh, so i- it's filled with Vietnamese restaurants and bike shops and heaven knows.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
But today, what's it got to do with the price of eggs? We're going to find out what it's all got to do with the price of eggs, our eggs.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
Carla, it is such a rare thing for you to be elected to a parliament, even though the Queensland Parliament really operates like a parliament.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
And if I could, talking about grandfathers, if I could and I had the patience, I'd love to make one of those grandfather clock kits.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
What are the great pearls of wisdom your parents passed on to you? I want to get some calls about this.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
My late mother used to say to me, she said, Gary, just because somebody else has stuck their head in an oven, you don't have to.
Karla BignascaHOST
Have you ever thought about running away and joining the circus? Oh, you did.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
It was one of the greatest amusing days of my father's life to watch me run.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
Well, look, there's going to be a lot of people right now say that we can do better than we're doing in this country.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
I'm sorry to speak as bluntly as this, but I think the worst days are actually ahead of us.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
And what's happening in Iran right now in the last sort of 8, 10 hours, Donald Trump has...
Karla BignascaHOST
It's a start of something that could have a major ripple effect for us here and the rest of the world.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
Anyway, there's some technical work being done by accountants and economists.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
The thing about an economist is someone who will tell you tomorrow why what they told you yesterday didn't happen today.
Peter PsaltisHOST
How's that working for you? And then that bloke last night that decided, I'm just going to stand up and then walk three rows forward.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
actually preview Queensland Day and we're going to actually have the great Queensland citizenship test this afternoon.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
But we just thought we'd do a bit of fun, test what do you know about Queensland.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
What we want to do, though, this afternoon is the Giorgio family, after our tribute yesterday to George, the guy from the doll and teddy hospital who passed away over the weekend.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
The family are going to join us this afternoon just to express some... thanks to the listeners who contributed so much yesterday, which is really lovely.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
This afternoon, a very, very sad passing over the weekend, which I want to highlight this afternoon.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
George Georgiou ran the Dole and Teddy Hospital at Stone's Corner and he passed away on Saturday.
Karla BignascaHOST
I think of the heirlooms that I would like to pass on to my, you know, that my son has for him in future.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
A small business, they're already facing the prospect of payday super payments.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
Now, Dean, of course, we know Dean, who has some genuine challenges with a lot of people relating Dean Clements with regards to his face.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
And anyway, he went along and saw the Broncos, his beloved Broncos, be defeated by the St. George Dragons.
Gary HardgraveGUEST
There is, forget the Soccer World Cup that's coming up in a couple of weeks' time.
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