Pub test

There is no way out of the test of talking to normal people directly.

That is our pub test.

It'll be in suburban Melbourne.

Security reasons means we can't tell you exactly where.

And I'm going to show you the very reason why this government has no idea about how to run a business, particularly no clue about small business.

A reminder that Jess Wilson, the leader of the opposition, is going to be our special guest in a couple of weeks' time for the next pub test.

This is the opportunity where the people who want to run our states, run our country, have the opportunity to talk to you.

You get the opportunity to talk to them.

Now, before I get to this News 24 Pulse poll, again, this is an absolute thumper.

I want to say that we've got another pub test coming up soon.

This is a focus when it comes to the Victorian state election.

The pub test is a spectacular example of us being able to ask questions, but more importantly, you to be able to ask the questions.

The person you will be able to ask them of is...

The alternative Premier, the opposition leader and the woman who, according to the polls, will be the next Premier of Victoria, Jess Wilson, will be joining us in suburban Melbourne on Monday, the 9th of November.

We'll talk a lot about why this is all going to happen in the coming weeks and months, but there's a lot to get to tonight here on Paul Murray Live.

Thanks for watching on a Tuesday night.

I'd love to hear a little bit more about your background and story.

Yeah, thank you so much, Neil and Erin, for having me on the pub test.

I'm really looking forward to our conversation today.

There's, you know, it's a little bit, it feels weird when someone reads out like your resume to people, like to strangers.

And, Neil, I know that just to segue a little bit, you've got five questions for Tarang that you want to...

I do.

With one, do they pass the pub test? Am I right? Do

they pass the pub test and quick provocation? So I'll kind of say something and you've got like less than a sentence to like, does it pass? Does it fail? And a quick line response.

This is The Pub Test.

And a very big welcome to this week's edition of The Pub Test.

My name is Neil Farrow, and you are here with myself and Erin Watson, and we're talking all things politics, regional, national and international.

And in this episode, we're talking about a tiny little fee that's been annoying Australians for years, a political party that's decided AI cartoons are the way to win votes.

And while we're talking about AI...

What is happening in that space? And then we're heading overseas to France and apparently Delhi, where Erin is as well, where students are taking to the streets and also rounding out with a new edition based on the feedback we had from the last episode of Five Quick Things and Do They Pass the Pub Test, which will kick things off in a brief moment.

But to kick things off, Erin, I have a political question for you.

Which is the bigger political problem? Politicians making rules nobody understands, or technology advancing faster than politicians can make rules?

Do it as well.

[laughs] Uh, coming up, the pub test.

This is an interesting one you brought to the table.

It's about, uh, taking flowers in public.

The question is-

Well, I, I think this is something that's reserved for, uh, Sam, if you will.

The good old-fashioned pub test.

Yeah.

Okay.

Boys, we're going to do the pub test here.

Okay.

One of the rules around the pub test.

Just whether or not you would like to have one pint of beer with this person down the pub.

Okay.

I like these.

Rightio.

[upbeat music] And welcome to this week's edition of The Pub Test.

My name is Neil Farrer, and I'm here with my co-host, Erin Watson.

And we are talking all things politics, regional, national, and international, and asking the big questions, do they pass the pub test? On this week's episode of The Pub Test, we are diving into three curious and quirky topics that keep popping up around Australia from time to time.

Well, the first two do at least.

The dreaded stamp duty, which many people face buying and selling property.

[laughs]

You wanna throw some of yours away as well?

Um, but there's an interesting point here, and this is, you know, we try to ta- tackle topics on The Pub Test where we can show that there's agreement on issues, but we just don't, you know, there's just not the political imprimatur to try and conquer it.

This is The Pub Test.

Hello and welcome to this week's edition of The Pub Test.

I'm Erin Watson and I'm here with my co-host, Neil Farrow, where we dive into an international, national and regional issue and ask, does it pass The Pub Test? And this week on The Pub Test, Neil is zooming in from somewhere else around the world, which he can tell us all about.

And we're going to be updating him on what's been happening in Australian politics and get some little reacts out of him.

And then we are going to be heading over to Kazakhstan in Central Asia, where we will be having a chat with Scott Munn, who is the Secretary General of the Kazakhstan Football Federation.

As I said, I'm dialling in from Mallorca, a little bit of a holiday destination, and looking forward to all things politics.

Coming up next, we have Scott Munn, Secretary-General of the Kazakhstan Football Federation, talking all things about Australia and Kazakhstan, countries very similar in some ways and very different in others.

Stay tuned and thanks again for listening to the podcast, the pub test, the podcast.