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Rhonda Sharratt:
Angie Bell MP, good morning.
Angie Bell MP:
Good to be with you.
Angie Bell MP:
I’m very proud of it. This is the largest IMPACT ever with 220 young people here today and tomorrow. And I am sure next year will be bigger and better again.
Young people aged between 15 and 24 on the Gold Coast to be Impactors in our community. To have new opportunities to meet others, to expand their outlook and skills, and use those skills into the future.
JOSH MARTIN:
Angie, National Cabinet is meeting today, what are you hoping comes from the meeting?
ANGIE BELL:
Well, we know that the Prime Minister has no plan, there’s no urgency and he’s not showing any leadership on this issue of fuel insecurity in our country. What he needs to do is move the fuel where it’s needed and slash that fuel excise, so that Australians can afford to fill up their cars, and that they can actually access fuel.
STEPHEN CENATIEMPO:
The Shadow Minister for the Arts, Shadow Minister for Sport and Shadow Minister for Youth, Angie Bell joins us. Angie, good morning.
ANGIE BELL:
Good morning, Stephen. Great to be with you.
STEPHEN CENATIEMPO:
A lot to talk about this week. The first sitting week and first set of question time performances under the new leadership structure of Angus Taylor and Jane Hume. How do you think it’s gone so far?
STEVE AUSTIN:
Let’s go to federal politics and look at both sport and art with my guest, Queensland Federal Liberal MP, Angie Bell, the MP, the Member for Moncrieff, based on the Gold Coast. Angie Bell was reshuffled, if you like, with Angus Taylor winning the leadership. And Angie Bell now has the role for the opposition federally. Normally called an outer ministry role, so I regard that as somewhat of a demotion, covering youth, sport and art. Angie Bell, do you see it as a demotion? Morning to you.
ANGIE BELL:
Good morning, Steve. Great to be with you. Look, I see it as a great opportunity to deliver Liberal values to young Australians, and that is through the arts and through the sport portfolios. Because it really is the great leveller when it comes to opportunities for young people, and we want young people to have those opportunities to be ambitious as artists and sports people. We want more Australians to be successful and we’re seeing great success on the world stage at the moment obviously at the Winter Olympics and our artists are doing great things abroad as well.
STEPHEN CENATIEMPO: This week, we’ve been talking about Angus Taylor’s new shadow ministry. And it’s always interesting when they put these things together. Some people will be elevated, some people will be dumped from ministry, some people will keep their portfolios, others will be given new roles. Angie Bell, who was previously in the environment portfolio, is now the Shadow Minister for Arts, Shadow Minister for Sport and Shadow Minister for Youth and joins us now. Angie, good morning.
It has been an honour to serve in Sussan Ley’s Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Minister for Environment and Shadow Minister for Youth.
I now look forward to my continued service in Angus Taylor’s Shadow Ministry as Shadow Minister for the Arts, Shadow Minister for Sport and Shadow Minister for Youth.
Before life in politics, I enjoyed an illustrious thirty-year career as a professional saxophonist that included performances across the globe. It’s an absolute privilege to serve in the Arts portfolio for which I am very passionate.