FULL: Light Will Win
The Christian O’Connell Show
GOLD and iHeart Australia
4.7 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Today on the Christian O'Connell Show, the Prime Minister joins the conversation to talk about a national day of mourning and unity after the recent Bondi attacks. They discuss the importance of coming together as a nation and remembering the victims, as well as the Jewish community's concept of a "mitzvah" - an act of kindness and compassion. The Prime Minister shares stories of the incredible acts of selflessness and bravery shown by those affected, and encourages listeners to show their support by lighting a candle, flying flags at half-mast, and performing acts of kindness.
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| 0:27.6 | Good morning, Patz. |
| 0:28.4 | Good morning. |
| 0:29.3 | Good morning. |
| 0:29.7 | Good morning. |
| 0:30.7 | Good morning. |
| 0:32.1 | In any given day, adulting is just trying to get the mental energy to tick something from that to-do list. |
| 0:39.3 | Just one. |
| 0:40.1 | I don't know about you guys, but if I have three actually pretty easy to-do list things to do, it's too much. |
| 0:47.5 | It's actually too much for me. |
| 0:49.3 | I just collapse under the pressure. |
| 0:51.4 | My car three days ago didn't start. |
| 0:54.1 | I still haven't got round of my to do list to call the RACV out to come and fix it. |
| 0:59.6 | I've been driving around in my daughter's car. |
| 1:02.0 | I've been using that. |
| 1:03.1 | And only yesterday I did I realize why some people are getting annoyed me because I'm clearly not someone who should be driving around in a tiny little car wearing pee plates. |
| 1:11.4 | I forgot she's got pee plates on. Oh, no. People get really irritated. There's a grown man. They either think, oh, my God, he's left it this. Good on him. You know what? Good on him. He finally passed that test. Or they're also thinking, you shouldn't be driving around if you're not a pee plater. Yeah, why do people get worked up about that? |
| 1:28.0 | Yes. |
| 1:28.9 | How was your day, Patsy? |
| 1:30.2 | How's it going with the school holidays on the last sort of embers of it all? Oh, she's having a fine time. I got home after the show yesterday. She's just arisen from her teenage cave. She'd just woken up for the day at like midday. Oh, God. All right. I don't even envy that because you know that actually you feel dreadful then, don't you? Yeah, yeah. |
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