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Speaker 2: Good morning, Adelaide.
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Speaker 4: Live from Hindmarsh Square, it's 5AA Breakfast.
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Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee.
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Speaker 1: Nine after six, good morning to you. Welcome to Monday on 5AA Breakfast. What a morning it is.
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Speaker 6: 21.7 degrees.
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Speaker 1: Out in the city at the moment, I think one of the most underrated things about warm weather returning, it is 25% easier to get up in the morning.
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Speaker 7: Yes.
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Speaker 1: Is that just us? Anyone who has to get up early in the morning, this is just manna from heaven at the moment. Now, whether you like it later in the day depends on choice. 28, the expected top today. It's going to be warm again. Perfect weather for the Bay to Birdwood yesterday. We'll be chatting with the History Trust of SA Major Events Manager, Dane Wilden. I always wonder, is it the perfect weather? Great for spectators. I don't know about the old cars. There's some cracking ones there. Uh, in one feature in the ties of this morning that, that was in, uh, the great Gatsby, Baz, Baz Luhrmann's, uh, very cool. Recent iterations, spectacular looking car. Uh, those cars are working. Not, can't say the same for the jetty road tram into next year, which is again, going to be down for maintenance. Some 2000, uh, near 2000 defects were detected in the, uh, in the tram. Uh, Paddy just came in and said to us, we've only got one tram line in this town. There's one tram line. You'd think it could be up and running a little bit more often than it is. 10,000 base plates are going to require repairs. That's going to happen next year. Just imagine being a jetty road trader. Could you imagine? What a nightmare. We'll be talking with the Department of Infrastructure and Transport CEO, John Whelan, before 7 today. Stephen Rowan, the program, is organised crime, trying to muscle in on the South Road build. We'll be chatting with the Master Builders SACO, Will Frogley, about a very peculiar case where that appears to be what was going on, albeit the government says they were caught, system's working. Toop and Toop, we'll talk about transparency with Rex Patrick and a whole host of other fun things as well. Morning to you, Stace.
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Speaker 8: Good morning, Will.
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Speaker 1: Now... What's the shortest period of time you've ever lasted in a job that you want to declare publicly on the radio?
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Speaker 8: I don't have a fun story about that, but my husband does because we were talking about this on the weekend.
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Speaker 1: Well, we were talking about it because a thing that bridges last week and this was the appointment of the US Press Secretary Kate Zachariah, who had a stumbling, nervous sort of start as the new press sec.
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Speaker 9: He had a historic one-day war, and now we have a booming economy and a great relationship with Venezuela.
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Speaker 1: And it didn't last beyond the weekend. It was a five-day appointment in the end, which is just over half of Scaramucci, who lasted nine days, or ten, depending on when the press release went out. But I think Donald Trump put it, I think, in a rare moment of being.
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Speaker 1: Traditionally political in the way he spoke, he said, we just suggested that maybe she didn't need the stress of this job and provided a bit of cover for Kate Zachariah, who will no longer be the press secretary.
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Speaker 8: Five days.
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Speaker 1: Five days. One briefing. It lasted 14 minutes.
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Speaker 8: I went down a bit of a rabbit hole and she did a number of interviews after that first press conference and it didn't really get any better.
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Speaker 1: Went on Hannity on Fox News, who's a very friendly Trump media personality over there, and he took her apart. Yes. And a lot of what went to her– what level of legal study?
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Speaker 8: Qualification.
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Speaker 1: Qualification she'd managed to reach. Yeah, ugly. Five days. Didn't last. So we want to hear from you this morning, folks, on 8223 0000. The shortest periods you've spent in a job. Now, it might well be that you just decided to pull the pin and say, stuff this. This just wasn't for me. This is what I was expecting. Maybe the employer said, you know what? You don't need the stress to use the Donald Trump turn of phrase. So what happened with Ben?
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Speaker 8: He's a property valuer and he works in the private sector, but he got a job in a government department. This was years and years ago. He started the job. They sat him in a room and said, you need to read the evacuation manual. Okay.
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Speaker 4: Okay.
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Speaker 8: Read it, came out an hour later. No, no, that usually takes people two days. Head back into the room, please. So they made him sit in this room for the entire first day.
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Speaker 1: To read the evacuation manual.
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Speaker 8: After lunch, he came out and he said, guys, I've read it. I've read it back to front. I know how to evacuate the building. Can I get to work now? No, now you have to do your onboarding modules or whatever that is. So he had to sit in the room for the second part of the first day. And then he came back on day two and they made him sit in that room again. And after day two, he said, I'm not going back there.
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Speaker 1: Was this the South Australian government?
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Speaker 11: Yes.
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Speaker 12: Wow.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 8: First two days, he couldn't do any work. And he thought, I'm not here to sit in a room and study manuals. I'm here to work. So he lasted two days.
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Speaker 1: So was the evacuation manual particularly dense or were the previous people who read it? Because one of the two has to be true for it to take two days.
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Speaker 8: He said he felt like the people who would have been his supervisors just didn't either have the time or the patience to give him tasks to do. You know, the newbie.
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Speaker 1: They want him to do busy work.
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Speaker 8: They wanted him to look busy and just shush, let us get our stuff sorted. Just go in that room, pretend you're reading the manual for a few days and we'll get to you eventually.
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Speaker 1: That is spectacular.
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Speaker 8: He was like, I'm here to work. Please give me some work. And they said, no, just lock yourself back in that room and learn how to get out of the building.
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Speaker 1: That is unbelievable. Andrew says he lasted four hours and walked off a job once. Andrew, we need more information. 8223 0000, Texas on 04808 1395. Also, a nice pointer with regard to the Beta Birdwood chat we're going to be having after 6.30, saying there's a fellow that drove from Perth in his vintage car. Crikey. You'd like to have a bit of engineering expertise on that one. Let's go to my law. Sue, how long did you last?
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Speaker 9: Three hours.
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Speaker 1: Three hours.
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Speaker 11: Yep.
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Speaker 1: Do tell, Sue.
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Speaker 9: Oh, yeah, I was about 17 and I was mad about horses and my dad's friend owned horses and he said, yeah, I'll give her a job. Okay, so dad dropped me off and the guy said, right, okay, I want you to groom this horse. He's coming to buy him.
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Speaker 13: I said, okay.
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Speaker 9: So there's me and this lovely colt. I groomed him for three hours. I sang to him. I never saw a single another person. I sang to him. I read him poetry, all that stuff. After three hours, the owner came back in and said, right, yeah, it looks good. I'll take him out.
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Speaker 12: You're fired.
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Speaker 13: Bye.
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Speaker 14: What?
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Speaker 9: He paid me $ 5.
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Speaker 15: That was it.
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Speaker 9: My dad was not happy.
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Speaker 1: Oh, I won't blame him, Sue. That's outrageous.
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Speaker 9: They're all football mates, and yeah, they went at it after that, but yeah.
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Speaker 1: Sounds like you did a lovely job as well.
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Speaker 9: I did, and we got to know each other really well in three hours. because I never saw another single soul, and that's all I did.
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Speaker 1: What did you spend your $ 5 on?
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Speaker 9: No compliments, no nothing, no well done, no nothing.
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Speaker 1: Maybe you got out of it.
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Speaker 9: I'll take him, you're fired.
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Speaker 1: It might have been the best thing for you, so he doesn't sound like a great working environment. Let's go to Mike in O'Sullivan Beach. Mike, what's the shortest you've lasted at a job?
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Speaker 16: One day.
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Speaker 17: I was cutting my prolonger. I was 14 years old and cutting apricots in half for drying. I still can't eat apricots to this day.
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Speaker 1: Thank you, Mike.
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Speaker 18: One day.
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Speaker 1: One day. That's not bad, unless you made it to the end of the day. Raymond in Salisbury Plains. This one, what didn't happen to you, but someone you were working with?
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Speaker 15: Yeah.
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Speaker 18: One of the sites that I used to look after for a previous employer was looking for a maintenance guy working in aged care. Went through all the processes, police checks, all the do-ha, arrived for work, 90 minutes later, left. Said the job's not for him.
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Speaker 1: How do you know in 90 minutes?
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Speaker 18: Well, that's what we wondered too, me and my colleagues. But yeah, 90 minutes.
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Speaker 1: That's suspicious.
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Speaker 18: Just disappeared and never came back. Then made a phone call later to say, no, it's not for me.
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Speaker 1: How bizarre. Wow. I don't think anyone's going to beat 90 minutes in terms of trying to see what the Zachariah-style record of this one is. Let's go to South Brighton. Dave, good morning. Good morning.
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Speaker 16: Morning, guys.
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Speaker 19: Many years ago, back in the very early 80s, me and my fiancé were backpacking around Europe and we decided to get some pub work in London. Back then, the pubs used to close for, what, two hours in the middle of the day. And so we did the morning shift. We did 11 till 3. I did one day and I think we worked till about 10 o'clock at night. The next day, she started her job at another pub. And we met each other at three o'clock and we said, stuff this, we never went back. I did a day and a half and she did half a day. It was crap money.
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Speaker 20: And back then you had all the drinks at different prices.
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Speaker 15: Yeah.
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Speaker 19: And you had them up in your head. So you just hoped to pour a Guinness so you could... Spend the extra time adding all the different prices up.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that sounds like... It's too hard work to do when you're on a jaunt around Europe. Yeah. You know, if it's not going to be fun, there's no point.
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Speaker 8: Fair enough.
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Speaker 1: Good on you, Dave. Thank you. Keep them coming in. 8223 0000. The shortest time you've spent in a job. Oh, I like Raymond. I like his story. If someone rocked up to your work one day and suddenly quit. Never came back. On day one and never came back. We'd love to hear those stories as well. You can text them too on... them too on 04808 1395.
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Speaker 4: Knock down.
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Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
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Speaker 1: 23 minutes after six. Stephen, we hear you. He says, I've been up since 3.30 this morning. I had to get my lad to the airport at 4.45 for his school trip. I don't care how warm it is. I'm grumpy. No, fair play, Stephen.
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Speaker 8: Feeling for you.
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Speaker 1: Sounds like a fun school trip, though. Going to the airport for a school trip. That's pretty specky. That's nice. Not for you, yeah. No, it's not. Was anyone expecting to have a sort of nice... Sunday morning stroll along the beach at Glenelg yesterday and came across this.
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Speaker 21: Two youths have been arrested after another public fight at Glenelg. One caught on camera as he was handcuffed and taken into custody near the jetty after someone threw a rugby league ball at a female police officer.
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Speaker 1: So it looked like, according to the Tizer's report, a sort of this tackling game that's viral online was being played, which in and of itself is no crime. But it was physical. And the Tizer's description is a 100-person brawl. And then police were being verbally abused. Obviously, that one had a ball thrown at them. What the hell is happening in our beach communities at the moment? Henley Square had one whilst I was away that I saw you and Jono talking about.
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Speaker 8: Is it just a game and then someone gets tackled and people take it too seriously and kids jump in and start fighting? Or is it a fight game?
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Speaker 1: That's how I imagine it unfolds. I'd love to know from someone who was there.
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Speaker 8: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: The Henley one looked a bit more like an organised fight, did it not?
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Speaker 8: It did, yeah. It had that feeling too.
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Speaker 1: So are these all organised fights? And if so, what the hell's that about? 8223 0000 at Glenelg over the weekend. Did you see this play out? We'd love to hear from you. Or just text through your thoughts on 04808 1395. We'll do more work on that a little bit later. Let's go to Birkenhead. Frank, did you ever leave a job early?
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Speaker 16: Yes, mate. I reckon I might have taken the shortest time. About 20 years ago, I was in a dry cleaning place and I went in there and I was interested in a job there. The manager was showing me around and all I asked after looking at all the machines and stuff, all I asked him was, where's the coke machine? And I reckon he might have thought that that's all I was interested in was the Coke machine. Anyway, he went back into the office, and I reckon this was about less than half now. He was showing 20 minutes or something, 20 or so minutes. And then he came out and said, no, I don't need you.
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Speaker 1: Do you reckon the Coke machine cost you the gig, Frank?
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Speaker 17: I reckon it did, mate.
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Speaker 4: That's a bit rough.
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Speaker 16: Yeah, I thought all I asked was, where's the cake machine?
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Speaker 8: Did you ever find it, Frank?
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Speaker 17: This is a true story.
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Speaker 1: Oh, Frank, that is rough, mate. Thank you. Good story, though. 8223 0000, keep them coming in. As we mentioned, it is warm this morning. It's 21.8. In fact, it's getting warmer. Warmest by a mile outside of Darwin of all the capital cities. The next closest, Brisbane, 16.6. Heading for a top today, magnificent 28 degrees. Does change a little bit tomorrow where there will be a shower or two and a possible storm. Drops down to 24, but really only momentarily. 25 on Wednesday, then back up to 30 on Thursday and 30 on Friday. The serious showers will come on Saturday, 1 to 10 millimetres, or Sunday, 0 to 9. somewhere between zero and 20 millimetres over the course of Saturday and Sunday, where it drops back from 25 on Saturday to 21 on Sunday. So warm middle of the week, but a bit of a change coming for the weekend. Let's talk sport. Agostina Mitsubishi's demo clearance is on now, save on the Pajero Sport ASX Triton in Atlanta, Nilesworth in Mawson Lakes. Corey Norris in the 5AA Breakfast Studio with us. Morning, Corey. Will and Stacey, very good morning to you. Big weekend of sport. Huge. Let's start with the cricket over in South Africa. Yeah, it's a bit of a.
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Speaker 22: Bit of a washout the first day of the second test and a bit of controversy too at the toss with the selection. Now, Nathan Lyon, the off spinner, doesn't get left out of test matches too often, but they've got to the Port Elizabeth pitch and they've seen it.
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Speaker 1: It's a bit wet. It's a bit green.
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Speaker 22: They've decided to go with a four-pronged pace attack. Scott Boland gets his recall and as he does so often, he's repaid the faith, took two wickets in two balls.
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Speaker 1: I think we've got the audio there.
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Speaker 20: Straight through him.
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Speaker 1: Boland jags it back. His first wicket in South Africa and it's.
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Speaker 4: The massive wicket of Aidan Markham.
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Speaker 1: That's what he does, Boland, when he's on a roll.
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Speaker 4: He just rolls and rolls.
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Speaker 22: Yeah, nearly took a hat-trick too inside edge with a third ball. So, unbelievable scenes. Only got through 12 overs, but Scott Boland, two wickets with two balls. And, yeah, the proteas two for 20 before rain wreaked a bit of havoc there in Port Elizabeth.
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Speaker 1: You said a bit green.
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Speaker 17: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: I wish my lawn was as green as that wicket. It's unbelievable. It looks like it's about two weeks away from being ready to play cricket on.
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Speaker 22: Apparently, they don't use hessian bags, so it doesn't dry out. like a lot of the other pitchers do in the days before a test match. So the Aussies went, licked their lips and went, let's go with the four-pronged pace attack.
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Speaker 1: It feels even once the weather's clear, it'll be a two-day test or something, doesn't it?
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Speaker 22: Yeah, let's hope that we can get some play today.
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Speaker 1: That would be fantastic.
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Speaker 22: South Australia looking very strong in all formats of the game. And then we saw on Saturday a huge performance, seven for 397. And that was off the back of centuries from, Jake Fraser-McGurk and Nathan McSweeney, who continues his hot form. Now, Fraser-McGurk, he smashed his own record for the fastest half century in one day cup. It came off just 14 balls and his century came from just 49 balls, which is the third fastest in that competition. So South Australia looking like the team to beat again in all formats of cricket.
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Speaker 1: Some good news over the weekend, Corey. The Croweys look like they have a chance to play finals.
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Speaker 22: They've won a couple in a row now and back in finals calculations, which is amazing. A few weeks ago, we thought, no, they're done, but they're back. I think they're level pegging with the team inside the eight. So, yeah, good signs. Unfortunately, Port Adelaide is probably a game outside of the eight now and probably going to miss finals with two games to go.
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Speaker 1: They look like they're both going to miss at one point. Yeah. 36 is on track as well. Yeah.
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Speaker 22: A couple of great wins, a win down in Tasmania on Friday night.
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Speaker 1: So, yeah.
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Speaker 22: Going great, going to South Australian sport.
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Speaker 1: I love the, obviously Trevor Gleeson had missed the game for personal reasons and they had Marina Rinkovic who was the assistant coach coaching his first ever game. He did a lap of honour at the end of that game as though he'd just won the NBA championship. It was brilliant. I've never seen a happier coach after a regular season when he's hugging everyone, his chest bumping. They call him the crazy Serbian. Is that right? Yeah, okay. Well, he looked crazy happy on Saturday. It was sensational. It was so good.
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Speaker 22: He got the Gatorade shower in the rooster.
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Speaker 1: It was fantastic to see. And great win as well, of course. Good stuff, Corey. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. We'll get you back to the newsroom. We're getting lots of stories.
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Speaker 8: This is great.
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Speaker 1: Should we do a quick text before we go to the break, maybe?
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Speaker 8: I like this text from Rob about Frank's story. He asked where the Coke machine was in the new job, and then they said, sorry, not for you. He said, is Frank's story akin to starting a new job, and your first question is, when's lunch?
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Speaker 14: Maybe.
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Speaker 1: Maybe that's how they saw it. Maybe they took it that way. Seems a bit rough. Frank might be a soft drink enthusiast and absolutely dynamite at the role. I'm sure both things can be true, can't they? You can do both.
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Speaker 8: What is it? Chew gum and walk at the same time?
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Speaker 1: Exactly right.
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Speaker 8: Drink Coke and work at the same time.
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Speaker 1: 5AA news time. We're going to be talking vintage cars and the beta birdwood right after this.
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Speaker 17: Knock down.
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Speaker 4: Metro Homes.
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Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee.
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Speaker 4: This is 5AA Breakfast.
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Speaker 1: 22 minutes to 7. I'm trying to get some answers on the imminent closure of the Jetty Road tram again before 7 o'clock this morning. So if you're in that area, you rely on that service and you're wondering how it can be. that it can be defective so early in its life. We will be discussing that with John Whelan from the Transport Department before 7 o'clock. Transport of a different kind that's proven much more reliable over the weekend, the Bay to Birdwood. 100,000 people turned out to cheer on some 1,500 cars. It's the 46th running of the Bay to Birdwood. Do you want to feel prematurely aged, Stacey? Yeah, go on. Cars manufactured from 1904 to 1996. 1996 makes you vintage. Don't blame me. Blame the beta birdwood. Dan Wilden's the event director. Morning to you, Dane.
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Speaker 13: Good morning, guys.
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Speaker 23: How are you?
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Speaker 8: What are you doing to us?
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Speaker 1: I know.
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Speaker 24: I feel dreadful too.
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Speaker 4: It's not just you.
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Speaker 1: There were some wonderful highlights, Dane. We've had people on the text line mentioning the vintage car that drove from Perth. We've had that spectacular picture in the Tizer this morning of the car that we used in Baz Luhrmann's great Gadsby film. Did you have a favourite that was running yesterday?
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Speaker 24: Oh, that's such a tough question, Will.
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Speaker 1: You can name a few.
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Speaker 24: Yeah, I think I have to because it was just an incredible turnout yesterday. I particularly enjoyed a 1909 Gregoire, a beautiful car that looked a bit like a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that was puttering along along Anzac Highway. Look, the great thing about the Beta Birdwood is that it's not just cars. It's bikes, it's trucks, it's buses. We had some Oban buses celebrating 40 years of the Oban this year, which was incredible as well. Had a bit of everything for everyone.
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I was at the park with my daughter yesterday and we saw a really old looking fire truck sort of go past and she got very excited by it. It's very cool.
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Speaker 24: Oh, everyone loves an emergency vehicle down this station, especially the old.
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Speaker 1: Oh, yes.
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Speaker 8: And that's what I was going to say. Are you surprised by the different generations that come out and love looking at cars? Because, I mean, you kind of think, you know, older people like older cars, but it's not the case.
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Speaker 24: No, you're exactly right. I think that's one of the great things about the event is that it's an opportunity for multiple generations to to sit down and enjoy something. You don't even have to be an automotive enthusiast, a car nut or a motorcycle nut to enjoy the event rolling past. It really is like a cavalcade of historic motoring, but it's also culture as well. It's everything that carries with vehicles. And so that's why it's a great opportunity for families to sit down and and grandparents to sit down and watch the event as it rolls past. It's just an opportunity to reminisce. And I think that's something that, you know, in a busy world today, we don't really get that much of a chance to do properly.
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Speaker 1: And Dave, what's the French award that's bestowed on some of the car owners? Is this like the vehicular Michelin star?
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Speaker 24: Yes, that's a great comparison, actually, Will.
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Speaker 16: It is.
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Speaker 24: It's the Concorde Elegance. So that is essentially the best in show, the creme de la creme of vehicles. And vehicles enter the awards. The awards judging occurred on Saturday, the day prior to the Bata Birdwood. And then on Sunday, awards were presented on our brand new drive on stage. And we had Two categories for Concorde Elegance, vehicles built prior to 1950 and vehicles built after 1950. And this year's winner, the pre-1950 Concorde Elegance, was a really absolutely gorgeous green Rover P3 sedan. And I was particularly fond of this year's post-1950 Concorde winner, a 1968 HK Holden Monaro.
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Speaker 4: Oh.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, spectacular. I like, too, the Preservation Awards, Dane, because I imagine you have this sort of ship of Theseus problem with vintage cars, that if you replace all the bits, that there's not much left of the original car at some point in time. And the Preservation Award seems to recognise that sometimes the trick is just keeping all the original parts going.
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Speaker 24: You're exactly right.
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Speaker 14: Yeah, that's right.
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Speaker 24: So the Preservation Award we introduced back in about 2017 was And the idea is to recognize the history of a vehicle. And so that means really preserving the vehicle in as best condition as possible. Minor maintenance is allowed, but we don't encourage restoration in that category. And as a result, we get some of the most incredibly preserved unrestored vehicles presenting, including yesterday's winner of the Post 50 Preservation, which was Ironically, I'm a big fan, but it was a 1980s Mitsubishi Magna, but it had only covered 16,000 kilometres since new. It was like a brand new car.
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Speaker 13: It was impossible.
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Speaker 24: It was like a brand new car.
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Speaker 13: Unbelievable.
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Speaker 1: That is spectacular. It's all spectacular, Dave. It's such a wonderful South Australian event. You guys put it on spectacularly well, and we absolutely love it. Great to chat with you, Dane.
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Speaker 24: Thank you so much, guys. It's a wonderful, wonderful event, and I think now it's time for a lie down.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. You've earned it. Dane Wilden, the event director of the Bay to Birdwood. Speaking of a lie down, albeit premature, we've been asking you this morning about times the job didn't last as long as you might have expected. Lots of great suggestions coming through. If you could have said, have you guys gotten 44 minutes into this conversation and not referenced Mal Meninger?
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Speaker 25: The thing about that is that I was, I guess, a public figure, and I was put on the podium where I was just a person out there making sure that I was.
00:24:07
Speaker 1: I'm buggered.
00:24:09
Speaker 25: I'm sorry.
00:24:10
Speaker 1: That's all right. I have to resign. That was Mal Meninger's short-lived stint running for federal politics.
00:24:16
Speaker 4: Yeah.
00:24:17
Speaker 1: Lasted 16 seconds into his first interview and he realised it wasn't for him. It wasn't for him. Some great texts and stories coming through as well.
00:24:24
Speaker 8: Yeah, this one from Cam in Campbelltown is awesome. Zero minutes I lasted. I was offered work as a scuba diving guide in Sri Lanka. I flew there. The owner showed me our staff accommodation, the shop, and told me I'd also be teaching tourists to dive who are known for poor English and swimming skills. Yeah, nah, I never came back and I enjoyed a month-long holiday.
00:24:46
Speaker 1: Poor English and poor swimming skills.
00:24:48
Speaker 8: That's your job.
00:24:49
Speaker 25: Keep them safe.
00:24:50
Speaker 1: That sounds miserable. Well played. Bullet dodged on that occasion, I think. The inspiration for the conversation, of course, Katie Zachariah, the now immediate past, present press secretary of the United States who lasted five days or about, well, half a Scaramucci. Let's check in with the Weather Bureau. Chris Kent on what is a warm, warm start to the week. Morning, Chris.
00:25:14
Speaker 4: Morning, guys.
00:25:14
Speaker 6: How are you?
00:25:15
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're well. How much longer is this heat going to stick around?
00:25:18
Speaker 6: Yeah, we're in for a warm week across Adelaide. We did have a pretty warm night. It only dropped down to 22.5 at Noarlunga overnight and in the city, 21.8. So, yeah, very warm and we're expecting those conditions to hang around for much of this week as Northerly winds are the main wind direction through much of this week. Today looking at partly cloudy conditions with a top of 28 degrees across the city. Up at Mount Barker looking at a maximum of 26. There is a little bit of rain forecast to come tonight and then sort of into tomorrow, maybe even a thunderstorm with that as well. And yeah, possibility of maybe some heavy falls with some of that shower and thunderstorm activity as well. So Probably more likely to see that sort of, yeah, through the Murraylands and kind of eastern districts with afternoon storms tomorrow. But, yeah, there's a chance that Adelaide sort of, yeah, may see some isolated sort of, yeah, heavy falls tomorrow morning as that system moves through, guys.
00:26:31
Speaker 1: Good stuff, Chris. Thank you, Chris. Candid at the Weather Bureau. It is a remarkably springish sort of a week where we have two days where the minimum temperature doesn't get below 20 and one day... where the maximum temperature gets just above 20. So Sunday gets to 21 and Friday and today haven't got below 20, which if you talk to people who live in the tropics, they think that's just unbelievable. They don't know how we live like this. Let's head to SAPOL. City Constable Matt Brown is on the line. Matt, there's been a car fire and it happened at Para Vista this morning.
00:27:03
Speaker 14: That's right, Will. About 4.50am today, police and MFS crews were called to a house in Maureen Terrace after reports that a Mazda sedan was on fire. and a blaze was extinguished by fire crews, but the vehicle was extensively damaged. Police believe this was not a random incident, so anyone who witnesses suspicious activity in the area is asked to call Crime Stoppers on.
00:27:24
Speaker 26: 1800 333 000.
00:27:25
Speaker 8: Now, Matt, take us to Glenelg, where one person was arrested yesterday. Has this got anything to do with the big fight that's been reported?
00:27:32
Speaker 14: That's right, Stacey. Initially, it was two male youths that we believe were arrested, but it was actually only the one male youth arrested yesterday. About 3.52pm yesterday, patrols were called to the Glenelg jetty after reports of a disturbance involving a large group of youth. A patrol from Operation Jericho was on scene about four minutes after the initial call for police attendance. A 15-year-old boy from Marina was arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour. He's been bailed to appear in the Adelaide Youth Court on 2 December. No police officers were injured during the incident, but police are actively patrolling all coastal areas in the metropolitan area. We'd like to advise the public there's no tolerance of bad behaviour by members of the public. Police will be taking a proactive approach and taking positive action against those who behave in a disorderly manner. Operation Jericho began on Friday the 2nd of October and is going to run through to April next year. So it will focus on addressing antisocial behaviour, criminal activity and also road safety issues throughout the warmer months along the coastline. Anyone who witnesses disorderly behaviour or anything like that along the coast, please call police immediately on 131444.
00:28:38
Speaker 1: Very disturbing series of incidents we've had along our coastline to start this warmer period. A man's been arrested after a pursuit at Moana, Matt.
00:28:47
Speaker 14: That's right. About 12.40am today, police spotted a Ford sedan travelling on Commercial Road without its headlights activated. And when patrols tried to stop the car, the car sped off and continued travelling south on Commercial Road. The vehicle was pursued for a few kilometres before the driver stopped and fled on foot with his two dogs in tow along Broad Beach Drive. Police chased the man and located him hiding in nearby bushes. During the arrest, one of the man's dogs bit an officer on the leg, causing minor injuries. A subsequent search of the man and his vehicle allegedly uncovered two knives, cannabis, drug paraphernalia and stolen number plates. Officers also found that the vehicle had false number plates fitted to it. The 42-year-old man from Waipongo was charged with numerous offences, including dangerous driving to escape a police pursuit, driving while disqualified and carrying an offensive weapon. He has been bailed to appear in the Christie's Beach Magistrate Court on the 12th of November. His car was impounded for 28 days. So a good arrest there by Southern Patrol.
00:29:43
Speaker 8: And a man's been arrested driving with more than four times the legal limit at Croydon Park.
00:29:50
Speaker 14: Yeah, that's right, Stacey. About 9.45pm yesterday, police stopped a Honda station wagon on Morris Street to report, sorry, to do a mobile driver test. The driver, a 49-year-old Croydon Park man, returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.216. He's been reported for drink driving, issued with a 12-month immediate loss of licence notice, and his car was impounded for 28 days. He will be summoned to appear in court at a later date.
00:30:14
Speaker 1: All right, good stuff. Thank you, Matt. Senior Constable Matt Brown from Saipol. It's nine minutes to seven, time to check traffic. The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Performance Hybrid has arrived at Jarvis Toyota, combining iconic strength with advanced hybrid power.
00:30:30
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00:30:38
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
00:30:44
Speaker 1: Six to seven. Here's an anomaly in radio land. Coming out of the seven o'clock news this morning, we're going to be playing a bit of audio that is listed in the system as 001. It is the first song that was put in the 5AA system. They come up randomly, so we didn't have control over it. We'll give a prize to anyone who can guess what it is on 0 to 4808 1395. So would it be the oldest song? I'm told it's not, but I actually don't know what it is. But we'll play a little game on the text line, okay? What do you think the first song plugged into the 5AA system was? I don't know what this is going to say about us. I don't know what the song is. But get guessing. I don't think anyone will guess it. But if you can, we'll find a prize for you.
00:31:24
Speaker 10: 0-4-8-0-8-13-95.
00:31:25
Speaker 1: Gee whiz. I'll tell you who needs a prize. Traders in Glenelg on Jetty Road. So $ 870 million tram line upgrade out of operation for six months. Forget that this is quite a side from the rest of the jetty road upgrade, by the way, too, which has caused cars to be unable to get there. But let's focus on the tram for a moment. The traders get news over the weekend that the tram is going to have to be closed again for repairs that won't take place until next year at the earliest because there are some 2,000 defects being examined on the Plimpton and Morfittville overpasses. It's about a fifth of the project's 10,000 base plates that require repairs repair. John Whelan is the CEO of the Department of Infrastructure and Transport. John, good morning to you.
00:32:14
Speaker 27: Good morning, Will and Stacey.
00:32:16
Speaker 1: How is it possible that there are a fifth of the base plates are cooked this early into a redevelopment of this scale?
00:32:23
Speaker 27: What needs to be cleared is over 10,000 base plates put down. And what we've identified is that around that 15 to 20% of those have workmanship quality issues or imperfections that we expect to be to the highest quality as per our specifications. So they're quite minor in nature. They have no impact to the running or the safety of running trams on our network. And there is no urgency to have this work done, which is why we've made it really clear that we'll program this working with other maintenance work that we need on the tram line next year, like when we do things like either grinding the rail or tamping the track. And we'll combine those rectification works when we do other works on the tram network next year, Will.
00:33:06
Speaker 1: Is that our people's shoddy handiwork?
00:33:09
Speaker 27: What it is, is the contractors that we engage, we have quite stringent specifications, and we expect them to give us the product. Now, it has no impact to running trams, but what it does do is a long-term nature is we'd probably have to intervene with some maintenance requirements before we'd expect to. And that's things around like vibration or noise from the rail itself. So what we've asked, and we'll get this done, is the responsibility of the contractor. They'll do these repair works. But we understand the importance of keeping trams running for those Glenelg traders. They've had enough with all the works down on Jetty Road as it is. And we'll do this with other works. It may even be that we only do it after last tram and before first tram will.
00:33:53
Speaker 10: So.
00:33:54
Speaker 27: will minimise the impact as much as possible to the traders and our commuters.
00:33:58
Speaker 1: Is it standard that the department can spend nearly a billion dollars on a project and no one walks around to inspect the quality of the workmanship?
00:34:05
Speaker 27: Well, I think it's clear, Will, that we have done that. We've identified these issues and we're not going to accept them. This is exactly what these large projects do. We've identified a very small percentage of workmanship quality issues that need to be repaired. And some of those are quite simple things from... The grout's not how we would like it and it's a bit messy on the actual deck itself to the skew of the plate itself that we want squared up properly. So these are quite minor issues and we expect them to be fixed and we will get them fixed by the contractor.
00:34:35
Speaker 8: And when do you expect this work to take place?
00:34:39
Speaker 27: Well, Stacey, it's a good question. There's no urgency for this work. What we'll do is typically we do shutdowns on our rail network, our tram network in a less than peak period, usually wintertime or an Easter time. Like I said, this work potentially could be done after last, before first. There's no urgency. So we'll plan this with other maintenance works on the tram next year, Stacey.
00:35:01
Speaker 8: And how long did you expect it to take?
00:35:04
Speaker 27: Well, just depending on the resources the contractor puts to do the work, we'd expect this to take no more than a week if we did a shutdown. Other than that, if we did it after last, before first, it'd probably take quite a few weeks there, Stacey. But we'll work with the contractor what's the best way to undertake these works. If we've got other requirements to do works on the network, we'll combine them at the same time, Stacey.
00:35:27
Speaker 8: And so when you say after last, before first, that's overnight works when the trams are running, is that right? So you could either do it overnight for a few weeks or shut the system down and do it in one week and get it all over and done with.
00:35:38
Speaker 27: Yeah, that's correct, Stacey. And that's what we'll work with. Typically around that wintertime next year, we'd want to be doing some tamping works on the network or grinding some of the rail. These are typical every year maintenance activities that we have to do. We might likely combine some of that at the same time, Stacey.
00:35:56
Speaker 8: And it's safe? The tram is safe despite 10,000 or 2,000 of them having a defect?
00:36:03
Speaker 10: Absolutely.
00:36:04
Speaker 27: There are no issues with us running trams. In fact, we would not be allowed to run trams at all on our network if this was any safety concerns at all.
00:36:12
Speaker 8: Okay. John Whelan, we appreciate your time this morning. Thank you.
00:36:17
Speaker 1: Right on seven o'clock, 5AA News is on the way. Someone's guest, Fernando by ABBA. Someone here says, don't go breaking my heart, Elton John. Linda thinks some kind of obscure wide for sound song was originally going to say Working Class Man.
00:36:32
Speaker 8: Oh, can I have a guess?
00:36:33
Speaker 1: Yeah, you have a guess too.
00:36:34
Speaker 8: Video killed the radio star.
00:36:36
Speaker 1: Oh, okay. Well, you'll win a prize too. Someone else guessed Sultans of Swing called in to speak to Paddy and Jess. Could have Jess back on board as well at the moment if our team's complete. 8223 0000 is the number. You're out to find out on the other side of 5AA News. The first song put into the 5AA library. I'm keen to find out myself. Song 001.
00:37:02
Speaker 3: Knock down.
00:37:02
Speaker 11: Build two.
00:37:03
Speaker 3: With Metro Homes. Sell one and move on. Keep the other as an investment.
00:37:07
Speaker 4: Metro Homes.
00:37:08
Speaker 3: They do it all for you.
00:37:10
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
00:37:14
Speaker 1: Well, no one guessed Alex Lloyd.
00:37:15
Speaker 4: Amazing.
00:37:16
Speaker 8: No.
00:37:17
Speaker 1: Which is curious. There must have been some digitisation of the logs that happened at some point in time. Because I reckon that song would be 20 years old, maybe, at best.
00:37:24
Speaker 12: Yep. 2001.
00:37:24
Speaker 8: 2001.
00:37:24
Speaker 14: 25 years old.
00:37:28
Speaker 1: So, that was the very first song entered into the catalogue. We had a lot of guesses that, frankly, would have been better. Rick says, You're the Voice by John Farnham. Pat says, Maybe I Hate the Music, John Paul Young. Dancing Queen by ABBA. Lots of ABBA suggestions came through. Scott said, I wish it was Nine Inch Nails. Okay.
00:37:48
Speaker 8: Not at seven o'clock in the morning.
00:37:49
Speaker 1: If it's in the library, they're not rotating it through for the breakfast crowd, I reckon, Scott.
00:37:53
Speaker 10: Yeah.
00:37:54
Speaker 8: Sue said Walking on the Sun by Smash Mouth.
00:37:56
Speaker 1: See, that would have sort of made sense. Similar sort of year, I guess, Smash Mouth. Maybe a little bit later. Terrific guesses, so no prizes have to be given away for that one. Patty said it was going to be hard. That was impossibly difficult, but there you go. 8223 0000 is that. You can text us on 04808 1395 with any of your observations. It's overcast outside. but very warm, beautiful sort of a morning to get up and start your week. Coming up this hour, very shortly, we'll be chatting with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO, Andrew McKellar. Remarkable revelation, News Limited Papers this morning, that the Federal Treasurer and Treasury and the government knew about the ATO rejecting businesses' capacity to pay bills on card in July. For those playing at home... The chief concern of the business community here has been we need time to adjust. Well, they may have had such time and it might not have cost the taxpayer hundreds of billions of dollars for an extension, which is what the government have committed to on this front, had they just told people when they knew about it. When they knew. July.
00:39:00
Speaker 8: So what's with all the outrage that's come out of the federal government about this? You know, we saw the small business minister saying, oh, businesses are really suffering because of the ATO's decision. Did everyone in the federal government know about it?
00:39:12
Speaker 1: That's a very good question.
00:39:14
Speaker 8: Is it fake outrage? Is it grandstanding? And if not everyone in the federal government knew, how could they not have? Why wasn't the small business minister told?
00:39:24
Speaker 1: Great way to sow division in a government if you've got your... assistant minister out there defending something that your actual senior minister knew about all along.
00:39:34
Speaker 8: Yeah.
00:39:35
Speaker 1: Hanging that person out to dry like that is a great way to end up having people talk about doing the numbers for your job. It's a remarkable story. We'll be getting into that very, very shortly. Also coming up this hour, Will Frogley from Master Builders Association is We've read plenty about corruption in Victoria on major projects there, the infiltration of organised crime, bikey gangs and so forth. Maybe a shot across the bow here in South Australia, news overnight of a case and an incident that has been picked up. It's in the court. We're aware of it. But is it a sign of things to come? It feels to me exactly the kind of thing that Will Frogley and the Master Builders have been warning about, that we're going to have to ward off these sorts of incidents. attempts to get in on a project of this size. So we're chatting with him after 7.30 and then Bronte Emanuel from Toop & Toop a little bit later in the morning. Let's get into some of the other things knocking around. I enjoyed this, actually speaking. Will Frogley probably enjoyed this on the construction front as well. Nick Champion, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, put out a statement this morning. I'll read a little bit of it for you. Adelaide Skyline is packed with cranes, 28 operating across the city and a score of 467 on the latest RLB crane index. as construction momentum remains on full display. I spent way too much time in the first hour reading the RLB crane index.
00:40:54
Speaker 8: Because 28 cranes doesn't sound like a lot.
00:40:59
Speaker 1: Well, it's actually one fewer than we started the year with. We had 29 in the first quarter, according to the RLB index. It is interesting if you get a count, so it sounds fairly triumphant. There are 224 operating in Melbourne at the moment. Where there's no, you know, obviously the economy is totally screwed. Sydney, 336 cranes currently operating.
00:41:21
Speaker 8: So what's the per capita? Maybe that's done per capita?
00:41:24
Speaker 1: I can tell you exactly how it's done. We have the same number as Canberra and fewer than Wollongong, just to give you some.
00:41:30
Speaker 25: Fewer than Wollongong.
00:41:30
Speaker 1: If cranes are your cup of tea. The index is fascinating. So the index is how much better are you than where you were in 2015?
00:41:39
Speaker 10: Yeah.
00:41:42
Speaker 8: Oh, so it's not even compared on a per capita basis or per construction or per project?
00:41:49
Speaker 1: Look, to be fair, their last 10 years has been better than the 10 years previous for South Australia.
00:41:55
Speaker 8: You'd hope so.
00:41:56
Speaker 1: It's just funny that in celebrating that metric, they're actually talking about four years of the Marshall government as well in that period. But there is some good news for South Australia in that.
00:42:08
Speaker 8: Some good spin there.
00:42:09
Speaker 1: Some good spin. Now, over in Europe, you're going to see some more remarkable pictures on your news services tonight, like you did last night on the protests in France.
00:42:18
Speaker 8: French people cannot live properly.
00:42:21
Speaker 28: Everything, like, you know, concerning cars and, like, the gas oil and stuff, it's so pricey.
00:42:26
Speaker 8: And French people.
00:42:27
Speaker 5: Cannot live even with two incomes in one single home.
00:42:31
Speaker 1: 1,800 people were arrested on Saturday in France. So yesterday our time. 1,800 people arrested. 550,000 at best count demonstrators took to the streets. Some are talking about taxing the rich. It's an anti-capitalist sort of riot and protest that's taking place. A lot of it, in fact, the central component of this most recent uprising was around entirely peaceful protests about deteriorating public services like schools. It was an education protest. We're not teaching kids well enough. It was teachers. And then France being... the Western capital of the protest, it took on this life of its own. You're seeing some remarkable buildings being burnt to the ground, shop fronts being destroyed. Macron, the French president, spoke in the last 12 hours addressing the nation, trying to get people to calm down. Fuel prices are a component of things that people are upset about as well.
00:43:27
Speaker 8: The spire at Town Hall collapsed.
00:43:30
Speaker 1: Just one of the most beautiful buildings you've ever seen.
00:43:33
Speaker 10: And.
00:43:34
Speaker 8: Like in most cases in these situations, most of them wearing masks.
00:43:38
Speaker 13: Oh.
00:43:39
Speaker 4: Weak.
00:43:39
Speaker 1: Total dero crims who seize upon this as an opportunity. I saw an eyewitness account from someone in Paris saying there were people with the sorts of, you know, You take your bags to the shopping centre on the weekend.
00:43:57
Speaker 8: Shopping bags.
00:43:58
Speaker 1: Your shopping bags, you know, the ones you have in the back of your car to save Mother Earth.
00:44:01
Speaker 8: That you always forget to take inside.
00:44:03
Speaker 1: That you always take. Well, these people aren't forgetting to take them as they go into department stores and whatnot, just walking out with whatever the hell they want.
00:44:08
Speaker 10: What?
00:44:09
Speaker 1: People are just loading them up under the guise of, you know, protest.
00:44:12
Speaker 8: A protest.
00:44:13
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. But no one quite does it like the French when it comes to protest, that's for sure.
00:44:20
Speaker 16: Mm-hmm.
00:44:21
Speaker 1: So 1,800 of 550,000 in France on the beach at Glenelg. One arrest, we just heard from Matt Brown before the break, among a crowd of 100 involved in a brawl.
00:44:31
Speaker 14: Patrols were called to the Glenelg jetty after reports of a disturbance involving a large group of youth. Now, a patrol from Operation Jericho was on scene about four minutes after the initial call for police attendance. And a 15-year-old boy from Marina was arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour. He's been bailed to appear in the Adelaide Youth Court on the 2nd of December.
00:44:50
Speaker 1: So that's Matt Brown. Was anyone at Glenelg? Yeah, it was last night. Tell us a little bit about how this started because it's impossible not to think about this one and compare it to the Henley Square one that you guys had covered just a couple of weeks ago.
00:45:02
Speaker 8: Which sounded like it was an organised thing, organised on social media. Hundreds of kids down there. That was during school holidays as well, I reckon. Long weekend. Everyone was just heading down to the beach ready for a fight. Don't know if this is the same situation.
00:45:19
Speaker 1: Do you know what we haven't solved yet in South Australia? Creating a law that is a credible deterrent to stop people abusing police. So in this instance, you had some young person throw a rugby ball at a police officer. The TISA reports people trying to goad the police. Come on, you want a taste of me? This kind of stuff. The laws we have aren't working. They're not working. A few people in the text line are saying, oh, young people with no respect. There are people everywhere that have come into contact with police and treat the law like it's a complete joke. And we have a recruitment crisis.
00:45:59
Speaker 8: It's not just young people. What about all the sovereign citizens at the moment?
00:46:02
Speaker 1: Exactly right.
00:46:02
Speaker 8: People in rabbit holes online.
00:46:03
Speaker 1: What's the name that pulled the hair out of that police officer? Yep. That incident, Raina Cruz, I think sends a message to these sorts of people that what's going to happen to me? Yeah, I peg a ball at a police officer or I get in a bit of push and shove or I start verbally abusing them. It is pathetic. It is pathetic we send police out into these kind of volatile situations in the absence of a law that appropriately protects them. And I know it got toughened. It got toughened. Nobody cares. It's not tough enough.
00:46:35
Speaker 8: When the maximum penalty is lifted, it doesn't make a difference. The threshold needs to be lowered. for it to work really as a deterrent.
00:46:44
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly right. If you're at Glenelg though, we'd love to hear from you. 8223 0000. Let's talk about the story that kicked us off this half hour, the revelation that the federal government was well aware that the ATO was going to ban businesses from using credit cards to pay tax. Andrew McKellar from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry joins us. Andrew, thank you for your time this morning. To me, it would seem this is a real slap in the face of business whose main gripe was that, well, we need a bit of time to prepare for such a massive change. Well, they might have been afforded a bit more time.
00:47:19
Speaker 26: Hi, Will. Hi, Stacey. Good to be with you. Well, look, yes, look, it was a surprise to us. And I think what it demonstrates is that the process over recent months in government was deficient. Clearly the tax office had identified this situation back in July and had been discussing it with government for some time. Small business wasn't told about this basically right up until the decision was announced on the 1st of October and then there really wasn't enough time for many businesses. There's about a quarter of a million businesses that are using this facility regularly. So it's not insignificant. There's a lot of businesses out there who need to use their credit card for cash flow management purposes. And they just weren't given enough time. And I think that's deficient. It can't happen again. And we've got to use the time that we now have out till the middle of next year to to really find a long-term solution to this problem.
00:48:27
Speaker 8: So, Andrew, is it an issue of timing? If businesses knew in July when the Treasurer knew about this, would they have been able to adjust or is it on the basis of policy? You just don't think this policy is wise and small businesses need to use credit cards full stop?
00:48:46
Speaker 26: Stacey, look, I think timing is a big part of it. But I think really here the issue is that there should be consultation with small business. When government is designing an outcome or considering an outcome and it's going to impact small businesses, many small businesses, I think they've got to take account of the fact that those small businesses, they're doing it tough. They're facing a lot of rising costs at the moment. Many of them are struggling with cash flow and profitability. you know just just give small business a bit of a fair go and an even break and if you're going to make a decision that affects so many people then take them into account and bring them into your confidence look at the options that have been worked on and actually consider what the practical impact is going to be for them because We have to recall that on the other side of this, small business is being told, you have to lump this. This is a decision that's been taken. You can't apply the surcharges anymore and you have to work out, are you going to just absorb that or are you going to try and build it into your price and pass it on? So that's not a choice that small business was given. Yet on the other side, we had the tax office saying, oh, no, it's much too expensive for us. even though they can go and negotiate with the credit card companies. They're receiving about $ 15 billion in credit card payments. So they've got negotiating leverage with the credit card companies to say, oh, look, can we get a better deal? Now, it comes out now that they are potentially going to get a better deal. That would save money for the tax office. But small business doesn't have that negotiating power and it wasn't given that opportunity itself.
00:50:39
Speaker 1: It feels like too much all at once, Andrew, just to hear you describe it as a combination of the surcharge changes, not being able to pay your taxes via credit and payday super, for example. I'm just thinking that I imagine from small businesses that are doing it tough at the moment, you'd probably prefer these things be tiered out over a couple of years because they all go to liquidity and your current account, don't they? You're all getting hit in the same part of the business all at once, it feels like.
00:51:09
Speaker 26: Well, you've hit the nail on the head. Look, this is exactly what small business is saying to us. We've been out there surveying small business, talking to small business in recent months. Only a few weeks ago, we released our annual small business survey and that's exactly what it said. We had Two-thirds of all small businesses told us they were really struggling with rising costs, which comes from four interest rate increases now, rising electricity bills, rising fuel costs. They've got to pay a little bit more in wages and other things. They're struggling with... Nearly 50% said they've got real problems with cash flow and profitability. And then one-third of all small businesses said they'd considered closing their doors in the past 12 months.
00:51:57
Speaker 16: So.
00:51:58
Speaker 26: Yeah, they are doing it tough. They have, as you say, they've been struggling with trying to comply with new regulations. They've had payday super, which is not something that we object to. We think the principle is right. But for many small businesses, again, it's a more regular cash flow crunch that they have to meet. They're trying to meet that. But then on top of that, bang, here comes another thing. Now you can't use your credit card to manage payments. some of your bills in particular.
00:52:28
Speaker 1: Negotiate those times when you don't have the cash flow that you might otherwise need. Andrew, thank you. It just feels like the kind of collection of decisions that were taken by people that have never run a business in their lives. Yeah, absolutely.
00:52:39
Speaker 8: And can I just add to that? Apparently there were three options presented to the federal government ahead of this change happening. One was to override the surcharge ban so the ATO could still charge the surcharge. The government said, no, we've committed to no surcharges for anyone. Two was that the ATO and the taxpayer would cover the cost of that. And the Treasurer said, no, the budget can't afford that. And three was, well, we just banned credit cards altogether. And that was the one the government supported. The Treasurer apparently supported this, according to the Fin Review. So he knew about it. His department knew about it back in July and actually consulted on it and chose this option. Yet now the federal government's acting outraged and like they didn't know this was going to be a ramification of their own policy.
00:53:18
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just the latest in a series of entirely unpopular decisions from the Treasurer. Thank you, Andrew. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO, Andrew McKellar, our guest. Let's check traffic. The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Performance Hybrid has arrived at Jarvis Toyota, combining iconic strength with advanced hybrid power.
00:53:35
Speaker 3: Knock down, build two with Metro Homes. Sell one and move on. Keep the other as an investment. Metro Homes, they do it all for you.
00:53:43
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee.
00:53:45
Speaker 4: This is 5AA Breakfast. Stephen Rowe on 5AA Breakfast.
00:53:51
Speaker 1: 27 after seven. Let's turn our attention to sports. Stephen Rowe joins us. Rowe, good morning to you.
00:54:00
Speaker 28: Oh, Will and Stacey, good morning. A little burst of summer yesterday. How much more have you built with that warm summer? I feel like if they put some water at your feet, you'd grow, don't you?
00:54:11
Speaker 1: It's just about.
00:54:13
Speaker 13: Oh, God.
00:54:14
Speaker 28: Anyway, I think we broke the back of winter.
00:54:15
Speaker 1: It's nearly summer.
00:54:17
Speaker 28: Um, 36 is beat. Tassie was great. Saka won 126 runs over Queensland. Um, Jake Fraser-McGurk, he needed some runs. Well, he did. 122 off 63. The AFLW's winding up. There's only two rounds left. Do you think it gets lost where they've put it, AFLW?
00:54:37
Speaker 1: Yeah, I do. I do. It's just sort of a nothing time of the year.
00:54:41
Speaker 14: Is that it?
00:54:41
Speaker 4: Two rounds left?
00:54:42
Speaker 19: Yeah.
00:54:43
Speaker 28: Two rounds left, Stacey. Like, where's that gone? I mean, I know they only play a half a season, but God. And both our teams look like they're likely to miss the finals and Reds have their first game on Sunday. So, yeah, we're in a full swing.
00:54:59
Speaker 1: I think Rowie, I think he's dropped his phone off the end of the boat or something because it was dropping out the entire time with the technology we had. And then it just completely died on us.
00:55:12
Speaker 8: I was listening on, I think it was Friday afternoon, to the Sport Boys. I'm just going to change angles completely. And they mentioned that And Scott Camporeale had perhaps had a call-out.
00:55:24
Speaker 1: Oh, well, this is what I want to ask. Is he there? Have we got Rowie?
00:55:27
Speaker 28: Yeah, I got you.
00:55:28
Speaker 14: Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:55:28
Speaker 1: This is what Stacey's got, I think, the question for 5AA listeners for you, Rowie.
00:55:33
Speaker 8: You mentioned on Friday a rumour that Scott Camporeale had been offered a job at the Crows again. Have you spoken to him over the weekend? Is there any truth in it?
00:55:41
Speaker 1: I have it.
00:55:42
Speaker 28: He's on today, so don't miss that.
00:55:43
Speaker 1: We'll put it to him.
00:55:45
Speaker 28: I think seven years, Will, your mom ran the story. So give them the credit. And I was running off the back of that. Anyway, we know this. Scott Burns is gone. He was the forward coach. We know VB is moving to forwards and Jack Hompch to development. Jack was the defensive coach. So it looks like Murray Davis is going to get the Brisbane job.
00:56:05
Speaker 1: Really? Well, it does.
00:56:07
Speaker 29: It looks.
00:56:09
Speaker 4: And look, there may be an.
00:56:10
Speaker 28: Announcement as soon as today is my mail.
00:56:13
Speaker 1: No.
00:56:14
Speaker 28: No, don't hold me to that. So the Crows are looking for a senior assistant slash footy director, a midfield coach and a defensive coach as we sit here today. Now, back to Campo, we love him at 5AA. God, Will, how good is he to work with? How smart is his football brain? And game day is his thing. So I don't know whether– the Crows would be able to crowbar him out of the role he's in now. And I can imagine next year the role will get even bigger for Scotty. So he's got a decision to make. And again, I'm not going to speak for him, but the way it left with Fagan and the Crows and the camp and him getting thrown under the bus, you know, I know they were individuals that did it.
00:56:59
Speaker 1: It's not the club.
00:57:00
Speaker 28: And I think he still likes the club, rates the club, respects the club. But I don't want to speak for camp. I will speak to him tonight. But I reckon if there was one job you need to fill if Murray Davis gets that gig, you need a senior assistant slash football director, coaching director. I reckon Alistair Clarkson's the one I'd be after.
00:57:19
Speaker 1: You could do worse. If Murray Davis goes, Rowey, the sum of the Crows off-season, having finished sixth and been uncompetitive in that final we called against Brizzy, is that the list is thinner and the coaching box is now half full. They've just gotten worse, demonstrably. What an absolute disaster that would be. Murray Davis, the guy that people, you know, when you talk to people around the club and say, gee, the Rankin moving to the midfield was good. That was Murray Davis. Gee, the way they moved the ball this year, that was Murray Davis. Everyone around the club credits him with just about every positive thing that's happened at the club the last 12 months.
00:57:54
Speaker 28: Well, it was a bit like James Raheely. He was the ball movement man. Then he went and we struggled. So it looks like Nixie does need that sort of person. And that's why I'm saying Alistair Clarkson might be the one for him. But it's not the club's fault Murray Davis has been headhunted and he gets a job. They'd wish him well, hope that he stays. But let's wait and see. And we'll ask Campo today, where's it all going to land?
00:58:15
Speaker 1: Cannot wait for that. You and Campo a little bit later today. About time the 5AA commentary box came to the rescue. Good on you, Roey.
00:58:21
Speaker 28: See you, mate.
00:58:25
Speaker 3: Knock down, build two with Metro Homes. Sell one and move on. Keep the other as an investment. Metro Homes, they do it all for you.
00:58:34
Speaker 4: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
00:58:38
Speaker 1: 18 to 8, our thoughts are with everyone who lives around Harold Street at Highbury. Keith's sent us a text saying they're without power again. You might remember Keith at Highbury, Water, sorry, not power, who spoke to us a week ago saying, the water was out. We spoke about it on the program at the time. One week later, they're back repairing the main again, and Keith has had no water at his premises, and he's next door Navy. He says the lady who lives next door has had her place flooded twice. Keith, paper's updated on what's happening on that one, Keith. We'll continue to follow it. The other thing we're following this morning... anyone in the Barossa Valley listening? Were there any shakes last night? Only a couple. A 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck around Tanunda. Tanunda's probably the closest sort of major area that it struck at about 2.26 this morning. Did anyone feel it? Does 2.8 wake you up?
00:59:32
Speaker 8: Did the earth move for you?
00:59:33
Speaker 1: Don't say it, Stacey. You ruined my day. Did Paddy put you up to that?
00:59:37
Speaker 8: One of your favourite sayings. I remember that one.
00:59:40
Speaker 1: No, see, I almost don't want to report on earthquakes for fear of someone saying it. If you did feel it, let us know. 8223 0000 or text us on 024808. 1395. Well, this is more of a tremor than an earthquake through the South Road upgrade. There's this company called Career Boss Australia that was awarded a contract last year to provide 200 employees for Torrington to Darlington. There's all these little companies that are a part of the big picture in putting South Road together. Now, this one is interesting, and it's now the subject of a Supreme Court case because Jamie Brown, a Comancheros motorcycle gang member, is being sued because the allegation is he took part in the improper transfer of shares in this company, Career Boss Australia. There's all sorts of serious allegations around coercion, physical and verbal threats and so forth. But reading the story, to me, felt like the exact kind of thing that Will Frogley, the CEO of the Master Builders Association here in South Australia, has been warning about for some time with regard to the potential in SA on some of these big projects, South Road Women's and Children's, to be infiltrated like they were in Victoria on their big build by organised crime. Will Frogley joins us now. Is that fair, Will? This is the sort of thing you've been concerned about, isn't it?
01:01:00
Speaker 23: Yeah, it absolutely is, Will. As a proud South Australian, I just couldn't sit back and risk our construction sites becoming like they were and still are in some cases in other states, particularly Victoria, but also Queensland. Unfortunately, Will, the reality is major infrastructure projects do tend to attract some pretty unsavoury characters. The reason being there's just so much money to be made there. So, I mean, in this case, it is exactly the type of thing I've been warning about. It is the biggest infrastructure project in South Australian history, the Torres de Darlington. And unfortunately, it was always going to attract some unsavoury characters.
01:01:42
Speaker 8: Do you think it's more widespread than just this singular case, Will?
01:01:46
Speaker 23: Oh, look, I certainly hope not, Stacey. It's just so important that we stamp this out because you use the word infiltrate, and that's exactly what they do. You start small, but before you know it, the tentacles are absolutely everywhere. I mean, to look at how it can end up, you only have to look over the border to Victoria and And their major infrastructure projects were a staggering $ 15 billion went into the hands of organised crime. It's just something that we cannot allow to happen in South Australia. Now, we've got a government here who I think is a lot tighter on this stuff than what we've seen in Victoria. But you do need to stay ever vigilant.
01:02:25
Speaker 1: Well, to that point, the state government is saying, well, the fact we know about this guy is a sign that the system here works. Do you think that's a fair observation?
01:02:34
Speaker 23: Oh, look, I think it's certainly pleasing to see that someone's in the courts about it. But when you're talking about a project the size of Torrance to Darlington, you just cannot take your eyes off the ball. You need to be constantly vigilant, like I said, because there is so much money to be made. It really is a case of moths to the flame with infrastructure projects the size of Torrance to Darlington. You just have to be on the ball at all times.
01:03:01
Speaker 1: Will Frog, the CEO of the Master Builders Association. Ashton Hearn, the leader of the Liberal Party here in South Australia, is also called in. Ashton Hearn, good morning. Do you accept the state government's rationalising of this insofar as they say, we know about this guy, and that's a sign that we have appropriately protected our industry from this kind of infiltration?
01:03:21
Speaker 12: Well, look, not really, guys, because the Premier says it's a good example of process working, but I'd kind of question whether there is a good process if the government only learns about it through a story in the Sunday Mail. So I think that there is a lot of work that needs to be done. And as Will Frogley has rightly said, you've got to stay ever vigilant when it comes to these types of things. And that's exactly why we put forward the idea of having a construction industry commissioner. So this would be an independent watchdog, if you like, which is a one-stop shop for workers and businesses where they can report any type of militant union behaviour so you can stop it in its tracks. Because, as Will has said, you just look across the border to Victoria and you can see how it starts with something small, they get a foot in the door, and then it completely unravels to a point where you've got almost $ 15 billion of taxpayer money that has flown towards corruption and organised crime. And we just have to stamp it out. And I just think it's always better to be on the front foot with this And I'm sure your listeners would feel like I do, that it's pretty disturbing to think that bikies could allegedly be muscling in on our biggest taxpayer-funded project in South Australia.
01:04:33
Speaker 8: Is that not the role of the Commissioner for Consumer and Business Services?
01:04:38
Speaker 12: I think, Stacey, something like this where you're dealing with hundreds and hundreds of contracts where you need to act incredibly decisively, I think it's much bigger than the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs where you're They're dealing with everything from liquor licensing and all types of things relating to fees and charges. We're talking about a massive infrastructure project in South Australia, which is costing taxpayers $ 15 billion. And I would have thought that we should be doing everything we possibly can to protect every single dollar that is being spent on this project and making sure it's staying with businesses who are doing the work, not flowing to organised crime.
01:05:14
Speaker 1: Would the model for this, Ashton, be the Australian Building Construction Commission?
01:05:19
Speaker 12: Almost, yep, very similar. So basically it would be, as I mentioned, the one-stop shop for people to come and report any misconduct. It would also be able to compel the production of information and refer serious matters onto the police. But I think as well, it allows you to keep on top of any trends. Every single law case almost operates in isolation, where if you do have a one-stop shop, then you're going to have a commissioner who is willing to come forward and say, hey, we're really noticing that this is picking up momentum here and we've got to act rather swiftly. So it's all about, you know, whilst the Premier might say that this is an example of good process working now, I think that there's still a lot more work to be done and this could.
01:06:03
Speaker 10: Be the model.
01:06:04
Speaker 1: All right, Ashton, thank you. Joe Sockarch is the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport and has called in on this. Minister, did your government learn about this by reading the Sunday Mail?
01:06:13
Speaker 10: Look, largely yes, Will, and so did the Torrance to Darlington project insofar as individuals who have made these complaints into the court process haven't raised this with the Torrance to Darlington. Notwithstanding that, we took immediate action. There has got to be absolutely no tolerance for this type of associated company, associated behaviour. And let it be known to any business that they've got to step up and do the right thing. The Torres of Darlington is a model through due diligence and through contracting, which is frankly the envy of the nation. You know, we've seen what's happened across the border. We will not accept any of that flowing across the border. And, you know, Will was on before. I really want to thank Will and his organisations for working really collaboratively with our government on this. We've got to be diligent, but it also shows us all that, you know, when there are nefarious actors, bikers or other organised crime around the country, they will always try and exploit systems and processes. And we've got to make sure that ours are resound and we've got to make sure that we set examples so that no one thinks that this behaviour will be welcome, tolerated or accepted here in South Australia.
01:07:28
Speaker 1: All right, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Joe Sockarch, calling into the program. We're going to take a break. Matt in Gawler felt the earthquake. Matt, we want to hear all about it. So hold on. We'll get to you and a few of our texters.
01:07:39
Speaker 8: So many text messages on this matter.
01:07:42
Speaker 1: So 2.8 magnitude earthquake? You can well and truly feel it, is the answer. Let's check traffic. The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Performance Hybrid has arrived at Jarvis Toyota, combining iconic strength and advanced hybrid power.
01:07:54
Speaker 3: Knock down, build two with Metro Homes. Sell one and move on. Keep the other as an investment. Metro Homes, they do it all for you.
01:08:03
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
01:08:09
Speaker 1: Five minutes to eight, 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck at about just before 2.30 this morning near Tanunda. Matt and Gawler felt it. Matt, good morning.
01:08:18
Speaker 13: Good morning, guys.
01:08:19
Speaker 7: How you doing?
01:08:19
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're good, mate. So did it wake you up or were you up at the time?
01:08:23
Speaker 22: No.
01:08:25
Speaker 7: I was actually lying on top of my bed. It was too warm last night to get under the quilt.
01:08:29
Speaker 22: Mm-hmm.
01:08:30
Speaker 7: And I was just rolling over to get comfortable at about that 20 past two in the morning. And then I heard this very deep rumble and a very, my house didn't shake, but there was a slight vibration.
01:08:46
Speaker 1: Okay. And, um, did you think earthquake straight away?
01:08:50
Speaker 14: I did. Yes.
01:08:51
Speaker 17: Just the sound.
01:08:52
Speaker 7: It was so deep. It was like a freight train with the base level turned up. It was, you know, and, obviously from underneath. I think it must have been quite deep down. But yes, that was my experience last night.
01:09:08
Speaker 1: Matt, it's interesting you mentioned the sound because that's exactly what some of our texters have mentioned. Caroline says the rumble, light, light shake, weird sound is how Caroline in Grenoble. described it.
01:09:21
Speaker 8: Margaret in Kapunda also felt it. Yes, our house shook. We live along the mine site.
01:09:27
Speaker 1: Yeah, so a few people felt it. Not a major one, but obviously still enough to wake some people up around the Barossa Valley. All right, let's talk real estate. Bronte Manuel from Toop & Toop is on the line. Bronte, good morning to you. What's happening out there in real estate land?
01:09:41
Speaker 30: Yeah, look, guys, I was reading a report last night just regarding consumer confidence. So With Australia, we're the third worst in the world behind Chile and Bulgaria.
01:09:55
Speaker 11: So I think that funnels into everything.
01:09:57
Speaker 30: Last week also there was a UDIA event, which is the Urban Development Institute of Australia. And at that event, some of the, you know, I'm not going to mention names, but big developers that are doing the urban sprawl because there's urban infill where people turn one house into five and then there's the people that turn paddocks into 300 or 500 blocks.
01:10:19
Speaker 11: The confidence amongst them is kind of through the floor.
01:10:22
Speaker 30: Few of them going, we don't think we want to do this anymore. So what we've got at the moment, I guess, overarchingly, and then on the weekend, clearance rates were 30% statewide and we managed 60%. So what I'm finding is that there's this moment in time where there is pretty much no investors and rents are rising. So investors will come back when the yield gets higher. So I think there's this moment for first home buyers and people that want to transition from one home to another to take advantage of it. But because of this consumer confidence, a lot of them are just sitting on their hands. They're ready to go. They're pre-approved. They're registering to bid. And they're just sort of sitting there. And we're doing everything we can to encourage them to take the moment not to get the sale because we think it's the time to do it. But I think just right across the board, it's quite an interesting time in the sense that we've got a housing shortage. We need more houses. Like that's just the reality. I've said it and I'll keep saying it till I'm blue in the face. But now the consumer confidence is even making its way to the developer, which is saying we're not going to produce more houses. So it's a really interesting time where I think there's a moment for people to take advantage of it and you'll get the high rents, which are coming at the moment.
01:11:43
Speaker 11: But I don't know, in two to three years time, I.
01:11:45
Speaker 30: Guess we're going to have a, bigger housing crisis than we do at the moment, but with less affordability.
01:11:51
Speaker 11: So it's quite interesting to make sense of.
01:11:54
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's unusual, especially at the moment, developers not being a bit hesitant.
01:12:02
Speaker 1: Interesting.
01:12:03
Speaker 30: Well, I mean, feeding into the rent side, a lot of the urban sprawl, I think there was investors in that space and the government saying that negative gearing would still apply to new homes. That hasn't really kept investors in play for that type of product, the overall sentiment and consumer confidence being low has kind of taken them out of the market.
01:12:26
Speaker 1: Great analysis as always, Bronte. Appreciate it. Bronte Emanuel from Toop & Toop as we look at the real estate picture each and every Monday morning. I'll tell you something that's changed in the world of not real estate, but it did occupy real estate. And it's this wonderful idea that Peter Gers floated in his column over the weekend of the shops, what the shops used to be, not a Westfield, not coming to town, not a big department store, but the shops was a little strip in every suburb that contained, in his words, a deli, a snack bar, a barber, a fish and chip shop, a haberdasher and a news agent with a butcher, a florist and a jeweller, probably. That was what the shops used to be. And like the corner store, so many of those things are disappearing now. Like the haberdashery, and Barb Knoll is going to join us after 8.30 today, who runs Barb's Sew and Knits and has done so for 41 years at Glenelg. But it's closing up shop, and with her closing it, we lose another one of these specialty sort of shops. The things that have disappeared, like those sorts of shops that you're fond of, is there– any little hidden secrets around Adelaide that you still attend to that we need to be aware of? Are there some that have disappeared and you wish they'd come back? We want to talk about shops that are still here to be celebrated and those that might have disappeared. But we need some nominations on 8223 0000.
01:13:44
Speaker 10: Look, Largely, yes, Will.
01:13:50
Speaker 1: You say yes, I say no.
01:13:55
Speaker 29: You say stop, and I say go, go, go.
01:14:01
Speaker 3: Knockdown Bill 2 with Metro Homes. Sell one and move on. Keep the other as an investment. Metro Homes, they do it all for you.
01:14:09
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
01:14:13
Speaker 1: Then after eight breaking eight in a moment, lots of people felt the tremor overnight in the Barossa. Lynette says, I'm at Nuri. It sounded like a bomb and felt like a truck had run into my house. It woke me at 2.28am, which is right on time. Pat says, I didn't feel it, but something fell from my spare room about the same time. I thought it was a ghost at around 3am. So it was sort of in the ballpark just before 2.30am. This morning, just out of Tanunda, there was a 2.8 magnitude earthquake. Lisa says, the biggest story around the world is Elon Musk's somersaulting car, surely. I don't know what the practical use of that is. It looked cool. I don't know if you can buy it as an add-on yet. I mean, it'd be a good way to negotiate traffic jams, presumably.
01:14:57
Speaker 4: Can we?
01:14:58
Speaker 8: Find a way for the world's smart people to use their knowledge for good and not for pointless.
01:15:02
Speaker 25: Oh, come on.
01:15:03
Speaker 1: Flying cars are good. Here's Elon Musk.
01:15:05
Speaker 4: Well, it worked.
01:15:08
Speaker 1: Flying cars are real.
01:15:10
Speaker 17: Yeah.
01:15:11
Speaker 2: Well, a friend of mine, Peter Till, once said that the future promised us flying cars, but instead we've got 140 characters.
01:15:18
Speaker 1: Well, not anymore. As a Back to the Future Part 2 enthusiast, Stacey, I'm pro-flying car. I'm here for it.
01:15:25
Speaker 22: Yeah, sure.
01:15:25
Speaker 1: It's been too long. We dreamt this one up in the 70s.
01:15:27
Speaker 8: I'm not anti-flying car. I'm just saying I think there are a few things more important than a flying summer salting car.
01:15:33
Speaker 1: Sure. Look cool, though. Lots of terrific nominations for great little secret small businesses because we are chatting with Barb Knoll after 8.30 this morning from Barb's Sew and Knits that is closing up. Peter Gers wrote that terrific piece over the weekend talking about the traditional concept of the shops that is slowly but surely dying, and with Barb's haberdashery going, it's just sort of another nail in the coffin, which we don't begrudge someone who's operated a small business for 41 years.
01:16:04
Speaker 8: No.
01:16:05
Speaker 1: That's fair enough, but it's just a sign of the changing times. Helen says, regarding Barb, how disappointing over the years. I've had hems taken up, little repairs, so reasonable, a lovely person, and in rose season, always lovely, a vase of beautiful roses in there. Thank you for that, Helen. Meredith says, best wishes to the Blue and White Fish Cafe. That has stood the test of time well over 85 years in North Adelaide. Well, just colloquially known as the Blue and White, isn't it? Good on you, Meredith. Rob says, the days of a deli or milk bar in every other corner and as a kid stopping in to grab 20 cents of mixed lollies and some milk for mum. Yeah, whatever happened, I feel for the people who made the small white bags that mixed lollies came in. What do they do now?
01:16:48
Speaker 8: The milk drops, you used to get those in there as well.
01:16:50
Speaker 1: That's right.
01:16:51
Speaker 8: Did I miss something? Is blue and white closing down?
01:16:53
Speaker 21: No, no.
01:16:53
Speaker 1: We're just in terms of celebrating.
01:16:54
Speaker 8: Just celebrating.
01:16:55
Speaker 1: Little iconic, small little businesses that we still have here in South Australia. So keep those coming through on 04808 1395.
01:17:04
Speaker 8: I go out of my way to use the pharmacy down the road from us. It's slightly more expensive than the bigger chains that you can get to.
01:17:11
Speaker 1: Is it a totally independent one?
01:17:13
Speaker 8: It's a totally independent one. And if it wasn't there- You know, those nine o'clock baby Panadol runs in the middle of the night would make that all the more difficult because we'd have to go further. So I go out of my way to make sure I go to the pharmacy. It's also basically a newsagent. You know, they sell a lot of tickets. They sell lots of different homewares and presents and gift cards. If you're ever running late for a party and you forgot a card, you know, they've got everything there. So I make sure I shop there even if it is slightly more expensive because you don't want that to go.
01:17:45
Speaker 1: Absolutely not. Is this a teething gel run you're talking about or just Panadol?
01:17:48
Speaker 8: Teething gel, Panadol, all the baby stuff.
01:17:53
Speaker 1: It's time for Breaking at Eight.
01:17:57
Speaker 8: We had a text from George earlier today. He said you were talking about the flashing lights at school zones on Friday. Well, Elizabeth High School has them. It's on Phillip Highway. And yep, some locations have them. I think there, George, you'll find there's also a speed camera at that one. And We have found out that the flashing lights are being rolled out at locations that have a speed camera. It came up in estimates in June this year. The minister was asked why some areas have flashing lights and some school zones do not. And this was Michael Brown's answer as to why some school zones do have flashing lights where there's a camera. It's a philosophical question about people thinking cameras are there for the purposes of enforcement or whether they're there for revenue raising. So the minister's admitting that it could be Mm-hmm.
01:18:40
Speaker 10: Mm-hmm.
01:19:01
Speaker 8: What are the stats about enforcements? How many people have been fined for speeding in a school zone that doesn't have a flashing light? And he says, SAPOL is not currently using the speed cameras at 40 kilometer school zones. When Jack Batty asked him why he says they have other road safety priorities. I'm not going to say it's never going to happen, but it's not happening at the moment. Um, And Jack Batty asked him, is it because in the absence of flashing lights, it's not really apparent to motorists that the speed limit has changed, to which the minister replied, I have been provided with no evidence of that. So he's not saying on the record it's because it's unclear, but still it's not being enforced. Wow, that's interesting. In which case, why does the school speed limit apply? If it's not going to be enforced, if people can just break the rule and And not get fined for it.
01:19:52
Speaker 1: Why is it there? It's impossible to interpret as anything other than an admission that it's too confusing at the moment.
01:19:59
Speaker 13: Yeah.
01:19:59
Speaker 8: And that is why Saipal's not enforcing it.
01:20:02
Speaker 1: That is really interesting. Here's a lovely little story about this from Sam. He says, the little deli I went to as a kid for lollies and soft drinks is now an adult store.
01:20:13
Speaker 17: Oh.
01:20:13
Speaker 1: I still go there 50 years down the track. Well, that's good on you, Sam. That's lovely.
01:20:18
Speaker 8: TMI for a Monday morning, Sam.
01:20:20
Speaker 4: Hey.
01:20:21
Speaker 1: Supporting local.
01:20:22
Speaker 4: Well, yeah, true.
01:20:24
Speaker 1: You know, that store employs someone, presumably. Andrew says, for me, it was a bag of mixed lollies and some cigarettes for mum.
01:20:34
Speaker 8: There you go.
01:20:35
Speaker 1: You can do that at different sorts of candy stores now, of course.
01:20:38
Speaker 8: Yeah, of course.
01:20:39
Speaker 1: All off the books. Less legal. A few sceptics around the flying car as well. Scott says, I'm against flying cars. We've got people that can't drive in a straight line and can't park, can't navigate a roundabout, and you want to add in another dimension? Hell no, says Scott.
01:20:53
Speaker 8: I'm with you, Scott. Once we learn to fully comprehend blinker usage, then maybe we can consider flying.
01:21:00
Speaker 1: Marge is in a similar boat. There's a few sceptics out there as well.
01:21:05
Speaker 16: All right.
01:21:05
Speaker 1: We're a little bit captivated by on sunrise at the moment. Gronja Cleary, our resident bird expert, is on, and we just, We know Gronja, our beloved bird expert, is always– how do we say this politely? It's a child's 8 o'clock. We've got to be careful with our language– Well, let's put it this way. Grainne is not always careful with her language. Very passionate about bird preservation.
01:21:26
Speaker 4: Not at all. You just need lots of passion.
01:21:29
Speaker 8: Just go out there and watch your birds.
01:21:32
Speaker 3: And BirdLife have a really good bird.
01:21:34
Speaker 15: Finding tool in the app that will help you recognise some of your birds.
01:21:39
Speaker 1: Grainne's textbook passion.
01:21:41
Speaker 8: I was nervous there about what you were going to play.
01:21:43
Speaker 1: They probably pre-recorded it. It's television. The reason she's on, actually, is a really good story. The Great Aussie Bird Count begins today, which is going on. So good luck to Sunrise. I think they made it through okay. No complaints. Good on you, Gronja. Did we find Gronja? Was she a 5AA find?
01:22:03
Speaker 25: Yeah.
01:22:03
Speaker 1: Yeah, she was. Yeah, we launched her into the big time. Obviously, she'd written books before that. But, you know, in terms of broadcast media, we're claiming it. Gronja, what a superstar. All right, we're going to check traffic and we'll come back with more in a moment. Jen says, Will, it's a lolly, not candy in Australia. I know that, Jen, but around from me there is a store called Candy King. And my theory is when they call themselves candy stores, they're generally selling other things.
01:22:32
Speaker 25: I don't know.
01:22:33
Speaker 8: Is that the giveaway?
01:22:34
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. That's my current totally unscientific theory. Let's check traffic. The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Performance Hybrid has arrived at Jarvis Toyota, combining iconic strength with advanced hybrid power.
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01:22:55
Speaker 5: This is 5AA Breakfast.
01:22:58
Speaker 1: 22 minutes after, right? 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Tanunda just before 2.30 this morning. Not enough. to knock buildings over, certainly enough to get people waking up and cause some dogs to bark. Adam Pascali is the Chief Scientist at the Seismology Research Centre. We understand, Adam, you've broken down on the side of the road, so good time to chat with us.
01:23:17
Speaker 17: I have.
01:23:18
Speaker 31: Perfect timing for you.
01:23:19
Speaker 1: Oh, Adam, that sucks. Just a regular breakdown with the battery conk out? You all right?
01:23:24
Speaker 31: No, my motorcycle just decided to go electronically dark.
01:23:28
Speaker 4: Oh, no.
01:23:29
Speaker 1: Is someone on the way, or would you like to broadcast to Adelaide that you're in need of assistance?
01:23:33
Speaker 31: No, I'm under control.
01:23:34
Speaker 1: Okay, that's good.
01:23:36
Speaker 13: All right.
01:23:36
Speaker 1: Well, tell us about what happened. So, Tanunda was the closest sort of population centre?
01:23:41
Speaker 26: Yeah, yeah.
01:23:42
Speaker 31: So, it was up north there past Elizabeth. So, yeah, I mean, we have earthquakes in that region from time to time and certainly for a little while, particularly exactly in that area.
01:23:55
Speaker 8: And why? What's there? Why do we have them from time to time there?
01:23:59
Speaker 31: Flinders Range is that entire mountain range there, which is sort of at the bottom of. That's the most active area of South Australia. So if you look at a map of earthquakes, which we publish a map every week of earthquakes in South East Australia, and Flinders Range is often featured. So we locate about 30 or 40 earthquakes every week in the region. So there's always a little bit of activity there, and this one's one of the larger ones.
01:24:26
Speaker 1: So what is the range? How high would they get before it would be something that you would consider abnormal?
01:24:34
Speaker 31: I think, I mean, we're recording ones and things in the one and two range probably every week. And this is sort of up towards the three. So we'd only get one like that probably every few months, you know, somewhere in those ranges area, usually up further north. So this is a lot further south and closer to Adelaide than most of the larger ones. The ones we've seen recently have been down at Mount Barker and areas like that that have been felt, but this region hasn't had a felt event for.
01:25:06
Speaker 13: A little while.
01:25:07
Speaker 8: This might be outside your remit, but we have had a few people say they've felt it, people in Newry and Grenoble. Then we have this message from Sally. They're in the western suburbs of Adelaide and their dog detected it. Is that normal? Can dogs usually detect these things better than humans?
01:25:22
Speaker 4: Yes.
01:25:23
Speaker 31: Yeah, usually because they're sitting on the ground and sort of more well connected to the vibrations, particularly at that time of the morning because everything else is really quiet, the animals can feel those energy waves coming through because they are sort of more sensitive to what the ground is doing. So yeah, I mean, we can feel these earthquakes at quite large distances in Australia because the energy travels a lot further because Our rock doesn't get broken up quite as often, and energy waves travel a lot further through more solid rock. So anyway, that's why we feel more earthquakes at distance in Australia.
01:25:59
Speaker 1: And just lastly, Adam, do discrete seismic events like this tell us anything about some to come, or do they have no sort of predictive quality?
01:26:10
Speaker 31: Well, usually when you have a larger event, then there's a slightly elevated chance of further events of similar or potentially larger events magnitude in the short term. So in the first few days after an event like this, just sort of heightened awareness. So people should know what to do if they start to feel a strong shaking from a large event, and that is to drop cover and hold on. Make sure you protect yourself from falling objects.
01:26:34
Speaker 1: Good stuff. Hopefully your bike gets fixed up quick, Adam, and you can get about your day. Good on you, mate.
01:26:39
Speaker 13: No worries.
01:26:40
Speaker 1: Adam Biscali, the Chief Scientist at the Seismology Research Centre. There you go.
01:26:45
Speaker 8: Well, our next guest, Rex Patrick, former South Australian senator, is no stranger to an FOI and he's dealing with an FOI with the Mount Barker Council this time. Apparently they're trying to keep a report secret. They're paying lawyers to keep a report secret that they had previously said they were going to release. He joins you now. Rex Patrick, is that the case? What's this report that is now all of a sudden wanting to be kept secret?
01:27:14
Speaker 20: Yeah, good morning, Stacey and Will, and also to your listeners. Yes, it's a bit of a crazy situation. I sought access to a report that models the road network in the Adelaide Hills. And, you know, one would think that's a pretty important topic. We know that the people of the Adelaide Hills feel as though they are missing out on infrastructure and getting lots of people being brought into the area.
01:27:39
Speaker 13: And.
01:27:41
Speaker 20: Look, the council is looking at this and the Department of Transport is looking at this, but they simply don't want the public to see what it is that they're doing. Now, when I first put the FOI in, the council then came out and said, look, we're going to make this public. They stated that publicly to the courier and indeed to the ombudsman and said, Unfortunately, Ombudsman has refused me access to the document that was contemplated to be in the public domain. And the council are now paying high-end lawyers to keep it from the public, even though they still say it's going to be released.
01:28:27
Speaker 8: So why would they want to pay lawyers to keep it private if they're still saying it's going to be released?
01:28:33
Speaker 20: Well, what they say is the document that I've looked at is actually a draft. And as a result, that draft may change. They may put something different in the public space. But we as citizens are entitled to look at how governments arrived at particular decisions, not just be presented with the final decision, but to be able to see how they've come about making their decisions. And The way to address the concern that the information may be a little bit outdated is simply to put a big stamp on it that says draft, that everyone understands that it's a draft. And unfortunately, the ombudsman got sucked into that, basically saying, well, people might get confused if presented with some information that may well be wrong.
01:29:25
Speaker 8: Okay, and so ratepayers are footing the bill for yet more lawyers to keep this secret.
01:29:29
Speaker 20: Yeah, they are. And look, one of the unfortunate things about this is that the ombudsman, in considering whether or not to release this document, one of the claims the ombudsman made was that I shouldn't have access to this and the public in Mount Barker and the Adelaide Hills shouldn't have access to this because it might cause unnecessary debate. And I think that's another offensive part of this story where the ombudsman feels as though they have the right to decide what the public should and shouldn't be debating. Now, the Courier's covered this quite extensively. It's clearly a matter that's of concern to their readers. It's clearly a matter of public interest. It's just quite incredible that you have an ombudsman saying, well, you shouldn't be debating this.
01:30:22
Speaker 16: Yeah.
01:30:23
Speaker 25: Hmm.
01:30:23
Speaker 8: Yeah, that seems unusual. Rex Patrick, thanks for your time this morning. And I think this text from Andrew says it all. Nothing speaks more of a cover-up than bringing in lawyers to keep something secret.
01:30:33
Speaker 1: Yeah.
01:30:34
Speaker 8: Yeah, unusual to say the least.
01:30:37
Speaker 1: Right on 5AA news time, we're going to be celebrating a wonderful old business, Barb's Sew and Knits, that's closing after 41 years. Much loved at the Bay. Helen sent us a text a short time ago.
01:30:46
Speaker 4: 41 years.
01:30:48
Speaker 1: In the gig has Barb Knoll been. So we thought we'd take the opportunity. What's the saddest you've been when an old store or something is closed down in your neck of the woods? Or is it just generically? A lot of people, a lot of love for the corner store, just the generic corner store. But maybe there's an equivalent in your area or one you'd like to celebrate that is still going strong, like Meredith texted us about the blue and white. in North Adelaide after 85 years, still cranking along, doing wonderful things. So if you'd like to jump into this conversation, 8223 0000, we would love to hear from you. Nineteen minutes to nine. We're putting together a little bit of a list this half hour on the program. Alan's Music's on it. Daryl Lee is on it. Who was the text that mentioned Daryl Lee? Rob. Rob. In Marion, it says, I was upset when Daryl Lee's stores closed down. I can no longer buy their peanut brittle bars. Best chocolates ever. Daryl Lee's on the list. Fry's Butcher at Henley Beach is on the list. We're talking about small businesses and stores, maybe even styles of store too, because the corner store has been mentioned in this. Maybe the haberdashery should be mentioned in it as well. that we are really fond of, that may still be there, and we should celebrate those that we have, or we can lament those that are no longer with us. Well, unfortunately, one that's no longer going to be with us for much longer is Barb Sow and Knit at Glidelg, which Helen, our most passionate Glidelg listener, texted us about saying she's devastated to hear the news. She says, Barb is lovely. During Rose season, you go, there's a.
01:32:29
Speaker 8: There's a fresh bouquet of roses.
01:32:31
Speaker 1: Bouquet of roses in the vase. She gets the hemming done and all sorts of stuff there. Barb Knoll joins us now on 5AA Breakfast. Barb, after 41 years, you deserve a break, Barb. Congratulations to you on running a business that's so well-known and well-loved.
01:32:48
Speaker 32: Thank you very much.
01:32:50
Speaker 8: How does it feel, Barb?
01:32:52
Speaker 32: Well, it feels a little bit sorry, actually, that I'm leaving the district.
01:32:58
Speaker 13: But.
01:32:59
Speaker 32: I enjoy the company. We have a good business here. I like to use the knitting machines and I've acquired the wool from overseas and nice quality yarns go through the machines and knitting accessories and haberdashery, which is cotton and ribbons and things like that. So it's very good, actually, and the people around the place, but unfortunately they're going online nowadays.
01:33:27
Speaker 1: Is that right?
01:33:28
Speaker 32: They're all in the works. a bother of what's this and what's that and what pattern to use and how many needles to use. So that's where I come into it, but not all the online ones turn up at the shop.
01:33:39
Speaker 1: Take us back to 1985, Barb. What were you doing when you moved into Glenelg?
01:33:44
Speaker 32: What was I doing before? I was working for the Singer Company, teaching and selling machines in the city, Ebbers Building.
01:33:53
Speaker 11: Yep.
01:33:54
Speaker 1: And what made you take the leap from teaching to opening up a store where you were actually doing the work?
01:34:01
Speaker 32: Well, I acquired a franchise in Glenelg because the person in Glenelg was leaving and they wanted to keep the store going in Glenelg because it was a good business. So I took it over and finished up changing that into a shop on my own.
01:34:20
Speaker 8: You've probably inspired so many people over the years to get into haberdashery or sewing or knitting just by being there and being able to provide that support. Did you get a lot of people coming in just asking for your tips on their projects that they're working on?
01:34:36
Speaker 32: Oh, yes, all the time. Unfortunately, after they leave their job, there isn't much to do, so they want to do some handicraft of some sort to fill in the day. And, of course, it's good therapy for the elderly ones too. work out their patterns and do a bit of arithmetic and do some knitting.
01:34:57
Speaker 1: So you kept the business open all the way through the jetty road upgrade, Barb, only to close it now. You made it through the tough bit.
01:35:03
Speaker 32: Well, they're shutting the train line down again next week.
01:35:07
Speaker 1: That's right.
01:35:07
Speaker 32: That made my decision.
01:35:09
Speaker 8: Oh, really?
01:35:10
Speaker 32: Yeah, well, they didn't do a good job on it, apparently. They've got to do maintenance on it.
01:35:15
Speaker 14: Yeah.
01:35:16
Speaker 1: Yeah, the whole stack of defects. We're tough. You've been dobbed in, Helen, on the text line as a mad Crows fan as well. Does this mean you're going to have more opportunities to get to Crows games?
01:35:24
Speaker 32: Yes, I had the first five tickets at Omi Stadium.
01:35:27
Speaker 1: Did you really? Did you go with your family?
01:35:31
Speaker 32: Yes, Cornsy and Curly were talking on the radio and the footy show saying they're going to start a club called the Crows. Any members want to join, ring up, I don't know, ring up the... station and anyway I rang up and I got the first five tickets.
01:35:48
Speaker 1: No way! So you presumably were a Bays fan, Barb?
01:35:52
Speaker 32: Yeah, a Glenelg fan. The family was all split up actually. My husband was Sturt, I was South Adelaide with Darley and the son had to play for Glenelg so we decided, the mother was Port so we decided to go at the weekend and see each other.
01:36:08
Speaker 1: Oh, magnificent. Hey well Barb, congratulations to you on a magnificent career and hopefully the Crows can Can do some winning for you. You can relax and enjoy that in the next couple of years.
01:36:17
Speaker 32: Yeah, I thought that was going to happen last year.
01:36:19
Speaker 13: Yeah.
01:36:20
Speaker 1: Yeah, so did we all, unfortunately. Hey, Barb, congrats to you. Lovely to chat.
01:36:25
Speaker 32: Somebody in Victoria doesn't like South Australia, I think.
01:36:27
Speaker 1: Oh, there's a few of them. Don't worry about that. Barb Null from Barb's Sew and Knits. After 41 years in business.
01:36:34
Speaker 8: All the best in retirement, Barb. I'm always surprised to hear, she said a lot of people are going online. And I had this conversation a few months ago when Linkraft stores announced they were closing some of their stores. I'm always surprised that that sort of industry is going online because I just always think with fabrics and with knits and yarns and ribbons, you want to see the colour and you want to feel the texture. And if you're going to be making a quilt or knitting a cardigan or a sweater or something, you'd want to feel it and make sure ….
01:37:04
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's tactile. The fabric you want? Yeah, absolutely.
01:37:06
Speaker 8: I'm always surprised with that industry that those are the sorts of stores that are going online, but maybe I shouldn't be. Everything seems to be going that way.
01:37:13
Speaker 1: Brian, this is a good one. Brian says, guys, what about electronics repair shops? There used to be one on every corner. I reckon that, and maybe there's other industries. There's none that I can think of off the top of my head. That one feels unique because it's less about people going online to get the work done. It's just that it's a type of work. that doesn't get done anymore because the products are all designed to be so cheap you just always replace.
01:37:37
Speaker 8: Replace, not repair.
01:37:38
Speaker 1: You don't bother getting them repaired. You go buy the new $ 175 little Lord Moor from Bunnings and then you buy another one and you don't bother going to the shop to get them repaired. That's a really good one, Brian. Keep them coming through. Electronics repair shops, Daryl Lee, Alan's Music, Fry's, Butcher, Henley and so many more. Keep them coming in. If there are others that are still around– text us because we want to celebrate some great long-running local little secrets as well. Let's go to Broadview there near Glenelg. Annie, good morning.
01:38:08
Speaker 15: Good morning, guys. How are you?
01:38:10
Speaker 9: Good.
01:38:11
Speaker 15: Well, I was just ringing. I heard you talking about buying the butcher at Henley and he used to deliver to my grandmother. I'm very old now, but he used to deliver to my grandmother and we used to go there all the time. And I still remember going back there on my 21st birthday and demanding my piece of Spritz when he was still there.
01:38:33
Speaker 1: Did he deliver to everyone, Annie, or just your grandmother?
01:38:36
Speaker 15: I think he probably did other deliveries, but by the time I was a bit older, I don't think he was doing deliveries anymore, but yeah.
01:38:45
Speaker 1: Wow.
01:38:47
Speaker 15: Yeah, we just lived in Beck Street, which was just, up the road from there.
01:38:51
Speaker 1: Beautiful.
01:38:52
Speaker 15: And Nana was in Reedy Street, so he used to deliver there.
01:38:56
Speaker 14: Oh, that's magnificent.
01:38:57
Speaker 15: And I used to pass there all the time because I went to Star of the Sea. So every now and again, I just call in for my random piece of fruit.
01:39:03
Speaker 8: You went in at 21 years of age.
01:39:06
Speaker 17: Correct.
01:39:06
Speaker 1: I love that. I went to Star of the Sea too, Annie. Wonderful there.
01:39:10
Speaker 15: Yeah, good school.
01:39:11
Speaker 1: Yeah, terrific school. Good on you, Annie. Thank you. Let's go to Port Nolunga. Steve, good morning.
01:39:15
Speaker 2: Hey, good morning there.
01:39:16
Speaker 17: How are we doing?
01:39:17
Speaker 1: Good, Steve.
01:39:17
Speaker 18: Excellent.
01:39:19
Speaker 2: Mate, I've got one down here. Am I allowed to name it? I suppose I can.
01:39:23
Speaker 32: Yeah, go on.
01:39:25
Speaker 2: Well, it fixes record players. It's called Beatbox. And the guy in there, he's a legend, and he also sells records and all that sort of world. But yeah, he's great. I took my record player in there, mate. He's that busy that he told me to go online and get a needle.
01:39:42
Speaker 1: Is it mainly record players that are keeping him busy?
01:39:46
Speaker 2: Record players, yeah, he's really good at it. And, yeah, he's swamped. His wife's gone crazy because he keeps bringing her home and he's just got record players coming out of the woodwork.
01:39:57
Speaker 10: So.
01:39:58
Speaker 2: But he's that busy, he told me, he said, mate, look, just go online and get yourself a needle, mate. I'm like, oh, okay.
01:40:03
Speaker 1: Wow, there you go. That's amazing. Well, the record player is back in vogue in a way that no one could have predicted. Across the road from us, there's a music store on this side of Rundle Mall, and you look in the window there, and there are record players. They're all $ 1, 500, $ 1, 200, $ 1, 800, brand new record players. I mean, there's clearly huge demand for it. Dave in South Brighton, good morning.
01:40:28
Speaker 16: Morning, guys.
01:40:30
Speaker 29: Something that is in danger of being lost, and I'm making it my mission so it doesn't, is the country pubs.
01:40:38
Speaker 1: Yeah.
01:40:38
Speaker 16: You know, like there's.
01:40:40
Speaker 29: Some fantastic ones where people have done them up and they look really good, but, gee, there's a lot where you go through a country town and the pub is no longer open or it's only open on certain days. So just remember, guys, when they're gone, they're gone.
01:40:54
Speaker 13: Yeah.
01:40:55
Speaker 10: Yeah.
01:40:56
Speaker 1: And they're the heartbeat of local communities. And often they're some of the more spectacular examples of older Australian architecture as well, those pubs. Yeah. They should be preserved. Good on you, Dave. Vinnie in Grange, good morning.
01:41:07
Speaker 14: Good morning.
01:41:08
Speaker 13: Well, you might know this place. It's on Grange Road. It's called Grange Road Flowers. They've been there for about 35 years. It's a husband... Husband and wife team, they work from home. It's in a shed, right? And they work so hard and how many hours they put in. But they're well known in the area. I think the names were Joe and Maria. They've been there for donks. I love that. Working class and, you know something, hard workers.
01:41:33
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. And there's just a little sign, but I don't know the science of signs, but everyone knows it. You drive past it, you know exactly where the place is.
01:41:41
Speaker 13: Everybody knows Grange Road Flows. That's right.
01:41:44
Speaker 1: That's a great one, Vinnie. Thank you.
01:41:46
Speaker 8: There's a text here from Catherine in Myrtlebank. We must celebrate Windsor Meats. I had their beef shazliks on the barbecue on Saturday and patty cake, a much-loved dish. Strip on Doothy Street.
01:41:57
Speaker 1: Windsor Meats there on Doothy Street. Long-time contributors to Metro Friday as well. We know they do a wonderful job. All right. Keep them coming in. We'll read out some more shortly. But first, we're going to check traffic. The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Performance Hybrid has arrived at Jarvis Toyota, combining iconic strength with advanced hybrid power.
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01:42:21
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast. Five minutes to nine.
01:42:29
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01:43:58
Speaker 26: Yes.
01:43:59
Speaker 8: Loving the texts about your favourite stores, the ones that have stood the test of time. Gavin says Grundy's Shoes, proud 7th generation footwear store, 158 years of business, Rundle Street, Glenelg, Victor Harbour. I love that one. And while we're here, I would like to chuck in Ollie Ashenden's in North Adelaide.
01:44:17
Speaker 1: Oh, well, it's a rite of passage, isn't it?
01:44:20
Speaker 8: Get their first pair of shoes from Ollie Ashenden's.
01:44:23
Speaker 1: I went in there with Rosie and The people there said, I remember when you came in here. It's just remarkable. They do do a wonderful job dealing with little kids with shoe fittings. I can't imagine you're going to have the patience of a saint, I reckon.
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Speaker 8: Just this quick one from Tony. How much do we all miss going to the local shops, ordering a pizza, then going into Blockbuster?
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Speaker 1: No one will ever get to know that joy, Tony.
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Speaker 8: That's so good.
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Speaker 1: The VHS hire was one of the great joys of the world. It's been taken from us. Let's have a look at the fuel situation. It's better to be a member with RAA Road Service. I filled up over the weekend. I have a little tank in my car. $ 116 it cost. I've never in my life had a more expensive tank of petrol, which is my way of preparing you that this might be great reading. The cheap spots, the Ampore-Edwardstown South Road, $ 2. 22. 9 is not too bad. Otherwise, you're looking around the $ 2. 30 range. The United Findon-Criton Road and the United Flinders Park-Grange Road, both $ 2. 29. 3. The cheapest diesel, the Solo at Nailsworth, Main North Road, $ 2.
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Speaker 22: 69. 5.
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Speaker 1: So the petrol's expensive. The temperature is going to be hot. Enjoy it. Be a wonderful day, and we'll catch you tomorrow from 6.
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Speaker 32: Caunty and Curly were talking on the radio and the footy show saying they're going to start a club called The Crows.
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Speaker 28: This is radio nowhere.
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Speaker 4: Is there anybody out there?
Speaker 1: Come and join the team on 5AA.
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Speaker 2: Good morning, Adelaide.
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Speaker 3: Knockdown, Bill 2, with Metro Homes. Sell one and move on. Keep the other as an investment. Metro Homes, they do it all for you.
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Speaker 4: Live from Hindmarsh Square, it's 5AA Breakfast.
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Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee.
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Speaker 1: Nine after six, good morning to you. Welcome to Monday on 5AA Breakfast. What a morning it is.
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Speaker 6: 21.7 degrees.
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Speaker 1: Out in the city at the moment, I think one of the most underrated things about warm weather returning, it is 25% easier to get up in the morning.
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Speaker 7: Yes.
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Speaker 1: Is that just us? Anyone who has to get up early in the morning, this is just manna from heaven at the moment. Now, whether you like it later in the day depends on choice. 28, the expected top today. It's going to be warm again. Perfect weather for the Bay to Birdwood yesterday. We'll be chatting with the History Trust of SA Major Events Manager, Dane Wilden. I always wonder, is it the perfect weather? Great for spectators. I don't know about the old cars. There's some cracking ones there. Uh, in one feature in the ties of this morning that, that was in, uh, the great Gatsby, Baz, Baz Luhrmann's, uh, very cool. Recent iterations, spectacular looking car. Uh, those cars are working. Not, can't say the same for the jetty road tram into next year, which is again, going to be down for maintenance. Some 2000, uh, near 2000 defects were detected in the, uh, in the tram. Uh, Paddy just came in and said to us, we've only got one tram line in this town. There's one tram line. You'd think it could be up and running a little bit more often than it is. 10,000 base plates are going to require repairs. That's going to happen next year. Just imagine being a jetty road trader. Could you imagine? What a nightmare. We'll be talking with the Department of Infrastructure and Transport CEO, John Whelan, before 7 today. Stephen Rowan, the program, is organised crime, trying to muscle in on the South Road build. We'll be chatting with the Master Builders SACO, Will Frogley, about a very peculiar case where that appears to be what was going on, albeit the government says they were caught, system's working. Toop and Toop, we'll talk about transparency with Rex Patrick and a whole host of other fun things as well. Morning to you, Stace.
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Speaker 8: Good morning, Will.
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Speaker 1: Now... What's the shortest period of time you've ever lasted in a job that you want to declare publicly on the radio?
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Speaker 8: I don't have a fun story about that, but my husband does because we were talking about this on the weekend.
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Speaker 1: Well, we were talking about it because a thing that bridges last week and this was the appointment of the US Press Secretary Kate Zachariah, who had a stumbling, nervous sort of start as the new press sec.
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Speaker 9: He had a historic one-day war, and now we have a booming economy and a great relationship with Venezuela.
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Speaker 1: And it didn't last beyond the weekend. It was a five-day appointment in the end, which is just over half of Scaramucci, who lasted nine days, or ten, depending on when the press release went out. But I think Donald Trump put it, I think, in a rare moment of being.
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Speaker 1: Traditionally political in the way he spoke, he said, we just suggested that maybe she didn't need the stress of this job and provided a bit of cover for Kate Zachariah, who will no longer be the press secretary.
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Speaker 8: Five days.
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Speaker 1: Five days. One briefing. It lasted 14 minutes.
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Speaker 8: I went down a bit of a rabbit hole and she did a number of interviews after that first press conference and it didn't really get any better.
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Speaker 1: Went on Hannity on Fox News, who's a very friendly Trump media personality over there, and he took her apart. Yes. And a lot of what went to her– what level of legal study?
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Speaker 8: Qualification.
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Speaker 1: Qualification she'd managed to reach. Yeah, ugly. Five days. Didn't last. So we want to hear from you this morning, folks, on 8223 0000. The shortest periods you've spent in a job. Now, it might well be that you just decided to pull the pin and say, stuff this. This just wasn't for me. This is what I was expecting. Maybe the employer said, you know what? You don't need the stress to use the Donald Trump turn of phrase. So what happened with Ben?
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Speaker 8: He's a property valuer and he works in the private sector, but he got a job in a government department. This was years and years ago. He started the job. They sat him in a room and said, you need to read the evacuation manual. Okay.
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Speaker 4: Okay.
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Speaker 8: Read it, came out an hour later. No, no, that usually takes people two days. Head back into the room, please. So they made him sit in this room for the entire first day.
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Speaker 1: To read the evacuation manual.
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Speaker 8: After lunch, he came out and he said, guys, I've read it. I've read it back to front. I know how to evacuate the building. Can I get to work now? No, now you have to do your onboarding modules or whatever that is. So he had to sit in the room for the second part of the first day. And then he came back on day two and they made him sit in that room again. And after day two, he said, I'm not going back there.
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Speaker 1: Was this the South Australian government?
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Speaker 11: Yes.
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Speaker 12: Wow.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 8: First two days, he couldn't do any work. And he thought, I'm not here to sit in a room and study manuals. I'm here to work. So he lasted two days.
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Speaker 1: So was the evacuation manual particularly dense or were the previous people who read it? Because one of the two has to be true for it to take two days.
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Speaker 8: He said he felt like the people who would have been his supervisors just didn't either have the time or the patience to give him tasks to do. You know, the newbie.
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Speaker 1: They want him to do busy work.
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Speaker 8: They wanted him to look busy and just shush, let us get our stuff sorted. Just go in that room, pretend you're reading the manual for a few days and we'll get to you eventually.
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Speaker 1: That is spectacular.
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Speaker 8: He was like, I'm here to work. Please give me some work. And they said, no, just lock yourself back in that room and learn how to get out of the building.
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Speaker 1: That is unbelievable. Andrew says he lasted four hours and walked off a job once. Andrew, we need more information. 8223 0000, Texas on 04808 1395. Also, a nice pointer with regard to the Beta Birdwood chat we're going to be having after 6.30, saying there's a fellow that drove from Perth in his vintage car. Crikey. You'd like to have a bit of engineering expertise on that one. Let's go to my law. Sue, how long did you last?
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Speaker 9: Three hours.
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Speaker 1: Three hours.
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Speaker 11: Yep.
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Speaker 1: Do tell, Sue.
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Speaker 9: Oh, yeah, I was about 17 and I was mad about horses and my dad's friend owned horses and he said, yeah, I'll give her a job. Okay, so dad dropped me off and the guy said, right, okay, I want you to groom this horse. He's coming to buy him.
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Speaker 13: I said, okay.
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Speaker 9: So there's me and this lovely colt. I groomed him for three hours. I sang to him. I never saw a single another person. I sang to him. I read him poetry, all that stuff. After three hours, the owner came back in and said, right, yeah, it looks good. I'll take him out.
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Speaker 12: You're fired.
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Speaker 13: Bye.
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Speaker 14: What?
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Speaker 9: He paid me $ 5.
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Speaker 15: That was it.
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Speaker 9: My dad was not happy.
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Speaker 1: Oh, I won't blame him, Sue. That's outrageous.
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Speaker 9: They're all football mates, and yeah, they went at it after that, but yeah.
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Speaker 1: Sounds like you did a lovely job as well.
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Speaker 9: I did, and we got to know each other really well in three hours. because I never saw another single soul, and that's all I did.
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Speaker 1: What did you spend your $ 5 on?
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Speaker 9: No compliments, no nothing, no well done, no nothing.
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Speaker 1: Maybe you got out of it.
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Speaker 9: I'll take him, you're fired.
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Speaker 1: It might have been the best thing for you, so he doesn't sound like a great working environment. Let's go to Mike in O'Sullivan Beach. Mike, what's the shortest you've lasted at a job?
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Speaker 16: One day.
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Speaker 17: I was cutting my prolonger. I was 14 years old and cutting apricots in half for drying. I still can't eat apricots to this day.
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Speaker 1: Thank you, Mike.
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Speaker 18: One day.
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Speaker 1: One day. That's not bad, unless you made it to the end of the day. Raymond in Salisbury Plains. This one, what didn't happen to you, but someone you were working with?
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Speaker 15: Yeah.
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Speaker 18: One of the sites that I used to look after for a previous employer was looking for a maintenance guy working in aged care. Went through all the processes, police checks, all the do-ha, arrived for work, 90 minutes later, left. Said the job's not for him.
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Speaker 1: How do you know in 90 minutes?
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Speaker 18: Well, that's what we wondered too, me and my colleagues. But yeah, 90 minutes.
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Speaker 1: That's suspicious.
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Speaker 18: Just disappeared and never came back. Then made a phone call later to say, no, it's not for me.
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Speaker 1: How bizarre. Wow. I don't think anyone's going to beat 90 minutes in terms of trying to see what the Zachariah-style record of this one is. Let's go to South Brighton. Dave, good morning. Good morning.
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Speaker 16: Morning, guys.
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Speaker 19: Many years ago, back in the very early 80s, me and my fiancé were backpacking around Europe and we decided to get some pub work in London. Back then, the pubs used to close for, what, two hours in the middle of the day. And so we did the morning shift. We did 11 till 3. I did one day and I think we worked till about 10 o'clock at night. The next day, she started her job at another pub. And we met each other at three o'clock and we said, stuff this, we never went back. I did a day and a half and she did half a day. It was crap money.
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Speaker 20: And back then you had all the drinks at different prices.
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Speaker 15: Yeah.
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Speaker 19: And you had them up in your head. So you just hoped to pour a Guinness so you could... Spend the extra time adding all the different prices up.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that sounds like... It's too hard work to do when you're on a jaunt around Europe. Yeah. You know, if it's not going to be fun, there's no point.
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Speaker 8: Fair enough.
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Speaker 1: Good on you, Dave. Thank you. Keep them coming in. 8223 0000. The shortest time you've spent in a job. Oh, I like Raymond. I like his story. If someone rocked up to your work one day and suddenly quit. Never came back. On day one and never came back. We'd love to hear those stories as well. You can text them too on... them too on 04808 1395.
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Speaker 4: Knock down.
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Speaker 4: Metro Homes.
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Speaker 8: They do it all for you.
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Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
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Speaker 1: 23 minutes after six. Stephen, we hear you. He says, I've been up since 3.30 this morning. I had to get my lad to the airport at 4.45 for his school trip. I don't care how warm it is. I'm grumpy. No, fair play, Stephen.
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Speaker 8: Feeling for you.
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Speaker 1: Sounds like a fun school trip, though. Going to the airport for a school trip. That's pretty specky. That's nice. Not for you, yeah. No, it's not. Was anyone expecting to have a sort of nice... Sunday morning stroll along the beach at Glenelg yesterday and came across this.
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Speaker 21: Two youths have been arrested after another public fight at Glenelg. One caught on camera as he was handcuffed and taken into custody near the jetty after someone threw a rugby league ball at a female police officer.
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Speaker 1: So it looked like, according to the Tizer's report, a sort of this tackling game that's viral online was being played, which in and of itself is no crime. But it was physical. And the Tizer's description is a 100-person brawl. And then police were being verbally abused. Obviously, that one had a ball thrown at them. What the hell is happening in our beach communities at the moment? Henley Square had one whilst I was away that I saw you and Jono talking about.
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Speaker 8: Is it just a game and then someone gets tackled and people take it too seriously and kids jump in and start fighting? Or is it a fight game?
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Speaker 1: That's how I imagine it unfolds. I'd love to know from someone who was there.
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Speaker 8: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: The Henley one looked a bit more like an organised fight, did it not?
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Speaker 8: It did, yeah. It had that feeling too.
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Speaker 1: So are these all organised fights? And if so, what the hell's that about? 8223 0000 at Glenelg over the weekend. Did you see this play out? We'd love to hear from you. Or just text through your thoughts on 04808 1395. We'll do more work on that a little bit later. Let's go to Birkenhead. Frank, did you ever leave a job early?
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Speaker 16: Yes, mate. I reckon I might have taken the shortest time. About 20 years ago, I was in a dry cleaning place and I went in there and I was interested in a job there. The manager was showing me around and all I asked after looking at all the machines and stuff, all I asked him was, where's the coke machine? And I reckon he might have thought that that's all I was interested in was the Coke machine. Anyway, he went back into the office, and I reckon this was about less than half now. He was showing 20 minutes or something, 20 or so minutes. And then he came out and said, no, I don't need you.
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Speaker 1: Do you reckon the Coke machine cost you the gig, Frank?
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Speaker 17: I reckon it did, mate.
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Speaker 4: That's a bit rough.
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Speaker 16: Yeah, I thought all I asked was, where's the cake machine?
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Speaker 8: Did you ever find it, Frank?
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Speaker 17: This is a true story.
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Speaker 1: Oh, Frank, that is rough, mate. Thank you. Good story, though. 8223 0000, keep them coming in. As we mentioned, it is warm this morning. It's 21.8. In fact, it's getting warmer. Warmest by a mile outside of Darwin of all the capital cities. The next closest, Brisbane, 16.6. Heading for a top today, magnificent 28 degrees. Does change a little bit tomorrow where there will be a shower or two and a possible storm. Drops down to 24, but really only momentarily. 25 on Wednesday, then back up to 30 on Thursday and 30 on Friday. The serious showers will come on Saturday, 1 to 10 millimetres, or Sunday, 0 to 9. somewhere between zero and 20 millimetres over the course of Saturday and Sunday, where it drops back from 25 on Saturday to 21 on Sunday. So warm middle of the week, but a bit of a change coming for the weekend. Let's talk sport. Agostina Mitsubishi's demo clearance is on now, save on the Pajero Sport ASX Triton in Atlanta, Nilesworth in Mawson Lakes. Corey Norris in the 5AA Breakfast Studio with us. Morning, Corey. Will and Stacey, very good morning to you. Big weekend of sport. Huge. Let's start with the cricket over in South Africa. Yeah, it's a bit of a.
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Speaker 22: Bit of a washout the first day of the second test and a bit of controversy too at the toss with the selection. Now, Nathan Lyon, the off spinner, doesn't get left out of test matches too often, but they've got to the Port Elizabeth pitch and they've seen it.
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Speaker 1: It's a bit wet. It's a bit green.
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Speaker 22: They've decided to go with a four-pronged pace attack. Scott Boland gets his recall and as he does so often, he's repaid the faith, took two wickets in two balls.
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Speaker 1: I think we've got the audio there.
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Speaker 20: Straight through him.
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Speaker 1: Boland jags it back. His first wicket in South Africa and it's.
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Speaker 4: The massive wicket of Aidan Markham.
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Speaker 1: That's what he does, Boland, when he's on a roll.
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Speaker 4: He just rolls and rolls.
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Speaker 22: Yeah, nearly took a hat-trick too inside edge with a third ball. So, unbelievable scenes. Only got through 12 overs, but Scott Boland, two wickets with two balls. And, yeah, the proteas two for 20 before rain wreaked a bit of havoc there in Port Elizabeth.
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Speaker 1: You said a bit green.
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Speaker 17: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: I wish my lawn was as green as that wicket. It's unbelievable. It looks like it's about two weeks away from being ready to play cricket on.
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Speaker 22: Apparently, they don't use hessian bags, so it doesn't dry out. like a lot of the other pitchers do in the days before a test match. So the Aussies went, licked their lips and went, let's go with the four-pronged pace attack.
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Speaker 1: It feels even once the weather's clear, it'll be a two-day test or something, doesn't it?
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Speaker 22: Yeah, let's hope that we can get some play today.
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Speaker 1: That would be fantastic.
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Speaker 22: South Australia looking very strong in all formats of the game. And then we saw on Saturday a huge performance, seven for 397. And that was off the back of centuries from, Jake Fraser-McGurk and Nathan McSweeney, who continues his hot form. Now, Fraser-McGurk, he smashed his own record for the fastest half century in one day cup. It came off just 14 balls and his century came from just 49 balls, which is the third fastest in that competition. So South Australia looking like the team to beat again in all formats of cricket.
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Speaker 1: Some good news over the weekend, Corey. The Croweys look like they have a chance to play finals.
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Speaker 22: They've won a couple in a row now and back in finals calculations, which is amazing. A few weeks ago, we thought, no, they're done, but they're back. I think they're level pegging with the team inside the eight. So, yeah, good signs. Unfortunately, Port Adelaide is probably a game outside of the eight now and probably going to miss finals with two games to go.
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Speaker 1: They look like they're both going to miss at one point. Yeah. 36 is on track as well. Yeah.
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Speaker 22: A couple of great wins, a win down in Tasmania on Friday night.
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Speaker 1: So, yeah.
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Speaker 22: Going great, going to South Australian sport.
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Speaker 1: I love the, obviously Trevor Gleeson had missed the game for personal reasons and they had Marina Rinkovic who was the assistant coach coaching his first ever game. He did a lap of honour at the end of that game as though he'd just won the NBA championship. It was brilliant. I've never seen a happier coach after a regular season when he's hugging everyone, his chest bumping. They call him the crazy Serbian. Is that right? Yeah, okay. Well, he looked crazy happy on Saturday. It was sensational. It was so good.
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Speaker 22: He got the Gatorade shower in the rooster.
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Speaker 1: It was fantastic to see. And great win as well, of course. Good stuff, Corey. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. We'll get you back to the newsroom. We're getting lots of stories.
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Speaker 8: This is great.
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Speaker 1: Should we do a quick text before we go to the break, maybe?
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Speaker 8: I like this text from Rob about Frank's story. He asked where the Coke machine was in the new job, and then they said, sorry, not for you. He said, is Frank's story akin to starting a new job, and your first question is, when's lunch?
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Speaker 14: Maybe.
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Speaker 1: Maybe that's how they saw it. Maybe they took it that way. Seems a bit rough. Frank might be a soft drink enthusiast and absolutely dynamite at the role. I'm sure both things can be true, can't they? You can do both.
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Speaker 8: What is it? Chew gum and walk at the same time?
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Speaker 1: Exactly right.
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Speaker 8: Drink Coke and work at the same time.
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Speaker 1: 5AA news time. We're going to be talking vintage cars and the beta birdwood right after this.
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Speaker 17: Knock down.
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Speaker 11: Build two.
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Speaker 4: Metro Homes.
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Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee.
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Speaker 4: This is 5AA Breakfast.
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Speaker 1: 22 minutes to 7. I'm trying to get some answers on the imminent closure of the Jetty Road tram again before 7 o'clock this morning. So if you're in that area, you rely on that service and you're wondering how it can be. that it can be defective so early in its life. We will be discussing that with John Whelan from the Transport Department before 7 o'clock. Transport of a different kind that's proven much more reliable over the weekend, the Bay to Birdwood. 100,000 people turned out to cheer on some 1,500 cars. It's the 46th running of the Bay to Birdwood. Do you want to feel prematurely aged, Stacey? Yeah, go on. Cars manufactured from 1904 to 1996. 1996 makes you vintage. Don't blame me. Blame the beta birdwood. Dan Wilden's the event director. Morning to you, Dane.
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Speaker 13: Good morning, guys.
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Speaker 23: How are you?
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Speaker 8: What are you doing to us?
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Speaker 1: I know.
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Speaker 24: I feel dreadful too.
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Speaker 4: It's not just you.
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Speaker 1: There were some wonderful highlights, Dane. We've had people on the text line mentioning the vintage car that drove from Perth. We've had that spectacular picture in the Tizer this morning of the car that we used in Baz Luhrmann's great Gadsby film. Did you have a favourite that was running yesterday?
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Speaker 24: Oh, that's such a tough question, Will.
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Speaker 1: You can name a few.
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Speaker 24: Yeah, I think I have to because it was just an incredible turnout yesterday. I particularly enjoyed a 1909 Gregoire, a beautiful car that looked a bit like a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang that was puttering along along Anzac Highway. Look, the great thing about the Beta Birdwood is that it's not just cars. It's bikes, it's trucks, it's buses. We had some Oban buses celebrating 40 years of the Oban this year, which was incredible as well. Had a bit of everything for everyone.
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I was at the park with my daughter yesterday and we saw a really old looking fire truck sort of go past and she got very excited by it. It's very cool.
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Speaker 24: Oh, everyone loves an emergency vehicle down this station, especially the old.
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Speaker 1: Oh, yes.
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Speaker 8: And that's what I was going to say. Are you surprised by the different generations that come out and love looking at cars? Because, I mean, you kind of think, you know, older people like older cars, but it's not the case.
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Speaker 24: No, you're exactly right. I think that's one of the great things about the event is that it's an opportunity for multiple generations to to sit down and enjoy something. You don't even have to be an automotive enthusiast, a car nut or a motorcycle nut to enjoy the event rolling past. It really is like a cavalcade of historic motoring, but it's also culture as well. It's everything that carries with vehicles. And so that's why it's a great opportunity for families to sit down and and grandparents to sit down and watch the event as it rolls past. It's just an opportunity to reminisce. And I think that's something that, you know, in a busy world today, we don't really get that much of a chance to do properly.
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Speaker 1: And Dave, what's the French award that's bestowed on some of the car owners? Is this like the vehicular Michelin star?
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Speaker 24: Yes, that's a great comparison, actually, Will.
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Speaker 16: It is.
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Speaker 24: It's the Concorde Elegance. So that is essentially the best in show, the creme de la creme of vehicles. And vehicles enter the awards. The awards judging occurred on Saturday, the day prior to the Bata Birdwood. And then on Sunday, awards were presented on our brand new drive on stage. And we had Two categories for Concorde Elegance, vehicles built prior to 1950 and vehicles built after 1950. And this year's winner, the pre-1950 Concorde Elegance, was a really absolutely gorgeous green Rover P3 sedan. And I was particularly fond of this year's post-1950 Concorde winner, a 1968 HK Holden Monaro.
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Speaker 4: Oh.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, spectacular. I like, too, the Preservation Awards, Dane, because I imagine you have this sort of ship of Theseus problem with vintage cars, that if you replace all the bits, that there's not much left of the original car at some point in time. And the Preservation Award seems to recognise that sometimes the trick is just keeping all the original parts going.
00:22:36
Speaker 24: You're exactly right.
00:22:37
Speaker 14: Yeah, that's right.
00:22:38
Speaker 24: So the Preservation Award we introduced back in about 2017 was And the idea is to recognize the history of a vehicle. And so that means really preserving the vehicle in as best condition as possible. Minor maintenance is allowed, but we don't encourage restoration in that category. And as a result, we get some of the most incredibly preserved unrestored vehicles presenting, including yesterday's winner of the Post 50 Preservation, which was Ironically, I'm a big fan, but it was a 1980s Mitsubishi Magna, but it had only covered 16,000 kilometres since new. It was like a brand new car.
00:23:19
Speaker 13: It was impossible.
00:23:20
Speaker 24: It was like a brand new car.
00:23:21
Speaker 13: Unbelievable.
00:23:22
Speaker 1: That is spectacular. It's all spectacular, Dave. It's such a wonderful South Australian event. You guys put it on spectacularly well, and we absolutely love it. Great to chat with you, Dane.
00:23:32
Speaker 24: Thank you so much, guys. It's a wonderful, wonderful event, and I think now it's time for a lie down.
00:23:36
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. You've earned it. Dane Wilden, the event director of the Bay to Birdwood. Speaking of a lie down, albeit premature, we've been asking you this morning about times the job didn't last as long as you might have expected. Lots of great suggestions coming through. If you could have said, have you guys gotten 44 minutes into this conversation and not referenced Mal Meninger?
00:23:55
Speaker 25: The thing about that is that I was, I guess, a public figure, and I was put on the podium where I was just a person out there making sure that I was.
00:24:07
Speaker 1: I'm buggered.
00:24:09
Speaker 25: I'm sorry.
00:24:10
Speaker 1: That's all right. I have to resign. That was Mal Meninger's short-lived stint running for federal politics.
00:24:16
Speaker 4: Yeah.
00:24:17
Speaker 1: Lasted 16 seconds into his first interview and he realised it wasn't for him. It wasn't for him. Some great texts and stories coming through as well.
00:24:24
Speaker 8: Yeah, this one from Cam in Campbelltown is awesome. Zero minutes I lasted. I was offered work as a scuba diving guide in Sri Lanka. I flew there. The owner showed me our staff accommodation, the shop, and told me I'd also be teaching tourists to dive who are known for poor English and swimming skills. Yeah, nah, I never came back and I enjoyed a month-long holiday.
00:24:46
Speaker 1: Poor English and poor swimming skills.
00:24:48
Speaker 8: That's your job.
00:24:49
Speaker 25: Keep them safe.
00:24:50
Speaker 1: That sounds miserable. Well played. Bullet dodged on that occasion, I think. The inspiration for the conversation, of course, Katie Zachariah, the now immediate past, present press secretary of the United States who lasted five days or about, well, half a Scaramucci. Let's check in with the Weather Bureau. Chris Kent on what is a warm, warm start to the week. Morning, Chris.
00:25:14
Speaker 4: Morning, guys.
00:25:14
Speaker 6: How are you?
00:25:15
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're well. How much longer is this heat going to stick around?
00:25:18
Speaker 6: Yeah, we're in for a warm week across Adelaide. We did have a pretty warm night. It only dropped down to 22.5 at Noarlunga overnight and in the city, 21.8. So, yeah, very warm and we're expecting those conditions to hang around for much of this week as Northerly winds are the main wind direction through much of this week. Today looking at partly cloudy conditions with a top of 28 degrees across the city. Up at Mount Barker looking at a maximum of 26. There is a little bit of rain forecast to come tonight and then sort of into tomorrow, maybe even a thunderstorm with that as well. And yeah, possibility of maybe some heavy falls with some of that shower and thunderstorm activity as well. So Probably more likely to see that sort of, yeah, through the Murraylands and kind of eastern districts with afternoon storms tomorrow. But, yeah, there's a chance that Adelaide sort of, yeah, may see some isolated sort of, yeah, heavy falls tomorrow morning as that system moves through, guys.
00:26:31
Speaker 1: Good stuff, Chris. Thank you, Chris. Candid at the Weather Bureau. It is a remarkably springish sort of a week where we have two days where the minimum temperature doesn't get below 20 and one day... where the maximum temperature gets just above 20. So Sunday gets to 21 and Friday and today haven't got below 20, which if you talk to people who live in the tropics, they think that's just unbelievable. They don't know how we live like this. Let's head to SAPOL. City Constable Matt Brown is on the line. Matt, there's been a car fire and it happened at Para Vista this morning.
00:27:03
Speaker 14: That's right, Will. About 4.50am today, police and MFS crews were called to a house in Maureen Terrace after reports that a Mazda sedan was on fire. and a blaze was extinguished by fire crews, but the vehicle was extensively damaged. Police believe this was not a random incident, so anyone who witnesses suspicious activity in the area is asked to call Crime Stoppers on.
00:27:24
Speaker 26: 1800 333 000.
00:27:25
Speaker 8: Now, Matt, take us to Glenelg, where one person was arrested yesterday. Has this got anything to do with the big fight that's been reported?
00:27:32
Speaker 14: That's right, Stacey. Initially, it was two male youths that we believe were arrested, but it was actually only the one male youth arrested yesterday. About 3.52pm yesterday, patrols were called to the Glenelg jetty after reports of a disturbance involving a large group of youth. A patrol from Operation Jericho was on scene about four minutes after the initial call for police attendance. A 15-year-old boy from Marina was arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour. He's been bailed to appear in the Adelaide Youth Court on 2 December. No police officers were injured during the incident, but police are actively patrolling all coastal areas in the metropolitan area. We'd like to advise the public there's no tolerance of bad behaviour by members of the public. Police will be taking a proactive approach and taking positive action against those who behave in a disorderly manner. Operation Jericho began on Friday the 2nd of October and is going to run through to April next year. So it will focus on addressing antisocial behaviour, criminal activity and also road safety issues throughout the warmer months along the coastline. Anyone who witnesses disorderly behaviour or anything like that along the coast, please call police immediately on 131444.
00:28:38
Speaker 1: Very disturbing series of incidents we've had along our coastline to start this warmer period. A man's been arrested after a pursuit at Moana, Matt.
00:28:47
Speaker 14: That's right. About 12.40am today, police spotted a Ford sedan travelling on Commercial Road without its headlights activated. And when patrols tried to stop the car, the car sped off and continued travelling south on Commercial Road. The vehicle was pursued for a few kilometres before the driver stopped and fled on foot with his two dogs in tow along Broad Beach Drive. Police chased the man and located him hiding in nearby bushes. During the arrest, one of the man's dogs bit an officer on the leg, causing minor injuries. A subsequent search of the man and his vehicle allegedly uncovered two knives, cannabis, drug paraphernalia and stolen number plates. Officers also found that the vehicle had false number plates fitted to it. The 42-year-old man from Waipongo was charged with numerous offences, including dangerous driving to escape a police pursuit, driving while disqualified and carrying an offensive weapon. He has been bailed to appear in the Christie's Beach Magistrate Court on the 12th of November. His car was impounded for 28 days. So a good arrest there by Southern Patrol.
00:29:43
Speaker 8: And a man's been arrested driving with more than four times the legal limit at Croydon Park.
00:29:50
Speaker 14: Yeah, that's right, Stacey. About 9.45pm yesterday, police stopped a Honda station wagon on Morris Street to report, sorry, to do a mobile driver test. The driver, a 49-year-old Croydon Park man, returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.216. He's been reported for drink driving, issued with a 12-month immediate loss of licence notice, and his car was impounded for 28 days. He will be summoned to appear in court at a later date.
00:30:14
Speaker 1: All right, good stuff. Thank you, Matt. Senior Constable Matt Brown from Saipol. It's nine minutes to seven, time to check traffic. The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Performance Hybrid has arrived at Jarvis Toyota, combining iconic strength with advanced hybrid power.
00:30:30
Speaker 3: Knock down, build two with Metro Homes. Sell one and move on. Keep the other as an investment. Metro Homes, they do it all for you.
00:30:38
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
00:30:44
Speaker 1: Six to seven. Here's an anomaly in radio land. Coming out of the seven o'clock news this morning, we're going to be playing a bit of audio that is listed in the system as 001. It is the first song that was put in the 5AA system. They come up randomly, so we didn't have control over it. We'll give a prize to anyone who can guess what it is on 0 to 4808 1395. So would it be the oldest song? I'm told it's not, but I actually don't know what it is. But we'll play a little game on the text line, okay? What do you think the first song plugged into the 5AA system was? I don't know what this is going to say about us. I don't know what the song is. But get guessing. I don't think anyone will guess it. But if you can, we'll find a prize for you.
00:31:24
Speaker 10: 0-4-8-0-8-13-95.
00:31:25
Speaker 1: Gee whiz. I'll tell you who needs a prize. Traders in Glenelg on Jetty Road. So $ 870 million tram line upgrade out of operation for six months. Forget that this is quite a side from the rest of the jetty road upgrade, by the way, too, which has caused cars to be unable to get there. But let's focus on the tram for a moment. The traders get news over the weekend that the tram is going to have to be closed again for repairs that won't take place until next year at the earliest because there are some 2,000 defects being examined on the Plimpton and Morfittville overpasses. It's about a fifth of the project's 10,000 base plates that require repairs repair. John Whelan is the CEO of the Department of Infrastructure and Transport. John, good morning to you.
00:32:14
Speaker 27: Good morning, Will and Stacey.
00:32:16
Speaker 1: How is it possible that there are a fifth of the base plates are cooked this early into a redevelopment of this scale?
00:32:23
Speaker 27: What needs to be cleared is over 10,000 base plates put down. And what we've identified is that around that 15 to 20% of those have workmanship quality issues or imperfections that we expect to be to the highest quality as per our specifications. So they're quite minor in nature. They have no impact to the running or the safety of running trams on our network. And there is no urgency to have this work done, which is why we've made it really clear that we'll program this working with other maintenance work that we need on the tram line next year, like when we do things like either grinding the rail or tamping the track. And we'll combine those rectification works when we do other works on the tram network next year, Will.
00:33:06
Speaker 1: Is that our people's shoddy handiwork?
00:33:09
Speaker 27: What it is, is the contractors that we engage, we have quite stringent specifications, and we expect them to give us the product. Now, it has no impact to running trams, but what it does do is a long-term nature is we'd probably have to intervene with some maintenance requirements before we'd expect to. And that's things around like vibration or noise from the rail itself. So what we've asked, and we'll get this done, is the responsibility of the contractor. They'll do these repair works. But we understand the importance of keeping trams running for those Glenelg traders. They've had enough with all the works down on Jetty Road as it is. And we'll do this with other works. It may even be that we only do it after last tram and before first tram will.
00:33:53
Speaker 10: So.
00:33:54
Speaker 27: will minimise the impact as much as possible to the traders and our commuters.
00:33:58
Speaker 1: Is it standard that the department can spend nearly a billion dollars on a project and no one walks around to inspect the quality of the workmanship?
00:34:05
Speaker 27: Well, I think it's clear, Will, that we have done that. We've identified these issues and we're not going to accept them. This is exactly what these large projects do. We've identified a very small percentage of workmanship quality issues that need to be repaired. And some of those are quite simple things from... The grout's not how we would like it and it's a bit messy on the actual deck itself to the skew of the plate itself that we want squared up properly. So these are quite minor issues and we expect them to be fixed and we will get them fixed by the contractor.
00:34:35
Speaker 8: And when do you expect this work to take place?
00:34:39
Speaker 27: Well, Stacey, it's a good question. There's no urgency for this work. What we'll do is typically we do shutdowns on our rail network, our tram network in a less than peak period, usually wintertime or an Easter time. Like I said, this work potentially could be done after last, before first. There's no urgency. So we'll plan this with other maintenance works on the tram next year, Stacey.
00:35:01
Speaker 8: And how long did you expect it to take?
00:35:04
Speaker 27: Well, just depending on the resources the contractor puts to do the work, we'd expect this to take no more than a week if we did a shutdown. Other than that, if we did it after last, before first, it'd probably take quite a few weeks there, Stacey. But we'll work with the contractor what's the best way to undertake these works. If we've got other requirements to do works on the network, we'll combine them at the same time, Stacey.
00:35:27
Speaker 8: And so when you say after last, before first, that's overnight works when the trams are running, is that right? So you could either do it overnight for a few weeks or shut the system down and do it in one week and get it all over and done with.
00:35:38
Speaker 27: Yeah, that's correct, Stacey. And that's what we'll work with. Typically around that wintertime next year, we'd want to be doing some tamping works on the network or grinding some of the rail. These are typical every year maintenance activities that we have to do. We might likely combine some of that at the same time, Stacey.
00:35:56
Speaker 8: And it's safe? The tram is safe despite 10,000 or 2,000 of them having a defect?
00:36:03
Speaker 10: Absolutely.
00:36:04
Speaker 27: There are no issues with us running trams. In fact, we would not be allowed to run trams at all on our network if this was any safety concerns at all.
00:36:12
Speaker 8: Okay. John Whelan, we appreciate your time this morning. Thank you.
00:36:17
Speaker 1: Right on seven o'clock, 5AA News is on the way. Someone's guest, Fernando by ABBA. Someone here says, don't go breaking my heart, Elton John. Linda thinks some kind of obscure wide for sound song was originally going to say Working Class Man.
00:36:32
Speaker 8: Oh, can I have a guess?
00:36:33
Speaker 1: Yeah, you have a guess too.
00:36:34
Speaker 8: Video killed the radio star.
00:36:36
Speaker 1: Oh, okay. Well, you'll win a prize too. Someone else guessed Sultans of Swing called in to speak to Paddy and Jess. Could have Jess back on board as well at the moment if our team's complete. 8223 0000 is the number. You're out to find out on the other side of 5AA News. The first song put into the 5AA library. I'm keen to find out myself. Song 001.
00:37:02
Speaker 3: Knock down.
00:37:02
Speaker 11: Build two.
00:37:03
Speaker 3: With Metro Homes. Sell one and move on. Keep the other as an investment.
00:37:07
Speaker 4: Metro Homes.
00:37:08
Speaker 3: They do it all for you.
00:37:10
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
00:37:14
Speaker 1: Well, no one guessed Alex Lloyd.
00:37:15
Speaker 4: Amazing.
00:37:16
Speaker 8: No.
00:37:17
Speaker 1: Which is curious. There must have been some digitisation of the logs that happened at some point in time. Because I reckon that song would be 20 years old, maybe, at best.
00:37:24
Speaker 12: Yep. 2001.
00:37:24
Speaker 8: 2001.
00:37:24
Speaker 14: 25 years old.
00:37:28
Speaker 1: So, that was the very first song entered into the catalogue. We had a lot of guesses that, frankly, would have been better. Rick says, You're the Voice by John Farnham. Pat says, Maybe I Hate the Music, John Paul Young. Dancing Queen by ABBA. Lots of ABBA suggestions came through. Scott said, I wish it was Nine Inch Nails. Okay.
00:37:48
Speaker 8: Not at seven o'clock in the morning.
00:37:49
Speaker 1: If it's in the library, they're not rotating it through for the breakfast crowd, I reckon, Scott.
00:37:53
Speaker 10: Yeah.
00:37:54
Speaker 8: Sue said Walking on the Sun by Smash Mouth.
00:37:56
Speaker 1: See, that would have sort of made sense. Similar sort of year, I guess, Smash Mouth. Maybe a little bit later. Terrific guesses, so no prizes have to be given away for that one. Patty said it was going to be hard. That was impossibly difficult, but there you go. 8223 0000 is that. You can text us on 04808 1395 with any of your observations. It's overcast outside. but very warm, beautiful sort of a morning to get up and start your week. Coming up this hour, very shortly, we'll be chatting with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO, Andrew McKellar. Remarkable revelation, News Limited Papers this morning, that the Federal Treasurer and Treasury and the government knew about the ATO rejecting businesses' capacity to pay bills on card in July. For those playing at home... The chief concern of the business community here has been we need time to adjust. Well, they may have had such time and it might not have cost the taxpayer hundreds of billions of dollars for an extension, which is what the government have committed to on this front, had they just told people when they knew about it. When they knew. July.
00:39:00
Speaker 8: So what's with all the outrage that's come out of the federal government about this? You know, we saw the small business minister saying, oh, businesses are really suffering because of the ATO's decision. Did everyone in the federal government know about it?
00:39:12
Speaker 1: That's a very good question.
00:39:14
Speaker 8: Is it fake outrage? Is it grandstanding? And if not everyone in the federal government knew, how could they not have? Why wasn't the small business minister told?
00:39:24
Speaker 1: Great way to sow division in a government if you've got your... assistant minister out there defending something that your actual senior minister knew about all along.
00:39:34
Speaker 8: Yeah.
00:39:35
Speaker 1: Hanging that person out to dry like that is a great way to end up having people talk about doing the numbers for your job. It's a remarkable story. We'll be getting into that very, very shortly. Also coming up this hour, Will Frogley from Master Builders Association is We've read plenty about corruption in Victoria on major projects there, the infiltration of organised crime, bikey gangs and so forth. Maybe a shot across the bow here in South Australia, news overnight of a case and an incident that has been picked up. It's in the court. We're aware of it. But is it a sign of things to come? It feels to me exactly the kind of thing that Will Frogley and the Master Builders have been warning about, that we're going to have to ward off these sorts of incidents. attempts to get in on a project of this size. So we're chatting with him after 7.30 and then Bronte Emanuel from Toop & Toop a little bit later in the morning. Let's get into some of the other things knocking around. I enjoyed this, actually speaking. Will Frogley probably enjoyed this on the construction front as well. Nick Champion, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, put out a statement this morning. I'll read a little bit of it for you. Adelaide Skyline is packed with cranes, 28 operating across the city and a score of 467 on the latest RLB crane index. as construction momentum remains on full display. I spent way too much time in the first hour reading the RLB crane index.
00:40:54
Speaker 8: Because 28 cranes doesn't sound like a lot.
00:40:59
Speaker 1: Well, it's actually one fewer than we started the year with. We had 29 in the first quarter, according to the RLB index. It is interesting if you get a count, so it sounds fairly triumphant. There are 224 operating in Melbourne at the moment. Where there's no, you know, obviously the economy is totally screwed. Sydney, 336 cranes currently operating.
00:41:21
Speaker 8: So what's the per capita? Maybe that's done per capita?
00:41:24
Speaker 1: I can tell you exactly how it's done. We have the same number as Canberra and fewer than Wollongong, just to give you some.
00:41:30
Speaker 25: Fewer than Wollongong.
00:41:30
Speaker 1: If cranes are your cup of tea. The index is fascinating. So the index is how much better are you than where you were in 2015?
00:41:39
Speaker 10: Yeah.
00:41:42
Speaker 8: Oh, so it's not even compared on a per capita basis or per construction or per project?
00:41:49
Speaker 1: Look, to be fair, their last 10 years has been better than the 10 years previous for South Australia.
00:41:55
Speaker 8: You'd hope so.
00:41:56
Speaker 1: It's just funny that in celebrating that metric, they're actually talking about four years of the Marshall government as well in that period. But there is some good news for South Australia in that.
00:42:08
Speaker 8: Some good spin there.
00:42:09
Speaker 1: Some good spin. Now, over in Europe, you're going to see some more remarkable pictures on your news services tonight, like you did last night on the protests in France.
00:42:18
Speaker 8: French people cannot live properly.
00:42:21
Speaker 28: Everything, like, you know, concerning cars and, like, the gas oil and stuff, it's so pricey.
00:42:26
Speaker 8: And French people.
00:42:27
Speaker 5: Cannot live even with two incomes in one single home.
00:42:31
Speaker 1: 1,800 people were arrested on Saturday in France. So yesterday our time. 1,800 people arrested. 550,000 at best count demonstrators took to the streets. Some are talking about taxing the rich. It's an anti-capitalist sort of riot and protest that's taking place. A lot of it, in fact, the central component of this most recent uprising was around entirely peaceful protests about deteriorating public services like schools. It was an education protest. We're not teaching kids well enough. It was teachers. And then France being... the Western capital of the protest, it took on this life of its own. You're seeing some remarkable buildings being burnt to the ground, shop fronts being destroyed. Macron, the French president, spoke in the last 12 hours addressing the nation, trying to get people to calm down. Fuel prices are a component of things that people are upset about as well.
00:43:27
Speaker 8: The spire at Town Hall collapsed.
00:43:30
Speaker 1: Just one of the most beautiful buildings you've ever seen.
00:43:33
Speaker 10: And.
00:43:34
Speaker 8: Like in most cases in these situations, most of them wearing masks.
00:43:38
Speaker 13: Oh.
00:43:39
Speaker 4: Weak.
00:43:39
Speaker 1: Total dero crims who seize upon this as an opportunity. I saw an eyewitness account from someone in Paris saying there were people with the sorts of, you know, You take your bags to the shopping centre on the weekend.
00:43:57
Speaker 8: Shopping bags.
00:43:58
Speaker 1: Your shopping bags, you know, the ones you have in the back of your car to save Mother Earth.
00:44:01
Speaker 8: That you always forget to take inside.
00:44:03
Speaker 1: That you always take. Well, these people aren't forgetting to take them as they go into department stores and whatnot, just walking out with whatever the hell they want.
00:44:08
Speaker 10: What?
00:44:09
Speaker 1: People are just loading them up under the guise of, you know, protest.
00:44:12
Speaker 8: A protest.
00:44:13
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. But no one quite does it like the French when it comes to protest, that's for sure.
00:44:20
Speaker 16: Mm-hmm.
00:44:21
Speaker 1: So 1,800 of 550,000 in France on the beach at Glenelg. One arrest, we just heard from Matt Brown before the break, among a crowd of 100 involved in a brawl.
00:44:31
Speaker 14: Patrols were called to the Glenelg jetty after reports of a disturbance involving a large group of youth. Now, a patrol from Operation Jericho was on scene about four minutes after the initial call for police attendance. And a 15-year-old boy from Marina was arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour. He's been bailed to appear in the Adelaide Youth Court on the 2nd of December.
00:44:50
Speaker 1: So that's Matt Brown. Was anyone at Glenelg? Yeah, it was last night. Tell us a little bit about how this started because it's impossible not to think about this one and compare it to the Henley Square one that you guys had covered just a couple of weeks ago.
00:45:02
Speaker 8: Which sounded like it was an organised thing, organised on social media. Hundreds of kids down there. That was during school holidays as well, I reckon. Long weekend. Everyone was just heading down to the beach ready for a fight. Don't know if this is the same situation.
00:45:19
Speaker 1: Do you know what we haven't solved yet in South Australia? Creating a law that is a credible deterrent to stop people abusing police. So in this instance, you had some young person throw a rugby ball at a police officer. The TISA reports people trying to goad the police. Come on, you want a taste of me? This kind of stuff. The laws we have aren't working. They're not working. A few people in the text line are saying, oh, young people with no respect. There are people everywhere that have come into contact with police and treat the law like it's a complete joke. And we have a recruitment crisis.
00:45:59
Speaker 8: It's not just young people. What about all the sovereign citizens at the moment?
00:46:02
Speaker 1: Exactly right.
00:46:02
Speaker 8: People in rabbit holes online.
00:46:03
Speaker 1: What's the name that pulled the hair out of that police officer? Yep. That incident, Raina Cruz, I think sends a message to these sorts of people that what's going to happen to me? Yeah, I peg a ball at a police officer or I get in a bit of push and shove or I start verbally abusing them. It is pathetic. It is pathetic we send police out into these kind of volatile situations in the absence of a law that appropriately protects them. And I know it got toughened. It got toughened. Nobody cares. It's not tough enough.
00:46:35
Speaker 8: When the maximum penalty is lifted, it doesn't make a difference. The threshold needs to be lowered. for it to work really as a deterrent.
00:46:44
Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly right. If you're at Glenelg though, we'd love to hear from you. 8223 0000. Let's talk about the story that kicked us off this half hour, the revelation that the federal government was well aware that the ATO was going to ban businesses from using credit cards to pay tax. Andrew McKellar from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry joins us. Andrew, thank you for your time this morning. To me, it would seem this is a real slap in the face of business whose main gripe was that, well, we need a bit of time to prepare for such a massive change. Well, they might have been afforded a bit more time.
00:47:19
Speaker 26: Hi, Will. Hi, Stacey. Good to be with you. Well, look, yes, look, it was a surprise to us. And I think what it demonstrates is that the process over recent months in government was deficient. Clearly the tax office had identified this situation back in July and had been discussing it with government for some time. Small business wasn't told about this basically right up until the decision was announced on the 1st of October and then there really wasn't enough time for many businesses. There's about a quarter of a million businesses that are using this facility regularly. So it's not insignificant. There's a lot of businesses out there who need to use their credit card for cash flow management purposes. And they just weren't given enough time. And I think that's deficient. It can't happen again. And we've got to use the time that we now have out till the middle of next year to to really find a long-term solution to this problem.
00:48:27
Speaker 8: So, Andrew, is it an issue of timing? If businesses knew in July when the Treasurer knew about this, would they have been able to adjust or is it on the basis of policy? You just don't think this policy is wise and small businesses need to use credit cards full stop?
00:48:46
Speaker 26: Stacey, look, I think timing is a big part of it. But I think really here the issue is that there should be consultation with small business. When government is designing an outcome or considering an outcome and it's going to impact small businesses, many small businesses, I think they've got to take account of the fact that those small businesses, they're doing it tough. They're facing a lot of rising costs at the moment. Many of them are struggling with cash flow and profitability. you know just just give small business a bit of a fair go and an even break and if you're going to make a decision that affects so many people then take them into account and bring them into your confidence look at the options that have been worked on and actually consider what the practical impact is going to be for them because We have to recall that on the other side of this, small business is being told, you have to lump this. This is a decision that's been taken. You can't apply the surcharges anymore and you have to work out, are you going to just absorb that or are you going to try and build it into your price and pass it on? So that's not a choice that small business was given. Yet on the other side, we had the tax office saying, oh, no, it's much too expensive for us. even though they can go and negotiate with the credit card companies. They're receiving about $ 15 billion in credit card payments. So they've got negotiating leverage with the credit card companies to say, oh, look, can we get a better deal? Now, it comes out now that they are potentially going to get a better deal. That would save money for the tax office. But small business doesn't have that negotiating power and it wasn't given that opportunity itself.
00:50:39
Speaker 1: It feels like too much all at once, Andrew, just to hear you describe it as a combination of the surcharge changes, not being able to pay your taxes via credit and payday super, for example. I'm just thinking that I imagine from small businesses that are doing it tough at the moment, you'd probably prefer these things be tiered out over a couple of years because they all go to liquidity and your current account, don't they? You're all getting hit in the same part of the business all at once, it feels like.
00:51:09
Speaker 26: Well, you've hit the nail on the head. Look, this is exactly what small business is saying to us. We've been out there surveying small business, talking to small business in recent months. Only a few weeks ago, we released our annual small business survey and that's exactly what it said. We had Two-thirds of all small businesses told us they were really struggling with rising costs, which comes from four interest rate increases now, rising electricity bills, rising fuel costs. They've got to pay a little bit more in wages and other things. They're struggling with... Nearly 50% said they've got real problems with cash flow and profitability. And then one-third of all small businesses said they'd considered closing their doors in the past 12 months.
00:51:57
Speaker 16: So.
00:51:58
Speaker 26: Yeah, they are doing it tough. They have, as you say, they've been struggling with trying to comply with new regulations. They've had payday super, which is not something that we object to. We think the principle is right. But for many small businesses, again, it's a more regular cash flow crunch that they have to meet. They're trying to meet that. But then on top of that, bang, here comes another thing. Now you can't use your credit card to manage payments. some of your bills in particular.
00:52:28
Speaker 1: Negotiate those times when you don't have the cash flow that you might otherwise need. Andrew, thank you. It just feels like the kind of collection of decisions that were taken by people that have never run a business in their lives. Yeah, absolutely.
00:52:39
Speaker 8: And can I just add to that? Apparently there were three options presented to the federal government ahead of this change happening. One was to override the surcharge ban so the ATO could still charge the surcharge. The government said, no, we've committed to no surcharges for anyone. Two was that the ATO and the taxpayer would cover the cost of that. And the Treasurer said, no, the budget can't afford that. And three was, well, we just banned credit cards altogether. And that was the one the government supported. The Treasurer apparently supported this, according to the Fin Review. So he knew about it. His department knew about it back in July and actually consulted on it and chose this option. Yet now the federal government's acting outraged and like they didn't know this was going to be a ramification of their own policy.
00:53:18
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just the latest in a series of entirely unpopular decisions from the Treasurer. Thank you, Andrew. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO, Andrew McKellar, our guest. Let's check traffic. The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Performance Hybrid has arrived at Jarvis Toyota, combining iconic strength with advanced hybrid power.
00:53:35
Speaker 3: Knock down, build two with Metro Homes. Sell one and move on. Keep the other as an investment. Metro Homes, they do it all for you.
00:53:43
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee.
00:53:45
Speaker 4: This is 5AA Breakfast. Stephen Rowe on 5AA Breakfast.
00:53:51
Speaker 1: 27 after seven. Let's turn our attention to sports. Stephen Rowe joins us. Rowe, good morning to you.
00:54:00
Speaker 28: Oh, Will and Stacey, good morning. A little burst of summer yesterday. How much more have you built with that warm summer? I feel like if they put some water at your feet, you'd grow, don't you?
00:54:11
Speaker 1: It's just about.
00:54:13
Speaker 13: Oh, God.
00:54:14
Speaker 28: Anyway, I think we broke the back of winter.
00:54:15
Speaker 1: It's nearly summer.
00:54:17
Speaker 28: Um, 36 is beat. Tassie was great. Saka won 126 runs over Queensland. Um, Jake Fraser-McGurk, he needed some runs. Well, he did. 122 off 63. The AFLW's winding up. There's only two rounds left. Do you think it gets lost where they've put it, AFLW?
00:54:37
Speaker 1: Yeah, I do. I do. It's just sort of a nothing time of the year.
00:54:41
Speaker 14: Is that it?
00:54:41
Speaker 4: Two rounds left?
00:54:42
Speaker 19: Yeah.
00:54:43
Speaker 28: Two rounds left, Stacey. Like, where's that gone? I mean, I know they only play a half a season, but God. And both our teams look like they're likely to miss the finals and Reds have their first game on Sunday. So, yeah, we're in a full swing.
00:54:59
Speaker 1: I think Rowie, I think he's dropped his phone off the end of the boat or something because it was dropping out the entire time with the technology we had. And then it just completely died on us.
00:55:12
Speaker 8: I was listening on, I think it was Friday afternoon, to the Sport Boys. I'm just going to change angles completely. And they mentioned that And Scott Camporeale had perhaps had a call-out.
00:55:24
Speaker 1: Oh, well, this is what I want to ask. Is he there? Have we got Rowie?
00:55:27
Speaker 28: Yeah, I got you.
00:55:28
Speaker 14: Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:55:28
Speaker 1: This is what Stacey's got, I think, the question for 5AA listeners for you, Rowie.
00:55:33
Speaker 8: You mentioned on Friday a rumour that Scott Camporeale had been offered a job at the Crows again. Have you spoken to him over the weekend? Is there any truth in it?
00:55:41
Speaker 1: I have it.
00:55:42
Speaker 28: He's on today, so don't miss that.
00:55:43
Speaker 1: We'll put it to him.
00:55:45
Speaker 28: I think seven years, Will, your mom ran the story. So give them the credit. And I was running off the back of that. Anyway, we know this. Scott Burns is gone. He was the forward coach. We know VB is moving to forwards and Jack Hompch to development. Jack was the defensive coach. So it looks like Murray Davis is going to get the Brisbane job.
00:56:05
Speaker 1: Really? Well, it does.
00:56:07
Speaker 29: It looks.
00:56:09
Speaker 4: And look, there may be an.
00:56:10
Speaker 28: Announcement as soon as today is my mail.
00:56:13
Speaker 1: No.
00:56:14
Speaker 28: No, don't hold me to that. So the Crows are looking for a senior assistant slash footy director, a midfield coach and a defensive coach as we sit here today. Now, back to Campo, we love him at 5AA. God, Will, how good is he to work with? How smart is his football brain? And game day is his thing. So I don't know whether– the Crows would be able to crowbar him out of the role he's in now. And I can imagine next year the role will get even bigger for Scotty. So he's got a decision to make. And again, I'm not going to speak for him, but the way it left with Fagan and the Crows and the camp and him getting thrown under the bus, you know, I know they were individuals that did it.
00:56:59
Speaker 1: It's not the club.
00:57:00
Speaker 28: And I think he still likes the club, rates the club, respects the club. But I don't want to speak for camp. I will speak to him tonight. But I reckon if there was one job you need to fill if Murray Davis gets that gig, you need a senior assistant slash football director, coaching director. I reckon Alistair Clarkson's the one I'd be after.
00:57:19
Speaker 1: You could do worse. If Murray Davis goes, Rowey, the sum of the Crows off-season, having finished sixth and been uncompetitive in that final we called against Brizzy, is that the list is thinner and the coaching box is now half full. They've just gotten worse, demonstrably. What an absolute disaster that would be. Murray Davis, the guy that people, you know, when you talk to people around the club and say, gee, the Rankin moving to the midfield was good. That was Murray Davis. Gee, the way they moved the ball this year, that was Murray Davis. Everyone around the club credits him with just about every positive thing that's happened at the club the last 12 months.
00:57:54
Speaker 28: Well, it was a bit like James Raheely. He was the ball movement man. Then he went and we struggled. So it looks like Nixie does need that sort of person. And that's why I'm saying Alistair Clarkson might be the one for him. But it's not the club's fault Murray Davis has been headhunted and he gets a job. They'd wish him well, hope that he stays. But let's wait and see. And we'll ask Campo today, where's it all going to land?
00:58:15
Speaker 1: Cannot wait for that. You and Campo a little bit later today. About time the 5AA commentary box came to the rescue. Good on you, Roey.
00:58:21
Speaker 28: See you, mate.
00:58:25
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00:58:34
Speaker 4: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
00:58:38
Speaker 1: 18 to 8, our thoughts are with everyone who lives around Harold Street at Highbury. Keith's sent us a text saying they're without power again. You might remember Keith at Highbury, Water, sorry, not power, who spoke to us a week ago saying, the water was out. We spoke about it on the program at the time. One week later, they're back repairing the main again, and Keith has had no water at his premises, and he's next door Navy. He says the lady who lives next door has had her place flooded twice. Keith, paper's updated on what's happening on that one, Keith. We'll continue to follow it. The other thing we're following this morning... anyone in the Barossa Valley listening? Were there any shakes last night? Only a couple. A 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck around Tanunda. Tanunda's probably the closest sort of major area that it struck at about 2.26 this morning. Did anyone feel it? Does 2.8 wake you up?
00:59:32
Speaker 8: Did the earth move for you?
00:59:33
Speaker 1: Don't say it, Stacey. You ruined my day. Did Paddy put you up to that?
00:59:37
Speaker 8: One of your favourite sayings. I remember that one.
00:59:40
Speaker 1: No, see, I almost don't want to report on earthquakes for fear of someone saying it. If you did feel it, let us know. 8223 0000 or text us on 024808. 1395. Well, this is more of a tremor than an earthquake through the South Road upgrade. There's this company called Career Boss Australia that was awarded a contract last year to provide 200 employees for Torrington to Darlington. There's all these little companies that are a part of the big picture in putting South Road together. Now, this one is interesting, and it's now the subject of a Supreme Court case because Jamie Brown, a Comancheros motorcycle gang member, is being sued because the allegation is he took part in the improper transfer of shares in this company, Career Boss Australia. There's all sorts of serious allegations around coercion, physical and verbal threats and so forth. But reading the story, to me, felt like the exact kind of thing that Will Frogley, the CEO of the Master Builders Association here in South Australia, has been warning about for some time with regard to the potential in SA on some of these big projects, South Road Women's and Children's, to be infiltrated like they were in Victoria on their big build by organised crime. Will Frogley joins us now. Is that fair, Will? This is the sort of thing you've been concerned about, isn't it?
01:01:00
Speaker 23: Yeah, it absolutely is, Will. As a proud South Australian, I just couldn't sit back and risk our construction sites becoming like they were and still are in some cases in other states, particularly Victoria, but also Queensland. Unfortunately, Will, the reality is major infrastructure projects do tend to attract some pretty unsavoury characters. The reason being there's just so much money to be made there. So, I mean, in this case, it is exactly the type of thing I've been warning about. It is the biggest infrastructure project in South Australian history, the Torres de Darlington. And unfortunately, it was always going to attract some unsavoury characters.
01:01:42
Speaker 8: Do you think it's more widespread than just this singular case, Will?
01:01:46
Speaker 23: Oh, look, I certainly hope not, Stacey. It's just so important that we stamp this out because you use the word infiltrate, and that's exactly what they do. You start small, but before you know it, the tentacles are absolutely everywhere. I mean, to look at how it can end up, you only have to look over the border to Victoria and And their major infrastructure projects were a staggering $ 15 billion went into the hands of organised crime. It's just something that we cannot allow to happen in South Australia. Now, we've got a government here who I think is a lot tighter on this stuff than what we've seen in Victoria. But you do need to stay ever vigilant.
01:02:25
Speaker 1: Well, to that point, the state government is saying, well, the fact we know about this guy is a sign that the system here works. Do you think that's a fair observation?
01:02:34
Speaker 23: Oh, look, I think it's certainly pleasing to see that someone's in the courts about it. But when you're talking about a project the size of Torrance to Darlington, you just cannot take your eyes off the ball. You need to be constantly vigilant, like I said, because there is so much money to be made. It really is a case of moths to the flame with infrastructure projects the size of Torrance to Darlington. You just have to be on the ball at all times.
01:03:01
Speaker 1: Will Frog, the CEO of the Master Builders Association. Ashton Hearn, the leader of the Liberal Party here in South Australia, is also called in. Ashton Hearn, good morning. Do you accept the state government's rationalising of this insofar as they say, we know about this guy, and that's a sign that we have appropriately protected our industry from this kind of infiltration?
01:03:21
Speaker 12: Well, look, not really, guys, because the Premier says it's a good example of process working, but I'd kind of question whether there is a good process if the government only learns about it through a story in the Sunday Mail. So I think that there is a lot of work that needs to be done. And as Will Frogley has rightly said, you've got to stay ever vigilant when it comes to these types of things. And that's exactly why we put forward the idea of having a construction industry commissioner. So this would be an independent watchdog, if you like, which is a one-stop shop for workers and businesses where they can report any type of militant union behaviour so you can stop it in its tracks. Because, as Will has said, you just look across the border to Victoria and you can see how it starts with something small, they get a foot in the door, and then it completely unravels to a point where you've got almost $ 15 billion of taxpayer money that has flown towards corruption and organised crime. And we just have to stamp it out. And I just think it's always better to be on the front foot with this And I'm sure your listeners would feel like I do, that it's pretty disturbing to think that bikies could allegedly be muscling in on our biggest taxpayer-funded project in South Australia.
01:04:33
Speaker 8: Is that not the role of the Commissioner for Consumer and Business Services?
01:04:38
Speaker 12: I think, Stacey, something like this where you're dealing with hundreds and hundreds of contracts where you need to act incredibly decisively, I think it's much bigger than the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs where you're They're dealing with everything from liquor licensing and all types of things relating to fees and charges. We're talking about a massive infrastructure project in South Australia, which is costing taxpayers $ 15 billion. And I would have thought that we should be doing everything we possibly can to protect every single dollar that is being spent on this project and making sure it's staying with businesses who are doing the work, not flowing to organised crime.
01:05:14
Speaker 1: Would the model for this, Ashton, be the Australian Building Construction Commission?
01:05:19
Speaker 12: Almost, yep, very similar. So basically it would be, as I mentioned, the one-stop shop for people to come and report any misconduct. It would also be able to compel the production of information and refer serious matters onto the police. But I think as well, it allows you to keep on top of any trends. Every single law case almost operates in isolation, where if you do have a one-stop shop, then you're going to have a commissioner who is willing to come forward and say, hey, we're really noticing that this is picking up momentum here and we've got to act rather swiftly. So it's all about, you know, whilst the Premier might say that this is an example of good process working now, I think that there's still a lot more work to be done and this could.
01:06:03
Speaker 10: Be the model.
01:06:04
Speaker 1: All right, Ashton, thank you. Joe Sockarch is the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport and has called in on this. Minister, did your government learn about this by reading the Sunday Mail?
01:06:13
Speaker 10: Look, largely yes, Will, and so did the Torrance to Darlington project insofar as individuals who have made these complaints into the court process haven't raised this with the Torrance to Darlington. Notwithstanding that, we took immediate action. There has got to be absolutely no tolerance for this type of associated company, associated behaviour. And let it be known to any business that they've got to step up and do the right thing. The Torres of Darlington is a model through due diligence and through contracting, which is frankly the envy of the nation. You know, we've seen what's happened across the border. We will not accept any of that flowing across the border. And, you know, Will was on before. I really want to thank Will and his organisations for working really collaboratively with our government on this. We've got to be diligent, but it also shows us all that, you know, when there are nefarious actors, bikers or other organised crime around the country, they will always try and exploit systems and processes. And we've got to make sure that ours are resound and we've got to make sure that we set examples so that no one thinks that this behaviour will be welcome, tolerated or accepted here in South Australia.
01:07:28
Speaker 1: All right, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Joe Sockarch, calling into the program. We're going to take a break. Matt in Gawler felt the earthquake. Matt, we want to hear all about it. So hold on. We'll get to you and a few of our texters.
01:07:39
Speaker 8: So many text messages on this matter.
01:07:42
Speaker 1: So 2.8 magnitude earthquake? You can well and truly feel it, is the answer. Let's check traffic. The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Performance Hybrid has arrived at Jarvis Toyota, combining iconic strength and advanced hybrid power.
01:07:54
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01:08:03
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
01:08:09
Speaker 1: Five minutes to eight, 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck at about just before 2.30 this morning near Tanunda. Matt and Gawler felt it. Matt, good morning.
01:08:18
Speaker 13: Good morning, guys.
01:08:19
Speaker 7: How you doing?
01:08:19
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're good, mate. So did it wake you up or were you up at the time?
01:08:23
Speaker 22: No.
01:08:25
Speaker 7: I was actually lying on top of my bed. It was too warm last night to get under the quilt.
01:08:29
Speaker 22: Mm-hmm.
01:08:30
Speaker 7: And I was just rolling over to get comfortable at about that 20 past two in the morning. And then I heard this very deep rumble and a very, my house didn't shake, but there was a slight vibration.
01:08:46
Speaker 1: Okay. And, um, did you think earthquake straight away?
01:08:50
Speaker 14: I did. Yes.
01:08:51
Speaker 17: Just the sound.
01:08:52
Speaker 7: It was so deep. It was like a freight train with the base level turned up. It was, you know, and, obviously from underneath. I think it must have been quite deep down. But yes, that was my experience last night.
01:09:08
Speaker 1: Matt, it's interesting you mentioned the sound because that's exactly what some of our texters have mentioned. Caroline says the rumble, light, light shake, weird sound is how Caroline in Grenoble. described it.
01:09:21
Speaker 8: Margaret in Kapunda also felt it. Yes, our house shook. We live along the mine site.
01:09:27
Speaker 1: Yeah, so a few people felt it. Not a major one, but obviously still enough to wake some people up around the Barossa Valley. All right, let's talk real estate. Bronte Manuel from Toop & Toop is on the line. Bronte, good morning to you. What's happening out there in real estate land?
01:09:41
Speaker 30: Yeah, look, guys, I was reading a report last night just regarding consumer confidence. So With Australia, we're the third worst in the world behind Chile and Bulgaria.
01:09:55
Speaker 11: So I think that funnels into everything.
01:09:57
Speaker 30: Last week also there was a UDIA event, which is the Urban Development Institute of Australia. And at that event, some of the, you know, I'm not going to mention names, but big developers that are doing the urban sprawl because there's urban infill where people turn one house into five and then there's the people that turn paddocks into 300 or 500 blocks.
01:10:19
Speaker 11: The confidence amongst them is kind of through the floor.
01:10:22
Speaker 30: Few of them going, we don't think we want to do this anymore. So what we've got at the moment, I guess, overarchingly, and then on the weekend, clearance rates were 30% statewide and we managed 60%. So what I'm finding is that there's this moment in time where there is pretty much no investors and rents are rising. So investors will come back when the yield gets higher. So I think there's this moment for first home buyers and people that want to transition from one home to another to take advantage of it. But because of this consumer confidence, a lot of them are just sitting on their hands. They're ready to go. They're pre-approved. They're registering to bid. And they're just sort of sitting there. And we're doing everything we can to encourage them to take the moment not to get the sale because we think it's the time to do it. But I think just right across the board, it's quite an interesting time in the sense that we've got a housing shortage. We need more houses. Like that's just the reality. I've said it and I'll keep saying it till I'm blue in the face. But now the consumer confidence is even making its way to the developer, which is saying we're not going to produce more houses. So it's a really interesting time where I think there's a moment for people to take advantage of it and you'll get the high rents, which are coming at the moment.
01:11:43
Speaker 11: But I don't know, in two to three years time, I.
01:11:45
Speaker 30: Guess we're going to have a, bigger housing crisis than we do at the moment, but with less affordability.
01:11:51
Speaker 11: So it's quite interesting to make sense of.
01:11:54
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's unusual, especially at the moment, developers not being a bit hesitant.
01:12:02
Speaker 1: Interesting.
01:12:03
Speaker 30: Well, I mean, feeding into the rent side, a lot of the urban sprawl, I think there was investors in that space and the government saying that negative gearing would still apply to new homes. That hasn't really kept investors in play for that type of product, the overall sentiment and consumer confidence being low has kind of taken them out of the market.
01:12:26
Speaker 1: Great analysis as always, Bronte. Appreciate it. Bronte Emanuel from Toop & Toop as we look at the real estate picture each and every Monday morning. I'll tell you something that's changed in the world of not real estate, but it did occupy real estate. And it's this wonderful idea that Peter Gers floated in his column over the weekend of the shops, what the shops used to be, not a Westfield, not coming to town, not a big department store, but the shops was a little strip in every suburb that contained, in his words, a deli, a snack bar, a barber, a fish and chip shop, a haberdasher and a news agent with a butcher, a florist and a jeweller, probably. That was what the shops used to be. And like the corner store, so many of those things are disappearing now. Like the haberdashery, and Barb Knoll is going to join us after 8.30 today, who runs Barb's Sew and Knits and has done so for 41 years at Glenelg. But it's closing up shop, and with her closing it, we lose another one of these specialty sort of shops. The things that have disappeared, like those sorts of shops that you're fond of, is there– any little hidden secrets around Adelaide that you still attend to that we need to be aware of? Are there some that have disappeared and you wish they'd come back? We want to talk about shops that are still here to be celebrated and those that might have disappeared. But we need some nominations on 8223 0000.
01:13:44
Speaker 10: Look, Largely, yes, Will.
01:13:50
Speaker 1: You say yes, I say no.
01:13:55
Speaker 29: You say stop, and I say go, go, go.
01:14:01
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01:14:09
Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast.
01:14:13
Speaker 1: Then after eight breaking eight in a moment, lots of people felt the tremor overnight in the Barossa. Lynette says, I'm at Nuri. It sounded like a bomb and felt like a truck had run into my house. It woke me at 2.28am, which is right on time. Pat says, I didn't feel it, but something fell from my spare room about the same time. I thought it was a ghost at around 3am. So it was sort of in the ballpark just before 2.30am. This morning, just out of Tanunda, there was a 2.8 magnitude earthquake. Lisa says, the biggest story around the world is Elon Musk's somersaulting car, surely. I don't know what the practical use of that is. It looked cool. I don't know if you can buy it as an add-on yet. I mean, it'd be a good way to negotiate traffic jams, presumably.
01:14:57
Speaker 4: Can we?
01:14:58
Speaker 8: Find a way for the world's smart people to use their knowledge for good and not for pointless.
01:15:02
Speaker 25: Oh, come on.
01:15:03
Speaker 1: Flying cars are good. Here's Elon Musk.
01:15:05
Speaker 4: Well, it worked.
01:15:08
Speaker 1: Flying cars are real.
01:15:10
Speaker 17: Yeah.
01:15:11
Speaker 2: Well, a friend of mine, Peter Till, once said that the future promised us flying cars, but instead we've got 140 characters.
01:15:18
Speaker 1: Well, not anymore. As a Back to the Future Part 2 enthusiast, Stacey, I'm pro-flying car. I'm here for it.
01:15:25
Speaker 22: Yeah, sure.
01:15:25
Speaker 1: It's been too long. We dreamt this one up in the 70s.
01:15:27
Speaker 8: I'm not anti-flying car. I'm just saying I think there are a few things more important than a flying summer salting car.
01:15:33
Speaker 1: Sure. Look cool, though. Lots of terrific nominations for great little secret small businesses because we are chatting with Barb Knoll after 8.30 this morning from Barb's Sew and Knits that is closing up. Peter Gers wrote that terrific piece over the weekend talking about the traditional concept of the shops that is slowly but surely dying, and with Barb's haberdashery going, it's just sort of another nail in the coffin, which we don't begrudge someone who's operated a small business for 41 years.
01:16:04
Speaker 8: No.
01:16:05
Speaker 1: That's fair enough, but it's just a sign of the changing times. Helen says, regarding Barb, how disappointing over the years. I've had hems taken up, little repairs, so reasonable, a lovely person, and in rose season, always lovely, a vase of beautiful roses in there. Thank you for that, Helen. Meredith says, best wishes to the Blue and White Fish Cafe. That has stood the test of time well over 85 years in North Adelaide. Well, just colloquially known as the Blue and White, isn't it? Good on you, Meredith. Rob says, the days of a deli or milk bar in every other corner and as a kid stopping in to grab 20 cents of mixed lollies and some milk for mum. Yeah, whatever happened, I feel for the people who made the small white bags that mixed lollies came in. What do they do now?
01:16:48
Speaker 8: The milk drops, you used to get those in there as well.
01:16:50
Speaker 1: That's right.
01:16:51
Speaker 8: Did I miss something? Is blue and white closing down?
01:16:53
Speaker 21: No, no.
01:16:53
Speaker 1: We're just in terms of celebrating.
01:16:54
Speaker 8: Just celebrating.
01:16:55
Speaker 1: Little iconic, small little businesses that we still have here in South Australia. So keep those coming through on 04808 1395.
01:17:04
Speaker 8: I go out of my way to use the pharmacy down the road from us. It's slightly more expensive than the bigger chains that you can get to.
01:17:11
Speaker 1: Is it a totally independent one?
01:17:13
Speaker 8: It's a totally independent one. And if it wasn't there- You know, those nine o'clock baby Panadol runs in the middle of the night would make that all the more difficult because we'd have to go further. So I go out of my way to make sure I go to the pharmacy. It's also basically a newsagent. You know, they sell a lot of tickets. They sell lots of different homewares and presents and gift cards. If you're ever running late for a party and you forgot a card, you know, they've got everything there. So I make sure I shop there even if it is slightly more expensive because you don't want that to go.
01:17:45
Speaker 1: Absolutely not. Is this a teething gel run you're talking about or just Panadol?
01:17:48
Speaker 8: Teething gel, Panadol, all the baby stuff.
01:17:53
Speaker 1: It's time for Breaking at Eight.
01:17:57
Speaker 8: We had a text from George earlier today. He said you were talking about the flashing lights at school zones on Friday. Well, Elizabeth High School has them. It's on Phillip Highway. And yep, some locations have them. I think there, George, you'll find there's also a speed camera at that one. And We have found out that the flashing lights are being rolled out at locations that have a speed camera. It came up in estimates in June this year. The minister was asked why some areas have flashing lights and some school zones do not. And this was Michael Brown's answer as to why some school zones do have flashing lights where there's a camera. It's a philosophical question about people thinking cameras are there for the purposes of enforcement or whether they're there for revenue raising. So the minister's admitting that it could be Mm-hmm.
01:18:40
Speaker 10: Mm-hmm.
01:19:01
Speaker 8: What are the stats about enforcements? How many people have been fined for speeding in a school zone that doesn't have a flashing light? And he says, SAPOL is not currently using the speed cameras at 40 kilometer school zones. When Jack Batty asked him why he says they have other road safety priorities. I'm not going to say it's never going to happen, but it's not happening at the moment. Um, And Jack Batty asked him, is it because in the absence of flashing lights, it's not really apparent to motorists that the speed limit has changed, to which the minister replied, I have been provided with no evidence of that. So he's not saying on the record it's because it's unclear, but still it's not being enforced. Wow, that's interesting. In which case, why does the school speed limit apply? If it's not going to be enforced, if people can just break the rule and And not get fined for it.
01:19:52
Speaker 1: Why is it there? It's impossible to interpret as anything other than an admission that it's too confusing at the moment.
01:19:59
Speaker 13: Yeah.
01:19:59
Speaker 8: And that is why Saipal's not enforcing it.
01:20:02
Speaker 1: That is really interesting. Here's a lovely little story about this from Sam. He says, the little deli I went to as a kid for lollies and soft drinks is now an adult store.
01:20:13
Speaker 17: Oh.
01:20:13
Speaker 1: I still go there 50 years down the track. Well, that's good on you, Sam. That's lovely.
01:20:18
Speaker 8: TMI for a Monday morning, Sam.
01:20:20
Speaker 4: Hey.
01:20:21
Speaker 1: Supporting local.
01:20:22
Speaker 4: Well, yeah, true.
01:20:24
Speaker 1: You know, that store employs someone, presumably. Andrew says, for me, it was a bag of mixed lollies and some cigarettes for mum.
01:20:34
Speaker 8: There you go.
01:20:35
Speaker 1: You can do that at different sorts of candy stores now, of course.
01:20:38
Speaker 8: Yeah, of course.
01:20:39
Speaker 1: All off the books. Less legal. A few sceptics around the flying car as well. Scott says, I'm against flying cars. We've got people that can't drive in a straight line and can't park, can't navigate a roundabout, and you want to add in another dimension? Hell no, says Scott.
01:20:53
Speaker 8: I'm with you, Scott. Once we learn to fully comprehend blinker usage, then maybe we can consider flying.
01:21:00
Speaker 1: Marge is in a similar boat. There's a few sceptics out there as well.
01:21:05
Speaker 16: All right.
01:21:05
Speaker 1: We're a little bit captivated by on sunrise at the moment. Gronja Cleary, our resident bird expert, is on, and we just, We know Gronja, our beloved bird expert, is always– how do we say this politely? It's a child's 8 o'clock. We've got to be careful with our language– Well, let's put it this way. Grainne is not always careful with her language. Very passionate about bird preservation.
01:21:26
Speaker 4: Not at all. You just need lots of passion.
01:21:29
Speaker 8: Just go out there and watch your birds.
01:21:32
Speaker 3: And BirdLife have a really good bird.
01:21:34
Speaker 15: Finding tool in the app that will help you recognise some of your birds.
01:21:39
Speaker 1: Grainne's textbook passion.
01:21:41
Speaker 8: I was nervous there about what you were going to play.
01:21:43
Speaker 1: They probably pre-recorded it. It's television. The reason she's on, actually, is a really good story. The Great Aussie Bird Count begins today, which is going on. So good luck to Sunrise. I think they made it through okay. No complaints. Good on you, Gronja. Did we find Gronja? Was she a 5AA find?
01:22:03
Speaker 25: Yeah.
01:22:03
Speaker 1: Yeah, she was. Yeah, we launched her into the big time. Obviously, she'd written books before that. But, you know, in terms of broadcast media, we're claiming it. Gronja, what a superstar. All right, we're going to check traffic and we'll come back with more in a moment. Jen says, Will, it's a lolly, not candy in Australia. I know that, Jen, but around from me there is a store called Candy King. And my theory is when they call themselves candy stores, they're generally selling other things.
01:22:32
Speaker 25: I don't know.
01:22:33
Speaker 8: Is that the giveaway?
01:22:34
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. That's my current totally unscientific theory. Let's check traffic. The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Performance Hybrid has arrived at Jarvis Toyota, combining iconic strength with advanced hybrid power.
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01:22:55
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01:22:58
Speaker 1: 22 minutes after, right? 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Tanunda just before 2.30 this morning. Not enough. to knock buildings over, certainly enough to get people waking up and cause some dogs to bark. Adam Pascali is the Chief Scientist at the Seismology Research Centre. We understand, Adam, you've broken down on the side of the road, so good time to chat with us.
01:23:17
Speaker 17: I have.
01:23:18
Speaker 31: Perfect timing for you.
01:23:19
Speaker 1: Oh, Adam, that sucks. Just a regular breakdown with the battery conk out? You all right?
01:23:24
Speaker 31: No, my motorcycle just decided to go electronically dark.
01:23:28
Speaker 4: Oh, no.
01:23:29
Speaker 1: Is someone on the way, or would you like to broadcast to Adelaide that you're in need of assistance?
01:23:33
Speaker 31: No, I'm under control.
01:23:34
Speaker 1: Okay, that's good.
01:23:36
Speaker 13: All right.
01:23:36
Speaker 1: Well, tell us about what happened. So, Tanunda was the closest sort of population centre?
01:23:41
Speaker 26: Yeah, yeah.
01:23:42
Speaker 31: So, it was up north there past Elizabeth. So, yeah, I mean, we have earthquakes in that region from time to time and certainly for a little while, particularly exactly in that area.
01:23:55
Speaker 8: And why? What's there? Why do we have them from time to time there?
01:23:59
Speaker 31: Flinders Range is that entire mountain range there, which is sort of at the bottom of. That's the most active area of South Australia. So if you look at a map of earthquakes, which we publish a map every week of earthquakes in South East Australia, and Flinders Range is often featured. So we locate about 30 or 40 earthquakes every week in the region. So there's always a little bit of activity there, and this one's one of the larger ones.
01:24:26
Speaker 1: So what is the range? How high would they get before it would be something that you would consider abnormal?
01:24:34
Speaker 31: I think, I mean, we're recording ones and things in the one and two range probably every week. And this is sort of up towards the three. So we'd only get one like that probably every few months, you know, somewhere in those ranges area, usually up further north. So this is a lot further south and closer to Adelaide than most of the larger ones. The ones we've seen recently have been down at Mount Barker and areas like that that have been felt, but this region hasn't had a felt event for.
01:25:06
Speaker 13: A little while.
01:25:07
Speaker 8: This might be outside your remit, but we have had a few people say they've felt it, people in Newry and Grenoble. Then we have this message from Sally. They're in the western suburbs of Adelaide and their dog detected it. Is that normal? Can dogs usually detect these things better than humans?
01:25:22
Speaker 4: Yes.
01:25:23
Speaker 31: Yeah, usually because they're sitting on the ground and sort of more well connected to the vibrations, particularly at that time of the morning because everything else is really quiet, the animals can feel those energy waves coming through because they are sort of more sensitive to what the ground is doing. So yeah, I mean, we can feel these earthquakes at quite large distances in Australia because the energy travels a lot further because Our rock doesn't get broken up quite as often, and energy waves travel a lot further through more solid rock. So anyway, that's why we feel more earthquakes at distance in Australia.
01:25:59
Speaker 1: And just lastly, Adam, do discrete seismic events like this tell us anything about some to come, or do they have no sort of predictive quality?
01:26:10
Speaker 31: Well, usually when you have a larger event, then there's a slightly elevated chance of further events of similar or potentially larger events magnitude in the short term. So in the first few days after an event like this, just sort of heightened awareness. So people should know what to do if they start to feel a strong shaking from a large event, and that is to drop cover and hold on. Make sure you protect yourself from falling objects.
01:26:34
Speaker 1: Good stuff. Hopefully your bike gets fixed up quick, Adam, and you can get about your day. Good on you, mate.
01:26:39
Speaker 13: No worries.
01:26:40
Speaker 1: Adam Biscali, the Chief Scientist at the Seismology Research Centre. There you go.
01:26:45
Speaker 8: Well, our next guest, Rex Patrick, former South Australian senator, is no stranger to an FOI and he's dealing with an FOI with the Mount Barker Council this time. Apparently they're trying to keep a report secret. They're paying lawyers to keep a report secret that they had previously said they were going to release. He joins you now. Rex Patrick, is that the case? What's this report that is now all of a sudden wanting to be kept secret?
01:27:14
Speaker 20: Yeah, good morning, Stacey and Will, and also to your listeners. Yes, it's a bit of a crazy situation. I sought access to a report that models the road network in the Adelaide Hills. And, you know, one would think that's a pretty important topic. We know that the people of the Adelaide Hills feel as though they are missing out on infrastructure and getting lots of people being brought into the area.
01:27:39
Speaker 13: And.
01:27:41
Speaker 20: Look, the council is looking at this and the Department of Transport is looking at this, but they simply don't want the public to see what it is that they're doing. Now, when I first put the FOI in, the council then came out and said, look, we're going to make this public. They stated that publicly to the courier and indeed to the ombudsman and said, Unfortunately, Ombudsman has refused me access to the document that was contemplated to be in the public domain. And the council are now paying high-end lawyers to keep it from the public, even though they still say it's going to be released.
01:28:27
Speaker 8: So why would they want to pay lawyers to keep it private if they're still saying it's going to be released?
01:28:33
Speaker 20: Well, what they say is the document that I've looked at is actually a draft. And as a result, that draft may change. They may put something different in the public space. But we as citizens are entitled to look at how governments arrived at particular decisions, not just be presented with the final decision, but to be able to see how they've come about making their decisions. And The way to address the concern that the information may be a little bit outdated is simply to put a big stamp on it that says draft, that everyone understands that it's a draft. And unfortunately, the ombudsman got sucked into that, basically saying, well, people might get confused if presented with some information that may well be wrong.
01:29:25
Speaker 8: Okay, and so ratepayers are footing the bill for yet more lawyers to keep this secret.
01:29:29
Speaker 20: Yeah, they are. And look, one of the unfortunate things about this is that the ombudsman, in considering whether or not to release this document, one of the claims the ombudsman made was that I shouldn't have access to this and the public in Mount Barker and the Adelaide Hills shouldn't have access to this because it might cause unnecessary debate. And I think that's another offensive part of this story where the ombudsman feels as though they have the right to decide what the public should and shouldn't be debating. Now, the Courier's covered this quite extensively. It's clearly a matter that's of concern to their readers. It's clearly a matter of public interest. It's just quite incredible that you have an ombudsman saying, well, you shouldn't be debating this.
01:30:22
Speaker 16: Yeah.
01:30:23
Speaker 25: Hmm.
01:30:23
Speaker 8: Yeah, that seems unusual. Rex Patrick, thanks for your time this morning. And I think this text from Andrew says it all. Nothing speaks more of a cover-up than bringing in lawyers to keep something secret.
01:30:33
Speaker 1: Yeah.
01:30:34
Speaker 8: Yeah, unusual to say the least.
01:30:37
Speaker 1: Right on 5AA news time, we're going to be celebrating a wonderful old business, Barb's Sew and Knits, that's closing after 41 years. Much loved at the Bay. Helen sent us a text a short time ago.
01:30:46
Speaker 4: 41 years.
01:30:48
Speaker 1: In the gig has Barb Knoll been. So we thought we'd take the opportunity. What's the saddest you've been when an old store or something is closed down in your neck of the woods? Or is it just generically? A lot of people, a lot of love for the corner store, just the generic corner store. But maybe there's an equivalent in your area or one you'd like to celebrate that is still going strong, like Meredith texted us about the blue and white. in North Adelaide after 85 years, still cranking along, doing wonderful things. So if you'd like to jump into this conversation, 8223 0000, we would love to hear from you. Nineteen minutes to nine. We're putting together a little bit of a list this half hour on the program. Alan's Music's on it. Daryl Lee is on it. Who was the text that mentioned Daryl Lee? Rob. Rob. In Marion, it says, I was upset when Daryl Lee's stores closed down. I can no longer buy their peanut brittle bars. Best chocolates ever. Daryl Lee's on the list. Fry's Butcher at Henley Beach is on the list. We're talking about small businesses and stores, maybe even styles of store too, because the corner store has been mentioned in this. Maybe the haberdashery should be mentioned in it as well. that we are really fond of, that may still be there, and we should celebrate those that we have, or we can lament those that are no longer with us. Well, unfortunately, one that's no longer going to be with us for much longer is Barb Sow and Knit at Glidelg, which Helen, our most passionate Glidelg listener, texted us about saying she's devastated to hear the news. She says, Barb is lovely. During Rose season, you go, there's a.
01:32:29
Speaker 8: There's a fresh bouquet of roses.
01:32:31
Speaker 1: Bouquet of roses in the vase. She gets the hemming done and all sorts of stuff there. Barb Knoll joins us now on 5AA Breakfast. Barb, after 41 years, you deserve a break, Barb. Congratulations to you on running a business that's so well-known and well-loved.
01:32:48
Speaker 32: Thank you very much.
01:32:50
Speaker 8: How does it feel, Barb?
01:32:52
Speaker 32: Well, it feels a little bit sorry, actually, that I'm leaving the district.
01:32:58
Speaker 13: But.
01:32:59
Speaker 32: I enjoy the company. We have a good business here. I like to use the knitting machines and I've acquired the wool from overseas and nice quality yarns go through the machines and knitting accessories and haberdashery, which is cotton and ribbons and things like that. So it's very good, actually, and the people around the place, but unfortunately they're going online nowadays.
01:33:27
Speaker 1: Is that right?
01:33:28
Speaker 32: They're all in the works. a bother of what's this and what's that and what pattern to use and how many needles to use. So that's where I come into it, but not all the online ones turn up at the shop.
01:33:39
Speaker 1: Take us back to 1985, Barb. What were you doing when you moved into Glenelg?
01:33:44
Speaker 32: What was I doing before? I was working for the Singer Company, teaching and selling machines in the city, Ebbers Building.
01:33:53
Speaker 11: Yep.
01:33:54
Speaker 1: And what made you take the leap from teaching to opening up a store where you were actually doing the work?
01:34:01
Speaker 32: Well, I acquired a franchise in Glenelg because the person in Glenelg was leaving and they wanted to keep the store going in Glenelg because it was a good business. So I took it over and finished up changing that into a shop on my own.
01:34:20
Speaker 8: You've probably inspired so many people over the years to get into haberdashery or sewing or knitting just by being there and being able to provide that support. Did you get a lot of people coming in just asking for your tips on their projects that they're working on?
01:34:36
Speaker 32: Oh, yes, all the time. Unfortunately, after they leave their job, there isn't much to do, so they want to do some handicraft of some sort to fill in the day. And, of course, it's good therapy for the elderly ones too. work out their patterns and do a bit of arithmetic and do some knitting.
01:34:57
Speaker 1: So you kept the business open all the way through the jetty road upgrade, Barb, only to close it now. You made it through the tough bit.
01:35:03
Speaker 32: Well, they're shutting the train line down again next week.
01:35:07
Speaker 1: That's right.
01:35:07
Speaker 32: That made my decision.
01:35:09
Speaker 8: Oh, really?
01:35:10
Speaker 32: Yeah, well, they didn't do a good job on it, apparently. They've got to do maintenance on it.
01:35:15
Speaker 14: Yeah.
01:35:16
Speaker 1: Yeah, the whole stack of defects. We're tough. You've been dobbed in, Helen, on the text line as a mad Crows fan as well. Does this mean you're going to have more opportunities to get to Crows games?
01:35:24
Speaker 32: Yes, I had the first five tickets at Omi Stadium.
01:35:27
Speaker 1: Did you really? Did you go with your family?
01:35:31
Speaker 32: Yes, Cornsy and Curly were talking on the radio and the footy show saying they're going to start a club called the Crows. Any members want to join, ring up, I don't know, ring up the... station and anyway I rang up and I got the first five tickets.
01:35:48
Speaker 1: No way! So you presumably were a Bays fan, Barb?
01:35:52
Speaker 32: Yeah, a Glenelg fan. The family was all split up actually. My husband was Sturt, I was South Adelaide with Darley and the son had to play for Glenelg so we decided, the mother was Port so we decided to go at the weekend and see each other.
01:36:08
Speaker 1: Oh, magnificent. Hey well Barb, congratulations to you on a magnificent career and hopefully the Crows can Can do some winning for you. You can relax and enjoy that in the next couple of years.
01:36:17
Speaker 32: Yeah, I thought that was going to happen last year.
01:36:19
Speaker 13: Yeah.
01:36:20
Speaker 1: Yeah, so did we all, unfortunately. Hey, Barb, congrats to you. Lovely to chat.
01:36:25
Speaker 32: Somebody in Victoria doesn't like South Australia, I think.
01:36:27
Speaker 1: Oh, there's a few of them. Don't worry about that. Barb Null from Barb's Sew and Knits. After 41 years in business.
01:36:34
Speaker 8: All the best in retirement, Barb. I'm always surprised to hear, she said a lot of people are going online. And I had this conversation a few months ago when Linkraft stores announced they were closing some of their stores. I'm always surprised that that sort of industry is going online because I just always think with fabrics and with knits and yarns and ribbons, you want to see the colour and you want to feel the texture. And if you're going to be making a quilt or knitting a cardigan or a sweater or something, you'd want to feel it and make sure ….
01:37:04
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's tactile. The fabric you want? Yeah, absolutely.
01:37:06
Speaker 8: I'm always surprised with that industry that those are the sorts of stores that are going online, but maybe I shouldn't be. Everything seems to be going that way.
01:37:13
Speaker 1: Brian, this is a good one. Brian says, guys, what about electronics repair shops? There used to be one on every corner. I reckon that, and maybe there's other industries. There's none that I can think of off the top of my head. That one feels unique because it's less about people going online to get the work done. It's just that it's a type of work. that doesn't get done anymore because the products are all designed to be so cheap you just always replace.
01:37:37
Speaker 8: Replace, not repair.
01:37:38
Speaker 1: You don't bother getting them repaired. You go buy the new $ 175 little Lord Moor from Bunnings and then you buy another one and you don't bother going to the shop to get them repaired. That's a really good one, Brian. Keep them coming through. Electronics repair shops, Daryl Lee, Alan's Music, Fry's, Butcher, Henley and so many more. Keep them coming in. If there are others that are still around– text us because we want to celebrate some great long-running local little secrets as well. Let's go to Broadview there near Glenelg. Annie, good morning.
01:38:08
Speaker 15: Good morning, guys. How are you?
01:38:10
Speaker 9: Good.
01:38:11
Speaker 15: Well, I was just ringing. I heard you talking about buying the butcher at Henley and he used to deliver to my grandmother. I'm very old now, but he used to deliver to my grandmother and we used to go there all the time. And I still remember going back there on my 21st birthday and demanding my piece of Spritz when he was still there.
01:38:33
Speaker 1: Did he deliver to everyone, Annie, or just your grandmother?
01:38:36
Speaker 15: I think he probably did other deliveries, but by the time I was a bit older, I don't think he was doing deliveries anymore, but yeah.
01:38:45
Speaker 1: Wow.
01:38:47
Speaker 15: Yeah, we just lived in Beck Street, which was just, up the road from there.
01:38:51
Speaker 1: Beautiful.
01:38:52
Speaker 15: And Nana was in Reedy Street, so he used to deliver there.
01:38:56
Speaker 14: Oh, that's magnificent.
01:38:57
Speaker 15: And I used to pass there all the time because I went to Star of the Sea. So every now and again, I just call in for my random piece of fruit.
01:39:03
Speaker 8: You went in at 21 years of age.
01:39:06
Speaker 17: Correct.
01:39:06
Speaker 1: I love that. I went to Star of the Sea too, Annie. Wonderful there.
01:39:10
Speaker 15: Yeah, good school.
01:39:11
Speaker 1: Yeah, terrific school. Good on you, Annie. Thank you. Let's go to Port Nolunga. Steve, good morning.
01:39:15
Speaker 2: Hey, good morning there.
01:39:16
Speaker 17: How are we doing?
01:39:17
Speaker 1: Good, Steve.
01:39:17
Speaker 18: Excellent.
01:39:19
Speaker 2: Mate, I've got one down here. Am I allowed to name it? I suppose I can.
01:39:23
Speaker 32: Yeah, go on.
01:39:25
Speaker 2: Well, it fixes record players. It's called Beatbox. And the guy in there, he's a legend, and he also sells records and all that sort of world. But yeah, he's great. I took my record player in there, mate. He's that busy that he told me to go online and get a needle.
01:39:42
Speaker 1: Is it mainly record players that are keeping him busy?
01:39:46
Speaker 2: Record players, yeah, he's really good at it. And, yeah, he's swamped. His wife's gone crazy because he keeps bringing her home and he's just got record players coming out of the woodwork.
01:39:57
Speaker 10: So.
01:39:58
Speaker 2: But he's that busy, he told me, he said, mate, look, just go online and get yourself a needle, mate. I'm like, oh, okay.
01:40:03
Speaker 1: Wow, there you go. That's amazing. Well, the record player is back in vogue in a way that no one could have predicted. Across the road from us, there's a music store on this side of Rundle Mall, and you look in the window there, and there are record players. They're all $ 1, 500, $ 1, 200, $ 1, 800, brand new record players. I mean, there's clearly huge demand for it. Dave in South Brighton, good morning.
01:40:28
Speaker 16: Morning, guys.
01:40:30
Speaker 29: Something that is in danger of being lost, and I'm making it my mission so it doesn't, is the country pubs.
01:40:38
Speaker 1: Yeah.
01:40:38
Speaker 16: You know, like there's.
01:40:40
Speaker 29: Some fantastic ones where people have done them up and they look really good, but, gee, there's a lot where you go through a country town and the pub is no longer open or it's only open on certain days. So just remember, guys, when they're gone, they're gone.
01:40:54
Speaker 13: Yeah.
01:40:55
Speaker 10: Yeah.
01:40:56
Speaker 1: And they're the heartbeat of local communities. And often they're some of the more spectacular examples of older Australian architecture as well, those pubs. Yeah. They should be preserved. Good on you, Dave. Vinnie in Grange, good morning.
01:41:07
Speaker 14: Good morning.
01:41:08
Speaker 13: Well, you might know this place. It's on Grange Road. It's called Grange Road Flowers. They've been there for about 35 years. It's a husband... Husband and wife team, they work from home. It's in a shed, right? And they work so hard and how many hours they put in. But they're well known in the area. I think the names were Joe and Maria. They've been there for donks. I love that. Working class and, you know something, hard workers.
01:41:33
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely. And there's just a little sign, but I don't know the science of signs, but everyone knows it. You drive past it, you know exactly where the place is.
01:41:41
Speaker 13: Everybody knows Grange Road Flows. That's right.
01:41:44
Speaker 1: That's a great one, Vinnie. Thank you.
01:41:46
Speaker 8: There's a text here from Catherine in Myrtlebank. We must celebrate Windsor Meats. I had their beef shazliks on the barbecue on Saturday and patty cake, a much-loved dish. Strip on Doothy Street.
01:41:57
Speaker 1: Windsor Meats there on Doothy Street. Long-time contributors to Metro Friday as well. We know they do a wonderful job. All right. Keep them coming in. We'll read out some more shortly. But first, we're going to check traffic. The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Performance Hybrid has arrived at Jarvis Toyota, combining iconic strength with advanced hybrid power.
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Speaker 5: Will Goodings with Stacey Lee. This is 5AA Breakfast. Five minutes to nine.
01:42:29
Speaker 1: If you're a sensational South Australian aged over 70 or you know one, make sure you get nominating yourself or others to... be part of this wonderful initiative we have here on 5AA. You go to 5AA. com. au, highlight someone's outstanding contribution, proudly presented by 5AA and AFM Wealth Strategy. Plan the retirement you want to live with independent advice you can trust, AFMWealthStrategy.com.au. It's wonderful to celebrate people who are doing wonderful things, but I've got a theory, and you can always put it to the test when we spin the wheeling away of the Carolette smartwatch. By the time you've hit 70, everyone's got an interesting story to tell. You've grown up in an interesting time. You've lived through some interesting things. I just love– you've got– so when those interviews happen, they're always fascinating because at that point, you've seen a lot, you've done a lot, you've experienced a lot, and your perspective is really fascinating. So I love that initiative. It's terrific. Seven sensational South Australians over 70. I just can't say it. That's the only problem. Now, this is concerning. The advertisers have just put out some reporting with regard to an incident that Well, maybe not an incident. Police and emergency services are at a popular river reserve in Murray Bridge following reports a body was found floating in the water. So just after 7.30 this morning, the SES were called to Clark Street at the Sturt Reserve precinct near the wharf to assist police. Road closures are in place if you're in the area. Police emergency services are on the scene. So if you're in the area and you're wondering what's going on, that's what we know thus far. Should we do some texts?
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Speaker 26: Yes.
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Speaker 8: Loving the texts about your favourite stores, the ones that have stood the test of time. Gavin says Grundy's Shoes, proud 7th generation footwear store, 158 years of business, Rundle Street, Glenelg, Victor Harbour. I love that one. And while we're here, I would like to chuck in Ollie Ashenden's in North Adelaide.
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Speaker 1: Oh, well, it's a rite of passage, isn't it?
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Speaker 8: Get their first pair of shoes from Ollie Ashenden's.
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Speaker 1: I went in there with Rosie and The people there said, I remember when you came in here. It's just remarkable. They do do a wonderful job dealing with little kids with shoe fittings. I can't imagine you're going to have the patience of a saint, I reckon.
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Speaker 8: Just this quick one from Tony. How much do we all miss going to the local shops, ordering a pizza, then going into Blockbuster?
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Speaker 1: No one will ever get to know that joy, Tony.
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Speaker 8: That's so good.
01:44:47
Speaker 1: The VHS hire was one of the great joys of the world. It's been taken from us. Let's have a look at the fuel situation. It's better to be a member with RAA Road Service. I filled up over the weekend. I have a little tank in my car. $ 116 it cost. I've never in my life had a more expensive tank of petrol, which is my way of preparing you that this might be great reading. The cheap spots, the Ampore-Edwardstown South Road, $ 2. 22. 9 is not too bad. Otherwise, you're looking around the $ 2. 30 range. The United Findon-Criton Road and the United Flinders Park-Grange Road, both $ 2. 29. 3. The cheapest diesel, the Solo at Nailsworth, Main North Road, $ 2.
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Speaker 22: 69. 5.
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Speaker 1: So the petrol's expensive. The temperature is going to be hot. Enjoy it. Be a wonderful day, and we'll catch you tomorrow from 6.
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Speaker 32: Caunty and Curly were talking on the radio and the footy show saying they're going to start a club called The Crows.
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Speaker 28: This is radio nowhere.
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Speaker 4: Is there anybody out there?
