FIVEAA Breakfast with Stacey & Jonno - 29 September 2026

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Speaker 1: Yes, it certainly is. Seven minutes past six. Let me begin this show by saying 33 degrees. That is all that matters.
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Speaker 2: What is said to be a magnificent day. And good morning to you. Welcome to 5AA Breakfast. Jono Edwards in the chair. Stacey Lee joining me. Will Goodings will be back next week. A big show on the way. A really magnificent play or performance on at the Festival Theatre at the moment. Death of a Salesman. Alison White. You remember her from Blue Heelers. She'll join us. It's do or die for the Reserve Bank today with interest rates potentially reaching their highest level in 15 years. We will get you across what we can expect and really what it will mean for homeowners. It's said to be a scorcher, as I mentioned. We'll check in with Surf Lifesaving SA. It's an early start, it would seem. What does it mean for the algal bloom as well? It's kind of, we haven't heard anything about it. Will the warm weather, you know, perhaps kick it back into gear? We certainly hope not. Measles cases continue to rise. We'll get the very latest on what you need to know and particularly what it means for For vaccination, I'm sure there's a lot of people out there wondering, oh, am I covered? Am I not covered? We'll get the very latest. And a very special Breaking at Eight. But Stacey Lee, you've got the thongs out. It is absolutely nearly summer weather. Good morning to you.
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Speaker 3: Morning, Jono.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I know.
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Speaker 2: How good is it?
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Speaker 3: Although I wish it was a little bit more consistent.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, I don't mind this time of year because we get a nice day and then we get a storm. I'm a storm guy.
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Speaker 3: No, I just like to have the consistent wardrobe.
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Speaker 5: I don't like having to get the jacket out and then put it away and then get it back out again a couple of days later.
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Speaker 3: But, you know, first world problems.
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Speaker 2: I think we rock shorts all year round. We just roll with it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that'd be nice.
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Speaker 2: Well, I'm sorry. Hey, but it's got me thinking. And, you know, summer, it's starting to go into warmer weather. I'm sure there'll be plenty of people, school holidays, grandparents heading down to the beach today. I think going to the fish and chip shop is a lot harder than people think these days. Gone are the days where it's pretty simple and then you're looking at me very perplexed. And I know it's only 10 past six in the morning. Yeah. But this theory of, you know, back in the day, you get a minimum chips and some fish, some flakes, some butterfish, and that's all you need. Now you go to the fish and chip shop. The smorgasbord is as long as my arm. Like, what do you choose?
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Speaker 3: Just the fish and chip pack, please. Tartare sauce on the side.
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Speaker 2: You'd think that, but then you go in and then you've got chicken roll. You've got to choose whether you want chicken salt or not.
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Speaker 3: Is there chicken in a Chico roll?
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Speaker 2: I reckon it's vegetarian. Oh, is it? Yeah, well, that's the thing.
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Speaker 3: I don't know what's in it, so I'd never order it.
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Speaker 2: Surely I'm not alone here. 8223 0000. What's your fish and chip order? Because it's not as simple because you've got salads now. You've got chicken hot, chicken schnitzel hot packs. There's just too much going on. It's not simple, Stacey.
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Speaker 3: I think you're overthinking it.
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Speaker 2: No, it's... I think you're overthinking it. Well, you generally want one of everything.
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Speaker 3: Well, I guess it depends on... If you're going down with the family, if you're going for fish and chips, you're getting the fish and chips.
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Speaker 2: But what about that potato fritter? What if Molly wants a potato fritter or a pineapple fritter?
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Speaker 6: Yeah, sure.
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Speaker 3: I can get around a pineapple fritter. Have you ever had a banana fritter?
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Speaker 4: No.
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Speaker 7: See?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're good. Deep fried Mars bar?
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Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, I've had one of those.
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Speaker 2: The list goes on.
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Speaker 5: And the best part about the banana one is it's coated in cinnamon sugar instead of salt, you know, put salt on battered fish.
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Speaker 2: Again, it's outside the realm of fish and chips. It's not simple. 8223 0000. We'd love to hear from you because then you choose your fish. Do you get crumbed? Do you get battered? Do you get grilled?
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Speaker 8: Oh, no.
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Speaker 5: If you're going out to order fish and chips and you order grilled fish, no.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a bit kind of. Like just leave your diet at home because you're about to have hot chips anyway.
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Speaker 5: You're not going out to a takeaway fish and chip shop and ordering grilled fish, are you?
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Speaker 2: Well, I think there's a certain group of people that I feel as though it's a mum thing.
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Speaker 5: When I was younger, my dad always used to love vinegar on chips and he would douse the chips.
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Speaker 3: In vinegar, which as kids, yuck. Now I don't mind a little bit of vinegar, but I don't like it swimming in vinegar.
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Speaker 2: There is a fish and chip shop on Port Road that does vinegar salt. So instead of chicken salt, it's vinegar salt.
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Speaker 3: Oh, I think I'd like that.
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Speaker 2: It is life-changing. It is incredible.
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Speaker 3: I couldn't forego the chicken salt.
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Speaker 2: I think you'd eat both. Yeah.
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Speaker 3: But is that too much salt?
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Speaker 2: Oh, I think if you, again, when in Rome, we're having fish and chips. 8223 0000. Solve this debate for me because it's not that simple.
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Speaker 9: Okay.
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Speaker 3: So what would you order?
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Speaker 2: But this is the thing. It's too hard.
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Speaker 3: If I held a gun to your head. We're in the fish and chip shop.
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Speaker 2: What are you picking? Well, I don't know. What do I feel like? Do I feel like salt and pepper squid calamari? Oh, no. This extends too far.
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Speaker 3: What about a seafood extender?
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Speaker 2: Well, that's what I'm saying. You've got the crab sticks. You've got a seafood extender. It's not as simple. I know there's a lot of issues in the world, but I think this is quite important.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, on a day like today, it's pretty important.
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Speaker 2: 33 degrees. It's a big day for South Australia. We'd love to hear from you how you're planning to celebrate the I'm going to call it the unofficial start of summer because generally when you have this one warm day, it kickstarts the rest of the days, doesn't it? Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 3: You get ready. You get into it. You get ready for the season. We have a question from Lyndon in Aberfoyle Park. He says there's a couple of Kiwi fish and chip shop staples that he can't find in Adelaide.
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Speaker 5: He's wondering if anyone can help. So this is a call out for the Kiwi expats in Adelaide. Can anyone find a curry rice roll and hot doughnuts?
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Speaker 2: Oh, see, that's another side of it.
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Speaker 10: Yeah.
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Speaker 5: I have actually not seen recently hot donuts at a fish and chip shop, but they should do that.
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Speaker 2: They used to.
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Speaker 11: Because that would be great.
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Speaker 2: There certainly used to be one on Brighton Road that used to do it.
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Speaker 3: Nothing beats a hot donut.
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Speaker 2: I have to get a hot donut.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I like the plain with sugar and cinnamon.
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Speaker 12: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: But- You cannot go to the show without getting some hot doughnuts.
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Speaker 2: Oh, yes.
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Speaker 3: I think that's a given.
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Speaker 2: It'd be the biggest profitable thing ever, wouldn't it? You're just printing money when you've got a doughnut machine.
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Speaker 10: Yep.
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Speaker 2: Because there's just no... No one's going to say no, even pester power.
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Speaker 3: The jam's always too hot when you bite into it.
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Speaker 2: You get third degree burns.
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Speaker 3: I feel like it retains its heat more than the actual doughnut does.
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Speaker 2: But I think that's part of... Part of the atmosphere, isn't it?
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Speaker 3: Burning your mouth on the way out.
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Speaker 2: Same with hot chips and gravy. You know, when you're just absolutely scalding it. That's another thing, hot chips and gravy.
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Speaker 3: Gravy, yeah, do love a gravy.
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Speaker 2: But do you get it with, like?
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Speaker 3: Not with fish and chips.
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Speaker 2: Well, you say that, but I'm sure there's a lot of text coming in of people sending photos of their fish and chips. Well, we want to hear from you. 8223 0000. What's your fish and chips order? It's 33 degrees today. It's going to be the first time a lot of people fire up their air conditioners as well, I would have thought.
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Speaker 8: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 3: Clean that filter out.
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Speaker 2: Well, that's when you know we're really starting to get into go time. The garden is going to go absolutely bananas over the next couple of days. Everything's coming alive.
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Speaker 3: I do like a fish burger.
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Speaker 13: See?
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Speaker 2: It's not that simple, is it?
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Speaker 5: Caroline said, I was in Wallaroo last weekend. Yummy fish and chips, even lemon and tartare. Heaps of chips.
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Speaker 3: And that was the small. She sent us a photo. It looks massive. So the seagulls shared her chips.
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Speaker 2: See, there's another text here from Michael in Ridlington. He said, I would order a hot chicken pack or a minimum of chips with chicken salt. See, he's not going for fish. He's going for chicken.
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Speaker 14: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Why is it called a minimum chips?
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Speaker 2: Why not just a small? Is that a South Australian-ism?
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Speaker 3: I think so.
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Speaker 2: Because a minimum chips used to be what you'd just order every time. You'd just say, I can have a minimum chips.
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Speaker 3: Is there a maximum chips?
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Speaker 15: Well, yeah.
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Speaker 8: Well.
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Speaker 2: Again, this is the fish and chip shop. It's not as simple as we all think. But the thing is, I reckon a minimum chips was bigger than a small.
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Speaker 3: So you had small and then minimum?
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: But doesn't the very term minimum suggest it should be the smallest?
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Speaker 2: Stop trying to put common sense when we're talking about South Australianisms and fish and chip shops. You know what I'm saying? Dean and Craig Moore, what's your fish and chip order?
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Speaker 8: Morning, ladies and gentlemen.
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Speaker 13: Hello.
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Speaker 16: I thank you for getting the.
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Speaker 17: Quintessential dim sims.
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Speaker 18: Correct.
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Speaker 3: You've got to have dim sims, you've got to have soft chips, vinegar, a.
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Speaker 19: Couple of potato fritters and a.
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Speaker 20: Couple of dim sims and two pieces of fish.
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Speaker 5: The thing I struggle with with that order, Dean, is... The different sauces. Because with fish and chips, it's usually a tartare. You've just suggested vinegar as well. But then with a dim sim, you can't eat a dim sim with vinegar or tartare.
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Speaker 2: You need soy.
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Speaker 16: Yeah, but you have the dim sims in a separate bag.
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Speaker 3: Okay, with the soy in the bag. Okay, all right, all right.
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Speaker 2: And that's the other question I've got. Like, why do some people call potato fritters potato scallops?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, that's what it was in Sydney growing up. I don't know what it is in Melbourne. in Queensland. I think every state has a different one.
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Speaker 2: But you can order scallops. I'm really impassioned about this. It's probably too much.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's a good point.
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Speaker 2: 17 minutes past six.
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Speaker 3: Jono's mind is about to blow.
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Speaker 2: It's something I've never been able to get off my chest. And you know what? I thought we'd do it on Breakfast Radio. How about that? 17 minutes past six. It seemed to be a magnificent day right across Adelaide. We'll continue taking your calls and get you across the latest news of the day after this.
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Speaker 6: It all for you.
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Speaker 9: Stacey Lee and Jono Edwards. This is 5AA Breakfast.
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Speaker 2: 21 after 6, we're taking your calls on 8223 0000. The number to ring, I guess, what's your favourite? Hot chips order or your fish and chips order when you go to the fish and chip shop? Because it is not as simple as we first thought. And then the other solution is, is what type of chip do you go for? There's about three or four different kinds.
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Speaker 3: Oh, as in sizes?
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Speaker 4: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 2: Do you go fries? Do you go, you know, traditional cut? Plenty of text coming in at the moment, isn't there?
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Speaker 8: There are.
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Speaker 3: And there seems to be maybe an answer to your question. Potato scallop debate?
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Speaker 2: Well, it's a potato fritter in South Australia.
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Speaker 5: Potato fritter in South Australia. It was a potato scallop in Sydney. Helen on the text line says in Melbourne they're a potato cake.
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Speaker 2: Well, this is just more perplexing by the minute. LAUGHTER 21 minutes past six. We're talking fish and chips because it's set to be a magnificent day. A top of 33 degrees. And as we look out onto Highmarsh Square, the sun is already rising. If you're just waking up, get the windows in the house open because it's set to be a beautiful morning. But it also is an important time in the garden because when it comes to your lawns, your gardens or your veggie garden... It is go time. Michael Keelan from 5AA Weekend Breakfast and our resident garden expert joins us. Michael, it is go time today.
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Speaker 14: Morning, Jono.
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Speaker 19: Morning, Stacey.
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Speaker 21: Yes, look, just a minute. I'll put the hose down and pick the phone up.
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Speaker 5: Jono's really nervous about this weather, Michael. He's been concerned about his garden, his tomatoes, his lawn.
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Speaker 2: I'm excited.
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Speaker 3: Should he have done more prep before today or is today the day?
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Speaker 21: Well, you're right. He should have done a little bit more preparation. The good old early... I mean, these days, when we get a weather forecast, it's, what, five to seven days. So you get a bit of a warning. I know it can change at the last minute. But really, as we hurdle into spring and summer's just knocking on the door, when we do get those sort of pre-empted temperatures, it's best to get out there, you know, do a little thing like shade, soaking water, but But if you wanted to have a lift, the trick is to water deeply. I mean, I made a joke about the hose, but sometimes we just get out there and sprinkle, don't we? We don't soak. And that's where it can go horribly wrong on days like today, especially as we're coming out of winter. So good soaking. Concentrate on your pots. They are the critical ones that are going to suffer as well as softer plants and and station you know a hydrangea you'd probably love those those sort of plants need a bit of shade and and a really good soak at the moment the.
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Speaker 2: Big it is a big time also for your veggie garden michael tomatoes they have to be in is it now is it the october long weekend is generally when you plant your tomatoes isn't it.
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Speaker 21: Yeah it certainly is and it's going to be a busy weekend all around for those sort of uh gardeners that are staying home, not going out for the public holiday to get their veggie garden set. Particularly those tender seedlings that are nurtured to a point where you can plant them in the garden, but they still need, on a day like today, even get an old white sheet and cover over that area where the veggies are growing, just to give them that little bit of extra shade.
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Speaker 2: So I guess, aside from tomatoes, If there's people listening at home and they're thinking, you know what, I'm going to try and walk in the footsteps of Michael Keelan, a hard thing to do, but to try and plant some veggies for the first time, what are some easy ones that are pretty, you know, they're pretty easy to not kill? I'm going to say that.
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Speaker 21: Well, tomatoes are fairly easy, but things like radishes, they're easy to grow. All your herbs are, you know, like if you want to sort of partially and sort of coming up to... the time where you put basil in, just a few weeks away from that. But any plants like that are easy. Now, I don't particularly like them, but eggplants. Now, if you like eggplants, they are so easy to grow.
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Speaker 8: They're tough.
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Speaker 21: They produce. You'll get enough eggplants, you know, for the whole neighborhood. The other one, of course, are beans. They're easy to grow. They love the warm weather. and cucumbers and zucchini. Zucchini are probably... If you put a zucchini plant in, you're going to have zucchinis to give away to the whole neighbourhood, John. You'd be the star of the neighbourhood. You really would.
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Speaker 2: Can I use your guarantee?
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Speaker 21: My guarantee is pretty good with gardening. Yesterday, I had to sadly cut out a dead tree that did not survive the heat wave of a couple of years ago.
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Speaker 14: So.
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Speaker 21: You know, it's heartbreaking, really, but this sort of weather, and when we get high temperatures, you know, really in the high 30s and 40s, our plants or any plant is really under a lot of stress. So you've got to be, you know, pre-warn like you're doing now, tell people to get out there and soak their lawns, soak their pot plants just to make sure. And if you can, just throw a bit of shade, temporary shade over the more tender ones.
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Speaker 4: Mm-hmm.
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Speaker 2: Great, great ideas. And you are the man that knows it all. Michael Keelan from 5AA Weekend Breakfast and The Gardening Show. If you need any more advice, tune in on Sunday. It's set to be a big weekend. It's time to get the tomatoes in. 8223 0000. Join the conversation. We're taking your calls on the fish and chip shop. The chip shop. What's your order, Dave, in Redwood Park? You're on the air.
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Speaker 19: Yeah, so I've actually taught my chip shop at Redwood Park. So they were a part of a fish and chip shop, chicken shop, out to make this. So basically back in Sheffield, England, and I think the story's right. We go back to sort of the war era. They got the, when you used to make the traditional chips, they'd have the two ends of the potato that weren't any good for chips. And they'd also have a bit of fish at the end of the tail that people didn't really like. So somebody, and you can go outside of Sheffield, like Chesterfield, 10km, They don't do it. Rotherham, 6K, they don't do it. It's just in Sheffield. So it's basically the tail end of a fish, in between the two bits of potato that aren't very good for making chips, in the batter, into the fryer, fry it like a fish, then whack it between what we call a bread cake, which is a savoury, soft bun, plenty of splashes of salt and vinegar, and away you go.
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Speaker 5: Oh, nothing beats carbs on carbs. Potato on a bread roll.
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Speaker 3: How good is that?
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Speaker 2: Or chip sandwich, chip buddy. That's another thing. See, the orders continue. Tom Rand joins us in the 5AA Breakfast studio. All thanks to Gliderol Garage Doors for security, safety and style made to order. Choose Gliderol Garage Doors, gliderol.com.au. Rennie, a lot of movement in the AFL this time of year.
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Speaker 14: There is.
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Speaker 22: And trade period hasn't actually even started yet, Jono. We're still a week away, but we know that moves are afoot. So Luke Pedlar is the big one that's sort of floating around at the moment. Now he's requested a trade and he's requested to go across from the Crows to Port.
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Speaker 2: Adelaide, which doesn't happen often.
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Speaker 22: In fact, if he is to make that switch, he'd be only the eighth player to have done so. It'd be a frustrating one for the Crows. He was a high pick of first round selection, pick 11, and he's only played 49 games. I think we can all see the potential, but he just hasn't been able to get a real run at it with his body. Unfortunately, he has had some niggles over the journey. Even this year, only the 10 games, a lot of hamstring issues. Whenever he gets back, he plays two or three really good games and then his hamstring blows up or something happens with an adductor or a knee.
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Speaker 2: So, yeah, it's disappointing.
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Speaker 22: But sometimes for a player, and it's like people in the workplace, they just need a circuit breaker. They need somewhere else to go. And maybe it's Josh Carr, you know, that gets the best out of him. Now, that's cold comfort for Adelaide, unless they can get a really good deal for him.
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Speaker 13: So.
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Speaker 22: We'll wait and see how that unfolds. But both the clubs have acknowledged that he's made this request. There was interest from Essendon, but he wants to stay in Adelaide.
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Speaker 3: Showdowns will be interesting.
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Speaker 22: Showdowns will be interesting. And that'll be difficult for him.
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Speaker 2: You know, he'll cop it.
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Speaker 22: He'll be target almost number one for Crows fans if he does play, you know, which he would, you know, barring injury. So now it's all about working out a deal to get it done. So, yeah, very interesting. But he'd be only the eighth player in history to have played at both clubs.
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Speaker 3: Any word on what Port might get in return for the Butters deal, or is that still a bit?
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Speaker 22: It's still getting worked on behind the scenes. It's a great point, Stacey. That's the biggest domino, clearly, that has to fall. So the AFL have obviously put a bit of a kibosh on the Todd Marshall situation where they do this separate deal, and I'm sure a lot of Port fans would be saying, well, now you sort of step in. I mean, this is the beauty in it. hypocrisy sometimes of the AFL. Like we've seen father, sons and academy players go to Brisbane. You saw the Ashcroft boys, Jasper Fletcher, Annabelle, who they've got, they got them for, basically Brisbane had to give up the picks in the 30s, 40s and 50s. Whereas now Port Carlton and Essendon have to pay through the absolute nose to get them. So rules chop and change. It's all depending on, you know, what's in vogue at the time.
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Speaker 3: What the Victorian teams want.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 22: And it's frustrating. It is really frustrating to be able to keep up with it. But it has gone a bit quiet. That'll get done, I think, Stace. It will get done, but it could be one of those ones that goes deep into the trade period, which is still a good two or three weeks away.
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Speaker 2: So very interesting, but we'll wait and see how that one plays out. Good stuff. Good on you guys.
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Speaker 1: 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.
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Speaker 12: Stacey Lee and Jono Edwards. This is 5AA Breakfast.
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Speaker 2: 20 to 7, good morning to you if you're joining us for the very first time. It is said to be a magnificent day, a top of 33 degrees. Now, if that is too hot, never fear because there is a show in town which will certainly keep you cool.
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Speaker 3: Death of a Salesman has come to Adelaide. It is on right now at the Festival Theatre.
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Speaker 5: It started on Saturday and runs until the 4th of October, and we wanted to talk about it.
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Speaker 3: And who better to talk to than Alison White, who plays Linda Loman. In the show?
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Speaker 2: I know a bit about it.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you do.
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Speaker 5: Well, tell us about it because there might be some listeners who haven't heard a whole lot about Death Ever Sails.
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Speaker 2: And never studied it at school.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: I mean, I think it was, you know, on every syllabus for my generation. Look, it is a classic. It's a Pulitzer Prize winning play. And it is, I think the title says, somewhat gives it away in terms of what happens in the end um but it's it's about uh it's about it's sort of a comment on on the american dream and um family and um yeah it has some very sort of pertinent issues like you know a cost of living and um you know just striving to Attain the unachievable. And I think family dynamics is really, really sharp in this play. And it's been a joy to perform. We've performed it in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and now we've opened in Adelaide to a fabulous opening night audience on Saturday night.
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Speaker 11: And, yeah, it's a joy to perform. And it's not a bad cast.
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Speaker 2: We're a good family. Mentioning that, Cass, Anthony LaPaglia, we'd all know. Adelaide's own. Adelaide's own. He's been a star of screen, television, even movies, and, of course, on the stage. Just talk to us about the excitement and the presence. I'm going to use the word earthiness that he brings towards the screen. He's a classic Australian kind of bloke, tough bloke though, isn't he?
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Speaker 11: With a very strong Italian flavour.
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Speaker 2: How old are you?
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Speaker 11: Yeah, it's great working with him.
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Speaker 2: He's a bit of fun.
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Speaker 3: Do you get to have fun? I imagine sort of touring and being to so many.
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Speaker 11: States as well.
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Speaker 4: It's a very tight-knit unit, really tight-knit unit, despite the subject matter and despite we have a lot of fun. Yeah.
00:23:00
Speaker 11: Um, you know, we've actually.
00:23:01
Speaker 4: Been doing, doing this, this production that Neil's production on and off, uh, for about two and a half years in various different States with various different, um, cast members. And we have three new cast members that have come in for this Adelaide leg, which are Adelaide actors. Um, so, uh, that's brought a, a nice new, fresh sort of, you know, sprinkle to.
00:23:28
Speaker 3: Our, um, Adelaide season.
00:23:29
Speaker 4: We've got Mark Saturo joining us and Lucas Sardalis and James Smith joining us. And they rehearsed when we were up in Brisbane. And, yeah, and they will be coming in now that we've started. They've come in. So, yeah, it's really a joy to work with them as well.
00:23:48
Speaker 3: And what about for you yourself? Because you obviously have extensive experience working in TV as well.
00:23:54
Speaker 2: I'm so old.
00:23:55
Speaker 3: No, no, I would never say that. Frontline, Blue Heelers, you know, what's it like?
00:24:02
Speaker 2: Did I do Blue Heelers?
00:24:03
Speaker 3: No, I'm joking.
00:24:07
Speaker 2: What's it like?
00:24:08
Speaker 4: Being back on stage. I love being on stage. That's my stomping ground. So, yeah, you know, I haven't been off it for a minute. So I haven't done any telly. I actually did some telly, which I think is coming out.
00:24:23
Speaker 21: Oh, when?
00:24:24
Speaker 11: On the 8th of October.
00:24:25
Speaker 2: Awesome.
00:24:26
Speaker 4: Yeah, so that's going to be fun. Yeah, that was really fun to work on the small screen again. That was interesting. It's a very different skill.
00:24:36
Speaker 3: And I imagine, yeah, a very different skill.
00:24:39
Speaker 2: And also, you.
00:24:42
Speaker 3: Don't get that immediate response from the audience.
00:24:45
Speaker 11: I'm an adrenaline junkie, let's face it.
00:24:48
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I love it. I really love performing.
00:24:51
Speaker 3: I love the collective energy.
00:24:53
Speaker 11: Nature of it.
00:24:54
Speaker 4: I love the fact that everyone's experiencing one story at the same time.
00:24:57
Speaker 2: Yeah.
00:24:58
Speaker 4: And it's a team sport. So you rely on each other out there. And one last final cast member is the audience. So it's all of us have to chip in and make it an exceptional night in the theatre. You know, it's a beautiful experience. And I love sitting and watching it and I love performing it.
00:25:20
Speaker 5: Yeah, great. Now flatter us because we always hear from people that come to town about Adelaide audiences and we've heard that we are some of the best.
00:25:30
Speaker 3: Of course.
00:25:31
Speaker 5: But is it because we kind of are more interactive and are giving you the responses that you kind of want when you're on stage or.
00:25:38
Speaker 11: Why is that?
00:25:40
Speaker 4: They're really literate, Adelaide audiences actually. And I think it's because of your arts history here. You know, the Dunstons are a beautiful theatre to play. And the Festival Centre is, you know, your festival. I mean, it's a very theatre literate population.
00:25:58
Speaker 10: And.
00:26:01
Speaker 11: They know how to behave.
00:26:03
Speaker 2: No phones.
00:26:04
Speaker 7: Love it.
00:26:05
Speaker 2: No phones.
00:26:06
Speaker 20: Yeah.
00:26:06
Speaker 3: It's not often you hear a phone going off.
00:26:09
Speaker 10: Oh, yeah.
00:26:11
Speaker 2: Well, it's been open across all of this weekend and continuing throughout the week. Thank you so much for your time. We're looking forward to it. I'm sure there's plenty of people that will be racing to get some tickets.
00:26:21
Speaker 11: It's not a bad show to start between you and me.
00:26:25
Speaker 5: But it's a limited season, so only on until the 4th of October, only a few days to go, so make sure you you get in and check it out down at the Festival Theatre.
00:26:33
Speaker 3: Alison, thanks so much for your time.
00:26:35
Speaker 11: Thank you.
00:26:35
Speaker 2: 14 to 7, get along. You do not want to miss that show. We're all eyes on the weather today. Let's head to the Bureau. Christy Johnson is there for the Bureau of Meteorology. Christy, a top of 33 degrees. It's set to be an absolutely magnificent day.
00:26:51
Speaker 10: It's certainly set to be a scorcher. It's been a pretty warm night as well. We've only been down to about 21 degrees all night, which means it's been sitting in the 20s All through the night, maybe a little bit uncomfortable. Currently on 23 degrees, and you're right, heading for a top. We've actually put it up overnight. It was 32 yesterday, now expecting a top around 33 degrees. Either way, it's still expected to be the warmest September day since about 2008. We got to 33.7, I think it was, back in 2008 in September. So, yeah, look, it's going to be a warm one. We've got northerly winds. The north to northeasterly winds are already starting to pick up. We'll probably see them sort of be fairly fresh during the day. We've got a fair bit of sunshine this morning. There's a little bit of patchy cloud around, but I think we'll see quite a lot of sun through the morning, probably clouding over as we go through the afternoon. And there could actually be a bit of a cool change tonight. So after dark, probably sort of more like 10 o'clock-ish at night, 9, 10 o'clock, we might see the wind shift around to the south to southwest and That'll bring some slightly cooler air over us. So tomorrow it won't be anywhere near as warm. Top of 24 tomorrow. Some showers developing late tomorrow. So there's a trough that's going to bring a bit of a rain band in. We might start to see that start to arrive late Wednesday. Probably it's more likely into Thursday. I think the bulk of the showers at the moment coming through during the morning, tending to ease in the afternoon. But there is also the chance of a thunderstorm in the morning as well with that system coming through tomorrow. So 24 tomorrow, 21 on Thursday with that sort of more humid air over us. And then a cold front and southerly wind change come through, which will clear that humidity and those showers and storms, but give us some cool air over us for Friday, 18 degrees Friday. And then it looks like a fairly settled weekend, 20 on Saturday, 21 on Sunday and 23 on Monday.
00:28:47
Speaker 2: Beautiful. Thank you, Christy. Let's head to SAPOL now. Senior Constable Daniel Isaacson is on the line. Daniel, a shed fire at Nairn last night.
00:28:56
Speaker 15: Yeah, this happened about 11.45 last night. Police and fire crews were called to Little Dublin East Road after reports of a fire in a shed. Fire crews extinguished the blaze, which caused substantial damage to the structure and the contents. Fire cause investigators will attend the property later on today to determine the cause, but in the meantime, we're just asking if anybody's seen anything suspicious in the area or has any CCTV or dash cam that might assist us to give us a call on Crimestoppers 1-800-333-000.
00:29:22
Speaker 3: And Daniel, police have arrested a drunk driver after failing to stop in the northern suburbs.
00:29:27
Speaker 15: Yeah, this happened just after midnight this morning when police attempted to stop a Mazda hatchback on the Grove Way at Golden Grove after checks showed the registered owner was disqualified from driving. The driver took off but was found a short time later at Saints Road, Salisbury Plain where the car was safely contained and the driver was arrested. The 27-year-old Salisbury North man returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.172 and was charged with failing to stop, driving while disqualified, refusing to provide details and drink driving. His car was impounded for 28 days. He was issued a 12-month immediate loss of licence notice and he'll be in court at a later date.
00:30:07
Speaker 2: And also two teenagers have been arrested in Norlunga Downs this morning.
00:30:12
Speaker 15: Yeah, just after 2am, a resident in Garland Road at Norlunga Downs rang police after his CCTV showed two figures walking up his driveway and trying his front door handle. The pair were last seen heading through the reserve towards Barcelona Road. Patrols arrived and searched the area, quickly locating two suspects matching the description in the area. The two boys, a 14-year-old from No Longer Downs and a 14-year-old from Seaford Rise, were both arrested after police allegedly found them in possession of balaclavas. They were both charged with carrying an article of disguise and bailed to appear in the Christie's Youth Court in October.
00:30:50
Speaker 2: Good stuff. All right, Daniel. Senior Constable Daniel Isaacson from Saipol. Let's check traffic. And we'll come back with your calls, your texts, and a very special Top 7 Before 7 because I reckon there's a few Rod Stewart fans out there.
00:31:05
Speaker 1: 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.
00:31:13
Speaker 9: Stacey Lee and Jono Edwards.
00:31:15
Speaker 12: This is 5AA Breakfast.
00:31:21
Speaker 2: Well, all eyes on the Reserve Bank this morning, Stacey Lee, because we could see the highest interest rate rise in 15 years. To pull it apart, Michael Rodrigo is from Bentleys SA in Northern Territory. Michael, good morning to you. Look, there's a lot of homeowners that are very nervous this morning. What's your prediction?
00:31:42
Speaker 7: I don't think it's much of a prediction. It's going to happen. There'll be a rate rise today.
00:31:47
Speaker 18: No question.
00:31:48
Speaker 3: Michael, I feel like every time we talk, it's depressing news.
00:31:53
Speaker 7: Hello, Stacey. That's probably why you don't call me very often.
00:31:58
Speaker 3: I swear I haven't blocked your number. Okay.
00:32:02
Speaker 7: It's the way it's going to be. And if you think about what the Reserve Bank's trying to do, if you just take a step back, they're trying to suppress the economy. By suppressing the economy, by taking money out of the economy, demand will be less. We won't be able to afford as many things. And when the demand for something is less, the price comes down. It's as simple as that. The problem is the economy at the moment refuses to be suppressed and they're going to have to go hard.
00:32:32
Speaker 5: Who can we blame? I like to be able to blame someone, Michael. It feels like the people I'm talking to at least aren't overspending. No one's going on extravagant holidays. I don't see anyone you know, frivolously throwing money around.
00:32:46
Speaker 7: Yeah, I don't think it's that anymore. I think there's a couple of things. So demand is made up of public demand, which is government demand and spending, and private. Government demand is higher than it's been in decades. And Koshi did an analysis, I think it was released yesterday, and it must be right because he's at Pot Adelaide and anything coming out of there is good, right? So he's saying.
00:33:13
Speaker 23: that.
00:33:14
Speaker 7: Government spending has gone from 24% of GDP to 27%. That's an extra $ 80 billion a year every year for the last four years, which is equivalent to about eight or nine rate rises. It undoes about eight or nine rate rises by putting more money into the economy. So that is a main reason. That's a major reason. And the IMF, the International Monetary Fund, is also... a couple of weeks ago telling our federal government to slow down their spending. It is just too much. So that's a main driver. The other thing is unemployment's low. So prices are going up. We're still paying them. We don't have a choice. I mean, your water rates, your council rates, your electricity, you don't have a choice. But because unemployment is so low, we're just paying those prices. So businesses feel they can just pass them on And they're confident that they can pass them on. So the RBA said a couple of weeks ago that if it comes to a choice between maintaining a low unemployment rate and reducing inflation, inflation comes first. And they believe in unemployment needs to have a five in front of it for inflation to start coming down. That is a tragic story. They are real people that will lose jobs. They won't be able to put food on the table, won't be able to pay their mortgages. But in these situations, it's what's needed, unfortunately.
00:34:40
Speaker 5: Okay, so rate rise today. A lot of people are saying another one this year.
00:34:45
Speaker 3: What are you thinking? Can you crystal ball it?
00:34:47
Speaker 18: November.
00:34:51
Speaker 7: If you believe the banks, there's two more. If you believe Warren Hogan from Baranjoa, who's been a fairly decent predictor of what's happening, he's predicting another four. So let's hope that just does not happen because that will be catastrophic. I think to take the heat out of this economy, I think another rate rise will probably be needed. And hopefully that's it. And you can't see past that. You just can't see past. You don't know what's going to happen overseas with the war. You don't know what the data is going to come out at. I can feel things are slowing. Our restaurant clients have said that things have really, really slowed down since mid-August.
00:35:29
Speaker 3: Okay.
00:35:31
Speaker 7: But, yeah, I think at least two more, including today.
00:35:37
Speaker 15: All right.
00:35:37
Speaker 3: Well, thanks for your time, Michael.
00:35:39
Speaker 5: It feels like we always have to leave it on a down note, but we appreciate your insights.
00:35:43
Speaker 2: Let's pump it up. We can fire back up.
00:35:46
Speaker 9: The Top 7 Before 7.
00:35:48
Speaker 2: A very special edition of Top 7 Before 7 because Rod Stewart has announced the final encore tour next year after facing a series of health issues. Now, he maintains he's not retiring. But this will be his last rock and roll tour. Are you a Rod Stewart fan, Stacey?
00:36:05
Speaker 3: I can get around Rod's music.
00:36:06
Speaker 2: You know these songs. All right, number seven. I don't want to be talking about it. That's perfectly timed when we're talking about interest rates.
00:36:18
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't want to talk about it, actually.
00:36:20
Speaker 2: I don't want to talk about it by Rod Stewart. Number six. Oh, this should be higher. This should be way higher. Sailing by Rod Stewart.
00:36:38
Speaker 3: 1975.
00:36:39
Speaker 6: Yes.
00:36:40
Speaker 2: Great song. In a number of movies as well. Number five.
00:36:48
Speaker 17: What?
00:36:49
Speaker 2: Number five. I feel like that should have been higher. Tonight's the Night. I reckon a few people would have had their first date or their first dance to that song, surely. Number... Four, I mean, this is true. Some guys have all the luck. Some guys have.
00:37:14
Speaker 5: All the luck.
00:37:15
Speaker 2: Some guys have all the luck. It's a bit more pop.
00:37:21
Speaker 3: I like that one.
00:37:21
Speaker 2: I'm thinking, what was that, maybe 70s, I reckon, that song?
00:37:25
Speaker 4: 83. 83.
00:37:25
Speaker 2: All right, let's go into a few more love songs. Number three.
00:37:30
Speaker 4: In my heart.
00:37:34
Speaker 2: You're in my heart. Great song. Down to the top two. I mean, this should be pretty easy, I would have thought. However, you know, the top seven at seven before seven can be a little bit controversial. This one, an absolute tune. How's that not number one?
00:37:54
Speaker 4: I'm surprised.
00:38:03
Speaker 2: The judges in the booth, I think that's number one. Although, in the number one spot for the top seven before seven Rod Stewart songs, oh, this is a tune. Maggie, I couldn't have tried anymore. Maggie Mae, the number one Rod Stewart song here on the 5AA Breakfast, top seven at seven. News time. We'll be back with more.
00:38:33
Speaker 1: 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.
00:38:41
Speaker 12: Stacey Lee and Jono Edwards. This is 5AA Breakfast.
00:38:47
Speaker 2: Eight minutes after seven. Good morning to you if you're joining us for the very first time. A huge show on the way. Keep your radio locked on 5AA because we still have the opportunity for you to come along to the 5AA Golf Day. Those are tickets you simply do not want to miss. We've been taking your calls throughout the morning. I guess your favourite fish and chip order, hot chips, because it's 33 degrees, Stacey, and it's a record-breaking day today as well.
00:39:15
Speaker 13: It is.
00:39:15
Speaker 3: Ben Jordan, our stats man, has been in touch.
00:39:18
Speaker 5: He actually got in touch before the forecast was revised up to 33. So this is the stats based on if it was going to be 32, the 10th hottest September.
00:39:28
Speaker 3: Day since 18... the hottest since the 27th.
00:39:33
Speaker 5: Of September 2008 at 33.7 degrees. It's 12 above average and it's not just hot, it's also been a really dry September as well.
00:39:43
Speaker 3: We've only had 13.2 millimetres and the average is 52.
00:39:45
Speaker 4: Wow.
00:39:50
Speaker 3: Yeah, 1st September. Only 1896 and 1951 have been drier.
00:39:56
Speaker 2: I certainly think this is going to be an absolutely magnificent day. You just get the vibe. You know when you wake up in the morning and you can smell the warmth or you can feel the warmth already? At about 4 o'clock this morning, you could just tell it was coming. We heard from Michael Keelan a short time ago. It is go time in the garden. This weekend is generally when the majority of people will be planting their tomatoes. So good luck to all the gardeners out there. We'll continue to have the very latest on what we can expect today. We'll chat to Surf Lifesaving SA a little bit later. I'm keen to kind of ask, where are we at with the algal bloom as well? Because last year we saw a lot of extra patrols brought on. Are we going to see a similar thing this year? Because it's all pretty much gone away, apparently.
00:40:37
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, we haven't had an update. Are they still doing testing on the waters? We wouldn't know.
00:40:43
Speaker 2: The last, I believe, was the cold weather has solved the problem. There's no problems. But if we're warming up again, well, what does it mean?
00:40:51
Speaker 3: It was really uncharted territory for South Australia.
00:40:53
Speaker 5: Of course, there have been algal blooms in other parts of the world, and they have seemed to hang around for a while. So it wouldn't surprise me if maybe the warmth does kick it back into gear.
00:41:05
Speaker 3: Let's hope not, though.
00:41:05
Speaker 4: Certainly.
00:41:06
Speaker 12: Certainly.
00:41:06
Speaker 2: And the other big story today that we're following is interest rates. We are set for a fourth interest rate hike this year. It's almost potentially going to be a 15-year high. A lot of people very nervous. And we spoke to an economist a short time ago who simply sounded defeated because we understand the rhyme and reasoning, but it doesn't really make any sense to most homebuyers out there, does it, Stacey? Well, no.
00:41:32
Speaker 5: And I mean, I bang on about this every time we have an interest rates meeting. There's only a third of the population that have mortgages. There's a third who have paid off a mortgage and there's a third who are renting. So there's a third of people who are bearing the brunt of interest rate rises. Sure, everyone is suffering under inflation at the moment and cost of living increases and the price of everything is going up, which is what fuels inflation, which is what fuels interest rate rises. But it seems like the double whammy goes to the homeowners paying off a mortgage.
00:42:01
Speaker 3: Right now and renters because that eventually trickles down to them.
00:42:05
Speaker 2: Correct. And it seems like we're punishing people who do the right thing. Meantime, new research has come out this morning, Stace, regarding the illicit tobacco industry once again. The booming tobacco black market has wiped another $ 200 million from federal coffers. Now, again, it sparked warnings from the legal industry that the legitimate industry could simply be completely wiped out. Because what's the point? A lot of small independent tobacconists. Now, for us here in South Australia, I think it's our servos, it's our supermarkets that are legitimate companies. tobacco stores. We don't generally see independent tobacconists here, other than the legal ones, obviously, but it's again raising the issue of, well, what are we doing here, guys? You're punishing one people, a group of people with interest rate rises and everything like that, but then the illegal tobacco market, well, those people are just running a riot because you don't want to reduce your excise. We'll follow that throughout the morning. But as I mentioned, a top of 33 degrees, and it means that a lot of people, particularly with their kids, and we saw last night on 7 News, during the weather cross, plenty of mums and dads taking the best opportunity and grandparents for the start of school holidays to head to the beach. But it does come with a safety message. Cameron Smith is the operations manager at Surf Lifesaving SA. Cameron, it's an early start. Patrol's not quite ready to rumble just yet, but certainly you want everyone to take care today.
00:43:29
Speaker 24: Yeah, 100%. Obviously, with this increased warm weather, there's going to be a lot of people wanting to head down to the beach. But with that comes, you know, obviously safety precautions and making sure that we're looking after each.
00:43:41
Speaker 7: Other while we're there.
00:43:42
Speaker 20: Yeah.
00:43:43
Speaker 3: So have your patrols started for the year, Cameron, or when does that begin, formal patrols?
00:43:49
Speaker 24: Yes, well, our formal patrols will kick off on the 10th of October. So until then, we don't actually have the red and yellow patrol flags on the beach. We still maintain a 24-7 emergency call-out, but there won't be people physically on the beach keeping an eye on people as they're.
00:44:05
Speaker 7: Swimming in the water.
00:44:06
Speaker 5: So after the long weekend, I guess that's kind of the unofficial start to summer.
00:44:11
Speaker 24: Yeah, correct, correct.
00:44:13
Speaker 20: That's it for us.
00:44:14
Speaker 2: Yeah, certainly. And in terms of, I guess, moving forward into the summer, Cameron, I mentioned it before, a lot of people would have seen the extra patrols and the lifeguard service extended that we perhaps wouldn't normally see across our beaches due to the algal bloom. Have you got any indication of what we expect to see this year? Is there going to be extended patrols or is Surf Lifesaving in collaboration with the state government satisfied that those patrols won't be required?
00:44:39
Speaker 24: Yeah, at this point, we're still working with government to understand to what degree that looks like. It may be wound back from what it was last year with the through the middle of the week patrols that we had, but we will still have a full weekend coverage and public holidays like we always do.
00:44:56
Speaker 5: So you mentioned there won't be formal patrols, no red and yellow flag. What's your advice to people who are heading down to the beach today or for the next couple of weeks during school holidays? Where should they swim if there's no flags out? How do you identify the safe spots?
00:45:15
Speaker 24: Yeah, so it's really important that you take your time to stop, look, stay alive. So if you are going down to your beach, take your time to actually stop, check the conditions. Look for any rips, anything dangerous, any hazards, and make sure you're only entering the water if you feel comfortable and it's safe for your ability. Make sure you're always operating within your ability. Outside of that, make sure you're looking at our apps like BeachSafe. It's a really good app that can tell you the different hazard levels of the beaches, where the safe places to swim are, where it's less safe to swim. Always make sure you're trying to swim with someone or telling people where you're going and what time you're expected back. So make sure your stock looks stay alive. It's really important.
00:45:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, it certainly is good advice. Well, Cameron, we appreciate your time this morning, and we wish you guys all the very best for this season. Fantastic.
00:46:05
Speaker 24: Thank you very much for having me on.
00:46:06
Speaker 2: Well, Stacey, another big thing this weekend with a lot of people heading away, they'll certainly be looking at the fuel price. And I just had a bit of a look, and if you are after unleaded, it's going to cost you Well, a fair bit, as we had come to expect. It's around that $ 1. 38 at a maximum. The cheapest around, sorry, $ 2.
00:46:23
Speaker 4: 38.
00:46:23
Speaker 2: I was about to say, that's pretty good. I know. I'm so used to the dollar, but we need to get with the times. It's currently the cheapest around $ 2. 33, $ 2.
00:46:30
Speaker 4: 34.
00:46:30
Speaker 2: It'd be interesting to see if that's affected people's plans to go away this long weekend. Yeah.
00:46:39
Speaker 4: Yeah.
00:46:40
Speaker 3: What are you doing this long weekend?
00:46:42
Speaker 5: Do you usually plan to go camping, maybe caravanning? Are you still doing it? Because Ben on the text line says, diesel.
00:46:48
Speaker 3: Is almost $ 3 a litre. It's killing us. It's so expensive to run the kids around for holidays.
00:46:54
Speaker 2: I think a lot of people will be making that decision. Is it worth jumping in the caravan and heading away? It'd be really interesting to hear from particularly anyone in our regions out on the York Peninsula or anywhere else if they see a decline in bookings. We saw that in, I think it was around January, February, I think it was near Australia Day, we had a similar decline where people were saying, oh, we're getting bookings cancelled and we can't sustain the, you know, they rely on these long weekends to fund the rest of the year and summer. And because of the fuel price and the algal bloom, it was a double whammy. So it'd be certainly interesting to hear whether or not anyone has decided to put off their plans. The text line was running a little bit hot earlier, Stacey, regarding Rod Stewart, though.
00:47:36
Speaker 5: Oh, yes, we had some feedback on our seven before seven. Rick says, where was You Wear It Well? Had to be in there. That didn't make the cut. And Helen, always love a text from Helen. She said, I loved all the top seven. Rod Stewart is not easy on the eyes but can sing.
00:47:56
Speaker 2: You know what?
00:47:58
Speaker 3: Helen always says it how it is. I respect it.
00:48:01
Speaker 2: Rod Stewart's probably crying into his pillow right now. Well, he's not coming to Adelaide for his tour anyway, so we don't care, do we? Going to Sydney only, I think. I know. I mean, he came here last year. I think Mel Usher went to it in the newsroom. She loved it. My mum went to it. I think she enjoyed it. I think it was with Cindy Lauper. I think he performed with Cindy. I could be wrong. Anyway, let's check traffic at 17 minutes past seven, and we'll come back with more.
00:48:25
Speaker 1: 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.
00:48:33
Speaker 12: Stacey Lee and Jono Edwards. This is 5AA Breakfast.
00:48:39
Speaker 2: 22 minutes past seven. Plenty of you jumping in the car at the moment would see the sun is shining. It's set to be a magnificent day, top of 33 degrees. Plenty of people heading to the beach. But there is some concerning news arising yesterday. And the issue, or I guess the concerns regarding measles increasing. We saw at Brighton High last week a bit of a spreader event. And now we're also seeing a number of sites across South Australia coming forward where an individual with measles has been. And we saw yesterday the Health Minister, Blair Boyer, and the Chief Public Health Officer, Nicholas Spiria, issuing their concerns We're joined by now Professor Catherine Bennett, who's the epidemiologist at Deakin University. Catherine, a lot of people would have seen it on the news last night and thinking, well, hang on, am I immunised for this? Am I covered for this? For those listening at home, is this a great concern to the average everyday person?
00:49:34
Speaker 13: It is something people have to be aware of. We have very high vaccination rates in Australia, thankfully, and so the majority of adults and older children will be vaccinated. But we're now seeing more cases imported coming in, and with our vaccination rates dropping a bit, there is more likelihood that someone who's not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated, who didn't get both doses, might now be exposed to a case. And that's what we've seen. We've seen now five cases linked to this one imported case of measles. So as our risk of importing cases goes up with outbreaks now in many parts of the world, including places like America that we haven't been used to in recent years, it does lift that risk of exposure. And because we've now got quite a long list of exposure sites, it's important for people to check those lists, see if they... might have been in any of those places, and to monitor for symptoms just in case if they're not sure if they're fully vaccinated, just to keep an eye out. And so they've provided that list of symptoms for people to look out for and then talk to the doctor. And I think the other important thing the health officials are saying is don't just turn up to your GP if you think you've got symptoms that fit. measles, ring first, let them know so that they can manage it so that if in case it is measles, you're not putting other people at risk.
00:51:04
Speaker 5: So Catherine, when is someone usually vaccinated for measles? If you go through your regular vaccinations, when would you have received that one?
00:51:13
Speaker 13: So this is part of our childhood vaccination series. And so most adults will have received it when they were children. Um, Children, parents will know if their children have had the MMR vaccine as part of their childhood vaccine program. And people who are born before 1966, they're considered to be, whether they're vaccinated or not, there was enough measles circulating at that time before the vaccine really helped remove that risk of disease in Australia. So those people born before 1966, will have immunity anyway from that natural exposure.
00:51:58
Speaker 23: So it's really for people.
00:51:59
Speaker 13: Who either know they haven't been vaccinated or aren't sure to really monitor for symptoms, but also parents of children who haven't been vaccinated, this is a good time to look at actually getting those vaccinations done. It's still possible to have catch-up vaccines, but we don't see an end in sight to the measles outbreaks around the world, unfortunately. So This is now something we're living with in a different way in Australia.
00:52:24
Speaker 2: You mentioned those symptoms. What are those key symptoms, though? Because I know, you know, a bit of cold and flu symptoms, all of us kind of get that every now and then. We go, oh, it's just nothing. But what are those real key symptoms that relate to measles, which people at home should go, oh, maybe I should get checked?
00:52:41
Speaker 13: Well, there are, as you say, the sort of general symptoms, fever and so on. But one of the giveaways is the blotchy rash. It usually starts on the face and head. and then can progress to other parts of the body. So certainly if anyone had a bit of a fever, was feeling unwell, and then they start to see a rash, that's definitely a warning sign. But I think anyone who has unusual symptoms at this time of year, I know we've had a late flu season and COVID wave as well, but at the same time, it's about trying to be super alert. So those early symptoms, including fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis red eyes itchy eyes um and you know if they if they turn up and someone knows they've been at an exposure site that's enough to act on don't wait for a rash just contact um the local doctor let them know and then they can be um assessed.
00:53:39
Speaker 5: Yeah and i think the concerning part about the some of the new exposure sites there's a cluster from brighton secondary school and also um The emergency department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. So is that more of a concern that it was in an emergency department than another exposure site?
00:53:58
Speaker 13: Look, anywhere around healthcare where you might have people who are more vulnerable, people who might be immunocompromised either by a medical condition or by treatment they're on, there's a greater concern because they might have been vaccinated or born before 1966 but could still be vulnerable to infection. But also it's just the number of people that can be together in an enclosed space for some time if you're waiting to be seen. So measles is very infectious, more infectious than COVID and flu. It's something where if you had an infectious person in a room, they might have left 10 minutes ago, half an hour ago, and someone else could still walk into that room and contract the virus. So that's part of the concern is that, you know, it can linger in the air. It really is a true virus. airborne virus. The other challenge is it takes about 10 days after exposure for symptoms to typically develop, to present. And so people might look at it, see they were there and then think, I'm fine. But in fact, you have to keep monitoring your health for 10 days and beyond just to make sure you are in the care. So that's also important for people to know it's not instant. It can take up to 10 days for any symptoms to appear.
00:55:13
Speaker 14: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Well, we appreciate your time today, Professor. Thank you.
00:55:18
Speaker 2: It's certainly concerning, particularly, I'm sure, you know, you're a young mum. It feels like everything is trying to get young children. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah.
00:55:27
Speaker 3: There's sickness everywhere.
00:55:28
Speaker 5: But I was just looking at the list and I would suggest going on the SA Health website to have a list of exposure sites for this measles outbreak because there's a couple of sites that would have been really busy. You know, Harbour Town on Saturday, the 19th of September. And I mentioned the emergency department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. This tells you just how long people are waiting in EDs in our hospitals. On the 23rd of September, Wednesday, 9.45 p.m. until 8.15 p.m.
00:55:56
Speaker 3: The next day.
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Speaker 5: So this person was in the emergency department for almost 24 hours. And I don't know if this is another person or if this is the same case, but they were also in the emergency department waiting area from 5.15 to 10.20 p.m.
00:56:11
Speaker 3: On the 23rd.
00:56:12
Speaker 2: Plenty of text coming in regarding measles. A lot of people saying that, you know, back in the day, whenever they had measles or chickenpox, they'd have a party to spread it around. Gone are the days. Not anymore.
00:56:23
Speaker 3: I'm not sure there'd be... health experts out.
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Speaker 2: There recommending that anymore. Also, and just some breaking news that is certainly going to affect a number of those heading to the city this morning, the Hindmarsh tram. So just out on Port Road, one of the passengers, only one passenger on the tram at a time. The tram has hit the pole at the end of the line with some damage to the tram. So none to the track. So currently no delays or not expecting any for the rest of the days, but it sounds like a tram has hit the end of the track at Highmarsh. So we don't believe there's going to be any delays, but potentially maybe leave a couple of extra minutes just in case. News time, and we'll come back with much more. Your calls, your texts. It's 7.30.
00:57:09
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00:57:22
Speaker 2: 21 minutes to 7. The sun is shining right across Adelaide. It's going to be a magnificent day. I hope you're enjoying it. Whatever you're doing, hopefully you might. There'll be a few people that would have the week off for school holidays. If your grandkids are around the place, I'm sure we'll enjoy whatever you are doing. We have a jam-packed half an hour on the way. Phil Currie will join us very shortly. And a big jury coming up. That's what I was going to allude to. Oh, sorry. We might preview it now. You can call in a little bit earlier and we'll call you back a little bit later. But do you head to the beach or the river for the long weekend? That's going to be our jury topic because I'm certain there'd be a lot of South Aussies that love going to the river. I'm not a fan of going to the river.
00:58:05
Speaker 3: Not a river guy?
00:58:06
Speaker 2: I'm a beach guy.
00:58:07
Speaker 5: Yeah.
00:58:08
Speaker 2: And I feel like there'd be a fair few people in my camper. Are you a river or beach?
00:58:13
Speaker 3: I'm beach over river, but I'm pool over beach.
00:58:16
Speaker 2: Oh, really?
00:58:17
Speaker 3: The sand.
00:58:18
Speaker 21: Really?
00:58:19
Speaker 15: Yeah.
00:58:20
Speaker 2: We're learning stuff about Stacey Lee today. Hey, let's jump into what is said to be a big week in federal politics. We've seen a massive One Nation poll come out yesterday. Overnight, we've seen the Greens leader step down, but We're also joined by the Prime Minister in South Australia today. Phil Currie joins us from the Fin Review. Phil, what can we expect from the PM in South Australia today?
00:58:42
Speaker 8: Morning, John. Good morning, Stacey. I'm not sure exactly. He's on a bit of a sweep through the eastern state. He got back from the United States on Saturday, had a day off Sunday and then hit the road again. He was in Tassie yesterday, Adelaide today. I think it's something to do with housing, like a housing announcement. It's not a major, sort of major thing. It's just basically high buyout. We actually know the Reserve Bank's meeting today and there's going to be a fair bit on about housing affordability. I suspect he'll get in and get out before that decision. and leave the explaining to the Treasurer. But as to where and when the PM's going to have that, I'm not sure. But if I had to have a bet, he'll be standing near a housing development somewhere.
00:59:22
Speaker 5: It might be awkward for him to stand next to the Premier, Peter Malinowskis. He's made some pretty public comments lately about kind of putting him at odds with the Prime Minister in regards to migration and, you know, some controversial comments about people on the left of politics as well.
00:59:40
Speaker 3: So I wonder how that will go.
00:59:41
Speaker 8: Oh, they get on pretty well, I think, Stacey. I mean, Malinowskis is sort of like... If you remember a couple of elections ago when Mark McGowan over in WA was the godlike Labour Premier, Albo would stick to him like chewy to a blanket, hoping some of it rubs off, and it did. And I think Malinowskis is the new one. So I would suspect that with the PM somewhere today, Peter Malinowskis will be close by him, even though it's not all gangbusters for the Premier at home. I read from time to time, but that's normal when you've been in for wealth. People start to find fault with things, but he's still pretty popular as far as I can see.
01:00:18
Speaker 13: Yeah.
01:00:18
Speaker 2: The news overnight feel that potentially the door may be open for Sarah Hansen-Young to become a future Greens leader.
01:00:25
Speaker 8: Well, it's not before time, I would say. I mean, you know, Sarah's been around a long time. She's pretty smart. She's probably the most reasonable of the Greens in terms of, you know, getting stuff done, but also sort of standing up for what the party believes. And she's very much sort of an older school Green. You know, she's Sarah I've known her for a long time and I've seen the greens change a lot over the years but she's sort of still more about the environment and biodiversity and habitat protection and those sorts of things which is becoming increasingly important you know what's just going on in South Australia you know with the algal bloom and these sorts of things and you know she's less sort of likely to sort of you know shove a megaphone in your face about Palestine or something like that which is But they've been very split for a long time, the Greens. You've sort of got the two factions, if you like. You've got the old school, of which Sarah's a part, and then you've got the sort of more radical left, which coalesces around Maureen Faruqi, and I suspect there'll be a battle between those two. One of the reasons Larissa Waters did get the leadership last time, because she's the only one they could agree on. So it'll be interesting. Outwardly, they're very polite, but inwardly they can be as nasty and divided as any other political party.
01:01:39
Speaker 5: So do we know when the Greens will vote for a new leader after Larissa Waters?
01:01:43
Speaker 3: She only stood down last night, I think.
01:01:45
Speaker 8: Yeah, look, and all the best to Senator Waters. She's got a degenerative kidney disease, which is no good, so she needs time off to manage that. But it will be, they're having a meeting probably tomorrow, I think, Stacey, at this stage, just to organise a plan. But I assume they'd want to get it done pretty quick. There's not many of them. There's only like 10 of them or something, 11 of them, so... You could sort it out with a Zoom meeting, to be honest.
01:02:10
Speaker 5: And, Phil, a week doesn't go by without us asking you about the most recent polling.
01:02:15
Speaker 3: It comes up every day, it feels.
01:02:18
Speaker 4: At the moment.
01:02:19
Speaker 8: Yeah, look, it's a bit. Yeah, sorry, you go.
01:02:21
Speaker 5: No, I was just going to say the one that was in the Oz yesterday was interesting. Pauline Hanson, preferred prime minister in Queensland.
01:02:30
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's based on the cumulative data of about the last three or four polls. So you've got to be a little bit cautious with it because it's over a long period of time. But it doesn't surprise you. I mean, she is popular everywhere, but especially Queensland and everyone up there, including the National Party, are shaking in their boots. If they do really well at the federal election, they could actually wipe the Nationals out in Queensland. That's obviously Pauline Hanson's home state. But yeah, the juggernaut rolls on, doesn't it? And we're going to see today Look, I think it's getting very interesting now. We're going to see today the Reserve Bank is going to increase rates. The Treasury really is flailing about on this, really has nowhere to go. Yes, it is the case that Trump's war against Iran has just exacerbated the inflation problem and will be largely responsible for whatever happens today. But there's no escaping the government. Didn't get the economy into good shape when this war started. The economy was already a hot mess in terms of inflation. you know, they hadn't got it under control. So they had no capacity, if you like, to absorb the impact of what Trump's caused. And this is going to, I think, be quite formative. It may actually, you know, it might play the Liberals back in, in terms of people actually really start to get worried about things. And I think it is time to get worried about things. They may look at the Liberal Party as saying, well, I like Pauline Hanson, but maybe she's not up for the job of providing economic surgery. So I think it's going to get interesting next few months in terms of the polls. If the Liberals can't take advantage of this, then there's no hope for them, I would suggest, because it's going to get, you know, the whole economy feels like it's about to unravel, which is not good.
01:04:11
Speaker 3: Interesting observation.
01:04:12
Speaker 5: And I wondered if there's been much talk in Canberra about the South Australian Liberal Party. We saw, what was it, last weekend, Alex Antic swept the party, the far-right Pentecostals. His whole ticket got up, so he now basically runs the Liberal Party in South Australia as a party.
01:04:32
Speaker 3: Not the parliamentary team. What's the discussion in Canberra about that?
01:04:37
Speaker 8: Well, there's obviously a great deal of concern because... because Alec and his crew are fairly out there, right? No disguising it. I think there's a sort of, and this isn't coming from anyone in particular, but there's a sort of a quiet hope that he would defect to One Nation, to be honest, and let the Liberal Party go back to being the Liberal Party. Old Liberals I've known since my time say the party is now virtually unrecognisable in South Australia from what it used to be. There's still a lot of people in there from the old school, like the Downers and Trish Worth and others, sort of fighting to try and take it back but I think the danger is if the Alexantic takeover converts itself into pre-selections and stuff and you start getting some fairly sort of you know out there characters getting pre-selected and stuff it's not you know it ceases becoming a mainstream party I mean if my view is you're going to be one nation you might as well become one nation rather than and it's not the same as one nation I don't think it has that same sort of you know working class common touch that one nation is appealing to it's some of these people can scare people so it's a Yeah, interesting. But, you know, it is a democracy and the party voted and you've got to accept it. But the only way you'll change it is from within.
01:05:47
Speaker 2: Yeah.
01:05:47
Speaker 3: Well, we'll wait and see how it all plays out. But, Phil, always love to chat. Thanks for your time.
01:05:52
Speaker 8: No worries, guys.
01:05:53
Speaker 2: And news emerging this morning in The Australian, Stacey, that during that election or the state party conference for the South Australian Liberals is that Leah Blythe actually had a private security guard with her that's in the Oz this morning. So I guess that maybe, I'm not sure, is that usual behaviour for a politician? Or does it speak to the divisiveness in the room?
01:06:17
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think that's been occurring for some time. My understanding is there were some threats made from within the party and that has necessitated the need for a federal security guard to be with Senator Leah Blythe.
01:06:34
Speaker 2: At their own Party event.
01:06:37
Speaker 3: Her own party event. It's so disappointing. And we flagged this with Matt Abraham last week.
01:06:44
Speaker 5: Phil Currie said, you know, people in Canberra are watching it to see if there is any pre-selection from this Pentecostal far right of the Liberal Party, which has now taken over the state branch. And it's people like Senator Leah Blythe, Senator Karen Little, who will be at risk now for pre-selection.
01:06:59
Speaker 3: And both of those.
01:07:00
Speaker 5: Women are successful women within the Liberal Party, and they're from the right of the Liberal Party as well. So if now even the right of the Liberal Party is at risk from the far right of the Liberal Party, where does that leave the party?
01:07:13
Speaker 3: As Phil kind of alluded to earlier.
01:07:15
Speaker 2: For you, Stace, what do you think this means for Angus Taylor? Surely, you know, where does he sit? Is he in no man's land?
01:07:21
Speaker 3: Well, this is the thing.
01:07:22
Speaker 5: And like Phil said, with the RBA meeting today, if the Liberals can't capitalise on this traditionally, you know, true or not, but colloquially known around Australia as a better economic management of the economy than the Labour Party, If they can't capitalise on this and if the support keeps going to One Nation, and like Phil said, the nationals in Queensland are at risk, nationals right across the country are at risk.
01:07:49
Speaker 3: So if the coalition can't.
01:07:51
Speaker 5: Get their stuff together and start forming a proper opposition federally, it's not good news.
01:07:58
Speaker 9: Correct.
01:07:58
Speaker 2: And then also today we see with what's happening with interest rates, it just lands in the lap of the Labor Party because there is no opposition.
01:08:04
Speaker 3: Or One Nation.
01:08:06
Speaker 2: Correct.
01:08:07
Speaker 5: You wonder why people are going to One Nation and it's because, in my mind, where's the opposition? And then you look at the leadership of the country. Do you look at Jim Chalmers and do you look at Anthony Albanese? Do you look at Angus Taylor and say, yeah, I trust them?
01:08:22
Speaker 3: Not sure.
01:08:23
Speaker 2: All right. Well, we have a jury to convene, and we have a magnificent seafood tray, all thanks to Sam Tass Seafood. $ 100 Samtas Seafood voucher. You could get so much with that, particularly a day like today.
01:08:37
Speaker 3: Long weekend coming up.
01:08:38
Speaker 2: Oh, this is what you need to win. You just need to convince us. Join the jury. We've converged it. Tell us, do you head to the beach or do you head to the river on the long weekend? It's very simple. And I reckon it's a bit divisive as well because, you know, there's a few people that like heading.
01:08:53
Speaker 6: Up the river.
01:08:54
Speaker 3: Lots of people have a shack.
01:08:55
Speaker 2: A shack.
01:08:56
Speaker 10: Yeah.
01:08:56
Speaker 2: But surely.
01:08:57
Speaker 3: They get in their boat.
01:08:58
Speaker 2: Well mozzies you know i'm saying this beach you're not a fan.
01:09:03
Speaker 5: Of sand someone someone disagrees with us surely we're both beach over river but i'm sure there are lots of people listening who prefer the river get on the phone join the jury eight double two three double oh double oh here's your traffic.
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01:09:43
Speaker 2: Oh yes, it's a long weekend, Drury. We've got a magnificent weekend set. The weather is set to be beautiful today, but we want to know, this long weekend or long weekends in general, do you head to the river or do you head to the beach? It's simple, but it's divisive, I feel, and I'm not sure that everyone's going to agree on this one. You and I, Stacey, we're beach people. You just don't like the sand.
01:10:05
Speaker 4: Yeah.
01:10:07
Speaker 2: Lines available, 8223 0000. We have a $ 100 Samtas voucher. That will go a long way this long weekend. Juru number one, you're on the air, beach or river?
01:10:20
Speaker 16: Stacey and John, you have to go to the river.
01:10:22
Speaker 25: There's no sand, no snakes, no direct sun.
01:10:27
Speaker 16: You can water ski.
01:10:28
Speaker 25: You can kneeboard.
01:10:29
Speaker 3: There's shade.
01:10:30
Speaker 16: There's grass on the banks.
01:10:33
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'd give the beach miss, and it's overcrowded and overrated.
01:10:37
Speaker 2: What about the mozzies?
01:10:38
Speaker 12: No, no.
01:10:40
Speaker 19: Mozzies where I go.
01:10:41
Speaker 2: Okay. I like it. I like it.
01:10:44
Speaker 3: You've almost convinced me.
01:10:46
Speaker 2: Jury number two, you're on the air.
01:10:48
Speaker 14: Unless it's got a beautiful cabin sitting right there, I'm not interested in either. I'd go and meet Paul in the backyard. Under the shade, have a dip. Inside to a lovely shower if I need one. Cold fridge with a beer or shampoos.
01:11:10
Speaker 2: You're just rubbing it in now, aren't you?
01:11:13
Speaker 25: Yes.
01:11:14
Speaker 5: You paint a beautiful picture. Unfortunately, being on a jury, you've got to pick one. Beach or river jury number two. If you had to pick, which one.
01:11:22
Speaker 2: Would it be?
01:11:24
Speaker 14: Well, I'll go for the cabin on the river.
01:11:26
Speaker 2: Okay. All right.
01:11:29
Speaker 3: I'm with you, though. The pool sounds much better.
01:11:33
Speaker 2: Oh, come on. During number three, tell us, beach or river?
01:11:37
Speaker 20: It's got to be the beach for me. Look, we walk with the kids. I said to the kids in the old days, as my dad used to do, we'd catch the bus, get a nice big bag of $ 10 of chips and pieces of butterfish, sit down, enjoy. And these days now, we're walking down to the beach because of petrol consumption.
01:11:56
Speaker 4: Yeah.
01:11:58
Speaker 2: Good call. Good on you, jury number three. Jury number four, Beach or River?
01:12:03
Speaker 18: Morning, Stace.
01:12:03
Speaker 20: Morning, Jono.
01:12:05
Speaker 21: River for me for sure, mate.
01:12:06
Speaker 18: Grew up with a shack.
01:12:08
Speaker 20: Little kids, we were dipping our feet in mud trying to find the mussels. Last weekend for a campfire too, sitting by the river, mate.
01:12:18
Speaker 13: Beautiful.
01:12:19
Speaker 3: Oh, that does sound nice.
01:12:20
Speaker 2: Jury number five, Beach or River?
01:12:24
Speaker 21: Good morning, guys.
01:12:25
Speaker 20: My question is, why would it be beach or river when you can have the beach and the river?
01:12:28
Speaker 16: Oh, great idea.
01:12:31
Speaker 3: Best of both worlds.
01:12:32
Speaker 14: Yes.
01:12:32
Speaker 2: A few mozzies there, though, and snakes.
01:12:36
Speaker 3: If Dave was sitting in this chair, he would say, por que no los dos?
01:12:40
Speaker 2: Why not both?
01:12:41
Speaker 3: I hope I said that right. He would be very disappointed in.
01:12:44
Speaker 2: Me if I pronounced that right. I like it. You're doing well. Jury number six, beach or river?
01:12:48
Speaker 23: The river.
01:12:51
Speaker 3: The river.
01:12:52
Speaker 2: Tell us why.
01:12:54
Speaker 13: Nice country-like feeling when you're out.
01:12:58
Speaker 21: In the open.
01:13:00
Speaker 4: Hmm.
01:13:01
Speaker 20: Yeah.
01:13:02
Speaker 2: Where are we up to, Stacey?
01:13:03
Speaker 3: It's five to one.
01:13:05
Speaker 2: All right.
01:13:06
Speaker 4: Okay.
01:13:06
Speaker 2: This is not really heading in the way that I thought it would go. Drew at number seven. Beach or river?
01:13:14
Speaker 11: Hi.
01:13:15
Speaker 25: Yeah, I'm going to do River because my brother's up there and why not make use of his house, his conveniences and his money and, you know, just go to the pub. It's all renovating and go back to his place and drink some more.
01:13:30
Speaker 12: I'm going to say River.
01:13:32
Speaker 2: You know what?
01:13:33
Speaker 3: You've convinced me.
01:13:34
Speaker 2: And using your brother for everything he's got. Well done. That's what family is all about. Juror number eight, good morning to you.
01:13:42
Speaker 12: Good morning.
01:13:43
Speaker 9: How are you?
01:13:44
Speaker 4: Good.
01:13:44
Speaker 2: Tell us, river or beach?
01:13:46
Speaker 13: I would absolutely no contest the beach, A, because I can walk there, and B, because there's no mosquitoes.
01:13:56
Speaker 2: Mozzie's. I think we have a winner here, Stace.
01:13:59
Speaker 5: Well, yeah, it was overwhelmingly river, six to two. I think the seafood voucher has got to go to Dura number seven, utilises her brother's shack at the river. Maybe she can buy some seafood and take it along and share it with her brother.
01:14:13
Speaker 2: Magnificent.
01:14:14
Speaker 3: That's what siblings are for, right?
01:14:15
Speaker 2: Yeah, using them for everything they've got. Using everything. Absolutely. If that's not what siblings are for, particularly older siblings, I don't know what it is. Stick around. We have a huge breaking at eight. I'm even going to call it a royal breaking at eight. You do not want to miss it.
01:14:30
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01:14:32
Speaker 1: Knock down, build two with Metro Homes.
01:14:35
Speaker 3: Sell one and move on.
01:14:36
Speaker 1: Keep the other as an investment.
01:14:38
Speaker 3: Metro Homes, they do it all for you.
01:14:40
Speaker 12: Stacey Lee and Jono Edwards. This is 5AA Breakfast.
01:14:45
Speaker 2: Ten minutes after eight. Good morning to you if you're joining us for the very first time. The sun is shining. It's going to be a magnificent day. A top of 33 degrees. Keep your radio locked on 5AA. I'm sure we'll have plenty of ways to keep you cool if you're struggling through this warmer weather. We'll also, a little bit later in the program, hear from the MFS. There's a bit of a warning going around regarding the fact that this is the first time a majority of people would probably fire up their air conditioning. So that's something to be wary of. However... It's time for a very special Breaking a Day.
01:15:19
Speaker 5: Well, it is the final week in the job for Her Excellency, the Honourable Frances Adamson AC, Governor of South Australia. And we thought we had to have a chat with her in the lead up to her finishing up.
01:15:31
Speaker 3: And she joins us in the studio. Good morning to you, Your Excellency.
01:15:34
Speaker 6: Good morning, Stacey. And good morning, John. Lovely to be here.
01:15:36
Speaker 3: How are you feeling, final week?
01:15:39
Speaker 6: Look, I'm feeling pretty good in a way, but also I know when the day comes, a week's time, four o'clock, where Od and I drive out the gate for the last time, of course there'll be things I'll miss, there'll be feelings, a little bit of sadness, but overwhelmingly it's been such an honour and a privilege to fulfil the role of Governor for the last five years.
01:16:02
Speaker 3: And do you plan on staying in Adelaide once you finish up?
01:16:05
Speaker 6: Yes, we are. We've bought an apartment in the city. There's a massive downsizing operation that's going on from the biggest house to one of the smallest possibly. But yes, that's what we're going to do. We really, I mean, Adelaide's home for me, of course, but we've really enjoyed our time here and it's a great city. We've lived in some really big ones around the world and this is just the right size.
01:16:29
Speaker 2: Yeah, beautiful.
01:16:30
Speaker 3: And you get to stay in the city as well.
01:16:32
Speaker 6: Yes, yes, about 900 metres from where we now live. So it'll be pretty familiar. We won't need to orient ourselves.
01:16:38
Speaker 2: You won't be using a moving fan, will you?
01:16:39
Speaker 6: Well, look, we thought about that, but actually there are a couple of things. Our desks, for example, are a bit heavy to carry down the street.
01:16:46
Speaker 2: If I had to ask you over the last five years or so, a highlight. It's tough because you've been with us through a lot of major events, a lot of major news and life-changing things for a lot of people. What stands out to you as the biggest moment during your term?
01:17:03
Speaker 6: Look, the biggest moment, I mean, there are big moments, and those big moments, of course, have been ceremonial. But if you ask me what memory springs into my mind ahead of everything else, it's really just it's a smaller thing rather than a bigger one. And we were hosting a reception at Government House, which we do most days of the week. There was a group of people there, mostly adults, but there were some children. And there was a little girl who was very shy and I think she had a medical condition of some kind and she was sitting snuggled into her mother on the couch and she really didn't want to engage. And I sat down next to her and we started to talk and she started to sort of chat too. And then I said, would you like to come into my study and I'll show you something really special? I can't even remember what the really special thing was, but there are lots of special things in my study. And that was just a really good example of South Australians visiting Government House for the first time. And Rod and I have thought very strongly that it should be a house and gardens for all South Australians. And here was just an example of a little girl who probably always remember that, and I certainly will. But that's happened, if you like, thousands and thousands of times over when people have come for the first time and realised actually that it's not a place to be nervous about. It's a place to enjoy and to celebrate.
01:18:28
Speaker 3: Well, that is.
01:18:28
Speaker 5: Something I wanted to, without sounding too cliche, but thank you for, is opening Government House a bit more than it's previously been opened.
01:18:38
Speaker 3: You have picnics there.
01:18:40
Speaker 6: We've got one on Friday.
01:18:41
Speaker 3: On Friday.
01:18:42
Speaker 8: Perfect.
01:18:43
Speaker 3: Once a month.
01:18:43
Speaker 5: And you really have opened the gates of Government House to South Australians to be able to come in and look at the gardens and look at Government House and be there and be a part of it. Because it does feel like sometimes it's this blocked off area on North Terrace in the heart of the city.
01:18:59
Speaker 3: But you've changed that.
01:19:01
Speaker 6: Well, look, I think, to be fair, all governors have probably wanted it to be open and probably all of them have taken steps to achieve that. And we're just the latest ones to do it. But we've got lunch on the lawns and can I give a little plug for it?
01:19:14
Speaker 19: Please.
01:19:14
Speaker 2: Of course.
01:19:15
Speaker 6: Actually, the gates open at 11.30 on Friday because I'm going to plant a rose in my name. It's called Southern Horizon. And then we'll have a band, a jazz band, super band. And then I'm going to plant a tree. So there'll be things happening and it's Nature Festival as well too. So everyone's very welcome. But, of course, we've been part of Illuminate too and that's brought tens and tens of thousands of people into the gardens for the first time. And, you know, we love being on North Terrace and being part of the city life and contributing in the way other institutions do as well.
01:19:50
Speaker 3: How do you relax?
01:19:52
Speaker 5: At Government House, as Governor of the State, I find there's nothing better in my life right now, being a new mum, than being at home, being on the couch, my husband, my daughter, my dog.
01:20:02
Speaker 3: In trackies, ordering Uber Eats. Do you ever get to sit on the couch in your trackies, Governor, and order Uber Eats?
01:20:10
Speaker 6: No, not really. But look, of course I do relax and I exercise every day and I go for a walk around the Torrens, but Just occasionally, particularly on a day like today, actually, I'll take a book outside and sit on a bench under a tree and just think what an amazing place this is. And, of course, Adelaide Oval's now doing our lawns, which look spectacular. We've got a new Gondwana garden just planted over the weekend that takes us back 200,000 years with some of the ancient plants. Rod's got a rewilding garden going up the back. There are just so many things to look at and enjoy. So our open days are very popular. but so too are lunches on the lawns.
01:20:51
Speaker 3: Will you miss the garden in an apartment?
01:20:53
Speaker 6: Oh, of course. I mean, it's absolutely stunning. Fortunately, we've got a beach house at Port Willunga that has got a garden that we've been working in, so we will be able to let loose on our gardening sort of instincts, which you can't really do in an apartment. That's true.
01:21:10
Speaker 2: You've been the Royal Representative here in South Australia and you've done incredibly well. There's a mountain of texts coming in thanking you for your service and wishing you all the very best. You've also been in charge of an event here we have at 5AA, the 5AA Undie Drive.
01:21:24
Speaker 6: Absolutely. And I will definitely miss that.
01:21:27
Speaker 2: Well, you can come back. One of your passion projects has been helping the homeless community. And we know you've done a fair bit with Catherine House and the Hutt Street Centre. Just talk us through that. Oh, well, of course.
01:21:39
Speaker 6: I mean, look, it's traditionally a role that a governor will take on as patrons of both organisations. And I suppose when I first got to know them very early on, I thought, as did many people, that the work that they were doing would make a real difference and that the numbers of people they were needing to help would decline. And of course, they have made a real difference, but the numbers of people they're needing to help has continued to increase. And that's why your undue drive is so important. That's why both organisations, I think, are genuinely beloved by the people of South Australia who support them strongly. And we can all hope for a day when we won't need them. But for now, we certainly do. And the work is required more widely even. Both of them are expanding as are other organisations which help support people at risk of homelessness.
01:22:30
Speaker 2: I know it's tough to do, but there's a lot of people listening at the moment that might have odds on who your replacement may be.
01:22:37
Speaker 6: I'm not a betting person other than at Moorfootville.
01:22:40
Speaker 2: Well, there we go. I was going to say, is there a sports bet account? I don't know if I'm allowed to say that.
01:22:44
Speaker 6: No, there is no sports bet account. But when we go, because I'm patron of the South Australian Jockey Club, When we go to their annual race day, the Adelaide Cup, Rod always places the bets and he does them in cash over the– can you do it in cash? Yeah, he must be able to. Yeah, he does it over the counter. So we don't have an account. That's for other people to worry about.
01:23:05
Speaker 3: Gamble responsibly.
01:23:06
Speaker 2: Of course. Everyone listening.
01:23:07
Speaker 14: Yes.
01:23:08
Speaker 2: If Rod was perhaps looking at someone to put their money on and it's going to be very hard to follow in your footsteps, can you give anything away?
01:23:18
Speaker 6: I can give nothing away. You wouldn't have expected me to answer any differently. I'm sure it will all be clear in due course. And if anyone has laid a bet, I hope they're happy at the end of it.
01:23:31
Speaker 5: I just wanted to ask you before you finish up. Obviously, it's such a huge role. You're a patron of more than 190 organisations and community groups. Every day we read the vice regal in the advertiser and you've met with multiple people, been to multiple appointments and engagements and events. And I learnt something about you at the State Reception last year.
01:23:52
Speaker 3: Was it your first job? Last week, sorry. Your first job or one of your first jobs was looking after the salad bar?
01:23:57
Speaker 6: Oh, one of the first jobs at the Cork and Clever. I'd been a postman before then. Yes, with the GPO delivering Christmas mail. But the Premier seemed to think it was funny that I should be making salads in a steak restaurant. But in actual fact, the.
01:24:13
Speaker 6: The focus of the whole thing or the art form, if you like, was steak and salad.
01:24:18
Speaker 3: Steak and salad.
01:24:19
Speaker 6: I started on the salads and then I got to be a waitress and then a wine waitress.
01:24:22
Speaker 2: Oh, there you go.
01:24:24
Speaker 6: I learnt an enormous amount working there.
01:24:26
Speaker 5: Well, I was going to ask, what's a tougher job, being governor of South Australia or selling salad in a steakhouse?
01:24:33
Speaker 6: Well, no, I wasn't selling salad. I mean, they had to choose. Did they want French, Italian or Rockford dressing? And later we had Thousand Island. So it was a choice. It wasn't having to sell. but I learnt a lot there that has stood me in good stead throughout my whole working life, including now.
01:24:51
Speaker 2: There's a lot of uncertainty at the moment, Governor, I think politically, geopolitically, right across the world. If you had advice to some of the political leaders, and I know you've met a fair few, if you go on the Governor's website, for people who don't know, you can see how much travel you do each and every week. It's incredible. If you had advice to our future leaders, our current leaders, what would it be?
01:25:13
Speaker 6: Well, governors are not strictly speaking in the business of giving advice to other leaders, but I've just found in terms of my own leadership and the response, actually, the relationship that I feel I have with South Australians, I think everyone really values just a sort of a steadiness and an authenticity and people pay pretty close attention. They know what's happening. I've got a great deal of trust in Australians and particularly South Australians to decide these things for themselves.
01:25:44
Speaker 5: Well, thank you very much for coming in and talking to us. And as I say, thank you for continuing to open up Government House and the work of governors past. But I think a lot of people have had access to the grounds and to the garden under your leadership.
01:25:59
Speaker 3: So we appreciate it.
01:26:00
Speaker 5: And I think Gary in Fairview Park on the text line has summed it up pretty well. He said, Your Excellency, good health and happy days ahead. And we hope to be able to continue talking to you into the future.
01:26:10
Speaker 6: That'd be great, Stacey. Thanks, Donna.
01:26:12
Speaker 5: Thank you.
01:26:15
Speaker 2: Let's check traffic and we'll be back with more.
01:26:17
Speaker 1: 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.
01:26:26
Speaker 12: Stacey Lee and Jono Edwards. This is 5AA Breakfast.
01:26:30
Speaker 2: 25 past 8 here on 5AA. Great to have your company atop of 33 degrees, which means today plenty of people will be heading down to the beach. But for a lot of us who perhaps can't make it down or particularly those that might have to stay at home for other medical reasons, this will probably be the first day that they fire up their air conditioning for the season. And it comes with a warning. Yesterday, the MFS came out with a warning, stressing to people to make sure you get your air conditioning serviced and make sure it's fit for purpose. Don't overload anything. The MFS commander of the Metropolitan Operations is Phil Ross. Commander Ross, thank you for your time. What's the key message the MFS is hoping to spread this morning?
01:27:13
Speaker 23: Thanks, Dono. Thanks for having me on. Look, we've got a few things that we want to get across here. We definitely want people to get these serviced. Over the last two years, we've been responding to 60 incidents involving air conditioners and evaporative coolers and fans, which has caused $ 7 million worth of damage to property. There's manufacturer's recommendations on when they should be serviced and how they should be serviced. We encourage people to follow these. We find a lot, especially with the evaporative air conditioners. We want people to clean their filters. There's pads and that that need to be cleaned. So especially get it professionally done. If you're doing it DIY, we think that's probably not the best way to go. There are warning signs when it comes to some of these. There's unusual noises, repeatedly shutting down when they operate inconsistently. They might throw a circuit breaker if it's a reverse cycle. So just be aware of noises and that and just be vigilant.
01:28:15
Speaker 12: Yeah.
01:28:15
Speaker 3: I've never even thought about getting my aircon unit serviced. I don't know if that's bad. It's never crossed my mind, Phil. Do you think I'm in the minority here?
01:28:27
Speaker 23: Look, probably not. Look, a lot of the reverse cycle we find, there are fan units within your ceiling space, so there isn't shit there. But personally, I've been to more evaporative cooler fires than any other air conditioner fires.
01:28:43
Speaker 2: Yeah, so if people perhaps might smell a bit of burning or anything like that, what's the best advice to do? Is it to isolate your air conditioner if you can or just simply call triple zero?
01:28:54
Speaker 23: Definitely isolate your air conditioner. If you're smelling a burning sound, call triple zero as well. and we'll come out and investigate it. We have thermal imaging cameras. We can get up into the roof space if there's a burning smell and try and locate the source of that burning because a burning smell starts, and especially with all the ducting and that within the roof area, it spreads very quickly.
01:29:17
Speaker 2: And I guess today, with it being 33 degrees, is the MFS warning people to perhaps get their bushfire plan in order as well?
01:29:26
Speaker 23: Yes, if you're living in the urban interface with the bushfires, definitely. This is unusual for this time of year. I think I watched the news last night and I think it's 15 degrees above average today. So it's a good little wake-up call for us to start getting all this stuff ready before the summer months do get on top of us and we're having consistent heat.
01:29:47
Speaker 3: Yep, well, important reminder, that's for sure.
01:29:50
Speaker 2: Commander Phil Rose from the Metropolitan Fire Service, thank you for your time.
01:29:53
Speaker 23: No worries, John. Thanks, and thanks, Stacey.
01:29:55
Speaker 13: Bye.
01:29:56
Speaker 2: We've still got time to take your calls for the next half an hour or so or text on any topic that we've covered. It's news time.
01:30:05
Speaker 1: 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.
01:30:13
Speaker 9: Stacey Lee and Jono Edwards. This is 5AA Breakfast. 20 to 9.
01:30:23
Speaker 2: Well, we just had a magnificent chat with the Governor. Such an amazing person, isn't she, Stace?
01:30:29
Speaker 3: Oh, I love talking to her.
01:30:31
Speaker 2: It's just calming.
01:30:32
Speaker 3: We'll miss her as the Governor.
01:30:33
Speaker 2: I think so. A sense of calm.
01:30:35
Speaker 3: And it just kind of reminds us the Government hasn't appointed anyone else yet.
01:30:39
Speaker 4: No.
01:30:40
Speaker 5: I think there's plans for Richard Harris to take over the role in an interim capacity after she finishes next Tuesday.
01:30:48
Speaker 2: What's the hold-up? I'll be Governor. Do you want to be Governor?
01:30:51
Speaker 4: Yeah.
01:30:53
Speaker 3: You can have it.
01:30:54
Speaker 2: I'll give it to you. I like the garden. I'm in it for the garden. Let alone the travel. Yeah, you are into the lawn at the moment. The garden's magnificent.
01:31:01
Speaker 3: You wouldn't need the gardeners. You'd be happy to take over.
01:31:04
Speaker 2: I'll just do it myself. I'll get Michael Keelan in there. We can chat seesaw. You name it. It's too big of a job. It's a big job. You need a few people.
01:31:12
Speaker 5: I'm surprised that they haven't announced anyone yet. They either don't have anyone or are struggling to find someone. But we've spoken about this a fair bit over the last few weeks. There are quite a few senior appointments that the government is yet to make in South Australia. It seems like they're, I don't know, are they putting it off or are they just not able to find anyone?
01:31:29
Speaker 3: Is South Australia an unattractive place to work right now? What's going on?
01:31:32
Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe they're not fans of MotoGP. I don't know. Maybe that's what it is.
01:31:37
Speaker 8: I don't know.
01:31:38
Speaker 2: Hey, but something that came out interesting out of our chat that I found really interesting with the governor is we've all got a bit of a wild story of our first jobs because some of them are not really kind of conventional. But who would have thought that the governor was a postie?
01:31:54
Speaker 6: I'd been a postman before then. Yes, with the GPO delivering Christmas mail.
01:32:00
Speaker 2: That's incredible.
01:32:01
Speaker 3: Her first job, postman.
01:32:02
Speaker 2: As a postie to governor, travelling around the world, dealing with the biggest... politicians and diplomats from a postie.
01:32:09
Speaker 5: I love the idea that my postie, Malcolm, could one day be the governor of South Australia.
01:32:15
Speaker 3: Shout out to Malcolm, by the way.
01:32:16
Speaker 2: He's very good at what he does. Well, Mal, if you're listening, why don't you pop your resume in down at North Terrace? It sounds like they're looking. They're looking. Seek.com.
01:32:23
Speaker 3: What was your first job?
01:32:26
Speaker 2: I was the messenger newspaper.
01:32:27
Speaker 3: Ah, deliverer.
01:32:28
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there'd be a lot of people who used to do that.
01:32:30
Speaker 3: Okay, now, did you actually.
01:32:33
Speaker 2: Yes, I delivered it. I didn't just say I delivered it.
01:32:37
Speaker 3: No, no, no. But did you actually care about where you delivered it or did you just throw it out?
01:32:41
Speaker 9: No.
01:32:41
Speaker 3: Bike or car?
01:32:43
Speaker 2: No, walk. You've got a lot to, yeah. We only had certain streets. It was a very in-demand thing. Like it was very hard to get the job as the messenger deliverer.
01:32:52
Speaker 5: Because the guy in my area who does it just does it out of a van, and that's why they barely ever land.
01:32:57
Speaker 2: Anywhere near the front door. Well, you can't get it anymore. Messenger is no more. Oh, no, but the Tizer delivery, yeah. The normal paper. Yeah, well, the Messenger, it used to be hard. There was a little slit in the newspaper and you used to have to apply. It was like a ballot because it was so highly sought after to earn 20 cents an hour delivering papers. The worst part was when you had to fold it up and put it into the slip. It'd be forever. What was your first job?
01:33:18
Speaker 3: Hungry Jacks.
01:33:19
Speaker 4: Oh, yeah?
01:33:20
Speaker 2: Burgers are better?
01:33:21
Speaker 3: On the registers at Hungry Jack's.
01:33:23
Speaker 5: I eventually got elevated to the drive-thru.
01:33:25
Speaker 2: Oh, wow.
01:33:26
Speaker 5: But I always wanted, my main goal while I was working there was I wanted to work out the back. I wanted to cook and put the burgers together. But back in my day, makes me sound old, back in my day, the girls weren't allowed to do that. It was girls out the front, boys out the back.
01:33:39
Speaker 2: Did you have a headset? We were walking around pressing that.
01:33:41
Speaker 3: Felt so cool pressing the headset.
01:33:42
Speaker 4: Yeah.
01:33:43
Speaker 3: Good morning. Welcome to Hungry Jacks. What can I get for you?
01:33:46
Speaker 8: Oh, wow.
01:33:46
Speaker 2: The burgers are better, but that's given some thought. This is a great story. They actually are.
01:33:52
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01:33:52
Speaker 2: We'd love to hear from you. What was your first job? How did you get your start? Where did you earn your craft? I'm sure there's a majority of people that started in their family businesses or something like that. I love it. But 8223 0000, the number to ring. Join the conversation at 17 minutes to nine.
01:34:11
Speaker 3: Maybe your first job was a trade.
01:34:13
Speaker 5: Could our tradie shortage be contributing to the housing crisis at the moment? And it seems to be deepening because one of the country's biggest and best-known builders, A.V.
01:34:23
Speaker 3: Jennings, has pulled out of South Australia.
01:34:25
Speaker 5: They were in charge of the air development in the outer northern suburbs of Adelaide, but they've pulled the pin and.
01:34:32
Speaker 3: Said they're focusing on the eastern seaboard. Why is this happening?
01:34:35
Speaker 5: Hopefully, Will Frogley will have some answers for us.
01:34:37
Speaker 3: He's the CEO of Master Builders.
01:34:39
Speaker 2: Hello, Will.
01:34:40
Speaker 20: Hi, Stacey.
01:34:42
Speaker 3: Is this a trend or is this a bit of an outlier?
01:34:46
Speaker 26: We hope it's a bit of an outlier. We have seen the news, obviously, today that National Developer Avid Property Group, who acquired AV Jennings back in 2025, has announced that they want to shift their focus to the eastern states, which is pretty disappointing. But, you know, I've seen Renew LSA's statement and They appear confident that they can keep the development on track now that it's under state government control once again, and they are looking for a new developer to partner with. So let's hope we get some good news there soon.
01:35:20
Speaker 5: It's interesting that they say they can keep it on track because it doesn't seem to be on track at the moment. I mean, this has been going for years, more than a decade. It was launched in 2012. 2,000 homes were meant to be delivered today. during that time, it's now 14 years later, not even 1,000 homes have been delivered. I mean, do we know why there's been such a delay?
01:35:46
Speaker 26: It's about 750, I think, they've delivered out of that approximately 1,900 homes which were originally, I guess, promised for the area. I think, well, they seem to think there's better commercial opportunities in the eastern states. You know, that's pretty disappointing because, The industry here in South Australia has been very elevated. Last year, we built the most number of homes we ever have. There was a record year for value of construction work done right across the entire industry. And other states, particularly Victoria, but also New South Wales, are really struggling in the current environment. They're really struggling. And what we have seen, Stacey, is far more businesses from those states who are coming to Adelaide because their own states are so depressed in terms of the level of building activity. And So look, if there's a capacity issue, for example, and we can't deliver, we don't have the expertise or the capacity to deliver locally, that's a good thing. But when they're kind of just bouncing over for a project here or there and then bouncing back home and taking the profits with them, that's not a good thing for South Australia.
01:36:52
Speaker 8: Yeah.
01:36:53
Speaker 5: We've spoken in the past, Will, about government sort of getting involved in in the private sector when it comes to building homes and developments. We saw this with the Theberton development. The government bought that site. And yes, they partner with private builders to get this work done. But do you see this as being part of the problem? If this site was left up to a private developer only without Renewal SA and state government involvement, do you think it would be delivered quicker?
01:37:24
Speaker 26: Look, I think the ideal scenario would be things stack up for a local developer or builder and they can do it regardless of government support. That would be the ideal outcome most of the time. The bottom line is the cost of building and developing has gone up significantly, not just in South Australia, but right across the nation in, say, the last five or so years. And the cost of building, it's gone up about 50% in South Australia over the last five years.
01:37:51
Speaker 2: So.
01:37:52
Speaker 26: We're an industry that's very sensitive to price increases, to inflation, interest rate rises, that type of thing. So what Master Builds SA really wants to see is some stability in the market. We've had the shocks from the federal budget which have affected confidence. We need to make it as attractive as possible to build because we need a hell of a lot more homes.
01:38:11
Speaker 2: You mentioned that. Do you think that though, in a rush to build all these homes, that we've seen a number of developments fold and a number of people that have invested in certain off-the-block plans, they've purchased their home off the plan a number of years ago, costs of materials have skyrocketed. Some developers have been unable to find builders, leaving people in the lurch. And due to some of the sunset clauses and the other things we've seen, people have been left with no house and just simply a slab. Do you think more action needs to be taken against those builders who have promised the world and have failed to deliver? Or is that just simply symptomatic of the cost of living and the cost of materials at the moment?
01:38:56
Speaker 26: Well, we certainly support what the state government's doing. They've proposed a raft of reforms in these kind of areas around sunset clauses, et cetera, compulsory licensing for building inspectors, all these things to improve confidence in the industry we strongly support. but there have certainly been, dating back to COVID, a lot of factors beyond the builder's control that have made it a very difficult environment to navigate. But I guess from my perspective, again, the positive is we've just come off a year where we built more homes than we ever had, and the value of work done has been higher than it ever has been. So I think that needs to be kept in mind. We've certainly performed a lot better than the other states, but the challenges involved in building are quite immense at the moment and everything that can be done to try and reduce those challenges and particularly the cost because some of your listeners might be shocked to know that around 40% of the cost of a new house and land package is taxes, charges, levies, nothing to do with the actual cost of the building and the land. So we are a very highly regulated industry and I think building is so important for the whole economy. The ABS has put out reports saying building homes is the second highest economic multiplier out of any industry. So we really need to be incentivising home building because the benefits really spread right across the whole economy.
01:40:13
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, Will, we appreciate your time this morning. And Stacey, you've just had a little bit of mail come across your desk.
01:40:21
Speaker 5: Yeah, well, we could have a housing announcement later today, as we flagged earlier the Prime Ministers in Adelaide. We've just found out he is speaking at the.
01:40:29
Speaker 3: Hampstead Barracks in Greenacres.
01:40:33
Speaker 5: So this is one of the federal defence sites that was going to be part of that big sell-off of defence sites. So I think it was flagged that this would be sold off and used for housing. So potentially we could have another announcement regarding housing out of that press conference today with the Prime Minister and the Premier.
01:40:50
Speaker 2: We know we desperately need it, but I think the problem is with all these announcements, it's great. But have we got the builders? Have we got the skilled builders to get this done? And I don't think we do. Have you tried getting a tradie around your place recently? It's impossible.
01:41:04
Speaker 3: It's impossible.
01:41:04
Speaker 2: They are booked out for months. And I assume, and we know for a fact that this is why the Premier is so hot on migration. He wants to grow this city. He knows that we need those skilled people to do so. And it's at odds to what a lot of his federal counterparts want to do.
01:41:20
Speaker 5: There's also a lot of big builds going on, which are taking trades away from homes.
01:41:27
Speaker 2: Correct.
01:41:28
Speaker 5: The South Road, Women's and Children's Hospital. So we just need as many as we can get.
01:41:33
Speaker 2: Certainly. Well, a lot of people might have started in a trade because after our chat with the Governor- She revealed.
01:41:40
Speaker 6: I'd been a postman before then, yes, with the GPO delivering Christmas mail.
01:41:45
Speaker 2: We'd love to hear from you this morning. 8223 0000. Lines available. What was your first job? John and Helen Cove, good morning to you.
01:41:53
Speaker 14: Yeah, good morning, guys.
01:41:56
Speaker 16: My first job, I had to spray onto large moulds a mixture of fibroblasts, asbestos and very watered-down cement onto these moulds I've made, fencing panels, let them dry. Then I've got a rash file and filed off the tops and bottoms so that they're all smooth on the top.
01:42:15
Speaker 18: Oh, John.
01:42:16
Speaker 12: How did you get into that?
01:42:20
Speaker 16: $ 49 a week for a 47-hour week.
01:42:21
Speaker 22: Oh, 47 hours.
01:42:21
Speaker 3: $ 49 a week. There you go. Spraying asbestos.
01:42:27
Speaker 16: And fiberglass and cement all together, and then filing it off. And all I had was a pair of... Footie shorts, Bonds t-shirt, and Dunlop hollies.
01:42:37
Speaker 3: The things you learn over time, hey?
01:42:39
Speaker 2: That's what I was going to wear this morning. There we go. There's a text here from Andrew. He used to throw the local messenger paper around, and you'd always have to roll it up, put it in a plastic bag around them, and then he'd be on the back of his bike, throwing them on multiple runs. That's commitment.
01:42:54
Speaker 14: Yeah.
01:42:54
Speaker 2: You learnt how you had to earn for your money, whatever it was, 20 cents in doing that. Lines available, 8223 0000. We'd love to hear from you. Here's your traffic.
01:43:05
Speaker 1: 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.
01:43:14
Speaker 12: Stacey Lee and Jono Edwards. This is 5AA Breakfast.
01:43:18
Speaker 2: It certainly is. Top of 33 degrees today. It's going to be an incredible day. Another day which will be magnificent is the 5AA Golf Day. Returns for 2026. featuring your favourite 5AA presenters and some sporting legends. It's a great day. Stacey, you've been there. I've been there. It's magnificent. It's at the Glenelg Golf Course on the 9th of October. And if you want to win and you can join us by heading to 5AA. com. au and register now, then we could be calling you this Friday. So it gives you a week to get you and four of your mates ready. You can head down the driving range. Try and hack a few balls around and, you know, hopefully improve your skill.
01:43:54
Speaker 3: Hopefully this is an indication of what the weather will be like.
01:43:56
Speaker 2: You'd think so. The last few years, it's been magnificent. So you get golf for four people, some merch, on-course food and beverage, some of our most favourite activities. Our 5AA friends and family come along and they serve up some amazing things. Guest speakers and, of course, the 5AA Breakfast Show with yourself, Stace, and Will. And I reckon, are you going to head around the golf course?
01:44:17
Speaker 3: We will be there.
01:44:18
Speaker 2: Are you going to?
01:44:19
Speaker 3: We'll be there for the show and then, yeah.
01:44:20
Speaker 2: You might have a swing?
01:44:22
Speaker 3: Stop at the bar afterwards.
01:44:23
Speaker 2: Okay. Sensible. We're also taking your calls this morning on what your first job was. John in Somerton Park, where did you start earning a crust?
01:44:33
Speaker 18: SA Brake and Electrical. The job was two parts. One was to put the old brake linings, brake shoes rather, with the asbestos linings into the oven, gas oven and light, and every time burn my cynical eyebrows. And the other one was then they'd drop me off all around Adelaide, pick up cars without any brakes and drive them back into this Carrington Street city.
01:44:52
Speaker 2: Oh, wow.
01:44:52
Speaker 18: Yeah, that was fun. How would you drive a car without brakes? Well, they had a handbrake. I remember going through the pedestrian crossing at Castle Plaza on South Road. It went red, and I kept going straight through it, tooting the horn, nearly killed about 10 people.
01:45:10
Speaker 4: Oh.
01:45:12
Speaker 18: I was getting a lot of waves. Yeah, I was told. Yeah, anyway.
01:45:17
Speaker 8: I can imagine.
01:45:17
Speaker 18: It was a terrifying job.
01:45:19
Speaker 3: Yeah, sounds like it.
01:45:20
Speaker 2: That's an incredible job.
01:45:20
Speaker 3: I'm glad it was you and not me.
01:45:22
Speaker 2: Hey, there's a good text here, Stace, from Daniel. He says his first job was a competitive Call of Duty player. The video game? Yeah. I don't know. Competitive.
01:45:33
Speaker 24: Yeah.
01:45:33
Speaker 3: He got paid to do it.
01:45:34
Speaker 2: It wasn't a huge amount, but I had to sign a contract and got paid for it.
01:45:37
Speaker 4: Wow.
01:45:38
Speaker 3: That's incredible. That is every kid's dream.
01:45:40
Speaker 2: I'm sure a few people might have started at a servo as well.
01:45:43
Speaker 12: Yep.
01:45:44
Speaker 2: Let's check the fuel situation. All thanks to RAA. Don't get stuck on the side of the road. Get RAA road service. The fuel price still continuing to hurt, particularly going into a long weekend. For unleaded, around about that $ 223, 000 at the Ampol. On South Road at Edwards Town, the BP at Jepps Cross, Main North Road, $ 2. 24. The Solo at Hampstead Road, $ 2. 26. Diesel, it's a stinger. It certainly is a stinger. $ 2. 27. Elizabeth Downs at the BP. The Liberty at Clarence Gardens on South Road, around that $ 2. 80 mark. It's not great for the long weekend, is it? No, no. Anyway. We're out of time. We'll have some more happy news.
01:46:22
Speaker 8: To talk about.
01:46:23
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll bring some happy news tomorrow.
01:46:24
Speaker 3: Graham Goodings will bring some more positive vibes in mornings.
01:46:26
Speaker 2: Yeah, correct. And, you know, we'll have the race decision. That's not going to be fun, but we'll come up with some other ways to entertain you.
01:46:31
Speaker 3: Everything you need to know.
01:46:32
Speaker 2: Correct. Enjoy your day. Enjoy the weather. We'll catch you tomorrow from six.
01:46:40
Speaker 6: I was trying to find my way home But all I heard was.
01:46:47
Speaker 19: A drone Bouncing off a satellite It's been a fun morning.
01:46:52
Speaker 13: I'm thoroughly enjoying listening to you.