On this Garage Edition of The Court of Public Opinion (1 July 2025), Jeremy Cordeaux returns, voice intact, and fires off on everything from NDIS abuse, the rising cost of living, Susan Ley’s political missteps, to the insanity of woke council sackings. With electric car ships literally sinking and 5,000 new red tape laws introduced by Albanese, Australia is at a breaking point. Plus: marijuana legalisation, inflation numbers, the ABC's $70k payout, and a hilarious look back at the invention of sunglasses in 1200. You’ll laugh, rage and learn something new in under an hour.
Topics you'll hear in this episode;
NDIS labelled a social time bomb and industry rort
Cost of living and electricity price surge
Proposal to link all CCTV into a national network
Korean War remembrance
Red Shield Appeal and Salvos charity praise
Commonwealth Bank shares outperform gold
Electric car carrier ship sinks
E-scooter battery deaths and rising risks
Housing shortages and Canada’s immigration cuts
Calls to legalise marijuana – 48% support
Susan Ley’s “woke” politics and quota push
Teachers' unions banning “girls and boys”
Council worker sacked over Welcome to Country
Antoinette Lattouf’s ABC lawsuit and $70k payout
NAPLAN writing levels declining in high school
Inflation figures and speculation of interest rate cuts
Aldi confirmed cheapest grocery chain
History trivia: sunglasses, Coca-Cola, Sony Walkman
Celebrity birthdays: John Farnham, Marlon Brando
Jeremy’s final words on trusting yourself
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