Mornings with Graeme Goodings - 12 August 2025

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Welcome to Tuesday, this twelfth day of August.
Hope we find you in fine, fatal and in fine spirits.
Lots to talk about today, Cleaning your calls, put forward
your point of view on the subjects we're discussing, or
something you'd like us to discuss. Eight double two three
double is the number to ring on the show today.
Well firefighters are considering industrial action in response to what

(00:21):
they say is as little progress in their enterprise agreement
negotiations with the government. We'll hear from the Union's Max
Adlum and Attorney General Kayam Mah regarding that there's an
alarming gap in childcare food allergy training. It's putting thousands
of young Australians at risk. That's prompted the launch of
a new national program to quip cooks and educators with
vital skills that could save children's lives. About one point

(00:45):
three million Australian children under the age of twelve at
ten child care services, and of those in early childhood
education and care, an estimated fifty two thousand to eighty
six thousand children are living with a food allergy. That
highlights the critical need for accessible, practical staff training and
we'll have more on that. Some good news for our farmers.
The South Austonia hotel industry has come out and supporter

(01:07):
of those drout affected, the AHASA branch, through its charity
Pubs with Heart, has donated fifty thousand dollars for urgent
drought relief in rural South Australia, and we'll find out
more about that.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Well.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
Donald Trump, he is never out of the news, is he.
He's sending in the National Guard. He says he's cracking
down on crime in Washington, DC through a federal takeover
of the local police force. Local authorities, not surprisingly, aren't
too happy about it. And we'll cross to Reuter's White
House correspondent Jeff Mason to find out the mood in
Washington after Donald Trump's latest move. Australia's decision to recognize

(01:44):
a Palestinian state has prompted lots of reaction and feelings
on all sides. We'll speak with professor of International law
at the University of Sydney, Emily Crawford about that. David Spears,
could he be about to make a political comeback, rising
from the ashes so to speak? Do you live in
his former electorate of Black if you do give us

(02:04):
a call. Would you vote for him? Were you a
longtime supporter and now think you wouldn't, or yes, I
would support him, give him another chance. So we'll have
a chat with a political reporter, Paul Starrick about that,
to find out what David Spears likely come back, what
impact it we'll have on the next state election. We'll

(02:25):
ramping hit record levels in South Australia. We're going to
speak with the State Secretary of the Union, Paul Ekblom.
It's just a situation that beggars belief. I'll talk about
more about that in a moment also on the show today.
Should EV's be taxed to use our roads?

Speaker 3 (02:45):
Now?

Speaker 1 (02:45):
At the moment, if you drive an EV, you're in
the enviable position you're not paying any fuel tax, fuel
excise and that I think accounts for more than fifty
percent of what you pay at the bowser. If you
drive an EV, of course you're not paying that using
our roads, and you're not paying for anywhere and tear.
Should it be a case that you have to pay

(03:05):
I'd like to know your thoughts. Eight double two three
double double the number to ring. Also, I was saddened
to hear today of the death of Bookworm Michael Shide.
Do you remember Bookworm? He For years, Michael Schid worked
at Channel ten and then Channel seven as it became.

(03:27):
He did lots of characters and probably his most memorable
was on The Book Place. He was the puppeteer and
the voice behind the Bookworm. And if you are a
child of the nineties and the early two thousands, probably
the late eighties, and you remember the book Place, tell
us your memories of the book Place and the people

(03:49):
that worked on the show. But my first thought when
I see Michael as a smiling face and the fact
he used to drive into work in it was about
a nineteen fifty six Morris minor in immaculate condition. I
think he used to run it in the Beta bird
with every year, but he used to drive it to
work too. But a classical character. He was just so talented.

(04:12):
He actually performed as Mamakacky roy Reen, who was a
South Australian legend legendary comedian. Well, Michael Shide stepped into
the role of roy Reen Momacacky in later life. He
died at the age of eighty one. Our sympathies and
thoughts are with Michael schid and his family The Bookworm.

(04:33):
Eight double two three double oh is the number to
ring if you want to comment on anything we're talking
about today. I'd certainly love to hear from you. But
you may recall yesterday we had Health Minister Chris Pichton
in the studio. It was our special guest. In the
wake of our worsening health crisis, ramping reaching record numbers.
He was quick to point out the efforts the government

(04:53):
was making to fix the problem more beds, more staff.
The bottom line is Labour's promised to fix ramping will
not be full filled and it will not be fulfilled
on any level. In fact, Labor is presiding over the
worst ramping in the state, the worst ramping the state
has ever seen, and it's much worse than under the
Marshal Liberal government. And that was as you were to call.

(05:17):
Peter Mallanaskus was quick to condemn. He said it was
totally unacceptable. Well, it's become so bad that even the
ambulance Union, who backed Labor at the last election have
turned on the party. They have joined the chorus accusing
the government of failing to fix ramping, warning the situation
is getting worse. To his credit, Chris Pickton outlined a
calm and reasoned argument as to what the problems are,

(05:38):
including an aging population, insufficient support for mental health patients,
and a blow out in flu numbers. But as I
said to the Minister, nothing new here that could all
be foreseen many years ago. There have been warnings about
our aging population for twenty years or more. Flu comes
around every winter and we often have a record breaking
flu season. Successive governments Labor and Liberal, have the state

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or I mean, when you look back on it, for
twenty years or so, both governments have taken their eye
off the ball when it comes to our health and
health issues. Nineteen of the past twenty three years it's
been a labor government, so they have to hold or
carry the large part of the blame. And let's not
forget the disaster that was transforming health. Then there was

(06:24):
the New RAH two point eight billion dollars, it blew
out to three point two virtually provided no more beds
than the old RAH. And of course, despite a number
of requests, Chris Picton on the show yesterday failed to
concede that labor had failed to fix ramping. Will you
finally admit that Labor has failed to fix ramping.

Speaker 4 (06:45):
Well, there's no doubt that we need to improve and
there's no doubt that we want it to be in
a better situation than we are now. But you said
we have, well, we have thrown significant resources at this.
We've far exceeded the commitments that we made in terms
of opening additional beds, hiring additional doctors and nurses. There's
a lot more of that investment to come, but it's
happening at the same time that we're facing this other

(07:06):
issue where the number of people who've been stuck getting
out of hospital has gone from about sixty to two
hundred and eighty. So we've basically got bigger than Modbrey
Hospital taken out of the system at the moment because
people can't get into age care, and that means that
we've got one hand tied behind our back in terms
of dealing with this issue.

Speaker 1 (07:26):
So no apology from the Health minister there, despite Labour's
promise to fix ramping. So how do we get here?
The roots of the crisis go back to the nineteen nineties,
when the state's hospital network began shrinking. Smaller metro hospitals
were closed or downgraded under Liberal governments, leaving fewer options
for care. Labour took over in two thousand and two
and doubled down on centralization. Their marquee project, the two

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point four billion dollar rebuild of the Royal Allied Hospital,
was supposed to make the system more efficient. Instead it
drained resources, cut in patient capacity, and left suburbs without
vital ed services when facilities like the Repat closed. Then
came the Liberals again in twenty eighteen, who promised to
fix ramping but couldn't. The COVID pandemic hit and the

(08:09):
health system cracked further under pressure. Staffing shortages, a lack
of age care options and clogged hospital wards meant patients
couldn't be discharged, backing up the entire system. Nothing's changed.
Labour returned in twenty twenty two with a clear pledge
fix ramping. They reopened some services, hired more ambulance staff,
but the crisis hasn't eased. In fact, it's worsened. Eight

(08:31):
double two to three double double the number ring. If
you'd like to comment on or that, or any other
issue of the day. The firefighters might be going on strike.
What does the union say and what does Attorney General claim. Marsay,
we'll hear after the break.

Speaker 5 (08:44):
Five Double A Mornings with Graham Goodings.

Speaker 1 (08:47):
Eighteen past nine, five double A on this Tuesday morning.
From the text line, Steve says, very sad to hear
of the passing of Michael Shide. I actually got to
know him when working at the Golden Flee service station
at Hackney in the early eight also briefly work with
him in traffic management for a while. He was always
a nice guy and will be sadly missed.

Speaker 5 (09:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (09:06):
Good, He was a nice guy. He was just a
really genuine, warm person. He made a large contribution and
he will be sadly missed. We're talking about Michael schid.
He may remember, you might remember his face, but you
remember his voice as the bookworm. Fred says, if Trump
can be re elected despite his criminal record, David Spears'
actions do not compare. I believe he has learned from

(09:28):
his mistakes and I wish him well. Thank you for that, Fred,
Would you vote for David Spears who looks like he's
going to make a political comeback. Also from the text line,
Graham good to see Elbow supporting the Palestinian Authority in
their quest for statehood. The leader this year celebrates his
twentieth anniversary of being voted in for four years. So

(09:48):
democracy working well there, I see you'd like to comment,
Give me a call. Eight double two three double o
doublow is the number. Firefighters are considering industrial action in
response to what they say as little program in their
enterprise agreement negotiations with the government. The United Firefighters Union
of South Australia will ask a shop Stewart's meeting to
be held on Tuesday to approve industrial action now. I

(10:10):
spoke to Attorney General kaya Mar a short time ago
about the proposed action and his response to it.

Speaker 6 (10:17):
Look, I would hope industrial action would be a very
last resort. We certainly are continuing to negotiate with the firefighters,
as we are a number of other public sector unions.
Recently we've seen negotiations concluded with Allied health professionals in
our hospital system and a recommendation from the union that
represents public sector doctors being made for pay rises that

(10:39):
are about three and a quarter a year. That represents
a real wage increase. So we will keep negotiating good
face with the firefighters.

Speaker 1 (10:47):
Now the firefighters have said they don't take considering industrial
action lightly, but they're just so concerned that the negotiations
have been drawn out for so long.

Speaker 6 (10:57):
Yes, some negotiations do take quite time, and as I've said,
we are keen to make sure that our hard working
public sector employees, including firefighters, see a real wage increase
that is over and above inflation, because under the term
of the government they went backwards. So we are keen
to see real wage increases and will continue those negotiations.
I know that there are some suggestions that have been

(11:19):
made in relation to our conditions and allowances that we're
considering at the owner.

Speaker 1 (11:24):
They're concerned about the refusal to even commit to incorporating
in the firefighters plays the public holidays which they legislated
to everyone else.

Speaker 6 (11:32):
How do you feel dout, Yeah, And as I've said,
there have been a number of suggestions put forward, including
that and other sorts of anounces that we're considering right now,
and we will certainly get back to the firefighters in
the coming weeks. And as I said, we've hope in
dust election be a course of last results.

Speaker 1 (11:50):
So who has the next move.

Speaker 6 (11:53):
We will get back to the fire fighters again. I
know that there have been formal and informal meetings taking
place over recent months with the fire fighters, and we
appreciate their willingness to talk to us about a whole
hundred issues that will.

Speaker 1 (12:04):
Continue this and earlier on breakfast this morning, Max Adlam
spoke to the Brecky Boys about the proposed like action.

Speaker 7 (12:12):
It's about coming to the bargaining table and really not
effective bargaining going on. We're thirteen months into negotiations. It
took more than ten months for the government to even
put its own position on the table. We meet them
and we have negotiators coming to the meetings without instructions

(12:33):
on proposals that have been put forward at previous meetings,
and unable and unwilling to talk seriously. One of the
things that I believe our members are finding offensive as
I'm talking to them, and I think the meeting today
will be pretty upset about things like even a refusal
to a commitment for regular training, including how to respond

(12:58):
to structural fires, conduct roadcress rescues, responding to wild wildfires,
technical rescues, and even things like the increasing workload our
members have with respond to ambulance assists, where they certainly
are backing in the ambulance service. They've done extra training

(13:18):
to do that, and you know we're told, well we're
not told anything really about our claim in relation to that,
but it doesn't seem to be worth anything to the government.

Speaker 1 (13:28):
Max Adlam from the Fires Union. Let's hope the dispute
will be resolved. Look all this week we have Royal
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three double O double oh. From the text line Graham,
easy fix, bring back Hillcrest and Glenside and a large
prison because lots of people need help. Thank you for that, Nick,

(14:10):
Good morning Graham. Imagine what ramping would be like today
if the Marshall Liberal government didn't reopen the repat Thank
you for that. Danny on the subject of EV's being
forced to pay to use our roads. If EV vehicles
have to pay road tax, bicycle riders should as well,
since they have special lanes built for them that EV
drivers contribute towards. It will be very interesting that talks

(14:32):
are certainly going underway or underway at the moment about EV's.
The fact that if you drive an EV you don't
buy fuel obviously, therefore you don't pay any of the excise,
and that contributes millions upon millions, if not billions, to
nominally fix our roads. So if there was a user

(14:53):
pays tax where depending on the number of kilometers are used,
you paid a certain amount per year, would you be
in face that or would you not. We'll find out
more about that a little bit later on when we
speak with the head of the Electric Vehicle Council. Eight
double two to three double O double is the number
to ring LeAnn says. If they refuse to build age
care homes or another glenside, don't complain because nothing will

(15:16):
ever change. And regarding Donald Trump's move on Washington moving
the National Guard as Democrats, it's no surprise local authorities
aren't happy with Trump taking over their law enforcement. It's
insane that they don't want to fix a place that's
become a place of lawlessness. Well, Andrew, that's not entirely true,
because the local authorities are suggesting that the crime rate

(15:37):
has dropped, not necessarily to an all time low, but
much lower than it's been, so they claim they are
having success in fighting crime. And they wonder what is
behind Donald Trump's move to move in the National Guard.
I think he's calling an eight hundred National Guard members.
But we're going to find out more about that, and
when we listen, will have a chat now with Reuter's

(15:59):
White House correspond Jeff Maison. Jeff, good morning to you.
What has led to the situation.

Speaker 8 (16:05):
Well, I'm not surprised in so far as that he
has spent telegraphing that he's going to do this now
for some time. The President has been threatening for quite
a while since he came into office for a second term,
that he may take over governors of Washington DC, which
I think it's important to share with your listeners is
only possible because Washington DC is a district. It is

(16:28):
not a state. It does have elected officials, it has
a mayor, it has a city council that is elected
by the residents of DC, but it has sort of
a unique relationship with the federal government because it is
the heat of the capital and of the White House.
So the President used this opportunity and used his rights

(16:51):
basically as the head of the federal government to execute
this takeover. And he's doing it sort of in line
with the more strong man approach that he has used
on other policies as well.

Speaker 1 (17:07):
So what of his magic concerns with Washington, DCA.

Speaker 8 (17:11):
Crime largely, and the President feels as though crime in
DC is especially bad, even though the statistics show that
crime is down in the district or in the city
compared to the last couple of years. That said, DC
does have crime as a major city. And one of

(17:33):
the things that I think sparked his most recent concern
about it was that a former staffer from his doage
service to the Department of Government Efficiency was attacked or
assaulted on the streets of DC, and that raised the
issue even higher, or highlighted the issue to.

Speaker 9 (17:54):
Higher for the president.

Speaker 1 (17:56):
Does the president have the legal authority to make the
naves he's making.

Speaker 8 (18:01):
So he has the authority to do so for elemnute time,
and that is sort of the question is whether or
not he then seeks to hold on to the kind
of takeover of the DC police force for longer than
some thirty days. But as I was describing earlier, because

(18:22):
of the sort of unique relationship between the City of Washington, DC,
or the District of Columbia as it's called, and the
federal government, he does have the right to do what
he's doing in a way that he would have less
authority and say, another city.

Speaker 1 (18:39):
I can only imagine the Leadychael DC officials on too
happy about it.

Speaker 8 (18:45):
You know, the response from the mayor of DC has
been somewhat muted. She has made clear that she's been
in touch with the President and they talked about the
district government, and they've talked about her efforts and her
administration's efforts of crime. I know that she said on

(19:06):
television over the weekends that if he did this, it
would not be because crime is increasing in the city,
because the statistics that she is citing show that it
has actually gone down.

Speaker 1 (19:17):
Yes, I was going to say that we hear that
reports that crime has gone down in DC. So why
the president saying an eight for a crackdown?

Speaker 8 (19:26):
Well, again, I think part of it is this experience
that his former staffer had. But I also think it's
you know, it would be unfair to describe the city
as one that does not struggle with crime. Absolutely does,
but a lot of major cities in the United States do,
and they're not facing government takeovers from the president. But

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it's you know, it's not inaccurate to say that there
is crime in DC. There absolutely is, and he is
saying this is a city that needs to sort of
be held up on a pedestal, and he believes that
bringing in the National Guard and using this approach is
going to help achieve that. But it doesn't change the

(20:10):
you know, the image of the strong arm approach and
of the president and the federal government hooping in to
take over the responsibilities of a locally elected government, which
it is. It's a locally elected government. DC has about
seven hundred thousand residents, which more than doubles in size

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during the day when people come in from neighboring Virginia
and Maryland to work. Largely in the federal government, by
the way, but it is a functioning city with residents
who have the right to vote, obviously, and they have
voted for an elected government that the President is.

Speaker 1 (20:54):
Now usurfing Jeff Mason, thanks so much for your time
Vive Double.

Speaker 5 (20:58):
A Mornings with Graham Goodings.

Speaker 1 (21:01):
Well, probably the biggest news in the past twenty four
hours is the news that Dostata will recognize the State
of Palestine at the next session of the United Nations
General Assembly Assembly in September. Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi says
Australia would work with the international community to make recognition
a reality.

Speaker 10 (21:18):
Australia will recognize the State of Palestine. Australia will recognize
the rite of the Palestinian people to a state of
their own, predicated on the commitments Australia has received from
the Palestinian authority. A two state solution is humanity's best
hope to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East.

Speaker 1 (21:40):
Now, this was the reaction of Shadow Foreign Affairs Member
Macadia Cash.

Speaker 11 (21:45):
Let's also be clear that this is now unconditional recognition.
Penny Wong has confirmed that Anthony Albernesi has confirmed that,
in other words, none of the conditions that mister Alberanesi
and Pennywong had been talked about.

Speaker 12 (22:00):
All of this here need to be met.

Speaker 11 (22:03):
That is an outrageous position to be and in particular
they have not demanded the release of the hostages.

Speaker 12 (22:12):
I mean he must have been very clear.

Speaker 11 (22:15):
They have welcomed other countries recognizing a Palestinian state and
do you know what they've said, this is a.

Speaker 12 (22:24):
Fruit of October seventh.

Speaker 11 (22:27):
So it is reckless, it is disappointing, but more than that,
it does nothing to change the situation on the ground
for the Palestinian people.

Speaker 1 (22:38):
The Opposition's Shadow of Foreign Affairs Michaelia Cash on her
response to the Australian decision, joining me and ours, Professor
Emily Crawford, who is a professor of international law at
the University of Sydney, Professor, thanks for Johnny us. Why
is Australia choosing to recognize Palestine now?

Speaker 13 (22:56):
I think it's basically the combination between the number of
Australian allies that have started to recognize that Canada or
the UK, France have acknowledged that they are going to
recognize past in statehood when the UN meets in September,
and in I think reflection of the catastrophe that is
currently taking place in Gaza. I think this is the

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thought that if there really is to be a two
state solution. This is the only way forward.

Speaker 1 (23:24):
There are conditions on Astrada's recognition though, aren't there?

Speaker 13 (23:28):
Yes, there are. Basically, the Palace in the authority has
agreed to recognize Israel's right to exist and has to
drm and commit to not having Commas involved in any
of the political processes in establishing the new state.

Speaker 1 (23:43):
How is this decision likely to affect our relationships with
Israel and the United States?

Speaker 13 (23:48):
Well, Israel's already come out and condemned the action, so
Australia is not alone, as has happened to France and
the UK as well. And it will probably strain the
relationship with the US because the US has historically been
Israel's strongest backer, So that's going to cause some tangents.

Speaker 1 (24:04):
Professor, What are the legal implications of this recognition?

Speaker 13 (24:08):
Basically, what it means is that Palestine will now have
full international legal capacity, so it can now sign treaties,
it can send ambassadors around the world, that can receive ambassadors,
so it basically is going to be treated like a
sovereign nation in the same way that Australia is a
sovereign nation.

Speaker 1 (24:25):
So is Australia's recognition similar to the positions taken by
other Western democracies like the UK, France and Germany.

Speaker 13 (24:33):
It is it's essentially predicated on the same position, which
is that Palestine has meant the full international legal criteria
for statehood, but that it has to commit to a
peaceful solution in the Middle East and peaceful relations with Israel.

Speaker 1 (24:49):
Australia has made this pronouncement, but in reality does anything change.

Speaker 13 (24:54):
It does actually so because there has been this recognition,
it will mean that countries like the UK and France
and Australia will be able to find treaties and be
able to hold Palestine accountable for its actions under international law,
and will also be able to have diplomatic relations with
the new state.

Speaker 1 (25:13):
Just how realistic is a two state solution in the
current political and territorial climate.

Speaker 13 (25:18):
That's a tricky one because this has been going on
for decades. But I think we're seeing more groundswell towards
resolving the issues simply because of the devastation that's happened
to Gaza. I think that increasingly Israel, which have enjoyed
the support of the international community for decades, is losing

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the support of even the most stalwart allies, and so
I think that they will increasingly find themselves a pariah
state and eventually have to have to come to the
negotiation table.

Speaker 1 (25:51):
Is there any role that the UN can realistically plain
now that there is more recognition of the state of Palestine?

Speaker 13 (25:56):
It can it can certainly bring to being its diplomatic
powers and diplomatic arena so to be somewhere neutral for
Israel to come and negotiate with Palastine in order to
come to some kind of negotiated agreement.

Speaker 1 (26:14):
Do you see this decision is primarily a diplomatic move
or a deeper shift in Australia's foreign policy.

Speaker 14 (26:21):
I think it's a little bit of both.

Speaker 13 (26:23):
I think it's a recognition of the reality on the ground,
but it's also a realization that the net Nyatu regime
has been increasingly recalcitrant, increasingly unwilling to accept the reality
of what it's doing, of the facts on the ground,
and so this is partially a political move to place
additional pressure on the net Nyahu government to really rain

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in what they're doing in Gaza.

Speaker 1 (26:47):
Does it embolden the position of hamas well?

Speaker 13 (26:51):
Certainly some people believe that that this is actually reward
for their violence. But the commitment with the Palatinian Authority,
which remember is not Hammar, has been that Harmak can
have absolutely no role to play in any future political
governance of the State of Palestine, and the palast Union
Authority has been adamant that what's happening with Hamas is

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not within their purview and they do not support it.
So it will be interesting to see the degree to
which that's actually kind of followed.

Speaker 1 (27:22):
Professor, thanks so much for your insight. That's Professor of
International Law at the University of Sydney, Emily Crawford. A
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ring if you would like to comment regarding EV's Helen
says Morning Graham. I think it's a bit petty charging
EV cars. There's not that many on the road. I
think there are a few hundred thousand on the road

(27:42):
around Austratia, might be only ten or fifteen thousand here
in South Australia, but the numbers are growing, so I
don't know that it's petty because they're using the road,
they're heavy vehicles and it's increasing wear and tear, so
why should somebody driving a petrol driven car have to
subsidize effectively those people, because I think it's almost fifty
cents out of every dollar that you pay for petrol

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goes to the government, and then there's the GST on
top of it. So there you go. What do you
think eight double two three double o double o.

Speaker 9 (28:14):
Peter, good morning, Good morning Graham. I'm not so great,
but it's just an amazing thing.

Speaker 15 (28:21):
I went at a cross l.

Speaker 9 (28:22):
You know, WoT my usual Cross Willow ticket.

Speaker 1 (28:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 9 (28:24):
Talking to the girl then and I said, why is
it the Eastern States? You know they get more winners
And she has nothing to do with how many people
buy the ticket.

Speaker 16 (28:35):
It's a different setup.

Speaker 9 (28:37):
Their system is different to shout Australia's cost. If you
buy a cross Filow ticket here, but if you buy
one in the Eastern States you've got more chances of
winning and the other things. He said, if you buy
a stratget here and Senator Victoria they have to come
back here and redeem the money. But she said the
system in the Eastern States is different to Australia and

(29:01):
the other other parts of the country, and that's why
their chances are winning are bigger than now.

Speaker 1 (29:07):
No, Peter, I'm sorry, that would be total rubbish.

Speaker 9 (29:10):
There's no that's she is dead. They explained it to me.
There is a system over there that's different.

Speaker 1 (29:21):
We will speak to people from a lotto because.

Speaker 9 (29:23):
That's well, that's that's what I'd like you to do.
We will find out this is true. Because because I
said no, that's not so, she said, no, it is.
Is explained to me the system. But I think you
have to ask them and across find out why it is.

Speaker 1 (29:37):
And if you if you're paying say twenty five dollars
fifty for an entry, the same as what someone in
Victoria or the New South Wales is doing, you are
going into the same draw. You are entitled at the
same prize.

Speaker 9 (29:50):
Yeah and no, yeah, it's not the same. It's the
prizes is not. The issue is the way that their
system works over there, right on on the chances of
while winning a greater over there, because this system is different.
I said that can't be and I said, said, yes
it is, because like like she said, with the scratches,
you buy a scratchy here, you think that'd be you know,

(30:13):
you you know, buy here sent to your early is
in Victoria. They can't redeem that farce. I have to
come back down, lad, that's brilliant.

Speaker 1 (30:21):
Well, I think scratches are a bit different, to be fair.

Speaker 9 (30:23):
That might be she was saying, Look, all I'd like
you to do is just bring out the cross. I
mean she might have told me porky.

Speaker 17 (30:31):
Pilous, but.

Speaker 1 (30:34):
No, look, Peter, leave it with me, Leave it with me.
My producer Sam Daddo is at this moment getting in
touch with the lotto office to find out. But I
can virtually assure you that the rules are the same
for everyone. There were separate lottos in different states. They
have amalgamated. I don't know if they all have, but
I know the major states have, including South of the Stradia,

(30:56):
Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales. Not so sure of
Queensland used to have something different again I think. But anyway,
there is a national lotto Cross lotto and you pay
for a certain ticket a certain number of numbers, and
if you buy it here or interstate or anywhere, you
are entitled the same prize. The reason that we don't

(31:16):
have as many winners is just the mere weight of numbers.
If you know, there are five million people in Melbourne
and there are one and a half million in Adelaide.
There are obviously going to be more winners in Melbourne
because there are more people buying the tickets. But don't worry,
fear not. We will get in touch with the lotto
people because lotto is a very important thing. We all

(31:37):
have that dream, don't we that this time, this time
we might crack the winner.

Speaker 5 (31:42):
Five double A Mornings with Graham Goodings.

Speaker 1 (31:45):
Thirteen to ten. Five double A from anonymous working as
a nurse in the system for over thirty years, I
believe the money is there misspent and mismanaged. There are
stacks of nurses getting big money for non clinical work
projects that state the obvious and should be learnt in
nursing one oh one. When I started, student nurses staff
the hospital, no casuals or agency that cost of fortune.

(32:07):
The unis are the only beneficiaries from training nurses and
their institutions, and overall don't do a very good job
of it. Way too much fat in the hospitals that
is not beneficial to patients. Thank you very much for
that insight. Jack says unions will gradually wreck Australia like
they did the car industry. And Andrew says spears he
will smash it. Every person the five double a interviewed

(32:28):
in Black the morning he resigned, couldn't speak more highly
of him. We're talking about to form opposition leader and
convicted cocaine supplied David Spears, apparently considering a political comeback,
eyeing his old seat of Black. He would be coming
back as an independent. Well. The story was broken by
none other than TiSER editor at large Paul Starrick. He
joins me in ow, Paul, good morning to you.

Speaker 18 (32:50):
Good thanks.

Speaker 1 (32:51):
Could this be so? Could he rise like Lazarus from
the ashes?

Speaker 18 (32:55):
I think he will. I am personally if I was
a betting man than I am. I think that what
he's doing is understandably trying to rehabilitate himself and to
a degree his image. By the Kakoda track walk, He's
apparently raised a fair deal of money for that, which
is an extremely good cause. He's raising mon money for

(33:17):
men's mental health in particular. He's doing a co Cooda
track walk August twenty second to thirty one, got a
fundraising event this Thursday. I think it is but the
sort of scene liberal and labor people that I've spoken
to both expect that he'll stand and the sequence of

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the event that they expect is that he'll come back
from the Kokoda Walk and announced sometime after that to
be fair to mister Spears and setting aside his conviction
if indeed it is possible to do so. He was
an extremely effective considered to be an extremely effective local member.

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Both major parties acknowledged that and they he was also
had some achievements as Environment Minister in the Marshall government,
oping up reservoirs the youth, establishing the glen Thorne I'm
not sure the title Glenhorne Park in the Inner South.
So I spoke to him this day and he said

(34:25):
that this albul bloom worries him a lot. That was
what passion for conservation initially got in into public life.
So the sequence of events seems to follow. If you
ask me, do.

Speaker 1 (34:38):
You think the government and the Libs seem as a
real contender?

Speaker 18 (34:44):
Yeah, I do. I think that particularly Labor would be
concerned about the seat that they won the seat unexpectedly
last November Alex died in the former Sacred Heart Senior Teacher.
I think his deputy principal won that seat for Labor

(35:06):
and won it pretty easily. But I suspected to be
one that the Liberals would be would have been hopeful
of getting back, but mister Speers's possible entry would complicate
it to the split of the vote. If he finished second,
he'd be likely to get in on preferences, and he

(35:29):
may be bullish. He may be thinking, well, you know,
I've got a good profile. Hearing some of the messages
you were reading out before. That was a noticeable trend
when he was when people were doing box pops around
the time of all the scandal that he did seem
to be rated quite highly within his community as a

(35:50):
local member.

Speaker 1 (35:51):
No, he's a convicted cocaine dealer. It's a pretty serious offense.
Do you think the electorate are taking that too lately?

Speaker 18 (36:00):
I guess that's up to the electra. But to me,
it's a fairly hard road to come back from.

Speaker 17 (36:07):
You know.

Speaker 18 (36:08):
And I guess that depends on your view about such things.
But like you say, it's a fairly serious offense. Maybe
people are prepared to look the other way. I personally
would struggle with that. I think that the you know,
it goes to characters and you probably don't want convicted

(36:33):
coast cane suppliers representing you in Parliament. But you know,
the electorate always gets it right, as many people with
bigger political brains than me have always said.

Speaker 1 (36:45):
And what about his eligibility though, I mean, there are
rules and regulations. I would suggest that before you run
for Parliament you've got to fulfill them or not have
breached them.

Speaker 18 (36:53):
Certainly raises questions. I spoke of Mick Sherry, the State
elect Commissioner yesterday. He pointed out these various legislative requirements
that candidate that's obliged to meet. It would appear that
there's certainly a strong question over whether those bar from

(37:16):
candidacy anyone convicted quite of an indictable offense. But then
others that I spoke to suggested that if you've done
the crime, served the time, then you may well be
open to standing. So I'd imagine, and I've said in
the article, quite likely that mister Sherry would have to

(37:37):
seek Crown Law advice on something this significant to be
sure of whatever ruling ultimately he makes. Should mister Spears
choose to contest the next election as an independent in.

Speaker 1 (37:51):
Black Well, I guess we'll soon find out what the
situation is. Paul, great to chat thanks for your time today.

Speaker 18 (37:57):
Oh, thank you, Graham.

Speaker 1 (37:58):
Paul Stark, the Advertiser at large David Spears. Should we
give him a second chance or was his dastardly crime
that dastardly that he should not be able to stand
for parliament again? On that subject, Peter says Graham, David
Spears is living in a dream world. Had his day
in politics. It's over. I'm a liberal and I could

(38:19):
not vote for him previously. He's not the man for
the job. Helen says Graham. David Spears deserves another chance.
He wouldn't have been the only politician on the gear unlucky.
I would say, okay, so there you go. What are
your thoughts? I'd love to hear from you. Are you
and the electorate of black did you vote for David
Spears before? Or were you shocked and stunned when you

(38:41):
found out he was convicted or he'd been charged and
then convicted of cocaine use and dealing? And would that
change of you if you did or didn't vote for him,
would you do it again? Will be very interested to
see what you're thinking. Eight double two to three double ow, Hi, Graham,
I'm surprised to hear that Snoop Dogg is appearing the
AFL Grand Final with his criminal history seems to go

(39:03):
against everything the AFL stands for. Cheers, Ralph. Yeah, we
might talk about that a little bit later on. It
is an interesting concept that Snoop Dogg popular and all
as he may be, he does have a past that
doesn't paid him into a very healthy picture in line
with the AFL's stance and beliefs in certain areas. But yeah,

(39:25):
more on that to come. Eight double two three double
o double.

Speaker 5 (39:28):
Oh.

Speaker 1 (39:28):
I'll tell you what. There's the Cash Welcome group that
we've spoken to on this program before are smiling this morning.
An extra one hundred and seventy five million dollars worth
of Australian cash bank notes were issued last week, taking
the total cash in circulation to one hundred and four
point nine four billion. That's an all time record, So

(39:49):
what does that say about the cashler society? The Reserve
Bank of Australia reports that the new all time record
has been established for the amount of cash circulating and Australia.
Australians are turning back to cash. Jason bro I said
from the Cash Welcome campaign.

Speaker 19 (40:03):
There is a bit of a disconnect and we do
move in different circles maybe, But the RBA reports that
seventy percent of Australians carry cash. But when you read
some of the discussion papers that are out there about
talking about how we're going to deal with the cash
industry and going forward, they seem to act like nobody's

(40:24):
using cash. So I think we've got to take the
numbers at face value. Seventy percent of Australians are still
using cash. There's more cash flowing around the economy than
ever before, so it shouldn't be all that hard to
come up with some kind of solution about how we
can all have an ATM or a bank branch somewhere nearby.

Speaker 1 (40:47):
Jason Bryce speaking to David will on Breaking this morning.
Cash isn't making a comeback because there are a lot
of people who for them, cash is the only way
they like to deal, particularly more else the people who
aren't invested in the digital economy. But there's no question
in the banks the RBA would like to phase cash out.

(41:08):
And let's be honest, most people do transactions with credit
cards and smartphones and swipe and all that sort of thing,
but there is an element of people that will not convert,
do not want to convert, are not tech savvy, and
they want cash. And it would appear that there is
a strong move not necessarily back towards cash, but mere

(41:28):
fact that an extra one hundred and seventy five million
dollars worth of cash bank notes were issued in the
past week. So what are you doing with your cash
if you're not using it in circulation? Are you stashing
it under the bed for darker times? I'd be very
interested to know. So are you four or against cashless society?
Would that scare you? That we've been heading in that

(41:49):
direction for some time. Banks are sort of closing down branches,
They then set up ATMs as go to the ATMs,
and then they've been phasing out ATMs as well because
they want you to do all your banking online. What
are your thoughts? Eight double two three double oh double.
Let's take a call Carlos, Good morning, morning, Grahame.

Speaker 20 (42:05):
It's interesting that you were talking about Snoop Dogg in
the AFL and David Spears because you could pretty much
connect them all in one way. Obviously, Snoop Dogg has
been known as being a huge smoker of marijuana, we're
going to have him here play at the AFL. We
give our athletes, the AFL athletes, a three strike policy,
and yet David Spears has done something wrong, paid the price,

(42:28):
and he we might we judge him on a different
morale ground. I think we really need to look at
everything as a whole versus just the one thing.

Speaker 1 (42:36):
Yeah, now you make a good point. So are you
four if you're backing the Daily double Snoop Dogg and David.

Speaker 20 (42:43):
Spears, Yeah, I think yeah, you probably put some money
on all three of them getting up.

Speaker 1 (42:48):
I reckon god Tonya, thanks very much for that, Carlos
eight double two three double oh, double oh. If you'd
like to comment. Coming up after the news ramping, it's
record levels in Salva strata. It's almost stale news if
it wasn't so serious. We'll speak with the Ambulance Union
regarding their change in philosophy, their change of heart. They
were so anti liberal the last election, getting behind the

(43:12):
labor government or the labor opposition to get into government,
saying how the liberals had botched ramping, and yet ramping
has got so bad now that the union has changed
its tune. We'll speak with them after the News.

Speaker 5 (43:26):
Five Double A Mornings with Graham Goodings.

Speaker 1 (43:29):
Six past ten, five double A. On this Tuesday morning,
I've almost said Monday money for some reason. Tuesday morning,
the twelfth day of August. Hope we find you well.
Thanks for tuning in. Something happening in your part of
the world. Let us know about it. You're the eyes
and ears of the five double A audience, so give
us a call eight double two to three doublelow double ow well.
The Ambulance Employees Association wants a strong labor supporter has

(43:52):
slammed the government for failing to fix ramping, calling it
worse than ever des my promises to fix the crisis.
July twenty twenty five saw a record eight hundred and
sixty six ramping hours. That's up over sixty percent since
July twenty twenty two. AA Secretary Paul ekkerboom Mouns joins us. Paul,
good morning to you, Thanks for your time.

Speaker 16 (44:11):
Today, Very good morning, Graham.

Speaker 1 (44:14):
Just how serious do you view the situation.

Speaker 16 (44:18):
It's quite serious at the moment. Obviously, when our ambulances
are stuck on the ramp, we can't respond to the community.
As you we have seen over the last few weeks,
we've had a very high number of priorably three patients
that are waiting in the community, sometimes up to twelve hours.
They're risky. This is a risky process. You know, people
need an amulance attendance, they need to be assessed, and

(44:40):
they need the ongoing care sort of provided for.

Speaker 1 (44:44):
Do you see the as a major risk to public safety?

Speaker 16 (44:47):
Oh, I think potentially. I think we've we've seen the
lack of resourcing or the lack of available resourcing, you know,
culminating in our response to Unfortunately that gentleman at Felix Hiell,
and you know, we don't have those available resources. We
can't get to the jobs that we need to in
the time frames that we should be.

Speaker 1 (45:06):
It must be putting huge pressure on staff.

Speaker 16 (45:11):
Yeah. And I can talk from a personal perspective that
you know, I've been I've lived this four years ago.
This is the impacts psychologically and physically immense. Yeah, and
it's right across the organization. It's not just the front
fine workers. You know, they're not getting their cribs and
getting sort of addressing their fatigue, they're getting burnout, they're

(45:31):
getting disillusioned with the profession. But our communications people. You know,
they're struggling to task jobs because of the lack of
available resources. We have high burnout and high fatigue. Yeah,
it's an issue.

Speaker 1 (45:44):
This high burnout that you mentioned, is that impacting sick leave?

Speaker 16 (45:48):
Yeah, absolutely, Yeah, you'd probably find that the increase in
their cleave is people taking mental health days and people
trying to look after themselves. It is acting, you know,
to spend eleven hours on a ramp lot we did
last night, and not responding to a job and not
utilizing your skill base, not doing the dream job that

(46:09):
you believed you're entering into. You know, it is very impactful.

Speaker 1 (46:15):
You're at the coal face. What would you suggest what
changes would improve the situation immediately?

Speaker 16 (46:21):
Immediately? I don't think there is a solution like as
in tomorrow. I mean they need to have a complete
overhaul of how health works for us as far as
the frontline workers are concerned. You know, wrap it off
low beds. We need to increase that capacity so we
can actually bring a patient in. We can take them
off the stretcher and put them into a waiting area

(46:42):
that can be then monitored by nurses and doctors. We
can start that process for them. We need greater sort
of transit wards right across our health system where we
have flow in and flow out that freeze up beds
up on wards. But from an ambulance perspective, if you
ain't greater access and increased hours of alternative care pathways,

(47:03):
we really need to see our ability to take patents
elsewhere other than an ED is essential. Yeah, we need
the greatest sort of utilization, which we're actively working with
SA Ambulant Service and the government with is about utilizing
the virtual care services that we have available and increasing
their hours of operation. But we need to have a

(47:27):
really good oversight of patient flow, utilizing programs that we
have in place, making them mandatory, and having better communications
between hospitals. The unfortunate thing we see is we discharge
or we transfer from one hospital to the ramp of another. Yeah,
it should be direct from one hospital straight into a
ward bed. That's the kind of communications that we need

(47:48):
to try and instill and make the systemic changes that
we require.

Speaker 1 (47:54):
Are you losing paramedics due to the ramping.

Speaker 16 (47:58):
I'm not one hundred percent sure about the true so
I can't really comment on that, but the overall, you know,
I was up on the Flinders Ramp just the other day,
and there's a lot of the attitude is really disheartening
in the sense that they think, what the hell, what's
the point of doing this job because what we're not
utilizing the skill base that we have. It's not job

(48:18):
satisfaction anymore. And the hearing cases go down and they
should be responding to them, but they're stuck on a ramp,
so long long time frames of responses. So yeah, it's
you can see that people will potentially leave early because
you spend a lot of money doing your degree, you
come on and do this job of a lifetime, and

(48:39):
after three or four years all you're doing is spending
time on the ramp. They'll go and leave and do
other professions. You know, people can get into medicine, people
can get into anything else. So yeah, it is a
concern for us, and we want to make sure that
we make the changes possible so they can go back
to doing the job that they love.

Speaker 1 (48:56):
I mean, this is a dramatic amount face. You came
out verbally chalking ambulances and so forth, saying, you know,
the liberals were effectively threatening lives, jeopardizing lives and so
forth because of the ramping crisis and now it is
so much worse. Did you back the wrong horse?

Speaker 16 (49:13):
I don't believe so. The time, Yale was quite heavily
involved during that campaign, being the president of the Union.
We were seeing staff that were absolutely breaking point. We
had a government that weren't listening to us. And that's
the key point here is that they weren't listening to us.
They weren't going to advocate for any increased resourcing. They
weren't going to increase for any different initiatives within the

(49:35):
ambulance service. We saw patients that were dying before we
got there. That's been rectified. We've got an increase in resources,
which is great, but that needs to keep continuing. And
while as in today, the government is still listening and
I've still got an open line of communication with the
Health Minister and he's very open to any suggestions or

(49:57):
initiatives that I believe is going to make a a
meaningful impact for the health system.

Speaker 1 (50:02):
Is privatization of some ambulance services in some way a solution.

Speaker 16 (50:07):
I wouldn't have thought so. Maybe for the lower acuity potentially,
but privatization is all about the dollars and it's not
about patient care. I'll only advocate for really good patient
care and making sure that the community gets what they
need and the care that they should be provided. And
then the expectations of the community, you know, and the

(50:27):
community expects to be treated with dignity in a timely manner,
and their pain and suffering to be eased by the
professional clinicians that would attend to them. I don't believe
a private ambulance service would be there, would be the
sure shop there at all.

Speaker 1 (50:44):
Well, you certainly voice your concern publicly about the lack
of results that the government has been getting. If it
worsens further, would you consider industrial action.

Speaker 16 (50:56):
While the government still listening to us, then that's I've
had multiple meetings from the media that I've done now,
and I think we can just a little bit of
meet on the bone as far as what industries we
could put in place. And they're listening and they've made
a community to try and regtify those those issues and
bring in those initiatives. While they're still doing that, then

(51:17):
I have no real need to Well.

Speaker 1 (51:19):
We certainly want a resolution that will satisfy everyone. Paul Eckleboom,
thank you so much for your time today. That's the
secretary of the Ambulance Union South Australia. What are your thoughts, folks?
Eight double two three double doublo. It was a dramatic
change about as we said, and as you're well aware,
the Ambulance Union came out strongly in support of the
Labour's campaign to fix ramping and super critical of the

(51:42):
Liberal Party. But in hindsight, the government of the day
you could say, was doing a better job than the
government of today. What are your thoughts? Eight double two
three double double back shortly.

Speaker 5 (51:52):
Five double A Mornings with Graham Goodings.

Speaker 1 (51:56):
Eighteen past ten five double A from the text line
to fix the hospital ramping. Build two age care facilities
run by the government, one north, one south of the city,
taking in two hundred and fifty people at each site.
This will clear the number of people that are taking
hospital beds waiting for an age care facility. In time,
it will be cheaper to pay the wages of age
care people. The major cost is the building construction, which

(52:18):
the government can do and then either privatize it off
or let the federal government take over. Marty, Good morning
to you, Good morning Graham.

Speaker 21 (52:28):
Look I'm going a little bit sick of listening excuse
the fun begetting a bit sick of listening to people
complaining and all the excuses regarding ramping and the health
system and everything else. I'd like to draw people's attention
to the fact that there are more people looking for
the health system to fix up their issues, and I

(52:49):
think it's about time people started taking responsibility fractory their
own health. Now, I just want to point out the
elephant in the room pun intended. There's a thirty percent
of children and adolescents between the ages of five and
twenty one that are obese or overweight and over This

(53:12):
is on the website of the South Australian Health website.
Approximately one nine hundred children will enter the health system
needing help regarding obesity, type two diabetes and forty eight
thousand adults. Now there's an easy fix to this, Marte
the UK, South Africa, Mexico they've introduced sugar taxes and

(53:37):
they found after three years this significantly reduced the obesity factors,
reduced type two by diabetes and also increased the well
being of people. Now, the reason why we don't have
a sugar tax in this country is because of the
National Party which has got absolutely low or nil votes

(53:58):
almost in South Australia, and all they're doing is it's
forty eight thousand adults are employed in this industry and
it's about one point three percent of Queensland that produced
ninety five percent of the sugar. So basically, I think
a very simple fix is for the government to introduce
the sugar tax in South Australia, right forget the rest

(54:21):
of the country. They can deal with it. And if
Queensland don't want to introduce the sugar tax to keep
one point three percent of their people employed, well that's
a decision they've got to make. But I'm sick in
this is this is a simple case of the ambulance
of at the bottom of the of the cliff, unintended
but unless, unless, unless we start taxing. Walk walk down

(54:43):
a supermarket and have a look the whole the whole,
one side of an aisle is covered covered in sugary
water drinks, and then there's another aisle which contains all
the processed foods and alloys that contains sugar. It's just
it's just a no brainer. And I'm sick and tired

(55:04):
of the health, the health system, doctors and nurses, ambulances
and normal arrest taking the hit. I'm wasting billions of dollars.
And there's a very easy fix to this, right, and
that's put a tax on bloody sugar.

Speaker 1 (55:18):
Good on your marry. Yeah, you've put your point of
view fairly forthrightly there. Yeah, a tax on sugar. What
do you think about that? Sugary drinks? What happens to
chocolate and the like? But anyway, should we have a
tax on sugar so people would reduce the amount of
sugar they're consuming and hopefully, long term would improve their health.
What are your thoughts? Eight double two three doublow doubleow.

Speaker 10 (55:39):
Well.

Speaker 1 (55:39):
The AFL has confirmed that American rapper Snoop Dogg will
appear at this year's Grand Final entertainment lineup. It's a
move that's drawn both excitement and controversy. Now, while Snoop
dog is undeniably a global music icon with mass appeal,
he has a long history of misogynistic lyrics and his
portrayal of women, and he has reignited debate about the
AFL's commitment. But it's stated values and the AFL let's

(56:02):
face it is very proactive and has a real social conscience.
The rapper known for his hits like drop It Like
It's Hot and Gin and Juice, has often faced criticism
for objectifying women in both his lyrics and public appearances.
This is Andrew Dillon announcing Snoop Dogg at the Grand
Final short time ago.

Speaker 22 (56:21):
A lot of work, spoke to a lot of people
and potential artists, but to land someone like Snoop Dogg,
who's He's performed at the super Bowl, performed at the
Olympics and now he gets to perform at the MCGO
in Australia's biggest sporting event, so really looking forward to it.
We saw him a couple of years back perform at
the Super Bowl halftime entertainment. He had some mates with

(56:41):
him though doctor dre M and M do you think
you'll bring anyone? Look, he's famous for his collaborations and
I think we'll work with him and his team on
who that might be and hopefully we'll have some good
Australian artists in there working with him.

Speaker 1 (56:54):
So there he is Andrew Dillon speaking on Sunrise this
morning about saying that Snoop Dogg would be appearing now.
The AFL has invested heavily in promoting women's football has
taken a public stand against violence and discrimination, which critics
would say in inviting Snoop Dogg sends a conflicting message,
particularly to younger fans and female athletes who look to

(57:17):
the league for leadership. It was interesting that Andrew Dillon
said his favorite Snoop Dogg song was Gin and Juice.
We had a quick look at it, and most of
the lyrics you can't repeat publicly on a radio station
like this, but just this line is interesting, or line
or two two in the morning and the parties still
jumping because my mamma ain't home. I got bitches in
the living room getting it on and they ain't leave

(57:38):
until six in the morning. So what do you want
to do? Exclamation mark? I got a pocket full of
rubbers and my homeboys do too, So turn off the
lights and close the doors and it goes downhill from there.
So that's Snoop Dogg. So what are feelings, folks? You're
a Snoop Dogg fan? Would you like to have someone
like that at the AFL show piece, the Grand Final?

(58:00):
And do you think that cuts across the ifl's standards.
Let's not what you think. Eight double two three double
double Joanna, good morning, good morning.

Speaker 23 (58:09):
I'm calling in to say I'm not a fan of
Snoop Dog for all the reasons that you've just actually mentioned.
I have female children in our line and I really
wouldn't like to think that he would be the best
that we can offer for Australian entertainment a Grand Finder.

Speaker 1 (58:30):
So are you're not happy with the good on you? Jenna,
thanks for letting us now that let's like to Moll
calls Eric good morning.

Speaker 24 (58:36):
Good morning. A couple of things A Snoop dogg no,
but the Croziers at the Grand Finder regard being the ambulance.
I've been a long term and retired out a long long,
long long term riiant involved Junionist. But I've just had
this thing and listen to what they were saying about
the ambulances and that I was thinking of a multi

(58:56):
lane highway, a three four lane highway coming into a
single lane over the bridge. What happens to all the traffic?
It just stops and gets blocked. There is absolutely no
point in having one hundreds of ex ambulances until such
times as the clear of the blockage. And the other
point I was thinking of the elements officer was saying
that we've got a government is listening there listening, but

(59:19):
the problem is getting the down state worse. So what
is the point of listening if you're not going to
improve the situation that's there. And I say this as
a long term health worker who was up to level
four on occasion in Russian divisions of the Civil student health.

Speaker 1 (59:34):
Good on, Eric, Yeah, I appreciate your input. We'll move
on because we're lots of calls.

Speaker 17 (59:38):
Rob, good morning, Good morning, Ryan, how are you good?

Speaker 1 (59:41):
Thanks my We.

Speaker 17 (59:44):
Come from a similar area era, and I don't think
it's any big surprise to find that back in the
sixties have populations quadrupled, at least from what we have
now to then we had to curiate. We had the Rah,
we had the Line Recuren, we had the Hampstead Center,

(01:00:06):
et cetera, Glenside hillcreste.

Speaker 24 (01:00:11):
Repat.

Speaker 17 (01:00:12):
I mean, it's no big surprise. We had all the utilities,
ETA highways all gone. What has happened is no big surprise,
and the government needs to get off its butt and
start really setting up for the population that we have.

(01:00:33):
When is the last reservoir built in South Australia, last
century the obviously it's gone up. And it's just no surprise, mate,
which we're getting as bad as the miracle with Trump.
They're all bloody idiots, I mean, our government. They bring
in a concert to take the attention away from the

(01:00:55):
real matter. And this lineup of ranking outside the hospitals,
there's no big surprise to me because we just have
not done anything. We don't have any ford thinking premiers
or prime ministers that we used to have.

Speaker 1 (01:01:14):
Yeh, look, you make a good point, Rob, and I
think it's largely due to the fact that most politicians
get work to fight to get elected. When they're in,
they work about how can they stay in parliament, and
they're looking to the next election. They're not looking for
the future of the state. They will tell you otherwise,
but I don't think they do. Mark, good morning, Good morning.

Speaker 25 (01:01:35):
I didn't know we lived in a communist country being
told what we should be eating and drinking, you know,
for Pete's sake, I'm sick and tired of hearing about people,
you know that these places saying oh, we shouldn't be
having sugary drinks, we shouldn't be doing this, we shouldn't
be doing that. I'm tired of getting very tired of it.

(01:01:57):
The people keep telling us about sugar. Is to the
individual if they have sugary drinks or lollies or cakes
or whatever it might be, that's sweet. Isn't enough to
the individual like you and me to decide what we
put in our mound well as long.

Speaker 1 (01:02:13):
As it's not against the law. Yeah, I'm sick and.

Speaker 25 (01:02:16):
Tired of being told what we should be doing with
not just food, but everything. We're not living in China,
We're not in a communist country, and I wish people
would get off the bandwagon and leave everyone else alone
to live their lives the way they want to.

Speaker 1 (01:02:32):
Good on you, Mark, Thanks for your vociferous input today.
I appreciate it. Eight double two three double double. If
you agree or disagree with Mark regarding should there be
a sugar tax? Would that end up cutting down on
your waistline and taking a burden off the health system?

Speaker 5 (01:02:47):
Five double A Mornings with Gram Goodings.

Speaker 1 (01:02:50):
If you were listening a little earlier, you might have
heard caller Peter who was rather concerned about Lotter. He
was saying he went to a lot of outlet and
they said the rules are different here in south ofa Stradia,
who interstate and the prize pool or the prize payout
is different. I sort of question that. So we said
we'll get in touch with a lot of people, and

(01:03:10):
we haven't gotten in touch and they'll be speaking with
us in about an hour's time, so stick around. We'll
find out the truth behind the fact of crosslow and
the payouts why we don't get as many here in
South Australia. Eight double two three double o double Oh,
don't forget for the best caller of the day. Tickets
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(01:03:30):
All week. We have double passes to give away for
the best call of the morning, so stay listening. Well,
thousands of children are being put at risk at childcare centers,
prompting a move to overhaul food allergy training. To tell
us what the problem is and what is being done
about it And welcome to the show. Allergy dietitian with
the National Alergy Council Ingrid roach Ingrid.

Speaker 26 (01:03:51):
Good morning to you, Hi Graham, thanks for having me on.

Speaker 1 (01:03:54):
Yeah, just how serious it's the situation?

Speaker 26 (01:03:57):
So we know that pideologies are increasingly common and about
one point three million Australian children under twelve years of
age attend some kind of childcare service and about fifty
two to eighty thousand of those children have foodology, so

(01:04:18):
it's a big problem. There's no national requirements for food
dology management training in day care services, so we feel
that it's really important for all staff in childcare services
to be trained with food dology management to keep those
children with food alogy safe because I'm sure you know
that foodology can be life threatening.

Speaker 1 (01:04:39):
Yeah. I can imagine the concern of parents because in
their home environment they're all too well aware of what
their child can or can't eat. But when they're in
the hands of other people like a childcare center, no
matter how specific they are about it, unless the people
there are fully versed on the issue, they might not
be available handled correctly.

Speaker 26 (01:04:59):
Absolutely. I mean it's similar to eating out anywhere. When
you live with a foodology, it is always a worry
that the person who's planning and making and serving you food,
it's always a worry about their level of knowledge and
skill and whether they actually have it's completely covered to
be able to kick you or your child's safe when
you're eating away from home, and of course childcare has

(01:05:21):
duty of care to people's children in their care safe
and food alogy is just one part of that.

Speaker 1 (01:05:27):
So will it be mandatory for people in child care
centers to undergo food allergy training?

Speaker 26 (01:05:33):
So at the moment it is not mandatory. It is
something that the National Allergy Council is always lobbying for
because you know, throughout our Allergy Aware program which is
targeted our schools and childcare and during anaphylaxis management is
under wraps in those settings. So because it's not mandatory,

(01:05:58):
we developed All About Allergens Training for Food Service, which
is an online training program. Now, the childcare version of
that was risen twenty nineteen and so far over sixty
three thousand staff working in childcare have completed that course,

(01:06:20):
which is fantastic. This new course that was developed in
partnership with the Healthy Eating Advisory Service, which is funded
by the Victorian government, gives cooks and chefs working in
long daycare some extra skills to manage specific food elogens.
So those little micro modules that you can do to

(01:06:42):
help you develop, as the developed menus for and serve
children who have allergies to cowsmook, or analogy to air,
or an allergy to wheat, so it gives extra films
for them to plan nutritious meals for those children without

(01:07:02):
excluding them from the rest of the menu, so they're
not eating something completely different to the rest of the children.

Speaker 1 (01:07:08):
Well, I guess there's an issue of cross contamination you
have to consider too. It's not just enough to make
sure that there are no peanuts in then whatever has
been cooked or or something that egg or whatever like that,
because there can be cross connamination if you're not careful.

Speaker 26 (01:07:21):
Absolutely, So there's kind of two sorts of three things
really that are a big focus of this course. So
one is that communications. You've got to know which you
know which children your service have food alogies, and then
you have to know the ingredients if your food and
make sure that you're not you know, you're not actually
giving them their food diligent as an ingredient. Then there's

(01:07:43):
the food preparation and storage. So as you say, you know,
you can cross contaminate a child's food with their food
diligen if you're making food at the same time and
if you haven't cleaned things properly. So you can't, you know,
work on a surface to make a analogy meal for
a child with food allergy if you've already made food

(01:08:05):
on that service, because you surface, because you might contaminate
their meal. So making sure that everything is clean and
that you make that food in a separate area and
perhaps at a separate time to the other meals is
really really important. And then of course labeling that meal
and making sure that the right food is given to
the child with food alogy, so that you know that

(01:08:26):
their meal doesn't contain their allergen either as an ingredient
and that it hasn't been cost contaminated with anything. So
the course goes through all of those aspects for food
alogy in general. So if you do it all about
allergens course first and then you visit all micro modules
for each specific allergen, then it's a more of a
complete picture now about how to manage food for children

(01:08:49):
in child care services.

Speaker 1 (01:08:51):
We're all childcare centers aware of the food allergy training.

Speaker 26 (01:08:56):
It's certainly there's a lot of childcare centers who are
are aware of it, and a SECO, which is the
governing body for childcare services, certainly help with promoting that
that course some of the big centers where they have
you know, the sort of the change, so the change

(01:09:17):
of childcare centers, so that the organizations are often aware
of it and have it as part of their magitude training.
And we're always working with you know, different ways of
communicating to the sector, so going to different you know,
expos and events to promote the training so that more

(01:09:39):
childcare centers will will pick up that training and do it.
So there's certainly a lot of awareness of it. But
what we would really like is for food alogy management
training to be mandatory so that all cooks and chefs
are well trained in managing this this food safety problem.

Speaker 1 (01:09:56):
Is there any cost on taking on the course.

Speaker 26 (01:09:59):
No, it's it's free to do online. It's self paced
so you can go in and out of the course
as you wish, so if you can't get through the
whole lot at once, then it'll save what you're up
to so you can go back into it. There's a
specific success and there's a certificate of completion at the end,
so you know if if you're moving around with with

(01:10:23):
work to different centers, so if you lead one job
and go into another job, you can show that you
have completed this course and we recommend that stuff undertake
the course if you two use or so because you know,
keep your knowledge up to date, and we do update
the course as new kind of evidence comes forward and
your best practices are underway.

Speaker 1 (01:10:45):
If anyone wants more information on the course, where should
they go?

Speaker 26 (01:10:48):
So they should go to either the National Allergy Council's
website training website, which is Food Allergy Training dot org
dot au, or go to the Healthy Eating Advisory Services
website which is he'th ahgas dot healtht dot dot au.

Speaker 1 (01:11:07):
Sounds like a great initiative, Ingland, thanks for your time today,
Ingrid Roach, allergy dietician for the National Allergy Council. It's
nineteen minutes to eleven on five double A. Let's take
a call John, Good morning to you.

Speaker 2 (01:11:19):
Reply us one Graham. The ambulance ramping, we're doing the
same thing over and over again again and tying up
variable resources in the paramedics. And that for the ambulances
to be rare for so long suggests to me that
many of these people in the ambulances are not in

(01:11:41):
life threatening situations. Therefore, there should be another form of
looking after these people. I suggest something called like a
medicar where a paramedic goes to the is allocated to
go to the place and assess whether it's life threatening

(01:12:03):
or just a taxi service to the hospital, or whether
the person should go to a medical clinic if they
get directed. If they're not life threatening and they go
to a medical clinic, would tricks their ambulance ramping overnight?

Speaker 1 (01:12:22):
There'd be another level of administration. They wouldn't there. I
mean that at the moment is something that they just
don't want to even consider.

Speaker 2 (01:12:30):
Yeah, possibly another level, but it starts with a triple
O call where an ambulance is sent. They need to
determine whether the person is in a life threatening situation.
If not, just send one medically a confident person to
assess the person. You send them to either a clinic

(01:12:54):
or their doctor or whatever.

Speaker 1 (01:12:58):
Look, John, I like your thinking coming from a different direction.
There could be issues with that, But I think this
is an issue that is so far we are not
dealing with the government is not dealing with it, the
hospitals aren't dealing with the ambulances aren't dealing with it.
Everyone connected with ramping is not dealing with the situation.
So we need someone to come from left field, maybe
someone totally dissociated from the medical profession, get an independent

(01:13:23):
a Brain's Trust or whatever, and say here is the situation,
how can we help overcome it. They might come up
with a lot of hair brained ideas. They might come
up with one that works. There's certainly we need ideas,
we need help. And you heard Chris Pichton on the
show yesterday in the wake of the worsening crisis. He
refused to concede that the fact that Liberals were thrown

(01:13:45):
out because Labor had promised that they would fix ramping,
but he would not apologize. Will you finally admit that
Labor has failed to fix ramping?

Speaker 4 (01:13:54):
Well, there's no doubt that we need to improve, and
there's no doubt that we want it to be in
a better situation than we are. But you said, we've
thrown significant resources at this. We've far exceeded the commitments
that we made in terms of opening additional beds, hiring
additional doctors and nurses. There's a lot more of that
investment to come, but it's happening at the same time
that we're facing this other issue where the number of

(01:14:18):
people who've been stuck getting out of hospital has gone
from about sixty to two hundred and eighty. So we've
basically got bigger than Modbrey Hospital taken out of the
system at the moment because people can't get into age care,
and that means that we've got one hand tied behind
our back in terms of dealing with this issue.

Speaker 1 (01:14:36):
That's Chris Pichton Non five double A on this program yesterday.
Dan says there already is an ambulance assessment crew. They
are called Ambulance Rapid Response and drive toy to SUVs.
Thank you very much for that, Dan. The politicians should
be taxed for everything they say and promise and do
not deliver. As you have said previously, GG, politicians are
the only ones that can get away with lying with

(01:14:58):
no repercussions, So let's tax them instead. That will pay
for all the stuff ups. Thank you for that.

Speaker 18 (01:15:04):
Jan.

Speaker 1 (01:15:05):
Interesting comment, Graham, I am your vintage. What is going on?
We never had all these allergies years ago, and that
is a question for another day. Helen. It is true,
isn't it. Were we just not aware of allergies? But no,
I think the health authorities would tell you that the
amount of allergies young children is growing on a yearly basis.
I don't know what research has been done in that area,

(01:15:25):
but it certainly is a problem. Five Double A Mornings
with Graham Goodings hi Gg. Obviously, the AFL is of
the opinion that we don't have an entertainer worthy of
performing at the adelaide O Australian Rules Football Grand Final.
They didn't learn from the meat Life experience. How sad
along with the Crow supporters, be prepared for disappointment people.

(01:15:46):
I'll go Hawks. Good on you, Phil, thanks for that.
We have a secret weapon. As Andrew said, I like
Matt Sammitt, the Crow Sax player, to perform at the
AFL Grand Final. We haven't lost a game since he's
been playing before a game, and that is true. Matt
is brilliant and we haven't lost a game when he plays,
So bring him on to the Grand Final if we

(01:16:06):
make it. We're not counting our chickens before they hatch.
We're not getting ahead of ourselves. One week at a time,
high level talks are underway between transport and public service
leaders to consider a future road user charge for electric vehicles.
It comes amid growing calls for reform on how road
infrastructure is funded. The Almanisi Government's new vehicle efficiency standard

(01:16:26):
aims to boost e the uptake. There are warnings that
the current tax system is becoming unsustainable. Now joining me
in now is Imman Gore, Electric Vehicle Council, Head of
Legal Policy and Advocacy. Emman, good morning to you, great.

Speaker 27 (01:16:40):
Graham, thanks for having me on again. And let me
say as a close fan, we can firmly on we.

Speaker 1 (01:16:46):
One week at a time. Iman. Okay, what's the view
on a tax or? I guess a user pays tax.

Speaker 27 (01:16:56):
Look, we back fair road who's are charging? But the
introduction of reforms to fuel a SIS in Australia should
not slam the brakes on the increasing uptake of evs
in Australia for the many reasons that we can go into,
but principally because they're helping Australians to cut the cost
of living by slashing their fuel bills and creating a
more clean environment.

Speaker 18 (01:17:16):
For us to live in.

Speaker 1 (01:17:19):
So Padia respond to claims that EV drivers and you
aren't really paying their way. They're not paying their fair
share for road use.

Speaker 27 (01:17:26):
So EV drivers make up only ten percent out of
last year of all Australian car users. Fuel tax basically
makes up a large percentage of the money that goes
towards roads, but it has been decreasing because petrol cars
have been getting more efficient, not because of the increase
in EV drivers. So there's a bit of a misconception

(01:17:46):
about what it's causing fuel acis to drop. As I said,
we back fair road us are charging, but it needs
to be geared towards getting more strands into evs, which
we know we need to be doing in order to
cut our national transport emission.

Speaker 1 (01:18:01):
Do you think a user pays model would discourage ev
uptake in the short term.

Speaker 27 (01:18:06):
We think we need to be encouraging a strands to
get into evs, So we need to consider at what
point we introduce one so that Australians are still encouraged
to get into evs and help protect our environment by
cutting air pollution reducing our national emissions.

Speaker 1 (01:18:20):
Do you see any alternatives to a fuel excise, because
let's face it, if the uptake of EV's continues at
the rate that you would like, we'll get to a
point where there are not enough fuel cars on the
road paying the taxes.

Speaker 27 (01:18:36):
Yeah, So first of all, I want to clarify something
less than fifty percent of the fuel excite if you
pay in a petrol car goes towards road infrastructure. That's
been extensively investigated and has been debunked as going as
only towards road infrastructure. So we know we need to
find road infrastructure, but let's just clarify that point about
where fuel exit goes. Secondly, there are many reform options

(01:18:58):
and we welcome consideration of all of them, but we
need to be geared about where that conversation is going.
At the end of the day, in our national interest,
we need to see more eass in Australian roads so
that we're cutting our national emissions as well as helping
Australian to get into the best technology that cuts their
cost of living. So in that respect, we agree that
there needs to be consideration of this, but we shouldn't

(01:19:20):
lose sight of where we're trying to go in this conversation.

Speaker 1 (01:19:24):
So what alternatives a fueld X scise can ensure sustainable
road funding without stalling E the adoption right, So we're having.

Speaker 27 (01:19:31):
A bigger conversation in this country at the moment about
tax reform. As I mentioned, road infrastructure funding doesn't solely
come from fuel expose. In fact, very small amounts of
it actually come from the fuel excise tax you pay. Therefore,
road funding can come from a variety of sources, including
other taxation measures. What we need to be talking about

(01:19:51):
is how do we get a sustainable amount of revenue
for the government to fund the services that we all
need while also encouraging the behavior that we want to
see in our community, such as movements towards zero or
sustainable environmental options such as electric cars.

Speaker 1 (01:20:07):
Yeah, there is a conflict here, isn't there Because people
that drive petrol engine cars look at an EV and say,
you're using the same amount of road as me, and
you're not paying the forty eight cents in the dollar
excise and I'm paying as you say you Well might
say be around right saying that that the big percentage
of that doesn't necessarily go to the roads, but it's

(01:20:29):
still attacks that the drivers of ice cars are having
to pay.

Speaker 28 (01:20:34):
Right.

Speaker 27 (01:20:34):
Can I put a different way to you, Graham? When
you are driving a petrol or diesel car, you are
also unfortunately putting things into the air that have a
direct impact on our public health, and that means that
we need to find medicare and we need to find
our hospitals to respond to all the respiratory illnesses that
are a rise as a result of it. Unfortunately, you're
also funding out the increase or you're contributing towards the

(01:20:56):
increase in our national emissions that are causing the increases
in insurance premiums that everyone is experiencing and many other
effects that we know that nowadays on a daily basis.
So that taxation is true, but it's also true that
driving a petrol and diesel car is contributing towards the
payments you having to make in other respects. So we

(01:21:17):
need to have a proper conversation about the cost or
driving a petrol and diesel car.

Speaker 1 (01:21:23):
Didn't Victoria try to introduce an EV road user charge
and what happened to that?

Speaker 27 (01:21:28):
That's right, It was deemed unconstitutional by the High Court
and it meant that only well, they said that only
the federal government could introduce something akin to that, which
has led to a federally led process at the moment.

Speaker 1 (01:21:42):
What's happening with subsidies for evs. They've been tapering off
over the last year or two and that You're.

Speaker 27 (01:21:49):
Right, Graham, like that is a disappointing. Part of this
conversation is that we're talking about tax reform in a
way that would potentially slan the brakes on ev adoption,
which we need to do for the national intro. And
at the same time, states and territories have been pulling
back on incentives way too prematurely, so that now we
only have one demand by measure record or one incentive

(01:22:11):
to help people get into evs. So really, as I
said earlier, it's great to have a conversation in our
tax reform and things of this nature, but we need
to be talking about where we want the country to go,
and taking away incentives that get people into evs is
hardly the right step.

Speaker 1 (01:22:26):
There's been a noticeable downturn in the sale of evs,
people going for hybrids and the like. Does that disappoint you, Graham?

Speaker 27 (01:22:34):
I'd probably clarify again there. In July this year, sixteen
percent of newcast sold or evs, which is a fantastic number,
as you probably think, we would say, right. What I
will add to that in addition, though, is that we
are seeing increases in pure battery electric sales and plug
in hybrid sales compared to last year. Now, whether it's

(01:22:54):
a plug in hybrid electric vehicle which runs partly on
electricity and partly on petrol or the full electric, that's
great if it means that's less Carlon dioxide being pumped
into our numbers.

Speaker 1 (01:23:05):
Eman, thanks for your time today, good to chat.

Speaker 27 (01:23:07):
All right, thanks Ryan, So that's an.

Speaker 1 (01:23:10):
Electric Vehicle Council Head of Legal Policy and Advocacy Imman
Gore on the suggestion that evs should be paying some
sort of user tax. What are your thoughts on that?
Like to hear the make double two three double O
double low from the text line High Graham regarding Snoop
Dog and his misogynistic lyrics in his songs. Rock and
roll is littered with misogyny. Elvis Scott involved with Priscilla

(01:23:33):
Affording year old girl. Jerry Lewis married an underage cousin.
It was Jerry Lee Lewis, wasn't it not? Jerry Lewis.
Chuck Berry got arrested going over state lines with an
underage girl. It's a weird is it weird? And wrong? Absolutely?
But where does it end? Thank you reader for that
history of rock and roll. It's a little bit dark,
isn't it? Karen says, why do we have to get

(01:23:53):
a Yankee rapper? We have plenty of better talent in
Australia that we should be promoting. And that's a lot
of the feedback we're getting is that we all are
looking overseas, looking beyond our shores. When Australia has world
class talent right here, why are we using more of
it or more of them? Like to know your thoughts?
Eight double two three double double o. Let's take one

(01:24:14):
call before the news, Tony, Good morning, Tony, go ahead.

Speaker 29 (01:24:21):
Why do you want to put the people they try
to do the rasting by the environment?

Speaker 1 (01:24:26):
Say again, why do you.

Speaker 29 (01:24:28):
Want to penalize people? Because when they're trying to do
the right thing by the environment. Well, we lived in
this path so clean and green, right, it goes down
to even a rubbish from now. If I'm got a
solar system behind, why can't I charge my car free?

Speaker 1 (01:24:47):
You're asking me personally, why why can't you? What tell you?
Tell me why you can't?

Speaker 29 (01:24:51):
Well, if you're to bring in the text like this,
that text everybody is in New Chillan, it's eight senset
for whatever it is now that kiometer, I kind of
exactly say said for one hundred kilometers, but colombers I
can't remember.

Speaker 1 (01:25:07):
But well you do. If every car on the road
was an ev do you realize how many billions of
dollars that would be lost to the government and taxation.

Speaker 29 (01:25:16):
I think, I think you've got your head stood around here,
because the money that we collect from the petrore sis,
only about a quarter of that goes back to the roads. Okay,
All the rest goes back to public servants, public public there,
and I'll fund the hospitals. If we had spent the
money that we collected from petrol exoso have the fresh

(01:25:38):
rides in the fold.

Speaker 1 (01:25:39):
All we don't no, look a mighty big if. And
I agree with you to a degree there, Toney. But
the fact is that if we didn't have that money
collected because of drivers paying the fuel excise, which is
almost fifty cents in the dollar, the taxation would have
to come from somewhere. Now, you you're you're saying it
is misspent in a lot of cases. I'm not disagreeing
with you, but the money money would have to come

(01:26:01):
from somewhere else.

Speaker 29 (01:26:02):
Now, Graham, it is still there here all right now.
For example, I've got a thirty kill what soul system mine?
Pretty large hundred penels. Okay, now I don't use that power.
Now I'm getting nothing for that at the moment, maybe
three or four cents, but I'm supplying enough power to
light up three houses down my street during the day. Yep,

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what what are they playing? They're playing to sixty said
to kill off. And I'm not making nothing at them,
so don't tell us they're not making money. They're making money.

Speaker 5 (01:26:37):
On us five Double A Mornings with Graham Goodings.

Speaker 1 (01:26:42):
They pass eleven non five double A and this hour
will be giving away our double pass to the Royal
Adelaide Show for the best caller of the morning. How
quickly does the year roll round? Almost showtime once again?
Hi jug A caller asked why should people who are
doing the right thing be the environment driving by the
environment driving an ev He believes that digging up raw

(01:27:04):
materials in Australia to send to China, the largest carbon
expeller in the world, is doing the right thing by
the environment, not to mention the lithium battery fires. Thank
you for that, philm Well on a Happy Notes South
Australian hotel industry is extending a hand of support to
our drants stricken farmers to tell us about it as
Anne Moler, CEO of the Australian Hotels Association SA and

(01:27:25):
a good morning to you, good morning poor farmers. I mean,
we know there's a lot of rain. At the moment,
we think it's all over for them, but they've still
had a battle on their hands. So what if our
hotel has done Yeah, that's right.

Speaker 30 (01:27:40):
So, and I think there's always that risk, isn't there
that as soon as there's a bit of rain. It's
easy to think, if you live in the city that
everything's good now, but of course it's not.

Speaker 5 (01:27:51):
So.

Speaker 30 (01:27:53):
The Australian Hotels Association in South Australia, through its charity
ARM which is Pubs with Heart and that's money it's
collected by the IGC from venues across the state, have
donated fifty thousand dollars more urgent drought relief in rural
South Australia. So the first drops have gone, fodder drops

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had gone.

Speaker 1 (01:28:18):
So that money's gone to distributing fodder, has it, Yeah.

Speaker 30 (01:28:22):
That's right. So eighty two bales of hay to seven
farming families around the Gooler region and the second lot
delivered has been ninety four bales eight farmers in the
Willawi district. So yeah, and that of course that just
doesn't help those farmers. That then there's a knock on

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effect because it helps the other businesses that farmers.

Speaker 19 (01:28:45):
Would support if they had the cash flow.

Speaker 31 (01:28:48):
To do so.

Speaker 30 (01:28:49):
So there's a broader community impact as well.

Speaker 1 (01:28:52):
Yeah, when we think of a drought and the impact
on farms, we at times forget the fact that the
communities that are involved, you know, and in most of
these communities there's a pub and that can be the
heart and soul of the community.

Speaker 30 (01:29:06):
Oh, particularly regional areas. We always say that that pubs
are the heart of the community and they are a
reflection of the community that they're they're in. And it's
normally it's the pub that you go to when you know,
to congregate, to commiserate, to celebrate, and it's often the
pub that people go to when there's a crisis. So
when there's a fire or something like that, or a flood,

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people congregate at the pub. When the local footy club
needs some financial assistance, it's normally the pub that sponsors them.
Or the netball club or whatever. If there's kids that
can't afford, families that can't forward Guernsey to play footy
or basketball, it's normally the pub that steps up and

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sponsors them. So they really are the heart of the community.
And often the pubs themselves, they're just small family businesses
that are running these regional towns.

Speaker 1 (01:29:58):
It's great to see the communities, there's no question about that.
So how does the pubs with hard how do you decide?
I mean, obviously on this one, something like a drought
is a no brainer, but how do you decide who
to donate to?

Speaker 30 (01:30:10):
So there's a formal process that has gone through and
certain requirements need to be met, So we look at
predominantly donating to like charitable charitable not for profit organizations
is the way that it works. And then literally, you know,

(01:30:32):
somebody will put forward in application and then there'll be
consideration by a board as to you know, whether the
level of funding should be given and whether it's appropriate
and so on. Sometimes we'll go back and say, you know,
it doesn't quite meet the criteria. Other times we'll say
that's fantastic and maybe make suggestions about how it could look.

(01:30:52):
So so yeah, but certainly it's a it's a formal
process and there's not there's not rounds of funding or
anything like that. It's just ad hoc so wonderful people
will approach us and then those those requests are considered.

Speaker 1 (01:31:06):
Well, congratulations to you. It will be most welcomely received.
Great to chat with Janna.

Speaker 30 (01:31:11):
Yeah, thank you, Graham. I mean I grew up on
a farm, so and I actually remember as a kid
going through times like this, and so you know, I
know how tough it can be for them, and it
doesn't it doesn't just end when it starts raining. For
a lot of them, they've lost the season now you know,

(01:31:34):
they've got to wait until next year. So it's a
it can be a long road back. But yes, we're
very proud to be able to do anything that we
can to help them.

Speaker 1 (01:31:43):
Well, that's wonderful the communities with them, and so as
the Hotels Association. That's animal a see of Australian Hotels
Association essay through the Pubs with Heart donating fifty thousand
dollars for urgent rart relief in rural South Australia. That's
great to hear. Eight double two three double o double
is my numb Bill has called it can I bill?

Speaker 29 (01:32:02):
Good morning, Graham, How are you good?

Speaker 1 (01:32:04):
Thanks? You want to talk about the fuel tax.

Speaker 29 (01:32:07):
Yeah, it's probably been mentioned before that I think a
fair way would be too to scrab the full the
fuel tax altogether and added for the registration of every
vehicle that goes on the road. That includes some small
regis and pushbikes, because it doesn't really matter how many

(01:32:28):
cases traveling, you're still on the road. So I think
that would be a decent way that everybody would be
paying some sort of tax towards me.

Speaker 1 (01:32:38):
I take your point, but at least when you buy
a fuel it might be a weekly impost. But if
you get to registrate I had to pay it all
in one hit or you know, two or three hits,
it would be a huge amount.

Speaker 29 (01:32:51):
Yeah, I guess so that I've got to work some
way because sour or later, they'll be, as you mentioned earlier,
more on the roads and dual driven cars and they're
not contributing at all at the moment.

Speaker 1 (01:33:07):
No, there's no question. Good on your bill, Thanks for that. Yeah,
there's no doubt that evs will have to pay their way.
To suggest that, you know, they're doing a lot for
the environment. Isn't enough. Let's let's face it, and we
get enough feedback of people sort of saying, well, these
evs might be might be polluting the environment when they
drive around, but when they are being made, when they
are being built, there's a whole lot of environmental damage.

(01:33:31):
Let's take a call. Let's go to findland Mark.

Speaker 14 (01:33:33):
Good morning, Hello Graham, I'll rang you on Friday. I'm
actually living out here at craig Moore. In regards to
the public transport, oh yes, yeah, so I catch the
four to four one from Craigmore to the Smithfield train
station obviously to go to work and to come home,
and there are no bus services for me to get
back to the bus stop that originally catch the bus
at eleven o'clock at night. Yeah, so I rang up

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Torrens Transit and they inform me that the four four
one bus servis due to the government contract which they
provided doesn't allow them to run the service.

Speaker 1 (01:34:07):
It doesn't allow them.

Speaker 14 (01:34:09):
Yeah, so they've cut the service because the contract doesn't
provide the funding. Yeah. And also to that, the last
bus that leaves Elizabeth the four four one service, let's
say for example, you went late night shopping on a
Thursday night at eight nineteen, the last bus leaves Elizabeth,

(01:34:29):
So you couldn't even catch the four four one if
you lived in my area to get home for late
night shopping on a Thursday night. Can you believe that
that's crazy?

Speaker 1 (01:34:38):
So this is a service run by Torrens Transit.

Speaker 14 (01:34:42):
Yeah, and they told me that they replaced the service
with the four five one, which combines the four four one,
the four four zeround, the four four to two, which
obviously service to the northern area. And that bus is
not even there when I get to the train station
eleven o'clock either, so that doesn't even go nowhere near
my home anyway. So I'm still stranded when I get
off the bus after work at eleven o'clock or night.

(01:35:03):
And I'm sure I'm not the only commuter.

Speaker 1 (01:35:05):
No, well i would in that area.

Speaker 14 (01:35:07):
Yeah, that's right. And also too, I actually found out
the other day. If you get on the train and
you buy a paper ticket like it's like a cardboard ticket,
and a class is six dollars fifty for one trip,
you can only use that ticket on the on the
train network. You can't use it on a bus or
a trend because they don't have the machine to validate it.
So that's a pretty pointless, bloody way of.

Speaker 1 (01:35:30):
So you can't transfer it.

Speaker 14 (01:35:31):
Yeah, you can't transfer So you actually have to have
a you actually have to have a physical metro card
to use the network.

Speaker 28 (01:35:38):
You know.

Speaker 14 (01:35:38):
The paper ticket's just ridiculous. Six dollars fifty for a
fair It's just the system's broken. Graham, seriously, can we
have the minister on just try and explain some of
these issues. I mean, good advice.

Speaker 1 (01:35:52):
I was just thinking the same thing as listening is
giving us the thumbs up, we will be in touch
with Yeah, I mean, you.

Speaker 14 (01:35:59):
Know, coverment funding for services, you know, providing inefficient services
on me, it's just craziness, isn't that.

Speaker 1 (01:36:06):
Well, they want people to use public transport and the
situations like yours are not conduci.

Speaker 14 (01:36:13):
Yeah that's the point I'm making. I mean, yeah, basically,
you know, they want people to get off the road
and use the public transport, but were the inefficiencies like
that people were just going to walk away and not
even bother Yeah, you know, it's just yeah, well.

Speaker 1 (01:36:26):
Thanks for bringing that to our attention. Mark, We will
certainly pursue it. We will speak with the Minister and
at least try to get him onto the show to
explain the situation.

Speaker 14 (01:36:35):
Yeah, thank you so much, Graham.

Speaker 1 (01:36:36):
Good to chat eight double two three double O double
is the number five double A.

Speaker 5 (01:36:41):
Mornings with Graham Goodings.

Speaker 1 (01:36:44):
It's twenty one past eleven, five double A on a
Tuesday morning, sun shining brightly, very pleasant day, very mile
on the last couple of days, quite pleasant. Indeed, can
spring be far away? Well Asturlia will recognize the state
of Palestine at the next session of the United Nations Generalists.
I think that's coming up in September. Prime Minister Anthony
Albanezi said Australia would work with the international community to

(01:37:06):
make recognition a reality. A short time ago, Penny Wong
was interviewed on Sky News about the Palestine decision.

Speaker 32 (01:37:13):
We've been working with others in the international community to
make a judgment about what is the best time, what
is it for us to make this contribution. You know,
when is the best opportunity for Australia to contribute to
this momentum. And many factors have gone into that. One
of them is the commitments that the Palestinian authority have
made and they are historic commitments. They include no role

(01:37:37):
for Hamas in the governance of Gaza. But also we
have commitments that have been expressed internationally and we'll be
discussed again in New York from the Arab country. So
the Arab League also has made historic commitments and historic
statements about the condemnation of October seven and the horrors
of that. But importantly that Hamas has should have no

(01:38:00):
role in Gaza. So what that means is we have
an opportunity to work with the Palestinian Arab authorities and
groups and leaders who are saying we want to isolate
Humus too, and that is important long term. Ultimately, though
this decision is about peace, there is no lasting peace
in the Middle East unless there are two states.

Speaker 1 (01:38:23):
Senator Penny Wong speaking on the decision to recognize Palestine
bios data. Let's take a call William. Good morning, Good.

Speaker 33 (01:38:31):
Morning Graham, on this wonderful sunny morning.

Speaker 1 (01:38:35):
It certainly is.

Speaker 5 (01:38:37):
So.

Speaker 33 (01:38:38):
Back in the younger day, when I was round about
fourteen to fifteen, I started working at the Royal Oudelaide
Show as a Carnie ah right, so a friend of
mine we were board one day and went for a
walk around the showgrounds prior to it setting up and
just asking people if you know they need any help,
and we ended up scoring a carney job there. And

(01:39:00):
I just wanted to give you a bit of a
history of one what I used to say to bring
the people in to the carnival ride, well, the carnival
show that I was on. So I don't think you'd
get away with it these days, but back in the day,
I'm sure one of the listeners will remember this. There
was a side show where I had to guess your

(01:39:23):
way in two kilos and you would. If I'm wrong
within two kilos, you get a prize. You have to
pick a prize from behind me. And yeah, so I
used to have Can I say what I what I
used to say to get the people in?

Speaker 1 (01:39:40):
Look, I think you can. Got my finger hovering over
the dump button.

Speaker 33 (01:39:44):
It's not offensive at all, but go ahead, the kids.

Speaker 14 (01:39:46):
I loved it.

Speaker 33 (01:39:47):
So it goes a little something like this. Come on over,
come on in, take the challenge. You can win when
win here today, don't It's only three dollars to play
this way today. Don't be shy coming over and give
it a try.

Speaker 1 (01:40:02):
How's that very good, most impressive.

Speaker 33 (01:40:05):
Did you hear it was only three dollars?

Speaker 5 (01:40:07):
Back then?

Speaker 1 (01:40:08):
Three dollars? What is it today?

Speaker 29 (01:40:10):
Eight dollars?

Speaker 33 (01:40:11):
And now it's about eight or nine? Hurricane bit more.

Speaker 1 (01:40:14):
So, how did you go guessing within two kilograms of
someone's way?

Speaker 24 (01:40:17):
Oh?

Speaker 33 (01:40:18):
Look, you know, I just tried my best and I
did quite well, actually surprising. And you know you'd get
your heavier people that you'd be a bit put more
polite to, so you know that they're not going to
be you know, where you're you want to say, but
you just be a bit polite and you're basically giving
those prizes away. But look, it was good times and

(01:40:40):
I had an absolute ball and they got me back
for years Graham and two. I ended up getting a
traineeship and couldn't do it anymore.

Speaker 1 (01:40:47):
Lovely story, William, Thanks for call. William was a carnie
at the Royal Show. I did a lot of people
out there and say, wow, wouldn't that be great fun?
So if you've worked at the show in any sort
of capacity, I can remember seeing somebody who was from
a farm that had to sleep in the stalls with
the horses, and as a young kid, I thought how
wonderful would that be? But they're sleeping in the stall

(01:41:08):
with the horses for the duration of the show. Probably
they didn't say it quite so much fun, Brenan, Good morning, Graham.
How are you good?

Speaker 17 (01:41:16):
Thanks Graham.

Speaker 3 (01:41:19):
In twenty twenty one, the government Federal Government passed the
Online Safety Act, the intention of which was to protect
the safety the children accessing harmful content on social media.
As of July this year, and I don't know how
many people aware of this, this is something that's been

(01:41:40):
quietly introduced by the federal government. There's an Online Safety
Rules made in July twenty nine, twenty twenty five, whereby
from December the twenty seventh, just after Christmas. Strange that Google, Microsoft,
YouTube and other search engines. I'm going to be requiring

(01:42:02):
every individual, every Australian, not just those reported the under
sixteen or kids, every Australian to provide their digital ideas
in order to access those search.

Speaker 1 (01:42:17):
Engines, even just the basic search engine. Yes, this isn't
just social media we're talking here.

Speaker 3 (01:42:23):
This is Google, Microsoft YouTube and I'm just quoting here.
Did some of the twenty seven Google and Microsoft will
have to use some forms of age assurance technology. On
all users when they sign in or face fines a
up for fifty million per breach. That's the fifty million
paer breaches from towards Google and Microsoft if they don't

(01:42:43):
comply with this.

Speaker 1 (01:42:44):
So this has got nothing to do with the social
media legislations.

Speaker 3 (01:42:50):
It has but that was introduced under the guise of
keeping under sixteens off social media platforms. They have age
assurance achnology. However, Senator Antique in a Senate hearing recently,
when grilling government bureaucrats, they said, well, in fact, every

(01:43:11):
Australian will need to go through this mandatory process of
either as some sort of digital ideas such as photo
ID checks. This is it here, face scanning and mating tools,
credit card checks, digital ID vouching by the parent of
a young person using AI relying on a third party. Now,
this is trying to impact on every single Australium that

(01:43:34):
logs in to these search engines come December. Now, I
don't know if most people know this, but I want
people out there to be fully informed about this.

Speaker 1 (01:43:43):
Well, I'm certainly not aware of it. Brandon. We will
make further follow We'll follow this up further because I
think we need to flesh this out and find out
exactly what is happening because.

Speaker 3 (01:43:52):
Senator and is on top of this. But the essence
is that everyone that uses these platforms need to go
through an age verification process, which is a growth introsion
on your privacy and freedom. It's totally unnecessary and it
will apart to all Australian.

Speaker 1 (01:44:09):
Well, Brendan, yeah, thank you for bringing that to our attention.
We will pursue it. Look, I'm aware of the online
protection for under sixteens with regarding social media, but that
will also mean that you will have to prove your
age and that will, as Brennan said, for Google and
Microsoft and all these other things, you will have to
do that to go on social media too, because just

(01:44:30):
because they're trying to shut down on sixteen year olds
and under, we will all have to verify our age.
So you know, we are becoming a more and more
of an open book to online. Will anything be left secret?
The only way you can avoid it is not going online.
Five Double A Mornings with Graham Goodings twenty seven to twelve,

(01:44:51):
five Double A to the Sound of the four Seasons,
Play on, play on. Well, we had a caller early
in the morning called Peter, who was very concerned about
to the cross lot of dividends and how he thought
they differed from me.

Speaker 9 (01:45:03):
To stay, I went to a cross you know what
might usual cross fallow tickets.

Speaker 1 (01:45:07):
Yeah.

Speaker 9 (01:45:08):
Talking to the girl then and I said, why is
it the Eastern States? You know they get more winners
and and she has nothing to do with how many
people buy the tickets. It's a different setup. Their system
is different to SHAFT Australia's cross. If you buy a
cross Fiow ticket here, but if you buy one in

(01:45:29):
the Eastern States you've got more chances of winning, and
the other things. He said, if you buy a Stratchy
here and Senator Victoria they have to come back here
and redeem the money. But she said the system in
the Eastern States is different to SHAFT Australia and the
other other parts.

Speaker 12 (01:45:46):
Of the country.

Speaker 1 (01:45:46):
And that's well, that's what Peter had to say earlier
this morning. Joining now from a lot of the lot
is general manager of public Relations, Matt Heart. Matt, good
morning to you, good morning, how are you good? Thing
thinks now? I tried to reassure our caller that all
the prizes were the same, but he was quite adamant
that that wasn't the case, So tell us what the

(01:46:08):
real story is?

Speaker 34 (01:46:10):
Sure, well, yeah, and I can confirmed with you know,
it's Saturday Cross Lotto. It is a national game, you know,
so it is the same game whether you play it
in Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia, it's it's national, so you're
vuying for the same prize pool. So each Saturday it's
sort of estimated five million dollars and then you've got

(01:46:30):
the same chances of winning and it uses the same
numbers that are drawn. So yeah, that's the key thing
is that whether you if you buy one game entry
in Queensland or South Australia or West Australia is still
the same chances of winning Division one, which is about
one in eighth Indian So it's.

Speaker 1 (01:46:47):
Just the same for powerball Oslado and they win Fall
and the rest.

Speaker 34 (01:46:51):
Yeah, that's right. So they're all national games. And the
confusion probably arose because, particularly with Saturday Cross Lotto, it
does have different names in different states. Here in Queensland
where I am, it's Steaday Gold Lotto. In New South
Wales Saturday Lotto, Victoria, Tats Lotto and that's a legacy
of when they were state based lotteries, but now they're
all national. They're all national games like powerball os Lotto

(01:47:14):
Week they win full set for life, so you're definitely
playing for this national prize pool. But certainly your caller
was right that any prize is won on tickets sold
in South Australian outlets do need to be claimed in
South Australia. So this is a sort of regulatory requirement,
but doesn't mean that say is sort of operating on
a separate lottery system. It just means if you happen

(01:47:37):
to send a loved one you know, and a subscribe
ticket and they're in Victoria, if they do win on
that ticket you bought in South Australia, they do just
have to post it to South Australian office.

Speaker 1 (01:47:46):
So he has no cause for concern. And on the
point that there are a fewer winners in South Australia,
it's just a weight of numbers, isn't it. There are
a lot more people in the bigger states, that is it.

Speaker 34 (01:47:56):
That's the thing. So we do see you know, particularly
Rory in New South Wales has buy and large every year.
The most division one winners and that's just because there's
more people playing there. Now, that doesn't mean the individuals
in those states have a better chance of winning. It's
just statistically, because there are more people playing, there are
more winners in those states.

Speaker 1 (01:48:16):
Well, that's very reassuring to all of us that buy
our regular tickets. Matt, thanks for time, great to chat.
Pleasure at Heart, General manager of public Relations at the Lot.
So there you have it, Pete, I have that's reassured
you that if you buy a lotto ticket here, whether
it be Saturday Night Cross Lotto or what are the
other ones, Powerball, Weekday Winfall and the like, if you

(01:48:38):
spend on say pick a figure twenty five dollars, your
chances of winning are exactly the same as someone in
Melbourne or Sydney. You spent twenty five dollars and the
prize that you will win is exactly the same. There
are different names, like for the Saturday Night Lotto. That's
paying homage to the history of the lottos when they
were independent. But we don't get as many winners here

(01:49:00):
fortunately per capita. We probably I don't know, maybe we
should work it out per capita, but in the past
year millionaires created eighty two in Victoria, eighty one in Queensland,
seventy six in New South Wales, fifty four in Western Australia,
twenty six in South Australia, six in Tasmania, two in
the Act and two in the Northern Territory. The only

(01:49:22):
interesting factor there is the most populous state in New
South Wales is only third in line and Queensland, which
I would have thought was a smaller population than either well,
it is smaller than Victoria or New South Wales is
in second place. So maybe people in Queensland have got
more time in the hands and more money to spend
on lotto. But anyway, there are twenty six South Australians

(01:49:45):
who've become instant millionaires over the past twelve months. Tell
us your secret, how did you do it? I'd like
to know eight double two three double oh is the
number to ring well. I was really saddened to learn
of the passing of Michael Schid in the past week. Now.
Michael shied that name mightn't really ring a bell with you,
but if I mentioned Bookworm and the book Place, maybe

(01:50:08):
it would ring a bell. Because Bookworm was absolutely legendary,
not only in this town, but Australia.

Speaker 18 (01:50:15):
Wide grump crumb Crum.

Speaker 21 (01:50:21):
Did you know that the grum Plum was a hot
air balloon?

Speaker 35 (01:50:24):
Oh that yes, yes, And hot air balloons are big balloons, yeah,
big enough for people to actually get in them.

Speaker 5 (01:50:30):
Wow.

Speaker 35 (01:50:31):
And news, well, the news could get into a hot
air balloon, but not in this particular hot air balloon.

Speaker 29 (01:50:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (01:50:38):
No, listen and find out.

Speaker 1 (01:50:42):
It was a great show the book place, I remember
it well. And of course the bookworm Michael Shid who
will be sadly missed Michael Mills as the creative director
for Heaps Good Productions. He joins you me now, Michael,
good morning to you, thanks for your time today.

Speaker 17 (01:50:57):
There you go, good.

Speaker 1 (01:50:58):
Thanks. It's a sad occasion. Every time I think of Michael,
I I think of his little Marris minor driving up
in the car park there and he always had a
radiant smile.

Speaker 28 (01:51:07):
Oh absolutely. I think everyone who knew him knew him
in his car but but also his his there was
a there was a kindness in him, there was, but
it was his performance, his his For me, it was
this capacity to and and it's you know, I'm I'm

(01:51:29):
a writer and a performer and it's that capacity to uh,
what's the word to to transform, That's the word transform.
Even when so the last show, so I did the
last the music on the last season of Book played,
and I have to say it was such an honor
and a privilege. And there are there are others who

(01:51:51):
have much more that they could share about about Shidy
and and you know, over the next few weeks, let's
let's let's hope we get to hear their voices. But
getting to see him work in Channel seven and he
would be cramped up and squished into this little little bookshelf,
and there were times that was really painful for him

(01:52:13):
and he was lying in his but you're put on
the worm and all of a sudden, this this, this
thing comes alive.

Speaker 1 (01:52:22):
He was a larger than life character, actually, but he was.
He was a warm and compassionate person.

Speaker 28 (01:52:28):
Yeah, and that funny and like all good Adelaide citizens,
a good Port Adelaide supporter.

Speaker 1 (01:52:35):
Well, I'm painting this picture of a really perfect buke
and now I find out he's support Adelaide supporter. I
didn't know that at the time. I might have changed, No,
I wouldn't have changed my opinion. But he was a
well rounded performer too, wasn't he. I mean he he
took on the persona of Roy Reeen mcacki, who was

(01:52:55):
an absolutely legendary South Australian comedian.

Speaker 28 (01:52:58):
Absolutely and and I think like that. Okay, he did
a lot of a lot of friends that that knew
him through Bunyip Theater Youth Theater years ago. So his
his I don't know if a worm has got tentacles,
but his, his friendship network is throughout not just the

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TV industry, but the theater industry, throughout South Australia and beyond.

Speaker 6 (01:53:24):
But it's his.

Speaker 28 (01:53:25):
So so the last live show I did some work
with him when Brenon Whittle wasn't available. I got to
be able to help narrate the Australian classic Classical youth
ballet Ballet with Bookie. And the last time that he
ever did that was a Christmas in Victoria Square event
a couple of years ago. And he wasn't at all well.

(01:53:47):
You know, we we we we knew that that he
wasn't well, and he was, he was sore, he was
he needed help walking. We almost had to kind of
lower him into the thing where he would do the
Bookworm talking and he put his arm up where.

Speaker 21 (01:54:05):
He was sitting.

Speaker 28 (01:54:05):
He couldn't hear the music. It turns out once we
went live, so he wasn't hearing the cues. It didn't
matter that his capacity to just go with it, And
for me sitting looking into his little worm face and
knowing what's going on behind the counter and knowing the
genius of this man, I mean, I think that that

(01:54:26):
tells us about him and his capacity to perform and
tell stories. I think it was a great storyteller.

Speaker 1 (01:54:32):
Yeah, there's no question about that. And there would be
thousands upon thousands of people probably in their thirties, forties
and fifties now who would think back and yeah, I
remember the book place, and the bookworm was obviously the
key character.

Speaker 28 (01:54:45):
Yeah, and I mean I had to say it was
such a cool show, you know, where where we're teaching
kids to enjoy the beauty of books and enjoy you know,
all of the songs that Andy wrote, you know, in
the years before I got to do the last year,
So the songs and the music and shidy book. He

(01:55:06):
was central to all of that.

Speaker 1 (01:55:09):
He'll be favorably and fondly remembered for decades to come. Michael,
thanks so much for sharing your stories with us today.

Speaker 28 (01:55:15):
Oh, absolute pleasure, mate.

Speaker 1 (01:55:16):
Michael Mills, creative director of Heat's Good Productions, with his
memories of working with the late and great Michael Shide,
the book Worm, also Roy Reen and he performed in
so many ways. I used to go on the Beata
Birdwoods because he had the car. He drove the car
all the time. He is absolutely pristine. Morris Minor would
have been Maneine fifty six or so, and he proudly

(01:55:39):
drive it up to work every day. And then when
the Beata Birdwood came along, he proudly drive it up
to Birdwood. A unique character. Michael Shide and the final
thirteen minutes or so of the show, still time for
you to take part if you got something you want
to say. Well, as you've heard throughout the morning, US
President Donald Trump is sending in the National Guard. He's
cracking down on crime in Washington, DC, and this is

(01:56:02):
what he had to say earlier this morning.

Speaker 36 (01:56:07):
I'm announcing a historic action to rescue our nation's capital
from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and squalor and worse. If necessary,
We're going to move service members directly to joining the guardsmen,
and that'll take place very rapidly.

Speaker 1 (01:56:26):
Ruyter's White House correspondent, Jeff Mason, we spoke to a
little bit earlier this morning, and this is what his
thoughts were on the moving into the national god.

Speaker 8 (01:56:35):
I'm not surprised so far as that he has been
telegraphing that he's going to do this now for some time.
The President has been threatening for quite a while since
he came into office for a second term, that he
may take over governors of Washington, DC, which I think
it's important to share with your listeners is only possible

(01:56:56):
because Washington, DC is a district. It is not a state.
It does have elected officials and has a mayor and
has a city council that is elected by the residents
of DC, but it has sort of a unique relationship
with the federal government because it is the feat of
the capital and of the White House. So the President

(01:57:18):
used this opportunity and used his right. Basically, it's the
head of the federal government to execute this takeover, and
he's doing it sort of in line with the more
strong man approach that he has used on other policies
as well.

Speaker 1 (01:57:37):
That's White House correspondent Jeff Maison on Donald Trump's crackdown
on crime, sending in the National Guard. Legal authorities are
amused by it. Well might be a bit more than that.
They've pointed out that the data shows a substantial crime
decrease since the post pandemic surge in violence. So why
is he doing it? We'll find out and he will
certainly let us know. Let's take a call Rick, good morning,

(01:58:00):
Good morning, Graham.

Speaker 15 (01:58:03):
I came in late on the talk about the fuel
tax and incutable way to get it. I don't know
whether anyone's mentioned them, but I would say tires would
be the fairest way of doing it.

Speaker 1 (01:58:17):
A tax on tires, yeah.

Speaker 15 (01:58:18):
Yeah, and it'd have to be national because otherwise you
get people going into state to get their tires. But
if you could have a national scheme on a user
pace thing, if you drive a lot, then you're going
to be as you did in the petrol you'd be
paying more and also using the road more. And also
heavier vehicles would probably go through tires. But you need

(01:58:38):
experts to work out exactly how. And this would include
when you buy a new car, there's a drive away
price plus the tax.

Speaker 1 (01:58:48):
Right, that's an interesting interesting angle, Rick, I mean, I
think they need to consider all angles. There's no question
when you talk about evs, they are much heavier vehicles
than they are apparently a lot heavier on tiree too.

Speaker 15 (01:59:01):
Yeah, and that's sort of and therefore heavier on the road. Yeah,
they'd do more damage. So yeah, that's my tea Bubbs.

Speaker 1 (01:59:07):
Yeah, good on your Rick, Yeah, thanks for throwing that
in there. They will have to come up with some
form of solution because if the push for ebs continues,
Although they're making up sixteen percent I think it is
of cars on the road at the moment, so it's
not a huge impact. But if that was to become
forty fifty percent, a huge amount of tax ex ice
would be lost. And we've had people sort of say, oh,

(01:59:28):
well most of that excise isn't spent on the roads anyway,
but the government would be still wanting to take that
same amount. So they want to be able to make
up the billions lost through a fuel excise some other way.
So no doubt they're looking at that at the moment.
A double two three double o double oh is my
number coming up after one. It's the one the only
Leith Forest who joins me in the studio with a
smile on his face.

Speaker 31 (01:59:48):
If you had ever said to me that I would
drive into work listening to Graham Goodings do the lyrics
of Snoop dog you almost could have written your own ticket.
I think I loved it.

Speaker 1 (02:00:01):
I left out the good bits. I loved it. There
was some there that we probably well, we might lose
our license. We mentioned them.

Speaker 31 (02:00:07):
Do you mind if I replay it later?

Speaker 15 (02:00:09):
This?

Speaker 31 (02:00:09):
I loved it. I thought, there is you know five
double A Breke s Grant every now and then. How
long has his station been around? Fifty years? Next year? Yeah,
it's our fiftieth anniversary, fiftieth birthday next year, five double A.
Never have I heard that a legendary broadcasting figure rolling
out some Snoop lyrics? Do you like it? You're not
a fan? What do you think now that the dust
is settling somewhat?

Speaker 1 (02:00:29):
I look on the decision, particularly a fan of Snoop Dogg.
His music he's rapping doesn't do a whole lot for me.
I'm a little intrigued with the fact that he was
a well known misogynist, and he's been in jail, and
he's had a lot of a checkered career put it mildly, yeah,
and offset that with the AFL's view on social matters.

(02:00:50):
They are very high profile and I'm voice to Parliament
and Pride round and all these sorts of things. Yeah,
I just don't know how that's.

Speaker 31 (02:01:00):
We're going to roll that out this afternoon as our
Turkey Tuesday actually give people the chance to win six
bottles of Turkey Flat Vineyards wines. Because it is interesting
that the AFL, on the issue of recreational drugs and
the strikes policy, then hire the second biggest stoner on
the planet. Willie Nelson, you would argue was probably number one,
but WILLI smokes with Snoop all the time. Snoop is

(02:01:22):
a well known advisor or spokesperson or pin up poster
boy for marijuana. So does Snoop bring Andrew McBride said
this to me on the way out this morning. Does
Snoop bring his own product into the country or does
he have to buy from the local lease He's you know,
Australian producers will get some money perhaps with Snoop because

(02:01:44):
he's a regular smoker. He's not just a he's a genu.
There will be a haze of smoke. When he comes
out onto the MCG you'll think it's smoke machines, but
it's probably just snoop and he's entrage.

Speaker 1 (02:01:53):
Now if I'm not mistaken, he was refused entry into
the country. I think some of the past while back yep,
so I under what has changed why celebrity celebrity. I
think Mike Tyson was in the same boat. He wasn't
allowed and then they said, all Mike wants to do
a speaking to a con in Mike, Well, you know,
Donald Trump's in the same boat for all of the things.

Speaker 31 (02:02:12):
He's a convicted felon.

Speaker 1 (02:02:13):
He's a convicted felon, which means you can't go into
a lot of countries. So he has to get a
special dispensation.

Speaker 31 (02:02:19):
So imagine that. So we'll discuss that later on the show.
Graham Piro is going to drop by great South Australian
actor who's in town for the show at her Majesty's.
And then there were none the Agatha Christie in many
shows and many movies that you might have watched over
the generation, which we're going to look forward to, and
you'll love this one. A man who loves the crows
almost as.

Speaker 1 (02:02:40):
Much as you.

Speaker 31 (02:02:41):
Who could that be Guy Sebastian show today? Yes, so
Guy was at your part of the world on the
weekend of Westlakes did a concert mini concert there for
thousands in them all, which was great. He's got a
new album, got a new single, and got a new
after shave, so he's got it all. If you were
to smell like Graham Goodings, what of aromas would you

(02:03:01):
be putting in the graf?

Speaker 1 (02:03:03):
I don't know you want to go down that car?
I don't know who you would need to go there.

Speaker 31 (02:03:07):
I sort of thought maybe juicy fruit. I'm a juicy
fruit fan, so maybe sort of that nice sweet aroma.

Speaker 1 (02:03:11):
Of jutting a juicy fruit fan.

Speaker 31 (02:03:13):
Yeah, a little bit of ice coffee, just a hint
of iced coffee, so little sprints of leath on your wrists.

Speaker 1 (02:03:18):
You can't beat the smell of even when I didn't know,
I'm drinking coffee these days, but for decades upon decades,
I couldn't stand the taste of coffee. No, but the smell, yeah,
smell of freshly brewed coffee. And I like a little
bit of metal, the sports liniment, the ointment. I'd have
a little touch of that.

Speaker 31 (02:03:35):
So just there.

Speaker 1 (02:03:37):
It is so a little bit of the room.

Speaker 31 (02:03:39):
Not sure that would sell a chemist warehouse, but apparently
you can now buy Guy Sebastians after shope, so I
will speak to him about that after one o'clock. He's
a very talented man. Good guy, Yeah, good guy. Be
nice to have him singing that the Grand Final should well,
he's a big enough talent. He's easily Yeah. I don't
think I might have done it. Maybe when the Idle
kids did the first you know, when Ida was big
the first year round, which to know, I think he

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might have been a part of that.

Speaker 1 (02:04:01):
Yeah, but I don't think he had done all of it.

Speaker 31 (02:04:03):
Oh easily easily, So maybe he can be one of
the others. Mike Brady will be there. Snoop Dogg will
be there. They're guaranteed who else They always get some
more people will be a big lineup. See you after one.

Speaker 1 (02:04:15):
That's Leith Forests coming up. After one. Almost time to go,
Probably time to just reel off. A few texts were
inundated with texts today. I couldn't get through a quarter
of what we've had. Kevin says, not the show, but
the Traveling Sideshow Carnival at Semaphore a couple of years ago.
My elderly father worked there for the entire time selling food.
They up and left without paying him. A low opinion

(02:04:36):
of show operators, Kevin, thank you for sharing that story.
Australians are so slow in understanding the encroachment on our
privacy from our digital overlord, the e Commissioner. That's in
relation to the caller who was talking about the fact
that from December. I think it is even if you
want to use things like Google and Microsoft and different
search engines, you will have to have some form of identification.

(02:05:01):
Now we know this is coming in for children, those
under sixteen, but it will be across the board, so
you will have to provide way more information than you
have in the past. What are your thoughts about that?
We will follow that. I think there's a lot more
to find out about it, Michael says. When you get
the Transport Minister and ask him what's happening to the
escalator at No Longer Station Again. They put on a

(02:05:23):
new one the other day, but it's been out of action.
Thank you for that, Mike. Just about time to go
before we do, though, jo Anna at Port No Longer South,
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(02:05:45):
That's it for today. Thank you so much for your company.
We'll be back tomorrow and do it again