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Jeremy Cordeaux is back in the garage with Pete and Gary for another Court of Public Opinion, and he is still counting the cost of government. He returns to the 59 personal advisers working for the Prime Minister and asks the question nobody in Canberra wants to answer: if everyone knows, why does no one in opposition say a word? He digs into the family trusts sitting inside Parliament itself, where 70 members declare 156 trusts between them and one Labor MP alone lists six, then reminds you that minimising your tax is a right, not a crime. He wants to know what the government quietly paid to bring Michelin to Adelaide, where ten restaurants took a star and Magill Estate took two, and he makes the case that you cannot buy credibility at any price. There is the extraordinary story of how Ford sold its old engine line to China and helped create Chery, the brand now on track to outsell Ford in Britain. Plus the Bureau of Meteorology weather-stats row, the CFMEU questions hanging over the South Road build, and a rich run through this day in history, from Edison's light bulb to Eva Peron. Thanks to Rossdale Homes. When trust is a must, rossdalehomes.com.au. Listen and watch every Garage edition at jeremycordeaux.com and across the Auscast Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeremy Cordeaux is in the garage with Pete and Gary, and opens on the number the government would rather you did not notice: unemployment is now higher than it was at the peak of the pandemic, with 50,000 small businesses gone in the past eighteen months. He argues Labor keeps loading up what it calls reform, measures designed to save or make the government money, while doing nothing to curb its own spending.   He reads the mood inside Labor as the finger pointing begins, with talk of a reshuffle and questions over Treasurer Jim Chalmers, and warns it is starting to echo the Rudd and Gillard years. Then he takes apart the fairness argument put by Assistant Treasurer Dan Mulino on trusts and tax, pointing to the Comcar, the superannuation and the travel allowances that politicians enjoy and the rest of us pay for, and asks where the real savings are: the 59 personal advisers to the Prime Minister on up to $400,000 each.   Plus Labor's digital duty of care and the we will control slip on free speech, why gambling advertising escapes the same scrutiny, a brief word on the allegations around Senator Jordon Steele-John, and the usual look back at this day in history, from the Sydney Opera House opening in 1973 to Tom Petty.   The Court of Public Opinion streams live every Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (ACST) at jeremycordeaux.com. Download the podcast anytime on your favourite podcast app via Auscast Network. With thanks to Rossdale Homes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emeritus Professor Carolyn Strange from the ANU History Department joins Jeremy Cordeaux to discuss the planned live stream of a US military firing-squad execution, which has now been called off while the execution itself is set to proceed.She explains how the power to take a life has always been tied to rulers, from Roman emperors to modern presidents, why the live stream plan echoes 19th century arguments that moved executions behind prison walls, what really happens with firing squad rounds, and why 200 US exonerations since 1976 matter in any debate about appeals and death row.This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.The Court of Public Opinion with Jeremy Cordeaux AM streams live every Friday from the dining room table at jeremycordeaux.com and via Auscast Radio at auscastnetwork.com. Download the podcast anytime on your favourite podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Former Advertiser arts and entertainment writer Samela Harris joins Jeremy Cordeaux to explain why she has lost patience with Premier Peter Malinauskas over the felling of old trees for motor racing and the handling of Adelaide's park lands, which she says is happening behind closed doors. She also questions the paid Michelin guide arrangement and what she calls a lot of undisclosed sums.Samela tells the story of the page three colour piece that led Scott Hicks to David Helfgott and the film Shine, shares news of her work with Women in Media and her recovery from retina surgery, and swaps memories of the Grand Prix and classic cars with Jeremy.This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.The Court of Public Opinion with Jeremy Cordeaux AM streams live every Friday from the dining room table at jeremycordeaux.com and via Auscast Radio at auscastnetwork.com. Download the podcast anytime on your favourite podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nigel Daw from the South Australian Aviation Museum at Port Adelaide joins Jeremy Cordeaux to preview the museum's family engine run and open cockpit day on Sunday 25 October, with historic engines fired up on stands and visitors invited into the cockpits of the F-111, DC3, Fokker F27 and more.Nigel also reveals a Bristol Freighter is on its way from Point Cook, and he and Jeremy trade stories of South Australian aviation history, from Dame Nancy Buttfield's DC3 in a paddock near Chain of Ponds to the Vickers Vimy that Jeremy thinks Adelaide Airport is hiding.This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 16 October 2026.The Court of Public Opinion with Jeremy Cordeaux AM streams live every Friday from the dining room table at jeremycordeaux.com and via Auscast Radio at auscastnetwork.com. Download the podcast anytime on your favourite podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.