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- 59 Advisers, 156 Trusts And A Secret Michelin Bill: Jeremy Cordeaux In The Garage
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.
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24 min - Unemployment Worse Than The Pandemic, 59 Advisers On $400k & The "Fairness" Argument That Falls Apart | Court of Public Opinion
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.
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20 min - Should an Execution Be Live Streamed? Historian Carolyn Strange Tells Jeremy Cordeaux What History Says | Court of Public Opinion
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.
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14 min - Samela Harris Unloads on the Premier Over Adelaide's Trees and Reveals Her Shine Secret | Court of Public Opinion
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.
19 min - Engines Roar And Cockpits Open: Nigel Daw Tells Jeremy Cordeaux What's Coming To The SA Aviation Museum | Court of Public Opinion
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.
19 min - Professor Ian Plimer Brings a $45,000 Gold Nugget to the Table and Tells Jeremy Cordeaux How to Steal Gold | Court of Public Opinion
Professor Ian Plimer joins Jeremy Cordeaux in the studio with a five-ounce gold nugget from his own small North Queensland mine and his seventeenth book, Gold, Everything You Need to Know, which is already in reprint a week after release.
He explains why gold is so heavy and how nuggets grow, argues that gold has held its value for two thousand years while money has lost it, revisits the sale of Australia's gold reserves, and takes listeners inside the Kalgoorlie Gold Police and some of history's great gold heists. The conversation finishes on universities, mining engineering graduates and why he believes the sector has lost its way.
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.
35 min - Ann Nalder Tells Jeremy Cordeaux Small Business Has No Voice, And It's Time To Fight Back | Court of Public Opinion
Ann Nalder, founder and CEO of the Australian Small Business Association, joins Jeremy Cordeaux to explain why she believes the country's 2.7 million small businesses are being ignored, squeezed by rising costs and buried under one-size-fits-all policy.
She takes aim at big corporations paying small suppliers 120 days or more late, questions why a Parliament House meeting on small business policy has gone nowhere, and backs Jeremy's call for small business to organise like a union and make its voice heard.
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.
17 min - Dr John Bruni Warns Australia Could Be the Next Ukraine | Court of Public Opinion
Dr John Bruni of SAGE International joins Jeremy Cordeaux at the dining room table for a wide ranging look at world affairs. He starts with his podcast conversation with Harvard's Avi Loeb about UAP claims, then turns to Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Ukraine, and the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.
Dr Bruni argues that Elon Musk's control of Starlink shows how exposed a dependent ally can be, and asks what that means for Australia's defence. He also explains who the Houthis are, why he believes Saudi forces have struggled against them, and why Yemen remains a humanitarian disaster.
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.
26 min - Zed Nasheet Dated a Girl for Six Weeks to Win a Listing | Court of Public Opinion
Real estate agent and author Zed Nasheet joins Jeremy Cordeaux and Gary Hiscock to talk about his new book, The Art of Closing Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime. Zed says selling is about persuasion and storytelling rather than pressure, and that real estate is about people, not properties.
He shares the tough first three years when he made no money, his run as a top salesperson, the story of dating someone for six weeks to land a listing, and why too much choice kills a sale. Jeremy recalls the armed guard at a Burnside jewellery store and confesses he is usually sold on a house before he makes the inquiry.
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.
16 min - Peter Goers Reveals the Tragedy Behind His Most Personal Show Yet | Court of Public Opinion
Adelaide writer and performer Peter Goers joins Jeremy Cordeaux to talk about In the Air of an Afternoon Almost Past, his new one-person show based on his second book about the deaths of his parents in a plane crash in New Orleans in 1982. He describes being sent to America at 25 and why he calls the show a tribute to his parents, told with a wry humour.
Peter also explains why he believes grief has become the theme of our times, shares a moving story of a grieving corella at Naracoorte, and joins Jeremy in asking where Australia's great ratbags have gone, from Prince Leonard of Hutt River to Bea Miles. The show plays five performances at Star Theatres from 23 to 31 October.
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.
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About The Court of Public Opinion with Jeremy Cordeaux AM
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Daily opinions from Commercial Radio Hall of Fame inductee and Walkley award winning journalist Jeremy Cordeaux.
Jeremy Cordeaux has worked successfully in all facets of the media: radio, television and print as well as marketing, promotions, public relations and media training.
He has gone from Office Boy to Presenter, Programme Manager, General Manager, Managing Director and Owner of three highly successful radio stations.
He started his career at Radio 2GB at the age of 16, he moved to 2GF Grafton and one year later was recruited by Channel 10 Sydney.
At Channel 10 Jeremy Cordeaux learned the business of television: ‘general on-air duties’, ‘hostings’, and ‘news reading’.
Grundy’s chose him to host the very successful, national teenage show “Blind Date”.
He wrote, packaged and hosted his own programmes “The Better Half” and “Ten on Travel and People” (10 on TAP).
In 1973 Cordeaux was asked to take over the John Pearce Morning Show on Radio 2GB. In 1974 he was promoted to the all important Breakfast programme.
Cordeaux moved to Adelaide in 1976 ahead of 2GB’s disastrous conversion to Rock ‘n Roll.
The following thirty years saw Jeremy Cordeaux’s Morning Show, “The Court of Public Opinion”, on Radio 5DN – always at or near the top of the ratings.
Over the years, amongst other achievements, Cordeaux has won:
a Walkley Award for Excellence in Journalism
three Gold Medals from the International Radio Festival of New York for
Best Talk Show Host in the World
a bronze medal for the Best Community Programme in the World
twice a finalist as the Best Radio Personality in the World
While running the very successful Morning Show, Cordeaux acquired a ten percent interest in 5DN and six months later was promoted to Managing Director.
In the last thirty years Jeremy has worked for all the major television networks in Adelaide: presenting “Cordeaux’s Adelaide” for Channel 9, “State Affair” and the “Nightly News” for Channel 7 and editorials for “Ten’s News Hour”.
He wrote a popular column for the Murdoch afternoon newspaper “The News” for several years.
In 1990 Jeremy Cordeaux sold his interest in 5DN and bought Radio Stations 5AD and 5SE from Hoyts Media.
Four years later he set up the first radio “combo” in Australia owning and running the highly successful number one FM music station 5AD and the number one AM talk station 5DN: All the while continuing to present his Morning Talk Show from 9.00am till 1.00pm.
In 1996 Cordeaux sold his company to the Australian Radio Network. He remained on-air for the next ten years.
Jeremy Cordeaux was the founding Chairman of the Variety Club of SA, is currently an Ambassador and Life Member for Variety’s Tent 75; a Life Member of the Royal Institution for Deaf and Blind Children in NSW; Patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association of SA; on divisional council Red Cross for ten years; on the board of SA Great for ten years and on the board of the Smith Family for five years.
He is a member of the Australian Club, the Union and Pioneer’s Club, and a Life Member of the Order of Australia Association.
In 2003 he was Knighted by The Order of St John for his services to the community, and in 2006 acknowledged in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List with an Order of Australia, AM.
Jeremy and his wife, Caroline Peacock, have homes in Adelaide, Sydney and Hamilton Island. They have one son and Jeremy has three adult children from a previous marriage.
His latest venture was producing and presenting a news, talk, current affairs, chat show which he calls “The Court of Public Opinion” – an “eccentric” programme recorded in Cordeaux’s extensive garage.
His hobbies include: the media, art, old cars, reading and gardening.