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00:12Hello and welcome to The Weekly. I'm Charlie Pickering. We have a massive show for you tonight.
00:17Champagne supernova Courtney Act joins me at the desk. Comedian Brett Blake goes to war with his
00:22local council and our resident TV critic rolls up her sleeves and dumps a fresh pile of manure on
00:27the beloved series Gardening Australia. That's right, it's Margaret Pomerantz. Come on. And as always we've watched all the news
00:37so that you don't have to so let's kick it off with the week.
00:45To Thursday and the ACCC took Coles to court for doing exactly what we've long suspected.
00:51The consumer watchdog is taking on Coles in the federal court in what's being labelled the case of the century.
00:59It's the case of the century. The case of the century. The case of the century. The case of the
01:04century.
01:05The case of the century. Unless Coles is selling poisoned beef wellingtons for $5.99 a kilo. I don't think
01:14so.
01:15So what did the supermarket giant do wrong? Well, it all starts with the words of a little song we
01:21all know and love.
01:23Down, down. Prices are down. Down, down. Prices are staying down.
01:31It's a down, down. It's a down, down. Prices are down.
01:39The official national anthem of the independent republic of Coles. But contrary to what the status quo jingle or their
01:46big red pointy hands suggest, for Coles, down, down doesn't mean down, down.
01:52Hell, it doesn't even mean status quo.
01:54The supermarket giant is accused of misleading shoppers with fake discounts.
01:59Basically they're saying that Coles increased the prices on 245 different products for a short period before dropping them again.
02:06That's a dog food example they led with yesterday, where for 296 days it was $4.00, then for seven
02:11days it was $6.00, then it was down, down to $4.50 for weeks afterwards.
02:16So Coles argued that down, down actually means up, up. Which is great news because at the self-service checkout,
02:23I argue that organic truss tomatoes actually means brown onions.
02:31It's all interpretation. That's all.
02:33Having subverted the whole down, up paradigm, Coles' lawyers started riffing. And before long, things got pretty existential.
02:41There was this great line from the Coles council saying, in the end, all prices are temporary. Nothing lasts forever.
02:49Yeah, man. I get it. And maybe Coles minis are real-sized and we're all giants. You ever think about
02:55that?
02:55Things got worse for Coles when the court read emails that showed even their own staff knew what they proposed
03:02to do was
03:03against the spirit of down-down.
03:06There was also an interesting email that talked about staff being shocked about what was happening
03:12and saying, well, we should go to the ACCC about this. And council for the ACCC said, well, that's exactly
03:19what they should have done.
03:20But in fact, they didn't do that.
03:22Yeah, that's what they call in the business getting caught big red-handed.
03:27Now, if the ACCC are successful, Coles could face more than $100 million in fines.
03:32Although they have asked if they can pay in flybys.
03:38To Friday, and it was time for British police to take out the trash.
03:42Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been arrested.
03:45This is nothing short of historic.
03:48Six unmarked police vehicles arriving at Andrew's Sandringham address and entering the building,
03:54taking him into custody.
03:55Andrew's been arrested. Prince Andrew's been arrested.
03:57F***ing awesome.
03:59He has to pay for whatever he did.
04:01He looks like a nuns.
04:02I know a nuns when I see one.
04:04Now, for those unfamiliar with the term, a nuns is short for no longer a prince.
04:11But while Andrew has faced accusations of sexual misconduct with underage girls for more than a decade,
04:17incredibly, that wasn't why he was arrested.
04:20Andrew's arrest is not related to his leading accuser, the late Virginia Jaffray,
04:25or the sex trafficking ring run by Jeffrey Epstein.
04:28Instead, it's the information Andrew was privy to as a UK trade envoy.
04:33The Epstein files appear to show the then prince was fording on to the disgraced financier,
04:40confidential and sensitive government reports.
04:43Finally, someone in the Epstein files is being held accountable for trafficking sensitive government reports.
04:50Well, hopefully this brings long-awaited justice for the documents.
04:55Regardless, Andrew's arrest was an indignity that came as a rude shock to the former prince.
05:01The tabloid, The Sun, claims to have had a royal source who heard when Andrew was kicked out.
05:06He apparently said, I'm the Queen's second son.
05:08You can't do this.
05:10Now the police have had warrants.
05:11They're able to go and check even further, find out what's on his computers, his laptop, his phone and what's
05:17in the cloud.
05:18Newspapers around the world bearing the shocking image.
05:21Look at that picture.
05:23For a man who said he couldn't sweat.
05:25He looks to be sweating to me.
05:27That is the face of a man who forgot to clear the search history on his laptop.
05:34The arrest itself is truly historic.
05:37The last time a royal was arrested was in 1647,
05:40when King Charles I was accused of high treason and later beheaded.
05:45The same King Charles who married a 15-year-old girl,
05:48and I bring that up for no reason whatsoever.
05:52But while nobody is talking about beheading Andrew,
05:55yet there are moves afoot to bring even further consequences to bear.
06:01The UK government is now considering legislation
06:04to officially remove the King's brother from the line of succession to the throne.
06:09Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has written to his British counterpart
06:11saying he'd back any plan to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
06:15from the line of succession.
06:17On paper, he could still possess the crown,
06:20eighth in line after Prince William and his three children
06:23and Prince Harry and his two children.
06:26Hey, never mind the line of succession.
06:27I'm not comfortable with Andrew
06:29even being in the same graphic as all those children.
06:33By now, we've become accustomed to Andrew being stripped of one of his titles
06:37whenever a new scandal drops.
06:39But with no titles left,
06:41except possibly the defendant,
06:42how...
06:43Well, how should we refer to him now?
06:46Well, I submit the testimony of his former bodyguard,
06:49Paul Page, back in 22.
06:51His official code,
06:52so if he was to come into the palace,
06:54he would call his call sign was Purple 4-1.
06:56But he did have a nickname,
06:58but it's a bit rude for me to tell you,
06:59and I'll tell you,
07:00but you're not going to be able to air it.
07:04It was just called...
07:04Do you want me to tell you?
07:05Yeah.
07:06It was called...
07:15For those unfamiliar with that term,
07:19it's short for currently not a prince.
07:24There you go.
07:27Coming up,
07:28if you've got a beef with your local council,
07:30comedian Brett Blake might be able to help,
07:32plus Margaret Pomerantz takes a chainsaw
07:34to Gardening Australia for the week in TV.
07:36But first,
07:37over 3 million people
07:39tuned in to Married at First Sight's
07:41latest explosive dinner party episode.
07:44Sensing they're onto a winner,
07:45the producers have gone one better,
07:47and The Weekly has this exclusive sneak peek.
07:50It's the most shocking thing ever
07:53on Married at First Sight.
07:55What is going on here?
07:57I don't understand.
07:59We need an explanation.
08:01A dinner party so confronting...
08:03Oh...
08:04It has to be seen to be believed.
08:07Oh, my God.
08:10I did not expect it.
08:11No.
08:12A new maths contestant
08:14is brought into the experiment.
08:16Oi!
08:17No!
08:18That's enough, guys.
08:19Just calm down.
08:20Don't talk about her like that.
08:21Hell, worthless.
08:22It was just insane.
08:23It's a real betrayal.
08:25Yeah.
08:25And it's had a terrible effect
08:27on the entire group.
08:29Introducing...
08:30I don't want to be sitting at a table
08:32with that going on.
08:35Andrew Mountbatten wins.
08:37I think some relationships
08:40will be destroyed tonight.
08:44I'll be tuning in.
08:46A recent survey has revealed
08:49that while most Australians
08:50say they're satisfied
08:51with their local council,
08:53if given the chance,
08:54they would still scrap them
08:55over any other tier of government.
08:57A move that would spell the end
08:59of countless community Facebook pages.
09:01Here with more is our instant expert
09:03on local government,
09:04comedian Brett Blake.
09:09Uh, Brett,
09:11not to judge a book by its cover,
09:13but you don't look like an expert
09:15on local government.
09:16Yes, I know my vibe.
09:18I look like the poster boy
09:19for coward punches.
09:22I'm actually here to talk about fights.
09:24And I'm not just talking
09:25about any old car park fight.
09:27I'm talking about man
09:28versus the local council.
09:30Hang on, hang on.
09:30Hang on.
09:31Are you just here
09:32because you've got a gripe
09:33with your local council?
09:35Absolutely,
09:35because they do fuck all.
09:39Local councils spend
09:40approximately $48 billion
09:42of taxpayer money
09:43every single year.
09:45I mean,
09:45I don't fix roads,
09:47I don't clean up
09:47illegally dumped rubbish.
09:49Give me $48 billion.
09:51So, councils do have
09:53a fair amount of responsibility, though.
09:55The only thing they seem
09:56to be responsible for
09:57is destroying kids' fun.
09:59These kids are ditching
10:00the screens for the green
10:01in Camp Hill,
10:02but they say Brisbane's
10:04City Council
10:05is spoiling their fun,
10:07bulldozing their BMX rams.
10:09The council shouldn't be bull...
10:10Yeah, exactly.
10:11The council!
10:12Yes!
10:13The council shouldn't be
10:15bulldozing these jumps.
10:16They should be hiring
10:17these kids
10:17as they know
10:18how to use a shovel.
10:26So, after making sick jumps,
10:29they can fill in
10:29some of those potholes.
10:31Well, surely your council
10:32does some great work, Brett,
10:34and you're just focusing
10:35on the negatives.
10:36You're right.
10:37My council recently
10:38installed bollards
10:39to redirect traffic
10:40near my house.
10:40They did eight months
10:41of surveys,
10:42impact reports,
10:43community outreach,
10:44toolbox meetings,
10:45meetings about
10:46what a toolbox is,
10:47report on the report,
10:48on the impact report
10:49of the report.
10:49I mean, I have ADHD,
10:51and I know next-level
10:53task avoidance
10:53when I see it.
10:57But finally,
10:58they installed the bollards,
11:00and guess what, Charlie?
11:02They were good?
11:03They were shit.
11:05They were too small
11:07for drivers to see,
11:08so in the first two hours,
11:09five drivers crashed into them.
11:13I guess it's a win,
11:15because the traffic
11:15was diverted,
11:16but in their defence,
11:19they did fix the problem.
11:20Two weeks later,
11:21but classic council,
11:22they did half a job
11:23and left shit everywhere.
11:25I called for eight months,
11:27emailed every day,
11:28I even rocked up
11:28on their doorstep.
11:29If this was a Tinder date,
11:31I'd have a restraining order
11:33by now.
11:35But like most dates I go on,
11:37at the end of the day,
11:38I had to finish the job myself.
11:40No one can seem to figure out
11:42how to use a broom.
11:43So I'm just going to,
11:44I'm just going to,
11:44don't worry guys,
11:46I'll just do it myself,
11:47I'll clean up this,
11:48I'll make it not a hazard,
11:49and I'll send you guys
11:50the invoice,
11:51you useless pricks.
11:54It's impressive.
11:55So if you were the council,
11:57what would you do?
11:58If I was the council,
12:00I'm sorry,
12:01that sounds like a question,
12:02I might have to put you on hold.
12:05And transfer you
12:06to another department.
12:07No, no, no, no,
12:08Brett, Brett,
12:09we're on TV.
12:09We've got time constraints here.
12:11Oh, sorry,
12:11I didn't realise it was urgent.
12:12Don't worry,
12:13I'm from the council,
12:14I know how to fix this.
12:22Sold!
12:23Send me $48 billion!
12:26Currently on tour
12:28with his award-nominated show,
12:30Little Turb,
12:30would you please thank
12:31Brett Blake!
12:38Sky News have got big things planned for 2026.
12:43We don't just tell you what's happening,
12:45we tell you why it's happening as well.
12:46And don't worry,
12:47pretty soon they'll also know the who and the how.
12:50If something major happens,
12:52Sky News will follow every twist and turn.
12:54It's like an Agatha Christie novel.
12:56And it's important for our viewers to know that we've got their back.
12:59If you get into a fight at the pub,
13:01Sky News will king hit the bloke.
13:03They're not holding back.
13:05We hold the blowtorch to the politicians.
13:08That's right, Canberra.
13:09Sky News is about to go all reservoir dogs on your arses.
13:13And they've got the big guns,
13:15like Peter Credlin.
13:16Everyday Australians are my inspiration.
13:19And you're their inspiration, Peter.
13:21Great to be back with you.
13:23And this year,
13:24Andrew Bolt has a bold new look.
13:27Welcome to the Bolt Report after a horrendous weekend.
13:29He's shorter and pricier.
13:31They get all the big names from Canberra,
13:34like Pauline.
13:35I tell you what,
13:36I've got no time for the radical Islam.
13:40Pauline.
13:40It's not my fault.
13:41It is not my fault.
13:43And Pauline.
13:44Find out where you came from.
13:46And then there's the new kid on the block,
13:48Caleb Bond,
13:49giving Aussies the real story on children.
13:52We've got fat kids.
13:53So the kids are on their e-scooters at home
13:55and mum and dad drive them to school now.
13:58No one walks to school anymore
14:00because, you know, you might get abducted.
14:02Ozemic.
14:03Doctor, doctor, give me the news.
14:04I've got a bad case of loving food.
14:06And Victorian beaches.
14:09I didn't know you could go to the beach in Victoria.
14:11I didn't realise that was a thing down there.
14:13One person did famously go swimming down there,
14:15Harold Holt.
14:16Yes.
14:16And we never saw him again.
14:17If Harold Holt didn't make it,
14:19no-one else can.
14:20Always the first on hot-button issues
14:22like Harold Holt's drowning,
14:25this is Sky News.
14:29To Saturday and the final weekend of the Winter Olympics in Italy.
14:34And while Australia celebrated its most successful Winter Games ever,
14:37there was a shocking development in the Games' biggest scandal known as...
14:42Penisgate.
14:43Penisgate.
14:44Penisgate.
14:45Penisgate.
14:46Penisgate.
14:47Allegations that top ski jumpers have been enlarging their penises with hyaluronic acid.
14:53The larger the ski jumping suit, the greater the lift,
14:56the longer they'll stay in the air, the further they will jump.
14:59Ski jumpers injecting their penises with acid to get more lift.
15:03It just goes to show the girths some athletes will go to to win gold.
15:08When the scandal broke,
15:10skiing officials dismissed talk of penis injections as a wild rumour.
15:14But this week, an insider blew the Penisgate whistle.
15:18One plastic surgeon has spoken out,
15:20claiming he injected a ski jumper just last month.
15:24The doctor told USA Today that he treated an unnamed athlete
15:28and that the result was immediate.
15:31Yes, the result was immediate.
15:32And spectacular.
15:36For the unnamed athlete known only as Ski-Nokio.
15:42The other controversy rocking the Games was the record-breaking speed
15:46with which the Olympic Village ran out of essential supplies.
15:50There's a new problem in the Olympic Village.
15:52They've run out of condoms.
15:53I already know that a lot of people are using some condoms
15:56or maybe just taking them to give to their friends
16:00out of the Olympics
16:02because it's a kind of gift for them.
16:05Why would anyone...
16:08Why would anyone want an Olympic-level condom?
16:11If anything, they're only going to make you finish faster.
16:19So, how many condoms did they actually use?
16:23I think 10,000 have been used.
16:27So, 2,800 athletes.
16:30You can go figure, as they say.
16:31Oh, I did go figure.
16:34And that's three and a half routes each.
16:38And the rest lost to breakage by a certain ski jumper.
16:43But the real outrage is that while some athletes are going through condoms willy-nilly,
16:48there aren't enough for competitors in the event that truly needs them,
16:52the double luge.
16:59Thank you for your service.
17:02Moving through to Sunday and the person who will be most disappointed to see the games
17:06come to an end is today correspondent Danica Mason, who absolutely went for gold.
17:12Carl, I don't know how to respond to that one, but literally, the price of coffee over here
17:21is actually fine.
17:22I'm not sure about the iguanas.
17:25Where are we going with that one?
17:26But anyway, she is just one of those athletes that you keep in their mind
17:31and you just look at them and go, what an inspiration.
17:36No, Danica, you're the inspiration.
17:40The Today Show's producers faced a tough decision.
17:44Send her back to the hotel to get much needed rest
17:46or cross back to her over and over and over again.
17:52Thankfully, they did the right thing.
17:54Danica, it's like a snow globe.
17:55We had a driver this morning who said, I said to him,
18:00obviously there's massive snow on the horizon.
18:03He said, no, more of an impact to our lifestyle.
18:08I said, you know what?
18:09That's actually a good way to look at it.
18:10Fingers crossed as well for our season opening in Las Vegas.
18:15Very different conditions to what we're experiencing here in Lavinio.
18:18You can start to see the amount of snow that has been.
18:22Okay, Danica, thanks so much.
18:24It is incredible.
18:28Oh my God, that is so cold.
18:31Our presenting team will stop at nothing.
18:33To give you events, even when events aren't on.
18:36Wowee!
18:37So, congratulations to the Today Show's Danica Mason.
18:41With that kind of dedication to the craft of presenting while drunk,
18:44who knows, someday you could be host.
18:51Coming up, all singing, all dancing, all sequence superstar Courtney Act
18:55joins me at the desk to take us behind the bedazzled curtain of Mardi Gras.
18:58But first, to Monday.
19:00And for 36 years, Gardening Australia and its beloved hosts like Costa Giorgiadis
19:06have delighted their rabid fan base of green thumbs
19:09and seniors who can no longer change the channel from the ABC.
19:14Tonight, to make her own mulch,
19:16Margaret Pomerantz is here with The Week in TV.
19:24Good evening, I'm Margaret Pomerantz.
19:26And I got to the top thanks to talent and a slammin' badonkadonk.
19:31Australians have long been avid gardeners
19:33with our green spaces providing sanctuary, nourishment
19:37and a convenient place to bury dead pets.
19:40And guiding us on our horticultural journeys
19:43has been the ABC's Gardening Australia.
19:47Welcome to Gardening Australia.
19:49Each episode, the show presents fascinating practical tips,
19:53sharing helpful techniques
19:54and insight on how a car supplement an ABC income.
19:58Hydroponics really makes sense where space is limited.
20:02The same way I paid the mortgage before my OnlyFans took off.
20:06Over time, the show has adapted.
20:09In 2023, a kids' version debuted
20:12as an innovative way to address the program's audience consistently dying.
20:17And in a bold attempt to penetrate a new market,
20:20Gardening Australia's stunned with a daring foray
20:23into adults-only content.
20:25He's definitely, totally, unquestionably besotted with peonies.
20:32And what makes a good bunch of peonies?
20:34They're enormous.
20:36A lot of women just love them.
20:37And you can enjoy the pleasure inside.
20:39Five acres of peonies.
20:40I'd love to come over to your place sometime
20:42and check out all your peonies.
20:45In my experience, one is enough.
20:47And sometimes two at Christmas.
20:49Over the years, the show has delivered countless unforgettable moments.
20:54After three decades, Jane Edmondson retired to focus
20:57on a burgeoning bare-knuckle boxing career.
21:00It's time for us.
21:01And who could forget the will-they-won't-they tension
21:04between Costa and this chicken?
21:06I really like them as a breed.
21:08But the show's strength is its passion for horticulture,
21:12turning backyard mundanity into edge-of-your-seat entertainment.
21:16There is nothing like digging a hole and then having to fill it in.
21:20Have a look at that.
21:22Oh, juicy.
21:23Nearly good enough to put on your muesli.
21:25Well, who doesn't love some manure?
21:27Let's go gently berserk.
21:30Sticks.
21:31How good are sticks?
21:33So it's hats off and trowels up
21:35to Gardening Australia's glorious cast crew
21:38and Project X from the planet Gorlack.
21:41Wiggly woo.
21:43Wiggly woo.
21:44For finding 36 years' worth of ways to, say,
21:47stick it in some dirt and water it.
21:50Join me next week as I watch the Sci-Fi Channel's Total Blackout.
21:55In this final challenge,
21:56you'll be walking barefoot amongst live mousetraps.
22:00No!
22:01Ow!
22:02Ah!
22:03Ah!
22:03There's mousetraps that way!
22:05That was exciting to watch.
22:07I'm Michael Pomerantz.
22:09Good evening.
22:11And that, as you can gather,
22:13is your blooming lock for the week.
22:17Let's head to Tuesday
22:18and this explosive news out of North Korea.
22:21North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un
22:24has been re-elected to lead the ruling party.
22:26Wah!
22:27Who would have picked it?
22:28Kim Jong-un re-elected.
22:30And it was a hell of an election campaign
22:32with Kim taking on his opponent,
22:34Instant Death.
22:38But there's already speculation about his successor.
22:42North Korea may have just named its next Supreme Leader
22:46and she is a teenager.
22:48Her name is Kim Joo-ae
22:49and she's the daughter of Kim Jong-un.
22:51South Korea say the teenage daughter
22:53of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
22:55could be the country's future leader.
22:57The Hermit Kingdom's future leader, Kim Joo-ae.
23:00Word is, she absolutely killed
23:02at Bring Your Daughter to Work Camp Day.
23:05So, what do we know about little Kim?
23:07And please, be as creepy as possible.
23:10And in the space of the past three, four years,
23:12we've seen her evolve into something different.
23:14She's taller, she's thinner.
23:16She now wears pantsuits and heels.
23:18Very little is publicly known about Kim Joo-ae.
23:21She's believed to be in her early teens.
23:24She's been called the world's
23:25most dangerous 13-year-old girl.
23:28Anthony Albanese says it just goes to show
23:30what kids can achieve once they get off social media.
23:38But Kim Joo-ae's age isn't the only thing
23:41that makes her an unlikely successor.
23:43North Korea has never named a female successor.
23:46Despite the country's traditionally patriarchal society,
23:50Kim Jong-un's daughter seems poised
23:52to take on the leadership role.
23:54If this indeed happens, this would be groundbreaking,
23:57almost mind-blowing, to a North Korea
23:58that's so male-dominated.
24:00A ruthless, patriarchal regime fully committed
24:03to a female leader, making North Korea
24:05officially more progressive than the Liberal Party.
24:13And finally, to Wednesday, and our guest is a singer,
24:17performer, international superstar,
24:19and frankly, someone who has done more for sequins
24:21than the entire craft section of Spotlight.
24:24She's set to host this year's Sydney gay and lesbian Mardi Gras.
24:27Would you please welcome Courtney Act!
24:34Thank you!
24:35So happy to have you.
24:36First time on the weekly.
24:37That feels like a Mardi Gras welcome, Matt, though.
24:41They are parade ready.
24:44Now, this year marks the 48th Sydney gay and lesbian Mardi Gras.
24:49Yes.
24:49The theme is, get this right, it's ecstatica.
24:52Yes.
24:53What can we expect from the parade?
24:54Well, it's a bit of an onomatopoeia word, isn't it?
24:56Ecstatica, like the audience just was.
24:59From the parade this year,
25:00I'll tell you what we're not going to see.
25:02If you get the censor button ready for this one,
25:05because we actually have a new slur.
25:07I know LGBTQIA+, it seems like a lot,
25:10but there's a new slur this year,
25:11and that slur, get ready, is n****nage.
25:14Oh, right, I see.
25:16Yeah, we're not going to see any of her.
25:17I think what we will see is lots of bad bunny-inspired grass costumes.
25:24Yes.
25:24You saw this at the Super Bowl.
25:25The sugar cane scenarios.
25:26Yes, yes.
25:27I think there'll be a lot of heated rivalry.
25:29Oh.
25:30The sports stores will be sold out of hockey sticks.
25:35Yes.
25:35I think I'm just, I'm being told, yes, sticks.
25:37That's right, yes.
25:38But also, like, gays traditionally love a feud,
25:41like Betty and Joan,
25:43or Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker,
25:48or Angus and Susan.
25:50Oh.
25:52So you think there's going to be some Angus and Susan costumes?
25:55I hope so.
25:55Oh, wow.
25:56They'll be very boring, but...
25:57Yeah, I was going to say, an Angus Taylor costume.
25:59Yeah.
26:00I'm wearing them!
26:01Oh!
26:02Oh, dear.
26:04Now, I'm one of the nation's leading allies.
26:06You've probably heard about it.
26:08Ally icon, some would say.
26:10Not my words.
26:11Self-described, not self-described ally icon.
26:13So, what is your advice for an ally like myself
26:16who might be going for the first time to Mardi Gras?
26:18I think that, you know, go, spectate, enjoy it.
26:22Maybe do a little bit of education.
26:25Understand what the roots of Mardi Gras are.
26:27It began in 1978 as a protest.
26:29It was actually a bit of a bloody battle with the police.
26:32It was about gay rights at a time
26:34when queer visibility was null and void.
26:37And over those last 48 years,
26:39we've really clawed to be in a place
26:42where we have marriage equality, we have acceptance,
26:44we have people like me on the television.
26:48Amen.
26:50So, yeah, I think just being a bit aware of the history.
26:53Like, yeah, it is a party,
26:56but, like, try not to vomit on any queer person.
26:58That's a good rule the other 364 days of the year, too.
27:03It really is.
27:04Yes.
27:04And that's what allyship is all about.
27:06That's right.
27:08This will be your sixth time hosting the parade.
27:10You are basically Mardi Gras royalty.
27:13Do you have a memory that stands out over all those years?
27:17There's, well, actually, one that stands out was from last year,
27:20which was there was this, like, bloke,
27:23a straight bloke from the bush who was there with his mate.
27:28And, actually, I think we've got a clip
27:29because I think I'd better show you rather than tell you.
27:32Lovely.
27:32We've got the straight people here as well.
27:34Will, what does it mean to you to be here tonight
27:36as a straight man supporting your best mate?
27:38Good to come and support Dave and all the gay people and that.
27:41The community to all get together
27:43and then we're all going to get on together.
27:45A lot of people still back where I come from, out in the bush.
27:49A bit funny about it,
27:50but people are starting to realise it's all good now.
27:53It is all good now.
27:55It's all good now.
27:56What a legend.
27:58What a wonderful human being.
28:00You were sitting on the edge of your seat, though, weren't you?
28:02You were worried he was going to say a slur like,
28:03or something like that.
28:04Yes, right, I was.
28:05Please thank Courtney Axe.
28:10That is all for tonight.
28:11Would you please thank Courtney Axe,
28:12Brett Blake and Margaret Pomerantz.
28:16And if you'd like to be in our studio audience,
28:19just scan the code on your screen right now.
28:21And don't forget to tune in to my radio show,
28:24TGIF, Friday Afternoons on ABC Radio and Radio National,
28:27or download it on the ABC Listen app.
28:30We'll be back next week with Rhys Nicholson and Alex Hudson,
28:33but until then, on behalf of the team,
28:35thank you for watching.
28:35I'm Charlie Pickering.
28:37Good night.
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