3AW Mornings with Tom Elliott - Fri 11 Sep, 2026 - Full Show

0:00Now, until noon, this is Mornings with Tom Alliets. It is 25 to 9 good morning and what a great day for Melbourne. Perfect weather and one of the biggest sporting events we may ever see in this city. The first regular season NFL game in San Francisco 49ers versus the Rams of Los Angeles. Technically it's a Rams home game but I reckon, well, at least most local supporters will be going for the 49ers. I've got to say there was a buzz about 10 years today. I was walking around after the show. I had a lot of American accents and saw hundreds of people wearing American football shirts, mainly the 49ers and all the Rams. Anyway, we're going to cross to form a pub test present at Richard Stan's Greece, having the day off work today later on. But it's not all good news today for Melbourne and something that, well, we'll get some advice on this. We're going to speak to the Lord Mayor after nine Nicholas Reese.

1:00The criminal offense of begging is going to be decriminalised in Victoria. So it brings us into line with other states like W.A. and New South Wales and TASI and the AACT. I mixed feelings on this. I remember almost 40 years ago when I went to live in the UK for a couple of years. I was shocked at how many beggars there were. And I was shocked because I remember thinking we don't really have beggars in Australia. We seem to take care of people and, you know, initially I'd give them money and then someone said to me, look, you know, it's really no point giving them money. The fact that begging is technically a criminal offense in this state. I think it's one of those laws that we don't actually prosecute. I mean, let's be honest, if you walk around the CBD, there are beggars everywhere. And I don't see them being arrested or moved on by the police. And I'm not a fan of laws that we don't enforce because if you don't enforce that law, someone might say, well, what about this law and this law and this law?

2:04You know, so either get laws off the statute books if we don't enforce them or enforce them. But if we do criminalise begging, chances are we'll have even more beggars in the CBD. And that is the exact opposite of what the City of Melbourne wants. Melbourne is trying to clean up attack. Like today, we are showing our best face to the world, you know, 20 million Americans were watched today's game on TV and thousands of travelled all the way over here. And it's a lengthy trip, even from the West Coast. So we're putting our best foot forward to show Melbourne to the world, much as we do with the Grand Prix in the Australian Open. We want to make the most of it. And having beggars everywhere is not a good look. Anyway, one double three six, nine three, we're going to speak to the Lord Maniculous race after nine. But it's one of those ones where, as I said, I don't like begging. I feel that our social services, you know, the welfare, that sort of thing, should mean that people don't have to beg. That if what they really want, you know, is a meal and somewhere to stay,

3:05we can probably provide that. Perhaps unfairly, I often think of beggars as begging for money to buy drugs. But that's me being perhaps a bit uncharitable. One double three six, nine three mornings at three AW.com. But I do know this. If we want to attract more people to spend money into the CBD, having more beggars is not, I repeat, not the way to do it. One double three six, nine three, another issue that affects the city is working from home. And this time, in my view, the news is somewhat better. Now Nick, sorry, Ben Carroll, the premier has been trying to pass the working from home legislation prior to the election, the state election. He thinks it's a vote winner and quite possibly it is. Public servants love it. Women like it. And they're obviously a huge chunk of the voting public. But what has happened is the laws have ended up being referred to a Parliamentary Committee. That committee won't even sit until I think late October. And that'll be after the last parliamentary sitting.

4:08So basically, there's no way that these laws can get passed prior to the state election. And I have a feeling that even though Jess Wilson, the Liberal leader, is a bit vague on her view on working from home. I think she said she will look at it. If it doesn't pass before the election as a human right, specifically in the state of Victoria, I write here, then I suspect it will die a natural death. Anyway, we'll have a look at that. And I want to ask Nicholas Rees about that as well, because despite being a labour man, he doesn't like working from home, because he knows that working from home means fewer people coming into the CBD, particularly on weekdays. And I know from personal experience that Mondays and Fridays are quieter days. For example, on a Monday or a Friday, it doesn't take me as long to drive home. Also, there's a G-MIGOTA where there's always a shortage of lockers. There is no shortage on Mondays and Fridays, just on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. And that is because of working from home and people taking extended weekends. One little three, six, nine, three mornings at 3aw.com.au.

5:08Also today, I want to look at when brands fail or fall. Now Nike, which pretty much invented the modern running shoe, has seen 80% of its share price decline over the past five or so years. So again, in the early 70s, Nike came up with what is the prototype for the modern day running shoe. Of course, you had their air Jordans and that sort of thing. I'll be honest, I don't wear Nike shoes, but millions upon millions of people do. But Nike today is struggling. Now, one of the theories is that it went woke. You know, it sponsored Colin Kapernik. Actually, it was, I think the former 49ers quarterback maybe. And but you know, this, he was an NFL player who took the knee during the national anthem. So sort of signify a black-liled matter. A lot of people didn't like that. Other brands of the stuff up in the past, Coke in the 80s introduced new Coke and people didn't like new Coke. One of the old Coke backs, so they had to call it Coke Classic. If you're into your athletician wear, Lulu Lemon, a few years ago seemed to be unstoppable.

6:09Now it's not nearly as popular as it used to be. Women's brands like Esprit, huge in the 80s and 90s. Not so big now. Brands that lose their way, wonderful, three, six, nine, three. And also today on a sad note, it is of course the 25 year anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. I remember watching the news coverage on TV that night. It was morning in New York City evening here. And I remember thinking when the first plane thumped into the World Trade Center, this is one of the most awful accidents of all time. And then a few minutes later, the second plane flew into the neighboring town. I thought to myself, this is not an accident. This is some sort of horrendous attack on New York City. And that's what it was. Now we now know that the mastermind of the 9-11 attack on a summer bin Laden, who I think was killed about 10 years later by US Special Forces, he organized these attacks because he wanted to draw America into unwindable wars in the Middle East. And that's exactly what happened. Afghanistan, Iraq, the Syrian Civil War, the establishment of Islamic State,

7:13all of that resulted from the 9-11 attacks. So a summer bin Laden succeeded. And the reverberations of 9-11 continued to this day. Plus the fact, of course, about 3,000 people died on the day. 1-3-6-9-3 Monnings at 3aw.com.au. Lots on the agenda today, so let's get stuck in. We'll go to some calls. Adam, good morning. Morning, Tom. I'm a passionate Melbourneian. And I tell you, we've really turned it on for the NFL. The weather's beautiful. But we need a change of government, because under this current government, we're just not going forward. We've got so much to offer. We've got so much to offer. And it's never going to happen. And we can't be drawn on this Ben Carroll. It's the same can, so we need a change of government just to bring these events here. Well, it looked to be fair, Adam. I mean, this bringing the NFL game here

8:16has been worked on for quite a few years. So that has occurred under the state-livered government. So let's keep credit where it's due. But you're right. And I feel like it's, you know, one step forward, two steps back with Ben Carroll sometimes. So, you know, today's a great day for Melbourne with the NFL game, which starts in about two hours' time. And we'll do a live cross to the, just before the game, to the MCG. But then, you know, there's this insistence that we have to have working from home, which is bad for the city. I know it's good for the suburbs, but I think it's sad seeing the city underutilised during the week. And again, with Ben Carroll, he says he's different. He's not just into Alan. He's not to Andrews, but a lot of the policies are pretty much the same. Grace, good morning. I'm just ringing just as I'm running, actually. And I was just listening to you talking about the Knife Shoes. And, you know, weirdly, I'm actually not surprised. In my view, I used to wear Knife and they were a Knife Shoes. But then they seemed to focus too much on the look

9:17and the colour and the celebrities. I'm 60. I'm training for an Ultramarathon. Wow. For me, I need a performance shoe. And it's not necessarily one brand, but a performance shoe that is actually going to protect my joint and help me. And so I don't care what colour they are, and I don't care necessarily that a celebrity is not wearing them. So what are you wearing right now on your own? What would shoes? Right now I'm wearing Gore-Tex Brooks. So Gore-Tex-R-Six. Asics. You know, Grace, that's interesting, because I used to run a lot now. I've had to hit replacements. So my running days are over. But I always wore Asics as well. And it's interesting. Asics is much bigger in Australia than it is in most other countries. You don't see Asics much in the UK. They're not big in the USC, compared to the likes of Nike. But I think you're on to something there, Grace, because Nike focused more on the hoopla, and not so much on the performance. In fact, when I ran my one and only marathon, 37 years ago, I wore what was then the new Nike Air.

10:21And that the sort of the clear air pockets in the heels, after the marathon, are both split open in both shoes. So they really worked that well made. Grace, when you're finished to run, we'll give you not one, but two bottles of the board, these ancient soils, Heathcook Grenache. Come and join us, one, double, three, six, nine, three. Begging is said to be decriminalised, which I think is bad for the CBD. But I think the working from home laws are about to die, natural death. That's good for the CBD, Lord Maniculous Reese, we'll join us after nine. Brands that stumble, Nike's only worth a fraction of what it used to be. Can you think of other brands that have made missteps like that? And the 25-year anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, what were you doing? What was going through your head on that fateful night for us, night time? What double, three, six, nine, three, at a quarter to nine? It is 12-9 emails, mornings at 3aw.com, ready to you. On working from home, Ian says, just what Labor wanted in need of the Coalition made a similar mistake at the federal election by opposing it. Well Ian, that's not quite what's happening here.

11:22It is the committee to look at it as from several parties. And I don't, I think what you'll find is that Jess Wilson is just going very quiet on the issue. She doesn't want to openly support it, but she doesn't want to not support her, she wants to let the government do it. And Ben Carroll's desire was to get this legislation passed before the election. That clearly is not going to happen now. On begging in the CBD, there are moves through the Victorian Parliament to decriminalize it. And again, I have mixed feelings about this. I don't believe in laws that aren't actually prosecuted and clearly there's a lot of beggars. So the police aren't going at arresting them. But at the same time, I think if we decriminalize begging, it will mean there will be more beggars. And that is not something the CBD wants or needs. Bruno wants to know, do beggars receive social security payments. The answer is yes, Bruno. I mean, you can get social security payments and beggars do. And well, that should be enough. I mean, it's not a lot of money. Sam joins us.

12:22Sam, good morning. Morning Tom, how are you? Good, Sam. Tom, I reckon we should be going for more of these international sports games, other sports as well. I've spoken to a lot of Americans over the last week from the airport. A lot of them are traveling just not only to Melbourne, but Sydney, Queensland, Grabeberry, Arif. So they're saying, while we're here, it's a so far. Well, make the most of it. Yeah, not just coming for the game, but let's make a proper holiday of it. Exactly, it's good for the economy. So we need to start fighting for bigger events like this over and over. Yeah. Well, a guy agrees with you. This is another issue I do want to have a look at. Apparently it has cost us, I think, it's $15 million a game. So we're going to have three of these games. So it's going to cost the taxpayer $45 million. But they reckon this first game alone will inject 300 million into the economy, both from interstate visitors coming to Melbourne and of course, international ones. So if those numbers are correct, if it's $15 million per NFL game and Melbourne and Slash Victoria gets a $300 million benefit,

13:26you'd have to say it's money well spent. Thank you, Sam. John, hello. Hi, here you go. You're good, John. Some advice for your listeners who might struggle to find a comfortable casual shoe. I'm a type one diabetic. I've got to look after my feet. I used to do a lot of running in my younger days. So the brand Hocka HOTA, I find the most comfortable casual shoe on the market. Yeah. For info. Well, it's usually me selling that, John, because I have a friend who does Iron Man triathlon. So that's a 4K Swim Follow-by 180K bike ride followed by a full marathon. And he swears by Hocka for the running shoes. Yeah, well, as I say, I don't run anymore. I used to do a lot of running. But for a casual shoe that is so comfortable and easy on your feet, yeah, the Hocka brand. OK. Just try it. Well, look into it. Yeah, well, we're going to look at Nike later on. As I said, I just came across this thing in an overseas

14:26newspaper saying how the share market value of Nike is just listed on the stock exchange over there has fallen 80% in the last few years. And that suggests that Nike has made some missteps. And of course, the exercise shoe market is unbelievably competitive. One of the three, six, nine, three, Denny, what have you seen? That Tom was just traveling east to west on Johnson Street just before I think it's rough down the BP survey. Oh, he is. I remember, I think your father used to leave an age of partners out of the fund. He is. That was Dad's favorite shop. He'd walk across there and buy cigarettes. Yeah. I, three trucks. There's a bin that was smoking. I saw the guy that was collecting the bins open in front of the fire, fire person. And then there was a cleaner way truck there. So I had white as three trucks. They probably may have thought there could be a flow on effect if some of that going in the truck. So anyway, OK. Yeah, I think that's the BP in Fitzroy. But I think the one you're talking about

15:27is actually in Carlton, that part of Johnson Street. It's actually, I think it's Elgin Street by then. All right, look, thank you, Denny. So we've got a rubbish skip on fire intersection of Elgin Street and Johnson Street in Carlton. And Denny, you can find yourself at the end of the program today in the running for the weekly prize for Word on the Street. A $1,000 out to the suspended impudjury. Then there's the yearly prize to consider 60 grand towards the Mercedes of your choice. Thanks to Mercedes Benz Brighton, where if you trade in before September 30, you receive a genuine and guaranteed $5,000 bonus. I mentioned at the start of the program 15 minutes ago, that it is, of course, the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York City and on the Pentagon. Lisa joins us. Lisa, good morning. Good morning, Tom. That day, that evening, I had gone to bed two months before my father had touched away in motor vehicle accident, with a phone on her own. And husband comes in and goes, you better come and have a look at this. I said, what am I looking at?

16:28And I said, I really don't want to watch a movie at this point in time. And he goes, no, it's not. And then Mum calls me and she says, I turned the TV. There's a movie happening on TV. And I said, Mum, it's not a movie. It's real. It's actually happening right now. Yeah. My memory was that the first crash of the plane into the first tower, that was, I assumed it was a terrible accident. But when it happened again, a few minutes later, I realized it wasn't an accident. Was it? Yeah. We just stayed up and watched the whole thing just come to life and it was really horrible. Yeah, he was hard to imagine. Hard to imagine that someone could hijack with someone, but a group of men could hijack four airliners. Two were smashed into the World Trade Center. One hit the pinter gone. And one, and there's a movie about this. I think it's flight, you're not 93 or something, it's cool. But the passengers managed to rest control of the plane. And the plane ultimately smashed and plowed into a field in Pennsylvania. So that was at least another building which was an attack.

17:30What about three, six, nine, three mornings at 3aw.com.au. We'll take more of your calls. If memories of 9.11, 25 years ago to nighttime, the anniversary, none of the memories about 9.11 are good. It was one of the most horrendous things to happen. And the reverberations of those attacks with us today, a quarter of a century later. At 5 to 9. Right now, it is almost 9 o'clock, so news at the moment with David Armstrong. Straight after the news, live from the MCG, the LORD MAYOR of Melbourne, Nicholas Reiss. I want to talk to him about the decriminalization of begging, what that will do to the CBD. The almost certain scrapping of the working from home laws, Ditto, and his impressions of one of the biggest sporting days in Melbourne ever in the history of the city. Also, we'll look at Wind Brand's fail, as I mentioned, will cross the shame again as for a closer to the game report on the NFL. And of course, your calls. It is a Friday, anytime, any issue. 1.03, 6.03.

18:31On 3.8.00, and across Victoria, this is Tom Alligants. It is 7 past 9. I'm going to speak to Lord MAYOR Nicholas Reiss, live from the MCG in just a moment. Three issues. Today's big American football game, or Gridiron, as we tend to call it. By the way, Americans don't call the sport Gridiron. That's what the ground is, like us calling footy oval. But anyway, first there's some emails. Brian says, with all the NFL related interest in Melbourne, why don't we have a plan to subsidise, travel to Australia for American visitors during, say, the month of January? Well, we could. I think it's better to put on the big event, be it the Australian Open, the Grand Prix, the NFL, the AFL Grand Final, the Spring Race in Carnival, there's a lot of them. And then just convince people that it's worth coming here. Graham says, on the same day of 9.11, 25 years ago today, I'm pretty sure there was a fire at Molly Mildrum's house.

19:34I think he might be right, Graham. My mother used to live in the same street as Molly, high at street in Richmond. And John says on brands that stumble, John says it's largely about fashion, because fashion trends rise and they fall. And I agree with you, John. Very hard to, whatever fashion brand you are, to be successful year in year out, because what is trendy one year is not trendy the next. One of the three, six, nine, three, escape your pricey telco, is at mason.com for affordable mobile plans. Murray, hello. Good morning, Tom. I'd like to speak about it, and it's biscuits. Oh, yes. I used to love teddy bears, milk, coffee and Murray. They all taste the same, and since it's been sold, and they're not worth eating. So would you buy the mixed assortment? You had the shortbread ones, the teddy bears, the arrow, would you buy that packet back in the old days?

20:37No, I used to buy for the children used to use to love them. And I liked them as well, but they just all taste the same, Murray in particular. They're hard, they have no flavor. Teddy bears don't taste like teddy bears. And I don't know, people come up and there's a booth, and then they change, they're both because... You're right, I'm interested to get bought, Murray. And what happens sometimes is, like, let's say in the old days, they would use butter, you know, like the Scotch finger biscuit, I think it used to be advertised as having real butter in it, they'll move to some sort of oil, which, you know, still cooks the same way, but doesn't taste the same. And they do make the biscuit a little cheaper, but that's at the cost of flavour, and then at the cost of soures. And look, 30 years ago, when I worked for several years, a country road, we tried to save money when buttons were being sewn on shirts, and they weren't knotted on properly. And people would buy what was a reasonably pricey shirt,

21:38and then come back two weeks later, and say the buttons have fallen off. And yeah, we were being pennywise and pound-full, saving a few cents on the shirt, but upsetting customers. Well, the man who never upsets anybody is our Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Nicholas Reese, good morning. Good morning, Tom. Great to be with you and the listeners. I know you're at the G. What's the mood like? It's unbelievable, Tom. This is a great day for Melbourne. It's a great day for Australia, actually. First time, an NFL 4-point game has been played in this nation. And of course, it has to be here in Melbourne. This will be the biggest sporting event in the world by capacity. This weekend, with the MCG and 100,000 people, and in fact, it's going to be the biggest NFL home in a way game this year. As well, it's incredible, but energy here is amazing. You feel the colours, all these tens of thousands of people in the NFL gear, they look amazing, and Melbourne is looking great as well. I must say, I had a bit of a walk through the CBD after the program yesterday,

22:39so early afternoon, and I was struck by the number of American accents I was hearing, and of course, you know, wearing the 49ers and the Rams and other teams shirt. So clearly, a lot of Americans have made the troop here. Yeah, there's a lot of American accents around Melbourne. It may be probably the biggest influx of Americans who have had since World War II, I would guess over 50% of the tickets at today's game from international or interstate, so like tens of thousands of visitors to Melbourne. And then, of course, this is the opening game of the NFL season. It's been broadcast on Thursday evening into the US, so you'll get 20 to 30 million people watching the game and watching Melbourne. So it's fantastic for us to... Now, we've still got some work to do, though. I don't know if you noticed this, but it was brought to my attention two days ago. The San Francisco 49ers website had a picture promoting the game, and they have one of their... I think it was the running back with the ball, but the backdrop was the Sydney Opera House, which suggests they've got a little confused about which city the game is being held in. Well, look, I mean, look, that's nice of them to throw a bone to Australia's second city,

23:44a city, but obviously the game has been played in Melbourne, and no other city in Australia does major events like we do, and it's the way we bring it all together. You know, think about the Fanzone in Fed Square or Melbourne Park or down by Crown Promenade. The way we've lit up the city buildings like Town Hall, Flinders Street Station, it all just comes together in an incredible way. And I know having spoken with the senior leaders at the NFL Bayer, absolutely racked with how it's gone so far, and let's hope they're back next year, and we can do it bigger and better again. Well, I'm pretty sure we've signed a three-game deal. I think it's $15 million a game for three years. And anyway, now, look, there's two other issues I want to talk to you about. One, I guess, possibly negative, and one possibly quite positive for the CBD. Now, the first is the negative one. It's been reported today that begging is going to be decriminalised in Victoria to bring it into line with other states. Now, this is one of those laws, which I don't think we actually enforce very often. I mean, I didn't realise begging was a criminal offense, but there's a lot of beggars around,

24:45and I don't say them being rounded up and arrested. Is it a good or a bad thing that we did criminalise begging? So we were caught by surprise by this at Melbourne Town Hall yesterday, which is the phone call to say, oh, this has passed through the parliament. I believe it was moved by the legalised cannabis party, a part of a justice bill. And so, you know, lo and behold, we've now decriminalised begging in Victoria. I'm aware that other states have done this, but from the city of Melbourne perspective, there are issues that we do need to work through. And I'm pleased that this won't take effect as I understand it until September next year. And we will need that time to understand what this actually means in practice. Certainly. I don't think it should be against the law to beg, but I also know that in practice, our community safety officers and police use that as a mechanism. A lever, if you like, to say to beggars, hey, come on, mate, you can't do that.

25:47And let's get you connected with some services and get you some help. So without that lever, yeah, we are concerned about what that will mean for city streets. I mean, do you think land up with even more beggars on the city streets? Look, I really hope we don't, but I also know from our from police and from our community safety officers that they do find the fact that it is illegal. And as you said, it's not really enforced. It's just a mechanism that can be used to say, hey, mate, come on, you can't stay there. Yeah, they are concerned about what the impact for this will be. I am conscious that other states have decriminalised. So let's have a look at how that has worked there. I'm also aware that in Queensland where they decriminalised begging, they did a carve out for the central city and Sydney, and it's still not allowed there. So maybe that's something that could be considered for Melbourne. OK, now another change that's occurring in the Victorian Parliament, which I think is probably positive. The Premier Ben Carroll was trying to get the work from home laws passed

26:48before this year's state election. And instead, they've been referred to some parliamentary committee, which means they'll be delayed, which means, well, they certainly won't be voted on before the election. And after the election, I suspect they'll die a natural death. So it may well be that it's human right to work from home is no longer going to be a thing. Yeah, so look at the city of Melbourne. We have had a long-standing position of saying, we don't think this is something that should be subject to legislation. So the fact that it will now be reviewed by a committee is a positive thing. Where our position is that life is best in person. Workplaces are at their best when people turn up. And as a municipality representing the central business district, we think the CBD and the city is best when people are turning up as well. So we support flexible work arrangements, family-friendly workplaces, 100%, but we didn't think that legislation was the right way to go. Finally, who's going to win the game today? Well, look, I've got an LA Ram scuff on Tom.

27:50So I'm hoping it's the Ram. They're the Red Hot favourites of a Super Bowl. And of course, they have said that Melbourne is their home city in Australia. And we're a welcoming city, as you know. So I'm on the Rams. Well, I'll go for the 49ers there. Nicholas Feesley, Lord Peter of Melbourne. What about three, six, nine, three? I don't particularly care. I mean, to the extent, in the 1980s, I went through a phase of being quite interested in American football. And because when I was young, we lived in Chicago for a couple of years. I went for the Chicago Bears. We actually won the Super Bowl in the mid-80s, but they've done very little since. Nicholas Rees there. So, well, it looks like working from home probably won't become a human right because I still think being Carol probably doesn't win the election. And I don't think the Liberals are going to push too hard on this. If they win the election, they're not going to bring back this legislation. But the begging issue concerns me. I just think if we decriminalise it, we will see more beggars on the streets. And what we do with that, I just don't know. What about three, six, nine, three? Come and join us mornings at 3aw.com.au.

28:53Calls the emails next. After the 930s headlines, this is interesting. There's been a bit of a spat between one nation and West Australia, liberal MP Andrew Hastie. Now, I'll play some audio later on this hour, but one nation, or Paul Inhancens, one nation, does these quite funny animated videos. And they're actually pretty good. But one of these ones they've done, this is what I'll play you a bit of. They refer to Andrew Hastie as a traitor. And the RSL has condemned one nation. And Barnaby Joyce has been forced to apologize to Andrew Hastie. Now, again, I think this was meant as a J. But it's not been taken very well. Andrew Hastie, of course, was a member of the SAS. But he is also apparently going to testify against Ben Robert Smith, which is made him unpopular in some circles. Anyway, that's all ahead. One of three, six, nine, three at 18 past nine. It is 21 past nine on the first regular season game of NFL football.

29:56Ever played in Australia. It starts in just over an hour's time. 1035 is the kickoff. Nigel says, the NFL, I'm not really interested. I'd rather watch paint dry. This is, give me the AFL any day. Look, if you like the frenetic pace of the AFL, watching the American football game is the exact opposite. It is stop start. There's far more time spent standing around than there is actual play. But it has a lot of hope. But it has cheerleaders. There's probably a fireworks. There'll be a half time concert with the Jonas Brothers. So it will certainly be a spectacle. And I mentioned it is the 25th anniversary today. The 9-11 attacks. Philip says on that day 25 years ago, we were at a recording of Rove Live. And in the car on the way home, we tuned into 3AW. And we heard that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. Still remember it says Philip is clear as day. He always had home watching it. And as I said before, I saw the first plane hit the first tower. And thought, this is the worst accident of all time. And then a few minutes later, the second plane plowed into the other tower.

30:57And you knew that it wasn't an accident. Ian, good morning. Morning, John. Just wanted to let Phil. Could you imagine if the Melbourne Eye was in that car behind the rowing clubs on a week that we've got 50,000 Americans in there? How much they be able to look at the Yara, the N32, the Shrine. You know, they're sitting there looking at the... I grew with you, Ian. I've always thought that that is the appropriate place for it. I mean, there's a slide issue because they do put all the moomba stuff there. And there's other things as well. But yeah, it would get far greater patronage. Has that actually... Can you go back on it? Is it turning again now? Don't know. I'm sure about it. I don't know. I'd like to know how many have gone up to the Ureca tower this week just to say if you've removed it, they've been expensive that as well. Yeah, that's true. Well, thank you, Ian. Look, again, if you've ever been to London and see the... seeing the London Eye, that's what the Melbourne one is based on.

32:01And yeah, there's plenty of these sort of big ferris wheel things around the world. But the London Eye one is perfectly located just in the houses of Parliament. So it's in the tourist precinct, whereas where the Melbourne Eyes, it's just not in the right spot. And as you say, if it was an easy walk from the MCG on the banks of the river, it'd have far greater patronage. What about the three six-dine three mornings at 3aw.com.au? Steve, hello. Hello. Go ahead, Steve. Hello. Yeah, go ahead, Steve. I just started talking about the about the begging in the street. How they police it if they... if you're convicted and you're sentenced to what, would you go to jail? Oh, I highly doubt it. I don't know what the penalty is, but I guess it's more of a fine. And I think that's part of the problem because obviously a beggar is unlikely to be able to pay the fine. I think Steve the way it was used, it was a way of moving beggars on to say,

33:05if you don't move, we can arrest you for the crime of begging. And I think what the LORD MAYOR was alluding to is if we take that tool out of a toolbox, then it'll be harder for police to do anything about begging. But as it is, I don't know if you've been to the CBD in recent years, Steve, but I mean, there are a lot of beggars, aren't there? I'm only gone. When I was a young woman, I'm in my sevens now, but when I was a kid or in my two, there was a charge for the vagrancy. That's right. And I was convicted with other couple of times when I was young, like, and I'd used to give you 14 days jail. And when I could, but they didn't understand when you got to the job, you got out of jail, you still didn't have a job. So we locked sleeping at tools under a bridge or something? I was, yeah, actually, I went up the, I used to go, I'd have to freak times at that. When I was freak peeking, I went to try to freak peeking when I was six,

34:07those seven days, just turned 17. Anyway, I got, I got, all right, long way of them died. It is, no, I know you're seven, 69. And that, that people didn't like that, I don't think. But anyway, I, and I got in the car, would the police pick me up, lock me up, got a car, the money, and they locked me up before they got there. Well, it was different times, Steve, but we had a much more robust view of law and order back then. And if you did the crime, even if it was the crime of, you know, vagrancy, you did the time. Not so much these days. Thank you, Steve. Appreciate the call. A bean join. Just, what's happened, babe? Hello, Ben. Yeah, hi, Tom. Yeah, good. What's happening? What, what is happening? Yeah, Tom, I just found that you're someone to pay my registration, and I'll stick online. And Vic wrote in Dan, and I was closing down. That's the only one in the suffice and suburbs. That was one of the major ones. I mean, that's where people go into their license tests and things out there.

35:09That's correct, yeah. That's showing done, um, the very first thing that I've done, that's showing done, um, November the 16th. Two. So, yeah, so it's still like, and we're just closing in another, another couple of months, is it? Yes, but yeah, this year. Okay. Yeah, it's a joke. That's like, I've got family living off some packing or that, or that's come all the way down to Dan, I want to do, you know, stuff of a big boys. And now the showing down is that's, there's nothing. That's the only one. Well, I used to be wanting blackburn. And I remember that, because that's where I did my license test. I don't know if that one's still open. All right, look, Ben, but we'll chase this up with Vic Roads, because I think like a lot of organizations, they want less, you know, physical presence with staff and an office and all the rest of it, and more doing things online. I've got to say the Vic Roads app, which I use to approve, um, you know, learner drives that my daughter does, it is slow and clunky. Ever since they updated it, it is really slow. You press it, you press it, you press it, you press it, and then it, and then it acts.

36:11And I reckon, well, whatever update they did in my view, it hasn't worked. All right, Ben, thank you. So the Danny Nong Vic Roads is shutting down. Ben, thank you. We'll check that out and you can find yourself in the running, uh, at the end of the program today. You might be in the running for the yearly prize. 60 grand towards the Mercedes of your choice. You could drive that to Vic Roads, thanks to our great friends at Mercedes Ben's Brighton. They've got spring demonstrator savings available right now over 250 vehicles available for immediate delivery. Uh, wrong. Good morning. Good morning, Tom. How are you? Yeah, good. Right. I went over to Vegas, um, watch a raiders game that just spent 120 million dollars building a new stadium. Yes. Um, so the rate is used to be also in Los Angeles, but they're now the Las Vegas Raiders, aren't they? Yes, correct, correct. I went over there for, um, Seema, which is the biggest custom car show in the world. Yes, that's right. And watch the game as well. It was amazing, absolutely amazing. So you think the people going to the G today, they'll say quite a spectacle.

37:15Oh, yeah, yeah, the will. Um, the weather's going to be good, which is a bit of a bonus, but, um, yeah, a spectacle you would. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah. And I gather Las Vegas. I know the NRL plays a couple of games there at the start of age season. And, um, that looks quite spectacular too. Although I'm not quite sure what Americans know about rugby league and what they think about it. But we really, you can see the connection. I mean, the American football grew out of the old game of rugby. And there's, there are some similarities between the way rugby league is played and the way American football is played. Rugby leg is now far less stop start. They've improved the game and it's much more watchable than it used to be. Thanks, Ron. Uh, I think the Raiders, that was the Oakland Raiders when I was a young man. Then they became the LA Raiders. And now they're the Las Vegas Raiders. The thing is in America, the sports franchises are essentially privately owned. And if they want a better stadium, they'll go to cities that don't have a team.

38:15Right, if you build a stadium, we'll shift our franchise here. Imagine that happening in the, uh, in the football has happened. It hasn't. I mean, South Melbourne went to Sydney and, you know, Fitzroy got forced to merge with Brisbane. And had the, uh, had the league had its way back in the 90s. Melbourne and Hawthorne would have merged. Thanks to Don Scott, that never happened. Uh, Peter, good morning. Yes, good morning. How are you? Yeah, good, Peter. Uh, I missed the mayor, uh, Nicholas three. So I had a question for him. Uh, how come let we stuck up the passenger, the cruise ship industry here? He's talking about important for Victorian tourists, but we stuck to that totally. Yeah, we did. We made it too expensive. So we charged the ships that come inside. Much less so what we want to go to Melbourne now. Exactly, but you have two to, two to four thousand passengers arriving. And, uh, they go to everywhere in, in, in Victoria. And the money coming in that way would be more than what they're making on the chart.

39:18Yeah. I think to be fair, Peter, I don't think that's a city of Melbourne issue. I think it's a Victorian state government issue, but it's a very good point because if we want Melbourne to, you know, go back to firing on all cylinders, you know, it's major events. There's the domestic ones. There's things like this NFL game and, you know, every now and then they get a Premier League soccer game over here. And cruise ships. I mean, you let people off a cruise ship for a day or so. And they go and spend money. Um, and yes, we, we did something. I think we upped the fees to the point where it wasn't economical for the cruise ships to come to Melbourne. So instead they go to Sydney or maybe Brisbane or something like that. Maybe even New Zealand. New headlines now with David Armstrong. David, good morning. Good morning, 10 o'clock. New lead story. This has just broken the last 10 minutes or so. A baby has been dumped on the side of a country road after a car jacking near Swan Hill. Seven months old baby boy dumped on the side of the Murray Valley highway after a holden, Commodore, a stolen from Befford, which is near Swan Hill.

40:19Mum was flagged down by a man on the highway. She pulled over to help. Good Samaritan. Got out of the car. He jumped into the driver's seat and took off. Then realized further down the road. Oh, dear, there is a baby in the back seat. So he stopped and just put the baby on the side of the road. It's terrible. There must be some extra fence like endangering a child or something. The alleged car jacker was on bail at the time. Why are we not surprised? There is a great big football game about to kick off at the MCG. 100,000 people. They are all decked out in their 49ers gear. They were in the stadium. Because of the big crowds we have had for our 40 finals in this, 92,000, 9,000, 6,000, 6,000, a lot of it. But every weekend we are the biggest sporting event in the world. Because we are out of stadium. The conhauled 100,000 people. Not many can. It is nice to have Nicholas who is suggesting it is the biggest influx of Americans

41:20since World War II. A lot of American accents out there on the streets as he said. 50% of the people here for it are from overseas or from interstate. I don't know why, but Saturday the 10th of October is on track to be the single biggest day for weddings this year. Why? I don't know. Well, it's the week after the grand final, is it? Yeah. Bit sunny. Maybe. Yeah, weddings. 1900 Australian couples will marry on that day. Why are you laughing? It's just a couple of years ago, Drive produced a Jimmy Zabo, I was getting married. And I've got him on the show to, for advice, you know. All your, all your, all your, all your middle-aged men after middle-aged men say, don't do it. Don't do it. Get out now. Get out. Run while you still can. Have a go bag ready. Have a go bag ready. Don't get married. And then, proper sport. Jolongo's in unchanged, but tonight's semi-final clash against the dockers in Perth. How many will I get to opt us? I think it's, I think it's like Marvel, it's the mid to high fifties. Yeah, okay.

42:20The weather's going to be good, I think, which is going to make Jolong's task difficult. All of that at 10 o'clock. Thank you, David. David Armstrong there. What about three, six, nine, three mornings at 3aw.com. Dr. You. He had calls and emails. We're going to speak to the National President of the RSLA. A spat has sort of appeared between one nation and liberal MP and former soldier Andrew Hastie. I'll sort of, I'll play a bit of audio to show how it happened, but I believe that the RSLA has condemned Paul and Hanson and one nation. Anyway, that's all coming up. We're going to cross back to the MCG with Shane McKinnis. And after 10 o'clock, I look back to September 11th. One of the worst, if not the worst, terrorist attacks in modern times. Right now, it's 25 to 10. 22 to 10. Time to take a look at an on deck, unsecured lightning loan. For fast-moving small businesses, go to ondeck.com.ru. Now, Ben rang a few minutes ago. He was upset about the imminent closure of Vic Roads in Dandy-Nong. Trish is actually rung in and told us that in fact there's a new Vic Roads opening soon in Packingham.

43:25Essentially, to replace the Dandy-Nong offer. So you will be able to go there instead. One of the three, six, nine, three. And on today's big game at the MCG, the Rams versus the 49ers. John says, I have no interest in the NFL game, but it's because its intent isn't really about the game. It's all about bringing the franchise into the local market. Look, it's a bit of both, John. From what I've read, the NFL has noticed that the viewership of American football from Australia is quite high. And they know that we love our sport and particularly here in Melbourne. So they're trying to make the game global and get it out of just its North American base. Alright, so I mentioned a spat which is developed between Andrew Hastie, he's a West Australian Liberal MP, former member of the SAS, fought with distinction, I believe in Afghanistan. Andrew Hastie testified against Ben Roberts Smith at his civil trial, Ben Roberts Smith also being a member of the SAS. And some people say he broke some code, some warriors code by doing this.

44:28One nation often puts out these often funny little animated videos. And he's a bit of one that deals with Andrew Hastie. Prime Minister, you've got to help me. Andrew Hastie, you okay? No, I'm in grave danger. I'm under attack. I'm lying. Not another one. Trader, why are they calling you a traitor? Not a home. All I did was testify against Ben Roberts Smith and support your evil hate speech legislation after promising not to. Yeah, right. That is pretty traitorous, actually. Alright, and another Fiddle MP, Tasmania's Jackie Lamby, who herself, I think, was a member of the ADF, had this to say on ABC Radio National. I love Andrew to death and is an attack on a veteran. What she's doing in those cartoons is absolutely disgusting. They are what they are full of bloody violence. I mean, how people can watch that rubbish is beyond me, but attacking Andrew Hastie, a veteran that is served in the Afghanistan wall

45:28or any other veteran is the lowest ever you can possibly do. That woman is nothing less than a bloody coward. So together, it's Jackie Lamby accusing Pauline Hans of being quite a bloody coward. An excuse is the National President of the RSL. Peter Tinley, good morning. No, get it, mate. Thanks for having me on. Well, thank you for joining us. So is this an attack on a veteran or is this just part of the cut and thrust of politics? Andrew Hastie was a member of the SIS, but now he's a federal MP and Pauline Hanson runs a party and Jackie Lamby's another MP. Is this just politicians having the normal go at each other? No, this is not. It is unusual for the RSL to have... Peter's dropped out. We're getting back on the moment. One of the three, six times three. It is difficult, because as I said, Andrew Hastie testified against Ben Robert Smith. And some people say that's like dobbling, but it's a lot worse. Ben Robert Smith has accused war crimes.

46:30All right, Peter Tinley, I think, is back with us. You there, Peter? Yes, I am, mate. Yeah, so when you cut out, you were saying that it's unusual for the RSL to get involved in this sort of thing? Yeah, we don't. If I had to umpire fights between politicians every day, I wouldn't get my day's job done. So it is unusual, but we think this is a... This is time now to actually draw a line under this. This disrespects every veteran. It's a very high bar when you want to call somebody a traitor who's worn the uniform of this country. And still continues to give public service in the parliament. We have a fair chopper politicians. I get it. I've been one myself in the past. And that comes with the game, but it's actually public service. And we should respect the fact that they are giving up a lot of their time to do a role. Andrew Hastie is doubled down. I've known the guy for over 20 years. He's not necessarily from my political ilk, but that doesn't mean he doesn't get my support.

47:30We said, my... The support I bring is that of the RSL and the 580,000 veterans in Australia. Okay. The only thing is I've been contacted by veterans who are really upset at Andrew Hastie, because they feel that he shouldn't have testified against Ben Robert Smith, also a former member of the SAS. Your thoughts? This country has pillars that support its democracy. The rule of law is one of the fundamental pillars that supports the democracy. That's what we actually fight for. That's what you join the Defence Force for and go away and do what your country says. If we are going to be really true to that ideal, then we just have to let the system do its take its course. Now, the RSL has said that this has been a complete cock-up in terms of the time it's taken. It is not swift justice. However, justice needs to be served. And Ben Robert Smith is a veteran. I will stand and support Ben Robert Smith every day of the week because he's a veteran.

48:31I won't get in the way of the normal court proceedings that any one of us are subject to. Okay. Going back to the One Nation video, I believe either early this morning or late last night, Deputy One Nation leader Barnaby Joyce apologised to Andrew Hastie. Is that the end of the matter? No, I think leaders lead. Pauline Hansen is the leader of the party. I would ask her to consider her comments in the future and consider veterans who have served in this country and their fence that she creates by actually calling a veteran. One of our tribe, a traitor. That's a massive insult. Yeah, it is. All right. Look, thank you for your time. Peter Tindley, the national president of the RSL. As I said, it's complicated because there are some veterans. Probably maybe a minority. I don't really know, but I've been contacted by some who weren't happy with it. Andrew Hastie testified against fellow SAS member Ben Robert Smith. So there's that. Yes, Andrew Hastie was a soldier, but now he's a politician

49:31and politicians say nasty things about each other all the time. But as Peter Tindley just said, using the term traitor to a current or former member of the defence force is a particularly harsh insult. One of the three six times three mornings at threeaw.com.au calls ahead at a quarter to ten. It is 11 a 10 emails coming in. Angie says one nation and Andrew Hastie. Don't they know that all they're doing here is making elbow happy? Stop fighting each other says Angie and fight labour instead. David Armstrong mentioned before that there's almost 2000 wedding schedule for the weekend of October the 11th. Warren says it's bafferced weekends on October the 11th. Priorities Tommy says priorities. And I mentioned the the the the potential merger or the measure that never took place. But the AFL wanted it back in 1996 30 years ago between Hawthorne and Melbourne. Lawrence says Hawthorne and Melbourne if they'd merged would be called the docks.

50:32Yes, the demons and the Hawks the docks. One of the three six times three whether now for Lexus of Blackburn, visit Lexus of Blackburn and Test Drive the latest plug-in hybrid economy. Hurry, Lexibition must end September the 30th. It is a lovely days for us. I can tell that side currently it's 13 degrees. Our forecast top is 16. Jeff good morning. I think our sons outrageous. I think that's the only thing that I've heard say anything against Trump. Yeah, well, I've interviewed Andrew, host of a couple of times and we did try and get him on the program today. I guess the issue is also that we're supporting the seat of Secret Harbour, which is a state seat.

51:37They had a biolection last weekend and one nation won it. His federal seat is similar to that state seat. So I guess one nation figure maybe they can win the seat off him at the next federal election. Not doing it the way they're doing. I think people can see through that. Yeah, look, the only thing I'll say Jeff is these one nation videos. I, my guess is they're done by one of the younger advisors. I don't know if Pauline Hanson sort of personally supervises it. She is responsible for the video content because you know it's got her name and it is one nation. And the official name of the party is Pauline Hanson's one nation. I think you'll find that probably what happened here was someone was trying to be funny and they put it up and it's backfired. And now they've got the RSL offside and you know how DE call a former member of the Defence Force a traitor. I suspect that probably wasn't what they intended to do, but it is what has happened. Jeff, thank you.

52:37One of the three, six and nine, three. But I do agree with Angie Zee-Marble for you know like really the conservative party is being the little national coalition of my nation. Should try and sort this stuff out and Pauline Hanson's set on this program a few weeks ago. You know the common enemy for both those groups is the Labor Party. Don't fight each other. Fight Labor. But they're fighting each other. Thank you Jeff. Clive. Hello. It's my time for you, I asked. Yeah, good clive. I'm just, I'm a bit confused as an wise Labor and Liberal have blown this out of proportion. The whole cartoon was a joke and they've like literally they've thrown a spares about it. But when the Australian and the age brought out hit pieces on Warren Pickering that went through all his personal life and his details from 20 years ago. That's okay to do, but we can't make a joke about another MP.

53:37Can I tell you, Clive, I agree. This whole video against Andrew Hasty came out a few days ago and I thought it probably wasn't really worth talking about. You know, because I was saying these videos and they meant to be lighthearted. But today it was when the RSL got involved and decided that they would condemn it. This is now more serious than perhaps what was meant. Yeah, I agree. So that's what changed. But look, go make to Warren Pickering and thank you for the call, Clive. You did make a good point. I think he's copying it a bit because, and it's surprising because yes, it's the age which is, you know, nationally a fairly left winged newspaper, but it was also the Australian which is quite right wing. But they both had a red hot go Warren Pickering and he's the Victorian leader of one nation. You know, he's formed a partner city but he was a sexual deviant and he was a drug addict or drug user back in the day. And he sort of got on stage and said, yeah, well, in my 20s, I did take several drugs and I'm not proud of it.

54:42I don't think he lost any supporters. I think the fact that he didn't own up because someone else exposed it but he admitted to it and he showed up and said, yeah, I did these things but I'm not proud of it. I think that's what people want to hear. Look, we all make mistakes and particularly men in their early 20s do and I put my own hand up. I'm not going to detail my early 20s but we all did things that in later life we look back and say, gee, I was stupid. I shouldn't have done that but young men as we know looking at the behaviour of certain footballers, we won't talk about after games and things. Young men often do dumb things and Warren Pickering was perhaps no different. And the other thing that drug use is it is so common amongst young people these days. Honestly, there's probably young people are more likely to take drugs than to drink alcohol now because alcohol is expensive and gives you a hangover and all this sort of thing. And they just see taking drugs as absolutely normal. It's just a normal part of the weekend spent partying. What about three six, nine three mornings at three aw.com.au at five to ten.

55:46It is two to ten years coming up at a moment shortly with David Armstrong and after that I want to get back to the fact that it is also amongst all the other things happening today. You know, accusations of traitorous behaviour being limited apologies from Barnaby Joyce, massive game of American football at the MCG. But also it is the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. I think it's worth the tenders reflecting what they mean and how they changed the world. And I'll take your calls in your memories. Now what did you think when it happened? Anyway, it's one of those events in life that has stuck in my head more clearly than most things. Danny Wingsbad an hour ago, he needed to start the program. He was saying that he had been on fire on Elgin Street in Carlton. Fire risk Victoria of Tottasoff here, they responded to an incident on the intersection of Elgin Street and David Streets in Carlton. Fire fighters arrived on same day in six minutes to find a small room rubbish bin containing electronics. That fire has now been extinguished and has been made safe. People dumping lithium ion batteries and they burst into fire. It's one of the biggest problems.

56:51And whenever rubbish trucks get caught on fire, that is usually what has happened. Some quick other emails, mornings at 3aw.com.au. Ryan says Pauline Hanson's car turns are great. It's the Australian may have taken the pith helmet out of each other. And I'm Andrew Hastie giving evidence again. I know that Jeff, but some people in the defence community feel that he should have perhaps lied or simply not turned up. One of the three six nine three mornings at 3aw.com.au. Come and join us after the news. On 3aw. And across Victoria. This is Tom Alleyance. It is 7 past 10. What are your memories of 911? It's 25 years ago tonight. I remember it more clearly than most other things of that time. 911 was a tragedy in so many ways. 10 Australians died and those initial attacks. It changed American foreign policy, changed the world in ways that could not have been foreseen.

57:56It was a disaster for America. I think the Americans despite I could understand the reaction to 911 did the wrong thing by attacking or invading Afghanistan and Iraq. But we'll talk more about this in a moment. But I'm interested in your memories of 911. On the working from home legislation, you might have heard this in a new year. So the liberal sort of supported it, but they didn't really want to talk about it too much. Now they've referred it to a committee which effectively delays it until after the election. Bruce says this is a very smart decision. This means the Liberals won't have to either agree or disagree with it. They can say, oh well it's the subject of a parliamentary committee. Once elected they can then shelve it. I think Bruce, that's what will happen. Assuming that the Liberals are elected. It has been Carol. Some home managers to win the election working from home will be with us as a human right until it's probably struck down by court.

58:57And Craig says, how can they say that Melbourne is the home city of the Rams when they've just arrived yesterday? Everybody says Craig should support the 49ers as they've been here for almost a week and they've embraced our city. I sort of agree with you Craig. I mean look for the Rams it's all about the game and they obviously decided that coming 24 hours before and just ignoring Jetlag would be a good thing to do. But I think it would have been better to come and engage a bit with Melbourne and Melbourneians and Victoria as the 49ers have done. Anyway, but I must say in about what is it in our half an hour time in the game starts. Well I'll be worried about is winning the game and the Rams apparently are the favourites. What about the 360 in three mornings at 3aw.com? Do you visit amason.com and tell your price you tell co where to go? Okay so 9-11. As I mentioned a couple of times I remember watching TV that night. And when I saw the first plane flying into the world trade set in the tower I couldn't believe it. I just thought that is the most incredible tragedy perhaps that we have one of the worst accidents involving an aeroplane I'd ever heard about.

1:00:05And then of course a few minutes later another plane slammed into the other tower and he realised this was not an accident because there's no way it could happen twice accidentally. It was an attack. We later learnt that some of it was behind it. He was actually Saudi Arabia. The Americans went into Afghanistan within a week or two trying to hunt him down and they almost caught him but they didn't. And in fact he wasn't caught and when he was caught it was inside Pakistan about 10 years later. And that led to an ill-fated war in Afghanistan. By ill-fated I mean that when you start or when you go into a war you have to have a very clear idea about what you're doing. What are we trying to achieve? World War II we are going to beat the Nazis we are going to beat the Japanese. Vietnam not so clear. Korea you know at least defend South Korea from North Korea and so forth. Anyway I remember the Afghan war went through phases it was fine to some of them in Lardin and then it was regime change kick out the Taliban.

1:01:06And then it was you know helped the Afghani people transition into a democracy and then it was something else and we sent a lot of troops there and quite a few died and many more got badly wounded and Britain sent troops and America sent troops. 20 years later we pulled out Joe Biden pulled the Americans out and that was it and nothing was achieved the Taliban are back in power they're just as oppressive as they ever were. 18 months after 911 George W Bush the younger George Bush president his father was the president in the late 80s and early 90s. He decided to finish the job that hadn't been finished in Iraq. So 1990 to 1991 coalition forces booted the Iraqis out of Kuwait and they tried to smash up as much of the Iraqi military as they could. But they didn't set them as same as still in power and just over a decade later in the wake of 911 they decided to go back in that now said I'm saying had nothing to do with the 911 attacks probably supported them but he didn't actually do it. But the Americans went into Iraq and that frankly was a disaster as well Iraq is still a mess.

1:02:10They're intervening in Iraq led to the creation of his lemic state contributed to the Syrian civil war and now we've got you know since October 7, 2023 ongoing hostility between Gaza and Israel. So what I some of in London was trying to do was to draw America into unwinnable wars in the Middle East and in that he succeeded. 3,000 odd people died on the morning of 911 but the wars that resulted from 911 you can times that number by several hundred that's how bad it was. So 911 and the wars in Afghanistan Iraq the crash of his lemic state all that's been a disaster for the West. We've spent millions of dollars we've lost thousands of lives we've created countries which are not friendly to us at all. Very little I'm afraid it's been achieved and that is exactly exactly what Osama Bin Laden wanted. 1 of the three 693 mornings at 3aw.com.au but the problem was at the time if you'd said to the Americans don't retaliate they would laugh at you.

1:03:15Of course we're going to retaliate America has been attacked New York City the home of capitalism has been attacked in the most visceral way possible. You know the world trade said to brought down by hijacked airline is of course they were going to retaliate and lash out and they did. OK your memories of 911 today is the 25th anniversary Maureen good morning. Oh Tom we my dad died the week before in Newcastle so we had to travel up and for the funeral. Anyway it was the night before 711 and we booked into a motel in Newcastle and I went into the bathroom and when I come out my young son had the TV on. It was about 11 o'clock I think in the night or something like that anyway I said to him Nick what's this movie and you said mum this is happening now.

1:04:16Yes we've had a few calls for people saying they just assumed it was a movie because it was so unbelievable but sadly it was not a movie wasn't. So we're up all night watching this you know it was shocking absolutely shocking yeah. So you see Maureen I had to go on a business trip about three weeks later to America my mother was horrified so how can you do that whatever happens again I said look to be honest. It is probably safer now than it was then and I remember the cues outside the airport it's like catching an internal flight in America so like pride 911 was like catching a bus and you just got on the plane the way you went. All of a sudden everybody had to be searched belts shoes everything had to be taken off they installed all the security gear I remember queuing up I forget which airport it was but like for hundreds of meters outside the airport you had to make sure that for a domestic flight. You turned up at least two hours before the flight was due to leave because security was so heightened thank you Maureen look like a movie obviously it was not and there's another thing that it's hard to find the footage of it now because it's been taken down.

1:05:21But there were people trapped above the burning floors in the world trade center buildings that have been hit by the airliners who simply couldn't get down and quite a few through themselves that window. And there was video at the time of these people plummeting and obviously dying when they hit the ground at the bottom what a choice to have to make. Andrew good morning. Morning Tom thanks for taking a call. Yeah 911 very vivid memories I was in camp and actually sitting in Baywatch and telling and news place come on and then it was it was like a movie on what they was going on. Remember just they had a feature of the side sky scraper or thought it's a helicopter flying or you know what they do in the state to end the buildings or whatever and it was the second aircraft coming around the back and yeah in the next explosion and it was kind of like yeah I can't remember the words I said we can imagine what the end. We just couldn't believe it could you the idea that a plane could fly into a building and not just a little plane you know an airline could fly into not one but two buildings like that was just it to find the imagination didn't enter.

1:06:33It was yeah it was uncanny was yeah I took a bit of skill as far as it is probably that easy data. Building what that was an aircraft that's good and the altitude is that true but it's the planning and yeah just just that it not only one but two and then you know I said up on light. Yeah even after the buildings collapse and all that and basically watch nonstop for about 18 hours or again and it was just like yeah just keep pension yourself going what the hell. Of course when the buildings themselves actually collapse because that took a little while I took half an hour to an hour I think his memory serves me so when that happened he thought I'm a god I mean I mean these sky scraper is in the heart of downtown Manhattan hit by planes and collapsing. Look thank you Andrew would take more of your calls in a moment wonderful three six nine three your memories of 9 11 to be precise late this evening it will be the 25th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks and you know there's what happened that fate. What happened that fateful day and night the American response and the fact that it's still all with us I mean I mean I just get back to George W Bush quickly when he was elected as a Republican president in late in 2000's people fear that he was going to be an isolationist that he withdraw America from world of fears.

1:07:50Well the reverse happened he probably was going to be isolationist as some people said they wanted. When 9 11 happened to eat all changed everything changed one of the three six down three mornings at 3 AW dot com dot a you. I've just got on a more positive note we've got the TV on here is P and the shots from the MCG until it is packed. There have to be a hundred thousand people there because I always look at the upper states there's a few of those empty you know it's not quite going to hit a hundred K. There's a hundred thousand people there I'm almost certain of it but it'll be six down three at 18 past 10. It is 21 past 10 on memories of 9 11. It's called 9 11 because the Americans do their dates the other way around they say September 11 whereas we tend to write dates 11 September but anyway it's 9 is 9 11. Jane says I was sitting in bed feeding my four month old baby while watching West Wing I woke my husband up and was sleeping next to me he went back to sleep I woke him up again and by 11 o'clock we were questioning.

1:08:51What type of world we would brought her baby into on Paul Enhancens video that refers to Andrew Hastie as a traitor. We weren't able to get Andrew Hastie on today but the RS cell is now condemned the video. Helen says it was actually released on July 23. Yes I realized that Helen and I looked at it and said I look it's not really worth talking about I mean one nation has a lot of these videos and some of them are actually quite funny. It was only today when the RS cell sort of elevated it and said we condemn it and our Barnaby Joyce has apparently apologized to Andrew Hastie. And Neil says there are many signs our society has lost its way. For example what about the baby left on the side of the road? Yeah that's extraordinary I mean it's bad enough that this car jacket stole the car pretended to need help woman stops he jumps into the seat drives off. Then he says the seven months old baby in the back he simply puts the baby on the side of the road. Extraordinary David Jones just David good morning.

1:09:51I'm just a perspiration by 9.11 we were living in Atlanta at the time and the impact on people on the street was unbelievable. You actually you couldn't help actually but be American on the day. Internet as tough as it was at the time was completely blocked mobile phone signals were down you couldn't call anybody. First thing everybody thought I was getting cash out of the bank. And you know American flags on in front yards in lawns within within half an hour. Yeah it was it was pretty surreal there was no way that they would not go to retaliate. No that's right and to be fair it's only in hindsight that we sort of know that the retaliation didn't work like in Afghanistan and in Iraq. And I mean again Iraq had nothing to do with 9.11 or very little so that was more like unfinished business but they are taking point. And it is easy to have 2020 hindsight with these things. Thank you David.

1:10:54But yes I was just I went to America just a few weeks later and I had to travel there for business affair bit at that stage of my life and post 9.11 was so different to pre 9.11. Claire hello. Good morning. God that week was just probably the worst in my career I worked for and said Australia. I just landed the during job in the IOC in the operations and I got up at 3.45 that morning after it had happened not knowing anything and really weirdly my dad got up and put the fire on and said. For God's sake keep just be careful driving to the airport this morning. Yeah and I got in a car and every radio station had no music which I thought was really odd. And of course I got to the airport and then it was just chaos all week but nothing compared to those poor people on night shift and our cabin crew who lost friends and colleagues in the airline is a really it's a really big family on our we are friends. Yeah we are friends who work for and said to me do you think 9.11 contributed to and sits down for.

1:12:01Yeah I think the focus on that and everyone was just too scared I mean I started working in the oil and gas industry after that and I flew to Houston but because I lived in and I'm a white Caucasian woman with with ginger fair here and I got pulled aside at Houston and at Melbourne airport every single time I travel because I've been working in the Middle East so it changed it people stopped traveling for stop and yes I do I think the solely in the low hole the whole thing. I think they just I think they backed out of the last minute and I don't want to complain about business. Well that's right because the some of the airline business look pretty grim I mean people were traveling less and I certainly weren't certainly weren't flying anymore and. You know as I said my my mother couldn't believe that I travel to America but I try to be rational about it and say well you know it's actually safer now because they're taking precautions you know they put lockable doors in the planes but when I was a little boy if you went on an airplane. Yeah they do hostess would take you up the front you go and go into the cabin with the pilot and you just don't do that anymore doesn't happen.

1:13:05Mary good morning. Good morning Tom my recollection was my four year old son was watching TV to the TV on and I wasn't in the living room and he called out and he said my the TV is broken every time I press the remote to change the channel the same movies on. Yeah. You know it's funny Mary I've never heard so many people say they thought it was probably a movie because it seemed so unbelievable and yet this is the reason I wanted to talk about this today and it's not to you know rewaken bad memories because there's look there's a great thing happening today involves America and Australia and it's the NFL football game about to kick off at the MCG in the next 10 minutes and fell of a packed house on a beautiful morning but. There's no getting away from these anniversaries thank you Mary Peter hello. Morning Tom how are you good better. Tom I was sexually in America in Idaho the morning that had happened we were sitting having breakfast and came on the television but the most

1:14:09interesting thing of talk of all as you can imagine there are airplanes flying everywhere in the air in America was like he said before it's not jumping on a bus to fly anywhere well there was no plane to tall none whatsoever. Yeah the I forget the name of the the sort of airline regulatory board of the flight one but they they granted all planes didn't they the FAA that's what it's called. Delta and you know all of them were grounded and we're up in the high country and no planes at all that we heard this plane. It was a force one very low with three jet fighter jet to the side of it so I say we just put it down the president getting out of there to go to get a date. It never it's interesting Peter because I remember something else George George W Bush was actually a kindergarten that morning when the news happened and and it was televised like it's the president meeting some preschoolers or whatever.

1:15:09And suddenly you know someone whispered into his ear and he was rushed out of the room by the secret service and that only I saw that afterwards but. Yeah alright there's the inevitable welcome to country I believe going on as we speak some sort of a smoking ceremony as well this is at the MCG Tom good morning. Yeah good morning Tom I was in Budapest in Hungary at a conference and we had a guest speaker so in the room it was so it was pretty quiet everyone was listening to him and then everyone's phone started going off. Then some guy burst in through the doors and said America's a war so it just freaked everyone out the conference obviously ended. We all went back upstairs to our rooms and I remember walking down the hallway down the corridor my room was right at the end and I could hear what was going on I mean every room had the TV on and it was just blaring and jumped on a plane the next day to come back to Melbourne.

1:16:10It was very very different you know with guards and machine guns got into Sydney and you know answered it gone bus so we had to jump on a corner slide and fly back to Melbourne with the back of the plane and we just thought everything had gone crazy. I mean it's amazing isn't it Tom because I can't think of many other I say modern day like in the same last 30 or 40 years where the whole world has taken notice you know we're an event happened that what that everybody was. Everybody was affected by one way or the other. Paul good morning. Tom 25 years ago tonight as in September 11 on Melbourne time we're on our way to hospital and we heard it on the news while by second door it was born about five or six hours after the plane to the town. So she was she was she born very early on on the 10th of the 12th of September. That's well yeah that's well September so we didn't know anything about it so we're in the car on the way to the hospital and then what's going on and yeah I remember walking through the hospital all day holding her watching TV going what what have we done bringing the child.

1:17:22Has your daughter taking as your daughter taking a special interest into what happened given it at at crown sides with her birth. No not really no she you know I think she we tried not to you know do too much about it due to the fact that her day a two day and very special birthday and get you remembers but yeah not our our remembers the people but not we've yet not the day. Yeah okay I think you pull I mean people worried that you know well ball three was going to start there this conspiracy theories because straight away I mean they didn't know immediately who had done it you know with the Russians behind it was it someone else I was a terrorist and like that we know and you. Kelly hello hello how are you good Kelly. Good I'm just you know just because of the 9 11 the tragedy of it was absolutely shocking I remember when I was 21 years old I was actually living in tell of a one of my ex partners and that night I saw that live so I thought when the first plane hit the tower and watching it live on TV and there was so much

1:18:33confusion around the whole event what was going on and things like that and then when the and I saw when the second plane went into the second tower and I look watching the people jump off the windows I never never forgot that night I was in tears I was crying I felt for the people know so young and so yeah it was just the shocking thing to watch or live on TV but I'm yellow so quite late that night just watching it all unfold. Yeah look I never forget it. It was one of the things you can't forget and as I said I was in my was in 30s that's I was 33 or most 34 and as I said due to travel to the US shortly afterwards which I still did but I just I just couldn't believe it I saw all the things you saw on the TV and again at that stage we didn't know exactly what had happened was an accident was a terrorism was an act of war and it took quite a while to work all that out but you did know that the world was going to be a lot of things that I was going to do. You did know that the world had changed and not in a good way.

1:19:35He said I was now with David Armstrong David morning good morning the news at 11 I've got a good day for it don't know the pictures look absolutely magnificent let's say I was pouring with rain which I could have done I mean they do play football and all with a sport but I mean it wouldn't be as good would it. No it does look magnificent the pictures and I imagine what it must be like other semiconductors in this thing that someone someone else from 38 W's decided to go to the game. So we've got I'll tell you who's there. So same again this is their working. Eddie Summerfield your colleague has taken the day off and Richard Stan's pretty who used to do a segment called the pub test. Yes. And now he runs our podcasting division. It's a critical part of the station. He's just back from Pretendie live a few days ago. He's having a day off to go and watch this today. So what if I need to go to podcasting today to discuss today is not the day David. Well it does look absolutely magnificent 100,000 plus I would venture because it does look. Yeah, it looks absolutely packed.

1:20:36And those pictures are going back to the United States. They do it with a certain pomp and ceremony. Don't they the Americans there are Marines there. Star Spangled Banner. Yeah. It's a bit of a bloodthirsty anthem. I heard them pumping out just before I came. It's a Warsaw. It's bombs bursting in air. So it's the French anthem. I mean, that's the same. So ours is does not do that. It's a pity in some ways. Cup As is more of a geographic type. Listen is good by see. Good by see. And well, that is there at 11 o'clock. A magistrate says Victoria has become the Wild West magistrate Brett Sonnet made these comments when he was dealing with an 18 year old woman who was facing some serious assault charges and she sought bail. He told the courteat justice system needs to be completely and utterly revised. He said because of the law, his hands were tied. Well, this is good that magistrates are starting to say this because you brought us the story early. It's like that that car jack on the side of the road who dumped the seven month old baby out. I mean, he was on bail. So at the time Australians living with the top of modern euro and disease close to all of our hearts

1:21:40will soon have access to a new cheaper treatment. It's called Cal South. The it's going on the PBS. It helps slow the progression of the disease and at the US Open tennis women semi final day over there. All the four top seeds are through all of that at 11. It's just on the US Open tennis. Did you see that a men's game finished at half past three in the morning? I know. And there were now calls to change the the scoring of tennis. So I think no, Vick Jokovich has said maybe sit down. He got a four games, not six. And maybe we get rid of the advantage of all the juice. So if you get to juice, just next next point wins. Yes. And that would shorten the game. That makes a few. Does it? Those three. There it is. It's like that. He was open. It was right. We will do they stop at about 11 and a game just restarts the next day. But we just keep playing until the bitter end. A degree of decency. I think British. That's all there at 11. Thank you David. David Armstrong. What about three six nine three more calls your memories of nine 11? I want to look at brands that have lost their way. I read last night that Nike in the last five years has lost 80% of its value on the American stock market.

1:22:44And also the big game of the Gs about to start the Los Angeles Rams against the San Francisco 49ers. It's what we call a derby two teams from California. All that's coming up at 25 to 11. Twenty one to 11 time to take a look at an on deck, unsecured lightning loan for fast moving small businesses go to on deck. I've got a calm dot of you. I want to talk at a moment about brands that lose their way up having worked many years ago in the fashion industry. It's extraordinarily tough because you can have a good season or a few years. We sort of are on top of what people want. And then you can mark it up because trying to predict in advance the colors and the styles and that sort of thing is really hard. By the way, the big game at the MCJ has started. It's only a minute or so old. No score yet. Mick, good morning. Tell me how you today. Yeah, good. Yeah, Tom, I was we were in New York when when three months before it happened enough. I went up there one of the towns because the other one. You can't only go up to one, you know, the other one had tells.

1:23:49And when I come home and I got home from work around about midday and I saw it all happening. I just I look way the hair behind my neck. We just stood up, you know, it was unbelievable. Yeah, well, Mick, there are some amazing survival stories like. You know, there was people who were due to be on the planes and who missed their flight. There was a guy who was first to go to a meeting in one of the towns and he was late. And therefore missed it and very thankfully did. But then of course there were over 3000 people that lost their lives. Well, thank you, Mick. We'll go back to more calls on this shortly. But I do want to talk about brands that have lost their way. I read this last night, but Nike, which is listed on the, I think it's the New York Stock Exchange. In the last five years has lost 80% of its value. Now, Nike pretty much invented the modern day running ship back in the early 1970s. And they've got the famous swish logo. And we're leaving the brand. I mean, growing up, we'll we'll say Nike in Australia.

1:24:49But apparently it's Nike. Although in the original Greek, I think it'd be Nicar. Anyway, other brands, Coke in the 80s, got it wrong with new Coke. People wanted the old Coke back. The new one tasted a bit different. Lulu Lemon, which an old friend of mine ran here in Australia for a while. They were the Athlesia brand for quite a few years. A peter of four of them away now. Esprit. And I hadn't even able before from a listener Tony who put it out that Jaguar, the car brand last year, had that ridiculous ad that had people wearing strange colors in this. It didn't feature any cars. And in fact, Jaguar doesn't even have any new cars at the moment. So it's sort of a car brand without cars. Brands that lose their way, an X-Kest consumer expert and associate professor at Griffith University. Graham Hughes, good morning. Good morning. Well, I don't know how much you know about Nike. But some people say they've lost sight of making shoes which are actually good to running. And they're worried more about colors and association with celebrities and that sort of thing.

1:25:51Do you think that's right? Look, I think that the whole Nike position is a really interesting one. And it's a wonderful case day to actually look at. Essentially what happened with Nike is they went, tried to go direct to consumer and cut out the middlemen, so to speak. So those relationships with a lot of those stores were something that they didn't, were investing as heavily into. And of course, those stores needed stock. So he had new up-and-coming like Hoker and on cloud, which stepped into that space and retailers just need to sell products. And unfortunately, Nike messed out. It's interesting because friend of mine, he does, you know, marathons and Iron Man triathlons. He swears by hocker or hocus shoes. He says that they are absolutely the best things to run in. And I think Roger Federer, the X10 player, he invested in the, is it O-N, that other brand that you mentioned? Correct. Yes. So it's, I mean, with choice, I mean us as consumers, we go into store and yes, there's some brand loyalty.

1:26:58But of course, there's a number of different things that come into the mix, you know, when you're going to try a new running shoe. So we've got more access than ever before. There's new ways of manufacturing. And so we're getting market, product to market faster than we ever have. And because Nike is sort of stepped out of the position in some of those stores, there was an opportunity there and some of those other brands have certainly come in and filled that void. Yeah. And look, I worked for Ratthrow for four years at their country road in the mid-90s. And I've ever been about 1994, you know, the brand, which has always been very conservative and, you know, appealing to women of a certain age and sticking with Navy and Black and Grey and that sort of thing. Suddenly, the women's wear range, everything was lime green and bright orange, like a highlight pack. And, you know, none of the country road customers wanted to wear those colors. And in fact, and we had massive amounts of unsolved inventory.

1:27:58We just couldn't give it away. We got it wrong one year and it cost us, I think, tens of millions of dollars in lost profits. Absolutely. And that's the struggle. I mean, for many businesses, do they continue that journey with that demographic as they age and mature in their lives? Or do they continue to reinvent themselves in the zones that they were originally known for? And it's this difficult struggle to know, you know, what you should do because you're going to end up upsetting. Those loyal customers have shopped with you for 10, 20, 30 years. But of course, over time, they spend less and they unfortunately then do move on. And you've got the new who are becoming generations who have, you know, larger disposable incomes. And you want to cap into that. So there's a difficult balancing act that many businesses have to go through. Yeah, I think it's time. Graham Hughes, their consumer expert from Griffith, Uni.

1:28:59And there's another one. I mean, again, growing up in the 80s as I did, the Australian surfwear brands were a sentence, you know, quick silver, rip cool and bill a ball. And they did really well for a while overseas. But what happened over the next 30 years is that the next generation didn't want to wear the same gear that their dads wore. And it was mainly their dads back then. So, you know, they still appeared, appealed to guys in their 40s and 50s. But younger guys in their 20s didn't want to be seen in the same stuff. But double three, six, nine, three mornings at threeaw.com.au. The San Francisco 49ers are on the offensive as we speak. Live at the MCG. Right now, it's 14 to 11. It is 11 to 11 San Francisco who are the underdogs in this game against the LA Rams. They're right on like the one yard line and trying to score a touch turn didn't make it that time. Anyway, only NFL jumpers. I'm insisting the LA Rams jumpers which are blue with a bit of yellow. And of course, the 49ers jumpers which are red with a bit of white.

1:29:59It's like watching West Coast play the Sydney swarms. It's a good point. Like those two amazing grand finals 20 years ago. And on brands that stumbled, Michael says one of the biggest reasons Nike is to climb the USA. They pulled their products from partners like Footlocker to sell things in their own shops. And that means Footlocker is now stocking rivals like Hocker and New Balance. One double three, six, nine, three. Whether now for Roth, you've nearly 20% off Lounge Sweets sale as on now. 20% off Lazy Boy, IMG and Australian made Lounge Sweets. It's still 14 degrees. So it's a sunny day outside. Forecast top is just 16. Lea's good morning. Morning, Tom. Go ahead, Lea's. Can you... Can you hear me? I can't. Yeah, I was just ringing about leisure shoes. I had a fake problem about 10 years ago.

1:30:59And I went to a foot specialist and he recommended Brooks shoes. You know, it's funny, Liz. I had a similar thing. I had plenty of fancy artists in my left foot. And my... Well, I put it off the stuff into it, said the same thing. Where Brooks and I bought a couple of pairs and more than for about a year. And the plantar, fessiartis went away. Well, I'm in the same boat. I've got plant, I had plantar, fessiartis. Now I've only bought Brooks for the last 10 years. Okay. Well, if it works, good on you. And when I used to run it, for some reason it was always Essex. They were really big at the time. And as I said before, Essex is bigger in Australia than it is in South America. It's not a big brand in the States. Peter, hello. Sorry, Tom, I've never bought North Face equipment, gears, tuitions or anything after Dan Andrews. And WordPress conference during COVID. Yes, Peter, I know quite a few people like you and I feel the same.

1:32:02I think initially North Face was quite pleased that the premier kept wearing his puffer. The vest was not like a puffer vest, a black one. Yes it was. And then when we got a bit sick of the lockdowns and the daily press conferences, I think it worked against them. I might add it's not North Face's fault. I mean, I don't think they were supplying the vest or the jackets to Daniel Andrews. But yes, I tend to associate a black North Face puffer jacket with Daniel Andrews and lockdowns. What about three, six, nine, three? Ronda, hello. Hello, how are you? Good, Ronda. I'm just my son in law rang me late on the night of the, when the planes went into the building. The 911 attacks here. Yes, you said you've got the TV on and said, no, you said, well, you're the only person that's up late enough for me to ring. Oh, why? So I turned it on and it was just absolutely incredible to think that, you know, a plane ready.

1:33:04And I saw the second plane going plus, you know, people falling out of windows and all. Yeah, it was horrendous. I know. And as I mentioned before, the first, when the first plane hit the tower, I just assumed it must be a terrible accident. But when the second plane hit the other tower, you realized it was no accident. Thank you, Ronda. San Francisco did not get a touchdown, but they have scored a field goal against the Los Angeles Rams. That means it's three points to nothing. Peter, hello. I'm how are you? Good, Peter. Yeah, but plane tennis for a long, long time. I've got a couple of Achilles injuries and my daughter's a podiatrist and when she sent me to her surgeon, he recommended that I wear Brooks. Yeah, we've had a couple of calls about Brooks and the podiatrist that we visited if we have a foot issue. She said Brooks as well. So what is it about them? I'll tell you what, they're really comfortable. It's like you're walking on air. They're fantastic.

1:34:05Yeah, so do you wear them just to exercise or do you wear them just to walk around in or what? I wear them at work. Well, I'm not playing tennis at the moment because I've got a bit of Achilles issues on my wife's foot. I'm going to get a special orthotics put in there and then I'll be wearing good Brooks tennis runners. Hopefully I'll get back onto the tennis court maybe next season. You know, the calf and Achilles injuries, Peter, they call old man injuries. Yeah, it's time, but I've been playing tennis for a long, long time and being a good old strong Italian boy, I get through the pain quite easily at times, but not all the time. I'm sure you're doing great. Good on you, Peter. Thank you. Jean, hello. I'll bring up about the tale with two. I'd been watching a footage show on the table. I'm sure Jared Healy was honest and I'm master for in the sleigh, fast towards. And when I woke up, I thought, ah, through Twitter smooth and I couldn't stand those.

1:35:11And then I realized it was, you know, happening. This was real. Yeah. Well, you're right. I mean, September of back then, 2000, I mean, we would have been in football finals. The full show would have been on and yeah, maybe Jared Healy was on it, but it wasn't a movie. So many people thought it was real. Jean, thank you at five to 11. It is almost 11 o'clock. The news with David Armstrong coming up at a moment. After the news, it is late on a Friday morning. It's been a busy show today, but of course, given it is late on a Friday morning, ask us anything. Anything at all, as always, the quirkier your question, the better. We've got the brains trust in today. We've got Jess. We've got Michael. We've got Zach. We've got Brianna. We've got me. And we've got all of you. 1-3-6-3. Ask us anything coming up straight after 11 o'clock news. Also, some of the week in a sort of connected to mushroom killer Aaron Patterson, and a band on children doing cartwheels in the school yard.

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1:37:141-3-6-9-3. Alright, you know the drill. Ask us anything. It's on right now. Always very popular segment this one. So give us a call. 1-3-6-9-3. Have a little chat with Jess and we'll put you straight up. Remember the quicker you question the better. There's something you've always wondered. Like, Professor Julia Summ Miller used to say, why is it so? That's what ask us anything is all about. I'll have a crack. We've got other people here who might be able to answer questions. And if you're listening and you know the answer to a question, also don't hesitate to give us a call. This is Ask Us Anything. 1-3-6-9-3. Let's get stuck in. Steve, good morning. Good morning. Good show. Thank you. I'm interested to know why 3AW has stayed as an AM station.

1:38:14I have a all the car. I only had AM and FM. And the interference on AM with 3AW is horrendous around the streets. It's like, it is. It's like, it's in the tram. It looks Steve, it's a good question. I'll give you an I've asked it in here. So we are gradually making a transition to what we call digital radio, where we really want people to listen via the app. And with modern cars, you know, you can have a car play around for an auto. Probably not with your car, because you should have resolved. And what that means is, you know, you get no interference, because it's based on the mobile phone signal, not on AM or FM. Now, the reason we persist is, well, A, I mean, that's our licence. Metropolism AM. And one of the reasons we can't broadcast at a higher power to burn through the interferences we're not allowed to, we don't have a statewide licence like the ABC does. We're only supposed to be heard in greater Melbourne.

1:39:16So that's point one. Point two, you're right. A lot of cars, particularly European cars, don't even come with AM radios anymore. We also broadcast on digital. So again, if you have a modern car, even if it doesn't have an AM radio, it will have digital. And you can hear us on digital. And digital is interference free. The app is interference free. And about 40% of people listen via those things. And over time, we expect that to go up. So we'll stick with AM broadcasting for a few years, a few more. This is what I've been told. But eventually it becomes digital. And the difference between AM and FM basically collapses. The other issue is to buy an FM licence is very expensive. And there's really not not any for sale right now. Thank you, Steve. But you are right. AM is badly affected for reasons. I don't understand biological currents. And Melbourne having, well, having tram lines everywhere. That makes it particularly bad. Tom, hello. Morning, Tom. Go ahead. I'm riding my ride on the road on the grass.

1:40:21Like, and I'm on my phone. Is that an illegal offense? So you're not actually on the road? No, on the edge of the road, if you like, on the on the notes of the strip. Without knowing 100%. My guess is if you're on the edge of the road, you'd be held to be on a public carriageway. And that means you shouldn't be using your phone. But I question with you really allowed to ride a ride on more, because it wouldn't be registered, would it? No, it's not that I've got a chance for between two properties. Yeah. It's interesting one. There's a place I've been to where there's a golf course with several streets around it. And people in golf carts are allowed to sort of ride on the road. And I've seen them using their phones. My guess is you probably shouldn't do it, Tom. So that would be my inclination. I just put the phone away when you're transferring between properties. Thank you. 1.336.3. Mornings at 3aw.com.au.

1:41:21This is Ask Us Anything. Graham. Hello. Good day, mate. With the what's going on at the MCG today, what would have happened if Hawthorne had a loss last week? Where would have Jolong and Hawthorne played tonight? That's a very good question. I think the A.F.L. has been extraordinarily lucky because both the qualifying finals, as you know, are interstate. We're going to have these games for the next two years. And it's going to be a problem. They reckon they can turn it around in 12 hours, I think. But that wouldn't be enough. So if the games like this one on a Friday, and we're going to play a game Friday night, Eric and it might have to be played at Marvel Stadium. Would that be enough room for the crowd? No, it wouldn't be. There's Marvel Halls, I think, 56, 57,000 when it's packed, and clearly, you know, almost any final will attract a bit. And Melbourne will attract a bigger crowd than that. So yeah, it's a good point, Graham. I think the other thing they're going to try and do next year,

1:42:22I read this summary. It's have the NFL game on a Thursday, not on a Friday. And that apparently will give them just enough time. So if the game finishes mid after the not on a Thursday, that will give them just enough time to turn it back into an A.F.L. because what they do is they're not just going to rub out the paint. They can actually lift up the grass, take it out, and put in fresh grass. It's all on these sort of, it's woven into these, these pallets, they're not pallets, but they're sort of like lattices. Anyway, I'm told, it was a good question, Graham. I'll try and find out. But this year, it's worked out very well for the A.F.L. because tonight's game and tomorrow's game are both played into state. What about three, six, nine, three? Mornings at 3aw.com.au. Jim, hello. Good evening, Tom. There's some very annoying ads on TV for Travago. And the latest ones over the last few months are either a pool scene in a resort or a beach scene in a resort. And my whole life pointed out the other day that everybody, including the guys bobbing around on their floaties in the pool, are fully dressed.

1:43:22They've got shirts, they've got shorts. And everyone in the background at the pool on the beach is fully dressed. We just wanted you to, if Travago is a very conservative organisation. Well, maybe this is a group of Australians, you'll have middle-aged men in Budgie Smugglers, which is not always the best looking sight in the world. But that's what happens, isn't it? Exactly. These guys have all got American accents. And we might be from Salt Lake City, who knows? Yes, Utah. Run by the Mormons. Maybe it's a global ad, Jim. And the dress code is conservative because, you know, it will be shown in countries that are a lot more conservative than Australia. But you are right. I mean, if you were to go to Bondi Beach in the middle of summer, people atop those people are wearing G-strings, all that sort of thing. Look, keep listening. After the 1130 News headlines, John Araglass says not with us this week, but I want to talk about things that are now socially acceptable, but perhaps shouldn't be. So for example, like I have a friend who's in his early 60s,

1:44:24the only shoes he wears are Crocs. Here's every color of Crocs that's ever been invented. That's all he wears. Now, in the old days, people would have laughed. Now, that's sort of seen as normal. Ross Stevenson wears Crocs to work. I wear shorts to work every day. And in the old days, that was, you know, unless you were a schoolboy, that was considered unacceptable. But now it's all right. One of the three, six, nine, three. Paul, hello. Get a tom. I'd like to know if rideshare drivers are exempt from clearway and no standing rules. And if not, why is it not policed? It's a good question. No, they're not exempt. I mean, there are some streets like, if you go to Smith Street on the Fitzroy side, there are a couple of taxi zones, which I think a rideshare driver can use, but you know, you and I can't go and park in them. But no, if it's a clearway, I mean, anybody who stops in the clearway is guilty of an offense, but yeah, we don't police it enough. I mean, I mean, redrive, for example, heading eastbound at five o'clock this afternoon

1:45:26is a clearway. But yes, I agree. I've seen rideshare drivers stop, and that is, I would have thought illegal. One double three, six, nine, three. Mornings at 3aw.com.au. More ask us anything in a moment. Song of the Week, not far away. And it's a classic from way back in 1969. Right now, it's 16 past 11. It is 20 past 11. This is Ask Us Anything. Anything at all. We always do this later on Friday morning. A favorite time of the week. I love Ask Us Anything. One double three, six, nine, three. Mornings at 3aw.com.au. Alex is next. Alex, go ahead. Hey Tom, my question is, why is it such a long, like wait list to be an MC team member? Why is it so? Yeah, it's good question. So, oh god, I was 20 or 30 years ago now. It used to be only open to men, and obviously realized that you couldn't go to the 21st century with that. So, they opened it up to women,

1:46:26and that, of course, doubled the potential pool of members out there. It's incredibly popular. You know, it is really good value now, although it's weird to date. For a lot of events, you know, cricket and footy in that. If you're an MCC full member, you can just turn up. Like, I've had a full member for quite a while. You can turn up on grandfather and father and property. You won't get a seat necessarily, but you can go to a bar and feel that you're part of the game. MCC members can't go to this good on-game today, but they did have priority access to tickets. It's just a good membership, Alex, and I can tell you, the waiting list now, if you sign up someone now, it takes about 20 years. Are you on the list, Alex? No, I've done the father-in-law says that when I'm at football and playing cricket every next year, you guys are going to get the membership, and then he says that the waiting list is on my back, that's the actual problem. Well, the only thing is I was put down when I was just, I think, three or four years old. The problem was I got him when I was about 20, and I couldn't afford the subscription,

1:47:27like it seemed very expensive, so it's a wonderful club to be a member of Alex because it just gives you access. They have a ballot for the grand final each year, so I've been to a few grand finales. Probably one year out of three, you'll get a ticket. If you like going to the footy, particularly if you're barrack for one of the big Melbourne clubs that might be like my club, Carlton, that's official home gamers or home grounders is Marvel, but again, it's Colin Wood against Richmond against Essen, that's always played at the MCG. I mean, you can get in and say it, where you might not otherwise be able to do that. What about three, six, nine, three? Claire, hello. Hello. I want to know what happens to the DNA of the donor when he gives it to a patient. Does he DNA change or does the patient's DNA change his? It's a really good question. I've never thought of that. I mean, I do know that you have to have blood from the same blood type,

1:48:28and there is one type of blood. I think it's type O, which is considered universal donor. I might have that wrong. Well, I think it's that. But yes, the blood from the donor would have the donor's DNA in it. I'll get to advice, then, Claire. I've never thought about it. But I don't think clearly it works because otherwise blood donation wouldn't work, and blood donation is vital. But yeah, what happens to the other person's DNA in the blood? Does that interfere with your DNA if you get a blood transfusion? We'll find out. Tony, hello. I guess I might just sort of, something come up about the NFL footballer. And it's saying he might have to pay $960,000 in taxes due to the game being in Australia. Yes, it is possible. So they, some jurisdictions, levy taxes, like if you're a Taylor Swift, for example, and you do, you know, as she did three years ago, massive performance, and then hundreds of millions of dollars, you can be slugged with Australian income tax. But I think with Taylor Swift,

1:49:28it all goes sort of via a company and stuff. But yes, there have been situations where if you come here, and then money is an individual like one of those players earning his money, they can be briefly taxed into it in Australia. One of the three six, nine, three mornings at threeaw.com. And we've just had a quick look about the question earlier about what happens to the donor's DNA when blood is donated. We had told off here that the donated DNA is largely removed or broken down during the blood processing, and any lift over traces in a recipient's body disappear within days. So there you go. Another Tony joins us here at the Festival of Tony's. Good morning. Go ahead, Tony. Good day, Tom, how are you? Good, thank you. My question is, when you go for a CT scan

1:50:28and you get the sensation of urinating, what causes that? I've had a CT scan. I've never felt like I needed to do a wee while I was doing it. So have you had one recently? I've had one just this week, and you get a sensation of urinating. Right, okay. Never known that. Tony, I will look into it. One of the three six, nine, three at 25 past 11. On threeaw mornings, it's time for Song of the Week. Time between two lovers. My child, my child man. Would you hold it against me? I don't know what to say. Total eclipse of the heart for something blinded. Yeah. Yeah, I'm terrible at singing as well, Tom. Now, I want to draw together a couple of issues that we discussed earlier this week. The first was, apparently, because of pressure from parents,

1:51:28parents are sort of telling teachers about their dear children playing dangerous games in the school yard in case they get injured. So monkey bars, bands, cartwheels, very popular amongst young girls, band. I find this extraordinary, but schools don't want to be sued these days. And then we have that revelation also early in the week that's mushroom killer Erin Patterson, while she is in jail. She's being given taxpayer-funded or subsidised weight loss drugs, like ozempic. All this takes us neatly to 1969. When I won Hit Wonder, a pop rock duo called Zager and Evans, wrote a song about the dangers of technology and of technology taking over from human activities. The song, of course, was, in the year 25-25. In the year 25-25,

1:52:30if man is still alive, if woman can survive, they may fall. In the year 25-25, he's gonna need to tell a truth, tell her lies. Everything you think you and say is in the field you took today. In the year 45-45, he's gonna need your people, won't need your eyes. You won't find a thing to choose. Nobody's gonna look at you. In the year 55-25, your arms hanging limp at your side. Your legs got nothing to do,

1:53:33some machine doing that for you. In the year 65-65, they're gonna need no husband, won't need no wife. You'll pick your son, pick your daughter to do. From the bottom of a long life to wall. In the year 75-25, if God's a common, he ought to make it 5-10. Maybe he'll look around himself and say, guess his time for the judgment day. In the year 85-10, God is gonna shake his mind with it. He needs to say, I'm pleased where man has been. Or tear it down and start a scheme wall.

1:54:35In the year 95-95, I'm gonna wonder if man is gonna be alive. He's taken everything his older can give. And he ain't put back nothing wall wall. Now it's been 10,000 years. Man has cried a billion tears. For what he never knew. Now man's reign is true. But through eternal night, the twinkling of starlight, so very far away, maybe it's only yesterday. In the year 25-25, if man is still alive, if one person can survive when they fall. In the year 35-

1:55:35I remember when I first came out, it was only two years old. It was a song about the risks of technology. Some of the lines in that you don't need food anymore. You don't do any exercise. You just have your arms and your legs by your sides. And it just made me think of this debate we had earlier in the week. It should be paid for Aaron Patterson's weight loss pills while she's in prison. And kids were being banned from doing cartwheels and using the monkey bars because it's too dangerous. In the year 25-25, number one in America, number two in Australia, July 12, 1969, and it was by American pop rock duo, Zaga and Evans. And that was their only big hit. David Armstrong joins us now for the news headlines. David, good morning. That also speaks to that guy from Anthropic who suggested that AI... It's going to stay away with us. Yeah, they'll be fed up with Mr. Human. I actually didn't want to talk about that yesterday because it actually upsets me.

1:56:35It worries me that you're growing up watching the Terminator and stuff. And that was just fiction and something that's becoming real. Exactly. We wasn't yet a few letters after this. I mean, you were to be talking about... I'm sorry. This NFL game is underway. Interesting commentary from MCC Boss Stewart Fox beforehand. They've had to totally transform the MCG. All of the signage and advertising that refers to Australian companies has had to be... At all gone, they're put in so many new bits and pieces. They have to turn that around after the game and have it ready to go for a potential Saturday night AFL game. Now, there isn't a game at the MCG this weekend. Stewart Fox actually said, I actually kind of wish Hawthorne had lost so that we could test it out. Hawthorne Jolong at the MCG Saturday night. I think this is the first of three games. And in the future, you know, chances are there will be a Melbourne-based semi-final. So we're going to have to do the world's quickest turnaround. Well, they are doing it, even though they don't have to.

1:57:36Ah, for practice. They are going to do it in practice and prove that they can turn the MCG back into its beloved home of football. When I lived in Canada a long time ago, the Toronto Sky Dome actually does this electronically. They could go from baseball field to, really they have Canadian football. It's very similar to American football, but it's different. But they could just literally press a button and the whole ground reorganises itself. The problem is while I was there, they played a demonstration game of Australian rules football. I think it was North Melbourne versus Sydney. And I actually wrote an article for the local paper trying to explain what it all means. But the surface was astroturf. And then in the AFL, well, there were still AFL players around that. By half time they had grazes and everything because they just bring their normal shorts and things. And no one had told them, look, this is like, it's like a tennis court basically. It is an unforgiving surface astroturf. An investigation underway following the death of a cancer patient, another cancer patient's terminal. This is at Mildura Base Hospital.

1:58:36They filed a triage 150 critical patient referrals because all the documentation was on paper. And they were left sitting in cardboard boxes for up to 16 months. It's a hospital that still operates on pen and paper, not computerised. Well, I was at a cafe the other day and a tradeee I guess in these 50s was holding a $50 note out to pay for a couple coffees. And the young ladies operating the cafe, it looked like they'd never seen cash before. What is that? What do we do with it? How do you work out the change? It's still there. And so many stories today about the 25th anniversary of 9-11. I did not realise new technology still being used to formally identify victims. 3,000 people died in the attack on the World Trade Center. More than 1,000 are still yet to be identified. I believe they're using the same DNA technology that they use in World War I battlefield. So they dig up bits of DNA, which is 110 years old now, and link it to descendants of who they think the soldiers might be.

1:59:37And they can decide, yes, this must be this soldier because your great-great-grandson has some of the same DNA. That is all there and I use it midday. Thank you, David. One of the three 603 mornings at 3aw.com.au. In a moment, John O'Rourke last sov is away, but I want to have a look at things that are now socially acceptable that didn't use to be. So for example, fashion has got very casual, like I wear shorts to work every day. That simply would not have been allowed back in the day. I have a friend in his 60s, a successful businessman. He wears crocs. They, in fact, are the only shoes he owns. He has every colour that you could think of. That's all he wears. A woman was very surprised to be kicked out of the quantest passenger lounge because she was wearing ugboots. In fact, she was not even, she was denied access. She said it's perfectly normal to wear ugboats out and about these days. They're not just slippers, they're regular shoes. Things that are now socially acceptable that didn't use to be. 1.336.93 mornings at 3aw.com.au

2:00:39And at the MCG, the rounds are taken to lead. They did score a touchdown. Seven points to three. 22 to 12 in a moment. Things that didn't used to be socially acceptable, but now are 1.336.93. First though, Trevor, good morning. What's happened? Yeah, Tom, I was amazed. I was in Fitzgerald's going to the Fitzgerald market to get some oysters. And I thought, well, on this part of the wood doll going to the police station there and and issue that's been going on and now a street that just doesn't seem to go away. And I couldn't believe it. It doesn't open until 2, 15 or something like that and closes at 5. And notice on the door, see if you need counter assistance, a made stone or a toner. That's a bit of a lot. Half an hour. I'm between both of them. And we've also had the Williams town police station's closed for all. It's been closed for all. It's open, but wouldn't say, but I've seen police cars come out of there.

2:01:42And the, uh, the North one has been closed for, uh, an hour long now. Well, Trevor, this is interesting because the, the premier being carol city wants police stations to be open. And yet early on of the week, we found out that four inner city police stations, like one in Fitzgerald, one in Collingwood, they're opening the sense the police go to and from there, but they're not open to the public. So the idea is the police are out and about doing things, you know, patrolling or whatever. But yes, I find it odd. I think being able to turn up and report something to your local police station is, uh, something you rely upon, something that makes you feel better about life, safer. And yet it's happening less and less. Trevor, thank you. We'll chase that up and you can find yourself at the end of the program today in the running for the yearly word of the street price. $60,000 towards the Mercedes of your choice. Thanks to our great friends at Mercedes, Ben's Brighton. Now, on mornings, this is not the news of the week with Tom Allias. For our friends at Hoitz, Herbs and Spices, a 100% Australian family owned company.

2:02:48We can't have fell up data, 20 to 12. The 49ers are just good at touchdown. They converted it. It's now 10 points. San Francisco, seven points, LA ramp. I've got to say, the MCG looks fabulous. The crowd is massive. The weather is obviously good for the apparently there's 20 million Americans watching this game. And they, they I think, will like what they see. Okay, things that used to be socially acceptable, or sorry, used to not be socially acceptable, but now are a woman called Cassidy Gator was wearing it's a new type of ugbo. It's sort of not really a boot. It's like an ugs sleeper. And they're very popular amongst teenage girls. I know because I've got one in my house as you know teenage girl and she wears them. She was denied entry to a corner slounge because they said, no, that ugs sleeper is an item. It's like sleepwear like pajamas. You can't wear it in here. And she's like, no, no, no, these are my shoes. And yet I think quite us have got it wrong because these sort of ugs sleeper boot things are pretty normal. You see them absolutely everywhere. Now there's other things.

2:03:48I mean, I like to wear shorts. I just do. And I wear them to work every day. It would not have been tolerated back in the old days. I mean, you just you just you could not turn up to work wearing shorts. I mean, casual Friday meant that maybe you might wear an open neck shirt and not a tie. But otherwise you wore long pants. Well, shorts are a big thing. Ross Stevenson wears crocs not every day but many days to work. The idea that you would wear sort of plastic sandals to work. Again, was a big no-no when I was growing up. Now it is normal. What about the way people eat? Now, my mother was a stickler for manners. It's table manners. No elbows on the table. You know, and you cut up your food. You only put a certain amount on the fork that you can eat in one mouthful. And I remember when we were young, we had some visiting Americans who stayed with us. And Americans eat a different way. They sort of chop up their food. And they put the fork in their other hand, usually in their right hand, as opposed to the left hand. And they sort of eat it in bits off the fork like that.

2:04:49And as kids, we were told you weren't allowed to do that. And we said we didn't understand why these American visitors who were adults, were allowed to eat that way. Well, again, if you look at the way modern day Australians eat, we eat like Americans. I think it's a bad thing. One of the three six time three mornings at 3aw.com.au, what about mobile phone etiquette? You know, all those phone conversations were supposed to be private affairs. You know, before we had mobile phones, you had to go into a phone booth. You closed the door. People couldn't hear what you were talking about. Now, you know, on transport, public transport. You know, people, not only do they have their phones, they're sorry, have their conversations quite public. They put the phone on speaker mode. So everybody else could hear what they're talking about as well. That just never would have happened back in the old days. One of the three six time three. And I was told recently that as a middle-aged man, well, I'm a late middle-aged man, you shouldn't wear either a football jumper or a hoodie out and about. And you'd eyewear both. So I'm guilty here.

2:05:49Things that didn't used to be socially acceptable, but now are. Now, I could see about great friends at Hoitz Food. We have a $200 a handful, packed full of Hoitz herbs, spices, and pickle vegetables. Hoitz, changing the mood of food and their products were available at all good supermarkets. That's for the best corner between now and midday. Let's go to some calls. Joanne, hello. Hi. A few years. I was up there a few years ago. My girlfriend comes to visit. And we went to a service fan. She liked businessmen's lunch on a Friday, you know, Friday. And I booked in and I thought, oh, this will be nice. It will be a bit classy. So we both got dressed. She had a beautiful pants suit on that she would have spent a lot of money on. And it had three quarter-length, I would call it the Moodest Oil Pants. And a matching jacket. A bit like a safari suit sort of thing. Oh, fantastic. Which she was denied access because they did not possess.

2:06:51You couldn't go in a lady unless she had a dress or a skirt or a pair of long trousers. And whereabouts was this? This was at the commercial club up in Aubrey. Really? It's funny, Joanne, because sometimes, you know, like I've fallen foul of this up in St. New South Wales. If you go to like an aerosol, which is a club, not a pub, if you were like Blanston boots, like work boots, they wouldn't let you in because they'd say those are work boots. You can't wear them in here. If you were a elastic cider birds like I wrote, Aryan Williams, that was fine. But because they blunced and written on them, they've deemed to be work boots. And I remember a friend of mine not getting into a local aerosol because he had work boots on. Alright, things that are not used to be not socially acceptable, but now are. One of the three six-dine three, pretty well calls ahead the $200 a half of pack full of hoarts, herbs, spices, and pickle vegetables to be given away at a quarter to 12. Things that didn't used to be socially acceptable, but now are. We'll take more calls to the moment.

2:07:51First, so whether for Games World, they offer board games, card games, and Australia's biggest range of jigsaws, find out more at GamesWorld.com.au. It is now 14 degrees, forecast, top remains 16. Matt, good morning. Good morning, Tom. I'm just running because I've noticed sort of late that when you're at a store and you're doing a transaction, when I go up, it was always polite to give someone a bit of personal space to complete their transaction and a bit of privacy between yourself and the shop attendant. But now I've found that people tend to come up right in the personal space and put things down on the counter right behind you. Yes, that's okay. And there's a similar thing, Matt. I mean, we don't use ATMs as much as we used to, but I still like to carry a bit of cash. I noticed that people want to stand right behind you. And I'm like, you know, like, I don't want you peaking at my pin number or my pin. And yet they do. So I sort of hide it with my hand. All right. People standing too close, oh, the police sang about that 40 years ago, and so close to me.

2:08:53Marty, hello. Good morning, Tom. I'm a lovely program. Thank you. Tom, look, I'm just reing to say that we seem to have lost the sense of occasion for when we dress. I'll just give an example. I was at my daughter's private school function the other night, and I had good casual clothes on. Okay. I like clothes. And the people would turn up in shorts and track suits and booties. And I think, yeah, what's happened? I mean, I was taught how to dress properly by many Alexander. So this was like a formal was it, where the girls wearing dresses and the boys wearing suits? Well, it was, it was an evening, a musical evening where the school had students playing violins, obos, drums, all of that. Well, Marty, what has happened? Not on Guilty Overed as well, but we are far more, or we dress far more casually than we used to.

2:09:56Some of it was COVID, because I mean, you're working from home, no one really cared. And I think that sort of those sloverly habits have carried over into the post-COVID society. It's funny, Marty, there's a place where I have lunch most days, just to cafe, but two doors up, there's a little gentleman's sort of outfit a shop, you know, it's all suits and overcoats and things. And honestly, I so really see customers now. They sell beautiful Italian clothes, it's all very nice. It's the sort of stuff that back in the day I probably would have worn, but now I don't. Things that used to not be socially acceptable, but now are a woman wearing UG slippers, it was actually denied entry to a quantum slasks, because they said those things sleepwear, and they are not allowed in here, and she was very surprised. Tom, hello. Yes, good morning, Tom. Many years ago, it was only a certain group of people that had them, but now everyone's got them, and that's tattoos. Yes, and you didn't see many women with tattoos back in the day, did you?

2:10:59Not at all, now everyone's got them. Yes, everyone. You are right. So in the old days, you're either a sailor, or maybe a biker, or you'd been in the military, and you might have a tattoo, but as you say, every second person has got them. Now, in fact, there's a booming business now, Tom, you'll be pleased to know, tattoo removal. We'll give you our prize, courtesy of Hoitzfurb. You'll be getting a $200 a handful of packed full of Hoitzfurb spices and big old vegetables, Hoitzfurb, hoitzfurb, change in the mood of food, and their products are available at all good supermarkets. Coming up after the midday news, the Friday edition of the Afternoons program, Tony Mochley, good morning. I hope Afternoons with me is socially acceptable. Well, it didn't used to be. No. But now, in these casual times, when we'll put up with just about anything. Sure, yeah, we'll leave it in a permissive age. I can't do it. Well, we do, I think God for that. One of the Jonas Brothers, Misty's flight. Whenever you missed a flight. What's your favourite Jonas Brothers song, Tom?

2:12:00Well, the only one I know, because we played a bit of it yesterday. It was the year 3000. I don't know. Can I just tell you, to the young people, it's like a retro band. Like it's an old person's band. And for us, it's a young person's band. Oh my God, they're so young. That's how young people say old. But also, I'm very indebted to two people. Hello, I'm only a friend, Chris Nicole, who let me stand on the balcony of their place near the MCG to photograph the flyover. Oh, yes, the Ospreys. Well, wonderful people they were. Did you think? I wonder about the Ospreys as a military aircraft. Because I worry that it's too complicated. That if it gets damaged and the engines can't tilt anymore, it'll struggle. Am I silly in saying that? No, no, you're not. But the US Marine Corps has persisted with them. And they've got an interesting safety record. Let's just say that. Interesting. But they're just seeing as in falling out of the sky. Interesting. Well, when they crash, they tend to take a lot of people with them. But no, the Marines love them.

2:13:01And they are the future. They have been around for about 25 years, just quietly. Sport with Sean Woody Woodwood. Friday lunch with Heidi Murphy. There'll be probably a week with Tony Leonard. Friday feature with George Deneakin. And we'll be back on 9-11 that happened 25 years ago. Mark Wahlberg missed his flight that day and would have been more. That's one of the planes that crashed in the World Trade Center. And they'll be streaming with Scott Phillips. Sounds like an action. No, that's not going to be my saying. Stream it's Scott Ellis. Scott must got some mixed up. I'll go in that note. Tony, I'm clear there. Glenn, hello. Yeah, hello, Tom. How are you? You're good, Glenn. Yeah, good. Apparently, Gay Waterhouse was training one of the Melbourne cup runners and went to go into the members of the, you know, Flamington and was refused entry because the gate man said that he was wearing shorts. And apparently in no uncertain terms, she told him that she was wearing collots. And they weren't short. Oh, yes. That's interesting. Well, well, can I tell you years ago in Los Angeles, Glenn, I met Terrence Stamp, the actor who was in Priscilla Quinn of the desert.

2:14:05But he was the boyfriend of Jean Trimpton at the 19, I think it was 66 or 67 Melbourne carp. And she wore a mini skirt. And that just caused chaos. People just couldn't believe that she was allowed into Flamington wearing such a short skirt. Very common these days. What about three, six, nine, three, eight, five to twelve? It is almost midday. That means he's using the moment with Jordan Tumberidge following that, of course, after he's starring at Tony Moe Claire. The weekly winner of the Street Prize winner is John Irranger's yesterday, saying the Cheltenham Golf Club had received a $60,000 grant through the suburban rail loop program. And Rosal, so rang us to say her bowls club in Glenn Waverly, got $70,000. It's all part of the suburban rail loop community projects fund. And we have reached out to the SRL to find out why this is happening. I don't have enough money to build the thing and get their handing money out to community groups. Anyway, what, John? You've got the weekly prize of $1,000 of our to spend at Imp Jewry, the handmade and remodeling specialist. And you're also automatically in the running for the yearly prize, 60 grand towards the merc of your choice.

2:15:05Thanks to Mercedes Benz Brighton, the size trusted experts in luxury moting. If your team is still in the finals, mine's not. I hope they win. I talk to you Monday, 830. Bye for now.