1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,720 S1: The Premier of South Australia with us, uh, Peter Malinauskas. 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:05,120 S1: We need to play this for Peter. 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:09,719 S2: He's got the power to win power too. Oh, come on, 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:11,360 S2: Port Adelaide. 5 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:13,680 S1: I can't believe he got into power being a Port 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:16,400 S1: Adelaide supporter. It's quite remarkable. Peter. Good morning. 7 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:21,479 S3: Well, look, sometimes you defy the odds, but hopefully the 8 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:22,800 S3: boys get up on Sunday night. 9 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:24,640 S1: How exciting is it, mate? Over there. 10 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,320 S3: Oh, you can feel the buzz. I could, because I 11 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,680 S3: think it. I've tried to work out what. Why? It 12 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:34,640 S3: all works as well as it does, I think because 13 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,519 S3: Adelaide isn't as big as Melbourne or Sydney or even Perth. 14 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,880 S3: When you have as many people descend on Adelaide that 15 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,400 S3: do for gather round. It's. It's infectious. You can just 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,360 S3: feel it in the air. And um, there's a lot 17 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,440 S3: of anticipation in the lead up to the weekend and 18 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,320 S3: the city's sort of slowly coming to life. 19 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:51,120 S1: Are you confident you're going to maintain it? 20 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:56,560 S3: Um, we are reasonably optimistic. Yes. I know there are 21 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:58,160 S3: a lot of other places that would love to host 22 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:00,880 S3: gather around, but I don't know anyone that would be 23 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,040 S3: able to do it as well as we can. Just 24 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,600 S3: for a range of strategic reasons, including the geography of 25 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,080 S3: the place. But I'm really excited to see as many 26 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,759 S3: people coming over from Western Australia this weekend as we, 27 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,160 S3: I think we've ever seen for Gather Around, not least 28 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,679 S3: of which because, you know, Freo's got the blockbuster scheduled 29 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:17,600 S3: in on Friday night. 30 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,360 S1: Yeah. And you were a major part of that. They 31 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:19,800 S1: tell us. 32 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:23,880 S3: No, that's true. Actually, the the AFL, they do engage 33 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,240 S3: with us in terms of the fixture for gather round. 34 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:28,640 S3: And while they get to determine it. We get to 35 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,920 S3: have an influence. And yeah, I was pretty plain about it. 36 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,920 S3: I think, you know, Western Australians, you know, it's always 37 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,200 S3: expensive for them to travel to Melbourne. Adelaide's just that 38 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,800 S3: little bit closer. Um and we want to grow the 39 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,560 S3: Western Australian market. And plus um you know throughout the 40 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,800 S3: second half of last year old playing as an exciting 41 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:49,240 S3: brand of footy as I've really, I can remember. And 42 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,840 S3: that's even been more true so far this year. So yeah, 43 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,880 S3: I was keen to see Freo get the Friday night 44 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,800 S3: slot against the pies rather than some of the other 45 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:59,800 S3: options they were talking about. And um, they heeded that 46 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:01,480 S3: request and I'm really excited about it. It's going to 47 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:02,840 S3: be an awesome game of footy. 48 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,080 S1: And it's just really sad that Gather Round will end 49 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,920 S1: on a downer for you because it's Port Adelaide playing 50 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:11,120 S1: Saint Kilda, and we're very confident that the Saints will 51 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,280 S1: win and you'll you'll be drinking your red and going, 52 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:14,080 S1: what happened? 53 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:19,720 S3: Well, well, it'll be a mid-strength beer and uh, I, 54 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,960 S3: I hope, I hope you're wrong. I think last year, 55 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:24,960 S3: you know, 12 months, a long time I'm fully I 56 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,120 S3: appreciate it, but last year port were underdog going into 57 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,720 S3: Hawthorn um on the Sunday night and we absolutely belted them. So. 58 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,119 S3: Right anything's possible. Let's just wait and see. 59 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,360 S1: Alright, well, good luck with it. Uh, if we do 60 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,600 S1: get gather around. You're welcome to come over here mate. 61 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,080 S3: I, I would look, I enjoy it that much. I 62 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,400 S3: probably would, but it's fair to say I'll be doing 63 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,200 S3: everything I can to make sure that doesn't happen. You 64 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:48,640 S3: guys did State of Origin well. 65 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:50,800 S1: Oh well that's good. Alright. Thanks, Peter. Good on you. 66 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:51,680 S1: Good luck with it. 67 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:52,160 S3: Thanks guys. 68 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,800 S1: Peter Malinauskas there, Premier of South Australia joining us.