Captain Richard de Crespigny AM, the pilot in command of Qantas Flight 32 when an Airbus A380 suffered an uncontrolled engine failure out of Singapore in 2010, joins Jeremy Cordeaux on this week's Court of Public Opinion to give his verdict on the shocking flydubai incident in which one pilot attacked another on the flight deck.

He walks through the chain of luck that saved everyone on board, from the cockpit door being opened to a passenger's headlock and a relief pilot pulling the 737 out of a high-speed dive, questions airline recruitment and screening, explains why the aircraft might never fly again, and talks about his new book on personal, corporate and national resilience.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 2 October 2026.

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Jeremy Cordeaux is back in the garage for The Court of Public Opinion as the Reserve Bank lines up a fourth rate rise this year. Unleaded is sitting around $2.40 a litre, diesel is tipped to hit $4 and there is no further excise relief coming. Jeremy says households are paying for policy choices on spending and net zero, and warns of a recession we didn't have to have.

Also on the show: the Prime Minister's “Citizen of the World” award and the cost of the UN trip, AI hacks and calls for a moratorium, the disability housing funds where investors lost tens of millions and no homes were built, a Queensland poll putting Pauline Hanson ahead as preferred PM, the MotoGP and parklands trees in the Federal Court, Don McLean still touring at 81, and what happened on this day in history.

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The complete live stream of The Court of Public Opinion with Jeremy Cordeaux AM, from around the dining room table on Friday 9 October 2026. Dr John Bruni on the 81 lost US warplanes and Russia's shadow war on Europe, Professor David Flint on Pauline Hanson's Swiss style reforms, mediator Jody Fitzgerald on Parliament's knives and feuding neighbours, Geoffrey Watson SC on the High Court and grey corruption, and John Ovenden with tech whiz Melanie Lewis on beating the scammers.

In this show
0:00:00 Jeremy Cordeaux opens the show
0:25:46 Dr John Bruni: The 81 Lost US Warplanes and Russia's Shadow War on Europe
1:01:40 Professor David Flint: Only Pauline Hanson's Swiss-Style Reforms Can Save Australia
1:35:03 Mediator Jody Fitzgerald on Parliament's Knives, Feuding Neighbours and the $100 Goat
2:07:14 Geoffrey Watson SC Fires Back at the High Court Critics and Exposes Grey Corruption
2:36:06 Don't Hit Unsubscribe! John Ovenden and Tech Whiz Melanie Lewis on Beating the Scammers

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This show aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 9 October 2026.

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Jeremy Cordeaux is back in the garage with Pete and Gary, opening with Australia's porridge cannoli taking best speciality dish at Scotland's Golden Spurtle, before asking why a "mid-year" budget review lands in December and whether it will carry any cost of living relief. With the football grand finals over, he argues the media has the sports rights business backwards: broadcasters pay billions to the codes when it is their coverage that fills the grandstands and attracts the sponsors. He recalls doing exactly that at 5DN, when the SANFL wanted $50,000 for the season and he offered to pay it, then charge the same for the coverage and promotion; both sides ended up doing it for nothing.

He salutes the people who went to court to try to save the trees in the Adelaide parklands, questions the call for a Royal Commission into AI at around $100 million when he says the technology exists to replace jobs, and welcomes the Liberals' immigration policy for putting Australia's needs first, returning to the almost one million people on unemployment support. He also touches on the failed execution in Tennessee, the climate talks in Fiji, and hazing at universities and in the military, which he says has to stop. Plus this day in history from the microwave oven, Paul Hogan and John Lennon's Imagine to Sergeant York and Sir John Monash.

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Senator Alex Antic joins Jeremy Cordeaux AM and Professor Ian Plimer fresh from winning the presidency of the South Australian Liberal Party. He explains how he won, why he wants to hand the party back to its members, and how grassroots members drove the push against net zero.

Alex also talks energy security, the scrutiny that keeps good people out of politics, the growth of government in Canberra and why he would happily spend a whole term repealing laws.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 25 September 2026.

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Dr John Bruni of SAGE International joins Jeremy Cordeaux AM around the dining room table for his regular look at the world stage. He discusses reported US aircraft losses in the Middle East, diesel prices and the Red Sea, why cheap drones are rewriting modern warfare, and how US manpower compares with China's.

John also explains SAGE International's idea of 'threshold conditioning', the Russian grey zone campaign he says is spreading across Europe, why he believes China will not invade Taiwan, and why he is sceptical about Elon Musk's plan to put data centres in orbit. Plus a cloned John Laws voice that has the whole table talking about trust in the age of AI.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 9 October 2026.

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Jeremy Cordeaux is back in the garage with Pete and Gary, and opens by congratulating South Australia's police commissioner Grant Stevens on his appointment as the state's next governor. He marks 25 years since Australia committed to the war in Afghanistan, then turns to a property market where he says values are down 19 to 20 per cent across the country, asking how anyone can call it good news when most people's only significant asset is now worth less. He criticises President Trump's decision to lift the ban on Russian diesel and tell Ukraine not to strike Russian oil refineries, and says he hopes Europe will make up the shortfall.

On immigration, Jeremy says migrants have largely been great contributors to Australia, asks why one million people remain on the dole while jobs go unfilled, and argues a country has every right to be selective about who it lets in. He takes aim at the tax office's credit card decision, with the Treasurer granting small business a reprieve for the rest of the financial year, and says that if the system has forced small business to pay its tax on a credit card, something is terribly wrong. His fix: throw the 17,000 pages of tax law in the bin and start again with a simpler system that rewards achievement. Plus birthday wishes in the garage and this day in history, from William Shatner reaching space and the birth of Margaret Thatcher to Paul Simon, Ian Thorp, Nellie Melba's operatic debut and Nana Mouskouri.

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Veteran broadcaster John Ovenden makes his monthly visit to the dining room table, bringing his trusted computer expert Melanie Lewis. Melanie tells Jeremy Cordeaux AM why technology feels more complicated than ever, when it is safe to ask AI for tech help, why updates sometimes change your settings, and why you should never click unsubscribe on spam.

John shares scam advice for older Australians from a seniors guide by the member for Mayo, including where to report scams, and talks walking soccer in Mount Barker. The table also discusses the Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros merger, John's memories of Channel 10, and why catch-up TV is winning viewers.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 9 October 2026.

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