Jeremy Cordeaux’s Court of Public Opinion – Garage Edition tackles the week’s sharpest stories: the Grattan Institute’s bold claim that electricity prices will drop 50% by 2050, Victoria’s economic and crime crisis, Lydia Thorpe’s shocking call to “burn down Parliament House,” and the cult-like thinking behind climate change activism. Jeremy draws parallels between modern movements and historical mass delusions — from Jonestown to lemmings — and ends with reflections on youth obsession, sainthood for a teenage gamer, and the irony of chasing eternal youth while ignoring wisdom.

Topics Discussed;

• Grattan Institute predicts electricity costs will halve by 2050 — Jeremy questions the evidence

• Jim Chalmers reverses decision on taxing unrealised super gains

• Victoria’s economy in decline: 9/10 jobs now public sector

• Lydia Thorpe urges burning down Parliament House

• Gaza ceasefire protests and political hypocrisy

• The death of Joan Anderson, Australian inventor of the hula hoop

• Cults, crazes and climate change – what drives blind belief?

• The rise of “climate religion” as the new mass hysteria

• The global obsession with youth and “forever young” marketing

• The Catholic Church beatifies a 15-year-old gamer – “God’s influencer”

• Historical notes: Winnie the Pooh, the Battle of Hastings, Chuck Yeager, Bing Crosby

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Full 3 hour LIVE stream from Jeremy Cordeaux's Dining Room table with guests Helen Glanville, Professor Ian Plimer, Peter Switzer, Tamara Linke, John Overton and more!

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In this Garage Edition of The Court of Public Opinion, Jeremy Cordeaux dives into Australia’s biggest talking points — from housing policy madness and aluminium wine bottles to bulk billing failures, media censorship, and Donald Trump’s military shake-up. He questions government logic, celebrates Peanuts’ 75th anniversary, and calls for common sense in an age of absurdity.

• 75th anniversary of Peanuts and the legacy of Charlie Brown

• Rising property prices and Labor’s “5% deposit” housing policy

• Subprime-style government-backed mortgages and the risk of defaults

• Erin Patterson’s mushroom case appeal

• Wine industry adopting aluminium bottles in pursuit of net zero

• Bulk billing decline and the Medicare illusion

• Hilarious story: erectile cream prescribed for eyes due to bad handwriting

• Freedom of speech under threat: new misinformation laws

• Interest rates, cost of living, and electricity prices

• Trump’s military crackdown: no more “woke generals” or political correctness

• Possibility of unrest or military tension in the US

• Reflections on art, investment, and authenticity

• Historical notes: Pan Am, tuxedos, the Beach Boys, and Christopher Reeve

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