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Good to have your company.

I'm broadcasting live from the studios of Radio 2SM.

That's 1269 in Sydney.

And through the Super Radio Network, which includes stations in New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Plenty more on the program this morning.

The number's 13 12 69.

This is Chris Smith on 2SM and the Super Radio Network.

Well, it's got to be the grandest financial heist in modern Australian government history.

G'day, g'day, good to have your company.

I'm broadcasting live from the studios of Radio 2SM, that's 1269 in Sydney, and through the Super Radio Network, which includes stations in New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

Thank you so much for joining us and welcome to the Castle of Common Sense.

Let's get to the five biggest stories making news.

Ashley Gardner went on the attack, smashing 84 off just 45 balls, including 10 fours and four sixes, as Australia posted 167 for seven.

That is the state of play in the Castle of Common Sense.

We specialise in the talkback format here after it made its Australian debut right here on 2SM in 1967.

The tradition continues and you are most invited to have your say.

Good to have your company.

I'm broadcasting live from the studios of Radio 2SM.

That's 1269 in Sydney.

And through the Super Radio Network, which includes stations in New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

And George Zabo, lawyer, is in to take your calls on wills and estates as well.

There's been a moving feast in terms of all of that.

That and more on the program right here on 2SM and the Super Radio Network.

Well, how about this? The New South Wales Parliament's updated breastfeeding guidelines have removed the words mother and female, replacing traditional maternal terminology with gender neutral phrasing like parent, carer and lactating parent.

And 3XY and 2NX in Newcastle, 4IP in Brisbane, all using this format.

And 3XY in Melbourne and 2SM in Sydney had this huge concert.

And the whole month of October was called Rocktober.

Let me hear some of that Rocktober music.

Cheetah was the backup singer, as you'll see there, and it was Stevie Wright on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, Rocktober 1979.

Once again, I'm dribbling on here, Greg, but in your words, explain Rocktober and 3XY.

Yeah, well, 3XY and 2SM and the other associated stations that Digger May programmed, that's Rod Muir and John Torv was part of that and Trevor Smith.

I noticed Trevor's doing some ads for the summer rock tour or whatever it is at the moment.

He's done a couple of interviews today, Anthony Albanese.

He did one on 2SM, that super radio network.

He was asked and was a fairly brief interview.

He was asked about whether he'd been speaking to Helen Haynes and whether she'd speak to him and whether she was upset with him over the so-called dirt files.

Friday, October 23.

It is 13.12.69 to give us a call, and Tim at 2sm.com.au. And I should say good morning to, and I don't know how many, do I, Justy? How many regional stations are taking us? And generally in this hour between five and six.

But I know I got a lovely call from Inverell yesterday.

So, yeah, lots of you.

I've got a few already.

Tim at 2sm.com.au. Now, this may seem like a trivial thing, Justy, to you and the listeners, but we do have a lovely coffee machine here.

It makes very nice coffee, doesn't it? And, you know, I thought I'd have a go at what the baristas do, you know, like drawing a little picture in the top, like a shamrock or, you know, they draw little leaves and flowers and things.

And I had a

But...

Lovely to have your company on Thursday, October 22.

And you can call us and we'd love you to do it on 13 12 69 or send an email to tim at 2sm.com.au. Look, if you've listened to me for a while, I do lament the fact that we are often, in many circumstances, reactive and not proactive.

So now, in the wake of what's happened to Helen Haynes, abhorrent as it is, you start reading all of these stories.