The Hon. John Ruddick
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Terrific to see you, Sam.
Thanks very much for having me.
Congratulations on your podcast, which is really emerging as a force.
And it's good to be back in the state that I was born in, South Australia.
I was born in Mount Gambier.
I left when I was three.
But I've always, when it comes to Sheffield Shield and other things, Big Bash, I'm always sympathetic to South Australia.
Look, I fully understand why people who aren't into it don't know the distinction because it looks very similar, but they are very different cultures.
They look similar, but the different people play them.
Look, that's largely accurate.
Rugby Union has also had over the decades a very good Aboriginal recruitment program.
So, you know, Aborigines are really talented when it comes to rugby league.
And a lot of them don't really, you know, they can be very good at the age of 10, but then they sort of don't make it by the age of 20.
But Rugby Union was always very good.
You're right, it's a private school sport.
But they were very good at picking, just noticing particularly talent of Aboriginals.
So that was one thing.
Rugby Union did good.
It was abolishing New South Wales multiculturalism, which is the Department of Multiculturalism, which costs us $75 million a year.
And so we were just going to abolish it and replace it with nothing.
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