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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
because we don't want to keep this man waiting. He's the Premier of South Australia.
Chapter 2: What is the significance of the Gather Round partnership extension?
Gather Round has been extended. There's a new deal. Premier, thanks for your time. Congratulations. Thanks very much, Cain. Good morning, Kingy. How tough are negotiators of the AFL?
It's pretty intense, yeah, I won't lie. I mean, and you'd expect it to be. Gather Round has a lot of value, and it's been a robust and lengthy negotiation.
Chapter 3: How challenging are AFL negotiations according to the Premier?
I think Me and Andrew Dillon would have both liked to have had it finalised before this year's Gather Round, but we just couldn't land it. There were a few sticking points, but we've got there in the end, and I'm really grateful for it. What were the biggest sticking points? I knew you'd ask.
Look, to be frank about it, I think the South Australian government was in a better bargaining position than it's ever been with Gather Round, because I think there's an acknowledgement it works in Adelaide, and
we just wanted to make sure that in this negotiation, we were trying to extract as much value as we could and having other things that are part of gather round that makes it worth traveling for from, you know, Melbourne in particular, but also other parts of the country.
So, you know, getting access to, to players, particularly with the, um, what will be the gather round parade, which is going to be epic. Um, That was something we needed to work through in a bit of detail, and we held the line on a few points, and I'm grateful we did, and I thank the AFL for their support of the concept.
Now, Peter, I think you're the most genuine politician I know and that I've heard speak, and this is fireball, so we don't do any nonsense here. I need to know, do you feel like you won or lost this negotiation?
Well, I'm not going to say lost, am I, King? Where did you get them? Look, what I would say is this. We had a few points that we were willing to hold the line on, and I'm glad we did. But the AFL, I want to thank them. They are tough negotiators. They've got a commercial interest, clearly, and so do we. And so good negotiations acknowledge that.
There isn't another world where we want to do anything with anybody else. We both have a common interest here and focusing on that and then try and knit away at the points of difference.
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Chapter 4: What were the major sticking points in the Gather Round negotiations?
And eventually we got there. But clearly they would like more money. Clearly I don't want to pay more money. Clearly we want more value, more access to players and so forth. And, you know, it's a tough job that Andrew Dillon's got because he's got to manage a lot of different interests, clubs' concerns, players' concerns. And that just took a bit of time.
Chapter 5: How does the Premier view the balance of power in negotiations with the AFL?
Three years? Were you hoping for longer?
No, I'm happy with three, actually, because it keeps us on our toes. And from my perspective, it keeps the AFL on its toes. Like, there are key KPIs that the AFL have to meet in the agreements. And I think just three years gives enough longevity to be able to invest and do a few things that are different to make it bigger and better.
But at the same time, it's not so long that people sort of put the rest on their laurels. So I think three years is the sweet spot.
Well, you're hoping to sort of marry up State of Origin involved in this deal, Premier, and can you see State of Origin in the next two to three years being played in Adelaide?
Okay, so... Look, obviously we've been talking about this with the AFL, including as part of these negotiations. Here's what I can say. I've been, and the South Australian government has been very plain. The AFL cannot pursue state of origin as a concept, which I'm a massive supporter of as a fan more than anything else, without having South Australia playing in it.
So, you know, clearly SAWA and Victoria are And then if that happens, we want a game at Allied Oval. Now, the AFL is working through a range of things on state of origin. I'm not at liberty to go into the details of that, but I keenly anticipate any announcements they might make in the not-too-distant future.
Run me through this parade or the pageant. It was labelled earlier, but it's been shifted, thank God, to a parade. What will that look like?
It's hard for Victorians to... to picture this, I know Kane, Ken, we've got a, we've got a parade that we do every year around Christmas in South Australia. It's a bit of a South Australian iconic thing. And we normally get around about a quarter of a million people turn out for it, like turn on the streets, but just picture the AFL grand final parade, which I think is awesome.
Picture that, except it's, it's all clubs. It's not just two, it's all clubs and players interact with fans on the streets in a, what will be a massive spectacle. And it's not just the players in floats. There'll be a whole range of other things that sit around it and people will have to wait and see, but music and performances and everything else.
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