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<v Phillip Adams>Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome you and let us acknowledge and respect the fact that we're on Kaurna land.

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<v Phillip Adams>This is the 10th anniversary of the Adelaide Festival of Ideas.

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<v Phillip Adams>I wanted to call it something different.

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<v Phillip Adams>I wanted to call it the orgasm of ideas, but I was overruled by the Premier.

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<v Phillip Adams>It coincides, as you probably know, with the running of the bulls in Spain,

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<v Phillip Adams>where they let loose these large horned creatures who charge up and down narrow village streets and do their best to kill people.

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<v Phillip Adams>What we do here is we release dangerous ideas which run up and down the streets of Adelaide and come charging into these distinguished venues.

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<v Phillip Adams>And ideas, as history tells us, are much more dangerous than bulls.

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<v Phillip Adams>Tonight's session will go out as a radio program.

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<v Phillip Adams>On Monday, around Australia and the world, it will involve a panel discussion with extraordinary people.

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<v Phillip Adams>And we'll have a bit of a chat and then it will be open for you and the audience to contribute or interrogate.

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<v Phillip Adams>We are devoting this festival.

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<v Phillip Adams>We are honouring at this festival a truly remarkable human being, Frank Fenner,

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<v Phillip Adams>who, by any measure, is a great...

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<v Phillip Adams>South Australian and a great Australian, a great international citizen.

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<v Phillip Adams>I understand that the new Prime Minister, the comparatively new Prime Minister, is, as we speak,

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<v Phillip Adams>having a session with His Holiness where he's pushing the barrow of Mary MacKillop,

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<v Phillip Adams>a South Australian saint, or a saint to be.

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<v Phillip Adams>With the power that's not invested in me, I intend to make the following announcement.

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<v Phillip Adams>As of tonight, Frank Fenner is a secular saint.

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<v Phillip Adams>And...

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<v Phillip Adams>And...

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<v Phillip Adams>This is a...

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<v Phillip Adams>I didn't discuss this with the Premier, but I'm sure he won't mind.

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<v Phillip Adams>But not only that, he has saved literally millions and millions of lives.

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<v Phillip Adams>He is not very popular with rabbits.

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<v Phillip Adams>His work on Mixo didn't do the rabbit population any good at all.

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<v Phillip Adams>And he is not terribly popular with the malarial mosquito.

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<v Phillip Adams>And there are certain recalcitrant viruses

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<v Phillip Adams>who...

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<v Phillip Adams>Who...

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<v Phillip Adams>Who don't...

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<v Phillip Adams>Who don't like him at all.

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<v Phillip Adams>But what this guy did, not alone, but working with an extraordinary team, but what he did

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<v Phillip Adams>was wipe out smallpox.

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<v Phillip Adams>I mean, what an amazing thing that we're in the same room as the bloke that did that.

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<v Phillip Adams>I'm not going to go through his infinitely complex and splendid bio notes.

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<v Phillip Adams>We managed to get his ASIO file and it's reproduced in the program.

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<v Phillip Adams>I'm not going to go through his infinitely complex and splendid bio notes.

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<v Phillip Adams>We managed to get his ASIO file and it's reproduced in the program.

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<v Phillip Adams>But I have to tell you that although he's in his mid-90s, Frank remains as bright as a button.

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<v Phillip Adams>He's still totally intellectually engaged.

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<v Phillip Adams>Oh, and he's also...

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<v Phillip Adams>His delightful young sister is with him tonight.

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<v Phillip Adams>She's only 92.

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<v Phillip Adams>I reckon they're both going to kick on and get the telegram from Buckingham Palace.

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<v Phillip Adams>Now, you don't get telegrams now.

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<v Phillip Adams>You get...

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<v Phillip Adams>What do you get?

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<v Phillip Adams>You get emails, presumably.

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<v Phillip Adams>You get emails, presumably.

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<v Phillip Adams>You get emails, presumably.

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>And she'll still be there.

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<v Phillip Adams>Those Windsors live forever.

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>You'll get the email from Queen Elizabeth.

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<v Phillip Adams>They both will in due course.

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>I think Queen Elizabeth...

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<v Phillip Adams>our little festival

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<v Phillip Adams>and you honour the festival

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<v Phillip Adams>by being with us here

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<v Phillip Adams>tonight. Ladies and gentlemen

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<v Phillip Adams>Frank Finley