Blackers For Breakfast - Triple M Southwest

Steve Kilbey has plenty of tales to tell from his days in The Church. Before he heads to the South West for CinefestOZ for the screening of his biopic "Something Quite Peculiar", this morning he joined Blackers for Breakfast. The same-sex marriage debate rolls on so Blackers was joined Paul McCalister, one of his friends in a same-sex relationship, and Dan the Internut checked in with his App of the Week. 

Nick Bruining from The West Australian checked with some breaking news about the well timed retirement of CBA CEO Ian Narev, offering top line financial advice in Your Money. Speaking of breaking news, the fact that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce may not be an Aussie citizen made Blackers chuckle. Polly has all the goss about Tom Cruise's stunt mishap, Lydia from Margaret River can't believe how hard it is for pollies to know their citizenship status and Aaron gives us a complete wrap of the weekend's sport in Out of Bounds.

While Blackers enjoyed a well-earnt day off, we were left in the capable hands of Dan Leach from the 1K No Repeat Workday! Ahead of this weekend's 2nd Quarter Final playoff against the Redbacks Co-Captain Clive Weeden joined us in studio before the big game at Eaton Rec Centre tomorrow night. Holly from Oceanic Marine told us where the fish are biting this weekend and Michael from Dunsborough played the 8:30 Eight thanks to Piari & Co.

The Perth Wildcats will begin their championship defence here in the South West! Ahead of the freshly announced pre-season fixture including games in Eaton & Margaret River, this morning Greg Hire joined Blackers for Breakfast. Bunbury Mayor Gary Brennan has fair bit on his plate at the moment, he caught up with Blackers to tell us all about it. Barry Urqhart from Marketing Focus also joined the show with some interesting details about professional associations. 

Myles Pollard is set to play a big role in this years CinefestOZ. As well as starring in "The Gateway", he's also this year's Cinesnaps Jury Chair, this morning he joined Blackers for Breakfast. Bee Gees fans are sure to be looking forward to the Saturday Night Fever 40th Anniversary tour at BREC this weekend, Blackers caught up with Michael Clift from The Australian Bee Gees with this morning and as the Koombana Bay Footbridge debate rolls on - Bunbury Mayor Gary Brennan gave us the latest. 

Kate Ceberano is one of Australia's finest female vocalists. Before she hits WA with Jon Stevens next week, this morning she joined Blackers for Breakfast. Fresh from another shark attack warning for Augusta, WA Greens Marine Spokesperson Diane Evers weighed in on the shark attack prevention debate and Dan the Internut gave his potentially very helpful App of the Week. 

Caty Price from Surfing WA joined Blackers for Breakfast this morning to chat about the great news for lovers of the Margaret River Pro. Ever lost something valuable and racked your brains looking everywhere trying to find it? Hear how Blackers faced that dilemma over the weekend & after another big weekend in sport Aaron gave us Out of Bounds.

Merv Hughes is one of the biggest characters Aussie sport has ever seen. With the cricketers pay dispute now behind us, this morning Merv joined Blackers for Breakfast. There's always plenty for the Cranky Old Men to talk about- Cliff Reeve popped in to chat about the week that was and to cap of a charismatic morning, Scott Cummings gave us his Round 20 AFL preview and tips.    

Fresh from Malcolm Turnbull's visit to Busselton - Busselton Mayor Grant Henley had plenty to report, he joined Blackers for Breakfast. Danny Drummond from the Wild Bull Brewery, Orecchiette & Drummond Catering made Blackers his amazing Casarecce Pasta with Prosciutto & Asparagus! Barry Urqhart from Marketing Focus had some top line business branding tips and Polly tried her hardest to offend every kiwi in the South West this morning in Showbiz.

The BBL will be bigger and better than ever before in 2017/18 - this morning WACA CEO Christina Matthews joined Blackers for Breakfast to tell us all about it. There's plenty of action instore for the South West Slammers, with play-offs beginning this weekend it was great to have Co-Captain Clive Weeden in studio this morning, and Ben O'Shea had all the goss we can look forward to on the Inside Cover at The West Australian. 

Jon Stevens is one of the best frontmen in Aussie rock history. Before hitting WA with Kate Ceberano as part of his "Starlight" tour, this morning he joined Blackers for Breakfast. Blackers also queried Malcolm Turnbull's statement that Australia has the best security services in the world, Dan the Internut's App of the Week is perfect if your young one is technologically-minded and Polly had some bad (or good?) news for Game of Thrones fans. 

After another Dockers loss, Nick Bruining from The West Australian doidn't really want to talk footy - good thing he was actually joining us to talk about Your Money! Always plenty of action in the world of sport, Producer Aaron stepped up to bring us a full wrap of the weekend's sporting action and why is George Clooney so angry? Polly had all the goss you need to know in another edition of Showbiz.

Only a month left of the AFL footy season! This morning we heard what Scotty Cummings makes of Round 19. We also welcomed Cliff Reeve back for another installment of Cranky Old Men - we knew they were on when they started talking about footy & after 107 KPH winds down in Busselton overnight it might be best stay clear of the boat if you're having a fish this weekend - Holly from Oceanic Marine gave us his plan of attack for the weekend.

Pharmacist & Medical Herbalist Gerald Quigley joined Blackers for Breakfast this morning to talk about why more Australians are dying from accidental opioid overdoses each year than from heroin. Fresh from another big Tuesday night meeting, Bunbury Mayor Gary Brennan always keeps us up to date with the big descisions Bunbury faces, Burgo checked in to gloat about his AFL footy tipping prowess over Blackers and Barry Urqhart from Marketing Focus spoke with us about the pitfalls of managing pay lending debts.

Being a mum can be hard work at the best of times! Harvey's Kate Freebairn is the founder of South West Mums - this morning she joined Blackers for Breakfast. The man with all goss from the Inside Cover at The West Australian is Ben O'Shea, he checked in with Blackers, as did Polly with some news about Alice Cooper's million dollar spring cleaning find.  

Mark "Howie" Howard loves his gig talking to the biggest and best sportspeople in Australia. This morning he joined Blackers for Breakfast in the lead up to the second season of his popular podcast "The Howie Games" being released. How can smart TV's and baby monitors get hacked in 2017? Anders Sorman-Nilsson is a global futurist who was able to shed some light on smart home security risks that we face these days & Dan the Internut returned with his App of the Week. 

For an Augusta local, Deb "Spoons" Perry sure gets around! This morning she joined Blackers for Breakfast to tell us about her recent adventures on U.S. TV. WA Forest Alliance spokesperson Jess Beckerling caught up with Blackers about the efforts to stop logging Barrabup Forest. A healthier-than-last week Nick Bruining gave us Your Money and Aaron had the low-down on all that we need to know in sport.

Carol Hearn is the South West branch manager of Foodbank. This morning she made a heartfelt appeal for South West residents to donate food if possible when she joined Blackers for Breakfast. There's another big round of AFL action coming our way this weekend, Scotty Cummings checked in to chat footy and give us his Round 18 tips and Cliff went head to head with Blackers to discuss the week that was with another episode of Cranky Old Men.  

Danny Drummond from The Wild Bull Brewery, Orecchiette and Drummond Catering made our day with a South West inspired Dirty Feed Done Dirt Cheap (maybe not-quite-so-cheap this morning given that he used fresh Manjimup Truffles!). Blackers is almost resigned to the fact that he's going to have to buy John Burgess lunch at the end of the year, even so they still traded Round 18 AFL tips and Barry Urqhart from Marketing Focus joined us to talk about the flow- on effects from recent comments made by the new CEO of Coles. 

With the world still reeling at the news of the Justine Damond homicide in the US, Blackers spoke with former WA broadcaster Russell Woolf, who now resides in Minneapolis, about how much this event has affected people on the other side of the world. Dan the Internut's App of the Week is sure to be handy for those with any mobile phone battery issues and Producer Aaron returned with all of today's entertainment goss in Showbiz.