The Ballad of Sweeney Trev | Museum plans are history | Tasting the budget
This week, InSider casts Trev the Bee in a new production, eats our way through the State Budget and is reminded of a political hot tip that came to fruition.
Attend the tale of Sweeney Trev
InSider was having a blissful day of social media scrolling when we were stopped in our tracks by a new mobile game from our frenemies at RAA and KWP+Partners.
It seems the ever industrious Trev has started his own business, and the bludger wants you to do all the work for him.
The game, ‘Trev’s Buzz Cuts’, follows the bushy-bearded menace as he tries to get business “buzzing” – sigh.
We thought Trev was scary enough when he wasn’t flying around a shop wielding scissors, but now he’s been armed with a full arsenal to cut, colour, wash and blow-dry.
Though we are committed to the cause, InSider has been a busy bee ourselves this week, what with all the number-crunching and snacking we’ve been doing at the state budget. We just couldn’t bring ourselves to help Trev earn any more money (we already flinch at the thought that our crusade against him has unwittingly lined his fuzzy black and yellow pockets).
But a trusted source has reviewed the game on our behalf and said: “It’s… fine.”
Wow, resounding praise.
“Cute visuals, easy to pick up. I could see where it was going and didn’t feel the need to play it for very long,” our reviewer said.
You might like
We can only imagine he threw in a compliment because he’s being held against his will by the demon barber himself.
Planned local history museum scrapped
The Adelaide Museum of South Australia’s History (AMoSAH) will not go ahead, InSider can exclusively reveal.
Outgoing History Trust of South Australia CEO Greg Mackie OAM told InSider that the planned AMoSAH museum would not proceed after the project failed to gain support from the South Australian government.
The proposed museum – spearheaded by InSider regular and Adelaide City Councillor Henry Davis – would have been located on the first five floors of the planned Freemasons’ Keystone Tower development on North Terrace.
“The government has not taken an interest in that, but they are having the tower. So, they’ve approved the tower, but not the museum,” Mackie said.
“The Freemasons have had to move on and make alternative plans, but the tower is still going ahead. We hope to continue to have a relationship with the interpretation of South Australia’s history within that high-rise building.”
According to the AMoSAH website, the museum would be “dedicated to the rich and broad social history of South Australia and its people”.
“AMoSAH will highlight our heroes and defining moments and identify South Australian contributors to, and impact on the nation and the world,” the website said.
“It will shine a light on significant objects that belong to our stories, and will be the launch-pad for exhibitions, programs and events that engage visitors with our past, our people, achievements, challenges and diverse cultures.”
The museum would have drawn from the History Trust of South Australia’s own collection of 35,000 objects, as well as objects loaned from public institutions, community-owned collections and private collections.
A spokesperson for Education, Training and Skills Minister Blair Boyer said the Malinauskas Labor government continues to invest in the arts, including $13 million in the 2025 State Budget to deliver its new arts and cultural policy.
“This builds on $6.3 million in last year’s budget for the History Trust of South Australia to repair the iconic Migration Museum,” the spokesperson said.
“Our focus is on growing and strengthening our current museums, which need to be prioritised if we want them to have a strong future, giving South Australians access to the educational experiences they deserve.”
Stay informed, daily
Tasting our way through budget papers
There was just one thought on InSider’s mind in the State Budget lockup at about 12:30pm.
While our colleagues at InDaily were hard at work digging deep into the stack of budget papers, InSider was dreaming of finger food.
At this point, InSider’s State Budget food review is almost as important as InDaily’s budget analysis.
To whoever organised the catering for the State Budget 2025/26 media lockup: bravo.
InSider was met with an incredible spread of roast beef sliders, fried chicken burgers, ham wraps, crumbed prawns, fish & chips and cold rolls.
It was delicious, surpassing the usual standards of Convention Centre food.
One InSider said their favourite was the lamb and feta sausage roll. Another couldn’t get enough of the chilli prawns and the Barossa steak & ale pie. A third said the crumbed fish was to die for.
We were spoilt, indeed.
The afternoon tea was top tier too; mud cake, lemon and a mysterious orb-like cake satisfied the journalists’ post typing.
We’ll give this year’s catering five stars –but hope the top-notch nosh didn’t contribute to the “debt iceberg”.
A premonition comes to pass
Speaking of the state budget, Mullighan’s spend for 2025/26 reminded InSider of an email we received way back in January.
Penned by ‘Laura Norder’ in the style of other nameless journalist drops, the state government insider told journalists about Big Pete’s plans to clamp down on crime.
“Big Pete is very concerned about Law & Order. He thinks the Libs could successfully exploit community concerns about crime,” Laura Norder said.
“SAPOL have been consulted and a draft proposal to build new stations, increase sworn police by 220 and use more PSOs (especially in the regions) has been developed. Police have also asked for new fancier body-worn cameras and more drones. The Minister hasn’t been involved in the process as it’s seen as election-related.
“The final version of the plan should be fed into the Budget process soon. Mullighan isn’t super excited but he just has to put up with it.”
Turns out Laura Norder was right. Maybe InSider should take more notice of the weirder emails in the editorial inbox.
Do you have a tip for InSider? Email us. We’ll keep you anonymous. We promise.
