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Oprah winfrey. [cheering] oprah: hello, me have to say, ive never seen a welcome like this in my life. nothing like this in my life! in my life. in my whole life! wow! i love the fact that you all have supported me and supported this show and cared enough to come down here to federation square to say hello. [cheering]

sato you is we are expecting the mayor here this evening. he should be here in 15 or 20 minutes. im sure he would like to say hello, so well take time to do that. i think after you hear the mayor, youll understand he is completely dedicated to this cause. now, we know that there are some good things happening in this city in terms of design and space, the public realm and so forth as we all like to call it. were really at the very beginning of a process. we have worked hard in my time ...

cause. now, we know that there are some good things happening in this city in terms of design and space, the public realm and so forth as we all like to call it. were really at the very beginning of a process. we have worked hard in my time period. ive been here a little over a year, to put a serious focus on the public realm, the streets and public spaces and so forth. the mayor has been extremely supportive in all this. we have now got ourselves organized within the -- within city go...

>> well, no, thats not exactly true. my partner, tim, i did meet in a hair salon. he is a hair dresser, and he doesnt get the opportunity to just follow me around, fixing my hair. so i have bad hair days... oprah: everybody needs one. everybody needs one. >> bad hair days just like everybody else. oprah: just about a mile away, thousands of aussies gathered to greet us at federation square. our team enlisted some of australias top talent to entertain the massive crowd. australias top pop star, j...

Oprah winfrey. [cheering] oprah: hello, melbourne! so i have to say ive never seen a welcome like this in my life. nothing like this in my life! in my life. in my whole life! wow! i love the fact that you all have supported me and supported this show and cared enough to come down here to federation square to say hello. [cheering]

sato you is we are expecting the mayor here this evening. he should be here in 15 or 20 minutes. im sure he would like to say hello, so well take time to do that. i think after you hear the mayor, youll understand he is completely dedicated to this cause. now, we know that there are some good things happening in this city in terms of design and space, the public realm and so forth as we all like to call it. were really at the very beginning of a process. we have worked hard in my time ...

were really at the very beginning of a process. we have worked hard in my time period. ive been here a little over a year, to put a serious focus on the public realm, the streets and public spaces and so forth. the mayor has been extremely supportive in all this. we have now got ourselves organized within the -- within city government. we have a directors group of the four t department that meets now frequently to undertake what needs to be done here and were working with marshal foste...

>> well, no, thats not exactly true. my partner, tim, i did meet in a hair salon. he is a hair dresser, and he doesnt get the opportunity to just follow me around, fixing my hair. so i have bad hair days... oprah: everybody needs one. everybody needs one. >> bad hair days just like everybody else. oprah: just about a mile away, thousands of aussies gathered to greet us at federation square. our team enlisted some of australias top talent to entertain the massive crowd. australias top pop star, j...