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If you heard Tuesday's full episode, you have already had this one. This is the Truckie Tuesday on its own, for anyone who just wants the truck stuff. The NHVR is sending operators nudge letters about their drivers' work diaries. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law has seen them and says the drivers are within their hours, but the company can't just ignore one: it puts them on notice. She also explains how your 24 hours are counted since the 1 August changes, confirms a listener's catch on last week's answer (the no-suitable-rest-place defence is standard hours only), and has a win of the week on a supervisory intervention order. Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday. Rod Hannifey tells his GME story, answers your Cunninghams Gap feedback and has his rant about detours. Vaughan Macdonald joins them on the Casino Truck Show's NSW Business Awards win. Recorded Saturday 7 November 2026. Guests: Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law), Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host), Vaughan Macdonald (Richmond Valley Council) 00:00…

Peptides are being sold online as anti-ageing and muscle-building shots. Cardiologist Dr Ross Walker explains what they are, why he warns against the grey-market ones, and what he tells patients about Ozempic and Mounjaro. Recorded 20 August. Former Nationals leader David Littleproud on how cabinet really works and why he thinks the Prime Minister is in the danger zone. Jim Haynes on his Big Book of Convict Stories, from Australia's first bushranger to why he says Ned Kelly was no hero. On Truckie Tuesday, Belinda Hughes on when your 24 hours start and the NHVR's nudge letters, and Rod Hannifey's rant on detours. Plus pineapple on pizza and your mail. Guests: Dr Ross Walker, David Littleproud, Jim Haynes, Belinda Hughes, Rod Hannifey, Vaughan Macdonald This episode contains coarse language. Dr Ross Walker's segment is general health information, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor before you start or stop any medicine. 00:00:00 Episode 152 with Dr Ross Walker and David Littleproud 00:00:49 Welcome and…

The Reserve Bank has put rates up for the fifth time this year, and Luke wants to know why it's so hard for young couples to buy a home. AMP's Shane Oliver says Canberra left the RBA to do the heavy lifting, and gives his call on whether another rise is coming before Christmas. Jonathan Kearsley reports from Dallas for News24 on the night Democrats took Congress and a Senate seat in Texas. Jessica Wang from the press gallery explains the $6 million Marrickville Golf Club grant, and how it differs from Bridget McKenzie's case. Andrew Moore from ABC Sport is back for Part 2, from John Tapp's race calls and Tommy Raudonikis to why he left 2GB. In the Man Cave, Greg Evans tells Adam about hosting the 1985 Logies with Larry Hagman, and where Dexter is now. Plus David Jones and your voicemail. Guests: Shane Oliver, Jonathan Kearsley, Jessica Wang, Andrew Moore, Greg Evans This episode contains coarse language and a discussion of workplace bullying and its effect on mental health. Support: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)…

If you heard our full episode on 30 October, you've already heard this. This is Andrew's heart attack story on its own, for anyone who just wants that. ABC Sport caller Andrew Moore tells Luke how his heart attack crept up on him in August 2025: a game called sitting down, days with no energy, then a build-up of pressure that he says wasn't the pain he expected. He talks about the ambulance to Westmead Hospital, the paddles, the nurse who told him "I've got you", and being told his chances had been less than 20%. Then the night he called John Aloisi's penalty in 2005, and why he says Pacific Islander players' names the way their families do. Recorded on 26 October 2026. Guests: Andrew Moore This episode describes a heart attack, cardiac arrest and resuscitation. Support: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7) In an emergency call 000 Andrew felt days of exhaustion and then a build-up of pressure, which he says wasn't the pain he expected. The Heart Foundation lists the warning signs of a heart attack here:…

If you heard Tuesday's full episode, you have already had this one. This is the Truckie Tuesday on its own, for anyone who just wants the truck stuff. Every bay's full and your short rest break is due. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law explains the defence for when there's no suitable rest place: you can drive up to 45 more minutes to the next one, but only for a short rest break, and she says to note why in your diary. She also covers whether police can get into your whole phone, what counts as work, and whether an officer can wake you on your 7-hour break. Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday. Rod Hannifey has his say on being woken in a rest area, says the Cunninghams Gap upgrade has left one lane at the top, and reads your comments on autos versus manuals. Tony Crooke from GME talks handheld UHFs at a breakdown, Active Mute, and 40 versus 80-channel radios, then takes Rod on in a truckie radio slang quiz. Guests: Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law), Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host), Tony Crooke (GME) 00:00:00…

It's Melbourne Cup Day, RBA day and episode 150. Entertainment reporter Shane Adam Bassett pays tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart, runs through who's in the running to be the next James Bond, and picks what to watch, from The Invite to Pressure. Kelsey thinks the next Bond should be a woman. Luke says Ian Fleming wrote Bond as a man, and that settles it. Scott Phillips from The Motley Fool unpacks the Villa Vie Odyssey, the cruise ship laid up in Cambodia with its residents told to get off, and what counterparty risk means for any deal you sign. On Truckie Tuesday, Belinda Hughes answers whether anyone can wake you on your 7-hour break, Rod Hannifey reports from Cunninghams Gap, and Tony Crooke from GME takes on the truckie slang quiz. Plus Queensland's bail law, robot milkers in Tasmania and your mail. Guests: Shane Adam Bassett, Scott Phillips, Belinda Hughes, Rod Hannifey, Tony Crooke This episode contains coarse language. It mentions the death of a young woman after a fall in Adelaide. Support: Lifeline 13…

Fire ants have turned up at a freight terminal in Sydney, and former agriculture minister David Littleproud says if they get into your backyard, you won't be using it. He explains how containers are checked, why travellers caught smuggling food have lost their visas, and what it's like to live with threats against your family. It isn't easy. Ben Downie crosses from Tel Aviv as Israel's votes are counted. ABC caller Andrew Moore tells Luke about calling John Aloisi's penalty in 2005 and the heart attack he survived after being given less than a 20% chance. In the Man Cave, Adam McDonald and Kelsey take on the Victoria Barracks sale, the word of the year and Australia's newest Big Thing. Plus Luke's mum and the Chuck Norris gym she bought at 2am. Guests: David Littleproud, Ben Downie, Andrew Moore, Adam McDonald This episode contains coarse language. It discusses the alleged attack on federal MP Helen Haines, threats made against MPs and their families, the war in Gaza and the 7 October attack, and a cardiac…

If you heard our full episode on 27 October, you have already had this one. This is Luke's chat with Terry Barnes on its own, for anyone who just wants Terry. Victoria votes on 28 November. A Spectator contributor, and by his own account on air a former Liberal ministerial adviser, Terry tells Luke why he thinks Labor is losing rather than the Coalition winning, and why he calls it the pothole election. He says the result will show whether One Nation is still growing, and that One Nation has a list of what it would do but hasn't costed it. Plus Ben Carroll's hospital pass, the Suburban Rail Loop and the tobacco shop fires, and why Sydney and Melbourne have never quite understood each other. Recorded on 19 October 2026. Guests: Terry Barnes 00:00 Terry Barnes, from The Spectator 00:48 Why Victoria's election matters to everyone 01:42 Is One Nation still on the march? 02:32 Ben Carroll's hospital pass, and Labor on the nose 04:23 Is Victoria ready for a change? 04:55 The pothole election 06:22 The Suburban…

If you heard Tuesday's full episode, you have already had this one. This is the Truckie Tuesday on its own, for anyone who just wants the truck stuff. Rod Hannifey makes his case that automatic gearboxes took the skill out of driving a truck, and says he'll argue it with anyone. Luke and Rod also read your comments on truck stop showers, and Luke finds a pub at Merriwagga that leaves its shower open for truckies after hours. Can an officer take your phone if your electronic work diary is on it? Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law says strictly speaking they can, but only in specific circumstances. Then it's false or misleading entries, what to say when you're pulled over, and Darren Cooke's appeal to get his licence back. Belinda is acting for Darren, and Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday. On the road, a driver went to pass a heavy haulage float on the approach to a blind corner, and Rod called him up on the UHF afterwards for a quiet word. Guests: Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host), Belinda Hughes (Hughes…

Is premium petrol worth the extra at the bowser, or is it all in your head? James Ward from Drive sorts out octane, cleaning additives and E10, and tells the story of Sexy Lexy, the pink Torana XU-1 that vanished from a driveway in 1992. Terry Barnes from The Spectator explains why Victoria's election on 28 November is a test for One Nation. David Littleproud talks about the threats MPs and their families live with, ahead of his full interview next episode. Luke and Kelsey argue over Airbnb's checkout chores. On Truckie Tuesday, Rod Hannifey answers your comments on paying for a shower, and Belinda Hughes answers whether police can take the phone that holds your work diary. Guests: James Ward, Terry Barnes, David Littleproud, Rod Hannifey, Belinda Hughes This episode contains coarse language. It discusses threats made against MPs and their families, the alleged attack on federal MP Helen Haines, and the Bondi attack. Support: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7) In an emergency call 000 00:00:00 Episode 148 with James…

Greg Evans, the host of Perfect Match, tells Luke how Reg Grundy's dating show let Channel Ten charge prime-time rates at 5:30, and about the contestant who chose number three but couldn't stop thinking about number one. He went through the phone book to find her. Greg also reveals where Dexter the robot lives now, and he and Luke swap the songs from the 3XY and 2SM days they reckon you need to hear. Trevor Long from EFTM introduces Darren, the AI agent that reads his emails and keeps his diary straight, and explains how he built an app without knowing how to code. In the Man Cave, Adam McDonald brings taxidermy from the auction house, and Luke wants your shopping centre Santa stories. Luke and Kelsey also take on NSW's coffee cup rules and your feedback on taxpayer-owned supermarkets. Guests: Greg Evans, Trevor Long, Adam McDonald This episode contains coarse language and adult themes. It discusses the alleged attack on federal MP Helen Haines. It also mentions the Bondi terror attack and the 1994 murder of…

If you heard our full episode on 9 October, you have already had this one. This is the Man Cave with Dr Graham Wild on its own, for anyone who just wants the space talk. Adam McDonald from Aussie Pickers still isn't convinced we went to the Moon, and the Van Allen radiation belts are his sticking point. So Luke brings in Dr Graham Wild, a senior lecturer in aviation science and technology at UNSW Canberra, to take him on. Graham explains why NASA lost so much of its Apollo know-how, why nobody has landed there since 1972, and how a camera filmed Neil Armstrong's first step. Before that, he busts a Hollywood myth: a small hole in a plane won't suck you out. Plus air marshals, the Jetsons flying car we never got, and the G.I. Joe jet from Graham's childhood. Guests: Dr Graham Wild, Adam McDonald This interview contains strong language. 00:00 Adam's moon landing problem 01:25 An aviation scientist joins the Man Cave 02:40 Are there air marshals on Australian flights? 03:40 What a hole in the cabin really does…

If you heard our full episode on 9 October, you have already had this one. This is Luke's chat with Jim Penman on its own, for anyone who just wants Jim. When nobody would back his ideas as an academic, Jim went back to mowing lawns full-time, about $35,000 in debt, he says, and by his own account terrible at managing his first subcontractors. He tells Luke how he turned it around, from selling lawn rounds to ringing the big Adelaide franchise and being told no thanks, and why he drew up a contract he wouldn't mind signing as a franchisee. Jim also explains the $700 contract fee he could have set far higher, why the business was his way of paying for his research into why civilisations rise and fall, and the argument in his new book with Andrea Pearson, Birth-Rate Crisis. Plus pass the parcel, cold showers, and why he doesn't expect to win Northcote at the Victorian election. Guests: Jim Penman Birth-Rate Crisis by Jim Penman and Andrea Pearson: https://birthratecrisisbook.com/ This interview contains strong…

If you heard Tuesday's full episode, you have already had this one. This is the Truckie Tuesday on its own, for anyone who just wants the truck stuff. A driver tells Rod Hannifey he was refused a shower at a truck stop because he hadn't bought fuel, even after offering to buy food. Rod knows of only one truck stop with showers on his run to Adelaide, and he found a key-tag block he couldn't use because he doesn't cart livestock. Luke and Rod work through your mail, from radiator fixes with a raw egg or pepper to why caravans on the Nullarbor should leave gaps and show their UHF channel front and back. There's also a question for next week about EWD phones in compliance mode. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law updates Danny's case, and her win of the week is an appeal she says cut a Transport for NSW registration suspension after a tunnel incident. Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday. Guests: Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host), Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law) 00:00:00 Where Was Rod Last Tuesday? 00:03:45 Where's…

Robbie Katter, the Member for Traeger and leader of Katter's Australian Party, tells Luke why he and his dad Bob want North Queensland to become Australia's seventh state, and why he thinks city people lose out while the north's metals stay in the ground. He also covers shark and crocodile culling, and the case for nuclear power. Jonathan Kearsley, News24's Washington correspondent, unpacks Katie Zacharia's five days as White House press secretary and Kimberly Guilfoyle's exit as ambassador to Greece, which follows a report she denies. Ben Downie from Seven in London covers the limit on Ukraine's Starshield service and the riots in France. Young farmer Jacob Wright talks farm workers and apprentices, and what diesel and urea now cost. On Truckie Tuesday, Rod Hannifey goes looking for a truck stop shower and asks whether free meals would change where drivers stop. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law follows up Danny's grounding and shares her win of the week. Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday. Luke and Kelsey…

If you heard our full episode on 2 October, you have already had this one. This is Luke's chat with Nick on its own, for anyone who just wants the prison stories. Nick was a NSW prison officer for 15 years, at Lithgow and at the women's jail at Emu Plains. In B unit, he watched an inmate crack the perspex with a pool ball, and he tells Luke why he says three months of training was mostly about paperwork. He explains why officers walk the yard unarmed and why he says they couldn't properly search visitors' prams. Then there's the inmate who threatened his family. Nick's view is that most prisoners don't want to be rehabilitated. The ones who do, like the woman who left jail a qualified chef, get there because they want the help, he says. This interview contains strong language. It discusses sexual assault in prison, domestic violence and the death of a prison officer. 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732 (24/7) Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24/7) In an emergency, call 000. 00:00 Should prisoners get a second chance? 01:46 Why the…

Our first live show. Nick, a former NSW prison officer, comes back for part two and takes Luke through a first-timer's day in prison, from the strip search to the cellmate you don't get to choose. He also explains how new inmates get pushed into carrying contraband for someone else, and how they can say no. Rob McKnight from McKnight Tonight reviews the calls he made in September about Nine's Today show and The Voice, and talks about 4BH's rise in Brisbane and Sam Armytage's run-in with Michael Usher's son. David Littleproud, in a chat recorded before the show, takes on the card surcharge ban and the trust tax, and says drivers who don't own an EV shouldn't help pay for new chargers. In the Man Cave, Adam McDonald turns 50 and Granny Sue calls from Yorkeys Knob to back a seventh state for North Queensland. They also argue about a Tasmanian school taking Christmas out of the name of its end-of-year raffle, and whether an Australian astronaut is worth $100 million. Guests: Rob McKnight, David Littleproud,…

Shark fisherman Joel Nancarrow says the great white that killed a swimmer at Sorrento Beach in Perth should have been hunted down. Adam McDonald's view is that it's the risk you take when you swim, and the Man Cave gets heated. Then Luke asks about dangerous dogs, and Adam comes round, as long as it's the right shark. Joel runs Hunter Shark Jaw Restoration in Newcastle. He explains how a jaw is restored, why he buys jaws from commercial fishermen rather than selling what he catches, and why every bull shark he lands dies. A bite-resistant wetsuit surprised him more than anything else he's tested, though he says nothing would stop a shark the size of the one at Sorrento. Joel's views on shark numbers and behaviour are his own, from years on the water. Some of them aren't backed by published research. Joel's first interview with Luke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsX3Aq_UYqs Should a shark that attacks someone be hunted down? Tell us what you think in the comments. This interview contains strong language…

If you heard our full episode on 2 October, you have already had this one. This is Luke's chat with Shane Oliver on its own, for anyone who just wants the money talk. The Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 4.60% on 29 September, and AMP chief economist Shane Oliver says that if he had to single out one cause, it's too much government spending. It now makes up about 28% of the economy, and he explains why cutting it would spread the pain beyond people with a mortgage, and which projects could wait a few years. Luke asks who Australia owes its $1 trillion debt to, and who collects the interest. Then Shane weighs up One Nation's plan to let renters and mortgage holders take 3 of the 12 percentage points of their employer super as cash for three years. He thinks the real problem is that housing costs too much, and he has advice for young buyers in a falling market. Last question: will rates go up again before Christmas? Guests: Shane Oliver Recorded 30 September 2026, the day after the Reserve Bank lifted the…

If you heard Tuesday's full episode, you have already had this one. This is the Truckie Tuesday on its own, for anyone who just wants the truck stuff. Kylie Robinson missed the weighbridge near Willow Tree and rang the NHVR to report it herself. She was still fined $800. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law is acting for her for free and taking it to court. Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday. The NHVR told Big Rigs that her call counted in her favour but didn't undo the missed entry. Belinda also answers your work diary questions, including whether a spelling mistake can get you fined. Rod Hannifey and Luke take on speed camera revenue and NatRoad's call to cut the road user charge to zero. Rod's rant is about three dangerous overtakes in one hour. Guests: Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law), Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host) We're going live this Thursday, 15 October, at 7:30am AEDT on YouTube and Facebook. 00:00:00 Where's Rod? Here Are Your Clues 00:02:38 A Caravan On The Wrong UHF Channel 00:03:29 Should Speed…

David Shoebridge, in his first chat with Luke as Greens leader, makes the case for forcing the sale of 200 Coles and Woolworths stores and running about 600 public supermarkets. Scotty Phillips from The Motley Fool calls it populism, then explains why he thinks cutting temporary visas misses the point and why some cafes put up the price of a coffee after the surcharge ban. Jessica Wang from The Daily Telegraph covers the Greens leadership fight, One Nation in Victoria and the flydubai co-pilot. On Truckie Tuesday, Rod Hannifey takes on speed camera revenue and dangerous overtaking, and Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law answers your work diary questions and talks about Kylie Robinson's $800 weighbridge fine. Hughes Law, which sponsors Truckie Tuesday, is acting for her for free. Luke and Kelsey also get into Christa Pike's failed execution, AI agents that cheated their own test and a mozzie laser. Guests: David Shoebridge, Scott Phillips, Jessica Wang, Rod Hannifey, Belinda Hughes We're going live this Thursday,…

If you heard the full episode on Tuesday 6 October, you have already had this one. This is the Truckie Tuesday on its own, for anyone who just wants the truck stuff. Rod Hannifey is home in Dubbo, so Luke has him on screen for the fuel news. China has suspended its October fuel exports and the G7 has agreed to release up to 100 million barrels from reserves. Rod says people filling a car for the shops don't see the difference when a truck burns 1,000 litres a day. Luke has the rules taking trucks off Stoney Creek Road from 2027, and Rod has a warning for anyone who sits beside a truck's left door. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law gives her view of NHVR chief executive Nicole Rosie's day in Rod's truck: credit for doing a full shift, and two points she disagrees with. She tells the story of a client, with his consent, whose company was grounded for 12 weeks. Her win of the week is a driver who was facing 37 charges over his work diaries and, by her count, about $185,000 in fines. He walked away with $3,000 in…

Jim Penman tells Luke how a rival knocked him back when he asked to join, why he charges franchisees $700 for a contract when he says $5,000 is normal, and why, he says, Jim's Group can't be sold without most franchisees' consent. His new book with Andrea Pearson, Birth-Rate Crisis, blames too much dopamine for Australia's falling birth rate. Kelsey isn't convinced. Mark Beretta calls in on the drive to Bathurst with stories from Mount Panorama and a look at Sunday's race, plus his new Seven series, Ports to Paradise. In the Man Cave, Dr Graham Wild from UNSW Canberra talks about the flydubai cockpit attack and air marshals, then takes on Adam McDonald's doubts about the moon landing. Luke and Kelsey also get into Christa Pike's failed execution, jet ski footage from the Gold Coast and Woolworths' bachelor's handbag. Guests: Jim Penman, Mark Beretta, Dr Graham Wild, Adam McDonald 📕 Birth-Rate Crisis by Jim Penman and Andrea Pearson: https://birthratecrisisbook.com/ 🏝️ Ports to Paradise with Mark Beretta on…

Is your car listening to you? James Ward from Drive says some cars do send voice and driving data back to the maker, and explains why no government cares about your everyday chat but you still shouldn't talk secrets in any new car. He also has the case for a pre-purchase inspection, and why V8s are holding their value. David Littleproud joins from Horsham on the rate rise, the backpacker visa cut and the OpenAI breach of a Medicare data portal. Former NSW detective Dr Vince Hurley says the gangs behind this wave of violence pay brokers to find someone else to do the job, and that cutting the tobacco excise wouldn't stop them. Plus, Dave Fuller from God's Squad explains how a Christian motorcycle club earned a place in outlaw clubhouses. On Truckie Tuesday, Rod Hannifey is home in Dubbo talking fuel and Stoney Creek Road, and he has a warning for anyone who sits beside a truck's left door. Guests: Dr Vince Hurley, David Littleproud, Dave Fuller, James Ward, Rod Hannifey, Belinda Hughes This episode contains…

Nick rang Luke on 2GB after a chat about second chances, and he had 15 years of stories. As a NSW prison officer at Lithgow and at the women's jail at Emu Plains, Nick saw the perspex crack in a riot and had an inmate tell him she knew where his family lived. His view is that most prisoners don't want to be rehabilitated. Some of his own stories, like the woman who left jail a qualified chef, point the other way. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver blames government spending for the Reserve Bank's rise to 4.60%, but he doesn't expect another rise before Christmas. In the Man Cave, shark fisherman Joel Nancarrow and Adam McDonald fall out over culling after the fatal attack at Sorrento Beach. Luke's dangerous dog question changes the argument. Adam also brings in a first generation Humphrey B. Bear. Thomas fills in for Kelsey, plus David Shoebridge as Greens leader. Guests: Nick, Shane Oliver, Joel Nancarrow, Adam McDonald This episode contains strong language. It discusses sexual assault in prison, domestic…

Truckie Tuesday on its own, for anyone who just wants the truck stuff. NHVR chief executive Nicole Rosie spent a day in Rod Hannifey's truck out of Dubbo, and Rod had a list of about 32 questions waiting. Back on Truckie Tuesday she answers the one drivers ask most: is the regulator out to get them? She says education with drivers is up, and that the hard end of enforcement is for repeat, high-risk operators with years of breaches, some of them on their fourteenth letter. Not mudguards. Rod still thinks the fines are too high for anything that isn't a safety breach. She also covers sham contracting and why an EWD on its own won't solve fatigue. If trucking wants more women behind the wheel, she says the first fix is toilets and showers. Before that, Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law on whether to pay a ticket, fight it or ask for a review. Angus wins Where's Rodney. To ask the NHVR to review one of its fines, email Prosecutions.Support@nhvr.gov.au and allow 42 days. Guests: Nicole Rosie (NHVR), Belinda Hughes…

Why can lobbyists with an orange pass walk the halls of Parliament House while you can't get past security? Greens Senator David Shoebridge calls the revolving door between Defence and the weapons industry obscene, and says he'd tear down the walls that keep the public out. Also in this full episode of Bonafide with Luke Bona: Nathan Cleary's horror injury, the first ever hip-drop send-off, and the Newcastle Knights' first grand final in 25 years. Daily Telegraph crime reporter Mark Morri on the domestic violence crisis in NSW, teenagers with guns, crooks using AI, and whether police have lost the powers they need. David Shoebridge on NSW's new medicinal cannabis driving law and the AI agent that got into a Medicare data portal. Truckie Tuesday: NHVR CEO Nicole Rosie spends a day in Rod Hannifey's truck and explains which operators the regulator is going after, plus sham contracting and electronic work diaries. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law on whether to pay a ticket, fight it or ask for a review. Should…

Victoria wants minimum-security prisoners working on its roads. Kerry Tucker spent her sentence in the state's maximum-security women's prison untangling airline headphones and sanding chairs in a hot shed, and she tells Luke what work inside should actually be for: getting a woman ready to live next door to you when she gets out, not just filling in her day. She makes the case for education, explains why short sentences leave women serving long terms waiting years for programs, and says building more beds is the lazy fix. Kerry also goes back to the $1.9 million she took from her employer, the spin class where she was arrested, a month in the police cells with women she had once judged, and the night before her release, when she asked if she could stay. In the Man Cave, Professor Toby Walsh from UNSW Sydney explains what an AI agent is and why we can't simply pull the plug. Tom Denham is in the chair for the news, from Trump's superintelligence line at the UN to smart glasses at the pool and a runaway emu…

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Truck drivers, roadside stops and what an officer can actually make you do. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law takes Truckie Tuesday through your rights on the side of the road, and along the way she puts a stop to something a lot of drivers have been told for years: that a curtain across the back of the cab makes the bunk a private area they cannot enter. It does not. She also explains what they can ask you, what you are actually required to say, why the body worn camera is running for the whole hour, and what happens to the one or two sentences they pull out of it afterwards. Rod Hannifey is pulled over at Parkes after a week where nothing went right, including a two hour job that took four and a half. He has the results of last week's poll on the 5 per cent problem, and half of you blamed the companies and customers setting the schedule. Plus: Adam has had ten cars in one hour refuse to dip their headlights, Callum sends in Matty The Truckie's video about the thank you wave, and Fiona wants to know who was in…

Jessica Wang, a journalist who covers federal politics started out writing about reality television, and she says the two jobs are not that different. Protagonists, antagonists, a main plot, side plots, and producers steering the narrative they want you to follow. Luke, who watched reality contestants get handed radio shows with no talent, has been saying a version of this for twenty years.Plus: the Intergenerational Report says we will live longer and have fewer children, and Luke asks who is actually going to look after us, then admits he does not know. Four out of five cigarettes in this country are now bought illegally and nobody can measure smoking any more. Tony Burke's immigration reset at the National Press Club. Four deaths in a weekend and a domestic violence emergency the police cannot explain. A listener's idea for a tax break on country holidays, which Luke tries to claim as his own. Shane Adam Bassett on the death of Tim Curry and the Oscars walking away from television. And Truckie Tuesday 138…

What's real, what's fake, and who gets to decide? The ATSB has opened six investigations into runway and taxiing incidents at Sydney Airport since late July. Aviation researcher Dr Graham Wild from UNSW Canberra tells Luke whether it's still safe to fly, why he thinks air traffic control leans on old technology, and whether you'd ever board a plane with no one in the cockpit. Along the way: why planes don't fly higher, what's actually in jet fuel, and why you won't get sucked out of an airlock if you stand at the back. Then Drive's James Ward remembers Peter Brock 20 years on, from the Energy Polarizer Holden refused to sell to the 1987 Bathurst win decided after the flag, and explains why electric cars just outsold petrol in Australia for the first time and what to check before buying a used one. In the Man Cave, Adam McDonald is joined by Leanne Coneybear, president of the National Pawnbrokers Association of Australia, on how a pawn loan really works, the myths about stolen goods, a Birkin with glue under…

Rod Hannifey has been doing the numbers. He reckons 80 to 85 per cent of Australian truck drivers do everything right, another 10 to 15 per cent get pushed too hard by a boss or a customer, and fewer than 5 per cent have decided the rules do not apply to them. What worries him is that police ministers and commissioners seem increasingly willing to talk about the whole industry as though it were that last 5 per cent. This week he puts those figures to you directly and asks whether they match the industry you know, and what could actually be done about it. Rod and Luke also work through where your electronic work diary data ends up once Transport Certification Australia is holding it, and what happens when AI is pointed at five years of records. NatRoad chief executive Warren Clark has written about operators still signing contracts with no fuel recovery clause, which leads into something Rod has been watching from the road: whole fleets appearing at auction, and the undercutting spiral that follows when that…

Barnaby Joyce says he was told to leave the Nationals, not once but a number of times. David Littleproud says it never happened. "He's never been asked to leave the National Party, ever," the Maranoa MP and former party leader tells Luke. "That is an outright lie, and I'm very disappointed that he'd even say that." He also takes on migration numbers, the fuel excise, whether Pauline Hanson went too far on Anthony Albanese's late mother, and whether Erin Patterson's solitary confinement crosses a line. Then Dr Karl Kruszelnicki on a new Harvard study that puts cabin crew and pilots at the top of 503 occupations for radiation-linked cancer deaths, what hydrogen can and can't do for ships, planes and steel, and why yawning is contagious. Scott Phillips from The Motley Fool on why One Nation's early-super policy would worsen the problem it's meant to solve, and the surprisingly good story of Australian credit from Bankcard in 1974 to tap-and-go. Daily Telegraph journalist Jessica Wang on what the Canberra press…

Tracy Tully spent a career in the roughest schools in Australia, and she taught on both sides of 1995, the year corporal punishment ended in Queensland state schools. She caned children. The ones she caned still stop her in the street. Ask her whether it should come back and the answer is not the one you expect.This one is a Man Cave, so Luke Bona and Adam MacDonald get there sideways. It starts with dumb phones, a 20 cent yo-yo now worth 700 dollars, and Adam's theory that everyone is just trying to buy their youth back. It lands on what happens to boys who grow up without a man in the house who gets them. Adam's answer is one teacher, a jiu jitsu coach, and week on week off with a mother he never stopped getting along with. Tracy's answer is the story at the centre of this episode.First day at a school out west, brief of two words: fix it. By five o'clock she had expelled the six worst boys in the school, and by five o'clock she had a plan for them. Her family ran shearing teams. She asked for six men she…

Lachlan is a young truck driver. He booked his heavy vehicle licence upgrade, paid his fees, turned up at the testing centre, and was sent home. The reason he was given: the safety cameras inside his employer's truck can't be deactivated, and tampering with them is a sackable offence. Two other drivers from the same company had already tested in the same truck without an issue. Rod Hannifey and Luke Bona work through what he should do next, and it opens onto the question the industry hasn't answered. A truck is a workplace, but it's also a bedroom. So who gets to watch, and who keeps what they see? Plus: the NHVR and Transport Certification Australia have built a new Generation 2.0 electronic work diary framework, with the specification due out within weeks, and Hughes Law's Belinda Hughes reads what the fact sheet doesn't say about where all that fatigue data is headed. Sham contracting is costing the country billions in lost tax revenue and driving decent operators out of business. NHVR chief executive…

Michael Hope has been around AFL his whole life, he knows Isaac Heeney and he knows his family, and he says the Sydney Swans now have a problem that suspending five players does not fix. On this Man Cave he tells Luke Bona and Adam MacDonald what he would do if he were on that board: trade all five at the end of the season, and bring in a testing regime the club runs itself. Hope trained as a pharmacist before he was a winemaker, and the detail he brings to what a drug test can and cannot find is the part of this conversation nobody else is having. Plus: why an AFL club cannot simply tear up a contract the way an NRL club can, what Richmond were thinking on their Mad Monday, the lawyers already circling with civil claims, and the moment Adam pulls out a set of 1930s polio calipers and a straitjacket. UPDATE, correcting what we said on air: this episode was recorded in late August. Since then, Victoria Police confirmed on 2 September that Sexual Crimes Squad detectives interviewed four men in relation to the…

This week's Truckie Tuesday: a new independently-verified report finds heavy-vehicle bridge strikes are costing the Australian economy $101 million a year — 1,220 incidents in the last 12 months, up 38% since 2018. Rod Hannifey and Luke Bona dig into why, including Rod's own story about a bridge clearance sign that was never updated after the road underneath it was resurfaced. Plus: copper thieves targeting EV chargers and streetlights around the country, a new industry survey seeking every transport worker's voice on mental health, Rod's take on whether the NHVR's fatigue-blitz statistics tell the full story, a visit from NSW Minister Jenny Aitchison, Senator Bridget McKenzie confirmed for a coming episode, an update on the Great Western Highway works, a heartfelt tribute to trucking legend Toots Holzheimer, and a Legal Win of the Week from Hughes Law's Belinda Hughes. Guests: Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host, National Road Freighters Association) · Belinda Hughes (Principal, Hughes Law) (00:00) Cold…

Three heavy-vehicle licence assessors have been pulled from the NSW scheme and referred to police after a joint Transport for NSW/NHVR crackdown across Tweed Heads and Lismore. Rod Hannifey and Luke Bona ask what it means for every driver those assessors trained — and a listener writes in with an anonymous, unverified account of "brown paper bag" backhanders allegedly pushing safe local trucking contracts to cheaper, non-local operators. Plus: a $100 million funding boost for the Great Western Highway's Blue Mountains rebuild, a $10,000 free training pathway launching for Cairns jobseekers, the NHVR's latest fatigue blitz results (6,100+ heavy vehicles checked, non-compliance on the rise), a Legal Win of the Week from Hughes Law's Belinda Hughes, and Rod's rant on logbook fines that treat honest paperwork mistakes as deceit. Guests: Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host, National Road Freighters Association) · Belinda Hughes (Principal, Hughes Law) (00:00) Cold Open & Intro (01:04) $10,000 Free Training For…

He's the last touring boxing-tent showman left in the world, and 74 years old hasn't slowed him down. Outback legend Fred Brophy joins Luke Bona and vice captain Adam McDonald in the Man Cave for the full story — jail time at Pentridge, a run-in with Mark "Chopper" Read, deliberately cutting off his own finger, and why he says he's still got a few more years left in him. Also this episode: is it really the worst time in 56 years to buy a first home in Australia? Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Scotty Phillips joins Luke Bona to explain why the deposit — not the mortgage repayment — is the real barrier for young buyers, and the case against early access to superannuation. Dr Rob Zammit on the world-first program racing to vaccinate Phillip Island's penguin colony against H5N1 bird flu. Legal eagle James Glissan breaks down the Sydney Swans investigation and the presumption of innocence, plus the latest on Erin Patterson's appeal against her conviction. ⚠ Content warning: this episode's Man Cave segment…

This week's Truckie Tuesday: container logistics giant ACFS Port Logistics — the operator behind Coles, Kmart and Bunnings' freight — has collapsed into external administration owing the ATO an alleged $60 million, with up to 1,500 jobs on the line. Luke Bona and Rod Hannifey break down what it means for the industry, and Hughes Law's Belinda Hughes joins with her Legal Win of the Week: a trucking company client's 37 charges and $2.54 million in maximum penalties, negotiated down to 8 charges and $549,000, all before it reached court. Plus: a postmortem on the Casino Truck Show, the physics of why a triple road train can swing its back trailer a metre sideways from the smallest steering input, the story of a 44-year veteran driver who just walked away from the industry over new heavy-vehicle fines, New South Wales' roundabout and U-turn rules explained properly, and Rod's question of the week for the NHVR's new CEO, Nicole Rosie. Guests: Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host, National Road Freighters…

Every year, 49,000 Australians are reported missing — most are found within weeks. 2,800 are not. True-crime author and Australian Missing Persons Register founder Nicole Morris sits down with Luke Bona to tell the stories behind the numbers: a crossbow murder on Sydney's northern beaches, the still-unsolved 2001 disappearance of Janine Vaughan, the 1978 case of Trudy Adams that stopped a generation of girls hitchhiking, and the hundreds of unidentified bodies still sitting in Australian morgues today. Channel Seven's UK bureau chief Ben Downie joins live from London to unpack the tragic academic scandal dominating British headlines — a Cambridge professor's resignation, and his death days later, and the very real question of who's to blame. Former National Party leader David Littleproud breaks down NSW's sweeping new gun laws in the wake of the Bondi attack, and weighs in on Pauline Hanson's latest Mardi Gras comments. Then it's Truckie Tuesday with Rod Hanafi: a national truckers' apprenticeship push, the…

She's home for one night between flights, and Senator Pauline Hanson isn't pulling any punches. Luke Bona sits down with the One Nation leader for a full solo interview, starting with yesterday's nationwide student walkout against her and One Nation — and her blunt response to it, including a secret recording of a teacher she says abused students in class, which she says she's about to release. From there: whether she could genuinely become Prime Minister off the back of One Nation's poll surge, how she'd handle Donald Trump one-on-one, the AUKUS tightrope between the US and China, Albanese's awkward melon moment with Japan's PM, her friendship with Gina Rinehart, the real cost of Nauru, overtime tax reform, a push for a national truckies' apprenticeship scheme, and the fish and chip shop she ran for a decade before politics. Guests: Senator Pauline Hanson (Leader, Pauline Hanson's One Nation) ⚠️ Contains a protester's sign quoting strong language (not repeated in these notes) and a brief, non-graphic…

Local court, no jury, and a maximum sentence nowhere near what most people assume — even if every charge sticks. Criminal lawyer James Glissan joins Luke Bona to break down how Alan Jones's 22-charge hearing actually works, why the cap is five years, and what "tendency evidence" means for a case built on unproven allegations. Then Reverend Tim Costello returns to unpack why Australia has the world's worst gambling losses, three decades of policy failure, and who's funding both sides of politics to keep it that way. Plus: Kelsey and Adam McDonald in the Man Cave on Anthony Albanese's "Melon Gate" — the PM's undiplomatic gift-giving story about the Japanese Prime Minister that's now made international headlines — a self-checkout stealing debate, a sex doll mistaken for human remains, and What's In Adam's Hand. ⚠ Content warning: this episode discusses an active, unresolved criminal matter involving allegations of sexual misconduct (the accused has pleaded not guilty; the matter is before the courts) and…

(Replay) Truckie Tuesday goes on the road for the first time at this scale, broadcasting live from the Casino Truck Show, one of the biggest truck shows in the Southern Hemisphere. Luke sits down with Richmond Valley Council's Vaughan Macdonald on what it takes to grow a truck show from 150 trucks to a capped 550, then talks with Casuarina "CJ" Smith, the truck driver and creator behind Trucking with CJ, about her path from insurance broker to fuel tankers to road trains, why fewer than 2% of Australian truckies are women, and a live crowd vote on who's actually the better driver. Plus: a new Heavy Vehicle National Law lands the very next day and Rod Hannifey isn't impressed, 14-year-old Fergie tells Luke why he's chasing a truckie apprenticeship, a trucker's mental health project that started with a sign on the back of a trailer, and a look at how the show's judges pick a winner out of 550 trucks. Guests: Vaughan Macdonald (General Manager, Richmond Valley Council) · Casuarina "CJ" Smith (Trucking with CJ)…

Kmart's $89 "Anko" AI glasses have sold out amid a growing privacy backlash, and this week Bonafide digs into it from two angles. Greens Senator David Shoebridge tells Luke why the glasses could be referred to the Attorney-General, then makes an unexpectedly passionate case for properly resourcing Australia's under-pressure air traffic controllers. Tech commentator Trevor Long joins wearing his own Meta Ray-Bans on air and cuts through the panic with one blunt question: are we banning cameras, or are we banning photography itself? Plus: Matt Canavan, Leader of the National Party, on the ABC's apology to Gina Rinehart, whether the Coalition could ever work with Pauline Hanson's One Nation, the case for defunding the ABC, and a first-home-buyer loophole nobody saw coming. Then it's Truckie Tuesday 132 — Rod Hannifey on braking distance and the U-turns that kill, and Belinda Hughes with this week's Legal Win. Guests: Matt Canavan (Leader, National Party of Australia) · David Shoebridge (Greens Senator for NSW)…

Former NSW Minister for Police, Counter-Terrorism and Veterans Affairs David Elliott joins Luke Bona for a wide-ranging bonus sit-down. David finally addresses the rumour that he was having an affair — private investigator, dirt file and all — and explains why he thinks it was timed to rattle him during the NSW Liberal Party's ICAC inquiry. From there the conversation ranges across the Idaho In-N-Out shooting and what it means for Australia's gun laws, the Bondi terror attack ahead of the Royal Commission's findings, David's view on the ongoing Alan Jones trial, Gina Rinehart's legal action against the ABC, and — lighter territory — why a trip to Bunnings might just save your marriage, and the secret to 30 years with his wife Nicole. Guests: David Elliott ⚠ This episode references a real terrorist attack and discusses an active criminal trial. Listener discretion advised. Note: claims regarding individuals connected to an active ICAC inquiry, and opinions expressed about an ongoing criminal trial, are…

Luke sits down with Shane Oliver, Chief Economist at AMP, to unpack the housing market slump, what negative equity actually means, and what the 5% deposit scheme has done for first home buyers. Then Australia's own true-crime authority Adam Shand joins for the incredible, twist-filled story of the murder of Herman Rockefeller — a Melbourne multi-millionaire who led a secret double life under a fake name — plus the still-unsolved William Tyrrell mystery and a Chopper Read confession that's never been proved. Then it's over to the Man Cave, where Adam McDonald joins from his flash new studio, Granny Sue's back on the line, and the BOM, Optus and the Commonwealth Games all cop a serve. ⚠ This episode discusses a real historical homicide in detail, including an unresolved missing-child case. Listener discretion advised. Guests: Shane Oliver, Adam Shand, Adam McDonald 00:00:00 Welcome to episode 131 00:02:47 Coming up this episode 00:05:40 Headlines: Coles' new checkout food relief appeal 00:09:07 Are we raising…

(replay) A new "fit to drive" duty lands on 1 August, and this Truckie Tuesday tackles the question every driver actually wants answered: if you ring your boss and say you're unfit, are you now on the hook for a medical certificate? Luke Bona and Rod Hannifey work through a listener's voicemail on it, then Hughes Law's Belinda Hughes — now a Truckie Tuesday partner — gives the legal verdict, plus her Win of the Week: how a trucking company facing $170,000 in penalties over a trailer that was 6.5cm over length walked away with a $5,000 fine. Plus: a listener's email on life hauling animal by-products (and how to live with the smell), fuel excise relief set to end on August 3, more overseas drivers getting a faster path to an Australian licence, a driver's eerie run-in with a van that wouldn't stop tailing a B-double on the Pacific Highway, who actually owns a roundabout, and what to expect at this weekend's Casino Truck Show. No censors. No apologies. This is Bonafide with Luke Bona. 00:00 GME Sponsor Open &…

The Royal Commission into antisemitism is underway, and this week Alex Ryvchin, Co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, takes Luke through what it's uncovering, the history behind October 7 and the Second Intifada, and a confrontation he faced visiting the Bondi Beach massacre site with Sydney Swans players. Plus: David Littleproud is back from Japan with a first-hand family story from Hiroshima and Nagasaki and a hard look at Japan's nuclear energy grid, Rob McKnight's entertainment wrap, and we take the show on the road to the Casino Truck Show for a huge live Truckie Tuesday with special guest Trucking with CJ.⚠ This episode discusses terrorism, antisemitism and historical mass violence in detail, including firsthand accounts of a real terror attack. Listener discretion advised. Guests: David Littleproud, Alex Ryvchin, Rob McKnight, Rod Hannifey, Vaughn McDonald, Trucking with CJ 00:00:00 Welcome + community reminders 00:20:19 Listener mail 00:26:39 David Littleproud: Japan, Hiroshima &…