"Bollard Man" Could Become An Australian Citizen 17/04/24
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hinted that a brave Frenchman who faced off with a rampaging knifeman, who stabbed six people to death in Bondi Junction, on Saturday may jump the queue to become an Australian citizen. Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci has been threatened with jail time after refusing to answer questions about the supermarket chain’s profitability in a two hour-long standoff with furious senators. More than half of Queenslanders have witnessed an accident on the Bruce Highway and a whopping one in three people are dissatisfied or extremely dissatisfied with the nation’s longest route. Embattled former player agent Ricky Nixon is facing a slew of fresh criminal charges as he stares down the threat of imminent bankruptcy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
16 Apr 20243min
Bruce Lehrmann Loses Defamation Trial 16/04/24
After one aborted, then abandoned, criminal trial and two successful out of court settlements Bruce Lehrmann was on Monday found to have raped Brittany Higgins. The Victorian government is pushing for a “substantial increase” for workers on minimum and award wages, well ahead of the “economically responsible” lift other states want amid warnings too big a rise may drive up inflation. A new housing “super portfolio” has been created to focus on fixing the South Australia’s housing crisis – and several other key portfolio responsibilities have been switched – as part of Premier Peter Malinauskas’ first cabinet reshuffle. Queensland Education Minister Di Farmer has bowed to pressure from the teachers’ unions and home education bodies, announcing homeschooling reforms and proposed changes to student suspensions and expulsions are officially on hold. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
15 Apr 20243min
Drug Dealing "Impossible" Without Social Media 12/04/24
Drug dealing would be virtually impossible for criminals without social media and apps like Meta-owned WhatsApp, with a new study finding 70 per cent of Australians use them to buy illicit substances. NSW households face paying at least $20 a year extra on their electricity bills after a blowout in the already massive cost of a new privately owned transmission line to the troubled Snowy Hydro 2.0 project. A young man who was brutally stabbed to death in a suspected drug deal gone wrong in an industrial street was “polite” and “well mannered” when he sought information from residents less than 12 hours before his unsolved murder. More than half of Queensland’s most hardcore youth offenders are roaming free on the streets – but the minister says more young criminals are locked up than ever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
11 Apr 20242min
Shock Death Of Sunrise Reporter 11/4/24
In a devastating on-air moment, a Channel Seven veteran has announced the tragic death of Sunrise reporter Nathan Templeton. A $1 billion money laundering and tax evasion syndicate has been busted by the Australian Federal Police, who claim 1200 business were cashing in on the scheme. Security footage has captured the moments after a 21-year-old Adelaide man was stabbed to death in a “senseless” attack in a quiet industrial street, with police now launching a major murder probe. Queensland’s construction sector has the lowest rate of female participation of any industry, with insiders saying “toxic masculinity” is locking women out of the sector. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
10 Apr 20242min
Foreign Investors Property Tax 10/4/24
The state government is looking at charging foreigners more to buy property in NSW, with Treasurer Daniel Mookhey declaring money from overseas investors should be directed to help “build new homes”. A large group of Hells Angels bikies charged over a joy ride have appeared in court, prompting a heavy police presence in Adelaide’s CBD. Double time when it rains, a full month of rostered days off each year, and an extra $1000 a week when working away from home are just some of the sweetheart conditions the Queensland government has struck with the construction unions under its controversial Best Practice Industry Conditions policy. Melbourne’s world class major sporting events are encouraging workers to take sickies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
9 Apr 20242min
Eerie Tribute After Alleged Murder 9/4/24
The man charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend, who was found dead in a burnt-out car near Ballarat, posted a tribute after her death saying he would “forever love you” and allegedly messaged friends claiming she had taken her own life. The owner of an e-scooter that allegedly set fire to a hotel room, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage, had taped over the room’s smoke alarm because her vaping had been setting it off too much. Queensland’s critical housing shortage is being exacerbated by the Miles’ government centrepiece $92bn Big Build pipeline. Sydney petrol prices have hit their highest levels this year just in time for the school holidays, with economists warning further increases could fuel inflation and impact the potential for interest rate cuts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
8 Apr 20242min
Parents Outraged Over Sex-Ed 5/4/24
Students were shown pictures of adults who had undergone transgender transformation surgery, and incest and bestiality were discussed in an unsupervised sex-ed session in an Adelaide school. Former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach says that Bruce Lehrmann was reimbursed by the network for drugs and prostitutes during a night out which prompted him to tell his boss the former political staffer was on the “warpath”. Indian community leaders and Life Saving Victoria say the state government must urgently invest in multilingual water safety education and swimming lessons to “help save lives” after a series of tragic drownings. The peak medical body has set in motion crisis talks with surgeons to find solutions to exploding elective surgery lists in regional Queensland. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
4 Apr 20242min
Australia's New Governor General Revealed 4/4/24
Australia’s next Governor-General will be a female corporate high-flyer with a long history of advocacy on gender, climate and Indigenous issues. A Queensland pumped hydroelectricity project slated to cut through the world’s platypus capital and furiously opposed by locals could balloon to $18bn – the state’s most expensive project ever. Bosses at the Seven Network are holding crisis talks on the future of Spotlight as allegations of payments for drugs and prostitutes engulf the current affairs program. SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has declared this year’s Gather Round sequel will be better than the original as the AFL’s festival of football returns to Adelaide today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
3 Apr 20242min
