Bonafide with Luke Bona

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 Nicole Rosie is flying to Dubbo to spend a full day in Rod's truck. Senator Bridget McKenzie is confirmed for a coming episode. There's a new segment where you can put a legal question straight to Belinda. And Where's Rodney is finally solved, at Wyaga Creek on the Gore Highway. Guests: Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host, National Road Freighters Association) · Belinda Hughes (Principal, Hughes Law) (00:00) Cold Open: "Why Is Your Hat Over The Camera?" (01:16) Where's Rodney: Last Week's Clues (02:06) Gen 2.0 Electronic Work Diaries Land In Weeks (03:35) Sham Contracting And The Race To The Bottom (08:37) Listener Mail: Refused A Licence Test Over In-Cab Cameras (11:56) Asleep In The Bunk, Phoned About A Hat (14:10) Your Truck Is Your Home (16:19) Hughes Law: Where Your Fatigue Data Goes Next (19:54) Revenue Or Road Safety? (21:07) NHVR Boss Nicole Rosie Rides With Rod (23:52) New Segment: Ask The Legal Eagle (25:17) Rod's Rant On The Blitz Numbers (27:03) Where's Rodney: The Answer (29:27) Sign-Off ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

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 Pullman Hotel allegations. Riley Bice, who the club also stood down, is not being investigated over the sexual assault allegations. No arrests have been made and no charges have been laid against anyone. Police expect to provide a further update in around eight weeks. Everything discussed here is an allegation. Nobody has been charged. Michael Hope's view of the AFL's illicit drugs policy is his own. For what the policy actually says, the AFL Players' Association publishes it directly. Support: 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732 (24/7) · National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline 1800 250 015 00:00 Cold Open: They've Now Got A Serious Problem 00:12 Welcome To The Man Cave 00:51 Why We Called Michael Hope 01:17 The Allegations We Are Leaving To The Police 03:54 Inside The AFL Bubble 05:22 The Five Players Stood Down 06:57 Boys Will Be Boys, And Where It Stops 08:20 The Pullman Five, And Why They Have To Go 10:39 The CEO Who Would Not Answer The Drug Question 11:47 What A Club Should Do Instead 12:38 Hair Testing: 10 To 90 Days 14:52 Civil Claims, Lawyers And The Mud That Sticks 17:44 The Isaac Heeney Nobody Talks About 21:33 Jai Arrow's 100th Game 23:54 What's In Adam's Hands: Calipers, A Straitjacket And A Gimp Mask #SydneySwans #AFL #ManCave #BonafidePodcast #AFLNews 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

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 Open & Where's Rodney (01:30) Feedback Of The Week: The Truck Chain Mystery (06:45) Mobile Blackspots On The Highway (08:16) Copper Thieves Target EV Chargers (13:00) NatRoad Connect 26 & Industry Structure (15:01) NSW Minister Jenny Aitchison Visits Dubbo (16:37) Great Western Highway Works & Bathurst 1000 (21:33) Tribute: Toots Holzheimer (24:07) Mental Health Survey & The Fatigue Blitz Debate (29:13) $101 Million A Year In Bridge Strikes (32:01) Hughes Law: Two Wins Of The Week (36:01) Where's Rodney? Plus Rod's Rant (39:35) Sign-Off 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

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 Cairns Jobseekers (03:30) $100M For The Great Western Highway (06:27) NHVR Fatigue Blitz Results (09:31) 3 Licence Assessors Referred To Police (12:07) A Listener's Backhander Warning (17:09) Hughes Law: Win Of The Week (20:59) Rod's Rant: Weighbridge And Logbook Fines (24:06) Sign-Off 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

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 includes a guest's own account of jail time, a serious injury, and past self-harm, with strong, unbleeped language. Also discusses a Victoria Police investigation into an alleged incident involving Sydney Swans players (unconfirmed, no charges laid) and a separate criminal matter involving minors. Listener discretion advised. Guests: Fred Brophy · Scotty Phillips (The Motley Fool Australia) · Dr Rob Zammit · James Glissan (Glissan & Associates) · Adam McDonald (Evans Hastings Auctions) 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com Support: 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732 · Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)

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 Association) · Belinda Hughes (Principal, Hughes Law) (00:00) GME Sponsor Open & Intro (00:51) Checking In With Rod From Dubbo (01:16) A Postmortem On The Casino Truck Show (06:49) A Listener's Dashcam Near-Miss (09:45) Inside A Triple Road Train's Physics (15:58) New Fines: Why A 44-Year Veteran Just Quit (19:00) Listener Mail: Roundabouts And U-Turns (30:04) ACFS Port Logistics Collapses (35:57) Hughes Law: 37 Charges Down To 8 (42:14) Rod's Question For The NHVR's New CEO (46:02) Sign-Off ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com Support: Griefline 1300 845 745 (Mon–Fri 9am–6pm, Sat–Sun 12pm–6pm) · Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)

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 extraordinary story of driver-advocate Sharon Horne, and a live legal fight with Hughes Law over a trucking company shut down overnight. Guests: Nicole Morris (author, Australian Missing Persons Register) · Ben Downie (Channel Seven, UK) · David Littleproud MP · Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday) · Sharon Horne · Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law) ⚠ Content warning: this episode discusses real missing-persons cases, murder and abduction (non-graphic, historical), a recent death by suicide, and gun violence in a policy context. Listener discretion advised. 00:00:00 Welcome to episode 134 00:01:43 Luke's off to Vietnam 00:05:09 Coming up this episode 00:11:49 Pauline Hanson wants to scrap compulsory super 00:16:20 Sam Pang wins the Gold Logie 00:17:13 NSW's gun buyback begins 00:18:33 Listener mail 00:24:23 Ben Downie live from London 00:44:28 Nicole Morris — Australia's missing 00:45:06 49,000 go missing a year. 2,800 stay missing 00:45:33 Peter Rolfe and the murder of Stephen Dempsey 00:51:22 Janine Vaughan — missing since 2001 00:55:49 Trudy Adams — the disappearance that ended a generation's hitchhiking 01:00:59 Hundreds of unidentified bodies in Australian morgues 01:04:24 Christopher "Mr Rentokil" Flannery and Australia's hitmen 01:17:58 David Littleproud on NSW's new gun laws 01:28:44 Pauline Hanson on Mardi Gras 01:37:39 Truckie Tuesday begins 01:45:20 An angry driver's voicemail 01:50:06 Sharon Horne — trucking's mental health advocate 01:51:12 The crash that changed everything 02:15:08 Belinda Hughes — a trucking company shut down overnight 02:23:19 Rod's rant of the week 02:26:02 Sign-off 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ Support: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7) · 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732 (24/7, pending Decision 6)

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 reference to self-harm in immigration detention. 00:00 Welcome back, Senator Hanson 00:34 The National Union of Students walkout 01:29 The high school protest sign that went viral 04:53 Are the kids being led, or thinking for themselves? 05:19 "I'm going to release it" — the secret teacher recording 06:11 Marked down from an A to a C- for writing about Hanson 07:26 Should classrooms run CCTV? 10:11 Could Hanson become PM? The poll surge to 26% 11:26 Targeting Coalition seats at the next election 14:07 Her relationship with Matt Canavan 15:33 Albanese's melon gaffe with Japan's PM 19:12 How Hanson would handle Donald Trump 21:20 AUKUS, China and Australia's "two masters" 25:16 A national truckies' apprenticeship scheme 28:23 Overtime tax and the true cost of Nauru 31:31 On Gina Rinehart: "no one buys me" 34:20 Left school at 15 — Hanson's first job 41:26 A legend: Fred Brophy's boxing tent 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

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 gambling-related financial harm. Listener discretion advised. Guests: James Glissan (Glissan & Associates Lawyers) · Reverend Tim Costello · Adam McDonald [Timestamp chapters — one per line, HH:MM:SS, first 00:00:00 — withheld pending Decision 5, same as the YouTube chapters above] 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com Support: 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732 (24/7) · Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)

(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) · Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host, National Road Freighters Association) (00:00) GME Sponsor Open & Intro (00:31) Live From The Casino Truck Show (02:29) Vaughan Macdonald On Running The Show (05:38) Why Casino Runs One Of The Biggest Truck Shows In The Country (08:01) Meet Fergie, 14 (Teaser) (09:02) The New Heavy Vehicle Law: Rod's Verdict (11:51) A Trucker's Mental Health Project (14:35) Trucking With CJ: Insurance Broker To Big Rigs (16:04) Why Are Only 2% Of Truck Drivers Women? (16:30) The Crowd Weighs In: Who's The Better Driver? (21:29) CJ On The New Law: "No Carrot, Only Stick" (22:08) The Demerit-Points Debate (29:49) Steering The Future: Getting Kids Into Trucking (32:38) Back To Vaughan Macdonald: Casino House Prices (33:43) Fergie, 14, On Chasing His Truckie Dream (39:22) An O'Brien Co Heavy Driver On Life Behind The Wheel (47:26) A Listener's Email On Truckie Etiquette (48:46) How The Judges Pick The Winner From 550 Trucks ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

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) · Trevor Long (technology commentator) · Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host) · Belinda Hughes (Principal, Hughes Law) (00:00) Cold open & welcome (04:39) The Albanese "melon" fallout (06:12) John Hopoate's driving charge & NRL history (10:04) The WNBA transgender-inclusion debate (19:31) Listener mail (26:12) Matt Canavan: One Nation, Pauline Hanson & the Coalition (31:08) The ABC apologises to Gina Rinehart (34:46) A comedian twerks to the Last Post (42:08) David Shoebridge: smart glasses, privacy & air traffic control (65:05) Trevor Long on the Kmart "Anko" glasses backlash (84:14) Truckie Tuesday 132: braking distance & U-turn safety (119:36) Belinda Hughes: Legal Win of the Week (125:21) Rod's own licence dispute No censors. No apologies. This is Bonafide with Luke Bona. 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ Support: Griefline 1300 845 745 (Mon–Fri 9am–6pm, Sat–Sun 12pm–6pm AEST/AEDT) · Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)

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 personal opinions and allegations — not established fact. No charges have been laid against Mr Elliott, and no verdict has been delivered in the matters discussed. 00:00 Intro & David Elliott's Telegraph Column 01:09 The NSW Liberal Party's ICAC Allegations, Explained 04:14 "Did You Have An Affair?" — The Rumour, The PI & The Fallout 07:36 Media Bias? David Elliott On Bevan Shields & The SMH 09:11 The Idaho In-N-Out Shooting & Australia's Gun Laws 10:53 The Bondi Terror Attack & The Royal Commission 13:17 The Alan Jones Trial: Elliott's Take 20:44 The Streisand Effect: Gina Rinehart vs The ABC 25:17 Why A Trip To Bunnings Could Save Your Marriage 27:46 30 Years Married: Elliott's Secret To A Long Marriage 29:34 Australia's Biggest Issue & A Monty Python Sign-Off 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

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 kids with no resilience? 00:13:01 Should schools ditch keyboards for pen and paper? 00:19:41 Listener mail & a very Australian trivia detour 00:31:49 Shane Oliver on the housing slump & negative equity 00:59:59 Real Crime with Adam Shand: the murder of Herman Rockefeller 01:20:02 Chopper Read's casino confession — true or bull? 01:30:59 The William Tyrrell mystery 01:51:19 Man Cave: Adam McDonald's new studio + Granny Sue's back 02:39:46 Wrap-up & thought of the day 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com Support: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)

(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 & Truckie Tuesday 128 Intro 00:53 Checking In With Rod Hannifey From Dubbo 02:10 Voicemail: Robbo's Fit-To-Drive Question 04:34 Listener Mail: James The Bony Collector's Truck-Stop Tip 07:52 News: The Fuel Tax Relief Deadline On August 3 09:37 News: More Overseas Licences Recognised (Light Vehicles Only) 11:39 News: The Sham Contracting And Primary-Producer-Rego Loophole 14:41 News: The Push To Drop The Road User Charge To Zero 16:22 Listener Mail: Swampy's Breakdown And Our Hero Of The Highway 17:22 Rod's Story: A Mystery Van Tails A B-Double On The Pacific Highway 19:18 Who Actually Owns The Roundabout? 20:52 UHF Etiquette And Overseas Drivers Running Without Lights 22:40 GME Sponsor Break 23:32 What To Expect At The Casino Truck Show 25:38 The "Chopper" Read Casino Murder Legend 30:23 The New Heavy Vehicle Law Explained, Starting August 1 33:24 Hughes Law Win Of The Week Begins 34:30 Belinda Hughes Answers Robbo's Fit-To-Drive Question 38:21 Win Of The Week: Fighting A $170,000 Threat Over 6.5cm 44:35 Sign-Off & See You At The Casino Truck Show 46:19 GME Sponsor Close #TruckieTuesday #TruckingAustralia #RoadSafety #HeavyVehicleLaw ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ 👩‍💼 For expert defence or advisory services, contact Hughe's Lawyers on ⁠⁠⁠0422 388 370⁠⁠⁠ : ⁠⁠⁠https://hugheslaw.com.au/⁠ 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

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 & Nagasaki 00:44:00 Domestic politics: Coalition, One Nation & the ABC row 01:14:49 Rob McKnight: entertainment & media wrap 01:19:46 Alex Ryvchin: antisemitism, October 7 & the Second Intifada 01:50:14 The Bondi Beach massacre site — a confrontation02:13:35 Truckie Tuesday: LIVE from the Casino Truck Show 02:44:39 A word from our sponsor GME 03:00:32 Find a hero: your best trucking stories 03:11:06 The TWU & NHVR — what truckies really think 03:13:32 Wrap-up & thought of the day #alanjones #auspol #ausnews 🫶 Join The Bonafide FamilyGet Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get InvolvedLeave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible!Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ 👩‍💼 For expert defence or advisory services, contact Hughe's Lawyers on ⁠⁠0422 388 370⁠⁠ : ⁠⁠https://hugheslaw.com.au/ Support: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7)

Joel Nancarrow from Hunter Shark Jaw Restoration gives his two cents on whether we're really safe from sharks, Ben Downie gives us the latest on the disastrous wildfires spreading throughout France, and David Shoebridge gives us the inside scoop on the rorts politicians love to partake in, but deny when confronted. 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: lukebonaradioguy@gmail.com

This week on Truckie Tuesday, lawyer Belinda Hughes officially, sitting down with Luke Bona and Rod Hannifey to unpack a big regulatory shift landing on 1 August: the Heavy Vehicle National Law's new "unfit to drive" duty, what it actually covers, and why a sore toe at a roadside stop won't be enough to get anyone pulled off the road. They also bust a persistent myth about misspelled work diaries getting truckies fined, and Belinda kicks off her new weekly segment, Legal Win of the Week, with a story about the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator dragging a $411 ticket all the way to court — and losing. Plus: a dash cam catches a car deliberately brake-checking a truck, a listener asks why his demerit points weren't reinstated after he beat his ticket in court, a trucker-turned-nursing-student writes in with a hard letter about industry standards, and Rod and Belinda talk through a fatal crash on the Hume Highway near Goulburn and what a proper accident investigation could change. Guests: Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host, National Road Freighters Association) · Belinda Hughes (Principal, Hughes Law — Truckie Tuesday's new resident lawyer) ⚠ This episode discusses a fatal truck crash on the Hume Highway. Support: Griefline 1300 845 745 (Mon–Fri 9am–6pm, Sat–Sun 12pm–6pm AEST/AEDT) · Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7) (00:00) GME Sponsor Open & Intro (00:50) Belinda Hughes Joins As A Permanent Co-Host (02:21) Truck Blind-Spot Awareness (06:42) Dash Cams, Brake-Checking And Insurance (10:46) A Listener's Demerit-Points Dispute (13:19) A Trucker's Letter On Industry Standards (19:40) The New "Unfit To Drive" Duty And Mental Health (24:51) The Fatal Hume Highway Crash Near Goulburn (28:26) Busting The Work-Diary Fine Myth (33:17) A Listener's Original Song (38:46) Belinda's Legal Win Of The Week (41:14) Rod's Own Day In Court (45:53) What Changes On August 1 ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ 👩‍💼 For expert defence or advisory services, contact Hughe's Lawyers on ⁠⁠0422 388 370⁠⁠ : ⁠⁠https://hugheslaw.com.au/⁠ 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

NSW has already handed out $400 million in fines from mobile-phone and seatbelt cameras — and the state is now looking at fully AI-assisted enforcement. Drive.com.au's James Ward joins Luke to break down the real false-positive rates, a driver who had to hire a lawyer to beat a wrongful fine, and why he thinks it's about revenue, not road safety. Plus: outspoken ex-school-principal Tracy Tully returns for part two, digging into the real cost of private education (closing in on half a million dollars per child in Sydney) and why financial literacy should be taught from primary school; Truckie Tuesday with Rod Hannifey and Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law on the new "fit to drive" heavy-vehicle laws; the Alan Joyce/Qantas 60 Minutes fallout; and the NRL's West Tigers leadership saga. Guests: Tracy Tully · James Ward · Rod Hannifey · Belinda Hughes ⚠ This episode includes discussion of a real assault on a minor, a graphic workplace threat, and a reference to a real fatal road tragedy. Support: Lifeline 13 11 14 · Griefline 1300 845 745 (Mon–Fri 9am–6pm, Sat–Sun 12pm–6pm AEST/AEDT) 00:00:00 Cold Open 00:00:50 Welcome to Episode 128 00:04:56 Headlines 00:30:53 Tracy Tully Returns: Private vs. Public School 01:09:51 Tracy Tully: Why Her Kids Went To Boarding School 01:55:54 James Ward: $400 Million In AI Traffic Camera Fines 02:29:08 Truckie Tuesday 128 With Rod Hannifey 02:31:46 The New Fit-To-Drive Law With Belinda Hughes 03:15:26 Wrap Up ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ 👩‍💼 For expert defence or advisory services, contact Hughe's Lawyers on ⁠0422 388 370⁠ : ⁠https://hugheslaw.com.au/ 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

Former Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop joins Luke for a wide-ranging, on-the-record catch-up: her own take on Pauline Hanson and immigration, the "White Australia policy" debate that's resurfaced in the news, ranking every Prime Minister she's served under or alongside (from Bob Hawke to Anthony Albanese), Gina Rinehart, China, and why she says the Union Jack isn't coming off the Australian flag. Plus: legal eagle James Glisson on a convicted killer accessing taxpayer-funded Ozempic (and very nearly taxpayer-funded IVF) in a Victorian prison, and a Melbourne woman charged over alleged ISIS ties walking free on bail despite the AFP's objections; Sky News' Jonathan Kearsley on the Saudi Arabia nuclear deal and the Iran conflict; and in the Man Cave, Barnaby Joyce's viral dog-scolding moment, a chat about bullying, and a seven-year-old's viral song. ⚠ This episode includes discussion of an alleged terrorism case involving a young child, and describes (without showing) radicalising content. It also discusses a real, recent violent crime. Listener discretion advised. No censors. No apologies. This is Bonafide with Luke Bona. 00:00:00 Cold Open 00:00:50 Welcome to Episode 127 & Headlines 00:08:47 Junior Sport Violence, Office Shorts and the Commonwealth Games Debate 00:21:24 Listener Mail: A Seven-Year-Old's Viral Song and the Real Estate Junk-Mail Rant 00:32:06 Bronwyn Bishop: Pauline Hanson, Immigration and the State of the Coalition 00:56:13 Bronwyn Bishop: Ranking the Prime Ministers, Gina Rinehart and the Flag Debate 01:11:21 US Catch-Up: Jonathan Kearsley on the Saudi Nuclear Deal and Iran 01:30:52 James Glissan: The ISIS Bride Granted Bail 01:40:02 James Glissan: The Prison Ozempic and IVF Scandal 01:47:37 James Glissan: AI Traffic Cameras and the New "Robodebt" 01:56:39 Man Cave: Ian Love on Driving, Bullying and "It's Bullshit To Bully" 02:18:35 Barnaby Joyce's Viral Dog Scolding, Granny Sue and Childhood Toys #BronwynBishop #AustralianPolitics #TaxpayerFunded 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com SUPPORT ADAM THIS DRY JULY ❤️ https://www.dryjuly.com/teams/decepticons

The last family-owned company still manufacturing UHF radios in Australia says they'd rather shut the factory doors than take the job overseas. On this Truckie Tuesday, Rod Hannifey sits down with Tony Crook, Group Marketing Manager at GME, for a proper yarn about UHF etiquette, six decades of Australian-made radios, and why a $200 UHF set might be the most important thing in your cab. Plus: the channel-40 pests nobody can trace, a caravan door that could've caused a real accident, the isolation and mental load of life on the road, and Rod's hot-topics rundown, covering new speed rules for road trains, the Aldi safety stoush, and Australia's first home-built electric truck. No censors. No apologies. This is Bonafide with Luke Bona. 00:00 GME Sponsor Open & Truckie Tuesday Intro 00:31 Checking In With Rod Hannifey From Dubbo 01:16 Coming Up: The Casino Truck Show 01:43 Introducing Tony Crook, GME's Group Marketing Manager 03:20 Meet The Only Family Still Building UHF Radios In Australia 05:58 UHF Radio Etiquette 101, With Rod Hannifey 17:50 Inside GME's Sydney Factory 18:53 "If We Can't Make Radios In Australia, We'll Shut The Doors" 21:08 The Case For An "Australian-Made" Supermarket Aisle 22:40 Ten-Four And Other UHF Lingo, Explained 24:52 Why A UHF Isn't Just An Accessory, It's A Lifeline 25:45 A Caravan Door, A Stranger, And Why UHF Saves Lives 27:37 A Listener's Song For The Casino Truck Show 29:21 What Truck Shows Actually Mean To The Industry 30:19 Humanising Truckies: Isolation, Mental Health And Respect 33:15 Hot Topics: NSW's New Speed Limit Rules 35:38 Hot Topics: The Aldi Driver Safety Dispute 38:19 Hot Topics: Australia's First Electric Truck 42:26 Casino Truck Show Sign-Off & Thanks To GME #TruckieTuesday #AustralianMade #UHFRadio #Trucking ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ 🫶 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: 🎙️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com