Bonafide with Luke Bona

This week's Truckie Tuesday: Luke Bona and co-host Rod Hannifey sit down with Belinda Hughes, principal of Hughes Law and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator's former Director of Prosecutions, to go through the real cases crossing her desk — a $206 fine for an unscheduled coffee break, a driver facing a $200,000 maximum penalty over 86 unticked log-book boxes, and her own calculation that a paperwork slip can carry a bigger fine than threatening a partner's life under NSW's stalking laws.
They also get into whether electronic work diaries actually help, why professional drivers might deserve more demerit-point leeway rather than less, the NHVR's "Don't Muck With a Truck" youth-driver campaign, and Belinda's own rule for talking to police roadside: don't.
Guests: Rod Hannifey (National Road Freighters Association) · Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law; former Director of Prosecutions, NHVR)
Chapters (each its own line):(00:00) Intro & GME(01:06) Meet Belinda Hughes(03:34) Is NHVR Enforcement Fair?(10:58) The $206 Coffee-Break Ticket(14:54) A $200,000 Penalty Over Paperwork(15:44) Paperwork Fines vs. Domestic-Violence Penalties(20:09) Electronic Work Diaries: Help or Hindrance?(25:07) A $20,590 Rest-Hours Technicality(28:47) Ticketed Asleep, Parked Legally(35:08) Should Truckies Get Extra Demerit Points?(36:45) Don't Muck With a Truck(43:26) Body Cams & the #1 Roadside Rule(50:07) Sign-Off

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This week on Bonafide: Queensland MP Robbie Katter makes the case that Australia can't afford a $60 billion Brisbane Olympics, and weighs in on nuclear power and water infrastructure.
Craig Willis, who worked alongside Derryn Hinch for 42 years, joins Luke to remember the legendary broadcaster following his passing this week — the jail term for naming a pedophile priest, the on-air sackings, and the friendship that lasted five decades.
Tech commentator Trevor Long breaks down what really happened in the Telstra network outage and the media pile-on that followed.
Channel Seven's UK correspondent Ben Downie covers the UK's incoming prime minister, Nigel Farage's chaotic by-election, Prince Harry's tense return to the UK, and the latest on the Prince Andrew investigation.
And it's Truckie Tuesday 124 — Rod Hannifey is joined by Tony Crook from GME to talk UHF radio etiquette, Australian manufacturing, and why the family behind GME says they'd rather shut the doors than build overseas.
⚠ This episode includes a brief, non-graphic mention of a distressing current news story involving the death of a child, and Derryn Hinch's own disclosure of childhood sexual abuse. Listener discretion advised. Support: Lifeline 13 11 14.
Guests: Robbie Katter, Craig Willis, Trevor Long, Ben Downie, Rod Hannifey, Tony Crook
No censors. No apologies. This is Bonafide with Luke Bona.
00:00:00 Cold Open00:00:39 Welcome to Episode 12400:05:13 Headlines00:31:04 Trevor Long on the Telstra Outage00:49:46 Remembering Derryn Hinch00:51:37 Craig Willis on 42 Years With Derryn Hinch01:16:51 Robbie Katter on the Olympics and Nuclear Power01:55:44 Ben Downie on UK Politics and the Royals02:26:55 Truckie Tuesday 124 With Rod Hannifey and GME03:12:31 Sign-Off
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A retired Army Colonel and former federal MP says Australia's illegal tobacco trade is tangled up with the same transnational crime networks that help fund terror groups overseas. Mike Kelly joins Luke in the Man Cave for a hard-hitting hour: the tobacco wars burning through Melbourne and Sydney, the radicalisation gaps behind the Bondi terror attack, and why he says our gun laws still aren't keeping up.

Also this episode: shadow energy minister Dan Tehan makes the case for nuclear power, Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly gives a first-hand account of the tobacco-shop firebombings tearing through his own council, Sky News Washington bureau chief Jonathan Kearsley breaks down the Iran situation and the war in Ukraine, the Dry July Foundation's CEO on a decade of cancer-fundraising, and defensive driving expert Ian Luff makes the case for compulsory driver training.

This episode discusses the Bondi terror attack, including a reflection on the death of a child. Listener discretion advised.

Guests: Mike Kelly (retired Army Colonel, former federal MP for Eden-Monaro) · Dan Tehan (shadow minister for energy) · Stephen Jolly (Yarra City Council Mayor) · Jonathan Kearsley (Sky News Washington bureau chief) · Ian Luff (defensive driving expert) · the Dry July Foundation's CEO

Chapters:
(00:00:00) Cold Open
(00:00:39) Welcome to Episode 123
(00:01:42) Coming Up This Episode
(00:05:18) Headlines: Melbourne's Livability Ranking and the World's Fastest Spider
(00:24:28) Dan Tehan on Should Australia Go Nuclear
(00:53:35) Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly on the Tobacco Wars
(01:05:27) Dry July's CEO on a Decade of Cancer Fundraising
(01:12:54) Jonathan Kearsley on Iran, Ukraine and the World Cup
(01:48:08) Ian Luff on Defensive Driving
(01:54:32) Mike Kelly Joins the Man Cave
(02:08:48) Tobacco Wars, Terror Financing and the Bondi Attack
(02:21:06) Man Cave Banter
(02:25:51) Mike Kelly's Story: From Humble Beginnings to Colonel
(02:37:37) Mike Kelly's Car Memorabilia Collection
(02:37:56) Sign-Off and What's Coming Next

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Former NSW Police and Counter-Terrorism Minister David Elliott joins Luke to explain why he's calling for federal opposition leader Angus Taylor to resign — and reflects candidly on the Bondi terror attack and the hate-laws debate it's sparked.

Also this episode: Greens Senator David Shoebridge on ASIO's press-freedom controversy and the Bondi Royal Commission, America's chaotic 4th of July, and Rod Hannifeyfor Truckie Tuesday 122 — new safety-accreditation rules and the Great Western Highway fix.

⚠️ This episode discusses a real terror attack and includes a reflection on the death of a child. Listener discretion advised.

Guests: David Elliott (former NSW Minister for Police, Emergency Services & Counter-Terrorism) · David Shoebridge (Greens Senator, NSW) · Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday)

Chapters:
(00:00:00) Cold Open
(00:01:03) Welcome to Episode 122
(00:04:24) Headlines: America's Wild 4th of July
(00:15:59) Listener Mail & a Blast-From-the-Past Ad
(00:27:21) Greens Senator David Shoebridge Returns
(00:33:07) ASIO, Press Freedom & the Bondi Royal Commission
(00:41:55) David Elliott Joins the Podcast
(00:43:49) The Liberal Civil War: Why Elliott Wants Angus Taylor Gone
(01:08:34) Bondi, Little Matilda & the Hate-Laws Debate
(01:16:23) Define "Australian Culture": Elliott's Seven Points
(01:29:59) Truckie Tuesday 122 with Rod Hannafin
(01:36:45) The Great Western Highway Fix
(02:01:31) Sign-Off
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Federal MP Pat Conaghan joins the Man Cave for a story he's rarely told this fully — years undercover in a drug-enforcement unit, and the international incident it caused.

Also this episode: motoring with James Ward, Sky News' Jonathan Kearsley on presidents and their investments, 20-year-old nuclear advocate Will Shackle live from Vienna, media commentator Rob McKnight on the Karl Stefanovic radio fallout, the 1 July financial-year changes, a "miracle" escape on the Hume Highway, and your listener mail.

Guests: Pat Conaghan MP (Federal Member for Cowper) · James Ward (Drive.com.au) · Jonathan Kearsley (Sky News) · Will Shackle (Nuclear for Australia) · Rob McKnight (McKnight Tonight)

Chapters:
(00:00:00) Cold Open
(00:01:03) Welcome to Episode 121
(00:02:32) 128K and Counting: The Hanson Interview Keeps Climbing
(00:06:02) The 1 July Changes Landing Today
(00:12:44) Tragedy at the World Cup: Mexico City Stampede
(00:14:01) Six Trucks, One Highway, One "Miracle"
(00:16:10) Listener Mail & Voicemails
(00:28:34) Motoring with James Ward: Whatever Happened to the Purvis Eureka?
(01:06:24) Jonathan Kearsley: Should Politicians Be Allowed to Invest?
(01:22:08) Will Shackle: 20 and Already Fighting for Nuclear
(02:04:01) Rob McKnight on the Stefanovic Radio Fallout
(02:24:06) Welcome to the Man Cave
(02:25:35) Pat Conaghan MP Joins the Cave
(02:28:46) Undercover: Life in the Drug Enforcement Unit
(02:33:19) The International Incident
(02:59:03) The Childhood Toy You Wish You'd Kept

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