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4BC Online: Ford, a kick in the guts

4BC Online: Ford, a kick in the guts

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Ford a "kick in the guts"

4BC Onine: Greater exports are the way forward for the local car industry, with the loss of manufacturing by Ford a "kick in the guts", Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says. "The answer for the car industry is a strong export plan," he said.

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Ford to stop Australian manufacturing

ford 4BC Mornings: Ford will cease its manufacturing operations in Australia by October 2016 with the loss of 1200 jobs. Ford Australia President and CEO Bob Graziano said the company made a loss of $141 million after tax in the last financial year, with a loss of $600 million over the last five years.

Cutting to the chase

Wood cut 4BC Afternoons: It’s a beautiful if slightly obscure art form and a new exhibition, is opening in Brisbane showcasing some incredible examples of ‘woodcut’ art. Moyd and Loretta talk to local woodcut artist, Alex Gillies.

173 charges: Craig Thomson MP

thomson 4BC Online: Lawyers for Craig Thomson have requested more time to fight allegations he misused union funds to pay for prostitutes and pornography. 173 charges are now laid against Craig Thomson, he has always denied the allegations.

Tony Abbott joins Mornings

Tony Abbott 4BC Mornings: Opposition Leader Tony Abbott joins Greg Cary, just 115 days out from the Federal election. Here they discuss Abbott's pledge of $1 billion for the Cross River Rail project.

Pensioner loses $22,000

bank 4BC Mornings: When 75 year old Toowong pensioner Adrian Duffy returned home from hospital after 21 days in hospital recovering from major heart surgery, he was shocked to find his bank account had been emptied by the Federal Government.

Logan girl found dead

police 4BC Online: Logan detectives are seeking public assistance as they continue to investigate the suspicious death of a woman at Logan Central overnight. Just after 7am the body of a woman, believed to be in her 20s, was located at the front of a residence on Leichhardt Street.

Cost of raising children

Kids in the car 4BC Breakfast:  A new report has revealed that it costs $812,000 to raise two children from birth till they leave home. Amanda Cox is a mother of three with her oldest 12 and youngest 4 she also runs realmums.com.au and joins Breakfast.

Te'o rejects assault claims

Ben Te'o 4BC Sports Today: The NRL's integrity unit is investigating claims by a Brisbane woman that she was assaulted by South Sydney's Queensland forward Ben Te'o last month. Te'o released a statement saying he had not acted improperly.

New schools for Queensland

Campbell Newman 4BC Online: Queensland's government says 10 new schools will be built to meet growing student demand in the state's southeast, three weeks after announcing nine could close in the same area due to low attendance rates.

The Doctor from Mars

earth 4BC Afternoons: Moyd and Loretta talk to world-famous author, Dr John Gray about the world-famous “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” and find out if men and women are finally back on planet earth.

'Double standards', says gender group

Same-sex marriage 4BC Drive: Rodney Croome, Australian Marriage Equality's national convenor joins Gary Hardgrave on Kevin Rudd's announcement in support of same-sex marriage and he believes that it should encourage more MPs to come out in support.

Pay rise for women's cricket

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 11:  Jodie Fields of Australia catches the ball during an Australian women's cricket training session at Sydney Cricket Ground on December 11, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) 4BC Sports Today: Cricket Australia has announced a new contracting system that will see our women cricketers among the highest paid female athletes in the country. Southern Stars captain Jodie Fields joins Peter Psaltis.

Midlife eating disorders

Midlife eating disorders 4BC Mornings: Cynthia M Bulik is a Distinguished Professor in Eating Disorders at the University of North Carolina and has written a book about midlife eating disorders. Bulik is determined to bust the myth that eating disorders only strike adolescents.

US Rescuers dig for life after tornado

210513-Tornado 4BC Drive: Rescue teams are combing through what's left of an American suburb after a tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at least 24 people. Gary Hardgrave speaks to Chris McKinnon from News 9 in Oklahoma.

Party precinct: failed

Alcohol ban 4BC Online: A $10M Queensland government initiative designed to curb alcohol-fuelled violence in the state's biggest nightspots has been labelled a flop. The Audit Office's report to parliament about the Drink Safe Precinct was tabled on Tuesday.

Preserving Aussie accents

Australia 4BC Drive: Gary Hardgrave speaks with Dr Felicity Cox, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Macquarie University. Dr Cox has worked on a project called "Australian Voices" where she is aiming to listen to 1000 different Australian voices.

Truckies push for "danger money"

Truck 4BC Mornings: Steven Corcoran has been a truckie for 20 years and in that time has lost 13 colleagues on the road. He says the pressure for drivers to push through the fatigue and meet delivery deadlines is immense.

Golden point system under srutiny

Ryan Hoffman 4BC Sports Today: Rugby league's golden point system is again under scrutiny after a grueling 10-10 draw between Melbourne and Manly in Monday night football. Storm forward Ryan Hoffman joins Sports Today to discuss the game.

Clean eating guru David Wolfe

David-Wolfe 4BC The Lounge: Walter Williams and regular Naturopath Jason Jackson are joined by the rock star of superfoods David Wolfe ahead of his Brisbane show. Listen and comment now.

The Doors keyboardist Manzarek dies

Ray Manzarek 4BC Online: Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist who was a founding member of The Doors, has died. He was 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says in a news release that Manzarek died on Monday at the RoMed Clinic in Rosenheim, Germany.

700 senior AFL games

4bc 4BC Sports Today: Bill Magin played his 700th senior game of AFL over the weekend when he took the field for the Pomona Cooroy Demons on the Sunshine Coast. Bill joins Sports Today to take a look back at his career.

Home flu remedies

flu-thumb 4BC Breakfast: Mary and Ian on Breakfast cover age old flu remedies as the cold weather sets in around Brisbane. Listen and comment now with your family's flu remedies and see other listener's remedies.

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