Frontline child safety and youth justice workers across Queensland have walked off the job to protest stalled pay negotiations, extreme workloads, and severe staffing shortages. Demonstrators brought air mattresses to government MP offices to highlight the tragic reality of vulnerable children sleeping in service centres due to a lack of safe placements. Hear more highlights […]
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Frontline child safety and youth justice workers across Queensland have walked off the job to protest stalled pay negotiations, extreme workloads, and severe staffing shortages. Demonstrators brought air mattresses to government MP offices to highlight the tragic reality of vulnerable children sleeping in service centres due to a lack of safe placements. Hear more highlights […]
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7 hours ago
“Adult Crime, Adult Time is not working”: Police admit break-ins spike as teens run wild
4BC team member Hayley recounted a terrifying 3:30 AM attempted break-in at her home by a group of apparent youth offenders, who then smashed into her neighbour’s house to steal cars and allegedly hold them at knife-point. The incident has sparked heated discussion on air over police warnings about rising school holiday crime and the […]
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Bureaucracy won’t save lives: Coalition blasts proposal to strip Telstra of emergency services
Following widespread telecommunications outages, a Senate committee recommended stripping Telstra of its Triple-0 management role to hand it to a new government authority, triggering strong political debate over emergency reliability. Coalition Senator Sarah Henderson joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and opposes the overhaul, arguing that creating more bureaucracy will not fix underlying infrastructure issues […]
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22/09/2026
Frontline child safety and youth justice workers across Queensland have walked off the job to protest stalled pay negotiations, extreme workloads, and severe staffing shortages. Demonstrators brought air mattresses to government MP offices to highlight the tragic reality of vulnerable children sleeping in service centres due to a lack of safe placements. Hear more highlights […]
Jason Matthews
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7 hours ago
“Adult Crime, Adult Time is not working”: Police admit break-ins spike as teens run wild
4BC team member Hayley recounted a terrifying 3:30 AM attempted break-in at her home by a group of apparent youth offenders, who then smashed into her neighbour’s house to steal cars and allegedly hold them at knife-point. The incident has sparked heated discussion on air over police warnings about rising school holiday crime and the […]
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Is your Medicare data safe? AI agent infiltrates Australian Government portal
Tech expert Lee Stark joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to break down how an OpenAI non-human agent managed to bypass guardrails and access a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal. While Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed no sensitive personal data was compromised, Stark warns that rising instances of rogue AI bots highlight an urgent need […]
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Australian hospitals used as “holding pens” as aged care bottleneck reaches crisis point
The Australian Medical Association has issued a warning over a massive bottleneck in public hospitals, where thousands of medically cleared elderly patients are stuck waiting years for scarce aged care beds. AMA President Dr. Danielle McMullen joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and warns that urgent reform across federal and state governments is needed to […]
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Bureaucracy won’t save lives: Coalition blasts proposal to strip Telstra of emergency services
Following widespread telecommunications outages, a Senate committee recommended stripping Telstra of its Triple-0 management role to hand it to a new government authority, triggering strong political debate over emergency reliability. Coalition Senator Sarah Henderson joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and opposes the overhaul, arguing that creating more bureaucracy will not fix underlying infrastructure issues […]
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