Police Minister Dan Purdie joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to deliver an urgent briefing on severe storm damage and widespread blackouts across Logan City while addressing ongoing community frustration over weather warning accuracy. Alongside the severe weather response, Purdie revealed that the Queensland Government is expanding its Special Constables program to bring retired and […]
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“Abandoned by the system”: Why an assault victim faces homelessness while waiting on $6K for teeth
Amid alarming reports that prison inmates are exploiting loopholes in Queensland’s Victim Assist scheme, Toowoomba plasterer Tristan Tobisch joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and shares his personal nightmare of being left in limbo. After an unprovoked bash attack broke his jaw and halted his ability to work, six months of bureaucratic delays over a […]
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11/11/2026
“We can’t absorb it”: Aussie food prices set to surge another 7% as supply chain reaches breaking point
Countrywide Food Service Distributors warns that soaring fuel, energy, and regulatory costs will force a 7% price hike across 80,000 hospitality and institutional venues as suppliers run out of room to absorb expenses. Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast unpacks how these compounding supply chain pressures, alongside the looming abolition of junior wages, could severely impact […]
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10/11/2026
Crisafulli under siege: LNP hit by developer donation storm over Olympic waterfront land deal
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli is under intense scrutiny after the LNP accepted a $100,000 donation from a property developer shortly after the firm was awarded prime Hamilton riverfront land with affordable housing conditions stripped out. Shadow Attorney-General Meaghan Scanlon joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and slammed the deal as a failure of integrity while […]
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09/11/2026
How a 12-year-old Brisbane schoolgirl collected over 1,200 food donations to tackle the homelessness crisis
Disturbed by children sleeping rough in cars and young people living on the streets, 12-year-old Liv Carlson organised a large four-week food drive at Prince of Peace Lutheran College. The initiative gathered more than 1,245 food donations alongside personal, handwritten cards for the charity Nourish Street, prompting widespread community praise and calls for local radio […]
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06/11/2026
The NSW Government’s Container Deposit Scheme has been heavily criticised, from implementation to ongoing maintenance. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has admitted to Macquarie Radio the scheme is going through significant “teething problems”. ‘Return and Earn’ centres across the state have been swamped with rubbish that isn’t accepted by the machines. The pictures have been sent […]
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19/02/2019
Ray becomes a pop… and the photos are adorable!
Congratulations to Ray on becoming a pop. He welcomed his beautiful and healthy granddaughter Ava Marie Clark into the world on March 13. “I had a life-changing experience on Tuesday this week. “She arrived at 4.20, shortly after that I fell in love with the most beautiful and wonderful little baby I’ve ever seen. “I know […]
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31/07/2018
Guard’s car torched for standing up to bully
A GEO guard sent this photo to Ray of another guard’s car that was torched after they stood up for a woman who was allegedly assaulted by her Area Manager at Parklea Correctional Centre
Jason Matthews
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22/11/2017
QLD Greens’ Shannon Girard advertising in disabled parking spot
Listener Adrian sent Ray this photo of a ute with advertising for Greens’ candidate for Scenic Rim parked in a disabled parking spot
Jason Matthews
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20/11/2017
Yet another truck stuck in the Galston Gorge
Ray was sent this photo of a Zinfra truck stuck on one of the hairpin bends in the Galston Gorge this morning
Jason Matthews
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13/11/2017
Police Minister Dan Purdie joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to deliver an urgent briefing on severe storm damage and widespread blackouts across Logan City while addressing ongoing community frustration over weather warning accuracy. Alongside the severe weather response, Purdie revealed that the Queensland Government is expanding its Special Constables program to bring retired and […]
Jason Matthews
/
2 hours ago
“Abandoned by the system”: Why an assault victim faces homelessness while waiting on $6K for teeth
Amid alarming reports that prison inmates are exploiting loopholes in Queensland’s Victim Assist scheme, Toowoomba plasterer Tristan Tobisch joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and shares his personal nightmare of being left in limbo. After an unprovoked bash attack broke his jaw and halted his ability to work, six months of bureaucratic delays over a […]
Jason Matthews
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11/11/2026
“We can’t absorb it”: Aussie food prices set to surge another 7% as supply chain reaches breaking point
Countrywide Food Service Distributors warns that soaring fuel, energy, and regulatory costs will force a 7% price hike across 80,000 hospitality and institutional venues as suppliers run out of room to absorb expenses. Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast unpacks how these compounding supply chain pressures, alongside the looming abolition of junior wages, could severely impact […]
Jason Matthews
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10/11/2026
Crisafulli under siege: LNP hit by developer donation storm over Olympic waterfront land deal
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli is under intense scrutiny after the LNP accepted a $100,000 donation from a property developer shortly after the firm was awarded prime Hamilton riverfront land with affordable housing conditions stripped out. Shadow Attorney-General Meaghan Scanlon joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and slammed the deal as a failure of integrity while […]
Jason Matthews
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09/11/2026
How a 12-year-old Brisbane schoolgirl collected over 1,200 food donations to tackle the homelessness crisis
Disturbed by children sleeping rough in cars and young people living on the streets, 12-year-old Liv Carlson organised a large four-week food drive at Prince of Peace Lutheran College. The initiative gathered more than 1,245 food donations alongside personal, handwritten cards for the charity Nourish Street, prompting widespread community praise and calls for local radio […]
Jason Matthews
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06/11/2026
Police Minister Dan Purdie joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to deliver an urgent briefing on severe storm damage and widespread blackouts across Logan City while addressing ongoing community frustration over weather warning accuracy. Alongside the severe weather response, Purdie revealed that the Queensland Government is expanding its Special Constables program to bring retired and […]
Jason Matthews
/
2 hours ago
“Abandoned by the system”: Why an assault victim faces homelessness while waiting on $6K for teeth
Amid alarming reports that prison inmates are exploiting loopholes in Queensland’s Victim Assist scheme, Toowoomba plasterer Tristan Tobisch joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and shares his personal nightmare of being left in limbo. After an unprovoked bash attack broke his jaw and halted his ability to work, six months of bureaucratic delays over a […]
Jason Matthews
/
11/11/2026
“We can’t absorb it”: Aussie food prices set to surge another 7% as supply chain reaches breaking point
Countrywide Food Service Distributors warns that soaring fuel, energy, and regulatory costs will force a 7% price hike across 80,000 hospitality and institutional venues as suppliers run out of room to absorb expenses. Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast unpacks how these compounding supply chain pressures, alongside the looming abolition of junior wages, could severely impact […]
Jason Matthews
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10/11/2026
Crisafulli under siege: LNP hit by developer donation storm over Olympic waterfront land deal
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli is under intense scrutiny after the LNP accepted a $100,000 donation from a property developer shortly after the firm was awarded prime Hamilton riverfront land with affordable housing conditions stripped out. Shadow Attorney-General Meaghan Scanlon joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and slammed the deal as a failure of integrity while […]
Jason Matthews
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09/11/2026
How a 12-year-old Brisbane schoolgirl collected over 1,200 food donations to tackle the homelessness crisis
Disturbed by children sleeping rough in cars and young people living on the streets, 12-year-old Liv Carlson organised a large four-week food drive at Prince of Peace Lutheran College. The initiative gathered more than 1,245 food donations alongside personal, handwritten cards for the charity Nourish Street, prompting widespread community praise and calls for local radio […]
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06/11/2026
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