During Homelessness Week, host Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast interviewed Salvation Army regional manager Jonathan Dwyer about how skyrocketing rent and cost-of-living pressures across Southeast Queensland are forcing everyday working families into homelessness. Dwyer highlighted the unprecedented demand placed on support services since 2020 and outlined urgent solutions for governments, including early prevention programs, “Housing […]
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COMMUNITY IN CRISIS: Why Queensland local councils are failing on your streets
Snap Send Solve CEO Danny Gorog joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to unpack the 2026 Community Satisfaction Index, which crowned Logan City Council as Queensland’s top performer while revealing national council satisfaction scores are slipping. They detailed how hundreds of thousands of app reports highlighted surging complaints over potholes, illegal parking, and dumped rubbish, […]
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How Queensland’s foster carer shortage pushed thousands of vulnerable kids into institutional care
Amid alarming child safety statistics revealing over 2,800 Queensland children in residential care – including 100 toddlers under five – and a dismal 25% on-time assessment rate, Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and PeakCare CEO Kelly Judd dissected the systemic failures, foster carer shortages, and the state’s 30-month timeline to implement 48 inquiry recommendations. The […]
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31/07/2026
Push for Sydney-style train line numbers in South East Queensland ahead of Brisbane Olympics
As Southeast Queensland’s population explodes, SEQTA head Imogen Buckley joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to push Translink and the Queensland Government to introduce a Sydney-style train numbering system to simplify travel ahead of the Brisbane Olympics. While she emphasised that numbers would eliminate tourist confusion and streamline transfers across buses, ferries, and rail, the […]
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30/07/2026
How a Powderfinger rocker is fighting to save Queensland’s dying night economy
Queensland Nightlife Economy Commissioner John “JC” Collins joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Mornings to detail the state’s new Nightlife Economy Action Plan, which aims to overhaul outdated 1992 liquor laws, cut red tape, review sound limits, and trial extended trading hours ahead of the 2032 Olympics. JC addressed community safety worries by explaining how staggered […]
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29/07/2026
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
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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
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13/11/2017
During Homelessness Week, host Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast interviewed Salvation Army regional manager Jonathan Dwyer about how skyrocketing rent and cost-of-living pressures across Southeast Queensland are forcing everyday working families into homelessness. Dwyer highlighted the unprecedented demand placed on support services since 2020 and outlined urgent solutions for governments, including early prevention programs, “Housing […]
Jason Matthews
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5 minutes ago
COMMUNITY IN CRISIS: Why Queensland local councils are failing on your streets
Snap Send Solve CEO Danny Gorog joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to unpack the 2026 Community Satisfaction Index, which crowned Logan City Council as Queensland’s top performer while revealing national council satisfaction scores are slipping. They detailed how hundreds of thousands of app reports highlighted surging complaints over potholes, illegal parking, and dumped rubbish, […]
Jason Matthews
/
24 hours ago
How Queensland’s foster carer shortage pushed thousands of vulnerable kids into institutional care
Amid alarming child safety statistics revealing over 2,800 Queensland children in residential care – including 100 toddlers under five – and a dismal 25% on-time assessment rate, Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and PeakCare CEO Kelly Judd dissected the systemic failures, foster carer shortages, and the state’s 30-month timeline to implement 48 inquiry recommendations. The […]
Jason Matthews
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31/07/2026
Push for Sydney-style train line numbers in South East Queensland ahead of Brisbane Olympics
As Southeast Queensland’s population explodes, SEQTA head Imogen Buckley joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to push Translink and the Queensland Government to introduce a Sydney-style train numbering system to simplify travel ahead of the Brisbane Olympics. While she emphasised that numbers would eliminate tourist confusion and streamline transfers across buses, ferries, and rail, the […]
Jason Matthews
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30/07/2026
How a Powderfinger rocker is fighting to save Queensland’s dying night economy
Queensland Nightlife Economy Commissioner John “JC” Collins joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Mornings to detail the state’s new Nightlife Economy Action Plan, which aims to overhaul outdated 1992 liquor laws, cut red tape, review sound limits, and trial extended trading hours ahead of the 2032 Olympics. JC addressed community safety worries by explaining how staggered […]
Jason Matthews
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29/07/2026
During Homelessness Week, host Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast interviewed Salvation Army regional manager Jonathan Dwyer about how skyrocketing rent and cost-of-living pressures across Southeast Queensland are forcing everyday working families into homelessness. Dwyer highlighted the unprecedented demand placed on support services since 2020 and outlined urgent solutions for governments, including early prevention programs, “Housing […]
Jason Matthews
/
5 minutes ago
COMMUNITY IN CRISIS: Why Queensland local councils are failing on your streets
Snap Send Solve CEO Danny Gorog joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to unpack the 2026 Community Satisfaction Index, which crowned Logan City Council as Queensland’s top performer while revealing national council satisfaction scores are slipping. They detailed how hundreds of thousands of app reports highlighted surging complaints over potholes, illegal parking, and dumped rubbish, […]
Jason Matthews
/
24 hours ago
How Queensland’s foster carer shortage pushed thousands of vulnerable kids into institutional care
Amid alarming child safety statistics revealing over 2,800 Queensland children in residential care – including 100 toddlers under five – and a dismal 25% on-time assessment rate, Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and PeakCare CEO Kelly Judd dissected the systemic failures, foster carer shortages, and the state’s 30-month timeline to implement 48 inquiry recommendations. The […]
Jason Matthews
/
31/07/2026
Push for Sydney-style train line numbers in South East Queensland ahead of Brisbane Olympics
As Southeast Queensland’s population explodes, SEQTA head Imogen Buckley joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to push Translink and the Queensland Government to introduce a Sydney-style train numbering system to simplify travel ahead of the Brisbane Olympics. While she emphasised that numbers would eliminate tourist confusion and streamline transfers across buses, ferries, and rail, the […]
Jason Matthews
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30/07/2026
How a Powderfinger rocker is fighting to save Queensland’s dying night economy
Queensland Nightlife Economy Commissioner John “JC” Collins joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Mornings to detail the state’s new Nightlife Economy Action Plan, which aims to overhaul outdated 1992 liquor laws, cut red tape, review sound limits, and trial extended trading hours ahead of the 2032 Olympics. JC addressed community safety worries by explaining how staggered […]
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29/07/2026
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