Bonafide with Luke Bona

Bonafide with Luke Bona is the unfiltered voice of everyday Australia. After decades in national radio, Luke brings his legendary no-BS approach to the podcast world. We tackle the real issues the mainstream media ignores: Australian politics, the cost of living, motoring, technology, culture, and the transport industry. From the realities of the road on Truckie Tuesday to wild true crime in the Man Cave, get the raw, unhinged truth you’ve been looking for. No censors. No apologies. Subscribe to join the conversation.

Bonafide with Luke Bona is a news podcast hosted by Luke Bona, with 146 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Luke Bona hosts Bonafide with Luke Bona, a news show with 146 episodes published.

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  FULL SHOW: A prison officer's 15 years inside, Shane Oliver on rates and the shark cull fight

  Oct 1, 20262h 8m

  Nick rang Luke on 2GB after a chat about second chances, and he had 15 years of stories. As a NSW prison officer at Lithgow and at the women's jail at Emu Plains, Nick saw the perspex crack in a riot and had an inmate tell him she knew where his family lived. His view is that most prisoners don't want to be rehabilitated. Some of his own stories, like the woman who left jail a qualified chef, point the other way. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver blames government spending for the Reserve Bank's rise to 4.60%, but he doesn't expect another rise before Christmas. In the Man Cave, shark fisherman Joel Nancarrow and Adam McDonald fall out over culling after the fatal attack at Sorrento Beach. Luke's dangerous dog question changes the argument. Adam also brings in a first generation Humphrey B. Bear. Thomas fills in for Kelsey, plus David Shoebridge as Greens leader. Guests: Nick, Shane Oliver, Joel Nancarrow, Adam McDonald This episode contains strong language. It discusses sexual assault in prison, domestic violence, violent deaths and fatal shark attacks. 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732 (24/7) Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24/7) In an emergency, call 000. 00:00:00 Cold open and the live show on 15 October 00:02:01 Hens nights and the wardrobe question 00:08:06 Grand final week and the 11-minute pre-game show 00:12:06 David Shoebridge is the new Greens leader 00:14:16 Your super poll and Brett on childcare 00:18:38 Tuck shop memories and National Sausage Day 00:25:42 Shane Oliver on the rate rise to 4.60% 00:28:51 Is government spending the real problem? 00:35:43 Who do we owe $1 trillion to? 00:42:43 One Nation's plan to take 3% of your super 00:47:17 First home buyers, and another rise before Christmas? 00:49:19 Prisoners on the roads and second chances 00:54:12 Nick, 15 years a NSW prison officer 00:57:33 The day the perspex cracked 01:04:21 No guns, just latex gloves 01:07:51 Contraband and the kiss that smuggled drugs 01:18:24 Why he'd rather work with maximum security men 01:19:42 What new prisoners fear most 01:21:07 The inmate who walked out a chef 01:26:05 Indigenous over-representation in jail 01:29:04 Why almost half go back 01:30:51 The inmate who threatened his family 01:35:23 Prisoners who come back for the security 01:38:16 Why he left after 15 years 01:40:06 Man Cave: Adam's Humphrey B. Bear 01:44:54 Knights fans and the 1997 grand final 01:47:01 Joel Nancarrow on the Sorrento attack 01:49:45 Adam and Joel clash over culling 01:58:21 Luke's dangerous dog question 02:02:43 Will beaches close all summer? 02:04:34 Should sharks be culled? Your vote 02:07:07 Thought of the day Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: ️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com Partner With Bonafide Brands and sponsors, get in touch at: kelsey@bonafidepod.com

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  Truckie Tuesday: The NHVR Boss In Rod's Cab, And Fighting A Ticket

  Sep 28, 20261 hour

  Truckie Tuesday on its own, for anyone who just wants the truck stuff. NHVR chief executive Nicole Rosie spent a day in Rod Hannifey's truck out of Dubbo, and Rod had a list of about 32 questions waiting. Back on Truckie Tuesday she answers the one drivers ask most: is the regulator out to get them? She says education with drivers is up, and that the hard end of enforcement is for repeat, high-risk operators with years of breaches, some of them on their fourteenth letter. Not mudguards. Rod still thinks the fines are too high for anything that isn't a safety breach. She also covers sham contracting and why an EWD on its own won't solve fatigue. If trucking wants more women behind the wheel, she says the first fix is toilets and showers. Before that, Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law on whether to pay a ticket, fight it or ask for a review. Angus wins Where's Rodney. To ask the NHVR to review one of its fines, email Prosecutions.Support@nhvr.gov.au and allow 42 days. Guests: Nicole Rosie (NHVR), Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law), Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host) 00:00:00 Cold Open, And Truckie Tuesday 140 00:02:05 Where's Rodney? Angus Picks Ouyen 00:05:08 Belinda Hughes: Pay It, Fight It Or Ask For A Review 00:05:51 How To Ask For A Review Yourself 00:06:57 What Paying A Ticket Actually Means 00:07:57 Option Three: Taking It To Court 00:08:28 Brian's Question: The Judge Who Doubled The Fine 00:09:35 The Tickets Belinda Has Knocked Out 00:10:38 Kelsey's Question: When The Officer Gets It Wrong 00:12:24 How To Reach Belinda 00:13:36 NHVR Chief Executive Nicole Rosie On Her Day In Rod's Truck 00:15:11 What Rosie Learned In The Cab 00:16:32 Does The NHVR Know The Industry? 00:18:42 Is The NHVR Hell Bent On Prosecuting? 00:21:29 What The Enforcement Numbers Show 00:22:24 High-Risk Operators, Not Mudguards 00:23:30 The 14th Letter 00:24:43 The Calls About Big Fines For Small Mistakes 00:27:33 Police Versus The NHVR 00:29:10 Licensing Drivers Who Can't Read English 00:32:45 Sham Contracting And Drivers On ABNs 00:34:34 Why Rosie Calls Sham Contracting A Safety Problem 00:35:52 Stopping The Highest-Risk Operators 00:38:18 Should Every EWD Be The Same? 00:39:51 Why An EWD Won't Fix Fatigue 00:40:52 When You're Most At Risk 00:41:56 WA, The NT And Two Sets Of Laws 00:43:28 Is The National Regulator Really National? 00:45:13 Getting Young Australians Into Trucking 00:47:29 No Facilities For Women 00:48:58 The Cowboys On The UHF 00:50:15 Caravans, Car Drivers And Trucks 00:54:05 Did She Check Rod's Logbook? 00:55:15 What Rosie Takes Away 00:56:28 What Rod Takes Away: Getting In Before It's Built 00:59:03 Safe Travelling To All ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ Truckie Tuesday's legal segment is with Belinda Hughes, principal lawyer at Hughes Law: https://hugheslaw.com.au or call 1300 448 443 This segment is general information only and is not legal advice. Laws differ between states. If you have a matter of your own, speak to a lawyer. Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: ️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com Partner With Bonafide Brands and sponsors, get in touch at: kelsey@bonafidepod.com

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  FULL SHOW: Lobbyists, a DV crisis and the NHVR boss in Rod's truck

  Sep 28, 20262h 42m

  Why can lobbyists with an orange pass walk the halls of Parliament House while you can't get past security? Greens Senator David Shoebridge calls the revolving door between Defence and the weapons industry obscene, and says he'd tear down the walls that keep the public out. Also in this full episode of Bonafide with Luke Bona: Nathan Cleary's horror injury, the first ever hip-drop send-off, and the Newcastle Knights' first grand final in 25 years. Daily Telegraph crime reporter Mark Morri on the domestic violence crisis in NSW, teenagers with guns, crooks using AI, and whether police have lost the powers they need. David Shoebridge on NSW's new medicinal cannabis driving law and the AI agent that got into a Medicare data portal. Truckie Tuesday: NHVR CEO Nicole Rosie spends a day in Rod Hannifey's truck and explains which operators the regulator is going after, plus sham contracting and electronic work diaries. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law on whether to pay a ticket, fight it or ask for a review. Should police get more powers to deal with youth crime, or should the money go into helping kids earlier? Tell us what you think in the comments. We're going live on Thursday 15 October on YouTube and Facebook. Subscribe so you don't miss it. This episode discusses domestic and family violence, including the deaths of children, and suicide. If it raises anything for you: 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732 (24/7) Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24/7) 00:00 Cold open and what's coming up 06:02 Nathan Cleary, the Knights and the 1997 grand final 13:46 Lions three-peat, Kylie Minogue and Tones and I 21:30 Interest rates, David Koch and your poll results 25:46 Jono's Truckie Tuesday song 28:11 Mark Morri on the domestic violence crisis 43:37 AI, the Medicare breach and crooks going digital 53:13 Teenagers with guns and police powers 1:02:59 David Shoebridge on lobbyists and the revolving door 1:20:00 Medicinal cannabis and drug driving 1:25:29 How an AI agent got into Medicare data 1:31:40 Youth crime: Shoebridge answers Morri 1:40:38 Truckie Tuesday 140 with Rod Hannifey 1:45:59 Belinda Hughes: pay it, fight it or review it 1:54:27 NHVR CEO Nicole Rosie on her day in Rod's truck 2:13:36 Sham contracting and high-risk operators 2:19:09 Electronic work diaries and fatigue 2:25:55 Getting young people and women into trucking 2:40:28 Live show on 15 October and sign-off ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ Truckie Tuesday's legal segment is with Belinda Hughes, principal lawyer at Hughes Law: https://hugheslaw.com.au or call 1300 448 443 Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/ Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS: ️ Get Involved Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com Partner With Bonafide Brands and sponsors, get in touch at: kelsey@bonafidepod.com #DavidShoebridge #Parliament #NHVR

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  FULL SHOW: Should Prisoners Work On Victoria's Roads? Plus, Ai 'Annihilation '

  Sep 24, 20261h 52m

  Victoria wants minimum-security prisoners working on its roads. Kerry Tucker spent her sentence in the state's maximum-security women's prison untangling airline headphones and sanding chairs in a hot shed, and she tells Luke what work inside should actually be for: getting a woman ready to live next door to you when she gets out, not just filling in her day. She makes the case for education, explains why short sentences leave women serving long terms waiting years for programs, and says building more beds is the lazy fix. Kerry also goes back to the $1.9 million she took from her employer, the spin class where she was arrested, a month in the police cells with women she had once judged, and the night before her release, when she asked if she could stay. In the Man Cave, Professor Toby Walsh from UNSW Sydney explains what an AI agent is and why we can't simply pull the plug. Tom Denham is in the chair for the news, from Trump's superintelligence line at the UN to smart glasses at the pool and a runaway emu at Nashdale. CONTENT WARNING: this episode discusses prison, drug addiction, deaths in custody from overdose and suicide, and a mental health diagnosis. It contains strong language.Support: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7) · National Alcohol and Other Drug Hotline 1800 250 015 Join The Bonafide FamilyGet Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-audFollow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS:️ Get InvolvedLeave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/BonafideCall the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com#KerryTucker #Wentworth #AI #Bonafide

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  Truckie Tuesday: Roadside Rights, Potholes & Merging Rules

  Sep 21, 202649 min

  Truck drivers, roadside stops and what an officer can actually make you do. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law takes Truckie Tuesday through your rights on the side of the road, and along the way she puts a stop to something a lot of drivers have been told for years: that a curtain across the back of the cab makes the bunk a private area they cannot enter. It does not. She also explains what they can ask you, what you are actually required to say, why the body worn camera is running for the whole hour, and what happens to the one or two sentences they pull out of it afterwards. Rod Hannifey is pulled over at Parkes after a week where nothing went right, including a two hour job that took four and a half. He has the results of last week's poll on the 5 per cent problem, and half of you blamed the companies and customers setting the schedule. Plus: Adam has had ten cars in one hour refuse to dip their headlights, Callum sends in Matty The Truckie's video about the thank you wave, and Fiona wants to know who was in the wrong when a cattle truck would not let her past. Rod has a rant about what merging actually means in law, which is not what most drivers think it means. ⚠ This episode discusses a fatal road incident reported by the Victorian Auditor-General. (00:00) G'day From Parkes, And A Week Where Nothing Went Right (02:59) The 80/15/5 Split, And The Mate Who Disagrees (04:23) Your Poll Result: Half Of You Blamed The Schedule (04:56) A Million Dollar Truck, Treated As A Cost To Cut (07:00) Where's Rodney? The Ian Moss Clue And The Answer (09:30) Adam's Mail: Ten Cars In An Hour That Wouldn't Dip (12:01) Matty The Truckie And The Thank You Wave (14:46) Rod's Rant: Merging Is Not A Right (16:48) The Mechanical Hand Indicator (18:24) Fiona's Question: The Cattle Truck And The UHF (22:36) Belinda Hughes, And Some Big News (24:36) Three Kinds Of Fatigue: Paper, Machinery, Driver (26:13) The Logbook Does Not Manage Your Fatigue (27:35) Truckie Law School: What They Can Make You Do (28:54) Saying No Comment At The Roadside (29:41) The Body Worn Camera, And The Two Sentences (30:45) Can They Go Behind Your Curtain? (31:35) Is The Boss's Lawyer Your Lawyer? (32:28) Win Of The Week: Twelve Weeks Of Prohibition (36:25) Victoria's Roads And 500,000 Potholes (40:50) Rod's Rant: Fix Them Properly Or Don't Bother (42:12) Bathurst, And The Highway That's Still Shut (43:48) Where's Rodney? This Week's Clue ❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible! Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/ ⚖️ Thanks to Belinda Hughes at Hughes Law Belinda practises in criminal, regulatory and transport law, and brings two decades as a prosecutor and senior regulator to the other side of the courtroom. Hughes Law: https://hugheslaw.com.au/ Call Hughes Law: 1300 448 443 This segment is general information only and is not legal advice. Laws differ between states. If you have a matter of your own, speak to a legal professional about it. Join The Bonafide Family Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/ ️ Get InvolvedLeave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311 Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com

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