Bonafide with Luke Bona

FULL SHOW: Robbie Katter on a seventh state, and Trump's five-day press secretary

Bonafide with Luke Bona

Show Notes

Robbie Katter, the Member for Traeger and leader of Katter's Australian Party, tells Luke why he and his dad Bob want North Queensland to become Australia's seventh state, and why he thinks city people lose out while the north's metals stay in the ground. He also covers shark and crocodile culling, and the case for nuclear power.

Jonathan Kearsley, News24's Washington correspondent, unpacks Katie Zacharia's five days as White House press secretary and Kimberly Guilfoyle's exit as ambassador to Greece, which follows a report she denies. Ben Downie from Seven in London covers the limit on Ukraine's Starshield service and the riots in France. Young farmer Jacob Wright talks farm workers and apprentices, and what diesel and urea now cost.

On Truckie Tuesday, Rod Hannifey goes looking for a truck stop shower and asks whether free meals would change where drivers stop. Belinda Hughes from Hughes Law follows up Danny's grounding and shares her win of the week. Hughes Law sponsors Truckie Tuesday. Luke and Kelsey also take on NSW's truancy fines and your voicemails.

Guests: Robbie Katter, Jonathan Kearsley, Ben Downie, Jacob Wright, Rod Hannifey, Belinda Hughes

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00:00:00 Episode 146, and Trump's week 00:10:22 Charges over the Narrabeen Lagoon incidents 00:12:44 Truancy fines of up to $11,000 00:16:19 Your voicemails: roosters and mine gas 00:20:13 Ben Downie: Ukraine and Starshield 00:25:55 Riots across France 00:29:03 Pope Leo after lung surgery 00:31:56 Robbie Katter on a seventh state 00:40:03 From 1852 to the Brisbane Line 00:45:30 Should sharks and crocs be culled? 00:53:03 One Nation and Pauline Hanson 00:55:44 Uranium and the case for nuclear 01:01:11 Jonathan Kearsley: five days at the podium 01:10:02 Kimberly Guilfoyle and the Amex bill 01:18:25 Jacob Wright, young farmer 01:23:13 Farm workers and migration cuts 01:27:51 Who will drive the trucks? 01:33:11 The pros and cons of farming 01:42:42 Truckie Tuesday 146: where was Rod? 01:46:43 The truck stop with a shower 01:49:15 A raw egg in the radiator 01:58:53 Caravans and UHF on the Nullarbor 02:05:44 Windscreens and stone guards 02:10:12 Free meals for truckies? 02:13:06 Can they walk off with your phone? 02:15:15 Key-tag showers, and no fuel, no shower 02:18:49 Belinda Hughes on Danny and the NHVR 02:23:57 Win of the week: a tunnel suspension 02:26:22 Where's Rod headed next?

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