4BC Mornings podcast

Foreign Affairs expert Dr Keith Suter joins Greg Cary to discuss whether the Woolwich terror attack in Britain which saw 25 year old Soldier Lee Rigby butchered on the street should be considered a wake up call for Australia.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott joins Greg Cary, just 115 days out from the Federal election. Here they discuss Abbott's pledge of $1 billion for the Cross River Rail project.

When 75 year old Toowong pensioner Adrian Duffy returned home from hospital after 21 days in hospital recovering from major heart surgery, he was shocked to find his bank account had been emptied by the Federal Government.

Cynthia M Bulik is a Distinguished Professor in Eating Disorders at the University of North Carolina and has written a book about midlife eating disorders. Bulik is determined to bust the myth that eating disorders only strike adolescents.

Kevin Rudd has changed his mind on same sex marriage and now believes the federal parliament should legalise it. But he says any legal recognition for gay marriage should make religious institutions exempt from having to change their own practices.

Steven Corcoran has been a truckie for 20 years and in that time has lost 13 colleagues on the road. He says the pressure for drivers to push through the fatigue and meet delivery deadlines is immense.

Queensland Transport Minister Scott Emerson has announced a package of drivers license reforms including changes to the Q-SAFE driver tests, older driver medical certificates and motorcycle license tests.

Should there be a tax on junk foods? The Federal Government are spending $463 000 to investigate whether a premium on fast foods could help tackle Australia's obesity epidemic. Greg Cary debates the issue.

Mornings regular, Shane Bowering of Red Tape Busters joins Greg Cary in studio to answer listener questions and cover the hot topics of the past fortnight.

This week, 26 year old Gladstone woman Emma Green claims she was turned away repeatedly by hospital staff when she was pregnant full term, in one case being told there were no hospital beds left.

Queensland deputy Premier Jeff Seeney tells Greg Cary they will risk court action by defying the Federal Government and proceeding with the plan to release cattle into national parks.

The Federal Government has been accused of stirring up one of the biggest animal rights issues in Australia by rejecting Queensland's proposal to allow starving cattle to graze on national parks and conservation reserves.

It has been revealed 11 grade 5 students from Golden Beach State School on the Sunshine Coast have been asked to sit out of NAPLAN examinations, in fear they would drag down the school's average.

In a comprehensive overview of the 2013 Federal Budget, Greg Cary catches up with Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey.

Following the news of Angelina Jolie's preventative double mastectomy, Greg receives a call from Kristen, a listener who herself had the procedure done ten years ago. Kristen says it was the toughest decision she's ever had to make but she did it for her kids.