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Listen to 4BC Breakfast with Jason Matthews weekdays from 5:30am-9am.

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As Southeast Queensland enters koala breeding season across spring and summer, increased animal movement through bushland, suburban yards, and roads creates severe threats from vehicle collisions and pet attacks.

Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary supervisor Hannah McGregor Jones joined Jason Matthews to urge drivers to remain vigilant at dawn and dusk, advising pet owners to restrain domestic animals and asking the public to report all sightings - including deceased females carrying pouch young - to 1300 ANIMAL or the Q-Wildlife app.

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After getting hit with a $345 Brisbane City Council fine during a 40-minute walk with his dog Freddy, driver Stephen Allthorpe joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to blast the council's lack of signage and "total greed," offering to donate the money to Pink Pearls for a Purpose instead.

Station host Jason called out council's selective enforcement across weekend sports grounds and pledged to confront council directly as listeners slammed the fine as an outrageous trap.

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Gold Coast Titans General Manager Scotty Sattler joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to announce a special collaborative jersey and fundraising event honouring Jai Arrow as he battles Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

To help Arrow safely reach his 100-game milestone, the NRL and rival clubs granted an unprecedented exemption, allowing him to start on the field for the kickoff before immediately being interchanged off without physical contact.

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Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast and entertainment reporter Peter Ford break the news of Dolly Parton's death at age 80, looking back at her incredible rise from a 12-child impoverished Tennessee family to a global superstar with over 100 million records sold.

The segment covered her recent missed commitments, her massive business and philanthropic ventures like Dollywood and the Imagination Library, her late husband, her nephew's statement on her strong Christian faith, and her songwriting genius behind timeless classics like "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You."

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Listen to 4BC Breakfast with Jason Matthews weekdays from 5:30am-9am.

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Queensland is pushing forward with mandatory jail time for repeat offenders who violate bail, citing stats that over 60% of youth re-offend while released.

While public demand for safety remains high, concerns are growing over whether the state's already overcrowded prison system can handle the massive influx of new inmates.

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After being given a devastating terminal bowel cancer diagnosis with just three years to live, Caboolture Hospital anesthetist Dr. Stephen Hocken underwent an aggressive treatment plan spearheaded by his own medical peers.

Now miraculously cancer-free and past his "expiry date," Dr. Hocken joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to share how surviving death for his young family has deeply transformed the way he relates to and comforts his own patients every day.

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Brisbane Broncos player Ben Hunt joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to discuss the team's recent win over the Raiders and the sudden retirement announcement of captain Adam Reynolds. 

Ben Hunt revealed that players were completely blindsided by the decision in their group chat after training, expressing widespread disappointment that the club legend won't get his desired final on-field send-off against the Storm.

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A Central Queensland farming family is offering a $25,000 personal reward after 142 Wagyu-cross cattle worth over $200,000 were stolen from their property north of Rockhampton.

Joining Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast, property co-owner Brigid Price suspects thieves may have exploited drone technology to muster the pregnant cows at night, highlighting a growing $4 million annual cattle theft crisis in Queensland.

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