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The Greens have finally come around to backing Labor's housing bill after opposing it for so long which has put Australia a year behind according to Senator Jacqui Lambie.

Greens Housing Spokesperson Max Chandler-Mather told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, 'part of the reason it took so long was because last year we did pass Labor's Housing Australia Future Fund in exchange for securing $3 billion of investment in social housing.'

'That is the biggest direct investment in social housing in over a decade that the Greens secured, six times what Labor originally planned to spend and we thought let's try and do that again because the housing crisis is so bad.'

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Ratepayers are going to have to cough up $1.5 billion to repair the 84-year-old Story Bridge to meet industry standards.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, 'before the bridge turned 80, we started towards the 100-year birthday doing that work.'

'But it's just become clear that it's a much bigger job than anticipated and also the other thing that's happened over the last five years is costs of doing anything have increased significantly.

So, what something costs today is much more than it cost five years ago and that's the challenge,' Schrinner said.

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It has been 50 years since Cyclone Tracy blew threw Darwin on Christmas Day in 1974.

Sky News Journalist Matt Cunningham told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, 'at the time it was the smallest cyclone that had ever been recorded, but it made a direct hit on Darwin and it packed such a mighty punch that it flatten the entire city.'

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The Federal Government has 76 bills to pass this week in Parliament.

One major talking point is the fact that the Greens have given in to supporting Labor's housing bill.

Senator Jacqui Lambie told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, 'Those Greens, I hope it's been worth all the grandstanding, because you've now put us a year behind'.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has lobbied the new Indonesian president to release the remaining members of the Bali Nine who are still serving life sentences.

The Age and the SMH Indonesian correspondent from 2012-14 Michael Bachelard told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, 'drug traffickers are not popular in Indonesia, particularly when they come from Western countries because there's kind of a feeling that Indonesia needs to stand up to Western countries and colonial powers.'

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The Strickland's from Burpengary East are the creators behind Brisbane's biggest Christmas light display.

However, this year there will be no 'Merry Strickland Christmas' after the family received several crude comments and threats online.

David Strickland told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, 'you try and do as much as you can, but you can't please everyone'.

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New data has revealed that youth crime in Queensland has jumped more than ten per cent last financial year.

For example, the number of proven offences committed by young people increased from 41,155 in 2022/23 to 46,130 in 2023/24.

Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, 'Labor has been telling Queenslanders a lie for the last five years in relation to youth crime.'

'In fact, youth crime has been going up for the last five years, despite at estimates every year, Labor saying things are getting better and our plan is working,' she said.

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