Brisbane Metro is returning for good today after much debate and several trial runs.

Metro Line 2, which runs from RBWH to UQ in St Lucia, will open this morning while Metro Line 1, which runs from Eight Mile Plains to Roma Street, will start mid-year.

Brisbane City Councillor and Chair of Transport Ryan Murphy told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "It's been a long journey to get here, eight years, this has been a real labour of love for us at City Hall."

"It's a great day for Brisbane and it's just the start of our transition from public transport to mass transit," Cr Murphy said.

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is closing the gap as preferred prime minister with the Coalition now leading 51-49 on a two-party-preferred basis.

Most voters believe a Coalition election victory is imminent, either with the ­Coalition winning the election in its own right or in a minority government which is a huge shift away from what was expected to happen just 6 months ago.

National Party Leader David Littleproud told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "The reality is we're in the hunt and that's because I think Australians are giving up on this government."

On the gender debate, Mr. Littleproud said, "I think some common sense can solve a lot of this without government having to get interfered in everyone's life."

"This is where we've just got to get back to basics and respect one another."

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Ipswich Council Mayor Teresa Harding will be gagged from speaking with the media or issuing press releases on major city issues in a vote championed by Paul Tully which is expected to be passed this week.

Peter Fegan ripped into Paul Tully and the Councillors backing this vote saying, "This council is afraid of the media and its afraid of being held to account."

"It’s no surprise that now they want to gag the mayor and effectively ruin our democracy."

He also labelled Paul Tully as a 'media hack' and fellow Division 2 Councillor Nicole Jonic as Tully's 'dimwitted sidekick'.

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Peter Fegan has weighed in on 4BC Breakfast on Australian of the Year from 2021 Grace Tame wearing an offensive shirt to this year's Australian of the Year Awards.

He said, "To stand on stage representing Australia with an offensive shirt on really speaks volumes regarding Grace's character."

"If Grace Tame wants to wear a t-shirt like this she should put it on her social media but when you are meeting the Prime Minister it's not the place for inappropriate clothing."

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The Federal Government is set to speed up the process by which they recognise the qualifications of nurses from a number of countries in a bid to help the critical shortage of health staff in Australia.

Australian Medical Association in Queensland President Dr Nick Yim told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "It isn't a long-term strategy, as you say, it is a Band-Aid fix."

"We've got a brain trust from general practice, public hospital, private hospital, from a training and also medical student to look at the whole pathway, to look at moving forward so we can give strategies to government."

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Miss America and nuclear engineer Grace Stanke will be travelling around Australia with a host of other nuclear experts as a part of the National Nuclear Tour.

The tour is hoping to improve the public perception around nuclear science.

Grace Stanke told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "I think nuclear energy and nuclear science as a whole is seen as some weird, unknown science that you have to spend 20 years in school to even so much as break into the industry, but that's not the case."

"Nuclear science is all around us, it's in our homes. If you like bananas, you're actually ingesting some radiation, smoke detectors use some nuclear technology."

"All of these things that are part of our daily lives, so imagine how much more good nuclear science could do if we fully embrace this technology."

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Country music megastar Luke Combs is touring Australia, with fellow artist Jordan Davis, starting with two sold out shows at Suncorp Stadium.

Jordan Davis told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, "My first ever CMC over here it was a show I still remember."

"The crowd was electric and ever since we walked off the stage, we've been looking forward to tonight, being back over here playing music."

"It's gonna be special," Davis said.

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