4BC Drive

Does cash still have a place in our society? 

From January 2026, businesses across Australia will be forced to accept cash from customers for essential items, as announced today by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Queensland Small Business Commissioner Dominique Lamb unpacks what it will mean for small business owners.

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Listen to Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Drive weekdays from 3:00pm-6:00pm.

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Listen to Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Drive weekdays from 3pm-6pm.

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Will Shackel is 18, but he knows more about nuclear than most as the founder of Nuclear for Australia. Today, he continued his advocacy, presenting evidence to the House Select Committee on Nuclear Energy in Brisbane. He joins 4BC Drive’s Gary Hardgrave to explain how it went.

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Construction industry bosses are hailing the state government's decision to suspend BPIC, or the CFMEU tax, as it's known. 

Queensland Major Contractors Association chief Andrew Chapman joins Gary Hardgrave to break down the decision and what it means.

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Brisbane local Rick Marchetta says it hit him in the heart when his great uncles - veterans of the world wars - were given military commemorations on their unmarked civilian graves. 

But it was only possible because of a government funded headstone project that has just suffered major funding cuts, delaying recognition for an estimated 12,000 WW1 veterans interred in civilian cemeteries nationally.

This is the latest instalment in a special 4BC Drive investigation raising awareness of cuts to the Private Graves Grants program.

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Listen to Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Drive weekdays from 3pm-6pm.

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The state of our Bruce Highway is diabolical, as shown by yet another fatality that could have been avoided if it was well maintained. Queensland Truckers Association CEO Gary Mahon said at the current rate of investment it could take 300 years to fix.

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Shadow Veterans' Affairs Minister Barnaby Joyce weighs in on the federal government's funding cuts to a national project devoted to restoring the unmarked graves of 12,000 diggers from the Great War.

Minister Joyce told Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Drive, "We as a nation, owe them at least the dignity of a headstone."

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