As part of the government’s proposed amendments to Workplace Health and Safety, the automatic right for WH&S permit holders to enter worksites could be stripped. Instead, Workplace Health and Safety permit holders will need to provide at least 24 hours’ notice to exercise their right of entry to a workplace.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Industrial Relations Jarrod Bleijie said “These laws will stop the CFMEU using safety as an industrial weapon…”

Jacqueline King, the General Secretary of the QLD Council of Unions told Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings, 'It's going to make it messy. It's going to make it vague and there will be more disputes about what is a serious risk, what is immediate, what is imminent.'

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Inside Juvie is a novel that follows the story of a teacher inside juvenile detention centres.

Author Paul A Macnamara told Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings, "[It's an] authentic view as you'll ever get if what it's like inside those centres." 

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A Senate report on aircraft noise at Australia's major airports has called for 21 changes.

The Brisbane Flight Path Community Alliance has revealed they are not satisfied with the recommendations and are planning on protesting. 

Spokesperson Marcus Foth told Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings, "It doesn't resolve the issues here in Brisbane of what we want to see as justice."

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It has been reported a Welcome to Country at an event in Sydney lasted for nine minutes. 

Bill McDonald said on 4BC Mornings, "It diminishes the significance of paying respect in the first place." 

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As the federal election looms and committees come together to discuss how to deliver their campaigns and policies to the Australian people, politics is set to get busier, and possibly murkier.

Media commentator and Managing Director of Media Cast, Nic Hayes, joined Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings to discuss what could be expected over the upcoming months in federal politics.

He says we could see a 'very aggressive campaign from both sides.'

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Ben Hunt has signed a two-year deal with the Brisbane Broncos. 

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The news from Treasurer Jim Chalmers that the budget bottom line is getting worse ahead of the looming federal election could be worse than he’s indicated. 

Deloitte Access Economics has estimated this year’s budget deficit, which Chalmers forecast to reach $28.3 billion, will be closer to $33.5 billion.

The Unconventional Economist, Leith Van Onselen, joined Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings to unpack the causes and consequences.

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