4BC Mornings

Join Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings weekdays from 9:00am

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Because if you don’t laugh - you cry.

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Ipswich Mayor Teresa Harding joined Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings to promote the Grandchester Model Live Steam Trains' 28th anniversary event, sharing essential visitor details on safety rules, cash-only ticketing, and the region's rich 1865 railway heritage.

The interview also covered major city transformations - including a new 7-story Hilton hotel and a green steel mill - alongside a recent trombone world record and local concerns over bat populations in Queens Park.

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The Queensland Building and Construction Commission is warning homeowners that hiring cheap, unlicensed tradespeople on online platforms like Airtasker or Facebook Marketplace could destroy their life savings.

In this segment, QBCC CEO Angelo Lambrinos joined Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings to outline legal licensing rules and highlight essential protections available through the QBCC Homeowner Hub.

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Join Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings weekdays from 9:00am

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Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings and Queensland Tourism Industry Council Chief Natasha Wheeler debate the state's late-night economy, calling for an urgent shift from government restrictions to business freedom.

They advocate scrapping outdated holiday trading bans and heavy venue regulations, arguing that trusting operators and patrons is the only way to build a vibrant, world-class destination for 2032 and beyond.

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In celebration of National Cheesecake Day, Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings interviewed Priestly’s Gourmet Delights CEO Xanny Christophersen about her family business’s 30-year rise to becoming Australia’s top dessert manufacturer from their Acacia Ridge facility.

Christophersen shared her journey from delivering cakes at seven years old to leading 180 staff, navigating soaring production costs, and supplying 270,000 handmade desserts weekly to over 27,000 venues nationwide using local Aussie ingredients.

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The Department of Veterans' Affairs has come under intense fire for spending over $312,000 on a logo redesign despite a crushing backlog of 33,000 veteran support claims taking up to a year to process.

Shadow Minister Tony Pasin joined Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings to slam the government's culture of bureaucratic waste, which also includes a failed $150 million climate summit in Fiji that major world leaders are actively boycotting.

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As the federal government officially ends its temporary fuel excise discount and restores the full 52-cent-per-litre tax, Australian motorists face an escalating cost-of-living shock, compounded by global crude oil volatility driven by Middle East tensions and Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries.

RACQ economist Dr Ian Jeffreys joined Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings to warn that diesel could surge toward $2.50 per litre and petrol will continue to climb, advising drivers to use comparison apps to find independent retailers that maintain lower prices rather than panic-buying fuel.

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Join Gary Hardgrave for 4BC Mornings weekdays from 9:00am

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