We heard the story a while back about rideshare drivers repeatedly refusing to pick up Victorian woman, Paula Hobley, after she booked and let the driver know she was travelling with her Guide Dog, Vonda.

Paula lodged a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission alleging discriminatory treatment by Uber and its drivers, which has now progressed to the Federal Court.

Chris Littlewood lives with vision loss and uses a Guide Dog and he joined Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings to discuss his similar experience.

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Donald Trump has taken a swipe at Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky which has brought shock and condemnation from leaders around the world and is a stunning sign that Trump will side with Putin in negotiating an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Michael Shoebridge, founder and director of Strategic Analysis Australia joined Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings to unpack Donald Trump's comments.

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John from Kedron called in yesterday to share that he had been broken into that morning through the window louvres of his house.

Today he joined 4BC Mornings to provide an update on the situation, telling Bill McDonald, "It makes you feel sick."

John is requesting assistance to locate a hard drive with family memories and two gold wedding bands, one thick, and one thinner, "one's got 'BA' engraved inside of it, and the other one's got 'J' on the inside of it."

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Well-known media personality and founder of Gotcha4Life, Gus Worland, has released a picture book to normalise mental health awareness in young folks.

Gus Worland told Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings, "We really need to start talking to the little ones so that's why the book 'Boys Do Cry' is something I'm so passionate about because hopefully the people reading it to the kids will learn something and also the kids will realise it's okay to be human, it's okay to have all the feels and not bottle them all up."

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The Coochiemudlo Island Men’s Shed is at loggerheads with the Redland City Council.  

They’ve been battling local zoning laws for years which prevent the use of power tools due to strict noise restrictions. 

Geoff Bucchus, a member of the men's shed told Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings, "It doesn't seem a massive ask, but for some reason council just don't want to know."

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A new analysis by Road Safety Education Limited (RSE) has revealed that older drivers are now the most  and regional roads continuing to be the deadliest.

Head of program delivery at RSE, John Elliott told Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings, "It's not them necessarily making more mistakes, but when those mistakes happen they are less able to bounce back than younger people."

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The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to cut interest rates today, for the first time since 2020.

The big four banks are all forecasting a 25-basis-point drop but not all are convinced that the RBA will come through as expected.

Economic Futurist, Evan Lucas told Bill McDonald on 4BC Mornings, "you cannot bank on today being a certainty."

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