An expected hike to the Medicare levy, designed to help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, will no longer go ahead. Treasurer Scott Morrison will scrap the unpopular levy, which would have raised $8 billion, saying the strength of the economy has made the hike unnecessary. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton tells Ray Hadley “the […]

A horrific road toll has prompted a review into the sentencing of repeat driving offenders. Attorney General Mark Speakman says the way persistent dangerous drivers are punished is now being assessed. He’s asked the Sentencing Council to assess punishments given to repeat traffic offenders who pose an ongoing risk to the community. He tells Ben […]

Ray Hadley has been campaigning for tougher sentencing on repeat traffic offenders. He’s persistently called on Premier Berejiklian and Roads Minister Melinda Pavey to legislate tougher penalties to stop suspended drivers from getting back behind the wheel. Today, listener Alex phoned in and told Ray, “strong sentencing was a good thing” for him. Between the ages […]

Helen Geering gets a “thrill” from flying, but she’s always got her hands firmly on the controls. As the first pilot officer on British Airways’ Boeing 777, she shares with Chris Smith how she came to fly the airline’s largest fleet of aircraft. Originally studying pharmacology, Helen joined the university air squadron. “Unfortunately my arms are […]

Changes to the Castlereagh Freeway corridor have residents in Sydney’s west and north-west up in arms. The route to link the M7 motorway with the Bells Line of Road has been owned by the state government ever since being gazetted in 1951. The corridor has laid unused ever since except by rubbish dumpers, car thieves and […]