Before he was a household name, Derryn Hinch went to jail. In 1987 he was sentenced to 12 days for contempt of court — not for a crime against anyone, but for naming a paedophile priest the church kept moving from parish to parish.

Following Hinch's death this week, his 3AW anchorman and 42-year friend Craig Willis joins Luke Bona to tell the story behind the headline: the principle Hinch never backed down from, the management who wanted him censored on live radio, and the friendship that outlasted five decades in an industry that sacked him more times than either of them can count.

⚠ This conversation includes discussion of historical child sexual abuse and a paedophile priest's conviction, discussed factually and without graphic detail. Listener discretion advised.

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00:00 Cold Open: Remembering Derryn Hinch

01:51 Craig Willis Joins Luke to Remember an Old Friend

02:21 How a Newsroom Job Became a 42-Year Friendship

03:33 "Show Me a Man With a Good Voice…" — Their First Meeting

03:53 The 40th Birthday All-Nighter

05:23 Hearing the News: Why It Still Came as a Shock

06:22 Apollo 11, New York and a Career in Journalism

07:39 The John Laws Rivalry

08:48 Why Hinch Went to Jail — Naming a Pedophile Priest

11:23 The Bob Rogers Pub Story (and the Apology Letter)

13:42 The Dump Button: His Defiant Last Day on Air

16:16 The Interview Prunella Scales Almost Walked Out Of

19:13 Chuck Yeager's Signed Book: "Keep Flying"

20:29 Jacki Weaver — Married Twice

22:37 The Liver Transplant Controversy

23:42 "That's Life": Revolutionising Australian Radio

26:32 How Should Australia Remember Him?

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This week's Truckie Tuesday: Luke Bona and co-host Rod Hannifey sit down with Belinda Hughes, principal of Hughes Law and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator's former Director of Prosecutions, to go through the real cases crossing her desk — a $206 fine for an unscheduled coffee break, a driver facing a $200,000 maximum penalty over 86 unticked log-book boxes, and her own calculation that a paperwork slip can carry a bigger fine than threatening a partner's life under NSW's stalking laws.

They also get into whether electronic work diaries actually help, why professional drivers might deserve more demerit-point leeway rather than less, the NHVR's "Don't Muck With a Truck" youth-driver campaign, and Belinda's own rule for talking to police roadside: don't.

Guests: Rod Hannifey (National Road Freighters Association) · Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law; former Director of Prosecutions, NHVR)

Chapters (each its own line):(00:00) Intro & GME(01:06) Meet Belinda Hughes(03:34) Is NHVR Enforcement Fair?(10:58) The $206 Coffee-Break Ticket(14:54) A $200,000 Penalty Over Paperwork(15:44) Paperwork Fines vs. Domestic-Violence Penalties(20:09) Electronic Work Diaries: Help or Hindrance?(25:07) A $20,590 Rest-Hours Technicality(28:47) Ticketed Asleep, Parked Legally(35:08) Should Truckies Get Extra Demerit Points?(36:45) Don't Muck With a Truck(43:26) Body Cams & the #1 Roadside Rule(50:07) Sign-Off

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This week on Bonafide: Queensland MP Robbie Katter makes the case that Australia can't afford a $60 billion Brisbane Olympics, and weighs in on nuclear power and water infrastructure.

Craig Willis, who worked alongside Derryn Hinch for 42 years, joins Luke to remember the legendary broadcaster following his passing this week — the jail term for naming a pedophile priest, the on-air sackings, and the friendship that lasted five decades.

Tech commentator Trevor Long breaks down what really happened in the Telstra network outage and the media pile-on that followed.

Channel Seven's UK correspondent Ben Downie covers the UK's incoming prime minister, Nigel Farage's chaotic by-election, Prince Harry's tense return to the UK, and the latest on the Prince Andrew investigation.

And it's Truckie Tuesday 124 — Rod Hannifey is joined by Tony Crook from GME to talk UHF radio etiquette, Australian manufacturing, and why the family behind GME says they'd rather shut the doors than build overseas.

⚠ This episode includes a brief, non-graphic mention of a distressing current news story involving the death of a child, and Derryn Hinch's own disclosure of childhood sexual abuse. Listener discretion advised. Support: Lifeline 13 11 14.

Guests: Robbie Katter, Craig Willis, Trevor Long, Ben Downie, Rod Hannifey, Tony Crook

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00:00:00 Cold Open00:00:39 Welcome to Episode 12400:05:13 Headlines00:31:04 Trevor Long on the Telstra Outage00:49:46 Remembering Derryn Hinch00:51:37 Craig Willis on 42 Years With Derryn Hinch01:16:51 Robbie Katter on the Olympics and Nuclear Power01:55:44 Ben Downie on UK Politics and the Royals02:26:55 Truckie Tuesday 124 With Rod Hannifey and GME03:12:31 Sign-Off

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