Neil Mitchell challenges GetUp!

Social media forced North to act

THURSDAY: Eugene Arocca has told 3AW he has never seen rumours as vitriolic than the ones he saw posted on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday, which he says forced the club to come clean on why Majak Daw was suspended.

Teacher mutiny over porn film star?

Ross and John have received information suggesting around 20 teachers at Oberon High School, which is yet to discipline a teacher it employs for featuring in a porn film loaded onto a public website, are angered with the school's handling of the issue.

Nurses threaten mass resignations

Nurses considering mass resignations over their pay dispute are being warned the government is taking the threat seriously and has a contingency plan in place. Read and hear more here.

"I'll pay the fee," says Hinch

HINCH BLOG: "What a pack of gutless cowards. What a bunch of jelly-backed woozes." Derryn Hinch castigates the Baillieu Government and offers to pay for the Liberals to run a Niddrie candidate. More here.

Con's speeding charge dropped

UPDATE: Con told Neil Mitchell the charges against him in relation to an alleged speeding offence have been dropped. He will now donate a week's wages to a charity as a thank you to 3AW and Police Commissioner Ken Lay.

Ross and John highlights

Ross and John can be heard every weekday from 5:30am to 8:30am. On Wednesday, the US and UK reports, the pronunciation of surnames and some serious issues with the West Gate Bridge?

• Rumour File, February 8

Another Australian death in Laos

Another Victorian has been killed while holidaying in Laos. The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed a 22-year-old man's body has been found. Read the report here.

Breakthrough in Prue murder case

Police have won the right to question one of the notorious Bega schoolgirl killers about the 1992 disappearance and murder of a teenage girl. Read Phil Johnson's report and hear Prue's mum with Hinch.

Man bashed with hammer

A man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was bashed in the head with a hammer during a home invasion in Gippsland overnight. Read more here.

• Drugs and guns spark siege

Alcoa plant's future up in the air

The future of 600 employees at the Alcoa plant in Geelong is in limbo with the operator announcing a review of the plant. Read the 3AW News report here.

Slab-drinker kicks down wrong door

A man's ended up in court after downing a slab of beer then kicking in the door of a stranger's house he thought was his. Read the 3AW News report here.

Nick Riewoldt named captain

St Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt will be supported by a seven-player leadership group this season. However, longtime vice-captain Lenny Hayes will step down from his role to become a 'leadership mentor'.

• Fevola to cr--p on competition?

Brad Scott comes clean on Daw

UPDATE: North Melbourne coach Brad Scott denies there is anything majorly sinister behind the indefinite suspension of Majak Daw and has revealed on 3AW the player lying to the coach is why the 20-year-old was banned.

Are the Chinese getting smart with us?

Ross and John picked up on an interesting tweet from the Melbourne Food Ingredient Depot (@melbfooddepot) on Wednesday morning. View the image and read more here.

Around the home with Shannon Lush

Shannon Lush is our resident natural product cleaning lady. Do you have any goo that needs removing? Any stubborn stains that won't budge? Shannon will have the answers! Listen to her latest segment now and leave a question for next time.

'Pathetic' and 'dangerous' sentence

HINCH BLOG: "He should not be allowed out on our streets. This is dangerous. This is pathetic." Derryn Hinch attacks a sentencing decision which seems to almost mock the victim of an attempted rape.

Superbowl ad rips-off Butler Trio

LISTEN HERE: On 3AW Breakfast, Ross and John were tipped-off that a Dannon Yoghurt Superbowl ad used a music track almost identical to the song Zebra by the Australian jam band John Butler Trio.

'A young kid pulled a meat cleaver'

MORE ROAD RAGE: A former Australian motorcycle champion has been the victim of a road-rage incident in Melbourne's outer south-east. Andrew Pitt tells Neil Mitchell the shocking story here. Listen and have your say.

Alleged Opal-basher 'saw murder'

A court's heard a youth accused of a spree of Melbourne CBD bashings and robberies was suffering the after-effects of seeing a murder and being a key prosecution witness. Read Phil Johnson's report.

US Defence's 'news' irks Hinch

HINCH BLOG: "Once the Americans leave, Australian troops in Oruzgan Province would be even more vulnerable without the crucial support provided by US helicopters, jets and artillery." Read more here.

Commissioner is 'window-dressing'

YOUR SAY: The Opposition has accused the Baillieu government of hypocrisy over speed cameras. In an Australian first, Victoria's new speed camera Commissioner, former Country Court judge Gordon Lewis, started work on Monday.

Father Bob's 'nomad' wish enabled

PHOTOS AND AUDIO: With the help of 3AW and Prestige Jayco, Father Bob was awarded a brand new motor home this morning. Listen to the affable Priest here with Denis Walter.

Ela says that's amore!

REVIEW: Every shopping strip should have an Italian eatery with this much charm. Open just a year and a half – Pure Italian has that lived in feel that gives the impression it’s the old lady who’s lived down the road for as long as anyone can remember.

• Ela Carte with Ross and John

3AW Food - Eating Melbourne

3AW is Food: Melburnians love to eat so it's fortunate we live in the culinary capital of Australia. On this dedicated food page you will find the latest recipes by Bob Hart as well as Tony Leonard's Pub of the Week reviews. La Luna head chef Adrian Richardson also serves up a dish from his own cook book and food reviewer Ela Carte visits one of Melbourne's hottest eateries weekly.