The City of Melbourne have revealed a plan to fix the insecurity and violence that has plagued the CBD, by employing 11 city safety officers. Lord mayor of Melbourne Nick Reece joined 3AW Mornings and explained why they are planning on introducing the security guard program. “There’s an epidemic of petty crimes, tagging, shoplifting and […]


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What one Melbourne great thinks of monster Kozzie Pickett contract extension
Melbourne great David Schwarz says he doesn’t have any reservations about Kysaiah Pickett’s monster contract extension. The Dees livewire opted to turn his back on offers from his home state of Western Australia to sign a seven-year extension, tying him to the club until 2034. Schwarz told Tom Elliott despite penning one of the longest […]
The example of ‘bureaucratic lunacy’ which made Tom Elliott’s blood boil
An example of “bureaucratic lunacy” has made Tom Elliott’s blood boil this morning. It comes after the Remuneration Tribunal on Wednesday in Canberra, with politicians set for a 2.4 per cent pay rise from July 1. “It just shows you how wasteful these people are,” the 3AW Mornings host said. Press PLAY to hear what […]
US IVF gender selection doctor says Australian government treat their citizens like ‘children’
An Australian mother of two boys and a girl, travelled to America wanting a fourth child via IVF, however she wanted to guarantee the fourth child was a girl through a controversial gender selection practice. IVF gender selection doctor Dr Daniel Potter joined 3AW Mornings to speak about the controversial practice, and his tour around Australia […]
The idea from the Merri-bek City Council which Tom Elliott finds ‘extraordinary’
An idea from the Merri-bek City Council has caught Tom Elliott’s attention this morning, with the 3AW Mornings host labelling it “extraordinary”. The council tonight will debate whether $70,000 of ratepayers’ money should be sent overseas to fund international carbon credits. And socialist alliance councillor and community advocate at Merri-bek City Council, Sue Bolton, thinks […]
It’s October 8, 1999. The internet is still pretty new, and the scammers are a bit more old-school. But, other than the form of communication, the tactics are very recognisable. “Every now and again we are sent copies of an international rort that’s been going on for a while,” Neil Mitchell tells his audience on […]
Neil Mitchell interviews Australian Ashes captain Meg Lanning
Australia’s women cricketers have already won the Ashes, and now they’re determined ram their ascendancy home. Click PLAY above to hear Neil Mitchell interview Australian captain Meg Lanning ahead a series of T20 matches. (Image: Alex Davidson/Getty Images)
Jordan B. Peterson: The burden of being the voice of millions
Professor Jordan Peterson hasn’t been in public life for long, but now he’s made it in a big way. A clinical psychologist from Canada, he burst onto the scene with a YouTube video arguing against legislation that could force people to use made-up pronounces for transgender people. Eighteen months later, he has become something of […]
‘Overwhelming emotion’: Survivor of alleged sexual abuse welcomes Malka Leifer’s arrest in Israel
A former principal of an orthodox Jewish school in Elsternwick facing 74 charges of child sexual abuse has been arrested in Israel after 10 years fighting extradition. Malka Leifer, who was the principal of Adass Israel School, fled Australia in 2008 after the allegations surfaced. She was arrested in Israel in 2014, but she was […]
DEBATE: A defence of the courts after Highpoint-kicker escapes jail time
IN THE AFFIRMATIVE: Denis Nelthorpe, CEO of the Western Community Legal Centre, and an Adjunct Professor in the College of Law & Justice at Victoria University. AGAINST: Neil Mitchell. Click PLAY above to listen. “(No conviction) is a very sort of strange phrase, and it’s being misrepresented.” – Denis Nelthorpe
Workers have been evacuated after a fire broke out at an IKEA store at the Springvale Homemaker Centre this morning. Thick black smoke could be seen as drivers drove past, with eyewitness Scott calling into 3AW Mornings. “We saw them before the fire brigades arrived, and they’re arriving now,” Scott said. Press PLAY to hear […]
Two cars and bus involved in major Oakleigh crash
WORD ON THE STREET Two cars have collided with a bus on a busy road in Melbourne’s south-east. Pictures sent to 3AW show severe damage to the vehicles on the Princes Highway in Oakleigh, with the bus mounting a medium strip and taking down part of a tree. Press PLAY to hear the caller’s full […]
3AW callers detail drama as teenage driver causes Eastlink traffic chaos
A stolen Ford Mustang, with a 16-year-old at the wheel, has caused traffic chaos while being chased by police on Eastlink this morning. Members from the State Highway Patrol tried to intercept the mustang in a supermarket carpark in Cranbourne at around 9:30am this morning, but it sped off. Multiple people called in to 3AW […]
Tom Elliott receives ‘very disturbing’ tip on fake anti-Semitic election pamphlets
WORD ON THE STREET Tom Elliott has been alerted to a worrying anti-Semitic election pamphlet doing the rounds in Caulfield ahead of the election. The leaflets have recently been put in suburban mailboxes, which outline fake election promises from a party pretending to the be the Coalition. Press PLAY to find out more about the […]
‘It was amazing’: Hot air balloon flips onto its side in Pascoe Vale
WORD ON THE STREET A caller to 3AW Mornings has witnessed two hot air balloons land at Raeburn Reserve in Pascoe Vale this morning, with one flipping onto its side with people in it. Caller Carmel told Tom Elliott “it was amazing”. Press PLAY to hear her eyewitness account “Very interesting morning,” Carmel said. Images: […]
Click PLAY above for full interview, her first in the 3AW studio with Neil Mitchell. Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam has spruiked the virtues of multi-party governments in response to questions about forming a coalition with the Labor party. The party has new muscle after winning the seat of Northcote from the ALP in Saturday’s by-election. […]