A parent of a university student is unhappy with the culture of unpaid internships in the workplace. Yvonne’s son is studying marketing and is seeking an internship, but may even need to pay to be afforded the internship opportunity if he registers with a job agency. “He has to pay them for the privilege of […]
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Why Tom Elliott thinks tax-deductible gym memberships are a ‘really good idea’
Tom Elliott has explained why he thinks tax-deductible gym memberships are a “really good idea”. It comes as Australia’s peak body for exercise and active health, AUSactive, is lobbying the federal government to let workers claim gym memberships on tax. “I hope the federal government is listening,” the 3AW Mornings host said. Press PLAY to […]
Why Tom Elliott predicts the upcoming state budget will be a ‘horror show’
Tom Elliott has stated the state government is in “dire financial straits”, predicting the upcoming state budget will be a “horror show”. He also predicts it will be Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas’ last budget before stepping down and “sailing into the sunset”. “We will pay the collective price for the government’s fiscal ineptitude,” the 3AW […]
Rate of immigration causing ‘massive problems’ in Victoria
Tom Elliott says Australia has a problem with the rates of immigration, saying it is currently causing “massive problems”. After former NSW premier Bobb Carr said there wasn’t a need for mass migration levels in Australia, the 3AW Mornings host believes the economy is actually going backwards as a result of the sheer mass of […]
Hundreds of Victorian roads put under restricted use due to potholes
Tom Elliott says the government is not spending enough on maintaining Victorian roads following reports over 800km/h have been put under restricted use due to the prevalence of pot holes. He says “promising” to fix the pot holes could be the way for a political party to form government. “It’s one issue every body has […]
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
A helicopter has been spotted hovering around Plumpton Avenue, Glenroy with residents telling 3AW Mornings the street has been blocked off and police have swarmed the street. Caller Gary says the helicopter has circled the area for almost an hour. “Yeah, circling around the Glenroy area and looks like it’s going as far as Coburg,” […]
Union halts work at Brimbank council depot over safety concerns
WORD ON THE STREET CONFIRMED The largest maintenance depot in Brimbank City Council has is closed this morning as a result of union action. It means council works including road maintenance, graffiti cleaning and tree lopping may be delayed. Press PLAY below to hear what’s happened President of the Municipal Utilities Workers Union, Jennifer Marriott, […]
Melbourne school sends students home on first day of 2024
WORD ON THE STREET CONFIRMED A mum says her five-year-old has been left “really upset” after arriving for his first day of school and being told to go home. Press PLAY below to hear what happened Jana told Tom Elliott St Peter’s Primary School in Keilor East is without water and everyone has been turned […]
Two women attacked in nasty assault on a Melbourne train
WORD ON THE STREET A 21-year-old woman has been left with a fractured eye socket and another woman was dragged across the floor of a carriage in a nasty alleged assault on a Melbourne train last Tuesday. Annette, the 21-year-old victim’s mother, told 3AW’s Tom Elliott a group of about 12 teenagers boarded the train […]
Aged care residents in Melbourne’s south-east left without hot water for three days
Residents at an aged care facility in Melbourne’s south-east have been without hot water for three days. Press PLAY below to hear what’s happened Holland, a resident at Bupa Aged Care in Bonbeach, told Heidi Murphy, filling in on 3AW Mornings, he hasn’t been able to have a hot shower for days and “management have […]
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. […]