She's home for one night between flights, and Senator Pauline Hanson isn't pulling any punches. Luke Bona sits down with the One Nation leader for a full solo interview, starting with yesterday's nationwide student walkout against her and One Nation — and her blunt response to it, including a secret recording of a teacher she says abused students in class, which she says she's about to release.

From there: whether she could genuinely become Prime Minister off the back of One Nation's poll surge, how she'd handle Donald Trump one-on-one, the AUKUS tightrope between the US and China, Albanese's awkward melon moment with Japan's PM, her friendship with Gina Rinehart, the real cost of Nauru, overtime tax reform, a push for a national truckies' apprenticeship scheme, and the fish and chip shop she ran for a decade before politics.

Guests: Senator Pauline Hanson (Leader, Pauline Hanson's One Nation)

⚠️ Contains a protester's sign quoting strong language (not repeated in these notes) and a brief, non-graphic reference to self-harm in immigration detention.

00:00 Welcome back, Senator Hanson

00:34 The National Union of Students walkout

01:29 The high school protest sign that went viral

04:53 Are the kids being led, or thinking for themselves?

05:19 "I'm going to release it" — the secret teacher recording

06:11 Marked down from an A to a C- for writing about Hanson

07:26 Should classrooms run CCTV?

10:11 Could Hanson become PM? The poll surge to 26%

11:26 Targeting Coalition seats at the next election

14:07 Her relationship with Matt Canavan

15:33 Albanese's melon gaffe with Japan's PM

19:12 How Hanson would handle Donald Trump

21:20 AUKUS, China and Australia's "two masters"

25:16 A national truckies' apprenticeship scheme

28:23 Overtime tax and the true cost of Nauru

31:31 On Gina Rinehart: "no one buys me"

34:20 Left school at 15 — Hanson's first job

41:26 A legend: Fred Brophy's boxing tent

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(Replay) Truckie Tuesday goes on the road for the first time at this scale, broadcasting live from the Casino Truck Show, one of the biggest truck shows in the Southern Hemisphere. Luke sits down with Richmond Valley Council's Vaughan Macdonald on what it takes to grow a truck show from 150 trucks to a capped 550, then talks with Casuarina "CJ" Smith, the truck driver and creator behind Trucking with CJ, about her path from insurance broker to fuel tankers to road trains, why fewer than 2% of Australian truckies are women, and a live crowd vote on who's actually the better driver.

Plus: a new Heavy Vehicle National Law lands the very next day and Rod Hannifey isn't impressed, 14-year-old Fergie tells Luke why he's chasing a truckie apprenticeship, a trucker's mental health project that started with a sign on the back of a trailer, and a look at how the show's judges pick a winner out of 550 trucks.

Guests: Vaughan Macdonald (General Manager, Richmond Valley Council) · Casuarina "CJ" Smith (Trucking with CJ) · Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday co-host, National Road Freighters Association)

(00:00) GME Sponsor Open & Intro

(00:31) Live From The Casino Truck Show

(02:29) Vaughan Macdonald On Running The Show

(05:38) Why Casino Runs One Of The Biggest Truck Shows In The Country

(08:01) Meet Fergie, 14 (Teaser)

(09:02) The New Heavy Vehicle Law: Rod's Verdict

(11:51) A Trucker's Mental Health Project

(14:35) Trucking With CJ: Insurance Broker To Big Rigs

(16:04) Why Are Only 2% Of Truck Drivers Women?

(16:30) The Crowd Weighs In: Who's The Better Driver?

(21:29) CJ On The New Law: "No Carrot, Only Stick"

(22:08) The Demerit-Points Debate

(29:49) Steering The Future: Getting Kids Into Trucking

(32:38) Back To Vaughan Macdonald: Casino House Prices

(33:43) Fergie, 14, On Chasing His Truckie Dream

(39:22) An O'Brien Co Heavy Driver On Life Behind The Wheel

(47:26) A Listener's Email On Truckie Etiquette

(48:46) How The Judges Pick The Winner From 550 Trucks

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