Gold Coast "Queens of Pole" owner Nomes Witney is facing a $30,000 tribunal battle after declining a transgender woman's membership to her biological female-only studio.

In this interview with Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast, she explained her reasoning for maintaining single-sex safe spaces for trauma survivors, questioned the unexplained $30,000 compensation claim, and revealed the heavy mental and financial toll the dispute is taking on her family.

Gold Coast "Queens of Pole" owner Nomes Witney is facing a $30,000 tribunal battle after declining a transgender woman's membership to her biological female-only studio.
In this interview with Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast, she explained her reasoning for maintaining single-sex safe spaces for trauma survivors, questioned the unexplained $30,000 compensation claim, and revealed the heavy mental and financial toll the dispute is taking on her family.

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At 2:00PM today, Australia will conduct a nationwide test of its new "OzAlert" emergency system, broadcasting a loud 10-second siren and full-screen warning to mobile phones - even those set to silent, missing SIM cards, or disconnected from primary carrier networks. 

Tech Guide editor Stephen Fenech joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to break down how cell broadcast technology powers this warning system, emphasising crucial instructions for hidden safety phones to switch to airplane mode while explaining why older handsets might fail the test.

At 2:00PM today, Australia will conduct a nationwide test of its new "OzAlert" emergency system, broadcasting a loud 10-second siren and full-screen warning to mobile phones - even those set to silent, missing SIM cards, or disconnected from primary carrier networks. 
Tech Guide editor Stephen Fenech joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to break down how cell broadcast technology powers this warning system, emphasising crucial instructions for hidden safety phones to switch to airplane mode while explaining why older handsets might fail the test.

Why millions of Australian phones will simultaneously blast a 10-second siren at 2PM today

Bundaberg farmer Judy Plath joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to exposes the harsh reality of "farmer inflation," revealing how skyrocketing fertiliser and fuel costs - compounded by heavy red tape - are pushing Australian growers to the brink of collapse.

She raised deep scepticism over supermarket price relief offers, cautioning that mislabelled foreign imports and supermarket squeeze tactics threaten the future of locally grown produce.

Bundaberg farmer Judy Plath joined Jason Matthews on 4BC Breakfast to exposes the harsh reality of "farmer inflation," revealing how skyrocketing fertiliser and fuel costs - compounded by heavy red tape - are pushing Australian growers to the brink of collapse.
She raised deep scepticism over supermarket price relief offers, cautioning that mislabelled foreign imports and supermarket squeeze tactics threaten the future of locally grown produce.

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