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Fearless and facetious business predictions for 2025

Here’s why Gina Rinehart should just buy Melbourne.

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Backbiting, bedlam and even more Basil as election looms

With an election on the horizon and the Liberal leadership still a bone of contention, here’s what Ben Harvey thinks lies ahead in WA politics over the next 12 months.

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WATCH NOW VideoCommentsPremiumHere’s what will happen in bikie land in 2025

In tonight’s show, Harvey makes seven predictions about events which will shape the bikie underworld in 2025.

| Mon, December 16

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Chutney can’t come on this flight: Tale of poor planning

The security guard probably believed we had laced the chutney with narcotics. I couldn’t blame him if he did; why else would someone be so hysterical about $20 worth of relish? 

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WATCH NOW VideoCommentsPremiumThe bikie code of silence kicked in hard

In tonight’s show, Harvey reveals the eye-popping testimony of a surprise witness at the inquest into suspected bikie murder victim Lisa Govan.

Ben Harvey | Mon, December 9

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If even this bikie gets locked up, God help the rest

This long-serving Joker is surely one of the most surveilled people in Australia. The cops have been over him for the best part of three decades. He can’t fart without a bug or a wire-tap picking it up. 

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Ben Harvey

WATCH NOW VideoCommentsPremiumGypsy Joker the Erin Brockovich of the bikie underworld

In tonight’s show, Harvey reveals the legal eagle Gypsy Joker who has forged a reputation as the Erin Brockovich of the bikie underworld - and the embarrassing reason he is now doing eight years behind bars.

Ben Harvey | Mon, December 2

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Can we really trust pollies to tell us what the truth is?

In this age of misinformation and disinformation why wouldn’t we try to get some facts on to the internet? But the PM’s idea turned out to be a pipe dream.

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Ben Harvey

WATCH NOW VideoCommentsPremiumWhy is Albanese helping drug dealers?

In tonight’s show, Harvey says the last of the Bali Nine drug traffickers should be forced to stay in their Indonesian jail and Anthony Albanese must stop wasting his breath trying to bring them home.

Ben Harvey | Mon, November 25

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Papalia needs to hold the line on Firearms Act reforms

For a bloke who is widely despised by about 100,000 gun owners, Paul Papalia has pretty good blood pressure. 

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Ben Harvey

WATCH NOW VideoCommentsPremiumAlbo will be fine, he loves the American President

In tonight’s show, Harvey looks at the bizarre Google search by Trump voters and explains how WA gun owners are beating the Cook Government’s firearms crackdown.

| Mon, November 11

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You couldn’t pay me to be a school principal nowadays

Kids have always been turds and parents have always been demanding but sheesh, the level of turdishness and parental difficulty is getting beyond a joke.

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Ben Harvey

WATCH NOW VideoCommentsPremiumThere’s nowhere to hide from the ATO

Up Late Monday: As the October 231 deadline for tax returns approaches. Harvey reveals 12 sneaky ways the ATO will know if you’ve cheated on your tax.

Ben Harvey | Mon, October 28

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Sorry republicans but Charles has put your cause back years

Australian republicans were waiting with bated breath for a faux pas by Charles and Camilla that didn’t come. The King and Queen confounded their many critics. Good. I’m a monarchist but not the usual type.

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Ben Harvey

WATCH NOW VideoPremiumHectic vision from inside bikie burnout parties

In tonight’s show, Harvey goes inside a bikie drag racing festival and explains why King Charles won’t be too worried about Lidia Thorpe’s anti-monarchy outburst in Federal Parliament.

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Ben Harvey golfs with former bikie in pro WA tournament

‘How would you like to play in a golf pro-am and write about it?’

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Why you should care about the CCC furore

If you have divulged any personal information to a door-knocking Labor MP then a report by the CCC should give you pause for thought.

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Ben Harvey

WATCH NOW VideoCommentsPremiumHas Labor dodged a bullet?

In tonight’s show, Harvey explains why every voter will want to know about the ALP data-harvesting project that caught the eye of corruption busters.

Ben Harvey | Mon, October 14

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Two photos show why same old Middle East conflict continues

These two photos show just why the same old conflicts keep playing out in the Middle East over and over again.

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Ben Harvey

WATCH NOWVideoPremiumHamas leader used Palestinians as collateral damage

In tonight’s show, on the anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks, Harvey invites anyone celebrating Hamas and Hezbollah to leave Australia and enjoy life under Islamic oppression in Gaza or Lebanon.

Ben Harvey | Mon, October 7

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How do you know when you’re old? Look for these 11 signs

With traditional measures of age no longer fit-for-purpose, here are a few key performance indicators to look out for as you wander through the land of bewilderment en route to the pearly gates.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

WATCH NOW VideoPremiumCoffin Cheaters back in business?

In tonight’s show, Harvey asks whether a bikie burnout festival could herald the relaunch of the Coffin Cheaters’ infamous Bindoon Rock concert.

| Mon, September 30

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Shalom House’s war on drugs is not cult fiction

For someone who doesn’t do drugs I have spent an awful lot of time talking about them of late.

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Ben Harvey

WATCH NOWVideoCommentsPremiumWhat I witnessed in Australia’s toughest drug rehab centre

In tonight’s show, Harvey gives a behind-the-scenes look at what happened when he spent a week inside Australia’s toughest drug rehab centre.

Ella Loneragan | Mon, September 23