2,800 Missing Australians, A Cambridge Tragedy & NSW's New Gun Laws

<p>Every year, 49,000 Australians are reported missing — most are found within weeks. 2,800 are not. True-crime author and Australian Missing Persons Register founder Nicole Morris sits down with Luke Bona to tell the stories behind the numbers: a crossbow murder on Sydney&#39;s northern beaches, the still-unsolved 2001 disappearance of Janine Vaughan, the 1978 case of Trudy Adams that stopped a generation of girls hitchhiking, and the hundreds of unidentified bodies still sitting in Australian morgues today.</p><p><br></p><p>Channel Seven&#39;s UK bureau chief Ben Downie joins live from London to unpack the tragic academic scandal dominating British headlines — a Cambridge professor&#39;s resignation, and his death days later, and the very real question of who&#39;s to blame. Former National Party leader David Littleproud breaks down NSW&#39;s sweeping new gun laws in the wake of the Bondi attack, and weighs in on Pauline Hanson&#39;s latest Mardi Gras comments.</p><p><br></p><p>Then it&#39;s Truckie Tuesday with Rod Hanafi: a national truckers&#39; apprenticeship push, the extraordinary story of driver-advocate Sharon Horne, and a live legal fight with Hughes Law over a trucking company shut down overnight.</p><p><br></p><p>Guests: Nicole Morris (author, Australian Missing Persons Register) · Ben Downie (Channel Seven, UK) · David Littleproud MP · Rod Hannifey (Truckie Tuesday) · Sharon Horne · Belinda Hughes (Hughes Law)</p><p><br></p><p>⚠ Content warning: this episode discusses real missing-persons cases, murder and abduction (non-graphic, historical), a recent death by suicide, and gun violence in a policy context. Listener discretion advised.</p><p><br></p><p>00:00:00 Welcome to episode 134</p><p>00:01:43 Luke&#39;s off to Vietnam</p><p>00:05:09 Coming up this episode</p><p>00:11:49 Pauline Hanson wants to scrap compulsory super</p><p>00:16:20 Sam Pang wins the Gold Logie</p><p>00:17:13 NSW&#39;s gun buyback begins</p><p>00:18:33 Listener mail</p><p>00:24:23 Ben Downie live from London</p><p>00:44:28 Nicole Morris — Australia&#39;s missing</p><p>00:45:06 49,000 go missing a year. 2,800 stay missing</p><p>00:45:33 Peter Rolfe and the murder of Stephen Dempsey</p><p>00:51:22 Janine Vaughan — missing since 2001</p><p>00:55:49 Trudy Adams — the disappearance that ended a generation&#39;s hitchhiking</p><p>01:00:59 Hundreds of unidentified bodies in Australian morgues</p><p>01:04:24 Christopher &quot;Mr Rentokil&quot; Flannery and Australia&#39;s hitmen</p><p>01:17:58 David Littleproud on NSW&#39;s new gun laws</p><p>01:28:44 Pauline Hanson on Mardi Gras</p><p>01:37:39 Truckie Tuesday begins</p><p>01:45:20 An angry driver&#39;s voicemail</p><p>01:50:06 Sharon Horne — trucking&#39;s mental health advocate</p><p>01:51:12 The crash that changed everything</p><p>02:15:08 Belinda Hughes — a trucking company shut down overnight</p><p>02:23:19 Rod&#39;s rant of the week</p><p>02:26:02 Sign-off</p><p><br></p><p>🫶 Join The Bonafide Family</p><p>Get Your Bonafide Merch here: https://bonafidepod.com/en-aud</p><p>Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LukeBonaThatRadioGuy/</p><p>Catch Up On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukey.bona/</p><p>Subscribe to us on YouTube to stay updated with LIVE SHOWS:</p><p><br></p><p>🎙️ Get Involved</p><p>Leave us a digital voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/Bonafide</p><p>Call the Bonafide Hotline to leave a voicemail: (02) 9128 9311</p><p>Want to be a guest or suggest a topic? Reach out at: community@bonafidepod.com</p><p><br></p><p>❤️ Cheers to GME for making Truckie Tuesday possible!</p><p>Outfit your rig with the very best, Australian-made communication technology here: https://www.gme.net.au/au/</p><p><br></p><p>Support: Lifeline 13 11 14 (24/7) · 1800RESPECT 1800 737 732 (24/7, pending Decision 6)</p>