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On this show, we overcooked one of our spuds, so with one spud down, we carried on strong to deliver the news.

The truckie protest in Canberra feautures prominently, and we offer our support for an early election, because the truckies say so. The Dolph makes his long awaited return, Kevin Rudd is strong and fighting fit and Dee 'Billy Bo' Nelson wraps up the show.

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Following up on yesterday's story on the bloody Bankok protests, would you still travel to Thailand?

There have been constant violent clashses as demonstrators protest the elitist government. DFAT has advised Australian travellers to reconsider their need to go there.

Phoebe Roth asks a traveller who was all set to head over, and a local travel agent, if it will affect the thousands of Aussies that go there every Summer.

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35 people have died in the past week of street battle on the streets of Bangkok and 244 have been wounded. More than 5000 protesters have been calling for the PM to resign.

Panorama's Alison Hickerson asks a Bangkok resident what's going on.

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Are trade unions well-meaning bodies that look out for their industry workers, or as Howard said, thugs and bullies who stand in the way of productivity?

More than 2000 construction workers marched on Wednesday to remember those killed on Australian building sites, and called for the abolition of the previous government's construction commission, which has seen a spike in deaths on site since its introduction.

Reporter Emma Buckley Lennox went along.

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