Tim Webster: How drivers are driving us all to frustration

Frustration over inattentive drivers

Frustration boils over when driving behind someone who is fiddling with the phone, doing their make up or simply not paying attention. Tim Webster reveals the frustration over those who don't concentrate and drive.

Driver training for all high schools?

Learner driver should be taught at school, long before they hit the roads, in driver defence schools where they can gain valuable experience. Tim Webster looks at recent road statistics, and says training should begin early.

Paul Clitheroe on financial year ahead?

What if you had a crystal ball and could see ahead into 2012 and what will happen on the financial markets? Tim Webster goes one step better and speaks with financial guru Paul Clitheroe to discuss the year ahead.

How dare MPs tell us what to do!

How dare MPs think they can tell us how to live our lives! We place them in parliament to serve us. Tim Webster looks at this country becoming a nanny state, and getting their socialist rules and regulations out of our lives.

Consider switching from your bank

Choice is urging people to consider switching to smaller lenders if the four big banks don't pass on in full an official interest rate cut. Tim Webster with Christopher Zinn on why you need to consider making a change.

Asylum seekers float in by hundreds

Six days, six boats and 542 people have arrived in Australia with detention centres at peak capacity. Tim Webster reminds those in Labor claiming it's all Tony Abbott's fault, that their solution was overturned by the high court.

Beware the boss may be watching you

Social media may well be the downfall of many seeking work, with employers checking out facebook pages and previous twitters. Tim Webster on being aware of what you write online, as the boss may well be watching you.

David Jones slipping behind times?

Former David Jones chief Mark McInnes has lashed out at the company he ran, suggesting the retail giant is not servicing their customers. Tim Webster on whether David Jones is keeping up with the current times.

Easing Sydney's traffic congestion

Congestion across Sydney is a huge and growing concern for commuters. Route changes have been made to buses to help ease the burden. Tim Webster on the proposals for easing traffic through new rapid bus services.

Chilly start to summer climate change?

Ritchie Benaud's Aussie cricket team took on the West Indies the last time December was this cold in Sydney. Carbon Tax, doom and gloom and yet as Tim Webster points out, we are shivering at the start of a new summer.

Boot camp crackdown by councils

Boot camps in the local park are being clamped down upon. North Sydney Council are struggling to find harmony between residents and trainers. Tim Webster looks at managing the uptake in fitness along with noise control.

Julia Gillard's presidential poll bounce?

Tony Abbott now trails Julia Gillard as preferred Prime Minister. The Opposition claims her improvement is the result of the visit of President Obama. Tim Webster asks, how does that work? Has anything changed?

Google: all a bit brave new world?

Computers that think for you so you can dream of other beginnings? Sounds a bit Brave New World, but Tim Webster reveals the new direction Google has announced to the world, to become the storage of all knowledge?

Why Tim Webster boycotts the M2

2UE's Road Challenge has proven our toll roads are not cost effective. Tim Webster has boycotted the M2 for good reason. Bumper to bumper, even on weekends, and as the company makes millions, do they care about you?

Tommy Emmanuel back in Sydney

Tommy Emmanuel performs around the globe to an appreciative audience of loyal fans in every corner. Based in Nashville, it's nice to see him return home. Tim Webster catches up with the virtuoso, who performs live.

Cocaine: Sydney's drug of choice

Cocaine has become the drug of choice in our Sydney niteclubs. Not just the inner city clubs, but in the clubs in Parramatta and Penrith. Tim Webster looks at the growing trend toward cocaine and the damage it's doing.

Time for us to get fair dinkum?

Public servants protested plans to impose a 2.5% wages cap for public service workers, but did they garner any sympathy from the public. Tim Webster on why it's time we all adhered to the old Aussie mantra 'Fair Dinkum'.

Election now: let the people decide?

Surely its time the PM considered an early election. With failed policy after failed policy, Tim Webster says it's time to let the people decide. When it is proven a government doesn't know what it is doing, time for an election.

Kaplan: The Exceptional Brain

Humankind is yet to uncover the secrets of the brain, but what an incredible instrument it has been to the advancement of our species. Tim Webster & psychiatrist Robert M Kaplan on how our brain changed the world.

Labor treating voters with contempt

Never bite the hand that feeds you, or votes for you too? Tim Webster looks at Labor MPs and their attack and ridicule on the convoy of no confidence. The convoy of the very people who would usually vote for Labor?

Urs Koch: Laugh With Health

Manfred Urs Koch's book 'Laugh with Health: Your Complete Guide to Health, Diet, Nutrition and Natural Foods' grapples with good health, the five main food groups, and foods that supply the essential nutrients of life.

Whatever happened to manners?

Bernard Salt, Demographer with KPMG tells Tim Webster he feels like he is the only person who sees a moral and ethical obligation to return phone calls and generally be polite to other people. Is he alone these days?

Katie Noonan: First Seed Ripening

Katie Noonan is such a talented singer of so many styles of music, it's a wonder she has enough time to keep up with her various projects. The latest Elixir album is released, "First Seed Ripening" and it is pure perfection.

Private health cover gap questioned

Tim Webster has been a staunch defender of the medical profession in their fight with the government over conditions and budgets. He questions why private health care in Australia is becoming more unaffordable.

Molly Birnbaum Season to Taste

A car accident destroyed Molly Birnbaum's sense of smell, and with it her ability to taste, her desire to cook and her dreams of working in a restaurant. She shares what happened next with Tim Webster.

Mobile technology's 30 years

The Mobile Phone celebrated its 30th Anniversary through the week. Here's some memories for Tim Webster as 2UE's Trevor Long reveals a news report from the launch of mobile technology by Tim in 1981.

Asylum seekers: our moral obligations

Is the Malaysian Solution morally inferior to the Pacific Solution? Lawyer and Jesuit Priest Father Frank Brennan tells Tim Webster it's morally reprehensible, and the only solution is a regional one with Indonesia.

Talkin' 'bout Your Generation

Generation Y, Gen X'ers, and the Baby Boomers each have cultural peculiarities and differences between them. Tim Webster with Talkin' 'bout Your Generation author Michael Ward on fascinating generational changes.

Nancy Wake to hit the big screens

Director Bruce Beresford reveals to Tim Webster his plans to take to cinemas the story of the life of the White Mouse, Nancy Wake. A look on the life of an incredible Australian heroine fighting with the French resistance.

Christians angry over drag Christ art

Yet again Christians are under attack for their faith, finding it hard to turn the other cheek after seeing Luke Roberts's entry in a religious art exhibition. Tim Webster seeks out the artist as anger builds over the work.

NBN: will we reap back the cost?

The NBN will not be rolled out for ten years, so will the technology be out of date by then. Tim Webster poses questions worth thinking about as we prepare to spend $36 billion. Will we ever re-coup the costs to taxpayers.

Stress: R U OK at Work?

Are you stressed at work? Mental issues are causing more absenteeism than ever before, but whoare the most stressed? Tim Webster on the rising problems of workplace stress and some tips to help overcome stress.

iGen: the sick generation ahead?

Environmental factors are making our kids sick. The Internet re-wiring their brains, processed food disturbing their digestive systems, unnatural light is also hurting them. Tim Webster on the latest on the i-generation ahead.

Mayor crushes car in bike lane

Lithuanian mayor Arturas Zuokas, recently released a video of a tank crushing a car parked in one of his city's bike lanes. Tim Webster is a little worried the Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore may use the idea here.

Selling Australia: losing our farms?

Why do we not have a national register of overseas investment in Australia? Barnaby Joyce tells Tim Webster if we lose prime agriculture land, that's it, it's gone. In our Selling Australia series, we look at selling our farms.

Flexible hours: cut retail red tape?

Does the Australian retail sector need greater flexibility, with shops allowed to open through the night to compete with online rivals. Tim Webster looks at the domestic retail sector, under the pump with retail spending down.

MP laughed at over climate claims

The misinformation coming from the Gillard government on climate change is staggering. Tim Webster reveals the blatant mistruths and propaganda sprouted by Labor's Tanya Plibersek, laughed at with her exaggerations.

Why a license to punt won't work

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie is holding the Gillard government hostage with his 'mandatory pre-commitment' on a license to punt. Tim Webster with Clubs CEO Anthony Ball on the growing unrest in the community.

Selling Australia: scale of mine sales

What is the scale of foreign investment in Australia? Ownership in regard to mines is incredible. Ian Verrender reveals we are not generating enough savings to fund the investment needed, so we seek it from overseas.

Children connect with multiculturalism

Much debate about multiculturalism and the negatives, but with Ramadan getting started, Tim Webster reveals the way school students are showing cultural sensitivities toward our make up of a multi-faceted community.

Foreign buyers eyeing off suburbs?

Tim Webster with Kevin Turner looks at the scale and impact of foreign investment on some parts of our cities, with some suburbs popular with overseas investors. The ratio for now may be small, but it's a growing market.

Keep healthy and save your taxes?

Should there be tax breaks for those who keep healthy? Tim Webster reveals to you the tens of billions of dollars that will have to be spent on an aging population suffering from obesity, excessive drinking and smoking.