Cambridge University’s Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute has developed and tested an application designed to improve attention and concentration. The app, ‘Decoder’, presents as a game that activates the frontal-parietal network in the brain of players.

A study found that the app’s use for 8 hours over a month resulted in neurological improvements comparable to the achievements of stimulants like Ritalin (methylphenidate).

A young woman has organised an alternative to Australia Day in Darwin, simply calling it ‘January 26th’.

This Saturday, a panel of indigenous speakers - including a state government member - will take part in a talk on the country’s national day at Darwin’s Civic Park.

Another Queensland police officer has been charged and forced to stand down after allegedly inappropriately accessing the police service system.

The 50-year-old male senior constable will appear in Toowoomba Magistrates Court in February after being charged with computer hacking and misuse, and has been restricted to desk duties.

This follows the suspension or standing down of three male police officers in December for allegedly accessing the confidential police database for personal use.

A drug and alcohol treatment centre which is the first of its kind has opened to families in south-east Queensland where parents can receive support for their drug addiction while not being separated from their children.

The residential rehabilitation project has five family recovery unites at a location south of Brisbane, which can accommodate children under 10 years old in two and three bedroom apartments.

A new waste dump and waste-to-energy incinerator to be placed in Swanbank is being assessed by the Queensland Government in spite of close to 1000 complaints from Ipswich locals over the past six months.

More than 91 per cent of complaints relate to odours, with 80 per cent of the smells coming from the city’s waste dumps that continue to receive waste from New South Wales.

Sixty Brisbane school zones will now be targeted in a crackdown on illegal parking by Brisbane City Council.

The zones will be heavily monitored by enforcement officers who are able to hand out on the spot warnings and fines, which includes a $94 fine for loitering.

Infrastructure Chairman Amanda Cooper says school zones are being intentionally targeted in response to a large number of requests from schools and the community.

The LGBTI support service Switchboard have been told by the federal government in late December, they would lose two-thirds of its funding under the Community Visitors Scheme.

The scheme aims to have volunteers visit those in residential or community-based aged care to reduce loneliness, often being the only visits the clients receive.

Joe Ball, chief executive of Switchboard, has voiced fears and concerns from staff and clients, whilst attempting to fundraise the $310,000 required to maintain the service, however, failure to do so will see clients abandoned.

A Victorian driver who survived being hit by a road sign on a Melbourne freeway is considering filing a lawsuit against VicRoads and TransUrban after suffering physical injuries and mental trauma.

Nella Lettieri was travelling along the road earlier this month when a five by four metre sign fell and crushed her car, leaving her with neck and hand injuries, and continuing headaches as a result of a steel plate on the sign being installed incorrectly.