Cartoon - When life gives you limes
Can't stop, won't stop ...
What is the flu and various vaccine delivery methods
Is it an urban myth, if you get the Flu shot… then you’ll get the flu? Did you know there are different vaccine delivery methods and they are trialed differently?
4ZZZ reporter Eliot Rifkin had a live chat with Dr Ian Mackay a virologist affiliated with UQ’s Child Health Research Centre at the School of Medicine about all things flu.
Cartoon - Weighty Problems
A weighty problem in Toowoomba turns them to a friend
West Papua series - from 1969 vote aka “Act of No Choice” to present (Part 2 of 4)
You may have heard of West Papua, now part of Indonesia, in their striving for self-determination. However do you know how West Papua arrived in its conflict? ...or our northern neighbour’s history?
4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin continues the exploration of West Papua's history with Professor Clinton Fernandes (University of NSW) in the second part of a 4 part series.
Cartoon - For their own protection
A new paradigm in child protection ...
Insecticide concoctions winding their way into our waterways
Farmers often battle insects to assure their crop yields. Have you ever thought of the toxic mixture of these various insecticides along with mosquito sprays winding their way into our waterways?
4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin chatted about the Insecticide concoctions draining into the Great Barrier Reef with UQ’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences researcher Associate Professor Michael Warne.
West Papua series - from Dutch colonialism to Indonesian control (Part 1 of 4)
You may have heard of West Papua, now part of Indonesia, in their striving for self-determination. However do you know how West Papua arrived in its conflict? ...or our northern neighbour’s history?
4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin explores West Papua's history with Professor Clinton Fernandes (University of NSW) in the first part of a 4 part series.
Mental health concerns with online learning for students
The quick turn to online learning as a result of Covid-19 surprised students in the first semester of 2020. Different schools used different online learning programs to handle the new learning landscape and provide normality for students but that could not stop the rise in mental health concerns for students at this time.
4ZZZ reporter Cat Gardiner speaks to QUT medical centre’s clinical psychologist Chris Hepperlin about the mental health concerns with online learning as well as hearing a few personal experiences from local grade 12 students.
Cartoon - The Line
Things might be getting a little serious at the border
Our native wildlife needs your help with movement solutions
Do you know of some of the recent local solutions for wildlife movement? Development is always the bane of wildlife, however if handled with responsible planning there are ways to co-exist.
An opportunity to voice wildlife movement solutions in the development of the Eastern Transitway - **Deadline for community feedback Sunday 12th July**