The 2020 Defence Strategic Update, announced on the 1st of July which involves some $270 Billion set to go towards rearming the Australian Defence Force to prepare for a more dangerous post-pandemic world, and a new age of great power competition between China and the United States. 

Whatever is necessary to protect Queensland

We now know that compromised health poses a greater risk factor in the severity of Covid-19 disease. However, some people are unaware they’re at risk and have undiagnosed conditions like diabetes.  

Do you know the symptoms of diabetes or what causes it?

We chatted with University of Queensland’s Dr Kirsty Short about all things diabetes and preventative health care as well as a new research study they are conducting and… they’re looking for candidates.

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 Jim Elmslie (West Papua Project at the Department for Peace and Conflict Studies / University of Sydney) in the third part of a 4 part series.

4ZZZ reporter Alice Leggett speaks with JCU’s Dr David Kault about his research on preventing and predicting COVID-19.

Can't stop, won't stop ...

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.

A weighty problem in Toowoomba turns them to a friend

Story - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-06/toowoomba-obesity-rate-queensland-stanford-university-california/12425188

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.

A new paradigm in child protection ...