Did you know Australia has a space program? New technologies for a next-generation hybrid rocket for launching small satellites (as soon as 2022) are being developed right here in Queensland.

Gilmour Space Technologies is a private Australian rocket company that develops new capabilities for launching small satellites into Low Earth Orbits.

By 2025, Queensland’s space industry will be recognised as a leading centre in Australasia for launch activities, ground systems, Earth observation, niche manufacturing, robotics and automation for space.

We all have heard of the T-Rex from North America, that classic predatory dinosaur often seen in the movies, however did you know we had our own huge carnivorous dinosaur right here in Queensland?

We chatted with Dr Anthony Romillo a palaeontologist from UQ about all things carnivorous dinosaur.

Coroners can now compel witnesses to deaths from before 2003 to testify in Coronial inquests. What will this mean?

Harlly Lewis Reports

Protesters were emotional at a National Day of Action for refugees outside a detention centre in Kangaroo Point yesterday.

They gathered in solidarity with 120 refugees and asylum seekers detained inside Kangaroo Point Central Hotel, who have been protesting their conditions from the hotel balcony for months.

Activists and detainees addressed the crowd through a PA system set up on Main Street.

4ZZZ reporter Joseph Humphreys shines a light on declining bird numbers in Brisbane.
 

Bella Schwarzenecker speaks with Dr. Michael Wagels, the deputy director of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital, about the revolution of 3D printing within the medical field. 

Thanks to this technology, a Brisbane man, Brodie Ellis, has been able to regrow his own bone after a near-fatal accident that left him severely injured.
 

As the Federal Environmental minister conducts a review of Australia’s Environmental Protection Laws, experts are raising concerns about the link to human-related health risks. Alana Kennedy-Tucker has more.

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Protests have always played an integral part of Queensland’s history and aided in legislative change. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests across Australia, reporter India Kenney looks at the history of protests in Queensland.

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As protests continue in the US following the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd, a solidarity rally will be held in Brisbane this afternoon.

The Black Lives Matter protest hopes to show solidarity with the US demonstrators, but also highlight the continued injustices Indigenous Australians suffer at the hands of police. Earlier this week, 4ZZZ reporter Lillian Rangiah spoke to Sam Watson Jr, a proud Wanggeriburra and Birra Gubba person and one of the protest organisers.

4ZZZ reporter Ben Steele spoke with Dr Stan Steindl, the adjunct associate professor of the UQ School of Psychology about the COVID-19 pandemic’s psychological impact. Dr Steindl also told us of his multinational study on Compassion, social connectedness and trauma resilience during this pandemic.

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