Stafford Bowls Club is a former community sporting club that has been closed and effectively abandoned from 2017, and is therefore in need of a refit. However, similar to other community clubs scattered throughout Brisbane's suburbs, locals are concerned the redevelopment plan places profits over community wellbeing, and are rallying together to have their requests heard by the local government.

Have you ever thought… who and why did anyone introduce rabbits or some of our other invasive species? How did mangoes and sugarcane become synonymous with Queensland?

Joining 4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin and Toni Pankaluic to chat about what is an Acclimatisation Society and its Queensland history is Peter Osborne a heritage professional.

4ZZZ Journalist Joshua McIntosh speaks with Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Queensland Dr Thomas Sigler about housing in Brisbane.

Image source: "BRISBANE" (bertknot/Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0)

This week Australia Law firms Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, Bannister Law Class Actions and Centennial Lawyers have joined forces to run a landmark data breach complaint against private insurer Medibank in hopes to secure compensation for as many as 9.7 million current and former customers affected by the data breach in 2022. 4ZZZ Journalist Stephanie Felesina spoke with associate of Maurice Blackburn Lawyers class action team Charles Gibbs about what those seeking compensation can expect.

We had a chat last year with ‘The Friends of Balmoral Cemetery’ on Brisbane’s early local cemeteries.

Recently, they’ve had workshops restoring headstones and making the stories of a few occupants more accessible like a local World War 1 Indigenous digger (Thomas Robinson) and a WW1 nurse (Ida Mackay).

Joining 4ZZZ's Eliot and this time Toni to chat about their stories as well as some events coming up in the cemetery is Jenny Pearsall, the Vice President of ‘Friends of Balmoral Cemetery'.

Three weeks into January and it is peak rental season for a housing market already in apparent crisis. However, for renters and other Australians in insecure housing situations, tenant-led institutions are stepping in to provide a helping hand and support network, as well as guiding those in need towards existing aid infrastructure.

Have you ever awoke from a night’s sleep unrested and then been told you were snoring? You may have been a little oxygen deprived and some snoring may be a symptom of sleep apnoea.

...AND some people with apnoea may even be at risk of Alzheimer's Disease.

Joining 4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin and Toni Pankaluic to chat about her Apnoea and Dementia causal link study is Professor Elizabeth Coulson from UQ’s school of Biomedical Sciences and Queensland Brain Institute.

Is your dog drooling a lot lately or a bit wobbly on their back legs? Well, it may not be a reaction to the heat, it can actually be symptoms of the start of progressive tick paralysis and is very serious.

Oh, and cats aren’t immune either - so keep your pet calm and get them to a vet as soon as possible.

RSPCA’s Anne Chester the Chief Veterinarian Officer joined 4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin and Toni Pankaluic to chat about thud nasty Paralysis Ticks.

Cassowaries… gentle giant of the Wet Tropics rainforest.
How are they faring with human encroachment on their habitat? How do we live with them?

4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin spoke with Liz Gallie - president of the Mission Beach Cassowaries on all things cassowaries.

Remember that spooky moth on the cover of the classic horror film – 'Silence of the Lambs'? Well, it turns out there’s more to that moth than just looking creepy. The Death’s-head hawkmoth is a clever little insect, it migrates for miles and even knows how to navigate. You might say, it’s a pilot!

4ZZZ's intrepid reporter, Anita Diamond, interviewed Dr Myles Menz, who conducted a recent study revealing how the Death's-head hawkmoth migrates.