With the election fast approaching, the 4ZZZ Newsroom has been hard at work gathering all the news from the campaign trail. 4ZZZ journalist Samuel O'Brien sat down with Stephen Bates, Greens candidate for the seat of Brisbane, to chat about his campaign and some of the issues facing South East Queensland communities.

With the election fast approaching, the 4ZZZ Newsroom has been hard at work gathering all the news from the campaign trail. 4ZZZ journalists Samuel O'Brien and Kloe Phelan sat down with Janine Rees, Progressive candidate for the seat of Ryan, to chat about her campaign and some of the issues facing South East Queensland communities.

CONTENT WARNING: This interview talks about domestic violence

With the election fast approaching, the 4ZZZ Newsroom has been hard at work gathering all the news from the campaign trail. Last week 4ZZZ Zedlines Editor Samuel O'Brien sat down with Max Chandler-Mather, Greens candidate for the seat of Griffith, to chat about his campaign and some of the issues facing South East Queensland communities.

With the election fast approaching, the 4ZZZ Newsroom has been hard at work gathering all the news from the campaign trail. Last week 4ZZZ news coordinator Alexis Pink sat down with Graham Perret, current federal member for Moreton to chat about his campaign and some of the issues facing South East Queensland communities. LANGUAGE WARNING: There is a little swearing in the interview.

As Australians venture around the country and beyond with the easing of restrictions, local events have become crucial to attract lucrative tourists. In the Northern Territory this has taken an indigenous spin, with the highly successful Parrtjima headlining the recent busy Easter season. 4ZZZ journalist Samuel O’Brien visited the red centre and spoke to the organisers of the festival about its importance to communities and the Northern Territory’s economic recovery. We would like to advise to our indigenous listeners that this story references people who have died.

Approximately 13,700 refugees have been stranded in Indonesia for almost a decade, trapped in a legal limbo with no rights and no place to go. 4ZZZ journalist Ivana Daskalovic spoke to Hakim and Jamil, two Afghan men currently in Indonesia, about their situation, and Asher Hirsch, senior policy officer at the Refugee Council of Australia, about how Australia is involved and what can be done to resolve this issue.

As the conversation continues about combatting climate change, a Brisbane Union group is starting discussions on the measures required for transitioning workers into low-carbon jobs. Workers 4 Climate Justice Brisbane is a local group that is trying to shift focus and create awareness on Australia’s lack of an exit plan for coal. As the nation works towards net-zero emissions, Workers 4 Climate Justice is insisting leaders prepare for this transition into a more sustainable future.

Russia is currently invading Ukraine with the hopes to regain control of the once soviet-bloc state. Conflicts in the north of the country are raising concerns in the international community especially around the nuclear reactors in Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia. The renewed threat of Russia deploying nuclear weapons has also led some to wonder what other powers will do once threatened. 4ZZZ Journalist Samuel O'Brien spoke to Nobel Peace Prize winner Associate Professor Tilman Ruff from the University of Melbourne about these threats and the possibilities for these to eventuate.