Although La Niña rain is forecasted for the next few months... a drought is still fast approaching

Do you know how to really save drinking water?

With the collective dam levels in South East Queensland fast diminishing to 60% capacity, we’re fast approaching another drought…
we can all play a part in preserving our region’s drinking water supplies with the help of some clever water saving tips.
 
Bec Schrauf, a spokesperson from Urban Utilities chatted with 4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin on our water infrastructure, the various impacts of the impending drought and their new water-saving challenge - ‘How low can you go?’.

Ever tasted Native Stingless bee honey or know about them?

Do you know how to recognise our native stingless bees or tasted their honey?

Eliot Rifkin (4ZZZ) chatted with 'Bob the Bee Man' about the threats to our Australian Native bees and how to support and attract them.

To get in touch with Bob the Bee Man and learn more about our Native Bees or become a beekeeper, visit here.

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Asthma On Steroids

Have you ever lost your breath for a moment?

2.5 million Australian Asthmatics have…  and for some, puffers aren’t enough - so they move on to steroids which can bring on  long-term side effects.  

4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin chatted about Asthma and steroids with Professor John Upham from the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute. 

Northern Quolls our ‘native cat’ lives like a fruit fly

Do you know much about our native cat - the quoll… whose males die immediately after their mating season?

Eliot Rifkin chatted about the Northern Quoll with Pietro Viacava a PhD candidate from the University of Queensland who led a study comparing Northern Quoll skulls across a 5000-kilometre range in a quest exploring how they’re adapting (or not) in very different environments.

Hmmm, why skulls you may think?…  and why the Northern Quoll… listen and find out.