In the North-side suburb of Stafford, locals have been lobbying against the redevelopment of their community bowls club beginning from late last year. The site has been largely unmaintained since 2017, and the new renovation plan is expected to bring in 76 poker machines, which has drawn further attention from locals, as well as politicians and the Office for Liquor and Gaming.

In recent years, noise pollution impacting Brisbane community members has been a key aspect of political promises, community forums, and more recently public outcry.

With all our reliance on computer technology, do we need to consult space weather to know when solar flares may affect us? Are we sitting ducks?

The processes underlying sun spots, solar flares and the structure of the sun’s magnetic field are still poorly understood even today.

4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin chatted about our sun with Dr Alina Catalina-Donea an Astrophysicist on how solar flares affect us.

Here in Brisbane, a lot of us are aware of the battle to keep fire ants at bay. Perhaps some of us had an encounter with them or even had them invade their property.

However, are you aware of another unwanted ant invading Queensland… the Yellow Crazy Ant?
What’s being done to mitigate Yellow Crazy Ants from entering our lifestyle?

4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin and Toni Pankaluic chatted with Dr Cecilia Villacorta-Rath about how TropWATER scientists are tracking one of the world’s most invasive ants moving into our waterways using eDNA.

Ever run through a field of pineapples?  Ouch! How did pineapples ever get to Queensland?

Fenn Nielsen of Nielsen Pineapple Farm chatted about all things pineapple with 4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin.

Many of us are obviously aware of our Western healthcare system, some of us use naturopath medicine and some of us are aware of the existence of Chinese herbalists…

However, do you know anything of India’s centuries old Ayurvedic medicine system of which 80% of India’s population takes part in?

4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin and Toni Pankaluic chatted about the traditional Indian medicine’s - Ayurvedic Principles with Dr Deepika Kaushal an Ayurvedic Doctor from Ayurvedic Wellness Centre.

4ZZZ Journalist Joshua McIntosh speaks with Dr Rebecca Jenkinson, Executive Manager of the Australian Gambling Research Centre at the Australian Institute of Family Studies about the centre's report into the exposure of gambling advertisements, and their impact on Australians.

In Australia, menstrual leave is a relatively new concept, and it has sparked a debate among the public and policymakers. The idea behind menstrual leave is to create a workplace culture that acknowledges and supports women's health needs, while it clearly holds the potential to assist in decreasing not only the gender gap but promoting gender equality, it still faces criticism from certain groups and organisations. 

Many of us have passed the ‘Judith Wright Centre’ on Brunswick Street in the Valley…
however, how much do you really know about Judith Wright? Was she a poet? An environmental activist? Advocate for Aboriginal Land Rights?

Actually, she was all this and more, even helping to form the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland.

Professor Tony Hughes - d’Aeth the Chair in Australian Literature at The University of Western Australia joined 4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin, Toni Pankaluic & Ivana Daskalovic to chat about Judith Wright.

Love them or be repulsed by them, many of us here in Brisbane have feelings for our 'bin chickens', the Australian White Ibis. How much do you really understand about these birds whose relatives the pharaohs depicted and mummified in their ancient Egyptian temples?

Dr Heather McGinness, Senior Research Scientist from the CSIRO joined 4ZZZ's Eliot Rifkin and Toni Pankaluic to chat about Ibises including some of the latest CSIRO ibis and other waterbird movement research.