The festive season can be a tough time for those in need. 

The Salvation Army has said this Christmas will likely be the hardest in its 140-year history.

Salvation Army's External Communications Manager Rendle Williams, joined Dean Miller on 4BC Afternoons to share how you can donate to the Salvation Army Christmas Appeal. 

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Homelessness, it's an issue we can't ignore.

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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Festival has announced an extra 20 sessions to its 2025 line-up, which returns to the Gold Coast in February.

The AACTA Festival includes a large program including workshops, screens, and special events. 

Comedian, actor, and AACTA Festival ambassador Stephen Curry told Dean Miller on 4BC Afternoons, "It's about nurturing new talent and inspiring the next generation of screen professionals."

"These types of festivals are invaluable to provide an avenue for people to be able to express themselves," Mr Curry continued. 

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Where's your favourite country pub?

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Moreton Island locals are becoming increasingly frustrated with how tourists treat the land. 

Moreton Island local Scott Bielenburg told Dean Miller on 4BC Afternoons that rubbish was placed in a 'Containers for Change' bin. 

"It was pretty awful, you think of the most maggoty bin you've ever had." 

"The more of this stuff that happens, the more the authorities are going to put restraints on us...It's going to take away what Moreton Island is," Mr Bielenburg continued. 

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Flash Flooding Across the South East

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The Brisbane City Council’s Inner-City Affordability Initiative aims to make new homes in inner-city suburbs more affordable by removing mandatory minimum car parking requirements.

The council has said the initiative could reduce building costs by $100,000 per apartment per parking space. 

Professor of Urban Management and Planning Paul Burton told Dean Miller on 4BC Afternoons, "My belief is, at the moment the market isn't there to sell apartments that are going to be quite expensive because of land prices and construction costs without car parking spaces."

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What are the 12 scams of Christmas?

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Research from Flinders University explored parents' perspectives towards supplying alcohol to their underage children. 

The survey interviewed more than 1,000 Australian parents and found that 40 per cent believed 17 years old was the right age for an alcoholic drink.

Director of the National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction at Flinders University Professor Jacqueline Bowden told Dean Miller on 4BC Afternoons, "The good news is that adolescent alcohol consumption is decreasing." 

"What we're wanting parents to know is that them facilitating adolescent drinking is not a good idea," Professor Bowden continued. 

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ASIC is taking banking giant HSBC Australia to the Federal Court, over allegations of failure to protect its customers from scams.

ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court joined Dean Miller on 4BC Afternoons to discuss the allegations. 

"Our real concern here is the failure at the front end to prevent and detect scams when it should've been and then after someone had become a victim to a scam it took far too long to investigate," Ms Short said. 

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