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Youngcare was founded in 2005 here in Brisbane when David Conry had a difficult experience finding appropriate care for his wife and since establishment, the work of Youngcare over the last two decades is nothing short of extraordinary.

Former Noosa Mayor, Clare Stewart has been announced as the new CEO and she told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "20 years on, I sit here now and the Youngcare office, and I just shake my head because their legacy is ongoing and it's remarkable."

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New research from Flinders University has found a correlation between fitness tracking apps and disordered eating, body image concerns and excessive exercise.

Exercise Physiologist, Nutritionist and Neuroscientist, Paul Taylor told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "What they found was a correlation, and that's an important word here between disordered eating and particularly using the diet tracker app."

"I think if you believe that you do have a problem with disordered eating, then it might be time to give these apps a miss."

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A new study has captured a surge of brain activity in patients just after their heart stops beating. 

But what does that mean? 

Anesthesiologist and Professor at the University of Arizona, Dr. Stuart Hameroff, told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "It could be that this burst of activity was the sign of what would be the near-death experience and quite possibly the soul leaving the body."

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Brisbane residents have an excess of unwanted items, with more than 60 suburbs still awaiting kerbside pick-up due to a significant 30% increase in discarded goods.

Civic Cabinet Chair for City Standards, Councillor Sarah Hutton, told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "We've actually seen an enormous increase in the amount that people have put out on their kerbside, and it is actually taking us a little while to get on top of the backlog."

"But can I assure you that our crews are out there and they'll be collecting over the weekend to get the job done."

"We just want to say thank you to the Brisbane residents for your patience during this time," Councillor Hutton continued. 

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Queensland went to the polls 33 years ago, to determine whether or not the state would introduce daylight saving. 

To this day, the debate resurfaces each year. 

University of Queensland Academic, Dr Thomas Sigler, joined Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons to discuss the university's forum with the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. 

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The Productivity Commission released a report which investigated Australia's housing construction productivity. 

Chair of the Productivity Commission, Danielle Wood, told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "The key finding and also the most surprising finding was that, productivity of the housing construction sector has gone backwards over the last 30 years."

"Getting productivity up is key to getting the housing supply up."

"Essentially we found there's no single reason [for low productivity], we find regulatory burden is a pretty common story across Australia," Ms Wood continued. 

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