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There's been an increase in thefts and arson across parks in the Council of Moreton Bay, with damages costing the council over $100,000.

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Retirement Living Council Executive Director Rick Ralph is calling for a shift in the waste and recycling narrative away from negative targets and toward its economic value for Australia.

Retirement living Council Executive Director Rick Ralph has made no secret of the ambition that the narrative around waste and recycling should be changed and the way it can push the economic value proposition in Australia. Instead of focusing on negative targets, he's highlighting the industry's economic upside.

Rick Ralph told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "Since day dot about 27 cents in the dollar has only ever come back to the industry." 

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Edwina the echidna which had swam 1km in ocean waters was found washed up at Golden Beach and has made a full recovery.

A juvenile echidna believed to have swum 1 km in ocean waters has made a full recovery and has now been released back into the wild after being discovered on Bribie Island.

Spokes person for the Pumicestone Passage Jen Kettleton-Butler told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "I went over to do an island check on my boat one afternoon and I arrived there to see this beautiful echidna."

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It's been revealed that more young Australians are starting school with poor emotional regulation and social skills than ever before. Screen time has played a massive part in that. 

Author David Gillespie told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "We've seen massive increases in rates of anxiety, depression and ADHD, all of the things associated with increasing the use of addictive things." 

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Brisbane local Cameron Flavell is embarking on a world-record run attempt from Sydney to Brisbane to raise money for The Smith Family charity.

Brisbane local Cameron Flavell is about to embark on a world-record attempt, trying to run 1000km in just 10 days to raise money for charity The Smith Family.

Cameron Flavell told Sofie Formica on 4BC Afternoons, "Hopefully through the awareness that we can shape from this run,  we're able to change some children's lives in Australia,

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