What's On with Olympia Kwitowski

It may be hard to imagine but it has been three decades since Tucker’s Daughter was everywhere on the radio, but the album that spawned it Matchbook celebrates its 30th Anniversary next month.

It was the first solo outing for Cold Chisel lead guitarist Ian Moss and bagged him a number one spot on the album charts and a clutch of awards.

Ian is heading back out on the road to celebrate the anniversary playing the Tivoli in late November and he tells Mark playing the songs in front of a live audience is as much a thrill today as it was back then.

While the latest cuts in mortgage rates are being welcomed by homeowners the news is far from positive for self funded retirees and people with cash on deposit.

The ANZ and the NAB have now announced cuts to their deposit rates leaving some accounts paying as little as 0.01 per cent, virtually nothing.

The Commonwealth and Westpac are yet to follow suit but RateCity research director Sally Tindall says even the best accounts will only pay around two per cent.

More than 70 aged care residents, many with dementia, are now in emergency accommodation after a contract dispute escalated to the point that they were suddenly forced out of their Nerang nursing home.

HelpStreet, the operator of the nursing home wing at the Earle Haven Retirement Village, claims the owner of the home, People Care, owes it money leaving it unable to pay staff.

The Palaszczuk Government is demanding the federal government investigate and Federal Aged Care Minister Senator Richard Colbeck tells Mark he’s determined to get to the bottom of what happened.

Dara Ó Briain is one of the most recognisable faces on TV, a regular on virtually every British comedy panel show worth watching.

He is set to return to Brisbane in September at QPAC with his hit show Voice Of Reason.

Mark, a huge fan, already has his tickets booked, front row cente and Dara warns him the show is very interactive.

It’s been more than 45 year since the last Australian soldier pulled out of Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War and now Aussie tourists are flooding back.

They’re drawn to Vietnam by the mix of Asian and French culture, the food, the history, the art, the spectacular scenery and the warm and welcoming people.

Mark is under pressure from Mrs Braybrook to take a holiday to Vietnam and Kirsten Wallace from Journey’s Worldwide almost has him ready to book two tickets.

For many marathon swimmers crossing the English Channel is the challenge of a lifetime, but it wasn’t enough for Brisbane teenager Brianna Thompson.

She’s now recovering after becoming just the sixth Australian to complete a double crossing, a feat that saw her in the water for more than 22 and a half hours.

Brianna did a single crossing last year and she explains to Mark that she always approached that swim as preparation for doing the double.

TransLink is sitting on a $5 million pile of cash, the result of unclaimed balances on expired Go Cards.

The system was introduced in 2008, but the cards had an expiry date set at 10 years, meaning that last year more than 650,000 cards elapsed.

The average outstanding balance is $7.90 and TransLink acting deputy director general Martin Bradshaw tells Mark it is not too late to make a claim.

This weekend the forests around Imbil in the Sunshine Coast hinterland will play host to one of Australia’s most demanding equestrian events, the Tom Quilty Gold Cup.

Competitors have 24 hours to cover a challenging 160 kilometre course that puts both rider and mount to the test.

Australian Endurance Riders Association secretary Kim Moir tells Mark the event, which doubles as the National Endurance Riding Championships, owes its existence to a couple of Australian bush legends.

Electric car skeptics often cite the need for a national network of fast charging stations as one of the barriers to the widespread acceptance of EVs in Australia.

Australia lags well behind much of the western world and Asia in adopting electric cars, but we may soon have little choice as carmakers abandon the petrol engine.

A Brisbane company, Tritium, is carving a place for itself internationally making and selling car chargers and founder David Finn tells Mark he may be surprised just how fast Australia develops a network of charging stations.