Franking credits, negative gearing, economic management and climate change have dominated the federal election campaign but there has been little focus on aged care.

Aged care is currently being probed by a Royal Commission but the interim report isn’t due until October this year.

National Seniors chief advocate Ian Henschke tells Mark action is needed now and he wants both sides of politics to promise at least $2 billion to pay for home care packages.

It was 76 years ago today that one of the greatest atrocities of the Second World War occurred off Moreton Island when the hospital ship Centaur was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine.

Of the 332 people on board, only 64 survived the attack, which happened despite the ship being clearly identified as a non-combatant.

Terri-Anne Simmonds from the AWM’s Places Of Pride Project tells Mark a Last Post Ceremony today will honour one of the victims.

The Palaszczuk Government is under mounting pressure to get children being held in detention out of the state’s watch houses.

As at yesterday morning there were 79 children in the state’s watch houses, some as young as 10 years old and the vast majority were only being held on remand.

Australia Law Council president Arthur Moses SC tells Mark urgent action is needed and one solution is to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 years of age.

First home buyers are to get a leg up no matter whether Labor or the Coalition wins this Saturday’s Federal Election.

At the weekend Scott Morrison promised a scheme that would allow first home buyers to borrow with just a 5 percent deposit, a scheme that was almost immediately matched by Bill Shorten.

Trent Wiltshire, Chief economist with the real estate website Domain, tells Mark that it’s not the worst first home buyers scheme that he’s seen.

Adani Australia claims the Palaszczuk Government has shifted the goal posts yet again on its controversial Carmichael Coal Mine.

The company says that on Friday it received advice from the state Department of Environment and Science that there would be further review of the groundwater plan for the mine.

Adani Australia CEO Lucas Dow tells Mark that it is still unclear exactly what the issue is because the CSIRO and Geoscience Australia have signed off on the plan.

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Ballymore may be the home of rugby union in Queensland but its glory days are long behind it.

The federal election campaign may yet be Ballymore’s saviour with Labor promising a $15 million contribution to a proposed $35 million redevelopment of the complex.

Queensland Rugby is now looking to the government to match Labor’s commitment and QRU spokesman Phil Pope tells Mark it’s hoped the Coalition will finally deliver on a promise once made by John Howard.

The death of an e-scooter rider who suffered a heart attack in Brisbane this week has prompted calls from the Australian Pedestrian Council to ban them from the city.

The RACQ says a ban is going too far but suggests there is a need for greater regulation and registration of e-scooters.

The Brisbane City Council will award two year licences to two scooter operators in July this year and despite the number of accidents and hospitalisations the director of government affairs for Lime Scooters assures Mark they are safe.

Italy offers a range of delights for tourists - spectacular landscapes, great works of art and architecture, the treasures of ancient Rome and then there’s the food.

While there’s fierce rivalry between Italy’s regions for the best cuisine it’s hard to go past Tuscany.

Halinka Panzera from Journeys Worldwide takes small groups of foodies on tours of Italy and tells Mark while she prefers to take singles, there’s always room for couples.

Numismatists around the country are reaching for their magnifying glasses after the discovery of a typo on the new $50 bill.

46 million of the notes have gone into circulation since they were first released last October and no-one noticed until now.

The word ‘responsibility’ is mispelled in the microprinting just over Edith Cowan’s shoulder.

Andrew Crellin is the President of the Australasian Numismatic Dealer's Association and tells Mark that he was none the wiser until the news broke this morning.