The recent attack by a dingo on Fraser Island that saw one of the wild dogs drag a 14 month old boy from his camper had some speculating that it was because the island’s dingo population is starving.

It’s a theory that has been a bone of contention for some time.

Linda Behrendorff is a Parks and Wildlife Service ranger who has been studying dingoes for past four years for a PhD and she tells Mark people would be surprised by the variety of foods the dogs actually eat on the island.

Jazz is often referred to as the only true American artform which is why Brisbane musician Dan Bolton spent years living, working and learning in New York City.

There he carved out a niche with his own act and as musical director for Hollywood, Broadway and cabaret star, Nathan Lee Graham and Laura Hart, singer with the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

He’s now back in Brisbane performing what he calls his 21st Century stand-ards.

Dan came into the studio to mark International Jazz Day and says he started out wanting to play classical music but fell in love with musical freedom of jazz.

The Palaszczuk government will now consider allowing a pill testing trial at a music festival following the success of a trial at the Groovin’ The Moo festival in the ACT.

The chair of the Queensland parliament’s Health Committee Aaron Harper went along to observe the trial.

Aaron was an intensive care paramedic before politics and he tells Mark while there’s no guarantees anything the reduces the risks of young people dying is worth considering.

Victoria Point State High School is about to get a real teacher’s pet but this is one that everyone, teachers and students alike, will love.

 Maple is a chocolate Labradoodle that is about to enroll as a staff and student support animal.

 The high school’s Head Of Inclusive Education Andrew Reardon tells Mark that Maple will have to undergo training as a companion dog and won’t be just a pet.

There would be few Australian bathroom cabinets that don’t contain a bottle of Dettol and, it turns out, with good reason.

It’s been named Australian Reader’s Digest’s most trusted brand for 2019 just ahead of Band-aid, Vegemite and Qantas.

Reader’s Digest senior editor Kathy Buchanan tells Mark competition for top spot was fierce.

Rental affordability for low-income earners has now reached the worst levels in a decade and it is considered a crisis.

Anglicare’s Rental Affordability Snapshot looked at almost 70,000 rental listing across the country and found there were no affordable properties available for a single person on Newstart or Youth Allowance in any major city or regional centre.

Things aren’t much better for people on the age pension with a single pensioner only have about 550 to choose from in the entire country.

Anglicare Australia Executive Director Kasy Chambers tells Mark 300,000 social and affordable properties are needed across Australia to address the crisis.

If you are at a loose end and are looking for something to do this weekend in and around Brisbane then Olympia has you covered.

Some people are put off the idea of a holiday in India by concerns about getting sick, the food and the sheer numbers of people.

According to Margaret Freebairn from Journeys Worldwide they are doing themselves a great disservice and are missing out on an unparalleled experience.

Margaret tells Mark she’s lost count of the number of trips she’s taken to the subcontinent and is planning a new one that will even taken in the real Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

The Yeronga Bowls Club has won a landmark victory against a developer which had planned to build a unit block on the site.

After a two year legal battle the Land And Environment Court has upheld a Brisbane City Council decision to knock back the development application.

Tennyson Ward councillor Nicole Johnston has been in the club’s corner in the fight and she tells Mark it’s now up to the club to reinvent itself and assure its future.

The RACQ newly released Red Spot Congestion Survey has found that nine out of the 10 most frustrating roads for drivers are in and around Brisbane.

More than 2,500 club members responded to the survey, highlighting more than 450 stretches of road that leaving them seeing red.

RACQ spokesperson Lucinda Ross tells Mark it’s hoped governments at all levels will use the findings when they look at what roads need the most attention.