Imported seafood accounts for 70% of all seafood eaten in Australia.

While much of it may come from sustainable sources, Seafood Industry Australia maintains there is no way to be sure.

New research shows Australians overwhelming want their seafood to come from well managed sustainable fisheries.

Seafood Industry Australia CEO Jane Lovell suggests to Mark people should ask where their seafood comes from before buying.

A Logan business this week has achieved an Australian aerospace milestone.

Black Sky Aerospace successfully launched the country’s first commercial rocket which carried payloads for three clients on a sub-orbital flight.

The Sighter-190 rocket was launched near Goondiwindi and reached an altitude of 5,100 metres before returning to earth by parachute.

Director of Operations Blake Nikolic tells Mark the important thing about the launch was proving to industry, the military and government that Black Sky’s vision is real, not pie in the sky.

Residents at Mt Gravatt are up in arms over plans to turn three or four residential blocks into 32 townhouses.

While a development application is yet to be lodged with the Brisbane City Council the Mt Gravatt East Townhouse Development Action Group isn’t letting the grass grow under its feet.

Action Group spokesman Mark Winters tells Mark the group is conducting a letterbox dropping campaign ahead of a public meeting next month.

People are being warned about new scam landing in their letterbox rather than their email inbox.

This one involves a scratchie offering people a huge cash prize from a fake travel agency based in Malaysia.

Brian Hay from Cultural Cyber Security explains to Mark that everything appears above board until the scammers start asking for money to release the cash.

Organisers of the 2019 Brisbane International have settled the final line-up for the tournament boasting seven Grand Slam champions.

Stars including Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Naomi Osaka, Petra Kvitova and Sam Stosur will be joined by defending champions Nick Kyrgios and  Elina Svitolina.

Tournament Director Cameron Pearson tells Mark it’s one of the strongest fields in the event’s 11 year history.

A 12 month review of sentencing for child killers in Queensland has found they are inadequate and do not meet community expectations.

The Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council found that on average a person convicted of a child’s manslaughter spends less time in the jail than someone who kills an adult.

State Attorney General Yvette D’Ath tells Mark the government will adopt all recommendations from the QSAC report and ensure child killers face some of the toughest penalties in the country.

Researchers at Brisbane’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have successfully trialled a new treatment that promises to greatly improve the lives of people with Multiple Sclerosis.

 

It’s the first time in the world that T cell immunotherapy had been used to treat not just MS but any autoimmune disease.

 

The new approach was based on a theory put forward by Prof Michael Pender from the UQ and he tells Mark it’s taken 15 years to get to this point but there’s more work to do.

For one weekend next May Brisbane will be the epicentre of the rugby league world.

 

Over three days every match in Round Nine of NRL will be played at Suncorp Stadium in what’s called the Magic Round.

 

NRL Chief Executive Todd Greenberg tells Mark he expects at least 100,000 tickets will be sold and there’ll be plenty to do besides watching the footy.

A national campaign has been launched to pressure the Morrison Government into ordering a royal commission into the family law system.

 

The ‘Step Up For Kids’ campaign has the backing NGOs, advocacy groups, legal professionals, academics and men’s and women’s rights groups.

 

Bravehearts founder Hetty Johnston is one of the driving forces behind the campaign and tells Mark the entire system is dysfunctional, deadly and broken.

Some of Australia’s biggest music stars of the 60s and 70s will come together in May next year to rock the concert hall at QPAC.

 

The Go!! Show Gold concert will bring together names like Normie Rowe, Johnny Young, Colleen Hewett and Lucky Starr just to name a few.

 

Lucky tells Mark he did it last year and can’t wait to get back on stage.