The Queensland Opposition is vowing that if it wins the next election child killers will spend more time behind bars.

It’s proposing what it’s calling “Mason’s Law”, named after Caboolture toddler Mason Jett Lee, which would see a new office of child manslaughter carrying a minimum non-parole period of 15 years.

State Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington tells Mark the public has had enough of weak sentences for those who kill society’s most vulnerable.

With the race that stops the nation only a few days away Olympia Kwitowski has rounded up a selection of events you may want to check out on Tuesday!

A new book is asking the question - Why are our sportspeople so readily forgiven for doing terrible things?

A Sporting Chance: Australian Sporting Scandals and the Path to Redemption by comedian and author Titus O’Reily was released on Monday at the same time as Cricket Australia was handing down its culture report.

Titus tells Mark the biggest problem writing the book was what to leave out.

In the countdown to the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One The Armistice Centenary Art Installation is to go on show in Brisbane.

The instillation, which has been travelling the state, is 57,705 handmade poppies which spells out the Remember.

The chair of the Queensland Advisory Committee for the Commemoration of the Anzac Centenary Capt Andrew Craig (Ret) tells Mark there’s a poppy for every Australian who served in The Great War.

On average at least one woman dies each week in Australia as a result of domestic and last month seven allegedly died at the hands of their partner.

This week Queensland’s Domestic and Family Violence Death Review and Advisory Board tabled its annual report which examined the deaths of 30 women, children and men.

Betty Taylor from the Red Rose Foundation is a board member and tells Mark change is slow but things are improving.

More than 2,500 cars in Queensland are still driving around fitted with airbags that could kill.

These are the worst of the notorious Takata airbags known as the Alpha.

The ACCC is about to provide the Transport Department with a list of cars yet to have the airbags replaced and those that don’t take action could have their registrations cancelled.

The RACQ’s Head of Technical and Safety Policy Steve Spalding tells Mark the organisation completely supports the move because lives are at risk.

The Australian War Memorial in Canberra is to undergo a $498,000,000 redevelopment which will increase visitor areas by more than 80%.

The government says the expansion is needed to accommodate new exhibits and make space to honour servicemen and women from more recent conflicts.

There has been some criticism from veterans groups that the money could be better spent and Veterans Affairs Minister Darren Chester tells Mark he understands where the concern is coming from.

Queensland’s controversial Containers For Change refund scheme has officially begun, paying 10 cents for each returned bottle or can.

CoEx, the not-for-profit responsible for running the program, expects to have 300 return sites up and running by the end of the week.

CoEx spokesman Adam Nicholson tells Mark he understands some people still need convincing.

Local councils in Queensland are demanding a say in the number and locations of poker machines in their areas.

The LGAQ Annual Conference has voted 118 to 73 in favour of lobbying the state government to change legislation.

Attorney General Yvette D’Ath has given the idea a cool reception but the man behind the push, Noosa Mayor Tony Wellington, tells Mark all too often it’s local councils left to pick up the pieces from too many pokies.

Queensland is in line to join Victoria and the ACT in becoming the only states or territory to have human rights legislation.

The bill will enshrine 23 human rights including equality before the law, protection from torture or degrading treatment, freedom of expression and freedom of association.

One of those who’ve led the push is Aimee McVeigh from the Human Rights Act for Qld Campaign and she tells Mark many people had not realised their basic rights currently aren’t guaranteed.