The Priscilla Queen of the Desert musical is playing to rave reviews and packed houses at QPAC on its first ever outing in Brisbane.

The show, which runs until the 4th of November, is extra special for Brisbane native Ray Meagher, perhaps best known for playing Alf on Home and Away for 20 years.

Ray played outback mechanic and love interest “Bob” in the original 2007 Sydney production of Priscilla and he tells Mark if anyone was going to play the role for a Brisbane audience it had to be him.

Confirmation today that former WBO Welterweight World Champion Jeff Horn will go toe-to-toe with Anthony Mundine at Suncorp Stadium on the 30th of November.

It will be 30 year old Horn’s first fight since losing his world title to Terence Crawford in Las Vegas in June last year.

He tells Mark he is pleased that all the negotiation is over and he can now concentrate on training for the bout.

Seafood lovers are making a beeline for Wynnum West after a local shop was named the judges choice for the best fish and chips in Queensland.

Fish n Chip Co on Wynnum Rd is now in the running to be named the best in Australia at the national awards to be announced later this month.

Owner Demetri Piperides only opened his shop three years ago and he tells Mark the secret is attention to detail.

Notorious sex criminal Robert John Fardon remains under a supervision order after an 11th hour decision by the Queensland Court of Appeal.

The 69 year old would have been free to live as he pleased from today had the state not challenged the end of the order that placed restrictions on him.

Fardon may yet have the supervision order lifted but as Qld Law Society Deputy President Bill Potts tells Mark that will now be a decision for the Trial Division of the Supreme Court.

It has been almost two years since the discovery of White Spot Disease devastated the prawn farming industry in the southeast.

The seven farms on the Logan River were forced to destroy millions worth of stock, drain and then disinfect their ponds with chlorine.

Now some are beginning to restock and Alastair Dick from Gold Coast Tiger Prawns tells Mark he and the other farmers are wary but hopeful of a return to normal.

A new survey of bushland bought by the Brisbane City Council especially for koala habitat has shown some very encouraging signs.

Of the 20 sites examined 17 showed evidence of koala activity, 10 of which showed a “significant amount”.

Acting Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner tells Mark there are plans to buy another 250 hectares to entrench the city’s reputation as the koala capital of Australia.

Driverless cars are just around the corner and carmakers are looking for people with the right programming skills to keep them on on the straight and narrow.

Australia has had no dedicated course on driverless technology, until now with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology launching an online course with the backing of Holden.

RMIT Future Skills GM Jack Hylands tells Mark the industry here could be huge.

Businesses at the once bustling Stones Corner shopping strip have become the latest to warn they are struggling to keep their heads above water.

Like many high streets across across Brisbane and the southeast many shops lie vacant and that is driving shoppers away.

The president of the Our Stones Corner traders group Rebecca Osborne tells Mark that if landlords accepted more short term leases it could breath new life into the precinct.

An increasing number of Queenslanders are renting a home rather than buying and some will rent for life.

The laws covering the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords haven’t been looked at for more than 40 years but are now about to be reviewed.

The CEO of the Real Estate Institute of Qld Antonia Mercorella tells Mark there needs to be a bit more freedom on both sides of the equation.

Spring has sprung and summer isn’t far away meaning Queensland’s beaches and pools will be busy.

Almost half of all parents rate their children’s water safety skills as poor or average, while one in three believe their child wouldn’t be able to get out of a pool if they fell in.

This week is Learn2Swim Week and ambassador Laurie Lawrence tells Mark it is especially important that under fives learn some life saving skills.