The Palaszczuk government has announced it is changing the name of the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital to the Queensland Children’s Hospital.

It comes after pressure from hospital staff and claims that the public was confused about whether it was a public or a private hospital.

Lady Cilento’s family is devastated by the decision and her son David tells Mark it is a complete slap in the face and disrespects her legacy.

The craft beer industry’s answer to the Oscars, the 2nd annual Beeries Gala Awards, have been held in Brisbane.

The coveted Gold Beery for Best Community Contributor went to Kerry Claydon who runs the Chicks With Ales group.

She tells Mark the huge variety of beer types is attracting increasing numbers of women keen to enjoy a refreshing ale.

Moreton Island is the only known location in southeast Queensland that is cane toad free and efforts are being ramped up to keep it that way.

The Tangalooma Island Resort Eco Centre has welcomed a new recruit - Reggie the Cane Toad Detection Dog.

Reggie’s trainer Steve Austin from Canine Training & Behaviour tells Mark the English Springer Spaniel traveled back and forth across the country to learn his cane toad detection skills.

An Australian led team of international researchers has decoded the DNA of the cane toad.

It required huge computing power to sequence and assemble the 360 billion base pairs that make up the genome.

Cane toad expert from Sydney University Emeritus Professor Rick Shine tells Mark that now we have the cane toad instruction book we can look at new ways to combat the pest.

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Coles and Woolworths have announced different schemes to introduce a levy to support drought affected dairy farmers.

Coles will increase the cost of its three litre own brand by 30c, while Woolies will introduce a special drought relief brand of 2 litre and 3 litre milk.

Farmer and Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation vice-president Matthew Trace tells Mark the announcements are welcome but the levy would be better applied more broadly.

Easts Tigers go into the Intrust Super Cup grand final at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday as slight underdogs.

Redcliffe are the minor premiers and took the honours in the two meetings between the clubs during the regular season.

Tigers coach Scott Sipple tells Mark he is keeping his players focused on training and the job ahead.

A proposal has been unveiled to build a $400 million Energy From Waste plant at Swanbank south of Ipswich.

German company Remondis says rubbish that would otherwise end up in landfill will instead be used to power a generator capable of powering 50,000 homes.

Remondis Queensland Manager Bret Collins tells Mark the company would like to start construction in 2020.

The federal government has announced tougher prison sentences and new laws to deal with anyone found sabotaging food as a result of the strawberry scare.

The Commonwealth has also matched the Queensland government’s $1 million to better protect the supply chain and promote the fruit.

Queensland Strawberry Growers Association vice-president Adrian Schultz tells Mark the money is welcome but struggling farmers need help right now.

At the weekend the RSPCA and 20 animal rescue groups held their Big Adopt Out in Brisbane with all but a handful of dogs and cats finding homes.

5,000 people passed through the doors but no-one wanted Winky the one-eyed six-year-old Bull Terrier-cross.

Mark is keen to find Winky a home and RSPCA spokesperson Michael Beattie says he’s a good boy who’d be a faithful companion.