The Brisbane City Council is to change speed limits and improve a number of crossings in the CBD in an effort to better protect pedestrians.

A Pedestrian Safety Review identified Albert, Ann and Adelaide Streets as the main trouble spots.

Council Infrastructure Committee Chair Cr Amanda Cooper tells Mark while some pedestrians are their own worst enemies it is all about saving lives.

The taxi industry is calling for the current review of Queensland’s ridesharing legislation to finally deliver a level playing field.

The industry wants a cap on the number of rideshare cars allowed and price controls.

RACQ Executive General Manager Paul Turner tells Mark the motoring group doesn’t want to see any reduction in competition for commuters.

After almost 40 years the state government has announced that AIDS will no longer be a notifiable health condition in Queensland.

That’s because in 2017 there were only 12 new cases reported in the state.

Queensland AIDS Council President Peter Black tells Mark the success is down to very effective anti-retroviral treatments and education.

Dairy farmers have launched a petition calling for a 10c-a-litre levy on milk to help them through the worst of the drought.

The farmers were already doing it tough before the big dry hit but now the cost of feed is pushing many farmers to the very edge.

Queensland Dairyfarmers Organisation President Brian Tessman tells Mark the support of consumers could be the difference between survival and disaster.

The days of just running down to the local shops may be numbered.

Business owners at Mt Gravatt Central on Logan Road are sounding a warning to others as they struggle with 18 shops in their strip vacant.

Michael Sunderland from Karalis Real Estate tells Mark the loss of bank branches and the post office ripped the heart from the precinct.

The Australian Federal Police has officially opened its dedicated unit to fight those who trade in child pornography and child exploitation material.

The Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation is based in Brisbane boasting around 100 staff and a budget of almost $70 million.

AFP Assistant Commissioner Debbie Platz tells Mark that in just the last two months the ACCCE has removed 13 children from harm.

Once every nine minutes someone in Australia will suffer a stroke.

It is forecast 10,000 Queenslanders will have a stroke each year and worryingly an increasing number of victims will be people of working age.

It is National Stroke Week and Stroke Foundation Queensland State Manager Andrea Sanders tells Mark a few simple lifestyle changes can dramatically reduce the risks.

A Japanese academic claims to have hit on a solution for traffic jams by studying ants.

He claims that by slowing down and leaving large gaps between vehicles people will actually get to where they are going quicker.

Road traffic expert Professor Zoran Ristovski from the Queensland University of Technology tells Mark the plan actually has some merit.

It has been revealed more than 50 restaurants and cafes on the Gold Coast have closed their doors in just the past four months.

Broadbeach has seen more than its fair share.

Sally Neville from the Restaurants and Catering Industry Association of Australia tells Mark even with the closures there are more restaurants trading now on the Gold Coast than the same time last year.

The way dads approach the role of fatherhood today is very different to the approach taken by their fathers and grandfathers.

As Australia prepares to celebrate father’s day clinical psychologist James Brown from the University of Southern Queensland tells Mark fathers today want to be far more than just breadwinners.