Half of all children diagnosed with Neuroblastoma will not survive and those that do will most likely be left with lifelong health problems.

The cancer that develops in the abdomen only attacks kids age up to five years old.

65 year old Scottish cyclist Steve Taylor is cycling from Brisbane to Adelaide to raise $100,000 and he tells Mark the money will go to the Children’s Cancer Institute to help find a care.

An Ipswich based snake catcher has won a war of attrition against a huge 1.8 metre Eastern Brown snake that took up residence in a rock wall west of Brisbane..

The huge extremely venomous reptile frustrated Andrew Smedley for five hours before his patience was finally rewarded.

It may be a battle he has to wage again.

Andrew tells Mark he is only allowed by law to relocate the snake a kilometre from where it was captured.

The single use plastic bag ban has brought the whole recycling issue back to the fore in the past few weeks and one of the biggest issues with recycling, is coffee cups.

It’s estimated that 1 billion coffee cups end up in landfill each year in Australia but a University student from Macquarie may have come up with an idea to solve the problem.

Dominik Kopp tells Mark how he has invented a way to turn coffee grounds into biodegradable plastics.

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of students enrolled in public schools rather than independent schools according to a report by the Queensland’s Education Union.

It’s been revealed three to four members a week are being lost to the public system.

Secretary for the Union Terry Burke has joined Mark to explain the very evident drift to the state sector.

Since the introduction of cane toads into Australia in 1935 to wipe out cane beetles, their numbers have exploded with conservative estimates putting their number at over 200 million now.

With no known predators, scientists have always struggled to control the pests but now a beach on Bribie Island has become the front line for a ground-breaking program to stop their spread and it uses the toads own poison against it.

Professor Rob Capon from the University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience tells Mark how it works.

BRISBANE’S Anzac Day Parade is in danger of being scaled back because of a blowout in security costs.

The funding shortfall comes after the State Government “palmed off” the committee to the corporate sector.

The Brisbane Anzac Day Combined Parade Committee has written to Assistant Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Jennifer Howard in February asking for greater funding in light of rising costs.

Media Spokesperson for the Committee Allan Callagan has told Mark the troubles the Parade is facing.

TOUGH new laws to be introduced by the Palaszczuk Government will stop upgrades to 4WD vehicles to allow them to tow larger caravans, boats, horse floats and work toolbox trailers.

The laws mean any Queensland driver wanting to buy a caravan will probably also need to buy a new vehicle.

Under the proposed new codes, to come into effect in two weeks, the towing capacity of 4WD vehicles will not be able to be upgraded.

CEO of Caravanning Queensland Ron Chapman tells Mark what the new rules mean for the industry.

The Financial Planning Association of Australia has identified a new generation born after the year 2000 it calls the ‘Invisible Money Generation.’

It refers to children and teenagers for whom money is rarely seen in physical form, with transactions usually taking place online, through credit and debit cards, and ‘tap and go.’

The FPA Chief Executive Dante De Gori has told Mark the impact this is having on those 18 and under.

This morning just after 10.30am a truck travelling Southbound on the Gateway Mwy hit a concrete barrier losing its load of plasterboard which fell onto the cars below on Laverack Ave in Eagle Farm.

Thankfully no one was injured in the crash.

Mark speaks to a local worker Brett Chapman who felt the impact of the crash from his nearby office building and took some photos of the aftermath.

Queensland's fire season is off to a challenging start, with strong winds continuing to fuel a number of fires across the state.

Firefighters responded to more than 290 bushfires over the weekend with a Very High Fire Danger Rating (FDR) continuing for much of the state.

Mark talks to Tony Johnstone - Acting Director Rural Fire Service.