Gold Coast singer Amy Shark has gone from virtual obscurity to international fame in the blink of an eye.

The Queenslander will play in front of the biggest crowd of her life as pre-match entertainment for of State of Origin Three, and tells Ben is wasn’t so long ago she was being reluctantly dragged onto the stage at the Seagulls Leagues Club.

Instead of battling the Blues on field, Cowboys and Maroons star Michael Morgan has fought them off it.

A season-ending injury is hard enough to deal with, but he’s been battling demons for half a decade after his best friend and teammate took his own life.

To get him through Michael has been taking part in the NRL’s ‘State of Mind’ program and he tells Ben it’s now available to everyone.

Would you agree to asset sales save hundreds off your power bills?

Australia’s consumer watchdog has found consumers in southeast Queensland could and should be paying as much as $500-a-year less for electricity.

The ACCC has released a scathing report that finds the National Energy Market is broken and needs to be reset.

ACCC Chair Rod Simms tells Ben there are specific things that could be done in Queensland but it could prove too bitter a medicine for the state government.

The iconic Caxton Hotel has scored an Origin victory over Liquor Licencing bureaucrats.

It challenged a ruling that would have forced it to start scanning patrons from 10pm on Origin night just as the huge crowds were filing out of Suncorp Stadium.

Arguing safety as an issue, The Administrative Tribunal agreed, deciding the scanning doesn’t have to start until 11:30pm.

Caxton licensee Ross Farqhar tells Ben it is a commonsense decision.

Are they Vigilantes or just vigilant citizens?

A rise in crime around the Pimpama area has prompted locals to come together to carry out patrols of the streets at night.

The Pimpama Civilian Response Team has about 20 members at this stage.

Founder Kyal Bone tells Ben the group aren’t vigilantes, but they want to assist police who are spread too thin.

A Queensland mosquito trial has made a breakthrough that could potentially save millions of lives around the world.

The CSIRO team released millions of sterile mosquitoes around Innisfail that bred out 80% of the disease carrying insects.

Lead researcher Dr Paul De Barro tells Ben it’s a breakthrough in tackling a range of diseases like yellow and dengue fever.

Do Robocalls work?

Voters in the federal seat of Longman are being bombarded by them from politicians ahead of this month’s crucial byelection.

The latest involves former Labor leader, Mark Latham, attacking Bill Shorten on behalf of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

Political marketing expert Dr Andrew Hughes from the ANU tells Ben that robocalls simply don’t change votes.

If you live on the northside of Brisbane it may be worth crossing the river to fill up the car.

The RACQ has found that on average motorists on the southside pay 3.6c/litre less for petrol than their northern cousins.

RACQ spokesperson Lucinda Ross tells Ben it is a question of competition.

The LNP State Conference at the weekend backed a motion calling on the Federal Government to explore the ‘nuclear option’ to tackle power price and supply issues.

Delegates supported the resolution over the objections of Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan.

He argued nuclear is too expensive and then there is the waste problem.

The Energy Program Director at the Grattan Institute Tony Wood tells Ben it is worth at least keeping the option on the table.

The Blues have already claimed the State of Origin series but will be chasing a 3-nil whitewash at Suncorp Stadium on Wednesday night.

Some are calling it a ‘dead rubber’ but as Maroons great Mal Meninga tells Ben nothing could be further from the truth.

He says Queensland’s pride is on the line which means the side has everything to play for.