Coaching one of the best athletes on the planet would be an easy job, right?

As Assistant Coach of the championship winning Cleveland Cavaliers, Mike Longabardi, works with NBA superstar Lebron James.

He’s coming to Brisbane to pass on his knowledge and skills which are not just confined to basketball.

State of Origin weekend, but it’s not just the boys suiting up for Representative Round.

For the first time our Women’s Teams will be playing under the State of Origin Banner -- and it’s Prime Time from North Sydney Oval.

Queensland had beaten New South Wales for 17 straight years in the interstate series, until recently.

Ben caught up with Maroons vice-captain and Hooker, Brittany Breayley, on match-day and she told him how two Origin Legends are the team’s secret weapons.

Cross River Rail is the Palaszczuk Government’s signature big ticket infrastructure project but there are warnings it could run off the tracks.

A leading public transport advocacy group is warning that even if it’s delivered on time there may not be enough trains to make the most of it.

Robert Dow from Rail Back On Track tells Ben the state government needs to be placing orders for new rolling stock now.

Labor is licking its wounds after failing to prevent the government from passing its seven year $144-billion personal tax cut program.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten was in Brisbane campaigning for the Longman by-election.

Joining Ben in the studio he tried to put a brave face on a significant political defeat.

Some of Queensland’s leading business people are spending a night sleeping rough at New Farm to highlight Queensland’s worsening homelessness problem.

The annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout is being held on the Winter Solstice which is the longest night of the year.

One boss taking part, Peter Maloney from IT company GlobalX, says it’s important to walk a mile in the shoes of someone less fortunate considering Queensland has the third highest rate of homelessness in the country

It may sound like science fiction but a 21st century congestion buster may be just around the corner.

Uber is looking at possibly using an Australian city as an international test site for its unmanned passenger drones.

Last October, Queensland’s Chief Entrepreneur and Shark Tank judge, Steve Baxter, told Ben the Palaszczuk Government was talking with the Tech Giant to set up shop here in the Sunshine State.

But recent reports suggest it's a battle between Sydney and Melbourne.

So where's it at? 

Ben gets an update from Steve who's trying to whip a slow moving bureaucracy into shape

In the wake of Telstra’s announcement that it is going to slash 8,000 jobs over the next four years questions are being asked about how many will go from Queensland.

Both Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington are demanding answers.

The Community and Public Sector Union represents many of them and Deputy National President Rupert Evans tells Ben as many as 1,000 could be under threat in Queensland.

A big win for Australian Workers and The Turnbull Government.

The Coalition has posted a major victory ahead of the Longman Byelection, getting its seven year program of personal tax cuts through the Senate.

Labor had wanted to split the bill but the legislation passed after One Nation threw its support behind the government.

Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison tells Ben the package will help low and middle income earners first.

Young Queensland woman Ayla Cresswell is planning to start a family after winning the right to use her deceased partner’s sperm to have a baby.

In a landmark ruling the Brisbane Supreme Court decided she could harvest his sperm for IVF treatment.

Queensland Law Society Deputy President Bill Potts tells Ben that because her partner hadn’t left a will it was a legal minefield.

Broncos prop Matt Lodge has finally reached a settlement with a New York family he terrorised during drunken rampage in 2015.

Lodge reached a financial arrangement with the family and has borrowed the necessary money to make things right.