Employees from about 100 Queensland childcare centre are expected to participate in industrial action over a campaign for better pay.

The unions lost a major five year equal pay case with Fair Work Commission in February, where they applied for a 35 per cent pay rise.

United Voice Lead Organiser for Early Childhood, Linda Revill says they have the full support of parents for the strike.

Consumers are being slugged almost $400 extra a year for electricity as a result of over valued power networks.

The Grattan Institute say State Governments should axe more than $11 billion from the value of their electricity network assets which would save consumers hundreds each year.

Grattan Institute Energy Program Director, Tony Wood explains how writing down the value of the network will affect your power bill.

What is going through some of our cricketers minds?

In light of the ball tampering scandal, Michael Blucher, The Third Half Athlete mentor and author says these themes of determination is not uncommon among elite athletes.

“When someone like Steve Smith is contracted from a young age and has never had another job, it’s difficult for them to see what happens in the real world,” he says.

Blucher believes cricket has been damaged and consequences have to be worn.

Steve Smith has been suspended by the ICC for one Test and fined his entire match fee over the Australian ball-tamping scandal at the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town.

Cameron Bancroft has also been fined 75 per cent of his match fee and issued three demerit points.

Robert ‘Crash’ Craddock says that in his 35 year career at the Courier Mail, he has never known the full force of such storm this scandal has created.

Can the Australian cricket team come back from this?

On the eve of the Grand Final, Lions Captain, Emma Zielke is happy with her team’s underdog tag in the hope they’ll make a comeback.

Retirees are being encouraged to enter the workforce as National Seniors Australian are submitting a higher work bonus and more home care packages to federal parliament for this years federal budget.

What are the implications of this? Ian Henschke from National Seniors Australia says the cost of living is rising and the submission could be part of a problem solver.

Earlier this week Transport Minister, Mark Bailey said 69 drivers had been added to Queensland Rail’s staffing pool since the end of 2016.

Further investigation shows only a net increase of 16 drivers, despite having several applications for employment from keen-to-learn train drivers.

Robert Dow from Rail Back on Track is shocked by the low number as it means extra drivers for the Commonwealth Games will have to be pulled from elsewhere.

He may not be the best musician in his family but he’s been voted the best guitar player in Australia by his peers.

Ian Moss is back with a self titled album and sat down with Ben in an attempt to teach him how to play the guitar.

Watch out Mossy!  

Number one Australian women's squash player, Donna Urquhart had a first look at the new squash courts at Oxenford.

The courts have temporarily taken over the Oxenford studios where several big blockbusters have been filmed.

The world number 13 tells Ben how fell into playing squash from a young age.

We’re coming to the end of cricket season and Qld Bulls spinner, Mitch Swepson is raring for their eighth title in the Sheffield Shield final against Tassie.

In his first Shield final, Mitch says the butterflies are kicking in.