Phenibut is the illegal drug authorities believe sent seven students from St Stephens College at Upper Coomera to hospital.

Geoff Munro, from the Alcohol and Drug Foundation National Policy Manager told Ben what the drug is supposed to be used for, what it’s effects are and how it’s being accessed in Australia.

Why are some Brisbane bus drivers forced to kill the engine and their air conditioning on some routes?

Deputy Mayor, Adrian Schrinner tells Ben it’s all because of residents complaints.

A 7-year-study has revealed that 1 in 3 school principals have experienced violence while at work, leading to a shortage of teachers putting their hand up for the top job.

Ben spoke with the man behind the stats, Associate Professor, Philip Riley from Australian Catholic University who said you’d be surprised where the attacks were coming from.

James and Adam Gilmour have signed an agreement with NASA to build a prototype Rover to explore the Red Planet and extract water.

Sounds expensive?

You’d be surprised. The two brothers from Queensland, tell Ben how cheap it is and the idea that got the pitch across the line.

An aged care facility in Townsville is being investigated by police after a series of suspicious deaths over the past 18 months.

This comes off the back 15 providers failing an audit and some nursing homes spending as little as $6 a day to feed residents.

Ben asked Federal Aged Care Minister, Ken Wyatt would he put his own mother into aged care in this country?

This is the story of what a single person can do for a community.

40 years ago, Andy Bancroft rallied the whole community together to ensure City Council installed permanent cricket nets at the end of his street.

Sadly, Andy passed away in 2010, but it was his brother, Evan, who unveiled new nets and a plaque that read - ‘Little Boy, Big Idea’.

Ipswich residents planned to kick up a stink and fight a proposal for a new super dump in their backyard.

The region is fast becoming known as the dumping capital of Queensland with plans to fill a disused coal mine with construction & demolition waste.

Jim Dodrill heads up the ‘Ipswich Residents Against Toxic Dumps’ and says it would lead to health problems, with fears asbestos could be released.

15 Queensland nursing homes failed government audits in the past year.

Four, including two run by the Queensland Government, were judged to be a “serious risk” to their residents safety.

The Australian Aged Care Quality Agency runs the rule over nursing homes, their CEO, Nick Ryan, told Ben what the breaches were and what happens if they’re not up to scratch.

A Brisbane suburban shopping centre was at the centre of an anti-discrimination row, after forcing a local barber not to serve women.

Jimmy Rod’s, at The Gap Village shopping centre, had a clause in their new lease stipulating they were exclusively to cut men’s hair only, so as not to compete with 3 other salons in the complex.

It forced them to turn away a regular female customer who complained to the Anti-Discrimination Commission of Queensland.

How can the centre put this into a lease, and how different is it to a Women’s only gym or an all boys school?

Qld Law Society Vice-President, Bill Potts, explains the difference.

Many service stations across the city are selling unleaded for up to 151.9 a litre.

A 3-year record, can these servos justify the increase or are they just plain greedy?

The RACQ explains what’s behind the surge and how real time pricing would help prevent it.