Air Conditioning is in only about a quarter of South East Queensland schools. Temperatures have reached 40 degrees in some parts which means thousands of school children are trying to learn in sweltering heat.

The Vice-President of the Queensland Teachers Union, Sam Pidgeon told Ben that it’s not good enough and children need to be in a cooler environment to function in their learning.

The Prime Minister has banned Sexual Relationships between Federal Ministers and Staffers in the wake of the Barnaby Joyce Love-Child fiasco.

He spoke about expectations, common sense, and morals as he exposed a culture in Parliament House very few get to see.

Listen to his address in full:

A truck has crashed into Tentworld on Bowen Bridge Rd at Windsor, killing the 40 year old driver.

It closed Northey St. for the majority of the day, with concerns the building may need to be demolished.

Tammy works at Plus Fitness, directly opposite and explained what she saw.

Commonwealth Games officials have been left red faced after 14,000 tickets for the Opening Ceremony were sent out printed with the right date but the wrong day.

It hasn’t been the only printing error involving games tickets.

GOLDOC Chief Executive Mark Peters tells Ben it was the result of human error but there are no excuses and the misprinted tickets will be honoured.

Adelaide was today named as Australia’s latest “Origin” city.

The NRL’s showpiece event will head to the City of Churches in 2020.

Head of NRL Football, Brian Canavan explained that not only is there an economic benefit to NRL and Grassroots football, but there’s a huge interest of the Sport in Adelaide.

Brisbane Footy Fans will get just two more chances to see Johnathan Thurston play in the flesh -- the first of them is Friday 23rd February at Suncorp Stadium in his Testimonial Match with Cameron Smith.

Between them they’ve racked up 657 first grade games, 59 Origins, 95 Tests, 6 Dally-M’s, 5 Wally Lewis Medals, 4 NRL Grand Finals and 3 World Cups.

“A Night with JT and Cam” will see the Storm and Cowboys go head to head for Charity in a Grand Final re-match.

Ben caught up with JT ahead of the clash to talk rugby league and much, much more.

This week we heard some great love stories from listeners.

But it was David who told us that if it weren’t for his wife’s clumsiness - he would never have been able to ask her out.  

David helped Linda after she locked her keys in the car and it’s been love ever since.

Thanks to South Family Jewellers, David gifted Linda a 9 carat garnet and diamond ring.

And it couldn’t have gone to a more deserving couple….

It’s a busy time in the world of tech.

Elon Musk is blasting cars into space using the world’s most powerful rocket while Apple is challenging Google and Amazon to put a virtual assistant in our homes.

Techspert Trevor Long brings Ben up to date on all the latest and also has some surprising news about the shows Aussies are binge watching on Netflix.

When we think of robots, we tend to think of something out of The Terminator or Minority Report.

This is something a bit different.

Nanorobots are made up of DNA and protein which can be targeted directly to tumours to stop them growing.

Ben spoke with Professor Greg Anderson from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute who told him how long this research has been in the making and whether nanorobots can be used as a replacement to treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation.

Dolphins in the Brisbane River, who would’ve thought?

After Ben took video of a pod swimming off New Farm Park questions were asked is the River getting cleaner?

But now there are reports of toxic coal tar contamination in the water around West End near a former processing plant.

So just how healthy is the river?  

Would you swim in it or eat fish caught from it?

Ben spoke to Dr Paul Maxwell, a leading authority on the state of southeast Queensland’s waterways and his response will surprise.