This week Bretto visits Tully and meets Lissa for a new Cassowary Coast Regional Council Library Minute.

On the way back he drops in to Murdering Point Winery to chat to Melissa.

Bretto tries out a new Friday segment called "Live and Local" which sees Innisfail musician Robert Cini come in for a chat and to play a song live in the studio.

Daily Rock History recounts the week in rock before rock historian Calvin Hegvold signs off for a Christmas Break returning in the New Year.

The Week on KZ Episode 015!

Bretto catches up with Peter Rowles from C4 Conservation to talk about cassowaries.

With the social media ban for under 16s coming in on Wednesday, Bretto hears what some year 10’s think about it.

The Liz Plummer Cancer Centre in Cairns has a new linear accelerator and Bretto catches up with Head of Oncology Sharon Avery about what it means for Far North cancer sufferers.

We catch up with Cassowary Coast Regional Council mayor Teresa Millwood for all things council for the last time this year.

4KZ’s drive announcer Ez gives us a review of the Lady Ga Ga concert.

Child Psychologist Alice Chang weighs in on the media ban telling Bretto that under 16’s are not developed enough mentally for digital environments like social media.

Jess from Innisfail Library spends time with us for a new library minute uncovering special foreign language collections.

Lastly Bretto asks Penny Fielding when is the right time to have THAT conversation with your aging parents about home care.

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This week on 4KZ Bretto catches up with Tamsin Gore from “Stray to Stay” – an organization that looks after stray and mistreated dogs. We talk to Member for Mulgrave Terry James and Cairns Division 1 councilor, Brett Moller about the idea of light rail for the Cassowary Coast.

BJ from the Innisfail RSL tells us about “Digger’s Day and the military 'show and tell' that happens called “The Dinkum Article.”

Bretto also gives us another Cassowary Coast Library Minute, this time from Mission Beach and a new Historic Cassowary Coast Hotel – The Imperial Tavern, Innisfail.

Plus Laurie Lawrence pops in to talk pool safety for the summer season.

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This week Bretto catches up with Sue Barrett from Democracy Watch AU about Bad Faith Questions and whether they are destroying our democracy and Author Greg Bourke talks about his new novel set in Silkwood

CCRC Mayor Teresa Millwood talks about Light Rail for the Cassowary Coast and all things to do with council. Mary Brown, president of the Hinchinbrook Chamber of Commerce talks to Bretto about the big finale of the Hinchinbrook Festival of Events.

Motoring Enthusiast Lara Wilde tells Bretto about her recent trip to SEMA in the USA. We chat with Member for Cairns Michael Healy about the clean renewables’ future. Helen Isenhour from Headspace Cairns talks to Bretto about their new outreach program for Cassowary Coast youth.

All this plus Daily Rock History with Calvin Hegvold.

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This week Bretto catches up with Tania Ramsay from the Community Support Centre Innisfail about the Christmas Hamper Drive. BJ from the Innisfail RSL tells us about Digger’s Day. The Mirriwinni Hotel is featured as a new Cassowary Coast Historic Hotel and Bretto catches up with Peter Rowles from C4 Conservation about what’s happening on the Cassowary Calendar.

Patrick Bluette from Cassowary Coast Tourism checks in as does Mary Brown from the Hinchinbrook Festival of events.

Bretto travels to Tully to see the new equipment donated to the Tully Hospital by the Tully Hospital Foundation and a new CCRC Library minute catches up with school kids having a history lesson at the Tully Library.

Plus Daily Rock History every day!

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Bretto catches up with BJ from the Innisfail RSL ahead of Remembrance Day.

Sean Garvey from the Cairns Chieftains Gaelic Football club talks to us about the national tournament in Cairns this weekend. CCRC Mayor Teresa Millwood pops in for a chat and Bretto makes a call to an old 4KZ colleague Glen Salata who shares a joke.

In a brand new CCRC Library minute we discover the historical archives below the Innisfail Library, where we are shown around by Natasha and Bretto’s regular sleep expert Amanda Slinger tells us about the new trend of sleep tourism.

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In a busy week Bretto introduces us to a new Cassowary Coast Historic Hotel – the Feluga Hotel. Travelling singer/songwriter Mark Howard plays a song live in the studio. We check in with Tamara DiMattina after “Buy nothing new month – October” to see how they both went and Bretto talks to Ellie Erheartson from the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses about why she is saying “Nup to the Cup”.

Disability Advocate Lisa Cox OAM tells us about the unexpected consequences of the upcoming media ban on under 16’s on young people with disabilities, who may lose their online support networks.

Bluey Forsayth, the north’s premier race caller shares his tips for the Melbourne Cup.

Bretto chats to Year 10 students from Innisfail’s Good Counsel College about the upcoming social media ban and how it will affect them.

This week’s new library minute takes a look at the very busy Innisfail Library!

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This week Bretto chats with Professor Hoskin from JCU about new species of frogs and lizards he discovered on Dauan island in the Torres Strait. The Hotel Tully is this week's featured Cassowary Coast Historic Hotel. We catch up with Phillip Island muso Mark Howard who has travelled north to do a few Cassowary Coast gigs and Cassowary Coast Regional Council Mayor Teresa Millwood.

Also this week, Bretto finds out about the danger to the Great Barrier Reef from tree clearing, when he chats to Dr Lissa Schlindler from the Australian Marine Conservation Society.

We're in Mission Beach with a new Cassowary Coast Library minute and Bretto meets some traders from The Hub Mission Beach to learn about the long running drainage and roadworks project that is finally coming to an end.

We find out that the scariest thing about Halloween may just be how much Australians spend on it when we speak to marketing guru Mel Strut.

Plus rock historian Calvin Hegvold brings his daily chat with Bretto about Daily Rock History.

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This week Bretto meets some of the artists playing at the Tablelands Folk festival such as Andy Brassett, Ju Ju Moon, The Formidable Vegetable and The Humbuckin' Pickups!

We chat to Debra from Australia's only frog hospital about her important work and a new CCRC Library minute at Tully.

Tom Curtain talks about his outback show that he has brought to North Queensland and Bretto talks to author Sharon Skews about her new children's book, "Big Foot saves the Rainforest"

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A busy week for Bretto! We speak to Get Ready Queensland about preparing for Cyclone Season and Troy Holmes from the Budgie Council of Australia. 4KZ Alumni Greg Salata catches up for a joke. Race Caller Bluey Forsyth previews the Innisfail Annuals and Bretto checks in with Ollie from the Euramo Hotel. We talk to Daryl Dickson about White Bird Day in Cardwell. Leanne Harmer from "Whiskey" and Dirk from "Sedret Men" chat to us ahead of their performances at this years Tablelands Folk Festival. Cardwell for the library minute and we talk to Geraldine Zadkiel about her workshop "Alchemy of Men".

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