Three hundred and eighty pilot whales have died after more than four hundred and fifty became stranded on Tasmania’s West Coast earlier this week. 

Rescue crews managed to successfully save 50 whales but 30 are still beached with efforts being concentrated on whales assessed as having the best chance of survival.

The event is now the largest of its kind in Australia's recorded history.

Researchers at the University of Queensland suggest that people turn to eating jellyfish as a sustainable and healthy alternative. 

The researchers found 92 endangered and 11 critically endangered species of seafood were caught around the world with some served up as "fish", "flake" or "cod".

Marine biologist Lisa-ann Gershwin says jellyfish have long been considered a luxury in China, Japan and Korea, and offer considerable nutritional value being both a solid source of protein and fat-free. 

Doctors in Queensland hospitals have been left with no supplies after the bungled rollout of an online ordering system.

An investigation by the Auditor-General found the software used to order and pay for essential medical supplies had significant issues and staff did not know how to use it.

The report stated that Queensland Health had underestimated the system’s failures since it was switched in August 2019 and were unaware of the compounding impact they would have on patient care. 

An Australia bomb specificalist has been killed in the Solomon Islands after a blast occurred in the Capital of Honiara. 

The Australian man was working in the country to identify unexploded World War II bomb sites for specialist police teams.

The Australian Electoral Commission have issued a notice of intention to deregister Clime Palmer’s United Australia Party. 

While Federal authorities said there is a possibility to deregister the party, Queensland will not follow this up.

Queensland Firebirds’ coach Rosalee Jenkee has been under scrutiny after failing to play the Suncorp Super Netball’s only Indigenous player during the league’s Indigenous round.

24-year-old Jemma Mi Mi has been used heavily to promote the Indigneous round and raise cultural awareness, but didn’t take the court in their win against the Vixens.

A Brisbane woman's attempted murder charge has been downgraded to a domestic violence offence after the first day of a Supreme Court trial.

The 39-year-old woman was originally charged with attempted murder, after stabbing her daughter with a kitchen knife in February of 2019.

Fawzia Koofi is one of four women representing the government in the historic talks to end war in Afghanistan.

Starting on September 12, these are the first direct talks with the Taliban and relies on the US withdrawing all remaining troops from the country.