A Geelong Police officer was found guilty of assault after kicking a man in custody three times to the side of his body.

Sergeant David Phillip Magher was found guilty of two counts of assault after kicking a man in custody that was lying on the floor in handcuffs.

Defence lawyer Stewart Bayles argued the kicks were "reasonable" and "proportionate".

New Zealand’s National Party Leader Judith Colling is calling to deport an Australian woman, Lucinda Baulch, who has spent four weeks in hotel quarantine for refusing to be tested for Covid-19.

New Zealand’s Covid-19 response Minister Chris Hipkins says those who stay in quarantine are allowed to refuse testing.

However, the law allows authorities to keep people in for an additional ten days if they refuse.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has transmitted the first audio recording on mars after landing on the surface last Friday.

The audio recording is dominated by the humm of the mars rover, except for two bursts of wind that can be heard.

Audio recording on Mars will be used to understand the density of solid matter on the surface.

International Olympic Committee is expected to list Queensland as preferred bidder for 2032 Olympics.

Inside the Games reported IOC's Future Host Summer Commission, has been studying proposals from several candidates but has been most impressed by Queensland's bid.

IOC will announce the preferred candidates as early as tonight.

Ampol Managing Director and CEO, Matt Halliday says in the ABC News TV program, The Business, that the future of Lytton oil refinery and 500 employees is hung in the air until the second quarter of this year.

The company is considering shutting down the refinery in Brisbane, which caused a $145 million dollar loss for 2020.

Two Brisbane aged care residents reportedly received an overdose of the Pfizer vaccine yesterday.

It has been reported the incident occured at a Nursing home in Carseldine, where an 88 year old man and 94 year old woman were given four times the recommended dose. It is understood the doctor, Who Is Contracted By The Federal Government, used the entire vial of vaccine.

Neither of the residents are currently experiencing any adverse effects.

The Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology will begin studying ways bacteria could be used to turn waste from green-house gases into less damaging waste products. 

Dr Esteban Marcellin from the A-I-B-N will join researchers from Australia, the US, and Denmark in a large scale study which will investigate genes from the acetogen (Aye-set-oh-jen) bacteria.

BHP reported damage to a registered Banyjima cultural site in the Pilbara yesterday.

BHP discovered a rock fall near its mining operations on Banyjima  land on the 29th of January but say it was unclear whether mining caused the damage.

A Banyjima Native Title Aboriginal spokesperson said traditional owners were working with BHP to investigate the incident.

The damage is located near the $4 billion dollar South Flank mine site.