Police have issued an emergency declaration after a truck rollover on Fitzroy Development Rd, Valkyrie near Mackay in the early hours of this morning. 

The truck was reportedly carrying hazardous materials and a 3-kilometre exclusion zone has been established around the crash site, including the airspace above. 

The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was assessed at the scene with minor shoulder injuries. Safety measures are expected to stay in place for some time.

The Queensland government has confirmed that $3.6 billion  will be spent to turn Brisbane city’s, Queens Wharf, into a luxury shopping precinct.

Deputy premier, Steven Miles, expects the construction will transform Brisbane’s CBD, boost tourism and create thousands more jobs when complete.

Private and public construction projects going ahead at the same time is putting Brisbane’s CBD under considerable congestion, making travel times longer for motorists.

The Holiday Inn quarantine hotel at Melbourne Airport will close until further notice as an investigation into three coronavirus cases gets underway.

The government agency responsible for Victoria's hotel quarantine system, COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria, says it is a highly precautionary measure.

The New Zealand parliament kicked out the Māori Party co-leader for wearing a stone pendant around his neck, instead of a necktie.

Rawiri Waititi, breached the parliamentary dress code which requires male politicians to wear a tie when asking questions.

Mr. Waititi says the stone pendant he was wearing is the Māori equivalent of a necktie and considered it Māori business attire.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Monday, Chinese authorities informed Australian government about the arrest of Australian journalist Cheng Lei.

Ms Payne says the government has consistently raised concerns regularly at the most senior levels.

Chinese authorities arrested Ms Lei on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas.

A Gold Coast photographer has been named one of the world’s top food photographers. 

Paul William’s was named Australia’s best food photographer and placed in the top 10 of photographers world-wide in prestigious Foodelia International Food Photography awards. 

Mr Williams has been working as a food photographer for 16 years and has worked in studios in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, where he is currently based, as well as Singapore and Dubai.

The motorway off-ramp at turbot street was blocked by a triangle of temporary fencing, with two Extinction Rebellion Protesters attached by bike locks around their necks and the fencing. 

The pair say they took this action to put pressure on Governments driving the climate and ecological emergency with the gas-led COVID recovery.

Protesters supporting the action also gathered in front of gas company Santos who plan to drill 850 coal seam gas wells through the Great Artesian Water Basin which will have damaging effects to the environment.

University of Queensland researchers have found fish in the Great Barrier Reef that have similar eyes to fish found in deep ocean darkness.

Not much is known about how deep-water fish are able to see but with species being found in reef shallows, researchers hope to be able to understand their eye structure better.

It is not known why fish that live in the great barrier reef would need elaborate eyes for seeing in the dark.

A study released by Harvard University today has found that 1 in 5 deaths world-wide are linked to fossil fuel emissions.

Researchers from Harvard University, the University of Leicester and University College London collaborated in a large-scale atmospheric modelling project to investigate the impact of air pollution on global health. 

The study which is published in The Journal of Environmental research estimates in 2018, 8 million people died globally from conditions exacerbated by air pollution. In Australia, this represents 4 percent of deaths.