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.

A WHO team says it is unlikely the coronavirus has spread to humans from the Chinese laboratory.

The team has finished a month-long investigation and the leader of the team Peter Ben Embarek said WHO had not dramatically changed their picture of the outbreak.

He says WHO found no evidence of large outbreaks, related to cases of COVID-19 prior to December 2019 in Wuhan or elsewhere.

A Poster Project has invited artists to redesign information to fix issues in non-english speaking COVID-19 posters

The project, part of Melbourne Design Week, is asking people to reimagine the government's COVID-19 messaging “with care” and in languages other than English, as part of an effort to “demonstrate how design can support our most vulnerable communities”.

Federal and state governments came under fire last year when translation errors were uncovered in official COVID-19 messaging.

Youth justice advocates are slamming the Queensland government's crackdown on youth crime as a knee jerk reaction pushed by the police.

Former commissioner of the Northern Territory's Royal Commission into the Detention and Protection of Children, Mick Gooda, says this crackdown is “not based on evidence, and you can’t punish kids into doing the right thing.”

Prisoner advocate and CEO of Sisters Inside, Debbie Kilroy, says the crackdown would help cement a cycle of traumatised children who will be pipelined into adult prisons.

QLD Acting Chief Health Officer Dr Bennett says the fragments of SARS-CoV-2 have been detected in the Gold Coast catchments of Pimpama, Coombabah and Merrimac, but it's possible these detections are not current.

Dr Bennett says it's critical we find any sources of coronavirus through the testing mechanisms as quickly as possible.

Queenslanders who have been in New South Wales since 2 February should come forward and get tested if they experience any symptoms.

Local Traditional owners are once again calling on the Brisbane city council to ensure that there is a consultation process in place when dealing with Aboriginal cultural matters.

Brisbane city council will rename the 22 city-cat fleet without any input from Traditional custodians, Brisbane City Council Opposition leader Jared Cassidy Claimed the council only sent one email to 5 Indigenous representatives and did not follow up.

Peter Dutton slashed funding for community safety programs and gave money to a list of his own choosing an investigation by the 7:30 report uncovered.

The Home affairs department strongly recommended a list of grant approvals for community safety across the country and Minister Peter Dutton rewrote the list with his handpicked approvals.

The 7:30 report found that Peter Dutton had approved grants to two councils in marginal seats that his department recommended shouldn’t be funded at all.

From February 22 Brisbane city council will make more than 9 hundred parking metres permanently cashless. 

Parking metres in Brisbane were made cashless during the lockdown in March last year but yesterday the council officially announced cash payments will not be returning. 

hygiene reasons and lower maintenance costs were the main reasons behind the decision.