A 50-hectare property in Beaudesert will soon be filled with 30 Olympic sized swimming pool ponds filled with craylings.

The proposal comes after Redclaw crayfish demand continues to exceed supply with an estimated 30 growers in Queensland. 

Currently, less than 100 tonnes of redclaw are produced in Queensland annually, holding a market value of 30 to 40 dollars a kilo.

The European Union urges Australia to be ‘more ambitious’ on climate action. 

EU Ambassador based in Canberra Dr Michael Pulch said Europe wished to see all of its partners achieve zero net emissions by 2050. 

Dr Pulch urges Australia to increase its 2030 emission reduction pledge before this year’s climate conference and increase the use of renewables.

The Brisbane City Council are pushing for Brisbane bus drivers to get COVID-19 vaccine priority. 

The council says bus drivers are essential workers and the plan will help locals feel comfortable travelling on Brisbane buses.

Transport Department figures indicate Brisbane public transport user numbers are 27 per cent below the February 2020 figures. 

Federal and state health authorities are yet to support the plan.

Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released from prison.  

Ms Hathloul was instrumental in the movement to allow women to drive cars in the kingdom and became a face of political dissent. 

She was sentenced to nearly six years in a maximum-security prison, found guilty of seeking to change the political system and damage to public order.

England midwives are being encouraged to use the terms chestfeeding and human milk when working with transgender patients.

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals will be the first to implement the new policy.  

The policy states the service will be “using gender-neutral language alongside the language of womanhood, in order to ensure that everyone is represented and included.”

School banking programs, including the Commonwealth Bank’s Dollarmites program, will be banned from schools in the Australian Capital Territory. 

The motion to ban the programs was passed yesterday and will be implemented in July. 

ACT Greens MLA Johnathan Davis introduced the motion and says the programs are an advertising tactic to gain new customers.

"Corporations have no place in our public education system," Mr Davis said.

The Labor Party is calling for kerbside collections to be reinstated after almost 1300 cases of illegal rubbish dumping in Brisbane over the last year.

The most frequent cases of illegal dumping were at Inala (74), Doolandella (36), Forest Lake (35) and Calamvale (29).

Kerbside collections were cancelled by the Brisbane City Council in April 2020 to reduce the risk for staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Forest Lake ward councillor Charles Strunk says many Brisbane residents relied on the initiative.

Gold Coast residents have been urged not to mistake native frogs for cane toads. 

Dry conditions over South East Queensland have changed the breeding patterns of cane toads, causing an outbreak and explosive numbers. 

Under animal care laws, it is illegal to kill a cane toad in a “cruel” and “unreasonably painful” way. 

Emily Vincent of community environmental group Watergum says the most humane method is to put toads in the fridge for a minimum of 24 hours, before placing them in the freezer.

Logan and Gold Coast residents are urged to get tested for COVID-19 if symptomatic after fragments of the virus were detected in sewage. 

The viral fragments were found in Pimpama, Coombabah, Merrimac and Loganholme.

State Acting Chief Health Officer Dr Sonya Bennett says getting tested is more important than ever as new variants continue to emerge overseas.