Brisbane City Council has opened public consultation on several options for the locations of two new pedestrian bridges linking West End to Toowong and St Lucia.

Two options would resume a number of private properties while the third may impact established trees and park infrastructure, according to the Brisbane City Council.

Consultation is open until the end of January.
 

A bushfire on Fraser Island continues to burn six weeks after it was sparked by an illegal campfire.

Firefighters have relentlessly worked to contain the blaze that has now scorched a third of the World Heritage Area of Queensland.

Fraser Island environmentalists have voiced their concern regarding the fire’s potential impact on the local ecosystem and wildlife.

Tasmania’s Premier has announced that the state will be relaxing its border restrictions for Victorian residents from this Friday the 27th of November.

Victorians will be able to travel to Tasmania for the first time in eight months, however health screenings will be mandatory on arrival. 

Tasmania is currently open to all other states, except for South Australia.
 

It has recently been revealed that overseas student fees provided $10 billion to Australian universities last year.

The data released by the Federal Government compiled financial statements of Australian universities for the duration of 2019. 

Both the Federal Government and recently Gladys Berejiklian have called for plans to allow international students to return to study in Australia, in an effort to boost the economy.

Sri Lanka's Government has made plans to dig a moat around one of its landfill sites to keep out hungry elephant herds, and reduce conflict between the wild animals and villagers.

A number of elephants travel daily from the forest to a garbage dump near the eastern town of Ampara, rummaging through the rubbish for food scraps.

The elephants are at risk of ingesting plastic amongst the garbage, and have wandered into nearby villages harming the villagers, their property and agricultural land.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has announced that its COVID-19 lockdown will begin to ease this weekend so that shops, theatres and cinemas will reopen by Christmas and people will be able to spend the holiday with their families.

In his address, Mr Macron acknowledged that the worst of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic was over, but that restaurants, cafes and bars would have to remain closed until January 20 to avoid a potential third wave.

The French Government is keen to stress to citizens that they should only expect a gradual reopening.

Social worker and activist Jolovan Wham appeared at a Singapore court on Monday for standing alone outside a police station holding a placard with a hand-drawn smiley face in March.

He was showing support to young climate change activists charged for similar one-man protests. 

Residents are only allowed to participate in public assemblies with police permission at ‘Speakers Corner’, a small public park in the city. 

Singapore has strict laws on public assembly and tightly controls the media and freedom of speech and expression.