Pet parrot alerts owner of Brisbane house fire before smoke detectors, both escaping uninjured.

Resident Anton Ngyuen was alerted by his pet parrot, Eric, calling Anton’s name and saving them from the fire.

The house in Kangaroo Point was engulfed in flames, and an investigation is underway

The damages from Queensland’s Halloween hailstorm climbed to $110 million and will continue, insurers have warned victims of potential scammers.

The hailstorm left 95,000 households without power and some Ipswich residents saw tennis-ball sized hailstones.

Chief executive of Insurance Council of Australia, Andrew Hall, said ‘disaster chasers’ had been door knocking throughout the worst-effected areas

Thousands of small and medium-sized business have been using QR ‘quick response’ codes for COVID-19 tracing but privacy and cybersecurity experts are sounding their alarms on personal data concerns.

As thousands of venues reopen in Victoria, after three months of lockdown, experts warn the lack of due diligence in vetting providers has left the system vulnerable.

Europe’s COVID-19 cases reach over 11 million infections and 285,000 have died, Austria and Greece are the latest to impose lockdown.

Greece shut down major cities and Austria went into partial lockdown joining Belgium, France, Germany and Ireland in re-imposing lockdowns.

The restrictions have affected the economy, livelihood and general wellbeing of all Europe’s residents, experts say, Europe risks being hit with a further wave of infection if no vaccine is found.

American’s are lining the streets to vote and election analysts Anthony Green is reporting live results, putting Joe Biden ahead in polls with 203 electoral college votes to Trumps 97.

In the lead up to today, Americans have been warned the early votes and mail-in votes may skew early optics of who is likely to win.

ABC journalist, Emily Clark reports from Pennslyvania -  a major swing state - said, the theory was most Republicans voters are likely to vote at the polls and Democrats are likely to mail in their ballots, and those are likely to take a while.

A Brisbane north-west timber bridge that was built 89 years ago will be demolished and replaced.

Ashgrove’s Gresham Street Bridge is the only public road access to St John’s Wood. There is concern with the old bridge, as it can be flooded during low flood events.

Brisbane City Council is meeting today to start drawing plans on renewing the bridge, and providing a temporary replacement one while the construction is being completed.

Brisbane is expecting to receive millions of caper white butterflies throughout the city as part of their annual migration.

A project that has emerged from this is Brisbane’s Big Butterfly Count – a community project that intends to document the number and types of butterflies in the area.

The organisers of the project state the health of the butterflies can help indicate environmental health.