Southern Cross University has closed both its Gold Coast and Lismore campuses as a precautionary measure after a staff-member was diagnosed with Coronavirus last week. 

It is believed approximately 45 people came into contact with the man on campus. 

The University is now focused on major disinfection and cleaning efforts.

Scientists from China have discovered what they believe to be the smallest known dinosaur.

The specimen, from Northern Myanmar, consists of a bird-like skull, smaller than a fingertip, trapped in 99 million year old amber. 

Researchers from the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, say that the dinosaur would have been similar to the size of a hummingbird seen today.

The discovery is expected to shed light on how small birds evolved from dinosaurs.

A military base camp, where US and UK troops are located in Iraq, has been attacked with a rocket. It has not yet been confirmed, but there are concerns an American soldier, an American contractor, and a British soldier have lost their lives. 

Tension has increased since a US airstrike led to the death of senior Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad on 3 January. In retaliation an Iranian airstrike on 9 January caused more than 100 soldiers to suffer traumatic brain injuries.

Teenager Daley Catip, a dancer from rural Queensland has been given an unbelievable opportunity by Sydney’s Tanya Pearson Academy. 

After attending a workshop at the prestigious classical ballet school, the 14 year old was granted a position in the school’s affiliate program - a dream come true to many young dancers. 

Daley’s mother, a former ballroom dancer, said she noticed his love for dancing at an early age and has been enrolled at Emerald Academy of Dance for the last four years. 

The killer of aspiring Melbourne comedian, Eurydice Dixon, has lost an appeal to reduce his life sentence.

The Court of Appeal judges rejected the claims made by the killers’ lawyers who argued the sentence was disproportionate and excessive.

In upholding the life sentence, Chief Justice Anne Ferguson said the crime was, “unspeakably loathsome and cruel”.

A new open air cinema is opening up at Howard Smith Wharves in April. 

This event has been modelled off the Sydney Harbour open air cinema and it is set to show a variety of blockbuster films over the 22 days it will be set up.

The director of the event, Rob Bryant, describes the open air cinema experience as, ‘unique and totally extraordinary.’

The success of a ‘Girls in Science’ program at Somerville House led Holly Roberts-Simmonds, an environmental scientist, to plan future mentoring programs.

The all-girls school held the program with grade 4 and grade 9 students in March last year with the aim of engaging girls in STEM sectors before they learn of the gender bias inherent in the fields.

The World Health Organization has categorized the Coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic amid rising infection rates around the world.

As a result, India has decided to suspend the majority of travel visas to the country in an attempt to control the spread of the virus.

India’s Health Ministry has said all existing visas, except diplomatic, official, UN and international organisations, employment and project visas, stand suspended until April 15, 2020.