Queensland Labor has this week come under fire from the Opposition over the $2.1 Million in public funding allocated to creating advertising content and publicity for the Brisbane Cross River Rail transport project.

LNP Leader Deb Frecklington criticized the Palaszczuk gov. for spending more time and effort delivering spin and PR for Cross River rail than they are on delivering the project. Furthermore, Ms Frecklington attacked the progress of Cross River Rail claiming that it is "off-track, behind schedule and over budget".

The World Health Organisation has released a statement saying the world may be facing an oxygen shortage due to the current pandemic.

As the global coronavirus number of cases nears closer to 10 million many countries are now suffering difficulties in obtaining oxygen concentrators.

The World Health Organisation plans to distribute 4,000 oxygen concentrators to 120 countries in coming weeks and a further 170,000 concentrators will be potentially available over the next six months.

Over 6, 000 Qantas jobs will be cut as part of the company’s plans for recovery after the pandemic.

The airline will also continue to stand down over 15, 000 of their employees, with the majority working in international services. Qantas also plans to ground 100 aircraft over the next 12 months and aims to cut costs by around $15 billion dollars over the next three years.

Archaeologists have discovered what they are calling Brisbane’s original Chinatown.

The researchers found evidence of a working-class Chinese community with eateries, pubs, leather shops, grocers and cheap accommodation beneath Albert Street, the heart of the CBD.

The Chinatown is estimated to have been active during the late 1800’s, which is about 70 prior years to the opening of the modern-Chinatown in Fortitude Valley.

Images showing additional Chinese military infrastructure close to the site of violent border clashes with India in the disputed Ladakh region in the Western Himalayas have prompted renewed concern about conflict between the Asian superpowers.

This latest development comes just one week after Chinese and Indian military commanders agreed to de-escalation in their standoff in the Galwan Valley, which involved brutal hand-to-hand skirmishes between Chinese and Indian forces on the 15th of June during which 20 Indian troops were reportedly killed.

Chinese and Indian military commanders have agreed to disengage their forces in a disputed area of the Himalayas, following a clash that left at least 20 soldiers dead.

The confrontation on the Galwan Valley, part of the disputed Ladakh region along the Himalayan frontier, was the deadliest between the two countries in decades, who have had intense conflict since the 1960s. 

A study, led by Professor Chris Fogwell at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Keele University, revealed the significant role of sea ice across the southern ocean. 

Professor Fogwell says the Southern Ocean has captured half of all human-related carbon which has entered the atmosphere today, and that this ocean is crucial for regulating carbon dioxide levels sourced from human activity.

The study recalls historic patterns in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to provide evidence that reinforces predictions about future warming.