Toowoomba is getting a new community area where members can access low-cost prototyping, called a 'Hackerspace'.

The Queensland Hackerspaces Grant program is an initiative of the Palaszczuk Government’s 'Advanced Manufacturing 10-Year Roadmap and Action Plan'.

“The aim is for people to engage with advanced manufacturing technologies to assist the facilitation of hands on knowledge and skills needed for our jobs of the future,” she says.

On Sunday, workers staged a walkout at the Louvre in Paris after a staff meeting was held about the coronavirus. 

A spokesperson states, "despite talks with management and the staff doctor, the Louvre Museum was unable to open in the absence of sufficient personnel.".

Tourists lined up outside the museum Sunday morning, although it is unclear when it will reopen.

A young planet, DS TUC Ab, located 150 light-years away from earth has given Dr Benjamin Montet, from Scientia Fellow at University NSW a rare chance to study a planetary system evolve.

"The investigation is to find out how long planetary systems last, and to do this we need systems that are too young to go through dynamical interactions, but old enough to have formed planets. This provides a unique chance for astrophysicists to study a system in development before external influences interfere," Dr. Montet states.

Victoria confirmed its ninth case of coronavirus in a statement made yesterday by the Department of Health and Human Services

The patient, a woman in her 30s, travelled from Kuala Lumpur, Bali then Iran, and started feeling unwell on a flight to Melbourne. 

Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos stated in a tweet. "My department is contacting passengers on her flight Malindo Air OD177 from Kuala Lumpur, to Denpasar, then Melbourne arriving 0604 Friday 28 Feb."

A recent ad campaign by the Queensland Government encourages Aussies to holiday in Queensland.

The two million dollar advertisement has hit screens across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

10 million people have already seen the ads encouraging Aussies to holiday in Queensland, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

The Premier says the coronavirus outbreak is having a big impact on the tourism industry. Thousands of bookings have already been lost throughout the state.

Tree loss in Brisbane suburbs is leading to residents experiencing higher temperatures and in some cases, higher energy bills. 

"Some of the research indicates up to three degrees, in some circumstances that can be as high as six to seven degrees centigrade," Landscape architect Libby Gallagher states.

This has a major impact on lower socio-economic areas and renters as they are often unable to plant trees themselves.

Global stock markets are falling due to Coronavirus.

The ASX-200 dropped just shy of 10 per cent. Wall Street and Germany's DAX both shed 12 per cent, the FTSE in Britain fell 11 per cent and Japan's Nikkei was down 10 per cent.

Finance experts are saying those declines on market have merely taken us back to the levels we saw last August, illustrating just how hard the boom here has been running, even as our economy has been slowing.

Child workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are facing abuse while mining for Coltan, a crucial component in smartphone production, an ABC report finds.

Children and teenagers mining for the mineral must work long hours in physically demanding tasks and many face sexual abuse and coercion by their bosses.

Amnesty International is calling for big tech companies to clean up the Coltan supply by turning to ethical suppliers of the mineral.