The New South Wales government has embarked on an unprecedented rescue operation to move native fish from the Lower Darling River to safe havens, following last summer’s environmental crisis.

Mass fish kills are again expected, with more extreme heat and dry weather expected this summer.

Boats with electrostatic fishing equipment will be used to stun the fish in weir pools and waterholes along the Darling River at Menindee, where they will then scooped up and transported to the junction of the Murray River, which is still flowing.

Residents have been evacuated to avoid the unsafe lavender oil burning in a fire of Moorebank chemical factory.

The smell is induced by the damage of lavender oil tank when the factory roof and wall collapse to it.

Firefighter controller warns residents not to return home owing to the hazardous gas.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has cut short a trip to the International Olympics Committee and will return to the state amid the unfolding bushfire crisis.

Premier Palaszczuk had been in Switzerland to discuss South-East Queensland’s bid for the 2032 Olympics with IOC President Thomas Bach.

The discussions included information on financing, venues and transport plans for our city, should the bid be successful.

The Gold Coast City Council waived tens of thousands of dollars in rental fees it previously claimed was owed to it by a property developer, following an internal meeting involving two councillors who had previously received electoral donations from the company involved.

The developer, Villawood Properties, is building a large housing estate at Kingsholme on the northern Gold Coast and has made electoral donations to Deputy Mayor Donna Gates and Councillor William Owen-Jones.

Scientists have found hundreds of perfectly preserved footprints on the western coast of France.

The footprints discovered in French Normandy region give a snapshot of how Neanderthals lived and suggest they may have been taller than previously thought.

The footprints were found among what the team called “abundant archaeological material” revealing evidence of animal butchery and tool-making.

Aid workers in the Bahamas say the devastation of Hurricane Dorian is still unfolding on Tuesday, as the death toll rises to 50.

The deadly category 5 storm, one of the most powerful Caribbean storms on record, brought gusts of more than 200 mph per and a storm surge of close to eight metres, flattening homes and destroying infrastructure as it made landfall two weeks ago. 

Australian company Thomas Global has secured a 15 million dollars contract with Rheinmetall as part of a major deal to deliver a new generation of combat vehicles for Australia.

The Coalition Government selected Rheinmetall to deliver 211 Boxer Combat Vehicles. The project is worth $5.2 billion and will create up to around 1000 jobs right across Australia.

Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price says she has tasked the major Defence players with ensuring they maximise local industry content.

Australian health care sector is the second-highest greenhouse gas emitter per capita, according to a new report by Health Care Without Harm.

Australia’s health care is responsible for 7 per cent of our total national emissions, which is more than the waste and industrial processing sectors

Fiona Armstrong, the Executive Director of Australia’s Climate and Health Alliance is asking for action plans to decarbonise Australia’s health systems and foster climate resilience.

Bushfires still remain despite the ease of windy weather in Southern Queensland.

After firefighters’ effort on saving the fires overnight, the Peregian blaze on the Sunshine Coast is now under control.

Interstate firefighters are coming to replace the exhausted ones.

However, windy and hot weather forecasted from Friday will intensify the fire.