Tasmanian residents have discovered that their tank water is contaminated with toxic chemicals due to the lead paint of their roof running into their water supply. 

Documents show the state’s water authority, TasWater, were aware that some people had too much lead in their roofs, but connected the water tanks anyway, which sparked concerns that residents had been exposed to unsafe lead in water for years.

A dashcam recording has captured a large B-double truck making a heart-stopping recovery on the down track of Adelaide’s South Eastern Freeway.

South Australian Transport Association executive director Steve Shearer said that it was “incredible that the truck stayed upright” after footage released from the event showed the truck’s trailers violently swaying on the road. 

The road transport association said, despite a history of nasty truck crashes on the freeway, the safe recovery of the truck should give the public confidence.

Drones are currently being used in the Gulf of Carpentaria in aim to help protect the region’s marine life from illegal fishing activities.

Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said that the total number of fines and prosecutions for fisheries offences, in the Karumba district had risen to 24 this year, with a total of more than $24,000 in fines.

Mr Furner said compliance activity was vital to protecting fish stocks that supported Queensland’s commercial and recreational fishing industries.

A joint Queensland-China research centre will use 3D printing technology to repair ageing body parts.

QUT Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Margaret Sheil said that the research centre, which is a collaboration between QUT and researchers with the Chinese Academy of Science in Shanghai, will aim to manufacture biomaterials for bone and cartilage repair, skin regeneration and joint reconstruction.

A 7,000 year old “Spanish Stonehenge” has been exposed by the European drought, after being submerged for over 50 years.

The formation of 100 upright rocks is already showing signs of erosion, and many fear that this could be the final chance to save a a much-loved monument by many locals.

Over 43,000 people are now petitioning to preserve the ancient rock formation before water levels rise again, and are calling for the stones to be relocated into a drier position. 

The Queensland Government has been forced to remove shark control equipment set up on all North Queensland beaches north of Townsville, following a Federal Court decision last week.

The Federal Court announced that all sharks caught within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park must now be tagged, and released alive within 24 hours.

Skies have turned blood red in an Indonesian province due to a widespread forest fire, which continues to burn.

With over 73,000 fire alerts across Indonesia since early September alone, it is believed that many of the fires had been deliberately lit as a cheap method to clear land.

Victorian police have confirmed they are investigating two separate reports of strawberries being found with needles inside them in Melbourne's northern suburbs.

Skye Wilson-Wright was celebrating her 30th birthday on Sunday night with a strawberry-topped cake when she bit into one of the berries, bought from a Coles supermarket in Eltham, to find a needle lodged in the fruit.