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.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority warns the prospect of Great Barrier’s Reef is very poor.

According to the 2019 Outlook Report, climate change is threatening the sea lives’ wellbeing and the reef’s value as a World Heritage Area is thus challenged.

Hong Kong protestors have marched outside US Consulate to urge the US to pass the Hong Kong Democratic and Human Rights Act.

The bill suggests deterrent for Chinese and Hong Kong officials suppressing democracy and human rights.

Meanwhile, the US government reminds citizens to take intense caution after Beijing launched a propaganda campaign stating that they are provoking unrest there.