Two major studies reveal bird populations in Asia and the US are ‘in crisis.’

The two studies are published in the journals; Science and Biological Conservation. 

Lead researcher Dr Ken Rosenberg from the Cornell lab of Ornithology and the American Bird Conservancy says habitat loss driven by human activity is a major factor.

Thousands of Australian school students will again leave their classrooms and millions of workers will also leave their desks for the Global Climate Strike, three days before the UN Emergency Climate Summit. 

More than 100 protests are planned across the nation for today. 

The School Strike 4 Climate event description explains that leaving school or work will show our politicians that people everywhere want climate justice. 

Tension has erupted after the Queensland Government lost an appeal in the Federal Court for the right to use drum lines to catch and kill sharks on the reef to protect swimmers. 

Tourism Minister Kate Jones said she was deeply concerned for the safety of swimmers. 

“I’m calling on the Prime Minister to intervene,” she said.

“I’m sure the Prime Minister does not want to have blood on his hands through this decision in relation to the federal act.”

Water slides, an Indigenous history museum, and a massive car park are the latest community ideas for the Victoria Park golf complex in Brisbane’s heart. 

Brisbane City Council plans to permanently close the golf course and turn it into a 45-hectare park. 

This Sunday, the council will close the complex to host a free Victoria Park party to encourage residents to share their ideas. 

About 163 properties in Highgate Hill were without power from 6pm last night after contact between a truck and overhead infrastructure brought down power lines and pole, starting a fire. 

Downed power lines are still blocking an inner Brisbane road and delaying traffic. 

A spokesperson for the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services said firefighters worked rapidly to control the situation. 

Instagram announced posts related to weight loss products and cosmetic surgery will have stricter measures in order to protect the health of people online. 

Concerns are increasing about young social media users viewing the posts and buying cosmetic and diet products.

Instagram’s public policy manager, Emma Collins, says Instagram should be a more positive place for all users.

“This policy is part of our ongoing work to reduce the pressure that people can sometimes feel as a result of social media,” Ms Collins said. 

The BBC has apologised to Prince Harry months after broadcasting and publishing an image from a neo-Nazi social group that called him a race traitor and depicted him with a gun pointed at his head. 

The image included blood splatter and neo-Nazi symbols and was sourced from an online post on a far-right platform. 

The BBC initially rejected a complaint by the duke, ruling that the use of the image in a report about the activities of the group was clearly in the public interest.

Australian artist, Andrew Joyner, has been commissioned to illustrate a long lost Dr. Suess manuscript uncovered more than two decades after the famous writer's death.

Experts believe initial sketches of the missing book, titled ‘The Horse Museum’, were drawn as far back as the early 1950s.

Joyner says he loved Dr. Seuss books as he was growing up and it seems slightly surreal that he has been given this opportunity.

“I couldn't have imagined that this type of job would come to me," Mr Joyner said.