A lack of suitable roads has been found as a big reason why cycling participation rates are so low in Queensland and Australia.

James Cook University lecturer Jemma King said recent estimates suggest that only 34% of Australian adults have cycled in the previous year and 16% in the previous week.

In rural areas, a lack of infrastructure safe for riding was indicated as a concern of residents, prompting discussions about developing safe cycling routes outside of metropolitan areas.

The Queensland Environment Department decides on Adani’s groundwater management plan on 13th June 2019.

Adani’s plan for the black-throated finch was signed off on last month, leaving the groundwater plan as its final state approval.

The government has been working with the CSIRO in assessing the plan which will include a strategy to protect sacred wetlands.
 

Researchers say bowerbird populations in north Queensland are in severe decline due to warmer temperatures caused by climate change.

Professor Stephen Williams from James Cook University says both the golden and tooth-billed bowerbird populations are moving from lower areas of the rainforest to higher altitudes to escape warmer conditions.

Professor Williams describes the situation as ‘incredibly alarming’ and says more monitoring is needed to understand the effect of rising temperatures on native species.

Cleveland parents are advocating to transform an old demolition site adjacent to a kindergarten into a playground.

St James Lutheran Community Childcare volunteer Louise Bullerwell says the kindergarten rents the demolition site but can’t use it because glass and pipes cover the ground.

The kindergarten has raised nearly a third of the 50 thousand dollar cost required to build the playground over 18 months through sausage sizzles and fundraisers.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has attacked the integrity of a crossbench Senator over press freedom comments he made in the wake of two AFP raids on a NewsCorp journalist and the ABC.

On Tuesday, Centre Alliance Senator Rex Patrick accused the head of the Home Affairs Department, Mike Pezzullo, of trying to intimidate him by calling him directly to complain about his comments on the raids.  

A non-Indigenous company which holds worldwide exclusive rights to use the Aboriginal flag on clothing has issued infringement notices to the AFL and several Aboriginal companies.

WAM Clothing was granted the exclusive use of the Aboriginal flag on clothing by its designer and copyright holder, the Luritja artist Harold Thomas, in October 2018.

Sianna Catullo from the Clothing the Gap project says she can’t understand why a non-Indigenous owned business would want to license the Aboriginal flag for profit.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has committed the UK to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, becoming the first major economy to do so.

Mrs May says reaching net zero emissions by 2050 is an ambitious target, but it is crucial to ensure the planet is protected for future generations.

Chief scientist for Greenpeace UK, Doug Parr, welcomed the target but says loopholes allowing the use of international carbon credits will shift the burden to developing nations.

A mystery infectious disease is threatening the survival of the last remaining Indigenous nomadic Malaysian tribe of 300 people .

Fourteen people have died and more than fifty have been taken to hospital from the tribe’s village in north-eastern Malaysia.

The cause of the illness has not been confirmed, but local resident Inja Punai says villagers suspect their water supply has been polluted by nearby mining operations.