Today the burger chain Grill’d is going meat-free across all of their stores to encourage customers to swap meat for more vegetables a few times a week - a diet known as flexitarianism. 

Grill’d’s new menu includes plant-based burger patties from Beyond Meat which replicate the taste of beef burgers.

Founder and managing director of Beyond Meat, Simon Crowe, says “...[he] genuinely believe[s] plant-based alternatives will form a huge part of the future of burgers”.

Griffith Uni News has created a data map to help Queensland voters have an informed say in the upcoming election.

The map was developed by Griffith University’s Regional Innovation Data Lab (RIDL), and the application allows voters to dive into important decision-making data on any Queensland electorate in an easy-to-digest format.

Griffith expert Professor John Wanna says “Queensland has some electorates with the lowest political engagement in Australia.”

Speed limits around two of Brisbane’s major hospitals may be lowered under a citywide push to improve safety in areas with high pedestrian numbers.

The Brisbane City Council is looking to implement  a “Move Safe Plan” around the Mater Hospital in South Brisbane and Queensland Children’s Hospital in Woolloongabba.

A Gabba Ward Councillor hopes to lower the speed limits to 40 km/h and for wait times at crossings to be reduced.

A couple from Florida found a 2.7 metre long alligator in their backyard pool.

Senta Evans, the owner of the house, says “she was checking the yard for potential hazards before letting her dogs out Monday morning” when she came across the alligator.

A trapper came and relocated the alligator to a more suitable habitat.

Sudan’s military leader Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelranham Burhan has vowed to uproot the country’s “regime” days after a military coup.

In order to achieve this, Gen Burhan has announced he will introduce new procedures which include a night curfew, the release of political prisoners and the reconstruction of state institutions.

Demonstrators are taking to the streets of Sudan for the greater need of civilian rule.

Plasma donations are on the rise in Canberra to support those with cancer and rare diseases.

Donations in Canberra have doubled over the past year after the city’s plasma donation centre opened, and has collected “over 18,000 donations”.

The donations are providing eighteen life-giving treatments for serious conditions.

The Tasmanian caravan park industry is in rapid decline with growing fears that there may be as few as 10 parks left on the Apple Isle in as little as eight years.

In less than a decade, almost 25 percent of the state's parks have been shut down following the rise of free-camping sites.

Campervan and Motorhome Club of Australia CEO Richard Barwick says the caravanning sector needs to "adapt and change" to move with the times, and offer lower-cost camping to align with the reduced usage of traditional caravan park facilities.