London will implement a 24-hour a day, seven day a week Ultra Low Emission Zone, in a world first, which means vehicles will have to meet tough emissions standards or face charges.

The zone aims to reduce toxic air pollution and protect public health.

Under new rules introduced on April 8, polluting vehicles will be charged £12.50 for cars, vans and motorbikes and £100 for trucks, buses and coaches.

Environment Minister Melissa Price has approved Adani’s groundwater management plans, giving the company Commonwealth approval to start building its Queensland Coal Mine.

The Queensland Government is still yet to approve construction in order to protect a colony of black-throated finches around the site.

The project still requires more approvals to be granted from both Queensland and Commonwealth Governments before the coal can be dug out of the ground.

The Federal Government’s Snowy 2.0 project is facing a significant cost blowout and delay from the original estimate, detailed in a feasibility study a little over a year ago.

The major Perth-based construction and engineering firm Clough confirmed it had been awarded a $5.1 billion contract alongside Italian partner, Salini Impregilo, 150 per cent higher than the original $2 billion estimate made by former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in early 2017.

Queensland’s state government has released a new flood-resilient building guide as well as a Brisbane River Strategic Floodplain Management Plan.

Raising and wet-proofing houses to protect against damage from floods will be encouraged by Queenslanders and temporary barriers will be put up with the aim to protect parts of the Brisbane CBD from inundation.

The report estimates that during a one in 100-year flood in the Brisbane River flood plain, 17,300 buildings would be flooded, two-thirds of which would be in the Brisbane City Council area.

Brisbane commuters can now access more accurate information on the status of their train, with more than five times the number of tracking points being utilised.

Natalie Roach from Queensland Rail says “We know quality, timely travel information is incredibly important for customers, particularly if it means they can spend a few more minutes at home with the family or finishing up that last work email of the day."

QR announced last week it would add 32 additional peak time services to its network from the 13th of May.

The NDIS Quality and Safeguards commission has received almost 1,500 reports of neglect and abuse in the last six months.

The abuse is, according to an execute of People with Disabilities Australia, just the tip of the iceberg of abuse in the disability sector which has prompted the recently announced disability royal commission.

Problems have emerged for the planned 91-storey skyscraper on Albert Street, with its earthworks predicted to hit the Cross River Rail underground tunnel zone.

Singapore developer and property group, World Class Land, attempted to add three more basement levels to the design in August 2017, which was later withdrawn in March 2018.

Brisbane City Council has plans to design a new million-dollar park in Milton, with Brisbane’s new lord mayor Adrian Schrinner being a key supporter.

The park will be on the corner of Railway Terrace and Manning Street and will cost about $1.7 million dollars to turn the block of grass into a hospitable space.

Milton residents were surveyed to gauge their interest and more than 400 responses were positive towards the new development.

Australians working in France on the new submarine program are using taxpayer dollars to send their children to British boarding schools, as local classes are not taught in English.

The parents are among dozens of naval engineers and architects posted in Cherbourg to work on the $50 billion dollar Defence project launched for French company Naval Group to help Australia design submarines.

The boarding school, St John’s College, costs 53 000 Australian dollars a year.