King’s College at the University of Queensland has announced that it will be admitting women to the college for the first time in 107 years.

Starting in 2020, King’s will open its doors to women to help cope with falling college admissions.

The move is likely to be met with some resistance given the college’s history of hazing and sexual assault scandals.

An inquiry by the Senate has called for the $444 million awarded to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to be returned.

The money was awarded to the foundation by Malcolm Turnbull in the 2018 May Federal budget without a tender process.

The Senate’s report, tabled today, found that the money in question was almost twice the size of any other Government grant in 2018, and that the foundation was only expecting a $5 million public investment.

It is unclear how much of the $444 million remains.

Hobart’s 'Taste of Tasmania' festival will receive significant funding cuts after the Hobart City Council unanimously voted to reduce their financial commitment over the next three years.

The 2018-19 event injected $46.9 million into the Tasmanian economy, with Hobart alone receiving $26.8 million dollars.

The Hobart City Council has asked the State Government to foot the rest of the bill, which is expected to fall between $250,000-$500,000.

The Menzies School of Health Research are utilizing a unique strain of Hep B infecting Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory to track the movements of ancient populations.

The geographic distribution of the virus in Australia has allowed researchers to research when it first arrived in the country, and its subsequent transmission routes.

Anywhere between 10 and 20 percent of the Aboriginal population in the Northern Territory carry the virus, which has been linked to liver failure.

Over 1000 people are feared dead in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai hit the country four days ago.

President Filipe Nyusi says entire villages have been submerged, calling it a real disaster of great proportions.

The Red Cross reports as much as 90 per cent of the port city Beira has been damaged or destroyed by strong winds and heavy rains.

It may feel like the battery electric car that we all know and love has been crowned the future of transportation -  but Japan has other ideas. They’re betting big on something more logical for big cities – hydrogen fuel cell cars.

At the LFA Works factory in Japan, workers are currently installing carbon-fibre hydrogen tanks into vehicles which uses the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity.

Following the Lime Scooter software glitches that injured multiple Brisbane riders, the Brisbane City Council warned the company it would revoke its trial permit to operate, but has now given it the green light.

On Monday, the scooter company was given an 11-day extension to stay in Brisbane after their withdrawal notice, which has now been extended until March 29th.

Tropical Cyclone Trevor has been upgraded to a category three system and is expected to intensify to category four before making landfall this evening.

The system is currently 140km east of the Lockhart River on the coast of the Cape York Peninsula and has registered winds of up to 165km per hour.

A recent study by James Cook University researchers has found that oily fish may hold the key to preventing asthma.

The three-year study tested 642 South African fish processors and found that the increase in Omega 3 fatty acids was strongly correlated with a reduction in asthma.