With the Budget to be announced today, it appears the Coalition is planning on reconfiguring their tax plan to the tune of several billion dollars.

The ten million Australians who earn between $37,000 and $126,000 per year are set to receive some form of tax relief and the government is expected to forecast a return to surplus for 2019-20.

Changes are slated to include tax offsets and tax bracket shifts for low to middle earners.

Bill Shorten has announced new vehicle emissions policies that Labor will carry into the upcoming election.

The proposed policy includes 50% of new car sales being electric vehicles by 2030 as well as stricter pollution standards for car retailers.

The coalition has been criticised for not imposing stronger regulations on car pollution but Labor is still likely to face significant pushback from influential stakeholders.

British MP’s were treated to a different kind of protest yesterday afternoon, with members of climate change action group Extinction Rebellion stripping half-naked in the public gallery during a Brexit debate.

14 protesters stripped down to their underwear to show the words “Climate justice now” painted on their backs, and some appeared to have glued themselves to the glass.

Researchers have uncovered fossilised evidence of a 66 million year old asteroid impact, including fish with hot glass beads lodged in their gills from raining debris.

The site was found in Tanis, North Dakota, and shows that the fossilized fish died soon after the asteroid hit Earth. Also at the site was evidence of charred trees, an inland tsunami and melted amber.

The impact marked the end of the Cretaceous Period and was responsible for a mass extinction event for most of life on Earth.

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There have been renewed calls for an overhaul of Queensland’s consent laws following a debate as to whether saying “I don’t want” constitutes “no.”

The Women’s Legal Service Queensland (WLSQ) says existing laws are “not in line” with modern-day attitudes and were “confusing jurors”, and disadvantaging vulnerable complainants.

The State Opposition says it will support a parliamentary inquiry into the laws, and Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath says she is consulting with legal stakeholders on the matter.

A young Brisbane concreter has won $2.5 million at a Keno jackpot on Saturday night.

The man went to the Acacia Ridge Hotel Motel after work with his boss and was gobsmacked after realising his big win.

The man plans to “[work] less and [enjoy] life more” with the money.

Well, look what the wind blew in!

The discovery of a foreign ladybird thought to have been carried into the country on a cyclone may be the key to controlling a pest wreaking havoc on the farming community.

Psyllids are little bugs that cause millions of dollars of damage every year to tomato and potato crops.

They are also found to be one of the foreign grey ladybird or Olla v-nigrum’s favourite snacks.

Indigenous groups are looking to regenerate the outback through growing carbon farming projects.

The Budijiti Aboriginal Corporation is collaborating with carbon farming developer Climate Friendly in south-west Queensland to farm carbon where blocks of land are left to grow to create carbon stores.

The corporation hopes this will stop droughts as well as regenerating bush tucker, plates and medicines in outback areas.