Australian-grown cosmetics empire Napoleon Perdis has gone into voluntary administration, putting jobs and 56 local stores at risk.

The company founder has blamed falling foot traffic in his retail stores, and rising costs for the need to call in administrators to restructure or sell his business.

Napoleon is just one of Several Australian retailers that have entered into administration during the past year, including menswear chain Roger David amid growing competition from international brands and online retailers.

Perth’s rental market is booming as vacancy rates have dropped from 7.3% to 2.8% in just 18 months.

This marks the lowest rate in six years and the cause is attributed to investors selling properties, tighter mortgage borrowing, and increase tenant demands.

It is predicted that towards the end of the year, Perth’s marketplace will level out as people continue to migrate away from Perth to other major cities.

Thee owner of Dalby based civil engineering business Nortask says he is $1.6 million out of pocket after French based solar company Areva Solar KCP went into liquidation last year.

Nortask was caught up in a legal battle for years with the French-government owned solar company over the shortage of thousands of mirrors for the failed Kogan Creek Solar Boost program.

Late last year Areva Solar KCP was ordered by a Brisbane Supreme Court to pay Nortask hundreds of thousands of dollars before going into liquidation.

Peregian Beach will be a local ground zero for a national green energy push being organised by Surfrider Sunshine Coast branch on Saturday February 2nd.

Surfrider spokesman Chris Glennie says as many bodies as possible are required on the beach as part of a national human sign organised by Clean Energy for Eternity.

The Surfrider Sunshine Coast branch believe that renewable energy is now affordable enough and making the switch away from fossil fuels is a “matter of political will.”

A search has resumed this morning for a man missing south of Townsville, as a flooding disaster continues in North Queensland.

The 32-year-old was last seen walking in the black gully area around 5:00pm yesterday afternoon.

The search of the area continued until 11:30pm last night as police are concerned the man entered the water in an attempt to get home.

Queensland’s energy minister, Anthony Lynham, has requested the coalition government brings its much debated energy market misconduct bill to the next energy minister meeting for discussion.

Minister Lynham has shown concerns for the bill, as he believes the proposed legislation will allow for privatisation of public power generators, which Queensland does not support.

Australian Defence officials have revealed two RAAF fighter jets were involved in a bombing mission in Iraq that led to the deaths of Iraqi civilians.

The US-led Coalition estimates there were up to 18 casualties in the 2017 attack; however, Australian officials say that it is not possible to determine if the civilian casualties occurred as a result of the Australian air strike or a nearby Coalition airstrike.

Australia's bombing mission in the region finished at the end of 2017.

Indigenous cultural burning has been reintroduced in central Victorian forests for the first time in almost 200 years.

While the cultural burnings aim to reconnect Indigenous people with their history, the practice will also assist in maintaining the land for future generations.

Scott Falconer of Forest Fire Management Victoria says creating positions for Indigenous people within organisations such as his is the way forward in helping to maintain public land.

Microplastics have been found in the guts of every marine mammal examined in a new study of the animals washed up on Britain's shores.

Researchers examined 50 animals from 10 species of dolphins, seals and whales and found microplastics in them all.

The number of plastic particles found in each animal was relatively low suggesting they eventually pass through the digestive system, or are regurgitated; however, researchers say the exact effect of microplastic on ocean life is still unknown.