Queensland drivers will be able to add emojis to their personalised plates next month, with owners given the opportunity to include a ‘laugh out loud’, ‘wink’, ‘sunglasses’, ‘heart’ or ‘smile’ emoji.

The emoji plates will be available from the 1st of March and must be accompanied by a mixture of three letters and two numbers according to Personalised Plates Queensland.

An amateur naturalist has discovered a new population of endangered wild macadamias south of Rockhampton.

Thirty-seven new trees of endangered macadamia jansenii species have been found in Bulburin National Park.

The Macadamia Conservation Trust of Australia thought only 90 of the trees existed in the wild, and were extremely concerned about the species during the bushfire emergency in late 2018.

Lawyers from mining firm Adani proposed "waging war" on opponents of its controversial Queensland mine by using the legal system to pressure government, silence critics and financially cripple activists, according to documents obtained by the ABC.

The draft copy of Adani’s new law firm’s aggressive strategy to bring the Carmichael mine to life is labelled “Taking the Gloves Off” and outlines a commercial proposal by AJ & Co to win a multi million dollar legal contact with the Indian mining giant.

Another pill testing trial will go ahead at April’s Groovin the Moo music festival in Canberra after the ACT government gave it the green light.

Chief Minister Andrew Barr said governments have responsibility to not only prevent drugs use but also support initiatives that reduce harms associated with drug use.

The decision was welcomed by the ACT Greens, which have been pushing for pill testing outside of music festivals.

Iranian TV has cancelled their broadcast of a Bayern Munich game because the referee was a woman.

IRIB are said to have cancelled their coverage because Islamic laws do not approve of showing images of woman wearing clothes that reveal large amounts of skin.

This is not the first time this has happened, during a game between FC Cologne and Bayern Munich in May 2018, there were reportedly many random shots of supporters in the stands when the camera was on the female referee.

India’s fastest train has broken down on its first trip, a day after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi

The Indian-built semi high-speed Vande Bharat Express was returning to the capital Delhi from the city of Varanasi after its first outing when brakes in a carriage reportedly jammed. Those on board had to take another train to get back to Delhi.

The new train service is expected to start its commercial run from Sunday, reducing travel time between Delhi and Varanasi by six hours

Researchers at the University of Queensland have identified the biological cause of fear and are working on a way to turn it off, in hopes the research will benefit people suffering from extreme phobias and PTSD.

The team from the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of Queensland identified chemical tags which attach themselves to a person’s DNA at specific locations, acting as “dimmer switches” for learned fear responses.

The concrete area under the South Brisbane rail line between Melbourne Street and Fish Lane is proposed to become an urban parkland with eateries and bars. The proposal is called Fish Lane Town Centre and is looking for approval from Brisbane City Council.

The area if approved will get a tropical urban park and 12 mini-eateries right beneath the overhead rail lines where they run past the Fox Hotel towards South Brisbane train station.