A new report warns thats Adani’s proposed Carmichael Coal Mine could destroy the last major habitat of the endangered black-throated finch.

The Galilee Basin is the most viable and populace location for the birds, while also being the main location for the mine, and as a result, the Indian company has earmarked 33 000 hectares of alternative habitat.

A report compiled by the Foundation for Young Australians has revealed up to a third of young people in the nation’s most marginal electorates are without a job or underemployed.

The report points to Queensland as being most at risk from a chronic mismatch between the job needs of young people and the skills they take into the workforce, with warnings many have skills that will be useless within a decade.

A study released by regional mayors reveals $63.7 billion is needed to keep South-East Queensland moving over the next two decades.

The population of the region is expected to grow by about 1.8 million people to more than 5 million people by 2041, putting more demand on the already strained transport network.

Torrential rain in Far North Queensland which has caused flash flooding, landslips, and prompted warnings for some residents to move to higher ground.

Senior forecaster Gabriel Branescu said the north tropical coast and may track south over the central coast over the coming days so that it will be a continuation of heavy falls, and wet days ahead.

Some parts have received more than 400mm of rain in less than 24 hours, and it is not expected to let up anytime soon.

Six firefighting helicopters have been grounded across Australia after one of them crashed into a dam in eastern Victoria.

Two pilots and one engineer were on board the Aircrane when it crashed into a dam at Jericho after 7:00 pm.

The cause of the crash was not clear. The injured have been examined for minor injuries and shock, and they released from the hospital.

The recent overdose of six people at a Victorian music festival has been blamed on poor government drug policy.

Festival spokesperson Tim Harvey has compared the festival to a condensed version of the broader issues the community faces with drugs.

These speculations come after debate continues over the introduction of pill testing following the deaths of five people at a New South Wales festival in September.

A dam collapsed in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho, leaving 65 dead and over 250 still missing, with numbers expected to rise in the coming days.

Brazilian and Israeli rescue workers are still searching for bodies through treacherous mud as of Monday after the burst dam spilled a flood of iron ore waste.

Brazilian authorities are now probing Vale SA, the world’s largest producer of iron ore, for explanations on the dams failure, with courts freezing approximately $3 billion from Vale assets for state emergency services.

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei was charged with a series of crimes by the U.S. on Monday, escalating hostilities between the world’s biggest economic powers.

The US Justice Department said Huawei had based its global expansion on “lies and deceit”. Matthew Whitaker, the acting attorney general said criminal offending at Huawei went “all the way to the top of the company.”