South Australia is set to become home to Australia’s new space agency with the help of a $41 million investment from the Australian Government.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said South Australia is an ideal home for the new agency and is already a key hub for space and technology industry.

The agency will be based at the former Royal Adelaide Hospital site and will create up to 20 000 jobs by 2030.

NASA’s Voyager 2 has become the second human-made object to enter interstellar space, the government agency announced this week.

Now 11 billion miles from Earth, the probe crossed the outer edge of the heliosphere on November 5, which acts as a transition zone to outer space.

Though NASA’s Voyager 1 managed the same feat in 2012, its instrument to gather plasma data was damaged in the 1980s, while Voyager 2 has been able to communicate data from its journey through the edge of the solar system.

New Zealand has passed legislation allowing for the medicinal use of marijuana, after years of campaigning by the chronically ill, who say the drug is their only form of pain relief.

The laws will allow sick New Zealanders to begin smoking immediately and will pave the way for a potentially game-changing new industry for the country, internationally and nationally.

The measures come ahead of a promised referendum on the recreational use of marijuana in the next two years, as part of a government agreement with the Greens.

Supporting the United States, Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to coal, at the recent United Nations climate talks in Poland.

Apart from the host represented at the event, Australia was the only other country to support the use of fossil fuels, with protesters disrupting the panel discussion for several minutes unfurling a banner reading “keep it in the ground” whilst singing “shame on you.”

Queensland will soon face its biggest weather event since March, with tropical Cyclone Owen set to bring strong winds and heavy rain in the coming days.

The Bureau of Meteorology says the storm could turn into a Category 3 cyclone by Thursday, and residents on the Queensland and Northern Territory border have been advised to take precautions.

The cyclone is then expected to track down the east coast over the weekend bringing heavy rainfall, with Mackay set to be hit with 80mm.

North Stradbroke Island has begun the transition back to Minjerribah, the island’s original identity.

The $3.35 million cultural centre, estimated to be completed in 2020, will replace the old Sibelco mining huts on Adams Beach.

Grandson of late influential poet Kath Walker has said his grandmother would be proud of the transition, as she always pushed hard for the rights of her people.