Airport authorities have arrested two men smuggling a record number of suspected rhino horns worth $1 million on Thursday.

Some 24 severed rhino horns in transit from South Africa to Vietnam, weighing 40kg, were found in the bust - Hong Kong’s largest ever seizure.

Conservation groups say the number of rhinos killed has been gradually decreasing since 2014, but more than 1,000 rhinos continued to be Killed in South Africa every year.

The median US sea turtle population increased by 980% following the regulations established by the ESA, and the median increase for marine mammals was 115%

Thirty-one marine populations were researched In the PLOS One Journal, finding the populations of 78% of marine mammals and 75% of sea turtles rebounded after receiving protections under the United States’ Endangered Species Act.

The authors of the report think that this data could help protect the ESA at a time when the Trump administration is looking to roll back animal protections.

Queensland has reported lost more than $6 million a day, to poker machines in clubs and hotels last year.

Tim Costello, director for the Alliance for Gambling Reform, has noted that losses are on the rise due to machines becoming more addictive alongside sophisticated loyalty schemes.

Mr Costello reported that pokies losses was causing issues across the state, particularly in vulnerable communities, with an increase in crime, homelessness, family breakdowns, suicide and bankruptcy.

Category two Cyclone Oma could be expected to make landfall along the southern Queensland coast late this week.

The system reportedly delivered record levels of rain to northern queensland a fortnight ago, with Dean Narramore from the Bureau of Meteorology commenting that it has stalled near Vanuatu before redeveloping into a tropical low and further strengthening to a tropical cyclone.

New heart health research has revealed parts of Queensland and outback Northern Territory are worst impacted by the disease.

Heart foundation general manager of heart health and research, Bill Stavreski, told Sky News that a high prevalence of smoking, physical inactivity and difficulty in accessing medical services from remote areas were significant contributors.

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death in Australia, with 43,500 deaths attributed to CVD in Australia in 2017.

Australia’s political parties have been targeted by a “sophisticated state actor”, according to Scott Morrison, as part of a breach of the Parliament House computer network.

The head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre, Alastair MacGibbon, says agencies were unsure what material had been taken in the incident because the rapid remediation efforts has removed some of the forensic evidence.

The New Zealand government has announced plans for a new tax targeting tech giants like Google and Facebook. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday the current tax system isn’t fair and the gap needs to be closed

The proposed digital services tax would take about 2 or 3 percent of revenue that international online companies generate in New Zealand.

Revenue Minister Stuart Nash said the tax could be implemented as soon as next year.

A spacecraft has successfully fired a harpoon into a target orbiting Earth in an operation that could help clean up the tonnes of space junk threatening satellites.

It was the third of four experiments in where scientists of the RemoveDEBRIS spacecraft, fired a harpoon at a speed of 20 meters per second to hit the target.