A replanting program for Queensland farms could stop sediments and contaminants from reaching the Brisbane river.

The Queensland project to be launched by the Port of Brisbane and Queensland Urban Utilities this month will stop 16,000 tonnes of sediment containing 11 tonnes of nitrogen and 22 tonnes of phosphorus each year.

This comes after reports that the Brisbane River has reached a tipping point in nitrogen and phosphorus levels and the project will help slow storm flow and reduce up to a meter off potential flood levels.

There is a one-in-ten chance power will be switched off for South Australians this summer to cope with demand.

The threat of load shedding was revealed in the latest national energy market operator's report, and the high price is a factor hurting many businesses.

Government is working on building another electricity interconnector across the border. Energy Minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan says the New South Wales' interconnector is necessary to get South Australia back to where it needs to be with regards affordable, reliable electricity.

Queensland women seeking a pregnancy termination will be shielded from protesters as abortion law reform comes into effect.

Abortion is no longer criminalized as of yesterday and women are now able to have a termination on request up to 22 weeks or after that gestation with consent from two doctors.

Safe access zones of 150 metres around clinics will come into effect to shield women from harassment from anti-choice protesters, while filming people entering or leaving the clinics will be banned.

A 69 year old Dutch Motivational Speaker, has fought to legally change his age so that he may have a better chance in the dating scene.

Emile Ratelband informed the court that he felt 20 years younger and should therefore legally be able to change his age, a request that was rejected by the court in the Netherlands.

The court ruled that given age is closely linked with the legal system and legal rites of passage, affording people the opportunity to change their age would set a dangerous precedent.

Social networking platform, Tumblr, has announced plans to ban all pornographic content off the site, effective from the 17th of December.

This policy comes after their app was pulled from Apple’s store after images of child abuse were discovered to have made it through the websites filters.

New community guidelines states that users cannot upload real-life human genitals or anything deemed to be so photorealistic that it would be genuine.

A Brisbane’s pedestrian safety report has offered a host of recommendations to make the city’s streets safer and reduce fatalities, including removing slip lanes and reducing speed limits.

Between January and November, seven pedestrians died on Brisbane streets, six while crossing roads, and one hit by a car involved in a separate car crash.

Two gunmen have been charged with 38 offences following a police siege that occured on Coronation Drive, late Monday morning.

The two men, aged 29 and 33, fired a shot at Special Emergency Response Team officers as they entered a unit in the Chasely Apartment Hotel to investigate a number of property offenses.

The men barricaded themselves in the apartment for six hours, but eventually surrendered to police. No one was hurt in the exchange.

Over 100 women have offered to donate life saving breast milk within 24 hours of the first Milk Bank opening in Australia.

Neonatal intensive care units in New South Wales can now order milk, just like a blood bank, to feed and protect vulnerable premature babies from life-threatening conditions associated with being born early.

Donors are screened to make sure they are healthy, have no infectious diseases and that donating won’t impact the health of their own babies.

Paint was tracked over the head of a dead wallaby while new line markings were being placed on the Arthur Highway, south-east of Hobart.

Greg Irons of Bonorong Wildlife Park,  which coordinates wildlife animal rescue and rehabilitation, says he was disgusted by the images and wants the contracting company to educate its workers about the roadkill issue.