Venice’s most famous cathedral is calling for urgent funding to save its precious marble and mosaic floor after surging floodwaters did decades of damage in a day.

St. Mark’s Basilica, which attracts more than 5 million visitors a year, was filled with nearly a meter of water at the end of October, this is the worst flooding seen in the city since 1872.

Carlo Alberto Tesserin, the basilica’s administrator said the church had “aged 20 years in a day” and estimates repairs will cost 2.7 million euros.

Disney plans to release their own streaming service sometime next year.

The new service, called Disney+ will be launching late 2019. The entertainment company is backing on its vast portfolio of characters to lure fans away from other streaming services.

The news comes from Disney CEO Bob Iger after an earnings call with investors last Thursday. The service will be built around Disney’s namesake, along with Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and its recent acquisition of 21st Century Fox.

Pig n Whistle’s Indooroopilly Shopping Centre restaurant been approved an application for 45 poker machines by the Commissioner for Liquor and Gaming.

David Forde said it was approved last week and was acutely aware of the community’s reaction.

Between 2016 and 2017, total electronic gaming machine expenditure in Australia increased from $12 billion to $12.1 billion.

A preliminary study has found the lockout laws have cut down on the number of drunk patrons in Fortitude Valley.

The legislation, which requires venues to call last drinks by 3am, has noted a decrease in the number of people significantly intoxicated throughout the night, but there has been no significant change in the average blood alcohol level.

Lead researcher Peter Miller, from Deakin University’s School of Psychology, says long-term research is needed to see if changes remain beyond the first few months.

Drones could soon be used to check animals health in lambing season.

The so-called ‘lambulance’ is a concept developed by a team at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture.

The drones are fitted with infra-red cameras fly over paddocks, helping sheep farmers save newborn lambs by linking to a smartphone app to give real-time updates on lamb conditions to farmers.

Scott Morrison has reversed funding cuts to the food charity Foodbank after a swift backlash yesterday.

The charity, which feeds 710,000 people a month would have received a cut of more than $300,000, slicing funding from $750,000 a year to $427,000

This move was reversed after hearing backlash from organisations and the public, the Prime Minister announced this morning “I have listened and decided to increase the Food Relief budget by $1.5 million over the next 4.5 years,” the Prime Minster announced this morning

A six day inaugural import expo in Shanghai showcased the works of 3,000 international companies.

Among the goods on display were some of china's recent advancements in the technology field, with ping-pong robots, a robotic makeup artist and a robotic food delivery system.

The expo is one of the biggest in the world and has estimated to have produced $79.96 billion in agreed deals for the upcoming year.

As wildfires raged in California, officials released statistic: six more dead in Northern California wiped out by fire, raising the death toll to 29.

Statewide, 150,000 remained displaced as more than 8,000 fire crews battled wildfires that have scorched 1040 square kilometers.

Fire officials warn winds and tinder-dry conditions threaten more areas through the rest of the week.