Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Liberal candidate in the Wentworth by-election is likely to lose to independent Dr Kerryn Phelps.

Dave Sharma would be the first conservative candidate to lose the electorate, which has been held by the Liberal party and its predecessors since Federation.

Dr Phelps has previously indicated she would guarantee confidence and supply to the Morrison government, however when given the opportunity yesterday she did not reaffirm this position.  

The only Greens MP in Queensland Michael Berkman is calling for rent caps of 1% per year to be introduced to the state’s rental laws.

Mr Berkman said lack of lease security in Queensland, as well as rising prices, are leading to more people out on the street, and that without rent caps, landlords would be able to jack up prices to effectively evict people without sound reason.

The Syrian-Jordan border has reopened after seven years due to civil war, while Israel has reopened their Syrian border crossing in the Golan Heights.

Around 670,000 registered Syrian refugees live in Jordan, and the Jordan Government says while they aren’t putting on any direct pressure, the refugees must eventually return to Syria.

The Syrian Government points to the border openings as evidence that it is close to winning the civil war and achieving stability.

NASA has launched a new podcast this week called ‘The Invisible Network,’ which will embrace the human aspect of space exploration.

The podcast also focuses on bringing space technology, that is typically overlooked, into the spotlight.

Some integral equipment is seldom discussed, such as communicators and trackers, simply because they aren’t visible to the naked eye.  

A new pontoon on the Brisbane river will allow kayakers and skis to access the river from West End with future plans for water a taxi dock.

Deputy Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the 25-meter long pontoon along Riverside Drive will be able to accommodate up to 10 vessels at a time.

The dock is the first functioning under the Brisbane City Council’s $8 million program over the next four years to provide mooring infrastructure along the river.

Students, staff and alumni at the University of Queensland are calling for the university to divest from fossil fuels and put the future of their students above the interests of big polluters.

A protest took place outside of a UQ Senate meeting last night. 

The Australian Youth Climate Coalition say it is crucial world-leading institutions like UQ take a stand for climate action, following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest report detailing the climate catastrophe if global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees.

And there has been a second drowning in Noosa in the last three days. Yesterday morning, Queensland Surf Life Saving reported they had pulled a man unconscious from the water at Noosa Heads.

For 40 minutes, lifeguards and paramedics attempted to resuscitate the man, however they were unsuccessful.

Surf Life Saving is urging the public to swim between the flags and take extra precautions when entering the water, as more swimmers flock to the beach with summer approaching.

The Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s website www.scottmorrison.com.au has been taken over by a prankster after the PM’s staff forgot to renew his domain name.

While the website has been down intermittently, if you do manage to access it you’ll be greeted with the song ‘Scotty Doesn’t Know’ by Lustra and a cheeky photo of the Prime Minister.

The prankster responsible Jake Genesin says it’s the most fun he’s had with $50 in a long time.

China is reportedly in the process of creating an "artificial moon" satellite that would be bright enough to replace the streetlights in the south-western city of Chengdu by 2020.

The man-made moon is reported to be eight times brighter than the real moon, and could save hundreds of million of dollars a year in electricity costs.

The artificial moons will orbit 500 kilometres above Earth and shine on area expanding 10 to 80 kilometres wide.