Hundreds of bees have been found dead in South Australia’s Mid North, but the reason why remains a mystery.

Peterborough local, Jason O’Connel, has never seen anything like it; he says you might sit out in the yard and see a dozen or two bees, instead of the regular 200.

Locals are concerned the bees may have been poisoned from weed killer being sprayed by a council worker, but Mayor Ruth Whittle says the council had not sprayed any weeds or beehives.

There is a Brisbane startup hub that has increased its capacity by almost 60% to meet the demands of Queensland’s startup community.

Brisbane’s first CBD startup space The Capital was opened in 2016, and it’s where some of the state’s leading entrepreneurs come up with their ideas.

There are currently around 160 members of the hub, and a further 35 on the waitlist, and even as they expand the space with 95 more new positions, The Capital expects to be at capacity again by the end of the year.

In QLD, more than 250 people a year are being charged over dangerous stunts posted to social media.

More than 1,300 people have been charged in the past 5 years for acts considered “unregulated high-risk activities” like base jumping and hanging off the edge of high rise buildings.

Officials say these crimes just didn’t exist before social media became a platform on which people could post their boastful, deadly stunts.

Single-use plastics will be banned across the European Union, after approval was granted on Wednesday by the European Parliament.

The ban targets plastics with readily available alternatives, such as cutlery, cotton buds, straws, stirrers and balloon sticks.

USA Authorities are working hard after an “act of terror” occurred in the country, when near identical pipe bombs were mailed to several prominent left wing figures, showing the already bitter divide between the left and right before the upcoming midterm elections.

The bombs were addressed to former first lady Hillary Clinton, former president Barack Obama, former Attorney-General Eric Holder, liberal donor George Soros, New York Mayor Andrew Cuomo and Democratic Congresswomen Deborah Wasserman Schultz and Maxine Waters.

Australian companies who are aiming for 100% renewable energy, wanting to join the likes of Apple and Google, are set to meet at a forum in Sydney.

The RE100 initiative brings together more than 150 member companies who are aiming for 100% renewable energy usage, with a total investment pool of more than $100 billion dollars.

Companies like IKEA, Apple and H&M will be presenting their renewable successes at the forum, from IKEA owning more wind power plants than stores, to Mars Australia using solar power.

The proposed new laws protecting gay students at religious schools have already been delayed by at least a month.

Prime minister Scott Morrison said earlier in the month that he wanted to make sure gay students couldn’t be discriminated against at school.

Talk is continuing, and the proposed bill will hopefully be put to parliament when the House of Representatives next sits in late November.

Researchers from the University of Sydney are asking queensland scientists and bird watchers to record backyard brush turkey sightings through a new app

The call was launched by the University along with Taronga Convervation Society and Royal Botanic Garden Sydney in order to understand how the bird has adapted to urban development.

Bicycle Queensland is calling for a new CBD bikeway grid with connected, separated bike lanes along streets in order to allow the cities cyclists to safely travel around the city

The call for this interconnected bike grid follows a recent survey of the cities cyclists regarding “safety Hotspots” by the Brisbane City Council which identified 2850 problem sites