The Labor government has indicated to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation that their funding could be reeled in should labor be voted in in the next election.

Whilst the Foundation receives funding from the Liberal Federal Government in April as a 444 Million Dollar commonwealth Grant, Labor has criticised this, saying the donation lacked transparency.

Queensland State Government is launching an inquiry into how the state could become the home of research, design and manufacturing for the nation’s future space needs.

State Development Minister Cameron Dick says we want our fair share in Queensland. We want to lobby hard to make sure we get as much activity from the Australian Space Agency in Queensland as possible.

According to Mr Kick, hundreds of jobs could be created in Queensland through the expansion of space technology.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is dropping a plan to raise the pension age to 70, telling channel nine the measure was no longer required.

However, this announcement has been made before his Cabinet formally agreed to do so, inciting Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to label the move as an act of desperation to avoid the PM losing his day job.

This criticism comes as the Labour party has advocated for the working age not be raised to 70 for many years.

Australia has ranked 97 in the world when it comes to the number of people getting enough physical activity, according to new research by the World Health Organisation.

The study tracking self-reported activity levels found 30.4 per cent of Australian adults do not reach the recommended level of physical activity for staying healthy in 2016.

Japan has recently been hit by a 6.6 magnitude earthquake as confirmed by the U.S. Geological Survey.

The society says the quake struck the northern island of Hokkaido at 3 am, 27.3 kilometers east of the city of Tomakomai at 3 am this morning.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered an assessment of the damages for the quake in the wake of widespread blackouts on the northern island.

The blue Macaw Species featured in the animated movie ‘Rio’ has recently been classified as ‘extinct in the wild’

The Brazilian Spix Macaw is one of 8 species added to the list of extinct or highly likely to be extinct by new statistical classifications by researchers.

This bird joins glaucous macaw and Pernambuco pygmy-owl who owe their heavily declined numbers to continental deforestation within South America.

The Queensland Government has charged coal miner Adani for allegedly releasing sediment water eight times over the allowed limit into the Great Barrier Reef.

The Department of Environment and Sciences has charged the Adani-owned Abbot Point Bulkcoal with breaking a temporary emissions license over the discharge at the Abbot Point coal terminal during Cyclone Debbie in 2017.

The matter is set to be heard in the Bowen Magistrates Court on October the 23rd. The maximum penalty is $2.7 million.

The Brisbane City Council will introduce lower speed limits around dozens of shopping centres and dining precincts in Brisbane to 40km/hour.

Sunnybank and Stones Corner will be among the first areas to benefit from this change.

Unlike 40km/hr school zones which operate during certain hours on certain days, these slow zones will be in effect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.