Environmental groups are appealing the use of baited hooks to the Queensland Government following the release of images showing 2 dead Hammerhead sharks attached to the hooks.

Both the Human Society International and the Australian Marine Conservation Society say the images, obtained off the coast of Magnetic Island, is proof that the government needs a new approach and new measures to prevent shark attacks.

At least 20 people have died and 70 have been wounded in a suicide bombing at a wrestling training centre and nearby carboming in the Afghan Capital of Kabul

Nobody has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attacks, but reports indicate the attack resembles the countries Islamic State group, which has been highly active in the past.

This bombings seem to have been targeted at the countries minority population of Shiite (she-ite) Muslims, a group Islamic state has been known to target.

An Emirates plane flying from Dubai to New York has been quarantined after roughly 100 people reported feeling ill with a cough and a fever.

The flight was quarantined at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, at a location away from the terminal so emergency officials could evaluate the situation.

Woolworths will trial a new ‘scan and go’ technology, which would do away with checkouts.

This technology, which is being trialled at a store in Sydney’s Double Bay, would allow customers to choose their products, scan the barcodes through their phone, then directly drop the items into their bags. For fruit and vegetables, special weighing scales will be used to display a barcode which can also be scanned and then feed the correct price into the app.

The Public Service union is planning a rally campaigning against South Australia's prison privatisation agenda which could result in prison lockdowns across the state.

This rally is in direct retaliation against the Liberal Governments plans to outsource management of the Adelaide Remand Centre.

This rally has caused the corrections minister Minister Corey Wingard to call for the Union to reconsider the move in a hasty Press Conference

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.