Major changes have been proposed for QUT campuses which will mean the closure of a research facility and the reconfiguration of classes and campus amenities.

The changes follow a 10-year development plan which will see refurbishment at Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove to meet the contemporary and evolving demands of the university.  

Australian scientists in northern Queensland have wiped out more than 80 percent of the yellow fever mosquito population in three locations near Innisfail.

The findings could hold the key to saving millions of people from infectious diseases including the Zika virus.

Research Director in Health and Biosecurity, Dr. De Barro said the research could be crucial in the event of an outbreak and says the team is “now looking at where [they] could apply it in a real context.”

Research findings by the Herald Sun have further confirmed long-held beliefs regarding underage drinking.

Weekly consumption of alcohol before age 17 is a strong indicator of problems later in life.

Underage drinking is increasingly problematic because teens are up to three times more likely to binge, drink-drive, and develop alcohol-dependency later in life.

The study monitored 9000 young Australians between the ages of 13 to 30 and will span over 17 years.

The Cancer Council is calling on Queenslanders to show their support for Daffodil Day, by turning the state yellow and volunteering by selling daffodils.

Cancer Council Queensland CEO Chris McMillan says Daffodil Day is one of Queensland's most iconic events, bringing hope and joy into the lives affected by cancer.

Ms McMillan says the Cancer Council is seeking around 1200 volunteers to sell thousands of daffodils from 300 sites across the state.

Cave diving doctor Richard Harris from Adelaide was the last person to leave the Thai caves this morning and has been pronounced a hero.

The doctor’s life-saving efforts have been praised by Rescue Mission Leader Narong sak Oso tana korn  who stated Richard was ‘the very best’.

Richard was one of twenty Australians involved in the rescue and visited the caves daily to sign off on each boy’s health before they were evacuated.

In the United States, refugee families are being reunited following the release of children from immigration detention centres near the Mexico border.

A U.S.government lawyer has announced at least 54 children will be returned to their parents by the court-ordered deadline of Tuesday evening.

The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) has collected over $20 million USD in fundraising money donated on Facebook to be directed towards the immigration bonds of more than two thousand children who remain in shelters.

A plane crash in the South African capital of Pretoria has left one dead and twenty more injured.

The vintage plane was taking a test flight out of a small airport when it came down on top of a factory and broke into pieces, injuring two workers inside.

The plane was due to fly to the Netherlands later this week to be exhibited in an aviation theme park.

A journalist has been detained in Thailand for flying a drone into the flooded Thai cave where the soccer team were trapped.

The drone was caught flying ‘dangerously close’ to a rescue helicopter while capturing video footage of the cave evacuation on Sunday.