M1 speeds are set to be reviewed after fewer crashes occurred on the highway during the Commonwealth Games.

The speed limit was reduced by 10 km/hr on Queensland’s busiest road and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey says a review to make these changes permanent would make it safer for drivers.

But, from the seven million trips made for the games five and a half million of them were made on public transport, bringing into question whether the potential speed reduction would increase flow capacity or the number of crashes.

Over 50 religious leaders have joined forces to urge Adani to abandon the Queensland coal project and turn its goals to renewable energy instead.

Christian ministers, Rabbis, Nuns, ordained Buddhists and Imams from across Australia have written a letter to be hand-delivered to Adani’s Townsville headquarters.

The religious leaders say they support the increase in local jobs that Adani will create but want the investment to increase for renewable energies like solar.

3D Printing Technology at Griffith is creating hope for sufferers of Scapholunate Interosseous Ligament injury also known as SLIL.

SLIL is then most common wrist injury which can be career-ending for athletes and result in long-term disability for others.

However, Griffith Professor Randy Bindra and Professor David Lloyd from Gold Coast Orthopaedic Research, Engineering and Education Alliance, are developing a technique to replace the ligaments using 3D bioprinting technology.

Queensland has the highest rates of cancer in young adults aged between 15-24 as a result of high melanoma rates.

A new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found there are three hundred and thirty-six new cases per one million people in this age group.

If melanoma rates were excluded from the report, Queensland would have one of the lowest cancer rates among young adults.

New tracking technology has allowed the release of critically endangered orange-bellied parrots into the wild in Victoria.

The birds born into captivity are being placed with migratory parrots and are set to be released near Geelong.

The project manager, Rachel Pritchard, says the parrot’s population in the wild “has dwindled to around 50”.

A crackdown on nursing homes and personal aged care assistants will be introduced by Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt.

The plan comes after scandals across Australia within nursing homes to prevent failures and enforce quality standards.  

It includes the merging of a number of agencies into a new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.

Kendrick Lamar has become the first non-classical or jazz musician to win a Pulitzer prize.

Lamar was awarded the prize for his 2017 studio album ‘DAMN’ for his ‘virtuosic song collection’, with the Pulitzer board saying he captured the ‘Modern African American life’, within his music.

Lamar has won acclaim over his four studio albums, for his deep lyrical content, politically charged live performances, and his profound mix of hip hop, spoken word, jazz, soul, funk and poetry.

One person has died and seven are injured after an engine blew on a Southwest Airline flight from New York to Dallas.

While flying at 30 000 feet a window was smashed and the fuselage was damaged when they were hit by shrapnel.

Witnesses say the woman who died was partially sucked out of the plane and the passengers worked together to deal with the situation