Tree clearing in Queensland is estimated to now be fifteen times more destructive to koala populations than urban sprawl.

World Wildlife Fund conservation scientist Martin Taylor found that of the more than 5,000 koala deaths caused by habitat loss from 2012 to 2016, 94% were outside South-East Queensland.

Taylor said the destruction of koala habitat is leading them closer to extinction.

Protesters gathered behind a Sunrise live broadcast of the Commonwealth Games on a Gold Coast beach this morning.

With no sound-proof glass or blinds, the presenters Samantha Armytage and David Koch, were forced to address what was happening behind them while live on air.

Before cutting back to the beachfront for a second time, the protesters shouted, “always was, always will be Aboriginal land”.

A human finger fossil found in the Saudi Arabian desert dates back to almost 90,000 years ago, about 30,000 years earlier than humans were thought to have migrated east of Africa.

Humans were previously thought to have migrated into Eurasia in a large wave around 60,000 years ago, but discoveries like this have changed this view.

Professor Michael Petraglia of the Max Planck Institute says this discovery is a dream come true.

The German airline Lufthansa cancelled 800 flights Tuesday, half of their scheduled flights, as airport workers staged a walkout.

The walkout involved public sector workers at four German airports and did not include Lufthansa’s own employees.

Verdi, a German trade union, said the strikes are to “increase pressure” before the workers head into wage talks with employers.

The Northern Territory is looking into farming and processing of feral donkeys after 50 genuine enquiries from Chinese investors.

Donkey products are in high demand by nations such as China, particularly for the gelatin in their hide, and suppliers are reducing world-wide.

The Northern Territory government says it does not support the live export of donkeys now or in the future as their behaviour is unsuitable for shipping.

Johnson and Johnson, a pharmaceutical giant, is being dragged into a land-mark court action by hundreds of women.

The women are suing them over the impact of Johnson and Johnson’s vaginal mesh, which is used to support organs where muscles have weakened or been injured, commonly used in women recovering from childbirth complications.

A report has been released by Gun Control Australia that revealed firearm theft has doubled in Australia over the last decade.

Gun advocates were concerned by the initial reaction to the report, and claimed this wasn’t a major issue to be launching tougher gun ownership laws at and the report publisher, a not-for-profit, has a clear agenda.

According to the Shooters Fisher and Farmers Party, 72% of stolen gun are recovered and those guns stolen are often from inner-city homes where irresponsible owners are disobeying current gun laws.

The chief of one of China’s largest animal feed producers has explained how his industry would absorb the shock of a 25 percent tariff from the United States.

Liu Yonghao said China’s animal feed industry would diversify by importing their soybeans from Brazil, Russia, India and Argentina, rather than the US, and this wouldraise their domestic output and change the feed’s formula.

The reveal of this plan showed many middle-income countries could benefit from the large US agriculture industry being handicapped.

American federal agents raided the New York offices of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen.

The documents seized during the raid were relevant to the $130,000 payment Cohen made to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election to keep her quiet about a past relationship with Trump.

Trump angrily denounced the actions and described it as a “witch hunt” and “a whole new level of unfairness”.