Australia will have the best view in the world of the extraordinary event occurring in the sky tonight.

There will be a blue moon and total eclipse tonight which will result in a blue blood moon, the first of its kind to occur in 35 years.

The eclipse will 9:45 pm Brisbane time with the maximum eclipse scheduled to occur at 11:30 pm.

It is believed that over one million Australians have lost vision in one eye with many also at a great risk of vision impairment in both eyes. 

Joshua Foreman, a University of Melbourne PhD candidate said people who have lost vision in one eye need regular eye checks as diseases that have affected the first eye may also affect the second. 

Mr Foreman who works at The Centre for Eye Research Australia stressed how low vision or blindness in one eye can cause loss of depth perception and impair visual fields which can deeply affect patients through their everyday life. 

Brisbane’s greyhound population will be allowed outside without a muzzle under new proposed animal bylaws.

Currently, greyhound owners must keep their dogs muzzled in the Brisbane area unless deemed safe by a certified adoption program and their enclosure must receive council approval.

A spokeswoman for the Greyhound Adoption Program said dogs from their program didn’t require a muzzle but insisted the dogs should be leashed in public.

Queenslanders can now drive electric vehicles throughout various areas around the state thanks to the installation of charger stations.

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said these stations are the initial stages to get the Queensland electric superhighway up and running.

These fast-charging stations are being installed all the way from Cairns to Coolangatta and the next charger expected to be at Helensvale will be operational after the Commonwealth Games have finished.

The leader of Kenya’s main opposition party has inaugurated himself as the country’s president in Nairobi overnight. 

Ralia Odinga announced himself as the people’s president in front of thousands of supporters despite warnings from the government that it constituted treason.

Mr Odinga had previously boycotted an election re-run held in October which was won by President Uhuru Kenyatta after previous attempts to hold elections were shrouded in controversy.

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has revealed it will be offering a yodelling degree.

LUASA is the first university in Switzerland to have a yodelling degree, Michael Kaufmann, the head of the department of music at the university has expressed how thrilled he is for the course to convene.

Applications open on the 28th of February and three to four students are expected to be chosen.

The Tasmanian Liberal Party has come under fire after it approved a $13 million forestry grant during its final days in power.

A deal was struck which will provide Victorian timber company Hermal Group with $13 million as well as a $30 million loan to build a new hardwood mill in the north-western town of Burnie.

The mill is expected to be operational by 2020 and create around 360 jobs during both construction and operation.

One Brisbane high school has outraged parents of students with the introduction of new uniform regulations which included shoes having to be a height of between 5 and 20 millimetres in the heel.

The Gap State High School had previously alerted the student body of the changes during a school assembly late last year and through the school newsletter.

This hasn’t stopped parents expressing anger on social media, with parent Karen Bishop branding the new rule as utterly ridiculous.

A new study has revealed just how beneficial applying sunscreen regularly can be for Australians.

The study conducted by Brisbane’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute found through regular sunscreen use, the incidence of melanoma may be reduced by 34% by 2031.

Professor David Whiteman expressed how there would be 28,000 fewer people being diagnosed with melanoma.