Federal MP, Bob Katter, has questioned the spending of $34 million by the Rockhampton and Townsville councils on an airport to service the Adani coal mine.

Katter says there is an “unpleasant odour” to the deal, and the fact the councils are being asked to pay for the airport raises issues of the mine’s viability.

However, the Townsville council says the financial contribution to the airport will secure 900 jobs for the city as one of the mine’s fly-in, fly-out hubs.

5 people were reportedly killed as authorities crack down on banned protests against President Joseph Kabila.

Witness reports in the Democratic Republic of Congo said security forces fired live rounds and tear gas to disperse demonstrators demanding an end to Kabila's 17-year rule.

The weekend’s protests followed the latest round of deadly anti-government protests in December 2017.

The Indonesian Government admited orangutans will most likely be gone from the wild in 50 years, as the destruction of jungles and number of wildlife smugglers increases.

It was reported that at least three baby orangutans are being trafficked through Thailand to third nations, such as the Middle East each week, with predictions they could disappear even sooner due to a lack of political will in Indonesia.

New technology will be used to improve tuna traceability in an attempt to stop illegal and unsustainable fishing practices in the Pacific Islands tuna industry.

The World Wildlife Fund, in partnership with US tech companies and Sea Quest Fiji, launched a pilot project that will use blockchain technology to track the journey of tuna from “bait-to-plate”.

The project aims to help stop unregulated fishing and reports of corruption, illegal trafficking and human slavery on tuna fishing boats.

The Nambucca Shire Council in New South Wales resolved not to support plans to convert state forests into a koala national park.

Proponents of turning the forests into a National park argued there would be significant economic gain in tourism while the logging industry said it would damage the local timber industry.

The Greens expressed disappointment in Nambucca Shire Council's failure to support the park, and said the council would rather allow native forests to be logged towards extinction, instead of exploring opportunities to conserve them.

Hundreds of people rallied in Brisbane’s CBD yesterday in solidarity with the international Women’s March movement, which calls for reforms of sexual assault laws, a change of culture, and other gender-based issues.

Protests, which also took place in many other major cities around the world, featured people holding signs and chanting in support of women’s rights.

This was the second official international March after it began last year in the United States following the 2017 U.S. presidential inauguration.