Large amounts of space junk is forcing NASA to delay its scheduled spacewalk. 

Two astronauts were set to replace a faulty antenna outside the International Space Station but this has been put on hold for fears that the space junk will damage the astronauts suits.

The spacewalk has been rescheduled to Thursday next week.

In a bid to reduce hospital transmission, Queensland elective surgery patients may be required to undergo COVID tests prior to surgery.

The proposal is one of many aimed to prepare Queensland for the ‘living with the virus’ phase as cases are expected to mount.

A team of researchers and tour guides are working to revitalise sections of the great barrier reef by relocating coral spores to damaged areas of the reef.

Whitsunday tourism operators and scientists from Southern Cross University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science collected eggs from areas of the Whitsundays during a large spawning event last week and have relocated them to floating nursery pools.

The South Australian Parliament has passed a Bill by the Greens encouraging food businesses to allow consumers to bring in their own takeaway containers to reduce waste.

Leader of the federal opposition Anthony Albanese has set to cut Australia's greenhouse emissions by 43% by 2030. 

The plan to reach this target involves placing caps on 200 large companies in sectors such as resources and industrial production.

These targets exceed the Liberal governments targets of 26 to 28% reductions by 2030.

A new campaign has launched aiming to increase the voices of Queensland farmers and miners in the climate change discussion. 

University student Charlie Rogers launched the crowdfunded campaign ‘It’s What Queenslanders Do’ after she saw that although many rural Queenslanders care about climate change, they felt hesitant to engage with the movement because it felt unrelatable.

Town planners say the Gold Coast is set to expect more high-rise buildings in the near future as the population expands and demand for high density living increases.

With the Gold Coast area expected to reach one million by 2040 and the supply of land dedicated to urban sprawl declining, urban planners say the solution is medium to high density developments.

Satellite imagery combined with meteorological data and atmospheric models shows Australia’s methane output could be much greater than the official greenhouse gas emissions reports. 

Research by Christian Lelong shows the methane levels above the Bowen Basin in Queensland amounts to about 1.5 million tonnes per year.