The Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved Moderna’s proposed COVID-19 booster shot for adults.

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation will now consider whether to approve the shot and for it to be used alongside the already approved Pfizer vaccine as part of the booster program.

Early data indicates that the Omicron Variant of COVID-19 seems to lessen the ability of the Pfizer vaccine to combat the virus.

The report out of South Africa consisted of laboratory experiments that suggested that vaccinated people might be vulnerable to contracting the Omicron strain of the virus as a breakthrough case, however that booster shots may provide more effective protection. 

Traditional Owners have expressed their disappointment over the Queensland’s government’s decisions to reject their application for a stop work order at a significant cultural site. 

Seven Wangan and Jagalignou Traditional Owners had requested the government investigate a potential breach of the Queensland Cultural Heritage Act, alleging that the artefacts were unlawfully distributed by the Carmicheal project site. 

Queensland has recorded its first case of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 in hotel quarantine. 

The man arrived in Cairns on a flight from Sydney on the 3rd of December, with all other passengers aboard the flight now being deemed as close contacts. 

Oyster growers in northern New South Wales fear they will not be able to meet the high demand for their product this christmas and new year’s period amidst the La Nina season. 

A majority of oyster farms have been closed by authorities for more than a week already due to consistent rainfall affecting salinity levels in rivers and lakes. 

Environmental groups are calling for more regulations surrounding pollution of waterways from coal fired power stations in Victoria’s Latrobe valley.

Large quantities of excess coal ash is stored in dams at the power plants to prevent damage to the atmosphere, however recent research has shown the effects coal ash leaching can have on local waterways.

Tens of thousands of Afghans have been unable to access UK help following the fall of kabul because of turmoil and confusion in the foreign office. 

A former diplomat has claimed bureaucratic chaos, ministerial intervention and lack of planning in the department led people vulnerable at the hands of the taliban. 

A North Atlantic Right Whale has given birth while entangled in fishing line off the coast of Georgia in the United States. 

The whale has been known to wildlife conservationists for some time, however they have been unable to free it from the rope without further injuring it.