Wildlife officials discovered over 20 dead or dying magpies in the suburb of Yeerongpilly in the space of a week with some birds being found with meat in their mouths.

Wildlife officer Cameron Wregg said, "People in the Yeerongpilly area advise that someone in the neighbourhood may be involved in the poisoning of the magpies.”

Researchers from UQ and Carnegie Mellon University in the US found even short-term exposure to air-pollution can impact our brain performance and capacity to work. 

The data found air pollution damaged cognitive function in working-age adults. 

The Torres Strait was the first region in Australia to be offered the jab in order to fortify the region against neighbouring Papua New Guinea.

However, figures show only fifty percent of eligible people in the Torres and Cape region are double vaccinated, far behind state and national averages.

Some residents woke to snow as low as sea level whilst temperatures near Hobart reached -6 degrees.

The Bureau of Meteorology said preliminary data suggested a few records had been broken with Hobart maintaining the coldest November temperature in 70 years.

US Journalist Danny Fenster who was sentenced to 11 years in a Myanmar prison just 3 days ago, has been released from jail. 

The military government says he was “pardoned” and was released on “humanitarian grounds”. 

Over 460 free parking spaces in the CBD will gradually become paid parks as part of a new council strategy that could rake in over $850,000 dollars per year.

Once rolled out by the end of the 2022-2023 financial year, all public parking within a 10 minute walk of the city will require payment.

The charity have been providing psychological and financial support to those unable to cross the border. 

An 11-year-old Queensland boy was named honorary senior soldier for a day, helping to run the Gallipoli barracks in Enoggera.

Adam Foote has a rare immune deficiency disorder impacting his immune system and recently recovered from a bone marrow transplant.

Two men from the Northern Territory have survived a three day ordeal fighting off crocodiles after their vessel sank more than 100 kilometres south of Darwin. 

Local Police say it sank in seconds and the pair were not able to activate their emergency beacon. 

Superintendent Shaun Gill said the pair were “extremely lucky to survive.”