Carved mussel shells found in the Murray Riverlands of South Australia could provide insight into technologies used by First Nations peoples. 

Archaeology Professor Amy Roberts says the shells represent a huge timespan, showing how busy the area was to the local Ngarrindjeri people over thousands of years.

Victoria’s Emergency Management Commissioner warns aftershocks from the surprise 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Mansfield yesterday may continue for days to weeks. 

7 total quakes were felt across the state, with tremors being felt in Canberra and Adelaide.

US President Joe Biden has announced he will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron in an effort to repair diplomatic ties.

The pair announced in a joint statement on Wednesday that they have decided to open a process of in-depth consultations aimed at creating the conditions for ensuring confidence and proposing concrete measures toward common objectives.

North Burnett Mayor Rachel Chambers will resign from council, after announcing the decision in a personal social media video. 
Her resignation will be effective as of the eleventh of December, and comes after great pressure from the public following cuts to local services.

Riverfire is set to return this weekend following a one year hiatus due to COVID restrictions. 

Last year’s festival saw the famous fireworks display replaced with a more toned down laser light show

Brisbane Festival Artistic Director Louise Bezzina is confident the show will impress viewers, while remaining covidsafe.

A new pop-up vaccination hub at Loganlea TAFE is set to help hundreds of migrant and refugee students get the vaccine. 

The hub aims to overcome the language barrier faced by many students in the Logan area, the most linguistically diverse area in South-East Queensland. 

The clinic has already delivered 314 doses over the last 5 days.

Australian cricket is set to embrace gender neutrality by replacing the term ‘batsmen’ with ‘batters’ in all official documents. 

The Marylebone Cricket Club, the governing body of written cricket law in Australia, cites the change as “a natural evolution” fuelled by the unprecedented growth of women’s cricket in the last few years.

Marine biologists at the University of New South Wales have developed a technique to help identify which species of soft coral are most vulnerable to bleaching.

In figuring out which species are most vulnerable, researchers can then develop methods of protecting coral against the bleaching effects of climate change. 

Serhiy Shefir, the aide to Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has been targeted by an alleged assassination attempt. 

Local news outlets report 10-19 bullets hitting Mr. Shefir’s car, injuring the driver. 

Mr. Zelenskiy’s party has said Russia may be behind the attempt, which the Kremlin harshly rejects.