Queensland researchers are turning blood samples from epilepsy patients into functioning human brain tissue, allowing for them to test the effectiveness of different anti-seizure drugs.

University of Queensland scientist Ernst Wolvetang hopes the approach will take the guesswork out of prescribing medication to patients.

New South Wales residents are set to enjoy new freedoms earlier than planned after the premier announced the road map would be fast tracked.

A flight from Los Angeles touched down in Sydney with no border or quarantine restrictions for passengers who were fully vaccinated.

Aside from hundreds of federal government flights during the pandemic, these are the first regular Qantas international flights since the Australian and NSW governments relaxed restrictions on overseas travel.

Tesla founder Elon Musk has announced he will give six billion dollars to end world hunger, under one condition. 

The announcement comes after president of the UN World Food Program David Beasley said a six billion dollar donation could help solve world hunger. 

A small number of businesses including Townsville City council, Queensland Country Bank and Legal Sense NQ came together recently to kickstart the project.

The Jigsaw project aims to find opportunities within the community connecting an individual to employment based on their interests and skill sets.

The regional transport service in Emerald has opted to switch its fleet of diesel-powered buses to hydrogen fuel cell electric ones.

Each year, the fleet of Emerald buses consume over one million litres of fuel and produce 3,100 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

Lauren Cavati runs private mental health clinic Deep Speak and has just released her first two books in the series.

Mrs Cavati says she wrote the book implementing cognitive behavioural therapy which is based on people’s thoughts predicting how they feel and subsequently how they act.

Secret text messages about the scrapped ninety billion dollar submarine contract have been leaked. 

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron claiming the leaked message shows the French knew the submarine contract was at risk. 

Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane will see Nup to the Cup protests today against the horse racing industry. 

The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses (CPR) alongside a number of animal justice foundations have organised protests at track gates around the country.