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.

The campaign aims to give miners and farmer’s views a platform through multiple mediums including social media, a website and TV advertising in the lead up to the 2022 election.

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.

President of ACE Community Alliance John Hicks says though the developments are inevitable, 

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. 

Reports by the Australian Government in the same time period speak of only a third of the volume of methane in that area.

Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt is set to step down from politics in the next election. 

Mr Hunt says after two decades in politics his family and children must now take priority and he will step down from his seat in Flinders.

The minister is set to continue to oversee the management of the pandemic in the coming months until his retirement.

The Queensland Police Commissioner has rejected the recommendation of an enquiry into the way our Police force deals with coercive control.

The enquiry came from a taskforce set to investigate the way our criminal justice system in Queensland deals with and investigates instances of coercive control.

One of the eighty-nine recommendations made by the taskforce is to establish an enquiry into the Queensland Police Service, asking the Government to investigate:

Chinchilla has been issued an emergency alert where the area North-West of Brisbane may experience flooding.

The warning was issued by the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service, due to Charley’s Creek peaking at moderate flood levels this morning.

Western Downs Mayor Paul McVeigh says locals have been preparing overnight, placing sandbags around their properties.

Horse drawn carts could be banned in certain areas of Melbourne’s Central Business District after the Victorian Government made a proposal to ensure safer streets and protect animal welfare.

Should the proposal pass, horse drawn carriages will not be permitted on Central business district streets including Flinders Street, Spring Street, La Trobe Street and Spencer Street.

The decision comes after eight years of campaigning by the animal rights group Melbourne Against Horse Drawn Carriages.