Developments in Hawks Nest are set to face legal challenges from traditional owners in the area. 

Shai Richardson, the interim chief executive of the Karuah Local Aboriginal Land Council says her community wants to regain ownership of two beachside plots that were sold in 2018 for $1.5 million.

Ms Richardson says her community believed at the time that the land was being sold to the neighbouring Hawks Nest Golf Club rather than developers who are planning to build 140 apartments on the site.

Germany is imposing restrictions on the unvaccinated in a response to the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

The mandates require that unvaccinated people be barred from all non-essential venues including hospitality venues and cultural and recreational venues.

These restrictions come after the country recorded over 70,000 cases in 24 hours.

Large amounts of space junk is forcing NASA to delay its scheduled spacewalk. 

Two astronauts were set to replace a faulty antenna outside the International Space Station but this has been put on hold for fears that the space junk will damage the astronauts suits.

The spacewalk has been rescheduled to Thursday next week.

In a bid to reduce hospital transmission, Queensland elective surgery patients may be required to undergo COVID tests prior to surgery.

The proposal is one of many aimed to prepare Queensland for the ‘living with the virus’ phase as cases are expected to mount.

Acting Queensland Chief Health Officer Peter Aitken stresses the proposal is not a directive and there is no timeline as to when this may be implemented in the future.

A team of researchers and tour guides are working to revitalise sections of the great barrier reef by relocating coral spores to damaged areas of the reef.

Whitsunday tourism operators and scientists from Southern Cross University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science collected eggs from areas of the Whitsundays during a large spawning event last week and have relocated them to floating nursery pools.

Scientists say they are confident this method will help with the revival of areas damaged by cyclones and bleaching events.

The South Australian Parliament has passed a Bill by the Greens encouraging food businesses to allow consumers to bring in their own takeaway containers to reduce waste.

The Bill passed through parliament yesterday afternoon amends the Civil Liabilities Act to protect businesses that allow customers to bring in their own takeaway containers from liability if the consumer fails to properly sterilise the container.

Greens MLC Robert Simms says 

“This is a great example of the Parliament working collaboratively to deliver positive outcomes for our environment"

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.