It has been revealed the $1.6 billion Toowoomba bypass wildlife corridor has only been used by a  handful of koala’s and native animals in the past year.

The study conducted by researchers from the University of Southern Queensland implemented camera traps to monitor animal movements for 12-month.

It was found that  that 75% of the wildlife using the underpasses were invasive and feral species and that seven koalas and possums were recorded as roadkill on the bypass in the same period. 

The report will be given to the Department of Transport and Main Roads. 

Property prices on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts are expected to overtake Brisbane in the next few years according to the most recent Australian Housing Outlook by Oxford Economics.

The boom comes after a significant increase in interstate buyers have opted to move, making it more difficult for local renters and buyers to budget effectively. 

The report further outlined that while Brisbane prices are still steadily increasing, prices will remain relatively affordable compared to Melbourne and Sydney, with coastal cities set to skyrocket.

The Queensland government is set to have control of Norfolk Island services, following NSW stepping away from governance which caused uncertainty to the island.

The federal and Queensland governments announced on Tuesday they had reached an agreement for Queensland to provide essential health and education services to the island, which has a population of more than 1,700 people. 

NSW has provided the services since Australia made a decision in 2015 to revoke Norfolk Island’s autonomy.

Asylum seekers inside Melbourne’s Park Hotel are pleading to be released into the community as a COVID-19 outbreak infects over twenty detained immigrants. 

The outbreak is believed to be connected to  Australian Border Force service contractors working at several sites across Melbourne, with the ABF saying contractors are working with the Victorian Public Health Unit to ensure a comprehensive response.

Human Rights groups are urging the Australian Government to condemn Israel’s recent decision to outlaw six Palestinian civil groups as terrorist organisations. 

In a joint statement from the Australian Council for Trade Unions and Amnesty International, advocates described Israel’s labelling as a dangerous attack designed to criminalise, persecute, and silence Palestinian civil society for documenting history of violations under Israeli occupation. 

The University of Queensland is developing a $2.5 million research centre to aid in the recovery for people injured in road crashes. 

The centre will have a specific focus on musculoskeletal injuries, which are the most common and most expensive aspect of survivable traffic injuries nationwide. 

Currently, up to 50% of people injured in road crashes do not recover, and go on to develop further issues of chronic pain and disability. 

A Gold Coast man suffering from epilepsy has recovered from a life saving operation, conducted while he was fully conscious.

Twenty-Five year old Ben Tondeleir has suffered from epilepsy since he was six years old, however thanks to a two-hour procedure at Brisbane’s Mater hospital in August, Ben has now been seizure free for over ten weeks.

First Nations leaders from two remote islands in the Torres Strait are taking the Federal Government to court to prevent the destruction of their communities by climate change. 

In this landmark action, the plaintiffs will argue the Federal Government has a legal responsibility to ensure Torres Strait Islander Peoples are not harmed by the climate crisis. 

Isabelle Reinecke from the Grata Fund says the case is the first of its kind in Australia and could force the government to take action.