Animal abusers and those who abandon pets could soon face harsher punishment, with South Korea planning to amend its civil code to grant animals legal status.

According to data, animal abuse cases in South Korea increased from 69 in 2010 to 914 in 2019.

Scientists have published findings in the Journal of Pacific Conservation Biology that eight Australian frog species are at ‘high risk’ of becoming extinct over the next twenty years, with four likely to have already become extinct.

According to the study’s author Dr Graeme Gillespie, Chytrid fungal disease, climate change, and invasive species are behind the declining numbers.

The concerning outbreak in NSW Indigenous communities has sparked an urgency for the Queensland Government to put, as the Brisbane Times said, ‘pedal to the metal’ on the vaccination rates of their own Indigenous communities.

The Redland City Council are considering establishing a free or low-cost basic camping ground on the Macleay Island foreshore.

There will be a 12 month trial of the campground, and it aims to boost tourism to the Southern Moreton Bay Islands where kayakers, cyclists and boaters can experience a small-scale, free or low-cost holiday.

The construction of Samford’s new 4.5 million dollar pedestrian and bike bridge is underway.

The new green bridge has been long awaited by locals with the area becoming a bike riding Mecca and the Private Percy Cash Bridge being a notorious safety issue. 

Dominic Raab, British Forigen secretary is facing increasing pressure to resign, including from some of his own party’s MPs, after claims he effectively disappeared for more than a week while on holiday during the collapse of Afghanistan, delegating almost all duties to juniors.

In March, the U.S. Space Force's 18th Space Control Squadron reported the breakup of Yunhai 1-02, a Chinese military satellite that launched in September 2019.

It was unclear at the time whether the spacecraft had suffered some sort of failure or if it had collided with something in orbit.

South East Queensland residents could be on mandatory water restrictions in just four months amid fears the region’s dams will struggle to supply water to the booming population.