Queensland businesses and those stranded interstate are calling for clarity ahead of the first stage of borders reopening next weekend. 

More than 750 businesses in Queensland want to know what restrictions might be placed on them over the Christmas season, concerned that the Check-In app may have to include people’s vaccination status. 

There are also concerns of serious delays for regular commuters at the checkpoints once the borders open. 

The Bunya Highway and Silverleaf Road are set to receive an intersection upgrade which the government are hoping will reduce car incidents. 

This project is jointly funded under the Australian Government’s Accelerated Road Safety Program as part of a $3.79 million package to upgrade various intersections in the Wide Bay Burnett.

The project is much needed after a series of crashes in the area including a fiery truck crash and numerous fatalities along the Bunya Highway.

There are concerns that increased climate change is resulting in more Koala’s dying from chlamydia. 

Wildlife experts say the silent killer is spreading through Australia's koala population, posing a threat to the marsupial across large parts of the country.

A recent report from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation says when the marsupials are exposed to unusually stressful environmental conditions, including hot weather, chlamydia spreads more quickly through their population. 

Experts are claiming lyrebirds are damaging Tasmania's forests following an explosion in population throughout the state's wetlands. 

The birds, best known for their mimicking abilities, were introduced to Tasmania in the 1930s and 1940s as it was believed the mainland population was under threat. 

Dr Eric Woehler from Birdlife Tasmania says not enough was known about the species and the ecological impact.

Youth living on the pacific islands are growing up with fear as climate change is threatening their homes and futures. 

Shannon Sogavare, a 16 year old girl from the Solomon Islands says she has already seen how rising sea levels have swallowed parts of her country's landscape. 

Modelling from Save the Children's Born into The Climate Crisis report shows a grim future for the region with children in Australia and the Pacific predicted to experience up to 10 times more extreme weather events than their ancestors.

A mother who has been locked outside the Queensland border has had to exchange her kids over the top of the border barrier. 

Young New South Wales mum Jess Abble had to visit the border barrier in Tweed Heads yesterday to carry out an exchange to get her kids back, after they had been spending time with their grandparents in Queensland.

Mrs Abble says her job doesn't allow her to cross the border, prompting the uncomfortable exchange. 

The Bureau of Meteorology warns of more wet and wild weather for southern Queensland which is expected to last all week. 

Heavy rainfall of up to 200 millimetres is forecast throughout the whole week with today being the wettest day across parts of the south-east, including Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Agricultural communities are also being urged to stay on alert, as heavy rainfall could cause "significant" crop damage. 

Forecaster Jonathan How says the storms are likely to produce damaging winds, large hail and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding.

Police are seeking missing money after a fake lawyer on the Gold Coast lost more than $430,000 of their clients money. 

Nerise Dawn Moore, who formerly operated a Mudgeeraba law firm known as Stenton and Moore, has been disqualified by the Queensland Supreme Court from managing a corporation that is a legal practice.

Since investigations began more than 40 clients have made claims for compensation.