Fire has broken out in a grocery store on Old Coach Road in Reedy Creek this morning. 

Emergency services were called at around 5pm just as staff arrived to begin work. Internal sprinklers were found to have been activated in extinguishing the blaze. 

Police are currently investigating the cause of the blaze.

A Sunshine Coast woman is working to secure safe passage for three Afghan siblings who fear for their lives in Kabul.

Zanette Perinoni was approached by a young man from Afghanistan who she met while leading a refugee support group.

The Afghan siblings - two men and one woman in their twenties - are currently stuck in hiding in Kabul.

A night curfew is now under effect in Melbourne alongside lockdown being extended for another two weeks.

Melburnians are now required to stay home between 9pm and 5am in addition to the other lockdown measures already in place.

Three Australian bird species are being tipped as the next to go extinct from their King Island home unless invasive predator numbers can be controlled, says University of Tasmania’s Matthew Fielding.

 A study of the declining populations of the King Island brown thornbill, the King Island Scrubtit and the Orange-bellied parrot could be saved through a process Fielding calls “trophic re-wilding”. 

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyidden Yassin has handed his resignation to the King after a tumultuous 17 months in office. 

Yassin’s tenure has been weakened by in-fighting within his coalition, as well as from the government’s poor handling of several health, economic and political crises.

Sewage in outback Queensland towns along the New South Wales border are not being tested for Covid-19. This has sparked fears from QLD health experts, who say the state is at great risk due to the NSW Delta variant being spread closer to its borders. 

Concerns for the welfare of a thirty-three year old Brisbane father Daniel Muller continue this week since he has been reported missing since Thursday. 

Mr Muller was last seen at around 6pm on Thursday, August 12 walking in the vicinity of Bowen Bridge Road, Herston. 

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is calling for Australia’s media watchdog to be abolished for failing to meet its responsibilities.

This comes as part of Mr Rudd’s pushback against Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News.

Seven Extinction Rebellion protesters have been evicted from National Australia Bank in Brisbane City yesterday. 

The Extinction Rebellion group expressed displeasure over NAB’s claims in supporting action on climate change, despite investing $7 billion in fossil fuels.