Bribie Island residents are urgently calling for a raft of measures in a bid to protect native animals from becoming roadkill as tourism and development grows. 

Resident Ken Salisbury has launched an online petition which is pushing for the council to take measures to protect the native flora and fauna on the island. 

The NSW government is set to bring in over 500 science and maths teachers from interstate and overseas.

Education Minister Sarah Mitchell says the government will spend more than 13 million dollars to recruit qualified STEM teachers.

The Ontario government is planning to spend 1 million dollars to assist Indigenous Tourism Ontario by developing a travelling exhibit to promote Indigenous culture and innovation across northern Ontario.

The Indigenous Ingenuity exhibit, which is a collaboration between Indigenous Tourism Ontario and Science North, will highlight historical and modern aspects of Indigenous culture and innovation. 

Catholic church leaders are recognising first nations people, as Brisbane's Archbishop Mark Coleridge voices support for the Uluru Statement. 

Pressure is mounting on Queensland to vaccinate year 12s against COVID 19 to avoid disruption to exams. 

Infectious disease expert Dr Paul Griffin says year 12 students should be treated as a priority group for vaccines in Queensland.

The Queensland Police Service will have the single biggest police recruit intake in a decade.

QPS will deliver more than 2000 extra personnel as Police Minister Mark Ryan says the investment is “all part of Queensland’s plan for economic recovery” as the police play a vital role in “protecting the economy”.

Australia's first Indigenous LGBTIQ+ Commissioner is calling for better services and safer spaces for the First Nations and queer community. 

A three-week public inquiry begins today into the financial mismanagement of the New South Wales Central Coast Council, which accrued more than half a billion dollars in debt. 

The commissioner will look at whether council's actions contributed to its financial position, and whether it had regard for its financial sustainability. 

The Taliban have hung a dead body from a crane parked in an Afghanistan city square in a gruesome display that signals its return to brutal tactics of the past. 

Sher Ahmad Ammar, deputy governor of Herat says this, and other dead bodies, were brought to the main square and hung up in the city as a lesson.