According to a recent survey, a majority of Australian voters support calls to identify the top 10,000 companies that claimed Job Keeper payments last year.

The order to produce the information is also backed by Labor, the Greens, One Nation, and Jacqui Lambie.

Treasurer Josh Frydenburg has said that revealing the figures would undermine Government confidentiality.

A Russian film crew has completed their training in preparation for a trip to the international space station to film a new movie. They will spend 12 days in orbit filming the project.

The drama, called 'Challenge', is about a doctor who is sent to space to perform urgent surgery on an astronaut

The mission is scheduled for launch on October 5

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey and Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Minister Mick De Brenni have officially opened the $750 million M1 upgrade between Eight Mile Plains and Underwood this morning.

The upgrade has been in progress for the last year and aims to reduce peak hour congestion and improve safety in the area.

The Biloela Tamil family will not be able to return to their home in Queensland as their youngest daughter was not granted an extension to her visa.

Both parents and the eldest daughter of the Nadesalingam family have been granted 12-month bridging visas.

However, the family will have to stay at a designated address in Western Australia unless youngest daughter Tharnicaa is granted a visa extension as well.

The Victorian Greens have called for a parliamentary inquiry into far-right nationalists and anti-vaccine groups.

This comes as far-right groups have been seen influencing this week’s protests in Melbourne.

The Greens are expected to introduce a motion to parliament in two weeks to investigate the Victorian far-right and links to vaccine misinformation.

Latest Federal Government figures show that over half of eligible Australians are now fully vaccinated.

This comes after a record 2 million doses were given out across the country this week

The nation’s leaders have agreed restrictions will begin to ease once vaccination targets of 70 and then 80 per cent are met.

Leaders of low-lying nations have joined to demand climate action at the UN this week.

Maldives president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said that the difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees in global temperature rise is a death sentence for his country.

Guyana President Irfaan Ali accused large polluters of deception and failure, saying it is unfair that his nation will suffer the worst effects of climate change caused by larger countries.

Queensland experts are predicting hundreds of daily COVID cases once the southern border reopens.

The Queensland Premier is yet to put a date on the borders reopening, but infectious disease physician Paul Griffin has said that maintaining zero cases is not something we can sustain forever.

UQ Virologist Ian Mackay, has said that hitting 80 per cent vaccination will not stop an outbreak.

However, Mr Mackay expects high vaccination rates to curb hospitalisations and deaths.