The Federal Government is looking to halve the proposed capacity for their Pinkenba quarantine facility in Queensland, due to the ease in travel restrictions. 

This decision comes after the state suggested international arrivals could quarantine at home sooner than expected. 

Originally designed to house 1000 people, Finance Minister Simon Birmingham has said the quarantine facility will evolve to suit the needs of Queenslanders, with the facility now only being built for 500. 

Plans are underway to build a zero-carbon new mine in Western Australia. 

Mining company Oz Minerals wants its next project in West Musgrave to be carbon neutral. 

Oz Minerals Chief Executive Officer Andrew Cole says this copper-nickel project will be powered by a 100% renewable on-site power plant and will feature a zero-emissions mining fleet. 

This decision is part of a plan for miners to cut carbon emissions in the lead up to COP26, and strategy that will require companies like Oz Minerals to completely rethink the designs of a mine.

Missing four year old Cleo Smith has been found alive and well in Carnarvon Western Australia, and has since been reunited with her parents.

Her discovery comes over two weeks after she was first reported missing from her parents campsite.

WA Commissioner Chris Dawson commended the work of local police in their tireless efforts to find Cleo, after a police tip off led them to the house where she was found.

A 36 year old man has been arrested and is currently in custody, however the ongoing investigation makes it difficult for police to reveal any further details.

American web service provider, Yahoo, has pulled its services from China, citing an ‘increasingly challenging business and legal ’ operating environment. 

The company is the second Western tech brand to quit the country in recent weeks, with Microsoft pulling the plug on LinkedIn last month due to similar reasons. 

Chinese companies have created alternative internet space with their own digital giants such as search engine Baidu.

More than 8% of Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service workers have failed to comply with the COVID-19 vaccination mandate, forcing staff cuts from surgical, medical and mental health beds. 

Data showed that three hundred and eighty five workers in Rockhampton, Gladstone and Emerald hospitals have provided no evidence of having two COVID-19 vaccine shots. 

Environmental activists from Extinction rebellion are set to gather outside the Newscorp offices in Bowen Hills this morning to protest against Rupert Murdoch’s apparent media monopoly.

The protests come in retaliation to the Courier Mail’s latest daily ‘Mission Zero’ segment, which protesters are describing as an attempt to Greenwash more harmful narratives.

At least 40 protestors gathered outside the Eagle Farm Racecourse yesterday afternoon to draw attention to animal cruelty in the racing industry and the slaughter of racehorses. 

The protest was organised by Animal Liberation Queensland in conjunction with the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses.

The protestors showed graphic footage of racehorses being slaughter, and made references to ABC’s  7.30 report ‘The Final race’ which aired in 2019. 

Australia is refusing to join global superpowers including the United States and the European Union in a pledge to cut methane emissions at the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

The pledge is being described as one of the key global actions required at the conference in the fight against climate change, with methane being the second largest contributor to global warming behind carbon dioxide.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne will conduct a major visit to South-East Asia in the  coming days in aims of easing fears over Australia’s nuclear submarine program, and to build a partnership with the peak regional body Association of Southeast Asian Nations. 

Senator Payne’s visit includes countries such as  Indonesia and Malaysia, who have strongly criticised Australia’s plan to build nuclear powered submarines under the technology pact with the US and UK.