More explicit and age appropriate education on consent and reporting sexual assaults will be delivered in Queensland schools following a state government review of its respectful relationships program. 

Education Minister Grace Grace ordered the review in March this year after Queensland student’s claims of sexual assault and rape were amoung thousand of anonymous testimonies published on a petition for better sex education. 

Veterinarian researchers from The University of Queensland are diagnosing the Hendra virus in horses quicker than before, by developing a diagnostic point-of-care kit capable of detecting pathogen in under an hour rather than days. 

A joint research project between UQ and the University of Canterbury found wild pigs to commit far greater damage to the climate than a million cars. 

Researchers say when wild pigs plough through soil to find food, carbon is released to the atmosphere. Researchers said soil contains three times as much carbon, and has the potential to accelerate climate change. 

After a 75 year long mystery, World War II plane crash artefacts were finally uncovered.

The Catalina A24-50, also known as the flying boat, took off from Cairns on September 2, 1943 and disappeared that night along with 10 men. 

The crash site had no human remains but several artefacts, including dog tags, were uncovered.

Acclaimed TV actress and announcer Mary Ward has passed away in a Melbourne aged care facility yesterday. 

Most known for her role as ‘Mum’ Jeanette Brooks in the Prisoner series, Ward appeared in over 20 television series and six major films in a career which spanned over seven decades.  

An army of volunteers leads defense and cleanup efforts after deadly riots in South Africa.

The protest and violence engulfed Johannesburg and Durban after the arrest of former President Jacob Zuma on July 7th.

An object streaked across Queensland’s night sky on Sunday, with several eyewitness reports and multiple videos capturing the spectacle. 

While the nature of the object is still unconfirmed, the event fell right in the middle of the annual delta aquariid meteor shower, with the perseids meteor shower also due to cross the night sky next month.

An online petition launched by an Ipswich woman aimed to rename Paul Pisasale Bridge in Ipswich.

A woman undergoing hotel quarantine on the Gold Coast breached her isolation conditions after receiving cigarettes via a flying drone. 

A man is believed to have operated the drone from outside the Crowne Plaza at Broadbeach last Sunday. The sneaky exchange was spotted by a hotel staff member who notified police, and interviewed the quarantining women.