Brisbane and the rest of the east coast are being warned about week-long thunder storms to come. 

Forecasting experts at the Bureau of meteorology are saying heavy rain and wind could cause severe damage as the storm season approaches. 

Senior forecaster, Miriam Bradbury says residents could expect “damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain which can lead to flash flooding.” Ms Bradbury says the heavy weather is due to start tomorrow.

Remote Northern Territory vaccination levels are not set to meet November targets as its current rate.

Remote communities will not reach the 80% vaccination target of the adult population until late January if it proceeds at its current pace.

Communities in the Barkly region have the lowest vaccination coverage at just 19% for administered first doses. 

The past fortnight has only seen a 3% increase in Northern Territory’s remote communities, pushing for the government to advance the rollout.

Australian children are likely to be exposed to more extreme weather, according to new environmental research.

New research from the latest UN climate report has found children born in 2020 will experience up to four times as many heatwaves and far more bushfires and droughts than those born in 1960.

This has prompted young people to lead with charge against climate change with an Australian contingent headed to an international youth environment forum in Milan this year.  

Petrol stations are running dry as UK truck drivers continue to strike. 

The drivers are staging a stay-home strike over pay disputes, after many have been forced to take a de-facto pay cut, with pay increases lower than inflation. 

Economic disruption in the wake of Covid, Brexit, and years of underinvestment have amounted to a widespread supply chain crisis in the UK.  

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has provided a covid update from the new vaccination hub in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. 

The Premier announces there has been no new covid cases recorded.

In the past 24 hours 5,922 tests were conducted in Queensland.

There are now 63.7 per cent of eligible people who have had their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 44.8 percent who have received both doses. 

The Palaszczuk government is set to support the goat and sheep meat industry to double the value of production to 150 million per annum. 

The government backed a strategy with 4 million in grants over two years to help the industry leverage the benefits of cluster fencing.

In 2019-2020, Queensland exported $85 million worth of sheep and goat products into markets including the United States and China. 

A Sunshine Coast farm-animal rescue group is pleading for people to volunteer to rehome chickens after 82 hens were rescued from death. 

Happily Heifer After co-founder Michelle Dranfield says the hens were rescued after a farmer offered them to the charity when they could not produce eggs. 

Mrs Dranfield said the decision to offer the animals to Happily Heifer After meant they were not abandoned or left to deteriorate like many others the charity has received in the past.