A seal has been spotted swimming through Melbourne's Yarra River this morning. 

Footage of the seal was captured near a quiet bridge road in Richmond as the city endured its sixth coronavirus lockdown. 

Wildlife seems to emerge from hiding amid the city-wide shutdowns, with a pair of striped dolphins spotted swimming through the canal in Venice earlier this year.

Queensland innovators have developed a new headset aimed at improving the quality of life for those living with a range of neurocognitive conditions.

The new tool measures brain activity and combines neurofeedback with game software to reprogram neural pathways.

It is hoped the headset will help those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism or acquired brain injuries to concentrate better.

An animal advocate has spent the night in a rescue shelter kennel to raise funds for re-homing abandoned animals. 

Allan Dixon stayed the night in a kennel at the Animal Welfare League shelter at Coombabah on the Gold Coast. 

Starting with an empty pen, caretakers gradually gave Mr Dixon a mattress, blankets, pillows, food and even water in a dog bowl.

So far Mr. Dixon has raised over $5000 for Animal welfare to donate to the cause you can visit Allan’s fund my challenge.   

The international scientists dispatched to China by the World Health Organization to find out where the coronavirus came from says on Wednesday the search has stalled.

Meanwhile, a US intelligence review ordered up by President Joe Biden proved inconclusive about the virus's origin. 

In a commentary published in the journal Nature, the WHO-recruited experts said the investigation of the origin is at "a critical juncture" requiring urgent collaboration but has instead come to a standstill.

Australia has evacuated another 750 people from the chaos in Afghanistan's capital.

Australians, Afghans with visas and others from allied nations were among the 750 people extracted in the latest rescue efforts. 

The most recent flights take the total number of people rescued as part of Australia's mission to 2,400.   

OnlyFans says it has suspended a plan to ban sexually explicit content following an outcry from its creators and advocates for sex workers.

OnlyFans had said last Thursday that it would ban explicit content starting October 1st, blaming policies of banks and payment processors for the policy change.

The website has become famous as a place where sex workers can get paid in a safer way as well as a space for celebrities to interact with fans.

Last week's abrupt change upset the site’s creators, many of whom threatened to move to another website.

The Brisbane City Council has approved the development application for an eight-story high commercial tower to be built beside a heritage-listed Church in Fortitude Valley. 

Several public submissions objected to the development application, arguing its size and bulk would overdevelop the area. A submission lodged by the body corporate of Easts Village, an apartment block adjacent to the church, argued the apartments would be directly impacted by the building's size

A movie stuntman who allegedly galloped his horse through the crowd at Sunday's lockdown protest on the southern Gold Coast border has been fined more than $7,000 by Queensland and New South Wales Police.

New South Wales Police charged six people who attended the protest at the border with offences including; assault police officer, resist officer in execution of duty and unlawfully participating in outdoor gathering.

The mystery of what creates the rare, healthy sugar found in stingless bee honey, has been solved by researchers at The University of Queensland, in collaboration with Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services.

The team found that the sugar trehalose – which is not found in other honey or as a major component in other food – is produced in the gut of the bees.

UQ organic chemist and research leader, Dr. Natasha Hungerford said the origin of this rare sugar had been a mystery since the discovery of high levels of sugar trehalose in stingless bee honey.

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News has threatened the ABC with legal action over a Four Corners episode that examined the American TV network’s coverage of former US president Donald Trump and its role in the aftermath of last year’s general election.

A letter to the ABC sent days before the episode's airing warned that Fox would consider all options if the episode went live.

The letter marks the latest escalation in long-running tensions between Australia’s public broadcaster and media outlets controlled by the Murdoch family.