The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for NSW this morning calling it a “bomb cyclone”, forecasting damaging winds and surf for Sydney, Wollongong, The Entrance, Woy Woy, Bulli, Port Kembla, Kiama, Huskisson and Ulladulla.

Winds averaging 60 to 70km/h with peak gusts in excess of 90km/h are forecast, along with waves up to five metres.

A state-wide investigation into WA Liberal Party processes had uncovered secretive conversations among party members and Liberal powerbrokers.

It is alleged that more than a dozen party members - referring themselves as ‘the clan’ - had been using Whatsapp to influence the outcomes of WA Liberal Party pre-selections.

More than 700 pages of Whatsapp conversations have been said to expose relaxed conversations about orchestrating party selections.

Sri Lanka has introduced new animal protection laws for its domesticated elephants. 

All elephant owners will have new photo identity cards with a DNA stamp for their animals, and mandatory medical check ups every six months. Bans will be issued to owners ‘drunk riding’ on elephants.

Elephants will be banned from being used in movies, except for government productions under strict veterinary supervision. Baby elephants will no longer be used for work. 

Disney+ became the latest in TV productions to film on the Gold Coast.

The filming of TV series Nautilus will take place early next year, and was predicted to inject $96 million into the local economy and create 240 jobs in cast and crew along with 350 extras.

COVID-19 cases from the New South Wales outbreak have been recorded within 20km of the Queensland border.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young both say that it’s only a matter of time before the Delta variant outbreak crosses into Queensland.

The Glossy Black Conservancy will host a weekend-long birding day in South-East Queensland on the 11th and 12th of September as part of its annual research event into the behaviour and breeding habits of the vulnerable Glossy Black Cockatoo. 

Volunteers will collect important data throughout the weekend, which will be used into policy and planning strategies for protection and maintaining the cockatoo’s habitat across Southeast Queensland and North-eastern NSW.

Interested birders should head to glossyblack.org.au register.

The first road transport strike in more than a decade will cause major disruptions across Australia this Friday. 

Thousands of truck and transport drivers nation-wide will strike after negotiations broke down between the Transport Workers Union and multi-million dollar logistics company, Toll. 

This industrial action is reportedly supported by up to 94 per cent of the workforce, halting operations for a full 24-hour period after failures to resolve a long-running dispute over worker’s overtime being slashed by Toll. 

Protesters with Extinction Rebellion blocked one of London’s busiest intersections Monday during the first day of planned protest actions.

The protesters set up a huge table in the middle of the street, with the intention of keeping it up for the full fortnight of protests.

Police presence was heavy, and 52 people were arrested in relation to the protests.

Poland is set to build a border fence next to Belarus in efforts to curb the recent influx of migrants from the Middle East and Asia. 

Poland alongside its neighbouring Baltic EU countries have accused Belarusian authorities of pushing migrants across the border and using them as weapons in retaliation to sanctions. Border guards from these EU nations have blocked and pushed back migrant crossings. 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko blamed the Polish government for instigating a ‘border conflict’ and violating Belarusian territory.