New research has found undisturbed artefacts under the seabed off the Northern Territory coastline which could tell the stories of how the first people arrived to Australia.

Flinders University said submerged landscapes around islands hold ancient tools, structures, burial sites and rock art from thousands of years ago, when sea levels were lower.

The university noted Northern Territory’s importance, as it once held an inhabited shelf of land which stretched all the way to Papua New Guinea.

Nationals Ministers David Littleproud and Barnaby Joyce have come into conflict over the planned inland railroad from Melbourne to Brisbane.

Several Nationals MPs have accused Mr Littleproud of breaching cabinet guidelines and undermining Mr Joyce by lobbying privately to have the rail route changed.

Mr Joyce seems unlikely to concede to the calls to change the route, maintaining his stance that the cabinet members all agree on the current plan.

Japan’s rigid hiring system and male dominated leadership remain large hurdles to increasing the number of educated women in leadership roles.

The country missed its deadline for its Womenomics program last year and the country faces a large number of under-employed ex-housewives due to COVID-19. 

Once women take a period of leave in Japan it is nearly impossible for them to return to their original career.

According to Urban Utilities, large sewer-clogging wet wipe blockages cost south-east Queensland sewerage providers around $1 million per year. They say though many products are marked ‘flushable’, it does not mean they should be flushed down the toilet. 

There has been no nationally agreed standard between makers, retailers and utilities to what equates flushability...until now.

COVID-inspired interstate migration to the Gold Coast is being estimated to reach 25,000 people in the next year as those in NSW and Victoria continue to relocate to the sunshine state. 

Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk has put a two week pause on new immigration in order for the hotel quarantine system to cope with the influx into QLD from ACT, NSW and VIC.

Commenting on the more than 18,000 new arrivals, Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says quote "We're happy to brain-drain Melbourne and Sydney and make the Gold Coast an even smarter place with the new people coming in”.

Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young announces the state’s blood stocks are running low, and wants to remind Queenslanders of the importance of donating blood, plasma and platelets (plate-lets). 

Dr Young further states that donors who have been recently vaccinated are also still able to give blood after one week of receiving their dose. Eligible donors are encouraged to head to donateblood.com.au to book an appointment.

 WA's Health Department has confirmed that elective surgeries at public hospitals in Perth, Bunbury and Geraldton will be postponed for a month to cope with increasing pressure on the system, despite the lack of COVID-19 in the community.

No metropolitan public hospital will take further bookings for multi-day non-urgent category two and three elective surgeries from Wednesday.

Hurricane Ida claims a life and has shut down power across the US states of Louisiana and Mississippi. Many water systems are out and emergency services in New Orleans have not been available.

The death toll is likely to increase, with around 1,600 search and rescue personnel deployed. 

The storm arrived sixteen years to the day Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast back in 2005.

China will ban children from playing video games for more than three hours a week amidst a crackdown on tech giants such as Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group.

People under the age of eighteen will only be allowed to play games between 8pm and 9pm on Fridays, weekends and public holidays starting this Thursday.

The new rules come in response to concerns over gaming addiction among youths.