NSW police will be cracking down even harder on those who choose to break COVID-19 rules as the state struggles with a record high number of infections.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller on Thursday said police were clamping down to "get us out of lockdown sooner" and made a formal request to the Federal Government for assistance from the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

Last week astronomers caught a glimpse of light being reflected by a black hole 800 million light years from Earth. 

This first time sighting confirms Albert Einstein’s prediction that black holes can bend light around them if their gravitational pull is strong enough.

New figures show apprentice shortages in Queensland are worsening at an alarming rate. 

The state government has failed to deliver its promised thirteen thousand apprentices and the major shortfall is hurting a wide variety of industries including food, beauty and construction.

Brisbane City Hall’s Night Cafe has been a safe sanctuary that homeless youth have relied on for 20 years.

The Thursday Night Cafe provides young people aged 12 to 25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness a safe space to come and get a hot meal, clothing, hygiene products or have a shower.

Images of Queensland school children in the local region of Gayndah holding guns and rocket launchers have received swift backlash from social media users.

Mayor Rachel Chambers defended the online photographs saying they had been misconstrued and blown out of proportion by critics on social media.

Australian farmers have lost an average of thirty thousand dollars a year in profits over the past twenty years due to climate change. 

In its latest report, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) found a decline in rainfall from 2001-2021 subjecting farmers to lower returns. 

An underwater archaeological mission in Egypt's Bay of Aboukir has uncovered an extremely rare ship, believed to be over 2200 years old. 

Archaeologists from the Hilti Foundation's Franck Goddio underwater team were exploring the ancient Thonis-Heracleion site, when they came across a Ptolemaic warship.

A French dad has built a robotic exoskeleton to help his wheelchair-bound son walk. 

Fastened to his shoulders, chest, waist, knees and feet, the exoskeleton allows Oscar, who has a genetic neurological condition, to walk across rooms and turn around through voice activation.