The construction of Samford’s new 4.5 million dollar pedestrian and bike bridge is underway.

The new green bridge has been long awaited by locals with the area becoming a bike riding Mecca and the Private Percy Cash Bridge being a notorious safety issue. 

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey said the bridge will connect kilometers of paths for locals to explore their region and will give unprecedented accessibility for those who rely on motor mobility.

Dominic Raab, British Forigen secretary is facing increasing pressure to resign, including from some of his own party’s MPs, after claims he effectively disappeared for more than a week while on holiday during the collapse of Afghanistan, delegating almost all duties to juniors.

Raab’s department did not deny he asked another minister to make a call on Friday to assist the evacuation of former British military translators while he was in Crete and defences and critics of the minister remain varied.

In March, the U.S. Space Force's 18th Space Control Squadron reported the breakup of Yunhai 1-02, a Chinese military satellite that launched in September 2019.

It was unclear at the time whether the spacecraft had suffered some sort of failure or if it had collided with something in orbit.

After researching and tracking orbital debris astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell, states the collision was from a piece of the Zenit-2 rocket that launched Russia's Tselina-2 spy satellite in September 1996.

South East Queensland residents could be on mandatory water restrictions in just four months amid fears the region’s dams will struggle to supply water to the booming population.

Water Minister Glenn Butcher’s office was emailed a report last December warning about the need for new water resources stating the water demand would increase significantly as the population is expected to grow by more than two million in the next twenty-five years.

A  Townsville student who attended school at Pimlico State High School for three days this week has been forced into home quarantine after travelling to the COVID-19 hotspot of Sydney without isolating on their return last Friday.

Queensland police were alerted on Wednesday after a teacher learnt the Pimlico State High School student had been to Sydney. The student was immediately sent home. 

Police are conducting investigations about how this took place and have assured the public that all precautions were taken and that the chance of spread was low risk.

Children in Brisbane schools who tested positive to Covid-19 have reported cyberbullying from classmates upon returning to class.

Child psychologist Larne Wellington said that it’s really important we break the stigma and tell children there is nothing to be ashamed about getting an infection.

Ms Wellington said some school communities are looking for people to blame.

A content warning as this story mentions suicide and abuse.

An aboriginal woman discovered her daughter committed suicide when scrolling on social media.

Her daughter was in Victoria’s  residential care system at the time, having been taken from her mother several years ago by authorities due to safety concerns.

The mother cites at the time she had been in an abusive relationship that she has since managed to escape. 

Women working on construction sites said they often have to plead with their employers to get them to install a female toilet.

A report released yesterday by the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) said the reason for a lack of female facilities is due to the small number of women working in trades.

Electrician Vashti Arndt said she's worked on sites where she’s been the first woman they’ve worked with and that she’s been the victim of sexist slurs at work.

Journalists overnight have become the latest targets for the Taliban’s brutality with reports of family members of a Deutsche Welle reporter being killed and others severely injured.

The German public broadcaster said the Taliban fighters were searching homes in Western Afghanistan for the reporter and will not reveal any more details about the family members.

Deutsche Welle said the reporter himself is safe in Germany where he was already based for work.