A night curfew is now under effect in Melbourne alongside lockdown being extended for another two weeks.

Melburnians are now required to stay home between 9pm and 5am in addition to the other lockdown measures already in place.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says these tough restrictions are necessary due to the growing number of unlinked community cases in the city.

Three Australian bird species are being tipped as the next to go extinct from their King Island home unless invasive predator numbers can be controlled, says University of Tasmania’s Matthew Fielding.

 A study of the declining populations of the King Island brown thornbill, the King Island Scrubtit and the Orange-bellied parrot could be saved through a process Fielding calls “trophic re-wilding”. 

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyidden Yassin has handed his resignation to the King after a tumultuous 17 months in office. 

Yassin’s tenure has been weakened by in-fighting within his coalition, as well as from the government’s poor handling of several health, economic and political crises.

Malaysia's King says Muhyidden Yassin will remain as an interim premier, until new elections take place. Muhyidden Yassin is the country’s shortest serving prime minister.

Sewage in outback Queensland towns along the New South Wales border are not being tested for Covid-19. This has sparked fears from QLD health experts, who say the state is at great risk due to the NSW Delta variant being spread closer to its borders. 

Sewage testing for Covid is a vital warning sign in preparing for outbreaks. Towns such as Goondiwindi, Cunnamulla and St George are not listed on the Queensland Health website as providing any sewage testing results.

Concerns for the welfare of a thirty-three year old Brisbane father Daniel Muller continue this week since he has been reported missing since Thursday. 

Mr Muller was last seen at around 6pm on Thursday, August 12 walking in the vicinity of Bowen Bridge Road, Herston. 

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is calling for Australia’s media watchdog to be abolished for failing to meet its responsibilities.

This comes as part of Mr Rudd’s pushback against Rupert Murdoch’s Sky News.

Mr Rudd says the Australian Media and Communications Authority has “monumentally failed” by not regulating Sky News’s misinformation around the pandemic.

Seven Extinction Rebellion protesters have been evicted from National Australia Bank in Brisbane City yesterday. 

The Extinction Rebellion group expressed displeasure over NAB’s claims in supporting action on climate change, despite investing $7 billion in fossil fuels.

Police guarded the entry points to the bank as activists unfurled banners outside, sang protest songs and displayed placards of the bank’s record in fossil fuel investments.

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A survey conducted by the West Australian Mineworkers Alliance has found nearly one-in-four women in WA’s mining industry have experienced sexual assault while at work.

Unions are calling for the establishment of an independent body to investigate claims of sexual abuse and harassment at West Australian mine sites, which is reported to include offers of career advancement for sexual favours as well as verbal sexual harassment. 

The echoes of Saigon are being felt in Kabul, as thousands of Afghan civilians have rushed to the main airport desperate to escape Taliban rule. Eight people have died during the ongoing chaos at the airport, which included two unidentified armed men by U.S soldiers. 

Hundreds of civilians have been scattered along the runway desperate to board aircrafts, with some hanging from ramps hindering evacuation efforts.

Inside the terminals, shops were looted adding to the sense of panic.