The breaking of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is set to take place with the three day celebration of Eid beginning tomorrow.

Muslims around the world are set to celebrate the three-day festival this week with Prayer and big feasts with their family and friends.

Protestors from Extinction Rebellion are blocking traffic to Parliament House in Canberra today to protest the lack of action on climate change and the allocation of $51 billion towards fossil fuels.

One protestor has reportedly been arrested by police.

The Royal Australian Navy has been linked to the death of two whales after berthing in San Diego.

The Department of Defence told the ABC that while HMAS Sydney was birthing alongside Naval Base San Diego in California two deceased whales dislodged from her hull beneath the surface”.

Brisbane river Kittycat ferries are being retrofitted with wet mufflers after 169 noise complaints were made to the council.

Kangaroo point and Newfarm residents made the complaints and the council realised that the ferries did not meet Australian standards.

Brisbane city council has granted the historic lamb house in Kangaroo point permanent protection from development.

Lamb house was recently put up for sale by the Brisbane city council but has now decided to ensure the house cannot be subdivided or redeveloped.

Every Australian who leaves hospital after a suicide attempt will be offered at least three months of follow-up care, under new funding promised in the federal budget. 

It is one of several new or expanded programs that have been promised in the budget, with $2.3 billion committed to mental health and suicide prevention over the next four years.

The Women's National Basketball League is set to become fully professional with a new total player payment system that will see a salary cap ceiling of Four hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

The total player payment system allows The TPP also allows players to be paid for player appearances and lets players access scholarship and educational payments.

There is no new direct funding in the budget for renewables, with most of the spending focussing on low emissions technologies which will include $275 million towards developing four more hydrogen production hubs in regional areas, and $237 million for carbon capture and storage projects and hubs.

The Queensland Government has announced a $100 million package to tackle unprecedented demand on the health system. 

It comes as reports of the health system reaching a tipping point overnight with both Ipswich and Gold Coast University Hospital reaching capacity, some patients waited hours in an ambulance before being admitted into hospital. 

Work has been disrupted this morning on Adani’s Carmichael rail line on the Gregory Highway near Clermont, with two people locking themselves to machinery. The two men say their action is in solidarity with indigenous people oppressed by Adani’s coal projects in India and Australia