A tent city has been situated in Townsville ahead of tonight's State of Origin game. The tent city, or otherwise referred to as this week's Footy Basecamp has the capacity of accomodating up to 200 people.

The creation of the footy base camp comes after it was deemed to be a creative and short term solution to the city's severe accommodation shortages, as thousands of fans travel to the region for a sold-out State of Origin clash

Variants of viruses, such as that causing COVID-19, can now be quickly studied in the laboratory, even before they emerge in nature and become a major health problem.

New technology has been developed at the University of Queensland and can now enable researchers to manipulate viruses synthetically allowing rapid analysis and mapping of new potential virus variants. 

Palestinean twin activists Muna El-Kurd and Mohommed El-Kurd have become the faces of a campaign to halt Palestinian evictions from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. 

Footage was released on social media showing Muna being handcuffed and escorted away by israeli officers. Her brother Mohommad later turned himself in after receiving a summons.

The Australian National University has cracked the code that will enable us to send spacecraft to interstellar space.

The spacecraft is smaller than an average craft and uses lasers to navigate through space.

Brisbane researchers are urging key decision-makers to help close the educational gap and to better Australia’s treatment of children and young people experiencing disadvantage.

Foreign Minister Karen Andrews has said a three year old who has developed sepsis in immigration detention and her family, are unlikely to be resettled in Australia. 

Three-year-old Tharnicaa Murugappan was flown into Perth Airport for a suspected blood infection after suffering from vomiting and dizziness 10 days prior to detention on Christmas Island. 

The construction of a new cross-river bridge linking South bank to the Queens Wharf Development area, will force Brisbane to avoid Brisbane’s CBD with toll waivers as the Riverside Expressway is expected to close for an entire weekend.

The temporary closure will allow a major bridge section to be lifted over the roads.