Emergency services are urging climbers and hikers to exercise caution after one man died, another was badly injured and a group of hikers became stuck in separate incidents on the Sunshine Coast this weekend. As the weather cools and the ANZAC Day long weekend approaches, emergency services are bracing for increased traffic at popular climbing spots and a subsequent rise in rescue operations. Senior fi

Due to severe weather conditions in Victoria, little penguins have washed upon the beaches over the weekend.

Protests have erupted in several cities across Pakistan after police arrested Saad Rizvi, the leader of far-right political party Tehreek-e-Labbaik, in Lahore yesterday. Tehreek-e-Labbaik are well known in Pakistan for holding mass rallies centred around Islamist ideology and is enjoying increasing support as Pakistan’s establishment parties face growing allegations of corruption. Details pertaining to

Protestors are gathering outside a police station in Minneapolis after a police officer shot unarmed black man Daunte Wright dead in a routine traffic stop. The city’s police chief says Mr Wright’s death was the result of an accidental discharge after the officer mistook her gun for her Taser.` The incident took place just 16 kilometres from where former police officer Derek Chauvin is currently on tri

The Gold Coast is beginning the biggest parks project in the city’s history as part of its bid to increase green space. The ten-year, $138 million project will create 220 hectares of urban parkland in Robina which Mayor Tom Tate says will be essential as the Gold Coast’s population continues to grow rapidly. The parklands are expected to be six times bigger than the Broadwater Parklands and will includ

Carers across Queensland are now able to nominate to join the Queensland Carers Advisory Council for a two year term. According to Minister for Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Craig Crawford, the Queensland Carers Advisory Council advises the Palaszczuk government on strategies to improve support for carers. Mr Crawford says carers

Adani Australia’s $1 Billion loan is still pending as they wait for India’s largest bank to approve it as reports say the State Bank of India is delaying the loan. The loan was first suggested in the beginning of the Carmichael project in central Queensland but fell through due to environmental pressure. An Adani spokesperson says the Carmichael mine and rail project was

A 21 year old student at Sydney university has helped solve a quantum computing problem with a simple modification.

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has denied allegations made in a 60 Minutes episode that he hid compromising material in his backyard rather than giving it to officials investigating possible war crimes. The Australian Federal Police and Inspector General of the Defence Force are both investigating alleged war crimes in Afghanistan and are confirmed to be treating Roberts-Smith as a suspect.