Oil company Shell has lost a climate lawsuit filed by seven environmental groups, who say the company is threatening human rights due to its billion-dollar investments in fossil fuels.  

A Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its CO2 emissions by 45 percent by 2030. 

Scientists from the University of New South Wales have developed simple measures to combat the declining population of Bridled Nailtail Wallabies in Queensland. 

The method known as head-starting will see the species fenced off within their natural habitat until they’re too big to be eaten by feral cats. 

COVID-19 vaccination hubs have now opened in Hervey Bay, Maryborough, and Bundaberg. 

Both the Astrazeneca and Pfizer vaccine are being administered for people in the 1A and 2B groups, including meat packers, police officers, surf lifesavers and state emergency volunteers. 

Queensland is preparing for a very successful cotton production season, with the national crop 1.5 billion dollar already four times bigger than last season. 

The boom follows easing drought conditions and recent heavy rains and flooding.

Voluntary euthanasia is another significant step closer to becoming legal in South Australia, after a bill passed its first Lower House hurdle with an overwhelming majority.

The bill passed the Upper House earlier this month and is the 17th attempt to reform the law in 26 years.

According to the UN, a volcanic eruption in the eastern democratic of Congo has left more than twenty thousand people homeless. 

The Saturday eruption killed dozens and destroyed hundreds of homes, with lava stopping three hundred metres shy of the Goma airport. 

US President Joe Biden has asked intelligence officials to redouble their investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Victorian health officials are reviewing whether further restrictions are needed to respond to a growing COVID-19 outbreak in Melbourne.

The total number of cases in the new cluster is 15 - more cases than the outbreak that prompted Melbourne’s five-day lockdown in February. 

Adani has reported an 82 per cent decline in numbers of black-throated finch birds at their Carmichael coal mine site from 2018 to 2019. 

The Black-throated Finch Management Plan 2020 indicates the number of endangered birds in the region dropped from one thousand and 26 in 2018 to just one hundred and 85 in 2019.