10am Zedlines
Your 10am Zedlines with Daniela & Teagan.
Image: Wikimedia Commons/Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management
French senate passes bill banning burqa for people under 18
The French senate has passed a “anti-separatism” bill including a ban on people under 18 year old wearing the hijab.
The provision will also stop mothers wearing the hijab from accompanying their children on school excursions and at public swimming pools.
The bill has received criticism internationally and is yet to go back to France’s lower house to be approved as law.
Rain hampers Indonesian search efforts, as landslide death toll rises
Rain continues to hamper search efforts in Indonesia, as the death toll from recent landslides rises to 126 people.
Tropical Cyclone Seroja brought winds and rains across the south-east of the country on Tuesday, triggering flash floods and landslides.
Over 10,000 people have been displaced.
Government to look into possible blood clot risk form COVID-19 vaccine
The federal government has asked the nation's medical and vaccine regulators to look into findings of a possible link between AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clots.
The European Medicines Agency found the connection between the vaccine and blood clots yesterday.
Government considers removing humpback whales from threatened species list
The Federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment is considering removing humpback whales from Australia's threatened species list.
More than 33,000 humpback whales are estimated to migrate through Queensland annually, with over 40,000 humpback whales migrating through Australia.
Griffith University research fellow in Marine Science Dr Olaf Meynecke, said it was too early to delist the species.
"What now is an issue, is a combination of other threats that are a lot harder to address," he said.
Proposed pipeline would impact endangered and vulnerable animals
An environmental assessment has found a 585 kilometre pipeline considered by the Queensland Government would significantly impact vulnerable species.
The pipeline construction proposes to clear over 140 hectares of koala habitat in central west Queensland.
Murri Court providing culturally appropriate court, says report
A report on the Murri Court has found the Indigenous-owned court system is operating positively across Queensland.
The Ipsos report due to be released this week found the culturally-informed specialist court is generally viewed as somewhere offenders can have a "fair go".
9am Zedlines
Your 9am Zedlines with Tina & Daniela.
Image: Stephanie Zillman / ABC News
Taiwan will fiercely defend itself if China attacks
Taiwan says the island will defend itself ‘to the very last day’ if China attacks.
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said China had sent naval strike groups into Taiwanese territory, and military aircraft into its air defence zone.
Aboriginal led clinics in Northern Territory rollout COVID-19 vaccine
Remote Aboriginal-controlled clinics in the Northern Territory have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Independent Corporation Miwatj Health spokesperson said the clinics aim to build trust and make information accessible for remote communities.