The UN human rights council will investigate crimes committed during the eleven day Gaza conflict. 

An open-ended resolution was adopted, calling for a permanent Commission of Inquiry. It’s the first commission created with an ongoing mandate. 

The council will also investigate systematic abuses in occupied Palestinian territories and within Israel. 

Israel has announced they will not cooperate with the investigation, whilst a spokesperson for Hamas has welcomed the probe, citing its own actions as legitimate resistance.

The Morrison Government has been criticised by the opposition for their slow vaccine rollout, as Victoria enters another snap lockdown, with less than five percent of the population vaccinated.

Leader of the opposition, Anthony Albanese has pointed to the lack of a national quarantine system for the COVID-19 cases in Melbourne. 

The Prime Minister has since announced a new quarantine centre in Victoria will be built sooner than originally expected.

The results of a group of scientists’ and traditional owners’ efforts to document Indigenous knowledge of endangered wetlands will be released on May 29th. 

The Fleurieu Peninsula swamps are a critically endangered habitat roughly forty kilometres from Adelaide. 

The Yundi Nature Conservancy has brought together scientists and Ngarrindjeri elders to document the medicinal and practical use of native plants as well as cultural stories that have been passed down for generations.

Content warning: this next story contains mentions of domestic violence.

Yesterday marked the launch of Brisbane’s new Strangulation Trauma Support Centre, the first of its kind in Australia. 

Established by the Red Rose Foundation, the Centre provides a multi-disciplinary team to support survivors with health support, trauma counselling, and aid in navigating the justice system.

If you or someone else needs help, please call 1800 737 732 or Lifeline on 13 11 14.

A 4.5metre iconic crocodile has been caught by wildlife officers north of Port Douglas after it was found swimming around with a crab pot stuck on its head.

Crocodiles longer than four metres are granted icon status in Queensland and can only be relocated to a registered farm or zoo that agrees to use it for educational purposes.

The state government is working in partnership with traditional owners to select a suitable facility to house the crocodile which is currently being held at a secure wildlife facility in Cairns.

The Running Wild organisation, which operates in the Southern Moreton Bay Islands delivering community activities to help isolated and disengaged youth, is facing threats due to lack of funding.

The organisation runs on a collective impact model, meaning that it uses different groups and individuals in the community such as community gardens, local restaurants and clubs, with its hospitality and conservation traineeships.

However, relying on grants from Redland City Council is difficult, 

The British Prime Minister’s former chief adviser Dominic Cummings says Britain’s response to COVID-19 has been a failure.

While giving evidence to a parliamentary inquiry on lessons from the pandemic, Mr Cummings said PM Boris Johnson was slow to appreciate the threat the virus posed in 2020.

Mr Cummings also claims Mr Johnson even suggested he could inject himself with the virus on television, to prove it was nothing to fear.