Brisbane river Kittycat ferries are being retrofitted with wet mufflers after 169 noise complaints were made to the council.

Kangaroo point and Newfarm residents made the complaints and the council realised that the ferries did not meet Australian standards.

Brisbane city council has granted the historic lamb house in Kangaroo point permanent protection from development.

Lamb house was recently put up for sale by the Brisbane city council but has now decided to ensure the house cannot be subdivided or redeveloped.

Every Australian who leaves hospital after a suicide attempt will be offered at least three months of follow-up care, under new funding promised in the federal budget. 

It is one of several new or expanded programs that have been promised in the budget, with $2.3 billion committed to mental health and suicide prevention over the next four years.

The Women's National Basketball League is set to become fully professional with a new total player payment system that will see a salary cap ceiling of Four hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

The total player payment system allows The TPP also allows players to be paid for player appearances and lets players access scholarship and educational payments.

There is no new direct funding in the budget for renewables, with most of the spending focussing on low emissions technologies which will include $275 million towards developing four more hydrogen production hubs in regional areas, and $237 million for carbon capture and storage projects and hubs.

The Queensland Government has announced a $100 million package to tackle unprecedented demand on the health system. 

It comes as reports of the health system reaching a tipping point overnight with both Ipswich and Gold Coast University Hospital reaching capacity, some patients waited hours in an ambulance before being admitted into hospital. 

Work has been disrupted this morning on Adani’s Carmichael rail line on the Gregory Highway near Clermont, with two people locking themselves to machinery. The two men say their action is in solidarity with indigenous people oppressed by Adani’s coal projects in India and Australia

107 endangered loggerhead turtle hatchlings have been released into the ocean after they were rescued from the beach at Fingal Heads in northern New south wales.

Turtle Watch project officer Holly West said the eggs were laid late in the season, which meant they were at risk of dying due to low sand temperatures.

The Perth Casino Royal Commission has heard that Western Australia's casino watchdog does not have the resources or skills to deal with money laundering or criminal infiltration.

Gaming and Wagering Commission member, Barry Sargeant, told the royal commission that they were aware these were risks but did not have any policies or procedures for dealing with the risks of criminal activity at the casino.

The White House says President Joe Biden is being briefed daily on developments in Jerusalem and Gaza, and has directed his team to engage intensively with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials as well as leaders throughout the Middle East.