Tropical Cyclone Niran is expected to intensify into a category three storm within the next 24 hours.

The Bureau of Meteorology is saying communities from Cape Melville to Innisfail are now in the warning zone.  The cyclone is not expected to make landfall. 

A UN report has calculated that three of Australia’s world heritage-listed marine sites have more than 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide locked in seagrass meadows, coastal mangroves and tidal marshes.

The Great Barrier Reef holds the biggest stocks of blue carbon across all the 50 world heritage marine sites.

Another two Rio Tinto executives have resigned following the destruction of two Aboriginal sacred sites in western Australia last year.

Chairman Simon Thompson and Michael L'Estrange will step down, Mr. Thompson says he was ultimately responsible for the destruction.

Wild pigs are often listed as ecosystem destroyers, but a University of Queensland study has found they also cultivate biodiverse rainforests in their native habitats.

The researchers tagged more than 30,000 tree seedlings in a Malaysian rainforest and examined how tree diversity changed in the areas where pigs nested. 

Protesters are taking streets in Myanmar to demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the iconic figure of the country, who’s detained under her house since the beginning of February.

Singapore PM Lee Hsein Loong says the military’s actions are an enormous step back for Myanmar.

An agricultural group called Monaro Farming Systems, associated with Energy Minister Angus Taylor's brother, has thanked the New South Wales Deputy Premier, John Barilaro for a one hundred and seven thousand dollar grant used to fund research to support efforts to water down protections of endangered grassland.

Information from Queensland’s electoral roll could be used to locate and contact people about Covid-19 Vaccination arrangements.

The urgency of the vaccine rollout has prompted a request to amend the Electoral Regulation to allow the Electoral Commission to hand over details including voters name, address, occupation and date of birth to Queensland Health.

Environmental activist, Ben Pennings, will continue in Queensland's supreme court after yesterday’s appearance against Adani lawyers.

Mr. Pennings told 4ZZZ “I am very pleased with how my legal team handled an intense day in supreme court. 

Western Queensland farmers are destocking for the second year in a row after large numbers of grasshoppers destroyed their paddocks.

Leader of the Opposition David Crisafulli says the state government must put the grasshopper affected areas in similar support structures to fire and drought.

Former Senator David Leyonhjelm has lost his bid to overturn a ruling that he defamed Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.

The Federal Court found Mr Leyonhjelm defamed Senator Hanson-Young by suggesting she was a misandrist and a hypocrite in Parliament and in media interviews in 2018.