Joe Biden has announced first steps to combat gun violence in America.

Biden said one of the executive actions taken directs the justice department to tighten regulations of the sales of untraceable firearms assembled from kits. He acknowledges 106 people die a day from gun violence in America, hitting Black and brown communities the hardest.

The New South Wales Auditor General released a report that warned the state could run out of space for school enrolments within two years.

The Education Department said it is developing a ten year plan to fund the building of new schools to combat the shortage.

Professor Terry Hughes, Australia’s foremost coral reef scientist, warned that government plans to restore the Great Barrier Reef are too small and expensive to make any real impact towards saving the reef. 

Curatorial staff at the new Home of the Arts Art Gallery on the Gold Coast positioned the first artwork of the gallery this week.

CEO of the gallery, Criena Gehrke, said the painting’s unexpected viewpoints and moments of surprise inspired the gallery building's design, but also served as a metaphor for the curatorial approach.    

A group of protestors disrupted work on the Adani Rail line construction this morning for the second time in three days.

The group was headed by 63 year old public servant, Carine Visschers. They blocked vehicles from entering the worksite at Mount Coolon, holding signs calling for ecocide to be made a crime.

The Queensland government has considered a pumped hydroelectricity plant at the Borumba Dam near Gympie to generate renewable energy for the Sunshine Coast.

SEQ water completed a pre-feasibility study for the state government which identified Borumba Dam as an ideal site. 

The British government has announced a $77million fund to help Hong Kong migrants fleeing political repression settle in the country.

The UK has offered special visas to holders of British National passports that opens paths for five million of Hong Kong’s seven point four million people to work, reside, and eventually become a citizen in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Israel has announced it will not recognize the authority of the International Criminal Court, with an investigation set to begin into allegations of war crimes in occupied Palestinian territories.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says although their Government will not be cooperating with the inquiry they will be sending a response, stating they will be rejecting any allegations of war crimes.

Researchers at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane have discovered drugs that lower cholesterol in humans could be the key to treating the deadly facial tumour disease that has endangered Tasmanian devils.