The ethnic rebel Kachin Independence Army in northern Myanmar says it has shot down a Burmese military helicopter as clashes between the two forces continue.

The helicopter was allegedly accompanied by two fighter jets which were shelling nearby villages as part of the military junta’s weeks-long campaign of air strikes in rural parts of the country.

The Kachin Independence Army and several other Burmese ethnic militia are actively supporting protestors and clashing with government forces as the country continues to oppose its return to military rule.

China has launched an unmanned module containing living quarters for three astronauts to the space station planned for completion by the end of twenty twenty two.

The space station is China’s first self-developed space station and the only other station in service apart from the International Space Station. China was barred from participating in the International Space Station by the United States.

The launch was the first of eleven missions needed to complete the space station.

The Victorian Health Department is urging 246 people in Melbourne to get COVID tested, after ‘strong and unexpected’ COVID fragments were found in the wastewater. 

This discovery comes in conjunction with the identification of a positive case flown in from Perth.

The fragments were initially found in the northern and western suburbs, but have recently been found in other catchments in the eastern, western, north-western and outer northern suburbs.

A couple’s wedding in Victoria was interrupted when the bride left early to help deliver a calf. 

The cow, named Drama, was overdue on the wedding day and was under supervision from friends when the troubled delivery began. 

Jessa Laws says her husband was not surprised to discover she had left to help the birth without even changing out of her wedding dress, stating that the two have always bonded over their love of cows.

One Nation’s Stephen Andrew has denied being drunk during an incident that occurred on a flight from Brisbane to Mackay.

Mr Stephen was returning to his electorate of Mirani onboard a Virgin flight, when he allegedly accused a family of being 'child traffickers.'

Mr Stephen denies any disorderly behaviour, telling the ABC he held concerns for a child on the plane. Police have confirmed no arrests or charges have been made in relation to the matter. 

Helensvale State High School has battled climate anxiety amongst its students by taking on a bandicoot as its eco-mascot. 

The bandicoot, nicknamed Bruce, was found in 2018 being strangled by a Slurpee lid. 

Seeing the effects of plastic pollution up close and personal helps mitigate students’ climate fatigue, said UQ PhD candidate Carla Magi-Prowse, who is researching the effect of eco-anxiety on pro-environmental behaviour.