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.

One of the two travellers from Papua New Guinea who unknowingly breached restrictions in the Brisbane International Airport has tested positive to COVID-19. 

A Brisbane Airport Corporation spokesperson says the pair were let into the wrong area of the airport as a result of human error and stayed in the area for an hour and a half. 

Three flights to New Zealand departed in the time the infected traveller was in the departures zone.

An online survey of three hundred and sixty eight Australian disability support workers has found that only half are confident in getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

Disability support workers have been encouraged to get the vaccine under phase 1-b of the rollout to protect themselves and the vulnerable people they work with.

Lead author of the survey, Anne Kavanagh, says the survey found that out of those uncertain about the vaccine, 60% felt there was inadequate data about safety.

Brazil has become the second country after the United States to pass 400,000 COVID-19 deaths. 

Epidemiologist Pedro Hallal says Brazil is repeating last year’s mistakes of loose restrictions and can expect to remain at an average of 2,000 deaths a day.

The surge in infections is being driven by a coronavirus variant discovered in Brazil that is believed to be 2.5 times more contagious. 

Content warning: This story contains mentions of rape. 

Brittany Higgins will meet separately with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese this afternoon. 

The meeting with the Prime Minister will canvas a variety of matters, including the support given to her immediately after the alleged rape, and whether his staff had briefed the media with information about her partner.

Higgins had expressed disappointment at how long it took for the meeting to be arranged, after the Prime Minister initially offered to do so in March.