Bolmo elders are calling for the closure of Gunlom falls, Kakadu in the Northern Territory amid a court battle over infringement of a sacred site.

Parks Australia is facing charges for carrying out work on a sacred site near the Gunlom Falls infinity pool.

The World Health Organisation has accused China of withholding data from investigators who travelled to the country to investigate the origins of COVID-19. 

All Queensland health care workers are set to receive a COVID vaccine in the next 48 hours.

The announcement has come after the Greater Brisbane region was sent into a three-day lock down following a cluster of positive cases detected in the community.  

Queensland’s tourism sector may lose up to $35 million dollars in revenue over the Easter holiday period due to an excess of holiday cancellations, says the Tourism and Transport Forum’s chief executive, Margy Osmond. 

The Northern Territory government is considering whether a heritage listed site of high Aboriginal significance should be destroyed for a mining waste dump.

The Glencore mining company has sought approval to remove artifacts and destroy the Borroloola sacred site.

Federal Labor has promised to demolish taxes on electric cars as part of a new suite of climate policies aimed at cutting costs on Australian households.

The opposition is due to announce the plan today, and it would remove government charges on non-luxury electric vehicles, including import taxes and fringe benefits tax.

Papua New Guinea has seen its numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases double in the past week. 

The country has now recorded more than 5,300 cases and 49 deaths. 

Australian fly-in-fly-out workers can no longer travel to and from PNG with the Australian government placing tough restrictions on travel after the surge of cases began.