Remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory could begin to receive critical health supplies by drone before the end of the year through a new research project.

The three-year trial aims to deliver loads of up to 25 kilograms as far as 250 kilometres away in a cost-effective manner.

A 50-hectare property in Beaudesert will soon be filled with 30 Olympic sized swimming pool ponds filled with craylings.

The proposal comes after Redclaw crayfish demand continues to exceed supply with an estimated 30 growers in Queensland. 

The European Union urges Australia to be ‘more ambitious’ on climate action. 

EU Ambassador based in Canberra Dr Michael Pulch said Europe wished to see all of its partners achieve zero net emissions by 2050. 

The Brisbane City Council are pushing for Brisbane bus drivers to get COVID-19 vaccine priority. 

The council says bus drivers are essential workers and the plan will help locals feel comfortable travelling on Brisbane buses.

Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul has been released from prison.  

Ms Hathloul was instrumental in the movement to allow women to drive cars in the kingdom and became a face of political dissent. 

England midwives are being encouraged to use the terms chestfeeding and human milk when working with transgender patients.

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals will be the first to implement the new policy.  

The policy states the service will be “using gender-neutral language alongside the language of womanhood, in order to ensure that everyone is represented and included.”

School banking programs, including the Commonwealth Bank’s Dollarmites program, will be banned from schools in the Australian Capital Territory. 

The motion to ban the programs was passed yesterday and will be implemented in July. 

The Labor Party is calling for kerbside collections to be reinstated after almost 1300 cases of illegal rubbish dumping in Brisbane over the last year.

The most frequent cases of illegal dumping were at Inala (74), Doolandella (36), Forest Lake (35) and Calamvale (29).

Gold Coast residents have been urged not to mistake native frogs for cane toads. 

Dry conditions over South East Queensland have changed the breeding patterns of cane toads, causing an outbreak and explosive numbers.