New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service has acquired 37 hectares of land adjoining the Billinudgel Nature Reserve. 

Tamara Smith, Member for Ballina, says the move will protect habitat such as the Common Blossom-bat and the threatened Tweed koala.

The land will be added to the Billinudgel Nature reserve, removing the possibility for it to be logged in future.

Rescue efforts are continuing in China’s Xinjiang region, after 29 people were trapped in a coal mine as a result of surprise flooding on Saturday. 

Eight people have since been rescued and crews have located all the trapped miners, state broadcaster CCTV has reported.

The flooding is reportedly hampering the rescue efforts, as power cuts disrupt communication lines.

Over 300 people gathered in Brisbane’s King George Square over the weekend, joining in the nation-wide protests against Indigenous deaths in custody.

Family and friends of those that have passed away gave emotive speeches during the rally, and participants held a smoking ceremony outside of the Brisbane police headquarters. 

Thursday will mark 30 years since the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody handed down its final report.

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An 18-year-old man from Chermside has died while rock climbing in the Glass House Mountains over the weekend, after falling 40 metres from Mount Ngungun on Saturday. 

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services and SES volunteers assisted multiple paramedics at the scene.

Mr Garlick was studying teaching at the Queensland University of Technology and is being remembered as a kind, humble and joyful person.

The City of Sydney is taking steps to make their CBD more pedestrian-friendly, beginning works to convert 9,000 square metres from Town Hall to Railway Square to car-free space.

The works will also include a new public space in Surry Hills, with work set to start in 2022. 

Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the $43.5 million project will be a boost for the local economy and support recovery from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

An Extinction Rebellion activist is walking 300 kilometres from Sydney to Canberra along the Motorway in order to disrupt traffic along the major travel route. 

The protest march began on April 2, with participants hitting the 160 kilometre mark over the weekend. A 21-year-old participant was arrested on the Hume Motorway south of Campbelltown, charged with failure to obey police when asked to leave the Motorway.

The activist group is attempting to highlight the need for urgent and drastic climate action and a transition to net zero emissions by 2025.

Queensland hinterlands and beaches are set to hit the TV screens, as the US hit show The Wilds Season 2 starts filming on the Gold Coast this week. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the series is just one of many high-profile projects running in Queensland over the coming months, largely thanks to Australia’s success in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Ms Palaszczuk said these productions have injected an estimated four hundred and thirty-seven million dollars into the local economy and created approximately 5,500 jobs for Queenslanders.

The Victorian Chief Health Officer designated Greater Brisbane and Gladstone regions as ‘green zones’ as of midnight last night, meaning people travelling from those areas to Victoria will no longer need to quarantine and get tested upon arriving in the state.

The regions were moved from ‘green’ to ‘orange’ just before the Easter long weekend as a result of the Brisbane COVID-19 cluster and lockdown