At least 30 Ethiopian civilians have been killed in an armed attack on an Oromian village. 

Local authorities yesterday identified the victims as ethnic Amharas and said the attack was by a splinter group from the Oromo Liberation Front.

The Oromo are Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group and the Amhara are its second-largest.

Overseas Australians have filed legal action with the United Nations against the Morrison government. 

The group of Australians declared the government “arbitrarily breached their right to return to the land of their birth or citizenship.”

The group has reiterated they were willing to comply with the public health measures required of them, including a 14-day quarantine period.

36,000 Australians remain overseas with almost 5,000 described as vulnerable. 

A new report warns the Great Barrier Reef’s coral is set for destruction unless immediate transformative action is taken to reverse global warming. 

The Australian Academy of Science’s report stipulates the Paris Climate Agreement target of keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees is unattainable.

“Limiting the temperature rise to the lower Paris Agreement target is exceedingly difficult, and with only three or four more years of emissions at current levels remaining, the target has become virtually impossible to achieve,” says the report. 

Byron Bay’s Bluesfest Festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row, following COVID-19 concern in the region after a local man tested positive on Tuesday night. 

The music festival was supposed to start today, and organisers were expecting up to 15,000 people to attend.

In a statement released yesterday, New South Wales Health acknowledged the cancellation was "disappointing" but reiterated urgent contact tracing was taking place.

Queenslanders will find out today whether the snap 3-day lockdown will come to an end, or if it will be extended over Easter.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will address the state in a press conference from 9am. 

Ms Palaszczuk says the decision to lift the lockdown would depend on good testing results and no unlinked cases of COVID-19.

Airlines will release over 800,000 half price airline tickets today as part of the government's one-point-two billion-dollar tourism package. 

The flights aim to get Australians travelling and include return travel to the Whitsundays, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast. 

Tourism operators in far north Queensland say they’re hoping the flights push travel following easter cancellations due to Brisbane lockdown.

Queensland has confirmed 2 new locally acquired COVID cases and 1 new case in hotel quarantine.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is urging all Queenslanders to get tested if they show any symptoms to ensure the outbreak has been contained during Brisbane’s lockdown. 

An announcement will be made tomorrow morning in regards to whether the Greater Brisbane lockdown will be extended.