Grants to a farming group associated with a federal MP's brother will be reviewed after a $107,000 grant was awarded to the group, despite them not applying for it.

Monaro Farming Systems, an agricultural group that includes federal MP Angus Taylor’s brother, was offered the grant by the New South Wales Government's Local Land Services department.

The Australian Government has officially acknowledged the extinction of 13 native species, including 12 mammals and the first reptile known to have been lost since European colonisation.

Australia is the world’s capital for mammal extinction, with a total of 34 mammals known to have become extinct.

Camping restrictions over Easter have been introduced to North Stradbroke island by Minjerribah Camping. 

Minjerribah Camping says the decision was made in accordance with COVID-19 safe plans. 

The move to protect campers and the local Indigenous community will see three campsites closed and other hotspots capped. 

A Brisbane water waste plant has grown superbugs that feed on nutrients in sewage water in an Australian-first initiative. 

Anammox bugs reduce the need for chemicals as they naturally remove ammonium and nitrogen from the wastewater. 

It is the first time Anammox bugs have been farmed in Australia and it took Brisbane wastewater plant Urban Utilities five years to grow the amount needed for treatment.

Urban Utilities says the 10 year project will be more sustainable than traditional sewage treatment processes as the superbugs use 60 percent less energy. 

Climate activists will defy Brisbane City Council by-laws to demonstrate in Queen Street Mall at 4pm today. 

"The city council, who denies the climate crisis, are also denying our right to talk about it,” said Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Rene.

By-laws prevent assemblies with more than 15 people from gathering in the mall. 

1.74 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are being administered every day in the United States.

President Biden says the US is on track to have enough dosages for every American adult by the end of May. 

The country has seen a dramatic drop in confirmed cases, with figures sitting at 68,000, down from three-hundred-thousand per day in January.

President Emmanuel Macron admitted France killed a top Algerian independence figure and then covered up his death, in the latest acknowledgement of colonial-era crimes.

Authorities had previously claimed Ali Boumendjel died by suicide while in detention.

Attorney-General Christian Porter has identified himself as the politician behind the rape allegations of a woman who took her own life last year. 

Mr Porter addressed the nation yesterday to say he knew the woman but denies the allegations.

Mr Porter rejected calls to stand aside and stated the rule of law would be worthless if people lost their jobs on the basis of accusations alone.

Conservationists are warning a $2.7 billion development on the banks of the Caboolture River will threaten Moreton Bay's fragile ecosystem.

The development is near a wetland of international significance and home to the critically endangered Eastern Curlew bird.

Environmental scientist Ian Bell said the plan to dredge 5 kilometres of the river will create poisonous gases and exacerbate the growth of fish-killing algae.

"How can I not be concerned? I love the Bay— I've seen the deterioration of it over 50 years and we're coming to a tipping point," he said.