Fortescue Metals Group has apologised for clearing land on a sacred Aboriginal site.

Western Australia's Weelumurrah Creek area had government permission to clear the land on the condition that elders were present to perform salvage and cultural rites. 

Fifty new Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers will be employed this year to help protect Queensland’s natural and cultural landscapes.

Ranger activities include cultural burns, feral animal and pest plant control, soil conservation and cultural heritage site protection.

Consumer advocate groups are calling for the Federal Government to regulate the buy now, pay later industry.

Companies such as Afterpay, Zip and Humm are among the fastest-growing in finance, but recent inquiries have found there are serious shortcomings for some customers.

Today is International Cochlear Implant Day, celebrating more than 40 years since the advent of the 'bionic ear’ by Australia’s Professor Graeme Clark.

Neighbours say an approved redevelopment of Eagle Street Pier would have an "unacceptable impact" on the area.

A neighbouring building owner says the 2.1 billion dollar proposal was not properly assessed by the Brisbane City Council.

Maiwar Queensland Greens MP Michael Berkman is calling upon the Queensland Government to stop the 'war on drugs' following International Family Drug Support Day yesterday. 

Mr Berkman says the government is failing to reduce harm or support people affected by drug misuse, addiction and overdose.

A statewide rescue mission has seen 70 black bats released back into the wild after carer groups from across Queensland united in their rescue.

Hundreds of bats died of starvation in Rockhampton back in December following a random mass abandonment. 

Citizens in Georgia are protesting the arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia and other party officials. 

Newly named Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has justified the arrest stating, "We are building a democratic state and everyone in the country, no matter to their taste and political views, must obey the law,"