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,"

The federal government's landmark media bargaining code has passed through the Senate with amendments yesterday after the government reached a mutually favourable deal with Facebook. 

Under the new deal, Facebook will still have to pay publishers for news but forced arbitration will be the last resort.

The Australian Government has announced a new hotline for employers to report JobSeeker recipients who refuse a job offer. 

The announcement was made as the government revealed JobSeeker welfare payments will increase by $50 a fortnight when the coronavirus supplement stops in March. 

Campers in Noosa are at risk of getting fined $266 dollars if they continue to camp in the Noosa National Park carpark. 

Noosa resident Julie Ember said,  "What I see every morning is a community of people that wake up and have coffee and they're happy". 

The campers have paid over $1300 dollars in fines collectively this year. 

The Disability Royal Commission has entered its final day of Public Hearing 11 in Brisbane today.

Public hearing 11 hears the experiences of people with cognitive disability in the criminal justice system.