Extinction Rebellion are staging a protest at Eagle St in Brisbane this morning. 

The demonstration, occurring outside coal seam gas company Arrow Energy’s offices, is protesting the company's proposal to drill up to 2500 new wells in Queensland. 

Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Lee Coaldrake said Australians need to keep governments accountable and ensure governments invest in renewable energy.

Legislation will be passed in Queensland today to prohibit jurors from accepting evidence of sexual assault victims being drunk or intoxicated as a reasonable explaination for perceived consent. 

Last year, the Queensland Law Reform Commission conducted a review of the definition of consent in state legislation and made recommendations to amend the consent and mistake of fact criminal code. 

The Queensland Farmers’ Federation is calling on the State Government to implement co-funding opportunities for farmers and other businesses to undertake a range of safety improvements after new statistics showed Queensland had one of the highest numbers of on-farm deaths in the country.

QFF CEO Dr Georgina Davis says significant improvements can be made by implementing a government co-funded grants program in Queensland.

The Federal government has stepped in to compensate abuse survivors commonly known as Fairbridge children.

Fairbridge Farm Schools were set up to house migrant children from 1913 until 1982, exposing children to years of abuse.

The Prince Charles trust was supposed to compensate the abuse survivors but has said that they are unable to do so for legal reasons.

Labor MP Chris Hayes, who served for the parliament for 16 years, will not run for the next federal election due to his medical condition. Last year, he collapsed in Parliament and was admitted to hospital.

In 2017 he spent 15 days in a hospital after suffering several broken ribs, a broken arm and internal injuries following a motorcycle crash.

NASA unveils Mars helicopter Ingenuity, an experimental helicopter designed to fly in Mars’s thin atmosphere.

The 1.8-kilogram helicopter will  rise 3 metres in the air on its first attempt to fly, with a series of longer flights planned if successful.

The Mars helicopter Ingenuity is set to take off from the surface on the 8th of April.

Cairns State High School students that protested racism at their school last week have been told to stay home.

Last thursday a relief teacher allegedly used a derogatory term in class which prompted children to peacefully protest the school.

Protestor Varni Nona has been told to not return to school, she said “all the racial experiences students have faced, they continue to get swept under the rug”.