The Government has asked the Department of Finance to look into the safety of Cross Bench MP Craig Kelly's staff as New South Wales Police continue to look into claims of inappropriate behaviour by one of his senior staffers.

Kelly's senior staffer Frank Zumbo is being investigated by New South Wales Police over allegations of inappropriate behaviour.

Mr Zumbo strenuously denies any wrongdoing and no charges have been laid.

UK insurance company, Brit, has ruled out funding any projects associated with the Adani Carmichael coal project.

Brit, one of the largest British insurers is the sixth insurance company to stop underwriting Adani’s coal project.

Adani’s Carmichael mine will add an estimated 4.6 billion tonnes of carbon pollution to the atmosphere over its lifetime.

Japan's Kawasaki Heavy Industries says the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain project is delayed until July because of the border closure prohibiting engineers from entering Japan. 

Earlier this month, the project succeeded in gasification of hydrogen from Latrobe Valley coal in Victoria, and it is planned to be liquefied and stored at the Port of Hastings.

However, the liquefied hydrogen carrier, Suiso(SUE-e-so) Frontier, will be anchored in Japan until receiving engineers from overseas manufacturers for the final approval of machinery installation on the vessel.

A University of Queensland researcher might have identified an extinct goose in an ancient Egyptian painting.

The research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science shows the distinct speckled brown and gold markings totally unlike modern geese.

Dr Romilio said no bones from modern red-breasted geese have been found on any Egyptian archaeological site.

A landslide in Camogli, an Italian sea-side village, has caused significant damage to a cemetery and caused around 200 coffins to fall into the ocean. 

Local fire fighters launched an operation to recover the caskets from the sea on Tuesday afternoon. 

11 coffins have been recovered so far with rescue operations still underway. 

A Geelong Police officer was found guilty of assault after kicking a man in custody three times to the side of his body.

Sergeant David Phillip Magher was found guilty of two counts of assault after kicking a man in custody that was lying on the floor in handcuffs.

Defence lawyer Stewart Bayles argued the kicks were "reasonable" and "proportionate".

New Zealand’s National Party Leader Judith Colling is calling to deport an Australian woman, Lucinda Baulch, who has spent four weeks in hotel quarantine for refusing to be tested for Covid-19.

New Zealand’s Covid-19 response Minister Chris Hipkins says those who stay in quarantine are allowed to refuse testing.

However, the law allows authorities to keep people in for an additional ten days if they refuse.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has transmitted the first audio recording on mars after landing on the surface last Friday.

The audio recording is dominated by the humm of the mars rover, except for two bursts of wind that can be heard.

Audio recording on Mars will be used to understand the density of solid matter on the surface.

International Olympic Committee is expected to list Queensland as preferred bidder for 2032 Olympics.

Inside the Games reported IOC's Future Host Summer Commission, has been studying proposals from several candidates but has been most impressed by Queensland's bid.

IOC will announce the preferred candidates as early as tonight.

Ampol Managing Director and CEO, Matt Halliday says in the ABC News TV program, The Business, that the future of Lytton oil refinery and 500 employees is hung in the air until the second quarter of this year.

The company is considering shutting down the refinery in Brisbane, which caused a $145 million dollar loss for 2020.