Satellite imagery taken over three decades has revealed damage to ecosystems when dingoes are removed from their natural habitat. 

University of New South Wales researchers examined pictures taken from space of both sides of a dingo fence in the Strzelecki Desert. 

They found that vegetation on the side without dingos had poorer long term growth. Dingos help to reduce overgrazing by controlling kangaroo and wallaby populations.

The two coronavirus vaccines being rolled out in the UK are proving to be highly effective in the real world.

In findings released yesterday from Scotland, those who received the AstraZeneca jab had reduced their risk of hospitalisation by 94 per cent, and those who received the Pfizer vaccine by 85 per cent.

A second study in England showed that the Pfizer vaccine prevented 70 per cent of asymptomatic and symptomatic infections in people under 65 after one dose.

Boeing is ordering dozens of its 777 airliners to be grounded after an engine failure left a rotor in flames over Denver this weekend. Debris from the Honolulu-bound plane was left scattered across Denver as the flight was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing. The grounding order comes on the back of record losses for Boeing in twenty twenty, which were fuelled by the COVID-19 pandemic and the grounding of its 737 airliner.

Thousands of protestors took to the streets of Algiers last night to accuse Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune of failing to meet democratic promises he made when elected in 2019. The protests come on the second anniversary of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s deposition and accuse President Tebboune of being no different to his predecessor. Algeria’s protests are the latest in a wave of protests appearing throughout the Arab world over the last year, a decade after the revolutions of the so-called Arab Spring.

A drop in the speed limit on one of Sydney’s most congested roads comes after the death of a cyclist food delivery rider was hit by a truck. The speed limit on the road used by an average of 49,000 vehicles each day will be reduced to 40 kilometres an hour in hopes to encourage pedestrians and cyclists to use the area. 

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced Queensland’s Anzac Day marches and Dawn Services will go ahead as normal this year. Covid-19 restrictions caused cancellations of the services last year but Ms Palaszczuk says because we’ve worked together, this year we can safely gather to mark the sacrifices of those who have served. RSL Queensland State President Tony Ferris says the organisation is determined COVID-19 would not stand between veterans and the community. 

Anglo-American owned Moranbah North mine in Northern Queensland has ceased operations amid worker safety concerns related to increased gas levels. The underground mine is just 15 kilometres from another Anglo-American-owned mine, Grosvenor coal mine, where 15 workers were injured last year when methane gas ignited. CFMEU representative Stephen Smyth has criticised what he calls unacceptable risks to workers’ safety.