The Queensland government has confirmed that $3.6 billion  will be spent to turn Brisbane city’s, Queens Wharf, into a luxury shopping precinct.

Deputy premier, Steven Miles, expects the construction will transform Brisbane’s CBD, boost tourism and create thousands more jobs when complete.

The Holiday Inn quarantine hotel at Melbourne Airport will close until further notice as an investigation into three coronavirus cases gets underway.

The government agency responsible for Victoria's hotel quarantine system, COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria, says it is a highly precautionary measure.

The New Zealand parliament kicked out the Māori Party co-leader for wearing a stone pendant around his neck, instead of a necktie.

Rawiri Waititi, breached the parliamentary dress code which requires male politicians to wear a tie when asking questions.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Monday, Chinese authorities informed Australian government about the arrest of Australian journalist Cheng Lei.

Ms Payne says the government has consistently raised concerns regularly at the most senior levels.

Chinese authorities arrested Ms Lei on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas.

A Gold Coast photographer has been named one of the world’s top food photographers. 

Paul William’s was named Australia’s best food photographer and placed in the top 10 of photographers world-wide in prestigious Foodelia International Food Photography awards. 

The motorway off-ramp at turbot street was blocked by a triangle of temporary fencing, with two Extinction Rebellion Protesters attached by bike locks around their necks and the fencing. 

The pair say they took this action to put pressure on Governments driving the climate and ecological emergency with the gas-led COVID recovery.

University of Queensland researchers have found fish in the Great Barrier Reef that have similar eyes to fish found in deep ocean darkness.

Not much is known about how deep-water fish are able to see but with species being found in reef shallows, researchers hope to be able to understand their eye structure better.

A study released by Harvard University today has found that 1 in 5 deaths world-wide are linked to fossil fuel emissions.

Researchers from Harvard University, the University of Leicester and University College London collaborated in a large-scale atmospheric modelling project to investigate the impact of air pollution on global health. 

A WHO team says it is unlikely the coronavirus has spread to humans from the Chinese laboratory.

The team has finished a month-long investigation and the leader of the team Peter Ben Embarek said WHO had not dramatically changed their picture of the outbreak.

A Poster Project has invited artists to redesign information to fix issues in non-english speaking COVID-19 posters

The project, part of Melbourne Design Week, is asking people to reimagine the government's COVID-19 messaging “with care” and in languages other than English, as part of an effort to “demonstrate how design can support our most vulnerable communities”.