Camping restrictions over Easter have been introduced to North Stradbroke island by Minjerribah Camping. 

Minjerribah Camping says the decision was made in accordance with COVID-19 safe plans. 

The move to protect campers and the local Indigenous community will see three campsites closed and other hotspots capped. 

A Brisbane water waste plant has grown superbugs that feed on nutrients in sewage water in an Australian-first initiative. 

Anammox bugs reduce the need for chemicals as they naturally remove ammonium and nitrogen from the wastewater. 

It is the first time Anammox bugs have been farmed in Australia and it took Brisbane wastewater plant Urban Utilities five years to grow the amount needed for treatment.

Urban Utilities says the 10 year project will be more sustainable than traditional sewage treatment processes as the superbugs use 60 percent less energy. 

Climate activists will defy Brisbane City Council by-laws to demonstrate in Queen Street Mall at 4pm today. 

"The city council, who denies the climate crisis, are also denying our right to talk about it,” said Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Rene.

By-laws prevent assemblies with more than 15 people from gathering in the mall. 

“Our planet is undergoing a mass extinction that threatens our existence - we need to talk! Instead, people organising public forums have been penalised with fines totalling over $2,500.”

1.74 million COVID-19 vaccine doses are being administered every day in the United States.

President Biden says the US is on track to have enough dosages for every American adult by the end of May. 

The country has seen a dramatic drop in confirmed cases, with figures sitting at 68,000, down from three-hundred-thousand per day in January.

President Emmanuel Macron admitted France killed a top Algerian independence figure and then covered up his death, in the latest acknowledgement of colonial-era crimes.

Authorities had previously claimed Ali Boumendjel died by suicide while in detention.

President Macron has made several unprecedented acts to admit to France’s actions during the Algerian War of Independence, won by Algeria in 1962. 

Attorney-General Christian Porter has identified himself as the politician behind the rape allegations of a woman who took her own life last year. 

Mr Porter addressed the nation yesterday to say he knew the woman but denies the allegations.

Mr Porter rejected calls to stand aside and stated the rule of law would be worthless if people lost their jobs on the basis of accusations alone.

“I did not sleep with the victim. We didn’t have anything of that nature happen between us,” Mr Porter told a press conference in Perth.

Conservationists are warning a $2.7 billion development on the banks of the Caboolture River will threaten Moreton Bay's fragile ecosystem.

The development is near a wetland of international significance and home to the critically endangered Eastern Curlew bird.

Environmental scientist Ian Bell said the plan to dredge 5 kilometres of the river will create poisonous gases and exacerbate the growth of fish-killing algae.

"How can I not be concerned? I love the Bay— I've seen the deterioration of it over 50 years and we're coming to a tipping point," he said.

A technology company based off Queensland’s coast is trialling wi-fi connectivity on cargo ships. 

Vessels are being forced to dock kilometres from shore without internet access due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Insite Communication's initiative aims to connect seafarers stuck on ships for up to fourteen months with their loved ones ashore.

Mission to Seafarers Gladstone manager Jessica Mulhall said the prior to the initiate, seafarers had limited internet access due to the high cost of prepaid services and their low wages.

A Brisbane hospital service broke government guidelines while suing a former mental health patient for defamation. 

Brisbane Metro North spent 700,000 dollars on the private defamation case, but did not seek the approval of the Attorney-General, as required by guidelines. 

The guidelines were introduced after the Bjelke-Peterson-era to prevent officials from misusing public funds to potentially intimidate critics.