Australia news live: Queensland stock losses from floods and cyclone top 50,000 amid fears ‘that is only the beginning’, premier says | Australia news

Australia news live: Queensland stock losses from floods and cyclone top 50,000 amid fears ‘that is only the beginning’, premier says | Australia news

More than 50,000 farm stock animals lost in Queensland: Crisafulli The Queensland premier has said that the state has lost more than 50,000 farm stock animals in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji, and he fears that number “is only the beginning”. Crisafulli said: We’ve now gone past 50,000 stock losses from this event. I […]

Retribution fears as Australian Muslims see surge in Islamophobic hate since Bondi terror attack | Bondi beach terror attack

Retribution fears as Australian Muslims see surge in Islamophobic hate since Bondi terror attack | Bondi beach terror attack

Threats and hate speech against Muslim Australians have surged in the wake of the Bondi beach attack, with one mosque receiving dozens of offensive phone calls and reports of people being targeted in the street. As Australia’s Jewish community deals with trauma from the attack that killed 15 people at a Hanukah event, religious leaders […]

‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands | East Sussex

‘Environmental catastrophe’ fears as millions of plastic beads wash up on Camber Sands | East Sussex

Southern Water is investigating after millions of contaminated plastic beads washed up on Camber Sands beach, risking an “environmental catastrophe”. The biobeads could have a dire impact on marine life, the local MP has said, with fears rare sea life, including seabirds, porpoises and seals, could ingest them and die. Helena Dollimore, the MP for […]