Although only short delays are anticipated, motorists are advised to seek alternative routes. For more information, go to their website at www.halestreetlink.com
The most robust corals that make up the Great Barrier Reef have experienced a drop in growth of more than fourteen percent since 1990, according to a paper published in the international journal "Science".
The research, completed by three AIMS scientists, has been described as the most comprehensive study to date on the calcification of GBR corals. It suggests the decline is a result of rising sea temperatures and ocean acidification.
Co-author of the report Dr Janice Lough, points out if current trends continue, the corals would stop growing completely by 2050.
Communities Minister Lindy-Nelson Carr is encouraging those experiencing domestic violence or abuse to contact the available support services.
According to Ms Nelson-Carr, domestic violence support services become very busy at this time of the year.Queensland women in need of support should call1800 551 800, and men can call 1800 600 636.
Australia's major sexual healthcare organisation, Marie Stopes International, has suggested Australians should make a New Year's Resolution not to lose weight, get fit or quit smoking, but to get their contraception sorted.
The announcement came following research found 36% of women who did not use contraception at the time of an unplanned pregnancy had not been expecting to have sex. Meanwhile, a newspaper published by the Vatican has come out to claim the contraceptive pill is polluting the environment, and is even responsible for male infertility.
According to the Vatican, the Pill causes the release of hormones through female urine, which subsequently pollute the environment and damage the world around us. The report has been promptly dismissed by pharmacy organisations.
Into the new year, Queensland carries forth a worrying statistic, with 327 lives lost on the roads of this state in the 2008 period.
This number is only a mild improvement on the 2007 total of 360, showing that drivers are still not taking the simple precautions like sleep and sobriety that could save their lives and those of others.
Transport authorities urge drivers to learn from the recent tragedies, since the lessons themselves are nothing new.
The Rudd Government is being called upon by the Greens to add their voices to the demands for Israel to cease their part in the violence in the Gaza strip that has torn apart the lives of thousands of civilians.
Israel's current conflict with the forces of Palestine, the latest in a string of violence since the post-world war II territorial resettlement of the area by the League of Nations, revolves around violent skirmishes with Palestine's Hamas on the border of Israel and the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip.
Senator Bob Brown's mandate for the acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard comes after their parlimentary resolution to lift Israel's ban on foreign journalists was voted down by the Government in December.
Towns in north-west Queensland remain isolated this week due to road closures after monsoonal rainfall.
The Bureau of Meteorology has recorded more than 150mm of rainfall between 9am on Sunday and this morning. Roads around Mt Isa, Julia Creek and Burketown have been isolated by the floodwaters.
While SES volunteers were called to a handful of homes for repair work on leaking roofs, no properties were threatened by rising water levels.
Amnesty International has called for humanitarian workers to be allowed into the Gaza strip to provide civilians with food and medical emergency assistance.
Human rights officials and humanitarian workers have been banned from the conflict-ridden area since the beginning of November.
The international human rights group urges the involved parties not to target civilians, many of whom have been injured, including school children and refugees.
Four people were killed and dozens were injured in a series of earthquakes that hit Indonesia on Sunday.
Some of the effects were felt in Australia from a quake measuring at seven-point-three magnitude.Residents of the Papua province were at the epicenter of the earthquakes and had to search for higher ground.The earthquakes ignited fears of a repeat of the 2004 tsunami.
With the fluoridation of South-east Queensland tap water well underway, concerns over the treatment's toxicity are no less severe than they were in the leadup to the program, now culminating with legal notices being delivered to the offices of state government.
The notices, delivered to the Premier and Ministers for Health and Water by safe water advocacy groups, involve 200 pages of scientific research and 600 citizen letters of outrage for the purpose of reprimanding the ministers for their asserted recklessness, and driving them toward repeal.
The advocacy groups hold hope in this approach, demanding the answers that Government is lawfully bound to provide, instead of the angry dissent they have been able to dismiss.
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