The Military Leader who was allegedly involved in the production of the bombs that were used in the 2002 bali bombings has been arrested in Indonesia.

Aris Sumarsono, known as Zulk ar naen, has evaded capture for 15 years, but surrendered to counterterrorism police late on Thursday. 

Germany announced the country would go into a hard lockdown over the Christmas period as the coronavirus’ latest figures showed 20,200 more infections and a further 321 deaths.

Heavy rain, damaging winds, serious flooding and high tides are set to impact Queensland and parts of NSW for the next several days.

According to the Bureau of Meterology (BOM), heavy rainfall was expected to impact parts of the NSW coast and northern rivers from Sunday night to early Monday morning.

Veteran support charity, Mates4Mates, is calling on the community to put in a call over Christmas to a veteran who may be isolated.

Mates4Mates National Clinical Manager and Clinical Psychologist, Georgia Ash, said there’s been an increase in veterans presenting mental health challenges this year and she expects it to continue to rise.

A new fleet of high tech cameras have been distributed to all policing regions across the state to assist officers with investigating dangerous hooning activity.

The cameras will have the ability to capture crystal clear footage of everyone involved in hooning incidents, and will be used as evidence in court. 

Acting Premier Steven Miles and Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Shannon Fentiman announced today a date for draft Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws to be implemented in Queensland, following discussions with the Queensland Law Reform Commission (QLRC).

A shorter implementation time of 15 months was decided and would assure no delays possible in taking the matter to parliament.

The most ambitious vaccination campaign is U.S. history has start this week after the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNtech was approved by drug regulators.

This weekend, 2.9 million doses of the vaccine traveled by plane and guarded truck from facilities in Michigan and Wisconsin to designated locations, mostly hospitals, in all 50 states.

Four people have been left in critical condition following a fight that broke out between Trump demonstrators and counter-protesters  in Washington DC on Saturday. 

Trump supporters were marching the streets of DC to show their support following a supreme Court ruling on Friday that rejected a lawsuit seeking to overturn the election results in four states. 

The Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus (PACER Plus) entered into force yesterday for Australia, Cook Islands, Kiribati, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. 

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said the agreement brings more opportunities for Australian farmers and would forge greater shared regional prosperity.