A Chinese-Australian businessman has been awarded nearly $600 000 after a judge found an ABC program defamed him in 2017.

Philanthropist Chau Chak Wing sued a Four Corners episode which allegedly portrayed him as a spy and a traitor to his country. 

Doctor Chau is an Australian citizen, he says the program made him out to be a member of the communist party who provided funding to the political group.

He also awarded costs against the ABC, and ordered the broadcaster to remove parts of the episode from online platforms.

Central Queensland University’s Vice-Chancellor has condemned a lack of planning and coordination in regard to the return of international students to Australian universities.

Vice-Chancellor Nick Klomp is calling for a national strategy to revive the thirty eight billion dollar international students industry, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Universities Australia estimates that COVID-19 could cost the industry sixteen billion dollars by 2023.

The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly has accused exiled opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez of planning to blow up the country’s parliament building.

Jorge Rodriguez, a staunch ally of President Nicolas Maduro, says Mr Lopez planned the attack with the help of former Spanish ambassador to Venezuela Jesus Silva.

Rodriguez is demanding a response from Spanish president Pedro Sanchez and the Spanish government regarding their involvement.

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has filed a legal challenge in the Supreme Court seeking to annul the results of the country’s January elections.

Wine claims the election, which kept incumbent Yoweri Museveni in power, was rigged and has called for the poll to be ‘cancelled and repeated’.

Museveni has been in power since nineteen eighty six and has had the military keep Wine under house arrest since the election. 

Bushfires burning out of control near Perth Hills in Western Australia are destroying homes with authorities working through the night trying to control it.

A bushfire warning is in place in various suburbs as 800 hectares have already been burnt and 3 houses lost.

As fear these numbers will increase, more than 200 firefighters and emergency crews are on the scene.

A Brisbane city councillor will face a disciplinary hearing after calling for renters and landlords be put in direct contact to resolve property issues

Jonathan Sri, Greens councillor for The Gabba will be facing the hearing after allegedly offering to put tenants and landlords in touch with each other in situations where real estate agents are not passing on essential correspondence.

A second part of the complaint says he told people it was okay to not pay rent or pay late when they couldn't afford it. 

The Gold Coast’s rental market has become increasingly competitive with less than one per cent rental vacancy rates.

This is due to low housing supply and increased interstate migration as border restrictions have lifted. As more homeowners rent their homes over purchasing them, tenants can be asked to leave with no reason and no consequence to the homeowner.

Tenants Queensland CEO Penny Carr says we need to change laws to protect tenants from being unreasonably evicted in an unstable COVID environment.

The premier has called for a youth justice review after a number of recent incidents involving young people driving stolen cars.

Police say the targeted group are repeat offenders between the ages of 12 and 17.

This follows an incident last week where a minor crashed a stolen car in Brisbane, killing two people in the process.

Ms Palaszczuk will meet with youth justice minister Leanne Linard and police minister Mark Ryan over the matter this week.