An Australia bomb specificalist has been killed in the Solomon Islands after a blast occurred in the Capital of Honiara. 

The Australian man was working in the country to identify unexploded World War II bomb sites for specialist police teams.

Investigators are still trying to determine why explosives were present in the area.

The Australian Electoral Commission have issued a notice of intention to deregister Clime Palmer’s United Australia Party. 

While Federal authorities said there is a possibility to deregister the party, Queensland will not follow this up.

The Electoral Commission Queensland said there is currently no evidence to initiate this process six weeks out from the State’s Poll on October 31. 

Queensland Firebirds’ coach Rosalee Jenkee has been under scrutiny after failing to play the Suncorp Super Netball’s only Indigenous player during the league’s Indigenous round.

24-year-old Jemma Mi Mi has been used heavily to promote the Indigneous round and raise cultural awareness, but didn’t take the court in their win against the Vixens.

A Brisbane woman's attempted murder charge has been downgraded to a domestic violence offence after the first day of a Supreme Court trial.

The 39-year-old woman was originally charged with attempted murder, after stabbing her daughter with a kitchen knife in February of 2019.

Justice Glenn Martin made the decision to downgrade charges after hearing the woman’s daughter acted violently during the fight, calling the woman’s intent to injure “momentary”. 

Fawzia Koofi is one of four women representing the government in the historic talks to end war in Afghanistan.

Starting on September 12, these are the first direct talks with the Taliban and relies on the US withdrawing all remaining troops from the country. 

After surviving several assassination attempts from the Taliban, the Afghani politician and women’s rights activist wants her injury  and her presence to symbolise the strength of Afghan women in the face of decades of oppression and adversity.

Queensland’s waste recycling industry is calling for the introduction of an independent Environment Protection Agency.

The industry is calling for more consistency and transparency before the state elections on October 31. Queensland is the only Australian state without an independent EPA. 

Former president of The Waste Recycling Industry Association (QLD) Rick Ralph says the Department of Environment is incompetent. He says its multiple roles at the moment prevent the organisation from solving problems head on.