Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is calling for an inquiry into the Murdoch Media’s dominance in Australia.

Mr Rudd has launched an official petition to the Australian Parliament, asking them to establish a royal commission into the abuse of media monopoly in Australia. 

Mr Rudd says he is passionate about the country’s future and is hoping Parliament can make recommendations to diversify media ownership for the sake of democracy.

The sudden decrease in rental vacancies is causing rental prices to rise for the first time in years in Darwin. The cost of renting a house jumped 7 per cent between March and September. 

The Northern Territory Government estimates between 2,000 and 4,000 people relocated to the state since the pandemic began.

It has not recorded a new coronavirus case in the last 70 days. So there are relatively few restrictions for its citizens.

The first Indigenous Senior Protective Security Officers joined the Queensland Police on Palm Island after a five-week training program earlier this month.

The training was specifically designed for the Palm Island community. 

The senior officers will now work closely with other Queensland Police Service officer and have legislative powers to provide security to State Government buildings.

US President Donald Trump claims he is immune from COVID-19 after receiving the “all clear” from White House doctors.

While Mr Trump is not yet officially virus-free, he took to Twitter to announce he can no longer spread nor contract the virus.

"It looks like I'm immune for, I don't know, maybe a long time and maybe a short time, it could be a lifetime, nobody really knows, but I'm immune," Mr Trump told Fox News show Sunday Morning Futures.

It is not yet clear whether contracting COVID-19 means gaining immunity over the virus.

Belarusian women are driving the movement to topple “Europe’s last dictator”. 

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and her colleagues, Veronika Tsepkalo and Maria Kolesnikova, led a strategic opposition election campaign, holding large rallies across the country. 

But despite the August 9 election results, thousands of people, many of them women, gather every weekend to protest against President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s oppressive regime.

Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has been referred to the state election watchdog by her own party.

The LNP referred Ms Frecklington over concerns a series of fundraising events could have violated laws aimed at curbing the political influence of property developers.

One LNP dinner in August resulted in $28,800 being donated.

This comes just weeks before Queensland heads to the polls on October 31, where Ms Frecklington is hoping to beat Annastacia Palaszczuk to become the state's Premier.

A study by the CSIRO found COVID-19 can survive for 28 days on banknotes, phone screens and stainless steel. 

The experiments in the study were carried out in virus friendly conditions.

So, it is unclear how well the virus will survive in the real world. 

While it is possible, it is unlikely the coronavirus may be spread by touching surfaces.

But, experts continue to encourage people to wash their hands regularly and avoid touching their faces. 

A woman has been charged over vandalising Prime Minister Scott Morison’s car while he was visiting the University of Queensland yesterday. 

The 19-year-old woman has been charged with public nuisance over the incident, after her group of protesters heckled Mr Morrison and threw paint and vegetables at both the building and his car. 

The protest was linked to the same refugee rights activists who have been targeting a hotel in Kangaroo point throughout the year.

Brisbane Region manager for State Emergency Service (SES) Mark Dole said people need to start planning now for potential flooding and storms. 

Earlier this year, the Bureau of Meteorology said the chances of a La Nina forming in the coming months is three times more likely than normal. 

Mr Dole said people should consider including elderly neighbours or relatives in the plan.

The Queensland Government has provided emergency plan templates to help Queenslanders with the planning process on their website.