China may take countermeasures is US support for protestors continues.
China warns the US it could take "firm counter-measures" if Washington continues to demonstrate support for Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters.
The warning came after US President Donald Trump signed the Human Rights and Democracy Act into law, mandating an annual review checking if Hong Kong has enough autonomy to justify special status with the US.
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Fraudulent parking fines.
Moreton Bay Regional Council warned residents to be cautious of a fraudulent parking fine scheme.
A fake penalty infringement notice issued to a vehicle in the Clontarf area on November 25 alerted council to the issue.
The dodgy infringement notice displayed council’s logo and claims to have been issued by council officers.
Dog attacks cat.
A dog is believed to be responsible for an attack on a cat forcing its owner, Tara Williams, to amputate one of her cat’s legs.
Ms Williams took her cat, Vee Vee, to her local vet Furkids who says the leg couldn’t be saved.
Ms Williams says that according to the puncture wounds in the cats leg indicate it was definitely a dog.
Around 100 new fires ignited in NSW.
Firefighters are still battling more than 160 bush and grass fires across NSW after about 100 fresh blazes ignited in a 24-hour period.
There were more than 2200 personnel in the field working to slow the progress of the blazes.
“Crews will work over coming days to control this large number of fires ahead of forecast elevated fire danger on Saturday,” the RFS posted on Twitter.
Australian teacher held hostage by the Taliban has arrived home.
An Australian teacher who spent more than three years being held hostage by the Taliban has arrived home.
The Wagga Wagga teacher was working at a university in Kabul when he was kidnapped at gunpoint in 2016.
Timothy Weeks was freed earlier this month along with his American colleague as part of a prisoner swap
"I am very pleased to confirm that Tim has returned to Australia and very much welcome his return," she said.
Trump visits troops.
President Trump has visited American troops in Afghanistan and said the US and Taliban have been engaged in talks.
The visit for Thanksgiving came after a prisoner swap with the Taliban aimed at resuming peace negotiations.
Mr Trump has also reaffirmed the US will "substantially" reduce troop numbers to about 8,600.
Social media influencers warning Samoans against vaccinations.
Medical experts warned Samoans against heeding anti-vax messages spread by social media influencers amid a deadly measles outbreak in the Pacific nation that has so far claimed 39 lives since late October — most of them children.
"Forcing a medical procedure on an entire country, especially one that is proving to be ineffective, dangerous and making the virus more deadly, is straight up barbaric," she wrote on Facebook.
In the past week, more than 45,000 people have been vaccinated in Samoa
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Jackie Trad dismissed claims.
The head of Queensland’s education department, Jackie Trad, dismissed claims she muscled in on the search for a Brisbane school principal.
Opposition education spokesman Jarrod Bleijie claimed Ms Trad interfered with the recruitment process for a principal at a new school in her South Brisbane seat.
However, Tony Cook, the Education Department’s director-general, said that at no time did Ms Trad try involve herself in the decision making process.