New statistics from the Suburban Alliance by the Urban Economics indicate that 86 per cent of jobs in the south-east are located outside of Brisbane city, with a key growth in jobs in the health and aged care sector.

Data indicated that the CBD hosts 8 per cent of the jobs in south-east Queensland, with approximately nine out of 10 jobs found outside of that area from a period between 2006 and 2016. 

The bushfires that are continuing to burn throughout the South East have been raising air pollution levels and triggering severe asthma for those who suffer from the condition. 

Nebulisers have been in short supply with pharmacies throughout the region selling out leaving sufferers searching for relief. 

Air pollution levels in some parts of Brisbane last week have been on par with that in Beijing and worse than in Mumbai. 

75 bushfires continue to burn across the state. 

With Foodbank's 2019 Hunger Report indicating that regional and remote food insecurity has risen in Australia by 6.5 per cent in the last year, drought in these regions is furthering this phenomenon and causing the demand for food relief to escalate. 

Foodbank Australia CEO Brianna Casey explained that a large number of drought-affected regions are also some of the regions that supply the best farming and cropping areas.

An Australian MP has ruled out ever repenting for being critical of the Chinese government's human rights abuses against Uighurs in Xinjiang province.  

Andrew Hastie was planning to travel to China with a number of other MPs in December however was informed on Friday that his visa had been denied.

A Chinese Embassy spokesperson called on Mr Hastie to "genuinely repent and redress his mistakes" however Mr Hastie has refused saying he was standing up for Australia’s sovereignty and for those who can't speak for themselves. 

Australian university students have been urged to leave Hong Kong as militant students clash with police during major protests in the city.

The Umbrella Movement that has brought Hong Kong to a standstill is in its fifth month and shows no sign of slowing down.

In fact, violence is escalating as protesters have turned the campus of Hong Kong’s Chinese University into a fortress stockpiled with petrol bombs and bows and arrows.

Police in the United Kingdom have warned candidates in the upcoming December general election to not campaign alone or in the dark.  

Female MPs have also been told to install panic buttons in their homes as threats of death and sexual violence rise. 

In 2016, a Labour MP, Jo Cox, was stabbed to death when meeting with her constituents a week out from the EU referendum.