More than 50 people are suffering from gastroenteritis at southeast Queensland’s Tangalooma Resort on Moreton Island, after E. coli bacteria was found in drinking water.

As more tests are being done on the underground aquifer, free bottled water is currently being provided to guests at the resort.

Management of the resort is now working with Brisbane City Council and Queensland Health to investigate the causes of contamination.

Guides at Carnarvon National Park fear that visitors may soon fall to their deaths, as they step over safety barriers at the gorge and risk their lives to get photos for social media.

The Department of Environment and Science (DES)  said there have been four helicopter rescues and eight ground rescues from the park in 2019 alone.

A DES spokesperson says that it has responded to visitors’ dangerous acts by issuing infringement notices and applying a fine of $400 for ignoring the safety signage.

Police have found 41 migrants alive hiding in a refrigerated truck, which was believed to have crossed the country from neighboring Turkey, on a motorway in northern Greece.

The refrigeration system in the truck was not turned on, and none of the migrants, mostly from Afghanistan, were injured.

Greece has been struggling with the influx of immigrants and migrants since 2015 when more than a million crossed into Europe from Turkey via Greece.

Pro-Beijing protestors gathered outside of Hong Kong’s police headquarters on Tuesday and accused the US Central Agency of provoking anti-government protests.

They claimed that American agencies have given support to anti-government protestors and provoked unrest in the city.

Some protestors carried slogans depicting anti-government protestors as ‘cockroaches’ and urged the chief executive, Carrie Lam, to take a stricter approach against them.

A Melbourne Cup racehorse is currently being treated for a suspected fractured pelvis after running the race,, amid calls to boycott the event due to concerns around animal cruelty. 

Rostropovich, who finished last of the 24 horses in the prestigious $8million race was reportedly taken to the Werribee Vet Clinic following the event.

Scott Morrison has returned to Canberra to put the final touches on Australia’s new drought strategy, which is expected to be released within days. 

The Morrison government’s new strategy is expected to put a focus on “preparedness” rather than just responding after long dry spells impact on farmers and rural communities. 

The residents of the Sunshine Coast township of Teewah are returning home this morning, following a bushfire threat which caused them to evacuate the area last night.

The fire in the tiny community north of Noosa, flared late on Tuesday night, leaving fire crews battling to control the blaze.

The fire is now burning on the eastern side of the Noosa River, west of Teewah, and has been downgraded to an “advice-level” threat.

Candidates in next year’s local government elections will have to undergo mandatory online training before they can stand for office, in a move designed to curb corruption in local politics.

Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says that the program is designed to give candidates a better understanding of their responsibilities as councillors if they should win election to council bodies.