Trolls on social media are attempting to sway Queensland's March 28 Local Elections by spreading misinformation online, a technique known as ‘astroturfing’.

QUT Associate Professor Daniel Angus says, trolls may set up fake accounts and then steer those accounts to make it look as though there are genuine grassroots community concerns about specific issues.

Israel will vote today in the 2020 Legislative Elections. 

This election will be the third in one year, and is hoped to resolve the political stalemate between the country’s two major parties, Blue & White, and Likud. 

Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to remove a video leaking new poll results, posted illegally to his Facebook page yesterday.

Australian and International scientists are taking part in an ongoing oceanographic expedition of the deep water of Bremer Canyon Marine Park which revealed the ‘gardens’ of deep-sea corals. 

Pete Buttigieg has dropped out of the 2020 US Presidential Race after poor support in Nevada and South Carolina. 

“Now, no one from the LGBTQ community will ever grow up thinking their sexuality is an unsurmountable obstacle on the road to the White House.” said Charles Kaiser, a Guardian contributor and the author of The Gay Metropolis: the Landmark History of Gay Life in America. 

Pete Buttigieg was the first openly gay American major candidate for President. 

109 recommendations were released yesterday by The Ice Inquiry, which analysed the government’s inaction on managing the methamphetamine known as ice. 

The report incorporated a broad range of experts with lived experience and comprehensively reviewed governmental action. 

"It is disappointing when the NSW government’s interim response to the Inquiry is to immediately rule out five of the 109 recommendations,” Professor Allison Ritter stated. 

The Qantas Australian Tourism Awards will be celebrated on the 6th of March in Canberra. 

Representing Queensland, IRONMAN Oceania and EcoQueensland have been nominated for awards. 

"The Queensland Tourism Awards provide an opportunity to celebrate the effort that goes into making the Sunshine State a favourite with domestic and international tourists," says Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones.