Workers at Brisbane’s coal terminal are preparing to take industrial action as they fight increased casualisation of labour and the contracting out of their jobs.

The workers, at Queensland Bulk Handling, which is owned and operated by coal company New Hope, will vote on industrial action over the weekend after nine months of meetings between company owners and union officials failed to deliver an agreement.

A Danish lighthouse has been put on wheels to move it away from an eroding coastline.

When the 23-metre (75ft) Rubjerg Knude (ROB - YURG  KA - NUDE) lighthouse was first lit on the North Sea coastline in 1900, it sat roughly 200 metres from the coast, but that distance shrank to six metres as the cliff it was situated on fell away.

Arne Boelt, (AR-NEH BOOLT) the local mayor, said many things could go wrong when moving the defunct building, but that it was the only way the lighthouse could be saved without being dismantled.

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has condemned Turkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a "thief" as he made his first visit to areas in Idlib (ID-LAYB) province recently retaken by Syrian government forces from Turkey-backed rebels.

His comments came as Syrian troops continued to deploy in parts of the north where they are supporting Kurdish forces to contain a Turkish invasion, according to the Syrian state news agency.

Fans of Sydney Speedway have voiced their frustration about a decision to remove the track to make way for the Sydney Metro West rail line.

The speedway, which was built in 1977 have been treated as a home to speed racers in Sydney .

Transport Minister Andrew Constance has promised the relocation of the speedway facility as the Western Sydney has sufficient land.

The NSW government is undergoing an overhaul of its school curriculum that will cut down the number of subjects studied and focus on Maths, English and Science to emphasize ‘real skills’.

It also introduces a ‘flexible progression’ that tests students through levels of attainments, organizing syllabuses to show students their own learning progression on a scale.

Professor Geoff Masters says that this back to basic approach that allows students to gain lifelong skills.

A man has died and a woman has been seriously injured in an accident at a zipline park in the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland on Tuesday, according to police.

A 48-year-old woman was flown by a rescue helicopter at around 5:30pm to Cairns Hospital in a serious but stable condition, however the 53-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

The pair from South Australia, were harnessed together and fell more than 10 metres form the zipline, however police say it is unclear how the accident happened.

A bushfire has broken out at Peregian Beach on the Sunshine Coast, forcing locals to be evacuated and roads to be closed, as the blaze produces smoke which is billowing across main thoroughfares. 

The fire which is spanning about 100 metres, is currently burning inaccessible bushland near Emu Mountain Road, north of Coolum State High School, and is heading north toward David Low Way.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has revealed at a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin, that Russia and Turkey have agreed to establish a “safe zone” in Northern Syria.

Russia and Turkey agreed on Tuesday to ensure Kurdish forces withdraw from areas close to Syria’s border with Turkey and to launch joint patrols, in a deal hailed as “historic” by President Erdogan.

Abortion and same-sex marriage have been offically legalised in Northern Ireland after a group of local lawmakers failed on Monday in a last minute bid to prevent the London-ordered liberalisation of the laws.

Abortion had been illegal in the British-ruled province unless the mother’s life was in danger, but was decriminlised at midnight on Monday, with service providers to be allowed to operate next year.