Drug cartel gunmen have ambushed 3 SUV’s along a dirt road in northern Mexico on Monday, slaughtering at least three women and six children, two of which were 8-month-old twins.

All nine people involved in the day time attack were US citizens, and belonged to the extended Mexican-American LeBaron family, members of a breakaway Mormon community that settled in northern Mexico's hills and plains decades ago.

Documents detailing serious complaints about mistreatment and abuse of children with a disability by teaching staff, have been obtained by a disability advocate group under a Freedom of Information request.

Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) CEO Mary Sayers, says that reports of physical and sexual abuse across state insitutions were among complaints obtained by the organisaiton, as a Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability begins in Townsville this week.

Academics have warned that changes to competition law to shut down environmental boycotts could breach constitutional principles of freedom of political communication.

Professor Graham Orr from the University of Queensland has accused the Government of trying to target climate protests under the guise of market law.

Attorney General Christian Porter says that his proposed new laws, are designed to stop activist groups from promoting consumer boycotts against companies who have links to mining corporations

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.