Victims of sexual abuse can now take unincorporated institutions to court after the State Government shuts down a loophole which protects an institution’s assets. 

Slater and Gordon Principal Lawyer Nick Hart says this reverses the Ellis defence, and organisations including churches and unregistered institutions will no longer be able to get away with not providing compensation. 

These changes took effect on the 2nd of March. 

A disgruntled ex-security guard has fired shots and taken at least 30 hostages at a shopping mall in Manila's San Juan city

Negotiations went for ten hours with more than a dozen SWAT commandos finally entering the mall with assault rifles.

The victim is in stable condition at a nearby hospital with the perpetrator taking questions from the press for 20 minutes before being arrested.

On Monday Sri Lanka's president called a snap election for April 25 after sacking the national parliament where his party led a minority government.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa received power to dissolve the 225-member legislature as it completes four and half out of its five year term.

Rajapaksa, 70, won a landslide in the November presidential polls and appointed his older brother and former president Mahinda as prime minister at the time.

Traditional owners and environmental groups are calling out the South Australian authorities for permitting the killing of southern hairy-nosed wombats on the Yorke Peninsula. 

This permit allows farmers under laws to kill ‘abundant wildlife’ which are ‘causing damage’. 

Member of Humane Society International Evan Quartermain says ‘there is no excuse for the permit, considering there are simple solutions to prevent damage such as wombat gates. 

Suspected carriers of the Novel Coronavirus in Australia could soon be banned from entering crowded public spaces.

Human health “response zones” may also be declared, prohibiting people from being in large crowds such as shopping centres and schools.

Attorney-General Christian Porter says that it’s “very likely that these laws will get used on a larger scale”.

Local Brisbane man suffering from Motor Neuron Disease will release a new single to raise money for others with the disease this Saturday. 

John Hanley is using his voice before the disease takes it away from him, he says he wanted the song to be a little bit about MND without mentioning MND and instead talks about overall suffering.

Mr Hanley will release the song ‘Home’ this Saturday. 

Paramedics attended a two-vehicle crash in Yeppoon early this morning with two male patients sustaining injuries.

A male patient in his twenties has been airlifted to Rockhampton Hospital in a critical condition with head, chest, pelvic and leg injuries with the second patient in a stable condition to be transported by road also sustaining leg injuries.

Senior officials from CFMEU Mining and Energy will argue against exemptions for mining executives regarding the industrial manslaughter laws before a Queensland Parliamentary Committee tonight.  

CFMEU Mining and Energy Queensland President Stephen Smyth says the industrial manslaughter laws are in place to ensure that workers take responsibility for their safety obligations. 

President Smyth says Parliament ‘must not give mining bosses a free pass on industrial manslaughter’. 

A child has died after a boat capsized off the Greek Island of Lesbos, the event being the first reported fatality since Turkey opened its border letting migrants enter Europe.

It is reported the passengers "overturned" the boat, Greek officials commenting this is a "common tactic" used by traffickers to force a rescue

Forty-six were rescued and two children taken to hospital, one of whom could not be revived.