Independent senator Jacqui Lambie is demanding more TAFE funding from the federal government in Tasmania, her home state. 

Lambie has recently tackled housing, is set to attend to the health system, and is now also turning her attention to securing tertiary education funding.

“When it comes to infrastructure, TAFEs are pretty depleted. For me it’s really important to make sure these trade schools stay around,” Ms Lambie told ABC radio yesterday.

A massive boa constrictor, measuring 2.5 metres in length, is “on the loose” in NSW after its freshly shed skin was discovered at a property west of Sydney.

The NSW Government issued a warning to the public on Friday, and biosecurity officers and snake catchers are now scouring the area for the python.

Sean Cade from Australian Snake Catchers said their main concern is that the huge snake might come across a small child.

Hong Kong police said a self-made remote-controlled explosive device aimed at "killing or injuring" police officers were detonated during the protest on Sunday. Due to the outbreak of anti-government unrest, the violence has escalated to the fifth month.

Deputy Commissioner Tang Ping-Keung said at the press conference: "It exploded less than two meters from the police car."

According to official Vietnamese media reports, Vietnam has pulled over a DreamWorks animated film "Abominable" from the cinema. A map of the scene shows China's unilaterally announced "nine-dot line" in the South China Sea.

The U-shaped line is a function used on maps of China to illustrate its broad range of claims for the resource-rich South China Sea, including large areas of land that Vietnam considers as the continental shelf, and has granted oil concessions on the continental shelf.

Sydney police are investigating five fires that appear to have been deliberately lit last night.

Multiple crime scenes have been established in Sydney’s Glebe: the first site engulfed in flames was a shop front, the second a veranda of a home nearby, the third a garage fire, then a terrace fire at a house, and the last, a car fire.

The terrace fire at the home of 70-year-old Kelvin Isdahl, prompted an immediate evacuation.

Pill testing could soon be introduced to NSW music festivals and police may have to reduce drug detection operations, following the deaths of six young people at festivals between December 2017 and January 2019.

Coroner Harriet Grahame has been overseeing an inquest into the deaths, and her findings will be made public November 8th.

The Daily Telegraph has reported 40 draft recommendations have already been sent to NSW police and government departments.

A free Woolloongabba Ride ‘n’ Guide will take place tomorrow to help riders get to know the newly-completed Woolloongabba bikeway.

The bikeway was built to encourage residents towards healthier and eco-friendly routes to navigate the city.

For riders over 18, it will provide safety tips from biking instructors, and in conjunction with National Ride 2 Work Day, it will provide free breakfast with a booking.

The guide will run from 6:30am tomorrow.

The population of wild rabbits in an area south-west of Brisbane has decreased due to drought and a virus, bringing relief for farmers.

Conducted by the Darling Downs Moreton Rabbit Board, a survey of the Dalveen area found that 14,000 rabbits were born in the area each month, but rabbit numbers are now at their lowest in 30 years.

Local grazier John Gross said that “these rabbits have come in and just decimated the place and it's affected my income”. 

The Indian government suspended mobile phone connections, landlines and the Internet in the region before depriving some autonomy on August 5.

An estimated 4 million mobile phones are in use again, but the prepaid connection has not been restored. However, Internet services in the region continue to be suspended. 

Officials say that 80% of landline phones have been working since last month, but many people don't even have a landline connection.