Queensland’s Lockyer Valley has been described as a “burning cauldron” with bushfires tearing through 10,000 hectares but miraculously only claiming one house.
But Lockyer Valley Mayor Tanya Milligan says the town of Laidley, 80 kilometres west of Brisbane, is counting its blessings despite fire having torn through about 10,000 hectares.

Just one home was lost to the bushfires whipped up by dry winds.

Queensland Conservatorium alumni Dami Im and Katie Noonan are being honoured at the 2019 awards.
 
The awards celebrate the diversity and talent of women in the Australian music industry.
 
The alumni’s past vocal coach and senior lecturer Dr Irene Bartlett says she can “size up whether there is that special ‘ something’” and she “saw that in both katie and Dami”.
 

 Solomon  Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Pacific keader’s first official visit to China after controversially cutting diplomatic ties with Taiwan last month.
 
The leaders signed several agreements including one regarding China’s multi-trillian dollar Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.
 
Mr Xi says "Although the Solomon Islands and China have just established ties, real friendship is not determined by when it starts,"
 

The UN says that thousands are fleeing the region from air strikes and artillery. 

It has been reported that 11 civilians have been killed and 28 injured. 

The assault was launched three days after President Trump removed American troops from their positions near the border alongside their Kurdish allies.

New South Wales farmer Ross Wild claims that he has been using the herbicide on his property for 43 years.
 
He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma last year and claims it was due to long-term exposure of Roundup’s active ingredient glysophate.
 
Bayer Australia, the owner of Monsanto, says they  “firmly stand behind the safety of glyphosate-based products and, as a company devoted to life sciences, assure Australians that their health and the environment are our top priority”.

The brand-new Aussie hip-hop musical festival No Limit Fest is coming to Sydney in November.
 
The festival will play mostly Australian hip-hop, RnB and rap music with a focus on local and up and coming talent
 
Headlining the event will be internet sensation HP Boyz alongside an impressive lineup of female artists.
 
Co-Founder Jay Roots says “No Limit Fest will blast off in Sydney on the 17th of November at Metro Theatre” and it’s “going to be a night to remember.”
 

A truck was stuck on an embankment in Kangaroo Point late Thursday afternoon.
 
The truck’s cabin was left hanging over a rock wall next to the slip-road between Shafston Avenue and Main Road
 
An Australian Traffic Network spokesman says no delays were reported and the Queensland police had no reports.
 
No injuries were reported
 

Climate change activists plan to continue disruptive protests in capital cities today as the week demonstration ends. 

Demonstrators aim to close the William Jolly Bridge in central Brisbane today from 10am. 

Yesterday police used power tools to free demonstrators who locked themselves to a catamaran in the city centre.