QUT researchers are part of a $10.7 million global project to develop a new chlamydia vaccine.

Professor Ken Beagley from QUT’s Faculty of Health said three chlamydia vaccine candidates had already been identified by University of North Carolina researchers and QUT will begin testing within a month.

Chlamydia affects nearly four hundred Australians per year and if left untreated can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility.

Queenslanders will participate in Multicultural Queensland Month this August, with more than 100 events aimed at celebrating our unique diversity and its benefits.

Multicultural Affairs Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said the theme of the month this year is ‘We All Belong’ and explained while we may come from different cultures, we all love living in Queensland.

North Korea has fired multiple unidentified projectiles from the Hodo peninsula on North Korea's east coast, the same area from where last week's were conducted.

The South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff says it was monitoring the situation in case of additional launches and maintaining a readiness posture.

North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles on 25 July, its first missile tests since leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump met in late June.

India has outlawed the Muslim practice of instant divorce, two years after the Supreme Court ruled that it violated constitutional rights of Muslim women.

Instant divorce, or "triple talaq," is when a Muslim man ends his marriage by simply saying "talaq" - which means "you are divorced" in Arabic - three times in succession.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that this corrects a historical wrong done to Muslim women and will further equality in society.

Josh Frydenberg and Gladys Liu are facing High Court challenges to their election wins, after questions were raised about Minister Frydenberg’s citizenship and the Liberal Party's campaign conduct.

Oliver Yates, who unsuccessfully contested the Victorian seat of Kooyong against Mr Frydenberg, is arguing the Kooyong election was affected by illegal conduct committed by the Liberal Party, to the knowledge of both Liberal candidates.

The push for higher density housing in Perth's suburbs has caused tension between the Government and Perth residents.

As the Nedlands council faced State Government pressure to increase the density of the area, the backlash was substantial.

Protest groups are voicing their desire to preserve the spacious appeal of their neighbourhoods. 

Townsville flood repair delays have left hundreds of people still homeless six months later.

Only about 1,400 of the 3,300 north Queensland homes damaged by floodwaters have been repaired, according to July figures from the Queensland Reconstruction Authority.

A Townsville resident, Maxine Ellis, says people feel they have been left "swinging in the wind" by insurers or stakeholders involved in the disaster recovery industry.

Volunteer snorkelers and scuba divers have been helping capture images of reef manta rays to better protect the threatened species.

UQ PhD candidate Asia Armstrong, who led the study, hopes the data will inform conservation planning and management along the coast.

Ms Armstrong says researchers and volunteers helped them build a catalogue of more than 1300 individual reef manta rays.