A new research centre is set to bring researchers and clinicians together to improve treatments for aphasia, a stroke condition affecting speech and communication. 

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has withdrawn the extradition bill. 

The bill allows individuals from Hong Kong accused of crimes to be extradited in mainland China. 

Prodemocracy activist, Joshua Wong said the decision making by Carrie Lam was “too little, too late”.

He also claimed this is not a concession, and a clampdown is coming.

The Elections Department in Singapore has formed the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee to review key processes before a general election. 

The EBRC says changes in the number of electors in the current electoral divisions is because of population shifts and housing development. 

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has considered reducing the average size of the group representation constituencies and creating more Single Member Constituencies.

Problems with diesel particulate filters in popular Toyota cars are producing excessive smoke that is polluting the environment. 

The state and territory environment protection authorities have issued over 1,200 warning notices to drivers regarding the pollution coming from cars over the past year.

Clean energy campaigner for the Australian Conservation Foundation Suzanne Harter said, "Australia is currently lagging behind the rest of the world on vehicle-emissions standards".

Scientists at the University of New South Wales have published a new framework today for building and managing coastal infrastructure on a global scale.

Dr Mariana Mayer Pinto said, "there is great opportunity to improve how we build on the coast."

The framework proposes a design of built infrastructure that should increase the overall resistance and resilience of coastal systems.

Bob Katter and other MPs from the Katter Australian Party and One Nation have called for Queensland to be split into two states. 

Queensland politicians who support the divide say the north should rule itself with its own economy, parliament, name, flag and constitution. 

Katter Party MP Robbie Katter said the disparity between voters in the north and west and those in the state's south is too great, that there is a disconnect between them, and that their values are not the same.

Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Steven Miles announced $12.4 million is being invested into cardiac care in regional Queensland. 

The new model of cardiac care will be introduced over four years beginning in Townsville and Cairns hospitals. 

"Cardiovascular disease is even more challenging for people living in North Queensland and the Torres and Cape, some of whom live more than 2,000 km from major cardiac hospitals in Brisbane," said Mr Miles.

Lawmakers have rejected British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for a snap election on October 15, 2019.