The Palaszczuk Government has committed to tighter controls on mine dust to protect mine workers on the eve of the state’s memorial day for mine victims.

The commitment comes after the discovery of dozens of confirmed cases of black lung disease have been diagnosed in former coal miners in the past two years alone. 

New fires are feared to start under the forecast of dry and gusty thunderstorms.

The storms are expected to accompany with a lot of lightening but little rain between the Queensland-NSW border and Kingaroy.

Senior forecaster Jonte Hall says the high temperatures and gusty winds might spark new fires.

India has lost contact with mission Chaandrayaan-2 moon lander after it touched down on the Moon's surface

The loss in contact follows the lander’s final approach towards the South pole of the Moon to install rovers to search for signs of water.

The landing aimed to study water deposits contained in the Moon's shadowy craters.

Cold conditions in Canberra have eased, following large snowfalls yesterday morning.

Canberran residents awoke to widespread snowfalls of 15cm, on Tuesday morning that blanketed the surrounding region and delayed highway traffic.

Indonesia has faced complaints from neighbouring countries over its failure to prevent fires which caused toxic smoke to drift across the South-East-Asian archipelago.

The transboundary haze from bush fires on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo has impacted Singapore and and Malaysia, with Kuala Lumpur copping the brunt of the haze.

The cause of fires is attributed to deforestation and burning of peatland for extracting palm oil.

Former Labor leader and Opposition services spokesman Bill Shorten has announced that a class action will be launched against the Government over the controversial “robodebt” scandal.

Gordon Legal, who will lead the proposed class action, say they will allege the federal government financially benefited through the robodebt algorithm, when it wrongfully collected and banked money that legitimately belonged to recipients.

An experienced Brisbane bushwalker has been found, having crawled for two days with a fractured leg after a 6-metre fall down a waterfall at Mount Nebo

Neil Parker, a 45-year Brisbane Bushwalkers hiking guide, splinted his shattered leg with hiking sticks and crawled for 48 hours to a clearing while lifting his broken leg every step of the way, Queensland Health have said.

Israel’s second election in five months is too close to call, according to exit polls from last night’s vote in the country.

Polls suggest that the centrist Blue and White alliance of former military chief Benny Gantz is projected to win between 32 and 34 seats, while PM Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party is set to fall to 31 to 33 seats.

Mr Netanyahu has vowed to annex parts of the occupied Palestinian Jordan Valley if he can form a coalition with both religious and right-wing parties.

A long-forgotten documentary Dirt Cheap, which details the early pushback against uranium mining was rediscovered in Northern Territory Library.

It can be only shown in film festivals because only one digital copy was found.

This has stirred up controversy about the contentious  Ranger Uranium Mining Agreement.