A formal review in the actions of a senior South Australian Police officer has launched after the officer offered a gift card as a prize for whichever officer handed out the most fines and cautions during a road safety blitz.

Police revealed the incident occurred ahead of a road safety blitz traffic campaign that runs from Monday until Friday.

The incentive offered was a gift card purchased by the manager from their own funds, such practice is not South Australlian Police policy and is not permitted.

A government proposal to tighten the character test will make it easier to deport up to tens of thousands of migrants who have been living in Australia long term.

Under the planned changes, visa-holders who have committed a crime that carries a maximum sentence of at least two years, such as common assault, will automatically fail the character test, even if they are not sentenced to jail. 

Lewis Ziska, one of the top climate scientists in the US has quit the US Department of  Agriculture and says he’s protesting the Trump administration’s attempts to bury one of his studies.

The study was about how rice loses nutrients due to the increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere which has implications for the 600 million people who depend on rice for most of their caloric intake.

After six mexican citizens were killed in El Paso by a gunman, who authorities believe is the author of a racist and anti-government manifesto, the Mexican government says its planning to take legal action against the United States. 

Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said in a statement that the shooting was an act of terrorism against the Mexican-American community. 

Extinction rebellion are continuing their protests to immobilise the heart of Brisbane today highlighting Climate Change as a major issue.

At about 8am this morning at least six Extinction Rebellion activists were detained by police as traffic grounded to a halt for around 20 minutes on the intersection Margaret and William Streets.

The federal government has made a 13 million dollar commitment to turn the Bruce highway into a ‘smart’ freeway.

The funding will create electronic freeway management technology to improve traffic flow and motorist safety particularly during peak periods.

The Technology will be rolled out between the Gateway Motorway and Caloundra Interchange, the smart tech will help reduce travel times and is set to be installed from early-2020.

Seven Australian telcos have been fined for not being up-front about how slow their internet speeds might be on the National Broadband Network.

Under rules introduced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority last year, telcos are required to publish a fact sheet with information about their NBN services, including how slow it might be during peak times, and they are ordered to ‘line test’ new services.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has ramped up the pressure on websites spreading "evil" hate messages after more than 20 people were killed in a suspected terrorist attack in the US.

Mr Dutton said many online media companies were operating out of Russia or other countries where the rule of law does not apply in the same way as western democracies.

He said the depth of hatred was damaging children and being proliferated through online media, which operates on different rules to traditional platforms.

Hong Kong students and emigrants in Taiwan have been buying helmets, goggles, umbrellas, plastic wrap and band-aids in bulk and couriering them to pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

A campaign in Kaoshiung, Taiwan, saw an outpouring of help for the protesters collecting more than $1 million in cash which will be spent on buying items and paying for deliveries to Hong Kong.

Authorities in mainland China, meanwhile, have reportedly been intercepting Hong Kong-bound parcels containing similar items.