Brisbane’s median house price is predicted to jump 20 per cent by 2022, far beyond any other Australian capital city in the same period.

The BIS Oxford Economics Property forecast said the average Brisbane house is expected to increase from $552,000 to $665,000. 

The report said with credit conditions easing and interest rates falling, improving affordability will be a catalyst for raising price growth. 

Brisbane lord mayor Adrian Schrinner had criticised the Labor state government’s conduct regarding the Brisbane metro at an LNP state convention.  

The $944 million council transport project was pushed back after the state government last month called for a planned cultural centre station to be moved.

Mr Schrinner had called the project “Brisbane’s Adani” and said Labor is doing everything it can to get in the way so they can accuse the LNP of failing to deliver on election promises in March 2020.

Dinka Ethnic School in Adelaide has been working to connect second-generation children with the native culture and language of their parents.

Twelve-year-old Sudanese Yar Garang said she doesn’t mind attending school each Saturday to learn about her past and where her parents were born.

Yar’s father Buol Juuk said the school was established when parents noticed a growing communication gap between their children who were immersed in a new English-speaking culture.

There is still no word on when residents can return to Sydney’s Mascot Towers after they were rapidly evacuated last month when cracks appeared in the building.

 Mascot Towers has since been opened six days a week to the residents who wish to retrieve their many personal belongings left behind during the evacuation.

The Mascot Towers Owners Corporations said they are still assessing the buildings but questions surrounding the causes and timing cannot be answered at this time.

New Zealand started the first of over 250 gun buyback collections for banned semi-automatic weapons following this year’s Christchurch massacre.

Police Association president Chris Cahilll said he is expecting a positive community response to the scheme, which is expected to cost $207 million.

Firearms Safety Specialist Nicole McKee said the scheme is being rolled out too quickly, with their being no discussions with the communities affected by the ban.

A Moon-bound Indian rocket set to launch Monday morning was postponed following a technical problem that surfaced less than an hour before scheduled take off.

The Indian Space Research Organisation said they observed an error in the launch vehicle system and called off the launch as a precaution.

The organisation’s chief said the mission is designed to gather data on water and minerals on the Moon is the agency’s most complex mission yet.