US President Donald Trump and his top officials may ease sanctions on Iran on Monday, in order to meet with Iran’s president, Hassan Rounhani.

According to an account by Bloomberg News, national security adviser, John Bolton argued against the meeting the day before his departure from the White House. 

Trump said Mr Bolton was not getting along with people in the administration. 

“He made some very big mistakes,” the President said. 

Treasure Cay faces the challenge of recovery and clean-up following Hurricane Dorian. 

Local chef Antone Dames says he and his family worked hard to open the Italian bistro, and now they have to start it again from the bottom.

Humanitarian Aid and Rescue Project volunteer Jim Keady said the infrastructure is completely clobbered, especially electricity and water.

“You have so many people who have left the island that we now have another wave of climate refugees,” Mr Keady said. 

The Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian Governments have organised for a review into NAPLAN with the Education Council to take place tomorrow.

The review will consider how accurate the test is assessing the student and system performance.

Queensland Education Minister Grace Grace said the government must ensure that national testing remains relevant and credible.

A recent study raises questions regarding the reliability of roadside drug testing devices to test for cannabis.

A study published in the Drug Testing and Analysis journal investigates the two most commonly used devices for roadside testing.

Tomas Arkell, a PhD Student at the University of Sydney was involved with the study which tested two of the most commonly used devices by police.  

Legal analysts warned electric scooter riders that they are not covered by insurance for third party injury or damage. 

Riders are liable for damages to property and medical bills of anyone they hit. 

Legal associate with Hill House Legal partners Michael Morris investigated the insurance issue. 

“The simple solution, at least from the perspective of riders and injured persons, is for the government to extend the CTP insurance regime to cover electric scooters,” Mr Morris wrote.

Two teenagers were charged with endangering particular property by fire in Peregian Beach on Wednesday afternoon.

Police alleged the 14-year-old Peregian Springs boy and 15-year-old Coolum Beach girl were among a group of juveniles involved with deliberately lighting the fire on Monday afternoon. 

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said 11 people were being dealt with by detectives.

 "In some cases it's just kids lighting fire for fun and that fire has gotten away and impacted very badly," the Commissioner said. 

Two British-Australian women and another man, also believed to be Australian, have been detained in Iran.

The arrests come amid increasing tensions between Australia and Iran, after the Australia prime minister, Scott Morrison, said Australia would join a US-led mission in the Strait of Hormuz.

Australia’s foreign affairs department recommends that citizens reconsider their need to travel to Iran citing a “risk of arbitrary detention or arrest”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced he will annex large swathes of Palestinian territory in the occupied Jordan Valley if he is re-elected next week.

Mr Netanyahu has announced he will also seek to annex all Jewish settlements in the West Bank, but that this would have to wait until the publication of US President Donald Trump's long-awaited plan for a peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians

Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat said such that the proposed annexation would “bury any chance of peace”.