After six years, Australia's asylum seeker processing on Manus Island is coming to an end after a new PNG Government commitment.

Only 350 out of the 1,300 men who were originally sent to the Papua New Guinean province, remain in the country - The vast majority of whom now reside in the capital, Port Moresby. 

Many in the PNG Government agree it is a "positive and significant step" that will help that will allow them to move on with their lives.

Donald Trump announced on Twitter he asked his national security adviser John Bolton to resign because they “strongly disagreed with many of the suggestions”.

However, Mr Bolton has offered a different version of the events writing on Twitter, with President Trump replying, 'Let's talk about it tomorrow'.

Mr Bolton is known to have pressed the President for a harder line on issues such as North Korea, and advocated a tougher approach on Russia and Afghanistan.

The New South Wales government has embarked on an unprecedented rescue operation to move native fish from the Lower Darling River to safe havens, following last summer’s environmental crisis.

Mass fish kills are again expected, with more extreme heat and dry weather expected this summer.

Boats with electrostatic fishing equipment will be used to stun the fish in weir pools and waterholes along the Darling River at Menindee, where they will then scooped up and transported to the junction of the Murray River, which is still flowing.

Residents have been evacuated to avoid the unsafe lavender oil burning in a fire of Moorebank chemical factory.

The smell is induced by the damage of lavender oil tank when the factory roof and wall collapse to it.

Firefighter controller warns residents not to return home owing to the hazardous gas.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has cut short a trip to the International Olympics Committee and will return to the state amid the unfolding bushfire crisis.

Premier Palaszczuk had been in Switzerland to discuss South-East Queensland’s bid for the 2032 Olympics with IOC President Thomas Bach.

The discussions included information on financing, venues and transport plans for our city, should the bid be successful.

The Gold Coast City Council waived tens of thousands of dollars in rental fees it previously claimed was owed to it by a property developer, following an internal meeting involving two councillors who had previously received electoral donations from the company involved.

The developer, Villawood Properties, is building a large housing estate at Kingsholme on the northern Gold Coast and has made electoral donations to Deputy Mayor Donna Gates and Councillor William Owen-Jones.

Scientists have found hundreds of perfectly preserved footprints on the western coast of France.

The footprints discovered in French Normandy region give a snapshot of how Neanderthals lived and suggest they may have been taller than previously thought.

The footprints were found among what the team called “abundant archaeological material” revealing evidence of animal butchery and tool-making.

Aid workers in the Bahamas say the devastation of Hurricane Dorian is still unfolding on Tuesday, as the death toll rises to 50.

The deadly category 5 storm, one of the most powerful Caribbean storms on record, brought gusts of more than 200 mph per and a storm surge of close to eight metres, flattening homes and destroying infrastructure as it made landfall two weeks ago.