A local Brisbane brewery is expanding to its third site in Ipswich at Springfield Central.

Ballistic Beer Co owner David Kitchen says he was skeptical at first, but the area is under-serviced in non-chain food and drink venues.

Ballistic currently has a Salisbury brewing site and a West End Alehouse and Kitchen, but wants to also focus on offering a full food menu for the new site.

The family-friendly establishment will be moving in to the building of a former pub.

Flight departures from Adelaide Airport are being delayed, and arrivals to the airport are being diverted due to a thick fog.

The airport says travellers with departing flights later this morning will be impacted most.

The airport advises passengers to contact their airline for updates.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he cannot “in good conscience” allow a family facing deportation to stay in Australia.

Public rallies over the weekend called for Labor to show “compassion” for the Tamil couple and their Australian-born children, but Scott Morrison says he will not grant an exception in this case.

He says the decision is not about the public mood, but rather what is in "Australia’s national interests to ensure the integrity of our current border protection regime is maintained."

A leaked audio reveals Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam saying she has caused “unforgivable havoc” on the region and she would quit if she had “a choice”.

The damning audio published by Reuters reveals what Lam said behind closed doors in front of a group of business people.

She says if she has a chance, the first thing she would do is to quit and make a deep apology.

A list of controversial citizenships in northeastern India has left nearly 2 million people stateless and their political supporters have been slammed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Indian nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party runs the Assam National Citizens Registry (NRC) and is listed on the list, stating that it is necessary to find “foreign infiltrators”.

Critics say the NRC's progress reflects the BJP's goal of serving Hindus, and most of those excluded are considered Muslims.

The Black jewfish has become Queensland's commercial catch, which has skyrocketed in the past 18 months, prompting authorities to tighten regulations and increase penalties for selling on the black market.

Black Jewfish have become extremely popular in recent years because of their swim bladders, which Department of Agriculture and Fisheries estimate are currently worth between $500 and $900 dollars per kilogram.

Black Jewfish typically have much larger swim bladders than other species.

On Sunday, terrified whale watchers feared people had been swept overboard when a massive rogue wave smashed into a boat in Queensland.

Footage from the incident shows a wave flooding the inside of the boat and sending bags and hats flying.

Six people were treated for minor injuries by paramedics upon returning to shore.

The company said the captain did everything he could to ensure the safety of passengers and had checked the forecast before heading out.

Thousands of supporters of the Tamil family at the centre of an immigration row, rallied across Australia on Sunday to urge the government to let them stay in the country. 

The family are now in detention on Christmas Island following their removal from the central Queensland town of Biloela, after the Department of Home Affairs found them not to be genuine refugees. 

A study by the Royal Flying Doctor Service has found thousands of patient transfers in rural Australia have been for mental health conditions.

Between 2014 and 2017, 2257 mental health patients were flown for treatment, some of them thousands of kilometres from family and friends to seek care for conditions they could not receive in their communities. 

The figures have prompted renewed calls for better mental health services in rural Australia to cater for increasing demand.