Construction of a new park at South Bank has begun with figures in the state budget revealing it will cost $18.5 million, almost 3 million more than initially planned. 

The park was expected to be completed by the end of 2017, but a spokeswoman for South Bank Corporation told the ABC a redesign of the project meant it will now be completed by the end of 2020. 

Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington says she doesn’t understand why the project is taking so long and called on the state government to deliver on its promises. 

The Cancer Council estimates around 90,000 patients miss appointments each year in New South Wales because they do not have access to transport. 

The Cancer Council is trialling a new digital booking system called TRIPS on the Mid North Coast to assist volunteer drivers to support patients in partnership with Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation.  

Cancer Council’s Brenna Smith, says existing patients and volunteer drivers hope it will help grow the vital service to other regions and provide transport to more patients.

Six satellites set to improve Australia’s weather forecasting were launched into space last night, with the help of a team of experts in the Northern Territory. 

Space X and the US Department of Defence, launched two dozen satellites from Florida’s Cape Canaveral to improve global weather monitoring accuracy. 

The chief data officer of Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, Dr Anthony Rea, says data from the satellites will flow into real-time operational systems and will be used in Australian weather models.

Five Chinese nationals are among seven people charged with involuntary manslaughter following the collapse of a building under construction in Cambodia which caused the death of 28 sleeping workers. 

The building owner and construction supervisor are among the Chinese nationals charged after the building was used as accommodation for the workers while it was under construction in the country's Preah Sihanouk province.

Papua New Guinea’s newly appointed prime minister James Marape wants Australia to cancel its controversial contract with Paladin to deliver services on Manus Island. 

The $423 million Paladin contract, which costs at least $1600 per day for each refugee and asylum seeker, is the subject of an auditor-general review in Australia and is due to expire next week. 

Fraud victim and Yeppoon resident, Martin Briscoe, urges Rockhampton residents to shred all of their personal information as they could potentially have thousands of dollars stolen from them.

This warning comes after multiple reports of men going through people bins were circulated.

Mr Briscoe was cheated out of almost $2000 across two separate occasions when people obtained his personal information by going through his rubbish.

Drivers are warned to be careful when lodging tax returns this year, the Australian Taxation Office will be looking closer into work-related car expenses such as mileage claims.

The ATO’s assistant commissioner, Karen Float, said millions of motorists make car-related expenses every year but there are concerns some are still over-claiming.

In order to claim travel expenses you must have a work-related need to travel whilst performing your job.

The University of Wollongong has bypassed its own academic senate and greenlit the controversial Ramsay Centre-funded western civilisation degree in a bid to head off a looming court challenge.

Despite never being considered by its academic senate, the University announced on Monday its top governing body had approved the degree.

Jillian Broadbent, the university chancellor, says the council had decided to intervene to remove any uncertainty about its commencement at UOW next year.

Huawei Technologies Australia Chief Technology Officer, David Soldani, has launched an attack on the government’s management of the National Broadband Network, describing the $51 billion project as a ‘catastrophe’.

Mr Soldani listed 200,000 homes that have not been able to get 25 megabits per second and now the fixed wireless network is delivering only approximately 6 megabits per second to each end-user premises at peak hour.