After more than 10,000 votes and 2,000 nominations, today the winners of the 2019 Bus Driver of the Year Award will be announced at the Parliament House.

The award ceremony will take place at the Premier’s Hall between 10 and 10:30 a.m.

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey will announce the winners.

The TEDXUQ will take place tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. at the University of Queensland in the Advanced Engineering Building.

The purpose of this year's TED conference is to connect the guests with leading researchers, artists and entrepreneurs, and join in a conversation about ideas, innovation, community and critical thinking.

Tickets are available at tedxuq.com.au and will include full-day theatre access, refreshments, lunch, afternoon tea , access to innovation booths and an attendee bag.

Bernie Sanders, a candidate for the US presidential election, has labelled a mass raid on immigrant workers in Mississippi as ‘evil’. 

The raids are believed to be the biggest in US history, as about 700 undocumented migrant workers were arrested. 

Bernie Sanders says the community must end the terror inflicted upon migrant communities and bring families together instead of tearing them apart. 

The United Nations has voiced its concern after India revoked Kashmir’s special status in its constitution, a move which is escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.

On Monday, the Indian government revoked article 370 of the constitution which guaranteed special rights to the Muslim-majority state of Kashmir, including its autonomy to make laws on all affairs except defence, communications and foreign affairs. 

Refugee advocates say that the government’s plans to deport foreign criminals risks refugees lives as they are sent to countries where they face persecution or serious harm.

The government re-introduced legislation to deport or block entry to non-citizens who have committed crimes with sentences of at least two years. Under these rules, a visa holder has to be jailed for 12 months before the cancellation of their visa.

Chinese officials have condemned Liberal MP Andrew Hastie after comments he made suggesting Beijing’s rise is comparable to the failure to contain the advance of Nazi Germany.

In an interview with The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, he said that China’s influence is being underestimated and Australia will face its biggest democratic, economic and security test in the next decade.

The Chinese Embassy in Australia made a statement where they described the comments as “Cold War mentality” that is detrimental to both countries' relationship.

The Royal Commission into Aged Care has heard half of the residents of troubled Gold Coast nursing home Earle Haven were being physically restrained in the weeks before it closed last month.

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission report from June 25 showed not only were 50 per cent physically restrained, 71 per cent were also being chemically restrained with psychotropic medication.

Emergency talks are underway over the supply of water to towns in southern Queensland that are just a few months away from running dry.

Without a major downpour to top up supplies, The Granite Belt city of Stanthorpe is expected to run out of water by December. 

Southern Downs Mayor Tracy Dobie says local council will launch a new advertising campaign to encourage people to adopt simple water-saving measures, such as turning off the tap while brushing teeth.