An Ebola epidemic has widened, with health experts fearing outbreaks in dense major cities may make it harder to isolate patients.

With over 1800 deaths, this is the second worst outbreak of Ebola on record.

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s crisis spokesman Jean-Jacques Muyembe told the AFP a second person has died of Ebola in Goma, a dense city that has transport links to many parts of East Africa.

Osama Bin Laden’s son, Hamza Bin Laden, who was viewed as the heir to the leadership of Al Qeada has been pronounced dead via a drone strike, US officials say.

The details of the strike have been scarce about the location and when the strike began but the Trump administration did play a part.

He was killed just as the US government was about to give a 1 million dollar reward for information about the location of Mr Bin Laden. 

Disability advocates are calling on the government to review the NDIS after new data shows thousands of workers on the NDIS are being underpaid.

Just 30 per cent of working people on NDIS are being paid the industry minimum; increasing to 40 per cent for 15 to 24 year olds.

Matthew Bowden, from People with Disability Australia said it’s extremely concerning that people with disabilities continue to be forced into situations of poverty because they aren’t being paid fair wages.

Church leaders and anti-abortion MPs have united to delay the introduction of a bill to decriminalise abortion in New South Wales.

It is currently the last state not to already have done so.

If passed, the bill would also create a new criminal offence under the Crimes Act for anyone who assists in terminations without authorisation.

Work on Brisbane's newest pedestrian link across the Brisbane River, the Neville Bonner Bridge will begin in 2020.

An 80 meter barge moved  into the Brisbane River this Wednesday to begin survey work for the 100 million dollar construction project.

The bridge will be finished in 2022. 

Councillor for the Gabba, Jonathan Sri has been the target of violent and racist messages over social media on his attempt to have council declare a climate emergency.

Brisbane’s only Greens councillor was targeted in what he called inflammatory and sensationalist attack pieces by the Courier Mail for his support of activist group Extinction Rebellion.

Councillor Sri said while the attacks were hurtful and emotionally exhausting, the amount of support he had received had been significantly higher.

Brisbane LNP Councillor James Mackay will refer himself to the Crime and Corruption Commission over allegations his private company was paid about $70,000 in ratepayer funds to promote the Brisbane City Council budget. 

James Mackay, who was only sworn in as Walter Taylor ward councillor in May, denied any wrongdoing but said he would refer himself to the CCC "to avoid any doubt" after Labor councillors queried the LNP administration during question time on Tuesday.

Lime scooters will be pushed out of Bowen Hills next Friday as part of an Ekka ban agreed between show organisers and the scooter company. 

Ekka organisers say the popular electric scooters would create too many problems within the Brisbane Showgrounds precinct, and Lime will introduce GPS ‘geo-fencing’ to prevent its users from riding them in the area. 

Lime currently has about 700 scooters operating in Brisbane, but will have to scale back to 400 after a council tender was awarded to allow competitor Neuron to begin operating.

A new report charting the effects of climate change across the Asia Pacific region has found it is also having an effect on the health of the population.

The study from Global Health Alliance Australia outlined a series of areas where the health of the region's population was being affected by changes to the climate, including reduced IQs in the children of people who have survived natural disasters, malnutrition due to declining crops and death from heatwaves.