Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said The United States has legitimate issues about China and the two countries must negotiate to avoid conflict.  

Mr Frydenberg notes that the trade war that China and America are in has put Australia in a tight position, because China is Australia’s biggest trading partner.

He said tensions between China and the US have weighed on the global economic outlook and affected investment decisions, creating a degree of uncertainty.

BP’s annual global energy report reveals carbon emissions from the global energy industry climbed by 2% in 2018, the fastest rate in almost a decade.

The report shows that global temperature swings, days which are much hotter or colder than normal, are to blame for increasing demand for fossil fuels.

BP’s chief economist, Spencer Dale says the report reveals “a growing mismatch” between society's rising demand for climate change action and the actual pace of progress.

ACTU Secretary Sally McManus wants to meet with union boss John Setka as he fights claims he criticised the work of anti-domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty.

Mr Setka allegedly told a union meeting Ms Batty's advocacy had led to men having fewer rights, but he claims he is the victim of false allegations being made for political gain.

Sally McManus says Australian unions have made ending family and domestic violence a priority and she will have more to say about Mr Setka after their meeting today.

The South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council has been granted over 1 million dollars to support their educational program which will preserve Noongar culture and teach Noongar knowledge in high school.

West Australian Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ben Wyatt presented the grant for a three-year project to expand the Noongar Natural Resource Management Pathways project into Fremantle College in Perth.

A threatening email sent to Liberal National Party MPs before they voted to decriminalise abortion has been found to be of contempt in the Queensland Parliament.

However, there will be no punishment set out following the ruling from the Parliament's ethics committee.

Pine Rivers Labor MP Nikki Boyd complained to Speaker Curtis Pitt about how the email amounted to contempt.

The State budget has announced on the 12th of June pledges over 800 million dollars for the Queensland Ambulance Service, including hiring 200 more paramedics.

Ambulance Services Minister Steven Miles said the Palaszczuk Government is hiring more paramedics and buying more trucks.

Mr Miles says this budget includes more than 50 million dollars to build new stations, and upgrade existing stations.

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam criticised protests against a proposed bill that would allow extradition to China.

Seventy-two people aged between 15 and 66 were injured in the violence, including two men who were in critical condition.

The protesters fear the law will be used to target political opponents of the Chinese state in Hong Kong.

Nearly 1400 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the new Ebola outbreak.
Dr Jeremy Farrar, the director of the Wellcome Trust, saaid the epidemic was the worst since the 2013 to 2016 outbreak and it shows "no sign of stopping".
He warned more cases were expected, and a "full" national and international response would be needed to protect lives.
 

Energy Minister Angus Taylor said he won’t rule out reversing the nuclear energy ban if the business case stacks up.

A group of Queensland MPs are leading the energy battle of the new parliament and pushing to have nuclear energy reconsidered as part of Australia’s power plan.

The nuclear question comes as discussions over the rules for the Paris emissions reduction target continue within the international community.