Economic analysis from the Australia Institute has revealed the government’s income tax plan will gift Australia’s top earners thirty-three billion dollars in benefits.

The Morrison government made it clear this unlegislated income tax package is one its its first priorities, stating it is an all-or-nothing deal.

The Australian Institute’s senior economist Matt Grudoff stated that low and middle income taxpayers are more likely than high income earners to spend their tax cuts and stimulate the economy.

A group of water scientists in a review of the Adani mine groundwater management plan say one of the world’s last unspoiled desert oases risks extinction.

The seven scientists concluded that the Adani mine risks permanently drying up ancient springs south-west of the mine.

The scientists are urging both Adani and the Queensland government to take more time to improve its groundwater management plan to better mitigate risks of drying up the spring.

At least 95 people have been killed in an overnight attack on an ethnic Dogon village in central Mali, Africa.

A Malian security source at the site described the village as ‘virtually wiped out’.

There has been no immediate claim of responsibility, but tensions have been rising since an ethnic Dogon militia was accused of carrying out a massacre in a Fulani village in March.

A study on human destruction of the living world has found 571 plant species have been wiped out since 1750.

This new figure is four times the number of extinct plants recorded in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list.

Dr Maria Vorontsova, a scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, called the discovery ‘frightening’, not just because of the number but because scientists believe it is a gross underestimate.

A Queensland coroner has revealed police and paramedics failed to recognise the deteriorating health of an indigenous man during a violent, drug-induced episode in 2015.

Shaun Charles Coolwell died in hospital after being sedated and restrained by emergency services, however Coroner Terry Ryan found on Monday that Mr Coolwell only struggled for a very short time after being handcuffed.

Mr Ryan says police should have recognised restraint was no longer required from their observations in relation to his pulse, breathing and vomiting.

Researchers from the University of Queensland will be conducting a nation-wide survey looking into how pain can be influenced by psychological factors.

Dr Rachel Elphinston from the UQ Recovery Injury Research Centre said factors such a stress can increase pain and lead to resilience on medication.

The research team is looking for adults who suffer from chronic pain to answer a short questionnaire in the hopes to improve access to the right treatment.

The 2019/20 Queensland budget will include another surplus as well as record spending on health and education.

Upgrades to the Ipswitch, Caboolture and Logan hospitals are set to feature as well as lower freight fees for northwest miners.

Treasurer Jackie Trad told the Courier Mail ‘in the face of slowing national economic conditions, we are continuing to back Queensland jobs’.

A refugee on Manus Island set himself on fire while in the East Lorengau camp on Monday.

The man was briefly hospitalised at a local clinic and treated for burned before being discharged.

It marks the latest in the rapidly rising number of self-harm attempts in the detention centre, with 70 incidents by about 50 refugees or asylum seekers since the Australia federal election.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has revealed his government’s plan to ban single-use plastic as early as 2021.

The specific items to be banned will be determined by a science-based review, but the government is considering items such as water bottles, plastic bags and staws.

Trudeau says the move aims to reduce the 3 million tons of plastic waste produced by the country every year.