The four Democratic congresswomen attacked by US President Donald Trump in ‘racist’ tweets have collectively retaliated in a press conference, vowing they will ‘not be silenced’ and accusing the President of promoting a ‘white nationalist agenda’.

It comes after President Trump defended the tweets, saying he was not concerned if people thought they were racist and accusing the politicians of hating America.

Jeanswest, Cotton On and Target are investigating their cotton suppliers in the wake of forced Labor reports of Uighur people in China.

The program ‘4 corners’ released an investigation detailing instances of detained Uighurs being funnelled from so-called re-education camps to involuntary labour in factories.

It was reported earlier in the year that China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ may be a cause of the escalating oppression and declining standards.

Government appointed liquidators of Queensland Nickel brought Clive Palmer to Brisbane Supreme Court yesterday in a bid to take back $200 million owed over Q-N’s collapse in 2016.

The trial was immediately delayed, with Mr Palmer today pleading for further postpones it because expert defence witness, Peter Dinoris, is unavailable to testify. 

Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partnerships, Jackie Trad, has outlined plans to establish a treaty with Indigenous tribes of Queensland.

She released the government's plan, ‘Tracks to Treaty’ on the weekend which aims to create a more constructive relationship between Indigenous peoples and the government.

Ms Trad admitted that it may take years to develop an appropriate treaty and there also may be more than one developed. 

Gold Road Resources has recently poured the first bars of gold from its Gruyere mine, and expects to be commercial within four months.

Australia’s newest billion-dollar company has more than two million tonnes of ore ready to be processed to extract gold.

The company is on track to joining the ASX200 and is likely to trigger a series of index funds to buy stock and increase stocks even higher.

In a world first international study, Australian researchers have discovered genetic links to the eating disorder, anorexia.

Researchers from QIMR Berghofer medical research institute analysed the DNA of nearly 17,000 people suffering with anorexia, including nearly 3000 from Australia and New Zealand and found eight genes with direct links to the disorder.

The International Maritime Organisation will enforce a new emissions standard designed to curb pollution produced by the world’s ships.

From January 1, 2020, shipping vessels using fuel with a sulfur content higher than 0.5% will be banned, compared to the levels 3.5% at present.

More than 170 countries, including the US, have signed to the fuel change.

The world’s debt rose by 3 trillion in the first quarter of 2019 due to an almost unprecedented borrowing binge that brought total global debt to $246.5 trillion.

According to a study released today from the Institute of International Finance high levels of debt put countries in vulnerable positions in the event of a down urn and could endanger the world’s economic recovery.

The IIF’s data revealed that lower global interest rates and increased government spending are fueling the trend.