The Queensland government has granted the XXXX brewery a 15-year extension to its licence in a move that will protect the historic Milton site from repeated nuisance complaints.

State Development Minister Cameron Dick announced the moved on Thursday, saying the approval would give the business certainty to operate within its existing limits.

The 15-year exemption under section 267 of the Planning Act protects XXXX from repeated nuisance odour and noise complaints from neighbours, based on its current approved operations.

The Brisbane City Council and State Government are in a stand-off over the potential sale of multiple bushland sites across the city.

The Palaszczuk Government has offered to sell Brisbane City Council 39.3 ha of bushland at Nathan Carseldine, Oxley and Yeronga at a drastically reduced price to preserve for “future generations”.

A man has set a Japanese anime studio on fire in Kyoto, there has been at least 33 casualties and dozens injured.

The 41-year-old suspect broke into the Kyoto Anime Studio on Thursday morning and started the fire with petrol, he was later detained and taken to the hospital with injuries.

Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe offered his condolences and described the incident as dreadful. The event was catalogued as one of the worst mass casualties incidents in Japan since World War II.  

United States President Donald Trump says a US warship has destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz, after the aircraft threatened the ship by flying within 900 metres of it.

Trump says the USS Boxer took defensive action when the drone ignored multiple calls to stand down and was threatening the safety of the ship and the ship’s crew. 

Trump says this is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by Iran against vessels operating in international waters.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison clarified during the Bush Summit in Dubbo, New South Wales, that the $3.9 billion dollar drought-proofing kitty won’t affect the infrastructure budget. 

The Future Drought Fund legislation will be on the government’s agenda when parliament resumes next week, giving farmers hope that the summit might help with regional Australia’s necessities.

Mr Morrison reaffirmed that no project within the infrastructure plan would be affected when the Building Australia Fund gets repurposed for future drought projects.

Former deputy prime minister and Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce is joining the calls to increase Newstart allowance for people in country areas. 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government should instead focus on tax cuts rather than lifting payments, which he says are indexed every six months. 

About 723,000 Australians receive the allowance, and if they are single live on about $40 a day. 

Logan Police have come up with a new plan to stop car thieves matching stolen vehicles with stolen number plates, with a special safety screw.

In an area with over 30 Number plate thefts a week reported and more than 4000 since 2016, police decided to drive their own campaign.

Demand for the new screw was so high, Logan District Crime Prevention United has started taking online orders and now, the Logan Police is trialling the distribution of SAFE PL8 packs, which include the special screws.

Last night, a massive fire destroyed a paint factory and nearby house in Albion with projectile exploding paint tins sent flying through the air.

Ten fire crews were called to battle the blaze on Tate Street, around 11:30 last night.

The fire is now under control, but not completely out.