The Greens will push for a Senate inquiry into the processes used by governments to set pension rates following a rate cut announced yesterday.

The federal government announced it would cut deeming rates which are used to estimate how much some pensioners earn on their financial investments.

National Seniors Australia’s Ian Henschke said deeming rates should be set by an independent authority even where the decision-making process is understood.

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Moluccas Islands in Eastern Indonesia Sunday night, causing one death and panic among residents. 

The quake caused over 30 aftershocks which damaged buildings and Indonesia’s meteorology agency says there is no sign of danger causing a tsunami.

The earthquake came a few hours after a magnitude 6.6 quake struck off the Western Australian Coast.

Facebook has been fined $5 billion US over the 2018 Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which will become the largest civil penalty to be paid to the US Federal Trade Commission.

Democrat David Cicilline said the fine is a fraction of Facebook’s annual revenue and isn’t enough to force Facebook to change their attitude towards privacy.

The upcoming settlement from the Federal Trade Commission is expected to include further sanctions on how Facebook handles user data.

Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has announced the Government's Indigenous reform agenda during a NAIDOC ceremony in Brisbane on Sunday.

In a statement of commitment, the State Government promised to appoint a panel which would include Indigenous leaders Dr Jackie Huggins and Mick Gooda, and former governor-general Quentin Bryce.

Mrs Trad said a much better relationship between the Government and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples fundamental to the betterment of the lives of the community. 

Four children who allegedly drove a four-wheel-drive from central Queensland to NSW have been found safe in Grafton.

Police say a 14-year-old boy, two 13-year-old boys and a 10-year-old girl took a family member's car from Gracemere near Rockhampton on Saturday night, along with fishing rods and cash.

The children were allegedly involved in a fuel-stealing incident at a service station in Banana early Sunday morning.

Queensland’s economy is in the middle of a slump worsened by natural disasters according to the latest Deloitte Access Economics report on Australia’s finances.

The state government already announced $1.3 billion for damage caused by droughts and floods, but the independent Deloitte report estimates the figure will be closer to $6 billion.

Queensland Deputy Premier and Treasurer Jackie Trad said Deloitte is basing that figure on multiple metrics over different timeframes with a broader perspective than the Queensland government’s assessment.

Australia's military has warned of a possible influx of climate refugees and an increased potential for conflict because of the effects of climate change.

Australia Defence Force briefing notes obtained by the ABC suggested droughts and rising sea levels in the Indo-Pacific region are causing refugees to relocate.

Former Defence Force chief Chris Barrie said those affected by climate change would see Australia as a “land of opportunity”.

Egypt opened the 4,600 year old Bent Pyramid to visitors for the first time since 1965 to help boost tourism at the World Heritage site. 

The Bent Pyramid is one of Egypt’s oldest structures built during the Fourth Dynasty and is a precursor to the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Tourists will be able to climb down a narrow 79-metre tunnel to reach two chambers deep inside the pyramid.

The Nara Deer Preservation Foundation in Western Japan said 14 deer have died at Nara Park since March, nine of which were found to have consumed plastic.

Nara Park is famous for having more than 1000 deer reside inside its bounds, where visitors can feed the deer special crackers.

Vet Rie Maruko said the deer that died were very skinny and should not have been fed anything other than the senbei snacks.