Volunteers are bringing the 149 year old South Brisbane Cemetery in Dutton Park back to life.

With the 150th anniversary coming up, volunteers have taken on the task of cleaning and scrubbing headstones to restore and preserve their history.

The restoration project is also giving young people the chance to connect with Brisbane’s history with the youngest volunteer being 7 years old.

An official complaint to child services has been placed to release two girls from Biloela who were taken from their home and put into a detention centre.

In 2015 Priya and Nades who are Tamil along with their two girls were taken in a dawn raid after Priya's bridging visa expired.

Angela Frederiks, a local who launched the complaint, told the Brisbane Times the two who are 2 and 4 have acquired dental problems believed to be due to the conditions in the centres.

7.3 billion driverless metro officially opens in Sydney.

The metro is set to make the commute of Sydney residents more efficient with fully automated trains running every four minutes and a required reliability rate of 98 percent.

Premier Gladys Berejikliandescribes it as the start of a whole new network, a whole way of doing things.

A new high school in Perth will be named after the Labor’s longest serving prime minister, Bob Hawke next year.

Hawke was the Australian prime minister in the early 1980s and died this May at age 89.

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced the 71 million dollar Bob Hawke college will use the Subiaco Oval stadium as its playing fields.

Protesters in Israel have gathered in Tel Aviv to display their anger against the Prime Ministers move to have immunity from prosecution.

Benjamin Netanyahu being accused of trying to pass legislation that will protect him from corruption charges.

In February the Attorney General signalled he may charge Netanyahu with bribery and corruption after allegations of receiving gifts and dispensing favours. 

The Prime Minister of Papau New Guinea has resigned after several key members defected to the opposition.

Peter O'Neil has faced weeks of calls to resign over several issues including the signing of a multi billion dollar gas project.

Mr O'Neil told PNG broadcaster EMTV the decision is important to keep the country stable.