The Australian Communications and Media Authority has decided to not penalise the news outlets that aired the footage of the Christchurch attacks posted by the gunman.

ACMA has not revealed the result of the investigation of Nine Entertainment, Seven West Media, Network Ten, News Corp’s Sky News, ABC and SBS, all of which aired the footage.

ACMA emphasises the importance of having a discussion about the codes efficiency in these situations and how to deal with this type of material in the future.

Elderly people are left homeless following yesterday’s dramatic shutdown of a Gold Coast nursing home. 

More than 70 residents of the Earle Haven Retirement home at Nerang, were moved to about a dozen other nursing homes and three were taken to hospital. 

The Queensland Government said the Federal Government needs to take ownership of the situation and has called for an inquiry into the crisis.

The Australian Tattoo Expo will be coming to Brisbane this weekend.

The exhibition takes place from the 12th to the 14th of July, and will be held at the Brisbane Exhibition Centre. 

The event promotes the skills of world-famous artists and offers attendees an insight into the art of tattooing. 

The Queensland Government plans to legislate on the abandoned or illegal dumping of commercial fishing nets, offenders will receive penalties and fines.

The Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Mark Furner, will pass the sustainable fisheries policy to Parliament next week.

World Animal Protection Australia has supported the action and has warned about the damage that the ‘ghost nets’ inflict on the coral and marine wildlife.

The wreck of a Russian navy submarine found on the Norwegian sea, presents radiation levels 800,000 times higher than normal.

Norway found that the radiation leak from the Komsomolets , which sank in 1989, was 800 becquerels  per litre while the normal level of the Norwegian sea is 0.001 becquerels. 

Norway and Russia have been monitoring the radiation levels regularly on joint expeditions.

Human rights lawyer, Amal Clooney, has criticised Australia’s press raids at a press freedom conference in London, also attended by foreign minister Marise Payne. 

In her speech, Clooney warned that these raids could be used as a tool by oppressive leaders. 

Clooney says what happens in Australia will be noticed by other world leaders and set the precedent that limiting press freedom is acceptable. 

Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s plan to expel construction union boss John Setka from the Australian Labor Party next week has been thwarted in the Victorian Supreme Court. 

The ALP has agreed to delay its plans while the Supreme Court consider an injunction request from Mr Setka. 

The battle is set to drag on for months and the matter may end up in the High Court. 

In parliament, there is bipartisan support for constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians but politicians are divided on how this will be delivered.

Currently there is no mention of Indigenous people in Australia’s founding document. 

Indigenous delegates are pushing for a commission to advance treaties and make changes to the way Australian history is taught however politicians are unlikely to implement this level of change.  

The new Logan Village Yarrabilba Police Station is due to be completed at the end of next month.

The existing Beat is being upgraded and refurbished due to the area’s growing need for more response services.

A new policing division has also been established to take over parts of the Crestmead and Jimboomba divisions in order to ease the rapidly growing area.