A Brisbane veterinary clinic has performed a surgery to remove a part of a snake's jaw to help it eat again.

Veterinarian Emma Sciacca said the three-kilogram snake had a bone trauma to the right lower jaw that caused its teeth to heal abnormally.

The procedure was a first for the Brisbane Bird and Exotics Veterinary Services team when three-and-a-half-year-old python Tigerlilly was brought to them after refusing to eat for three months.

The restaurant at Brisbane's Gallery Of Modern Art is teaming up with Melbourne's two-hatted Lume to present six courses to diners during Good Food Month.

GOMA executive chef Doug Innes-Will said the choice to collaborate with Lume, headed by John Rivera, was easy.

Mr Innes said they have been huge admirers of Lume and John's food and are looking forward to the collaboration.

A $6.7 billion Chinese mega mine coal project bid adjacent to the Adani venture in Queensland's has been abandoned in the Galilee Basin.

The proposed China Stone open-cut and underground thermal coal mine was planned to be built 300 kilometres west of Mackay, promising more than 3,000 jobs.

It would be the closest mine to Adani's Carmichael coal project, with the sites just 30 kilometres apart.

A new report has shown that the public health system is facing increased pressure as Australians are affected by more vaccine-preventable diseases.

The latest Admitted Patient Care 2017-18 report showed 11.3 million admissions to hospital, with a 3.8 per cent growth in hospital visits.

The Australian Institute of Health said older Australians are a “key driver” of the growth, with older age groups going to hospital at a higher rate.

The United Nations General Assembly has called for Britain to give up control over the Chagos Islands within six months.

The Islands, home to a joint US and British airbase, were detached from Maritius in 1965 to later form the British Indian Ocean Territory.

The call supported an International Court of Justice opinion issued in February which found that Britain had unlawfully participated in the decolonisation process and should relinquish control.

A senior UN security expert has warned that nuclear war is its the highest risk since WWII.

Renata Dwan, UN Institute for Disarmament Research director, said the arms control landscape is changing, partly due to strategic competition between the US and China, increasing the threat of nuclear weapons use.

Dwan told reporters in Geneva on Wednesday that increasing prevalence of armed groups is blurring the line between offence and defence.

The SES is encouraging Queenslanders to wear its signature colour today in support of its volunteers.

Wear Orange Wednesday is a national event commemorating the volunteers of the SES.

Fire and Emergency Services Minister, Craig Crawford, says the Queensland SES is comprised of 6000 volunteers who donated 400,000 hours of their time last year to help with storm and flood operations and other search and rescue activities.

The speed limits on two of Brisbane’s busiest roads are being reduced as part of a Council review into pedestrian safety.

Maximum speeds will be cut from 60 km/h to 40 km/h on 400 metre stretches on Oxley Road at Corinda and Old Cleveland Road at Stones Corner as the council contemplates further changes on at least six more roads.

Brisbane City Council Infrastructure Chair Amanda Cooper says the speed reductions will make the roads safer, as there were 11 pedestrian-related accidents at the two locations in the past five years.

The Palaszczuk Government is seeking interested organisations to apply for funding to host a new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Family Violence Support Service in the Mackay region.

Member for Mackay Julieanne Gilbert says the new service would increase the support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experiencing domestic and family violence in Mackay and surrounding communities, with $260,000 per annum available.