Consular officials are providing assistance to a family of an Australian man, Alek Sigley, who was arrested in Pyongyang, North Korea.

The department of foreign affairs and trade says it’s urgently seeking clarification on why the man was arrested.

The department explained in a statement Owing to our privacy obligations we will not provide further comment.

Following media coverage of a recent investigation by the Dog Meat Free Indonesia organisation, the Indonesian city of Solo is drafting legislation for a ban on the sale of dog meat expected to come into effect next year.

The investigation found approximately 200 street vendors and restaurants are selling dog meat with an estimation of more than 13,000 dogs allegedly being slaughtered every month in Solo. 

The South Australian government is considering changing its law to make sex offenders' information public.

Under the the state's Evidence Act, the name of an alleged sex offender is automatically prohibited from publication before a guilty plea or being found of guilt by a court.

Attorney-General Vickie Chapman says several court cases over recent years have exposed the public's right to know an alleged offender's identity.

A draft report on voluntary assisted dying legislation in Western Australia is due to be handed down by a state government-appointed panel.

The controversial law has been already been placed in Victoria already 

The panel led by former WA governor Malcolm McCusker is due to hand down its draft report on Thursday.

Disqualified Queensland horse trainer Ben Currie has been charged with fraud over the alleged doping of his race horses after a 14 month investigation.   

The charges claim that Currie sourced and gave unregulated supplements to horses over a three year period in a way that circumvented current testing in Queensland's racing industry.

He has been granted bail to face the Toowoomba Magistrates Court in July.

Yesterday, Education Minister Grace Grace and Ipswich West MP Jim Madden officially opened a new $9.9 million performing arts centre at Ipswich State High School.

Principal Simon Riley said the performing arts centre is a win for not only the school but also the local community as the centre will be used by local Ipswich community groups for various functions.

Last week, the Iranian government  shoot a US drone, the American President Donald Trump said he planned to have retaliation attack but called off the attacks  because it would have killed too many people.

The Irianian government described the White House plan for retaliatation attacks as mentally retarded. Mr Trump replied via twitter about Irans comments 

At 7.30 this morning, four Extinction Rebellion Activists used a canoe to block both commuter lanes on Victoria Bridge during peak hour traffic to demand urgent action on the climate crisis.

The activists have locked themselves onto a canoe using metal pipes to ensure they cannot be removed without being cut out and said the use of the canoe is symbolic of the sea level rises and destruction of the Reef caused by global warming. 

The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital has defended its handling of a situation where over a thousand confidential patient records fell off the back of a truck, spilling them across a busy inner-city road.

Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital executive director David Rosengren said there had been a "comprehensive" sweep of the area to ensure all the documents were retrieved.