Nicaraguan Police officers  have arrested four men who are suspected to have links with ISIS.

The four men, two from Egypt and two from Iraq where planning to head to Northern Mexican border Nicaraguan officials said. 

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed on Tuesday that Mexico was on alert over the situation after Mexican officials were warned by U.S. officials.

Australian anti-money laundering experts have warned the country is lagging behind when it comes to combating the flow of illegal money entering the housing market.

Professor of law at Latrobe University in Melbourne, Louis de Koker said money from international drug trafficking and other crimes is flowing into the Australian housing market and potentially distorting prices for everyday Australians looking to buy a house.

A nationwide truck driver shortage is having serious implications for Australia’s economy and could raise the cost of transport.

Australian Trucking Association board member Julie Russell said reasons for the shortage include an ageing workforce and young people not being able to get licensing permits straight out of school.

 She said the industry is trying to work on ways to improve training, pathways from school, and the licensing system to create the next wave of skilled truck drivers.

The four climate change protesters in a canoe blocked traffic in the heart of Brisbane this morning have been taken to Brisbane watch house.

At about 8.30am this morning, an hour after the protest began, police officers dragged the canoe, with protesters still inside, off the side of Stanley Street and onto the footpath.

Firefighters began cutting the activists free with grinders about 30 minutes later and the activists eventually released themselves just before 10am.

Key Brisbane City Council wards are being eyed up by the Green, who are keen to unbalance the LNP’s seat of power in the next years upcoming election. 

After the federal election results, which saw swings towards the environmental and social issues party in several inner-city Brisbane seats, the 2020 council election is the Greens' next target.

Councilor Johnathan Sri talked about the election by saying the swings they need in those wards are smaller than the swing that's needed to win The Gabba.

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.