Fraud victim and Yeppoon resident, Martin Briscoe, urges Rockhampton residents to shred all of their personal information as they could potentially have thousands of dollars stolen from them.

This warning comes after multiple reports of men going through people bins were circulated.

Mr Briscoe was cheated out of almost $2000 across two separate occasions when people obtained his personal information by going through his rubbish.

Drivers are warned to be careful when lodging tax returns this year, the Australian Taxation Office will be looking closer into work-related car expenses such as mileage claims.

The ATO’s assistant commissioner, Karen Float, said millions of motorists make car-related expenses every year but there are concerns some are still over-claiming.

In order to claim travel expenses you must have a work-related need to travel whilst performing your job.

The University of Wollongong has bypassed its own academic senate and greenlit the controversial Ramsay Centre-funded western civilisation degree in a bid to head off a looming court challenge.

Despite never being considered by its academic senate, the University announced on Monday its top governing body had approved the degree.

Jillian Broadbent, the university chancellor, says the council had decided to intervene to remove any uncertainty about its commencement at UOW next year.

Huawei Technologies Australia Chief Technology Officer, David Soldani, has launched an attack on the government’s management of the National Broadband Network, describing the $51 billion project as a ‘catastrophe’.

Mr Soldani listed 200,000 homes that have not been able to get 25 megabits per second and now the fixed wireless network is delivering only approximately 6 megabits per second to each end-user premises at peak hour.

More than 300 children were yesterday transferred out of a remote border patrol station in Texas following an Associated Press report of the abusive conditions under which they were held.

Some children have been locked in the facility for three weeks with inadequate food, water and sanitation.

Some children have been sent temporarily to another facility on the North side of El Paso, while around thirty still remain in the border patrol station.

A massive wildfire has consumed more than 17,000 acres of the Everglades National Park in less than 24 hours.

Officials believe lightning started the blaze Sunday evening in west-central Broward County and flames have spread quickly since with 0% contained.

According to the forest service, the fire does not currently threaten any structures, however it does concern drivers along two highways which are expected to be engulfed in smoke.

Neil Doorley, a former senior government media advisor is seeking compensation for his alleged unfair dismissal.

Mr Doorley spent three years in the role to four different government ministers and claims he was unfairly dismissed by the Premier’s department in November, without a given reason.

According to Mr Doorley, the process will now be to find out exactly what was behind what he believes was a drastic action.

Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson has introduced the $848 Million 2019/20 budget, forecasted to deliver a $29 million surplus by the end of the year.

Mr Jamieson said the council will responsibly manage their contributions and the budget to deliver further services and strategic investments for the future of the region.

According to Mr Jamieson, communities are our future and this budget focuses their needs today and into the future.

The entanglement of two humpback whales on the coast of NSW has highlighted the man made threats marine life face at an increasing rate.
 

Two whales snared by buoys, ropes and netting were discovered over the weekend but marine rescuers were unsuccessful in their attempts to disentangle them. 

Managing director of the Tangaroa Blue Foundation, Hiedi Taylor, said the problem of marine debris has never been so great, with around 800 species being impacted.