Members of the Queensland LNP have overwhelmingly voted for a motion aiming to alter the legalisation of abortion at their state conference in Brisbane on the weekend.

The LNP plan to reduce the amount of time available to access an abortion to 20 weeks of pregnancy if they win the 2020 election.

A motion to once again criminalise abortion was also voted upon with support from party members. 

Adani demands names of CSIRO scientists that are involved in the reviewing of its contentious groundwater plans.

CSIRO staff have been alarmed after Adani indicated they had “a deliberate strategy” to pressure scientists by searching for personal information that could be used to “discredit their work”.

Adani says it wrote to the department to request “assurance that individuals involved in any review processes were independent”.

An inquest into the deaths of six young people at music festivals found the only doctor at Central Coast festival ‘Lost Paradise’ was not ‘equipped’ to treat drug overdoses.

Dr Krishna Sura treated festival-goer Joshua Tram when he was brought into the medical tent before becoming fatally ill, and told the coronial inquest he thought there was a struggle to find doctors for the event.

Amazon warehouse and fulfillment centre workers around the world are going on strike today to bring light to the working conditions that they endure.

The strike is occurring simultaneously as Amazon’s “Prime Day” and strikers are arguing that buying from Amazon during Prime Day is akin to crossing a picket line. 

Workers around the US continue to complain of extremely large quotas, limited bathroom breaks, mandatory holiday shifts and a need for pain medication to get through ten-hour work days.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday formally resigned as the head of the military government after seizing power in coup in 2014.

This occurs after five-years of military rule and Prayuth stated in a televised address to the nation that the military rule brought success in many areas from fixing the problem of illegal fishing to human trafficking. 

He further stated that Thailand will now function as a fully democratic country with a constitutional monarchy and an elected parliament.  

Climate change protesters have been arrested after attempting to block traffic in a protest of the recent approval of the Adani Coal Mine.

The extinction rebellion group still have plans to disrupt traffic in the CBD tomorrow and were also responsible for the previous Victoria Bridge protest.

There were 25 activists involved in the protest with 7 being arrested, the protest took place yesterday morning at roughly 7:45am.

Nearly a thousand complaints were filed to Queensland’s new councillor conduct watchdog in the last financial year.

Brisbane City Council is not currently in the department’s jurisdiction, however in the last quarter, 34 complaints were received about Gold Coast City Council, eight about Moreton Bay Regional Council and eight about Logan City Council.

A spokesperson for the department revealed more than 60 per cent of complaints came from the public, with conflict of interest being one of the biggest issues raised. 

The AFP requested the fingerprints of two journalists involved in the reporting of Australian special forces allegedly carrying out unlawful killings in Afghanistan.

ABC journalists Dan Oakes and Sam Clarke received a letter from the AFP on April 1, two months prior to the Federal police raids on the Sydney headquarters.

The letter specifically stated both Oakes and Clarke were suspects in relation to three offences, and requested their consent to a forensic procedure copying their finger and palm prints.

Two Australian Universities are conducting a review after Australian television program ‘Four Corners’ reported their links to a Chinese surveillance technology company also responsible for ‘racially profiling’ Uyghurs in Western China.

University of Technology Sydney is reportedly in a research cooperation with Chinese tech company, CETC and a Curtin University academic has also worked with the company to develop better identification of ethnic minorities using artificial intelligence.