The vice-president of Venezuelan National Assembly,  Edgar Zambrano, was towed to prison after he refused to exit his vehicle to be arrested.

The arrest comes a day after Venezuela's Supreme Court ordered that Mr Zambrano and six other National Assembly deputies be charged with treason for their alleged participation in a failed military uprising.

Labor has promised to spend $1 billion buying land between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to build a high-speed rail link between the East coast cities.

The federal opposition’s pledge is the largest amount financial investment made towards the expected cost of $114 billion concept.

The investment would stop the proposed 1750 kilometres of land from being swallowed by suburban sprawl.

ALP national president Wayne Swan has criticised Murdoch media saying the global news enterprise acts as “an additional political party hiding behind the pretence of objectivity and public interest”.

The criticism comes after a Daily Telegraph story about Bill Shorten’s mother, after Shorten used her experience in the workforce to help explain his interest in politics.

A Brisbane builder’s fine has jumped from $1200 to $20,000 after the company appealed its original penalty for illegally paying workers who were on strike at a South Brisbane site.

The breach occurred in 2013 during the construction of Arena Apartments, when Hutchinson Builders paid the workers who were taking unlawful industrial action.

After the appeal of the original fine, Hutchinson Builders were found to have contravened strike pay provisions in the Fair Work Act.

Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday launched the 2019 Premier’s Reading Challenge stemming from her life-long love of reading.

The Premier launched the challenge at her old primary school, Jamboree Heights State School yesterday. Ms Palaszczuk encouraged statewide participation in the annual program aimed at inspiring children to read books, engage in shared reading, or listen to a book being read.

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos who also heads space company Blue Origin has unveiled a mock-up of his proposed lunar lander in Washington.

Bezos says the lunar lander could be used to transport equipment and possibly people to the south pole of the moon by 2024.

The vehicle, titled Blue Moon, has been under development for the past three years and now has the capacity to carry scientific instruments and four self-driving rovers.

Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook called on Thursday for the ownership of Facebook to be broken up, warning that Mark Zuckerberg has become too powerful.

In an editorial published in The New York Times, Mr Hughes says that Mr Zuckerberg's focus on growth has led him to sacrifice security and civility for clicks," and warned that his global influence had become "staggering".

Labor plans to unveil its policy costings on Friday, showing it expects to make budget savings of $154 billion over the next decade.

Australians are being promised a budget surplus in the coming financial year regardless of who they vote for in the federal election.

The budget surplus would stem from Labor government cracking down on tax concessions.

The ACCC has blocked the proposed $15 billion TPG Vodafone Hutchinson Australian Merger.

The competition regulator decided two smaller contenders fighting from different corners, with different techniques, offered a better shot at taking on the industry giants rather than one middle size contender.

In ACCC chair Rod Sims' opinion, TPG is the best prospect Australia has for a new mobile network operator to enter the market, and is likely the last chance Australia has for stronger competition in the supply of mobile services.a