Communications professionals are warning that China’s international media campaign is a threat to democracies everywhere.

Billboards advertising China’s Central Global Television Network have sprung up in Australian capital cities since September last year as a part of a $9.3Bn global influence campaign.

Police are searching for a South-East Queensland man and his father after their Line Dancing Scam reportedly swindled hundreds of dollars from many local victims.

It is alleged that at least 100 victims paid money for line dancing holidays, including overseas trips and domestic line dancing festivals, balls, and cruises that were never set to happen.

Senior Sergeant Ken Rogers says many victims lost hundreds of dollars, while others lost close to ten thousand. Investigators are pleading any further victims to contact them.

Following the announced departure of Brisbane’s current Lord Mayor Graham Quirk, the Brisbane City Hall is in for a shake-up!

Brisbane’s incoming Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has wasted little time in filling key committee chairs ahead of his ‘swearing-in’ next week – making sure the new chairs provide an equal representation of both men and women in leadership roles.

He says that the new Cabinet Members will bring fresh energy and fresh ideas to their work and will continue the very strong legacy that they have helped to create so far.

With the Budget to be announced today, it appears the Coalition is planning on reconfiguring their tax plan to the tune of several billion dollars.

The ten million Australians who earn between $37,000 and $126,000 per year are set to receive some form of tax relief and the government is expected to forecast a return to surplus for 2019-20.

Changes are slated to include tax offsets and tax bracket shifts for low to middle earners.

Bill Shorten has announced new vehicle emissions policies that Labor will carry into the upcoming election.

The proposed policy includes 50% of new car sales being electric vehicles by 2030 as well as stricter pollution standards for car retailers.

The coalition has been criticised for not imposing stronger regulations on car pollution but Labor is still likely to face significant pushback from influential stakeholders.

British MP’s were treated to a different kind of protest yesterday afternoon, with members of climate change action group Extinction Rebellion stripping half-naked in the public gallery during a Brexit debate.

14 protesters stripped down to their underwear to show the words “Climate justice now” painted on their backs, and some appeared to have glued themselves to the glass.

Researchers have uncovered fossilised evidence of a 66 million year old asteroid impact, including fish with hot glass beads lodged in their gills from raining debris.

The site was found in Tanis, North Dakota, and shows that the fossilized fish died soon after the asteroid hit Earth. Also at the site was evidence of charred trees, an inland tsunami and melted amber.

The impact marked the end of the Cretaceous Period and was responsible for a mass extinction event for most of life on Earth.

With Dodie and Amy.