Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten have agreed to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on the land destroyed by the 2002 Bali bombings.

The Bali Peace Park Association agreed on sale price of $4.9 million for the 700-square metre block of land, but now the site’s owners are demanding to be compensated for a restaurant project they intended to build on the land.

The Australian Government has already committed at least $3 million to the project, before factoring in the new claims for compensation.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has struck the east of Papua New Guinea this morning, 66 kilometres south-west of the town of Lae.

There have been no immediate reports of damage or injury, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has announced there is no tsunami threat in wake of the quake.

The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has reported the tremor was felt as far as North Queensland.

More than 450 former US federal prosecutors have signed a statement asserting the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller would have led to multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice against Donald Trump if he wasn’t president.

The former prosecutors worked within Republican and Democratic administrations and present a strong rebuttal to the determination of Attorney General William Barr that the evidence was “not sufficient”.

A professor from the Queensland University of Technology has warned that a serious influenza outbreak could overwhelm Brisbane’s healthcare system.

Professor Gerard Fitzgerald claims an early flu epidemic as we’re starting to see this year could place added pressure on hospitals already under strain from a growing and aging population.

Dr Fitzgerald is set to chair the annual World Association for Disaster Emergency Management congress, held this year in Brisbane.

South-East Queensland dams have reached 10 year lows after record breaking summer temperatures and below average rainfall.

Brisbane dams are currently at a combined capacity of 70% compared to 82% last year at the same time as Sydney begins implementing early-stage water restrictions as its dams dip below 55% capacity.

While the conditions are far from drastic, residents in Australia’s capital cities are being asked to be mindful of their water use.

The ABC’s new managing director has warned the national broadcaster will inevitably face job cuts and disruption to content if the LNP retain government at the upcoming election.

In his first interview since being appointed into the roll permanently, David Anderson told Radio National that he was preparing for two possible budget scenarios, one for a Coalition government and one for a Labor government.

He says they will face an $84Mn budget reduction over the next three years under the Coalition scenario.

Police in Mount Isa have been accused of strip searching, taunting and photographing an innocent Indigenous youth.

Mount Isa Neighbourhood Centre manager Chris Connors alleged police were racially profiling Indigenous youth, claiming she has received “many” reports of police “pushing them face-down on the ground, stripping them, taunting them and only turning on body-cams when they react.”

A spokesman for the Queensland Police Service claimed allegations of inappropriate activities by police had already been fully investigated.

Survivors of Sunday’s Russian airline crash have claimed the aircraft was struck by lightning.

The plane burst into flames during an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, killing 41 of the 78 passengers on board.

The pilot claims the aircraft was struck shortly after take-off, and that the lightning cut off all radio communications, forcing an emergency landing.   

A satellite has caught the one-in-a-million shot of when North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile on Saturday.

The launch was the first since 2017 and comes after diplomatic breakdowns aimed at providing sanction relief in return for nuclear disarmament.

The image was captured by satellite company Planet Labs at 10:54am local time and shows the smoke trail of the missile launch.