Three towns in Queensland have recorded their coldest mornings on record, with the temperature in the South getting as low as minus 6.1 degrees this morning.

The temperature is expected to warm up over the weekend.

The Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Lachlan Stoney says there could be another burst of cooler weather mid-next week.

A multi-million dollar sediment management facility will support tourism, jobs and businesses in the Gold Coast Marine Industry Precinct.

Transport Minister Mark Bailey says the Coomera River dredging program will improve navigational access to the Coomera River.

Minister Bailey says dredged material started flowing into the settling pond while inspecting the facility yesterday. 

The captain of a vessel involved in a boat crash in Budapest has been arrested, after colliding with a tour boat that had 33 South Korean Tourists on board.

The crash killed seven people, while twenty-one are still missing.

Hungarian officials have called it the most deadly crash in the country in the past 75 years.

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg admits they “fell short” when designing the safety alert system on the 737 Max aircraft.

Mr Muilenburg says that the safety feature could have alerted pilots of the problem earlier in the flight.

The Boeing 737 was involved in two fatal crashes in five months.

A new study has revealed the Australian government has slashed the legal protection of nature reserves to support business interests.  

The changes, which have been occurring since 1997 have weakened protection for about 400,000 square kilometres of land.

Monash University's Carly Cook says  Australia is seeing a shift towards commercialisation and exploitation of protected areas.

Skiers and snowboarders are delighted snowfields in the Australian Snowy Mountains are opening early this snow season thanks to snowfalls and blizzards.

Perisher, located south of Canberra in the Snowy Mountains, will open on Friday, a week earlier than expected.

The area has had blizzard-like conditions this week, seeing 75cm of early snowfall.

Cook’s Picture Palace, Fortitude Valley’s first movie theatre, will be transformed into a restaurant and rooftop bar.

The restaurant and bar will be opened by Signature Hospitality Group and Gurner in June.

Founder, Tim Gurner says this is an opportunity to regenerate this piece of Brunswick Street to bring it in line with the new face of the Fortitude Valley.

The Record on US measles patients could make them lose the diseases elimination status.

With 60 new cases on the past week and a total of 971 cases in 26 states, it’s the highest number since 1994.

The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention says the loss of elimination state means erasing the hard work done by all levels of public health.

Papua New Guinea's former finance minister James Marape has been elected as the Pacific nations new Prime Minister.

After weeks of political unrest, Mr Marape received an overwhelming majority of 101 votes to eight.

Mr Marape declared his desire to make  PNG “the richest black Christian nation” in the world and is committed to reviewing resource laws.