A West Australian MP has delivered a filibuster on surrogacy law reform stretching more than 12 hours to give MPs more time to consider a new surrogacy review only just published by the government.

Liberal Party MP Nick Goiran said he plans to continue the filibuster so MPs can read the report before a proposed bill comes to a vote that would allow single men and same sex couples to access altruistic surrogacy arrangements.

A Brisbane man who was jailed in Egypt for over a year without charge has been released and is on his way back to Australia.

Hazem Hamouda, a 55-year-old Australian citizen, was detained shortly after landing at Cairo International Airport on the 25th of January 2018 in what was meant to be a short holiday with his children.

The Queensland Parliament has passed new legislation dubbed “lemon laws” making it easier for vehicle owners to make claims on faulty vehicles.

The law has raised the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s previous jurisdictional limit from $25,000 so that the Tribunal can now hear claims for up to $100,000 on new and used cars, motorbikes, motor homes and caravans.

A 78-year-old Hobart woman with a broken foot, split lip, cut nose and a strained wrist was told she was too old to be admitted to Hobart Private Hospital.

The 78-year-old, who asked to remain anonymous, was in desperate need of medical care and her daughter-in-law, Sheree Morriss says she had been paying for private health cover for years but when she was rushed to HPH following a “nasty fall” she was turned away.

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned from office following weeks of mass protests.

The 82-year-old has been in office for twenty years but has rarely been seen in public since his stroke in 2013.

Algerian Defence Ministry called on Tuesday for the President to quit “‘immediately”. The ministry says, "there is no more time to waste" after six weeks of nationwide protests against the chief of state and his inner circle.

Solomon Island locals say they are not worried by recent rumours of electoral interference and electoral blockades as they head to the polls surrounded by tight security this morning.

Around 1,600 local police officers have been deployed across the country while Solomon Islanders cast their ballots to choose 50 members of Parliament from 333 candidates and 15 different parties.

Billions of dollars will be allocated to disaster relief as part of the 2019-2020 budget, and farmers can expect a boost to drought support.

Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, announced the Government will commit $3.9 billion to the Emergency Response Fund and more than $3 million to increase access to the Farm Household Allowance.

Mr Frydenberg says the fund would, "ensure additional resourcing is available to support future natural disaster recovery efforts."

New council data has highlighted spots on Brisbane’s southside where speeding occurs most, including a school zone in Yeronga wherein 61% of motorists speed.

The data was collected from council-implemented “slow for SAM” signs which display a commuter’s speed as they drive past, telling them to slow down if necessary.

Data from SAM, the Speed Awareness Monitors program, has been referred to police to set up mobile speed patrols in speeding hotspots.