In local news, the mango industry has discovered a highly infectious bacteria causing “ugly veins” to appear in the fruit.

Scientists have identified the mystery disorder as resin canal discolouration (RCD), and declared affected mangoes safe to eat, though the blemishes and discolouration caused by RCD makes the fruit basically unsellable.

Jindalee’s DFO is adding six new cinemas as part of its redevelopment plans after recently being sold.

The upgrade will include a new theatre complex, as well as an Eat Street-style dining precinct, and a redesigned retail section.

Looking at national news, the ongoing battle to eradicate European carp from Tasmanian lakes is coming to an end after 25 years with less than 20 of the pest fish remaining.

The Inland Fisheries Service, or IFS, director John Diggle says it has been a “long war” and tedious mission that cost millions of dollars to eradicate the carp because each female can lay up to 1 million eggs and the prolific breeder has no natural predators.

Refugees on Nauru have been exposed to asbestos after dumped shipping containers filled with asbestos sheeting were discovered only metres away from the Fly Camp settlement.

Leaked minutes from a meeting between Nauru’s Government and Australian officials says Brisbane construction firm, Canstruct, identified the ‘safety concern’, and noticed some of the refugees were using the sheeting to build sheds, unaware of the danger.

Moving on to international news, Australian thermal coal exports are under pressure with China’s import restrictions spreading.

Following last months reports that customs officials were holding up coal imports “indefinitely”, Platts, the respected industry newsagency, has reported that the restrictions had spread to the southern port of Fangcheng.

The Platts report says radioactivity on Australian coal was being tested by customs officials which could see coal taking three months to clear customs.

The US government is ordering a review into the certification process which allowed Boeing’s 737 Max to fly for several international airlines.

Questions have been raised as to time taken by the American Federal Aviation Administration to ground the planes, after a failure in the anti-stall system caused two separate crashes, killing 346 people.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service has opened its Rockhampton hangar to school girls learning to become drone pilots for the day.

Queensland Head of Clinical Governance, Trent Dean, says he hopes the new partnership between STEM specialists, She Maps, and RFDS will encourage more girls to pursue a future in aviation.

The Prime Minister will summon the Turkish ambassador for explanation of the comments made by its president Tayyip Erdogan following Friday’s massacre in Christchurch.

The Turkish President said at a campaign rally “if New Zealand doesn’t make [the terrorist] pay, [Turkey] knows how to, one way or another”.

And in international news, at least 31 people have been killed and dozens reported missing after cyclone Idai ripped through Zimbabwe.

The country’s Ministry of Information says people have been “swept away” in the flooding that lead to the destruction of dozens of homes and huge infrastructure damage.

According to officials, Zimbabwe’s Civil Protection Unit is leading the rescue with the country’s Red Cross and the International Organisation for Migration are assisting.