The Huawei executive implicated in the trade secrets theft scandal that allowed Huawei to covertly operate business in Iran established and oversaw the firm’s Australian operation.

According to corporate records, Meng Wanzhou was a director of Huawei’s Australian subsidiary between 2005 and 2011, and was allegedly engaged in a conspiracy to defraud international banks and US officials for four of the years she was an Australian director.

The Palaszczuk government has been warned against their plan to make life easier for drivers stuck with cars that have manufacturing issues by taking action against car sellers, as it could stretch the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal to breaking point.

The bold government proposal would raise the limit for motor vehicle defect claims in QCAT from $25,000 to $100,000 as part of its crackdown on ‘lemon’ vehicles.

Scott Morrison has intervened in the case of Melbourne-based refugee footballer Hakeem al- Araibi, urging Thailand’s leader to stop his extradition to Bahrain and release him from detention.

Mr Morrison wrote to Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, emphasising the importance of the case to him and the Australian people, noting returning Mr al-Araibi to Bahrain would infringe on his international human rights.

A survey has found parents spend more to send their children to government-run schools than any other Australian capital city.

In 2017, Brisbane was the third most expensive city in the country, however it has now jumped to the number one, with parents spending around $75,600 over 13 years to send a child to school, with Sydney at $66,470 and Melbourne at $74,604.  

Additionally, parents are having to buy other hidden school-related expenses such as uniforms, books and laptops.

Six large animals have died at South Africa’s largest national park after a devastating lightning storm toppled a power cable.

Park rangers discovered the two lions, two hyenas, a giraffe and a rhino who were all killed when the power line came down in Kruger National Park, which follow the deaths of four other large animals in the park in the last month from poachers.

The deaths of these animals are a significant loss to the park, with estimated rhino and lion numbers both falling below 2,000.

A polar vortex will bring a once in a generation cold snap to the US, with temperatures dropping as low as minus 53 degrees Celcius.

55 million people will experience temperatures below zero, and states of emergency have been declared in five states, with Chicago to be colder than Antarctica on Thursday.

President Donald Trump has used the extreme weather event to question climate change, tweeting “what the hell is going on with global warming? Please come back fast, we need you!”

Attorneys will be able to subpoena Kendall Jenner’s company and other modelling agencies that represent the models who promoted the Fyre Festival, a federal judge ruled on Monday.

Fyre Festival filed for bankruptcy when it could not pay its vendors and other creditors in July 2017, after the supposedly upscale, private-island experience devolved into chaos, failing to provide even basic necessities for concert-goers.

British politicians have voted on amendments to the proposed Brexit deal, asking the EU to replace the Irish border arrangement known as the “backstop”, in last ditch attempts at renegotiation.

Britain is required by law to leave the EU in two months and Prime Minister Teresa May says it is now clear  there is a route that can secure a substantial and sustainable majority in the house for a deal.