Boreen Point kayak tour company Kanu Kapers donated more than $400 to Queensland Koala Crusaders, with the money to go towards creating wildlife corridors through land use designation and acquisition.

The money was raised by Kanu Kapers who aim to be 100% carbon neutral, and encourages visitors travelling to their destination by car to offset their emissions through a monetary donation.

A 45-year-old man is in custody and is likely to be charged with the murder of a 21-year-old Gold Coast woman who died after falling from a balcony in Southport in 2013.

Police allege Titans cheerleader Breeana Robinson, who was legally blind, was thrown from an 11th-storey balcony.

Detective Inspector Brendan Smith of the Gold Coast District Criminal Investigation Branch said today's arrest was the culmination of years of hard work by detectives.

Three people have been attacked by two dogs at a house in Sydney's west this afternoon.

Neighbours have described hearing screaming, while paramedics said there was a lot of blood at the scene.

A 40-year-old man was bitten multiple times and went into cardiac arrest at the home at Tregear.

Australia has dropped a spot on Bloomberg’s Annual Innovation Index and sits at #19, marking the first time that China has finished ahead of Australia.

The list, in its seventh year, analyses dozens of criteria using seven metrics, including research and development spending, manufacturing capability and concentration of high-tech public companies.

South Korea topped the list again, and received a boost from fresh investments in strategic technologies and a regulatory program that encourages startups.

Anti-government protests have taken place across Sudan which has been noted as the biggest in living memory.

Riot police have used tear gas to try and stop protesting and large rallies to little success.

The protest began a month over the rising concerns over the economy, but now protestors are focused on removing President Omar al-Bashir from office.

Amnesty International claims Iran has arrested 7,000 people last year in a rampant campaign to repress dissentients.

Hundreds were sentenced to prison or flogging which included journalists, lawyers, trade unionists, and women and environmental rights activists.

The crackdown was a response to unrest over corruption, poverty and a lack of freedoms in the country.

Canberra is ramping up pressure on Beijing to release Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun form “arbitrary detention”.

Liberal backbencher and chair of parliaments powerful intelligence agency, Andrew Hastie, accused Beijing of coercion and suggested the detainment of Mr. Yang was designed to deter members of the Chinese immigrants from speaking out against the Communist Party.

Mr Hastie has warned that “this action generates uncertainty in our friendship with China”

Three watercolor paintings which are said to have been painted by former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, have been seized by German police.

The paintings were up for sale at Berlin’s Kloss auction House but were taken by police on suspicions of forgery.

Prior to his days as a political leader, Hitler was an aspiring artist. If the paintings are authenticated, they are expected to attract large bids from the US, Scandinavia, and Russia. 

A group of Polly Waffle lovers has won a battle to bring back the beloved chocolate bar.

The bar was invented in 1947 by Hoadley’s chocolate and since then many have made a ‘sweet’ connection to the 50-gram treat.

Since its removal from the shelves more than 10 years ago, a Facebook group with more than 55000 likes called ‘bring back the Polly Waffle’ have been successful in their venture for its return.