The Queensland Government has spent more than $1 billion last year to save children from neglect and abuse, with reports of up to 5884 children involved in substantiated claims to Child Safety.

LNP Child Safety spokesman Stephen Bennett says 46.3 percent of investigations were completed within the 60 day target,’ with statistics showing almost two in five investigations took more than 90 days to complete.

The Minister for Agriculture, has called out website Aussie Farms for ‘putting the locations of farms online which could be used as an attack map for activists’.

Minister Littlemore states that the website is ‘irresponsible at best’, with some farmers complaining the website claims they run businesses which they do not.

Nearly 300 undocumented immigrant parents may have been separated from their children months before the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said they admitted officials did not keep a full record of separations in a letter released Monday.

Wyden responded to the letter in a statement that this Orwellian response from Custom and Border Protection does not respond to the pressing questions about the fate of children and their parents.

Uganda’s government is proposing regulations to govern the music and entertainment industry. Among regulations are a range of restrictions requiring artists to submit lyrics for songs and scripts for film and stage performances.

Musicians and other artists must also register with the government and obtain a practising license which can be revoked for a range of violations.

Democratic Republic of Congo opposition leader Martin Fayulu is calling on his followers to begin a campaign of civil disobedience, after leaked data shows Mr Fayulu won the democratic vote by 60%.

Mr Fayulu says he is the sole legitimate president elect of the DRC and the country’s high court decision not to appeal the official election results is the product of a secret deal with the outgoing president.

Tens of thousands of protesters in Greece have violently clashed with police in a rally against North Macedonian independence on Sunday.

Demonstrators threw rocks, flares, paint and firebombs at police who retaliated  with large clouds of teargas.

The right wing protesters say allowing Macedonian independence opens the gate for further territorial claims, particularly for the Northern province of the same name.

An interstate psychiatrist has been brought in to conduct an external review of the medical discharge of four mental health patients in Adelaide's south. The four patients had a significant incident shortly after leaving hospital last year.

The South Australian Chief Psychiatrist John Brayley has recruited former ACT chief psychiatrist Peter Norrie to examine whether there were mistakes made during the discharge process.

Northern Territory community leaders are appalled after mobile phone footage was released showing children rioting outside of Palmerston Shopping Centre on Saturday night.

The children, aged between 12 and 17, used shopping trolleys to smash in doors, kicked in windows and assaulted security officers.

The riot is part of a number of youth crime events in the area which have seen the introduction of a three point plan including family counselling, early intervention to drug and alcohol use and a new youth justice centre.

Translink has revealed the millions of users of its tap and go system are subject to strict refund limitations.

The new limitations prevent passengers from disputing more than one fare per week, or two fares per month, regardless of the legitimacy of their claim.

No refunds are awarded for human error, such as forgetting to tap off.

The revelation comes as part of an ongoing investigation into the state transport systems which have seen NSW company Opal come under fire for its 3 disputes per year policy.