Deadly copper wires were found set up at neck height across a popular dirt bike track on the Gold Coast.'

This comes after a similar incident in Gympie, in which a dirt bike rider was knocked off his bike by a high-tensile wire.

The wires were found on Sunday night in Upper Coomera by four men, who came back the next day to remove any hazards they had missed. The track is on private property, but has long been popular with dirt bikers and four-wheel drivers.

Health experts are issuing a warning to Australian fast food retailers, after reports find that some meals aimed at children have more than the daily recommended sodium intake in a single portion.

The report, released by the George Institute for Global Health, found nuggets and fries were the major culprits, with a six pack of Hungry Jack’s nuggets shown to contain 108 percent of a 4-8 year old’s daily recommended dietary intake.

Concern is growing for the future of mining in the Hunter Valley region after warnings that the global investment market is shifting.

A report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis has unveiled that over 100 major financiers have withdrawn from thermal coal projects in the last five years.

The Hunter Valley is driven by the coal mining industry, with 9,000 jobs on the line across the 40 different mines in the region.

The British women's jail is set to open its first transgender prison wing which has the capacity to house up to 355 inmates.

This move follows the prosecution and lifetime sentence of a transgender woman who sexually assaulted two inmates while housed in a female prison in 2017.

The Ministry of Justice says prisoner safety is their biggest concern and any decisions made aim to manage the risks of each offender.

A large-scale study published by the Statens Serum Institute in Copenhagen has found no link between measles, mumps, or rubella vaccines and autism.

The researchers examined all of the 650,000 children born in Denmark between 1999 and 2010 to find no increase in autism cases among those given the vaccines even if a child has pre-existing susceptibility to the disease.

Footage of a man biting and chewing a possum has been released by the RSPCA, representing the latest act of animal cruelty in a series of videos. 

RSPCA Queensland spokesman Michael Beatty says the past month has seen a spike in deliberate cruelty to possums, but is unsure if this is simply a result of increased reporting.

All native animals are protected under the Nature Conservation Act, and anyone with information regarding incidents of cruelty is encouraged to contact the RSPCA, or the police.

Queensland property values appear to still be on the rise despite recent downturns in Sydney and Melbourne and drought across rural regions of the state.

Over one million properties were revalued from their 2017 estimates with a median statewide value increase of 7.1% reported.

Variable changes were seen across Queensland’s outer suburbs and rural areas but inner city suburbs saw large, consistent gains.

Telstra has plans to shut down 78 of its business centres, and open 28 Telstra Business Technology Centres in their place.

Telstra Acting Group Executive for Consumer and Small Business, Michael Ackland, says this evolution of the Telstra Business Centre model is ten years in the making, and is sure to bring about big changes over the next two years.

Mr Ackland refused to comment on the impact the move would have on jobs, but claimed the company would achieve ‘efficiencies’ of 25%.

Clean Up Australia Day has released the preliminary results from this year's campaign.

Some 680,000 registered volunteers cleared at least 15 thousand tonnes of rubbish from 6,834 sites across the country.

3000 of those tonnes came from Queensland's parks, bushland, streets, waterways, and beaches thanks to the 130,000 people who volunteered their Sunday to reduce our impact on the local environment.