A new report has found if you lined up all the trucks coming into Queensland to dump rubbish in 2018, they would stretch from Brisbane to Mackay.

This is an increase of 37% from 2017, mostly driven from construction and demolition waste, while Queensland’s own waste increased by 11%, despite the population only increasing by 1.6%.

Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch says the report demonstrates the urgency to improve Queensland’s waste management, but blamed the problem on the former LNP government’s action to scrap a waste levy, seven years ago.  

A British football fan has been arrested and detained in the United Arab Emirates after he wore a Qatar football shirt to a match.

The fan, Ali Issa Ahmad is said to have been unaware of a law in the UAE against “showing sympathy” for Qatar, which was brought in following a diplomatic dispute after they accused the state of supporting radical and Islamist groups.

One of Australia’s leading climate change experts says Queensland's recent extreme weather events show the state is experiencing climate change, and warns both the state and federal governments are not keeping pace with the changes.

Professor Ian Lowe, a member of the Queensland governments senior climate change body, claims you have to be in deep denial not to accept there are unmistakable signs of climate change, and there is no sense of urgency to mitigate these changes.

Victorian state schools will be banned from using facial recognition technology to monitor attendance without the consent of parents, students, and the Department of Education, after a trial of the new technology in independent schools.

The technology has been likened to “Big Brother” by the Victorian Education Minister James Merlino following concerns about the software recording and storing students biometric data.

A petition to “compulsorily” acquire Woolloongabba’s derelict Broadway Hotel has been discussed at this years first Brisbane city planning committee meeting, causing debate over its future.

Woolloongabba Green’s ward councillor, Jonathan Sri, lodged the petition last year, calling on the council to acquire the heritage listed building and transform the land into a community space.

Since becoming derelict in 2010, the building was burnt out for the third time in September last year, which sparked debate about it’s future and the cost of repairs on the building

The detection of blue-green algae in the Bray Park Weir has prompted Water New South Wales to issue a red alert for the area, as well as watering holes of the Tweed and Oxley Rivers.

The species of algae has been identified as potentially toxic, and may cause gastroenteritis if consumed as well as irritation to skin and eyes upon contact.

In a media release, Water New South Wales said “water users in the area should apply a high level of caution and consider alternate water supplies for stock and domestic purposes.”

Russia says it plans to develop new missile systems after both Russia and the US pulled out of an arms control pact, sparking fears of a new cold war.

The Intermediate- Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty banned both countries from using short and medium range missiles, with President Trump withdrawing from the agreement last week, accusing Russia of violating it.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the US were the ones in violation, and the Russian President has asked him to take tit for tat measurements in response.

A Human Rights Watch report has found acid attack victims in Cambodia are being denied the free healthcare required by law, and are often refused urgent treatment until they prove they can cover costs.

Though a 2012 law has helped to curb the number of attacks by limiting the availability of acid, it is still possible to acquire the harmful substances from markets, motorbike repair shops and rubber plantations for as little as $1 a litre.