The owner of fish and chip shop “The Battered Wife” in far north Queensland has been forced to close her business after she was the subject of a ‘witch hunt’ by an anti-abuse not for profit organisation.

The name of the shop drew criticism from numerous Queensland MPs last year for trivialising domestic violence and was condemned in a subsequent barrage of social media posts.

Owner Carolyn Kerr has defended the name of her shop with the support of locals, saying she was raising awareness for the issue.

Developers will start a new project for Toowong after the Supreme Court rejected "champagne-flutes" development for the site in 2018.

Sunland managing director Sahba Abedian said a new development application was now being prepared for the riverside site with critical development details focusing on handling Coronation Drive traffic.

The controversial Gold Coast light installation erected on the M1 is set to be removed and placed in storage, as recommended by the Transport and Infrastructure committee.

The Northern Gold Coast Entry Statement at Yatala made from 97 light poles attracted widespread criticism because it was difficult to read.

The removal and storing of the Commonwealth Games art piece is estimated to cost $255,000, however the committee also recommended ways to repurpose the lights across the city.

The owner of a well-known Darwin bar is facing claims he instructed staff to ban Indigenous people from his premises.

Mitchell McNamee of Rorkes Beer, Wine and Food allegedly told staffers to start charging Aboriginal patrons for water and suggested in a text message to use the excuse of “no singlets” to stop Indigenous people from entering.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered a national apology to victims of child sex abuse, following a five year inquiry that involved more than 8,000 cases.

Australia set up a scheme this year to compensate victims up to $150,000 each, but are yet to decide if they will adopt recommendations from the national inquiry, most notably the recommendation for Catholic priests to report child abuse they may learn about in confessional.

An ultra-orthodox municipality just east of Tel Aviv has edited a female politician out of a billboard ad, this is not for the first time, Israeli city is erasing women from the public eye, and censoring them from billboards.

Tzipi Livni, a female leader in the liberal opposition party Hatnua, was edited out of a billboard in densely populated Bnei Brak, while her male-colleagues remained.

It seems like there is bad news for Prosecco lovers, as the skyrocketing demand for the sparking wine has caused damage to soil in the vineyards of Italy.

With 400 million kilograms of soil eroding yearly, geographers suggest it is not sustainable and could jeopardise the future of the regions vineyards and production of Prosecco.

Researchers from the University of Padua in Italy calculated that the Prosecco industry was responsible for 74 percent of the regions total soil erosion.

Funding to keep the invasive ant species, Yellow Crazy Ants, from establishing super colonies in Queensland’s wet tropics world heritage area has less than six months of funding left.

The Wet Tropics Management Authority is asking the state and federal governments for a $6 million per year package for the next seven years.

The WTMA says this will be enough time to eradicate the yellow crazy ant from what is considered the world’s oldest continuing forest and a “living museum” to ancient plants and species.