The recent overdose of six people at a Victorian music festival has been blamed on poor government drug policy.

Festival spokesperson Tim Harvey has compared the festival to a condensed version of the broader issues the community faces with drugs.

These speculations come after debate continues over the introduction of pill testing following the deaths of five people at a New South Wales festival in September.

A dam collapsed in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho, leaving 65 dead and over 250 still missing, with numbers expected to rise in the coming days.

Brazilian and Israeli rescue workers are still searching for bodies through treacherous mud as of Monday after the burst dam spilled a flood of iron ore waste.

Brazilian authorities are now probing Vale SA, the world’s largest producer of iron ore, for explanations on the dams failure, with courts freezing approximately $3 billion from Vale assets for state emergency services.

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei was charged with a series of crimes by the U.S. on Monday, escalating hostilities between the world’s biggest economic powers.

The US Justice Department said Huawei had based its global expansion on “lies and deceit”. Matthew Whitaker, the acting attorney general said criminal offending at Huawei went “all the way to the top of the company.”

Bull sharks are a common resident of the Brisbane River but population estimates varied wildly.

Queensland Museum ichthyologist Jeff Johnson says more than 98 percent were thought to be juveniles between one to six years old; ranging in length from 60 centimetres to 1.4 metres

With bull sharks being more predominant during the warmer months, Mr Johnson encourages dog owners to not allow their dogs to swim in the river to prevent shark attacks.

A broken water main on Coronation Drive has caused bus delays of up to 40 minutes.

Buses travelling inbound along Coronation Drive through Toowong will experience delays of up to 40 minutes due to road closures.

A crew is on site and the properties affected is to be announced.

Elderly have reported being given unidentifiable, tasteless blobs on plates at the aged care center in Melbourne, with one resident saying abysmal food left them feeling dissatisfied.

A study published in 2017 of 817 Australian nursing homes found the average spend was $6.08 per person per day. In comparison, the Australian prison system was spending on average $8.25 on food per prisoner per day.

Canberra has seen an increase of Bikie gangs, with the arrival of the notorious European outlaw motorcycle gang, Satudarah increasing the numbers of gangs to five.

Police raided a house in Belconnen on Friday afternoon, arresting a 30 year old man, identified as the president of the Satudarah.

The man has been remanded in custody, with charges of aggravated robbery, inflicting grievous bodily harm, making a demand with a threat to kill and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have been ridiculed after it emerged that all winners of an initiative designed to foster gender equality were all men.

Certificates and medals were awarded by Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, in the categories of “best government entity supporting gender balance” “best federal authority supporting gender balance” and “best gender balance initiative”

The report found that by 2015, 135,000 Emirati women participated in the labour market, compared with just 1,000 in 1975.

The Singaporean Ministry of Health reported Monday that American fraudster, Mikhy K Farrera Brochez, has leaked the HIV-positive status of over 14,000 people.

The records belonged to 5,400 Singaporeans diagnosed with HIV up to January 2013 and 8,800 foreigners, including work and visit pass holders, diagnosed with the disease up to December 2011.

The leaked information included their name, identification number, contact details such as phone and address and HIV test results and related medical information.