A Galaxy poll has revealed a majority of Queenslanders want the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital to retain its name.

This survey finds 65 percent of people want Lady Cilento's name retained, with 52 percent wanting the hospital name to be unchanged, and 13 percent want the hospital renamed, but with Lady Cilento retained in the new title.

The poll results are the opposite to the government's flawed poll which allowed multiple votes, and half the respondents say they think the government has lied, while one third are uncommitted.

Gifts declared by Queensland ministers in 2017 and 18 include gold shovels, a gucci scarf, a State of Origin jersey and Indigenous Art.

The items were among presents worth a total of $18,400 declared by the Premier, her ministers and the opposition leader last financial year in the Ministerial Gifts Register.

Gifts worth less than $350 may be kept by ministers and must be declared, but gifts worth more should be refused, returned or given to the ministerial branch.

Coles' first Little Shop campaign, which ran from July this year, proved wildly successful, and was credited with helping the supermarket to post its strongest quarterly sales growth in two years.

Woolworths took a leaf out of its great rival's book and is now running a Christmas-themed pop-out cardboard figure promos during the crucial December trading period.

The prospect of a Christmas truce in the great supermarket collectables war has been dashed, with Coles announcing it will bring back its Little Shop toy giveaway this festive season.

New South Wales government has sent reinforcements to the Central Queensland coast to assist with an out-of-control bushfire between Bundaberg and Gladstone.

Temperatures in the fire-affected areas are expected to be in the 30s today and 100 firefighters from NSW’s Rural Fire Service will help battle the blaze.

35 properties are at risk and 800 residents have been told to leave as the fire draws near Deepwater. So far, 17,000 hectares of bush and farmland have been destroyed.

More than 140 whales were found beached and stranded in New Zealand’s Mason Bay.

Discovered by a hiker on Saturday, the two full pods of pilot whales where dead or dying when conservationists arrived.

Rakiura operations manager for the New Zealand Department of Conservation, Ren Leppens says that due to the remote location, lack of nearby personal and the whale’s deteriorating condition mean the most humane thing to do was to euthanise the remaining whales.

Conflict at the US/Mexico border as migrants from central america arrive seeking entry into the US.

US authorities fired tear gas as migrants rushed toward the border from Tijuana, Mexico and stopped as many as 500 migrants from entering the country illegally.

This comes after thousands of Central American migrants arrived in the Mexican border city of Tijuana in recent weeks, part of caravans that travelled through Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico, largely on foot, seeking asylum from violence in the countries.

A report conducted by the Defense Department, has confirmed toxic foam used for fire fighting at the RAAF base in Amberly, was found in the Bremer River.

The study has discovered traces of the chemicals in the fish from the river, alongside eggs from domestic chickens in nearby farms.

The toxic foam was found to be ‘above drinking water standards’, with a report on the impact on humans to be completed in the first quarter of 2019.

For the first time in Queensland, a large air tanker is being used to fight the bushfires occuring within the state.

The NSW water bomber can carry more than 15,000 litres of water, and is being used against the blaze in Agnes Waters.

This comes after emergency services have provided an evacuation order on communities threatened by the fires, as it expands to Baffle creek, Round hill and Bororen.

The executive council of Australian Jewry has reported a 60 percent rise in anti semitic incidents across Australia, since last year.

The report on antisemitism in Australia, logged 366 incidents, with 43 percent of the incidents identified as attacks and the remaining 57 percent were threats, such as emails, letters and telephone calls.

This information coincides with an increased presence of Neo-nazi groups, such as Antipodean Renaissance, who were responsible for a third of the logged incidents.