Older people and innovative solutions to homelessness will be a key focus at the Gold Coast Homeless Symposium occurring tomorrow.

Almost $8 million in Homelessness Program funding has been committed by the Palaszczuk Government to seven support services on the Gold Coast for 2018-19 to provide support to those in need.

In 2014, there was a total of 4500 homeless people in the city and the current ABS Census shows an increase of homelessness in Australia in 5 years.

24 hour trading hours could soon be introduced in Sydney after the city’s first planning review in over a decade.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore says the proposed changes are in response to “overwhelming” public favour for a night-time economy that is safe, exciting and doesn’t shut down with the sun.

Sydney City Council’s plan sees local businesses like hairdressers and bookstores trading around the clock, but excludes the clubs and pubs who are subject to 1:30am lockout laws.

Allowing First Nations’ People early access to superannuation funds due to their lower life-expectancy has had mixed responses at the Banking Royal Commission.

The Prime Minister’s Department says super funds should be more “culturally aware” of Indigenous People’s needs, but that lowering the age of eligibility would go against the principles of the universal system.

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission says a lower preservation age would see First Nations’ People receive a lower balance overall, but that there is a valid argument for the change.

International human rights groups slam Tanzania for its crackdown on homosexuals, slated to start this week

Paul Makonda, Regional Commissioner for Dar es Salaam has formed a government taskforce and is expected to begin arresting people who are perceived to be homosexual, trans, or intersex this coming week.

In October last year, Tanzanian authorities arrested 13 health and human rights activists for promoting homosexuality.

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new opioid tablet Dsuvia 1,000 times more potent than morphine and 10 times stronger than fentanyl.

It will be restricted to limited use only in health care settings, such as hospitals, surgery centers, and emergency rooms, but critics worry the opioid will fuel an already grim opioid epidemic.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says there will be a tight restriction on Dsuvia.

A development application has been lodged to transform a mine in Brisbane’s south into a business park and green space once operations end in 2021.

The 15 year plan has been proposed to replace the Austral Bricks company mine in Rochedale, which has been operating since 1975.

Several industries have been included in the plan for the area, with the design to be sensitive to the regional ecosystem surrounding the site.

A Queensland government report has revealed there will be a health and education job boom in the state over the next four years.

While there will be a 8 per cent statewide rise in Queensland employment, more than 50 per cent of all new workers are predicted to be working in the healthcare, science and education industries.

Despite the boom, those with education degrees are also expected to fall over the next five years.

68 000 parents have been placed on “Parent Next” - a government scheme that jeopardises their Centrelink payments if they fail to fulfill requirements of a “participation plan”.

Some single mothers in the program say they have been forced to attend “story time” or swimming lessons at their own expense, or apply for education courses despite prior qualifications.

A new survey reveals one in five Australian workers experience insomnia and other mental health conditions.

This survey in SuperFriend’s annual report reveals an increase of workers with mental health issues, up from one in six in last year's survey.

SuperFriend CEO Margot Lydon says the majority of survey respondents believe investment in workplace mental health and well being would improve productivity and reduce sickness and absences.