Queensland has seen a 4 percent increase in visits to their local GP year on year for the past 10 years, placing a severe strain on the state's health system. 

A new report has warned the rise in visits to their GP is mainly driven by an older population and the increase shows no signs of stopping. 

More than half the annual increase in doctor visits and hospitalizations from older people is due to the inflation of chronic disease.  

Oxford Dictionaries has chosen ‘toxic’ as the word of the year. 

Lexicographers at the Oxford University Press said that beyond its literal meaning, people have used “toxic” to describe relationships, politics and habits resulting in its increased popularity. 

The Word of the Year is chosen from a shortlist "drawn from evidence gathered by Oxford University Press’ extensive language research program.

The United Nations has unanimously agreed to lift a nine-year sanction against Eritrea. 

The sanction included an arms embargo, travel ban, and asset freeze against Eritrea amid fears that the government committed mass human rights abuses against civilians and supported terrorist group, Al Shabab. 

A new study has found that an increased intake of omega 3 fats during pregnancy can reduce the risk of premature births. 

Conducted by the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital and the University of Adelaide, these results suggest that omega 3 supplements can cut the complications associated with premature birth before 34 weeks by 42%. 

The Victorian Coalition has been criticised for its silence on key issues affecting the LGBTI+ community in the lead up to the November 24th State Election.

The Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby surveyed all parties on key policy issues affecting the LGBTI+ community and said it's concerning the coalition had not addressed many issues facing the community in their policy plans.

With the election shaping up to be close, the lobby said it is important that voters who care about LGBTI+ issues, know where their candidate stands and each party’s policies.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Queensland's unemployment rate throughout October reached 6.3 percent. 

The latest statistics have confirmed that Queensland has the highest unemployment rate in the nation. 

LNP employment spokeswoman, Fiona Simpson, said that there are now over 165,000 unemployed Queenslanders.

The Queensland government has pushed ahead plans to implement ‘real time’ tracking devices on all commercial fishing boats. 

The tracking devices aim to collect data in order to monitor fishing sites and enforce compliance with regulations. 

Deputy Director of the Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Claire Anderson, has said trawler operators who used the tracking devices over the past 15 years can be used as evidence that the systems work successfully. 

Chinese nuclear scientists have reached an important milestone in the quest to harness energy from nuclear fusion, a process that occurs naturally in the sun.

China’s Institute of Plasma Physics announced this week that their experiment, dubbed the ‘artificial sun’, has reached 100 million degrees celsius, making the plasma more than 6 times hotter than the real sun.

This news comes after China shocked the science community last month with plans to launch an artificial moon bright enough to replace city street lights by 2020.

About 2,200 of the 720,000 Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution, organised slaughter and rape in their homeland of Myanmar last year, are being sent back.

It is a process that has been repeatedly delayed, and one that few, apart from the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments, think is a good idea.