The world’s largest humpback whale population is booming thanks to the Kimberley Region in Western Australia.

The success of Western Australia’s humpback whales appears to be a combination of good feeding grounds in Antarctica, coupled with a lack of natural predators in the Kimberley’s calving grounds.

It has been estimated the whale population is increasing at around 10 per cent per year, with anywhere from 35 to 45 000 currently on the west coast.

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has held an inquiry after the number of strip searches in New South Wales doubled in the past year.

The searches doubled from 560 in 2016 to 1100 in 2017, and in the first five months of 2018, 735 were recorded.

The inquiry looked into allegations that some members of the New South Wales police force have abused their strip search powers, with claims that Aboriginal children as young as 11 have been illegally strip-searched.

The Brisbane city council has announced a new pedestrian and cyclist bridge to be constructed in Indooroopilly.

The new Riverwalk will connect the suburbs of Kenmore and Indooroopilly to the University of Queensland, St Lucia and will be comparable to the Newfarm river walkway.

The proposed plan is designed to remove pedestrian and cyclist traffic from Radnor Street and provide a safer alternative for those travelling on it.

A new study has found young Queensland men are less likely to binge drink than their male parent and grandparents.

One in five adult Queenslanders drink at risky levels, with three-quarters of these being men, however, those between the ages of 18 and 29 have been bucking this trend.

Queensland Health chief psychiatrist and chief alcohol officer John Reilly said while a number of things may be influencing this trend, it indicates that the preventative health messages around alcohol are getting through.

A brisbane councillor has revealed that graves are being heavily watered-in shortly after burials to prevent ground sinkage.

Councillor Steve Griffiths has spoken with 20 families at Mount Gravatt Cemetery, many of which have found government actions to break ethical and moral boundaries.

Families say that the process is not included in the terms and conditions and could possibly damage and leak into the coffins that are not waterproof.

Junior doctors at Brisbane’s major hospitals are experiencing a spike in workplace bullying and harassment.

A statewide survey found 44 percent of the respondents at the Royal Brisbane and Women's hospital have experienced workplace abuse.

A Queensland Health spokesman says junior doctors are critical to our frontline health force, and that bullying, harassment or discrimination is not tolerated in their facilities.

Last week, an 18-month-old in Queensland suffered second-degree burns to the bottom of her feet while playing at a park in Ipswich.

Astroturf can hit temperatures of almost 90 degrees Celsius during summer, and high temperature makes the soft rubber covering children's playgrounds reach more than 80 degrees.

Terrorism experts have dismissed claims by the prime minister stating muslim community leaders need to do more to intervene in the wake of Friday’s fatal Bourke Street attack.

Scott Morrison told Sky News on Monday that Islamic leaders needed to do more to prevent terrorist attacks; stating if you’re a leader in one of those communities, you need to know who those people are in your community that might be doing that.

The comments have been echoed by Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton.