Liberal MP Julia Banks has joined calls for children and their families to be removed from offshore detention in Nauru by accepting New Zealand’s resettlement offer.

Ms Banks says political point scoring by both of the major parties have resulted in a stalemate in which more than 50 children are still in offshore detention.

Following the leadership spill in August Ms Banks announced she would not recontest the next general election, but indicated she may run as an independent in an email to constituents.

And another story on transport, over one million people living on the fringes of Brisbane do not have access to public transport within walking distance of their home, finds an Infrastructure Australia report released today.

Residents on the outskirts of Brisbane represent half of the city’s population but a lack of public support serving the outer regions is contributing to inner-city congestion.

An increasing number of charging docks for electric cars could soon reduce the number of parking spaces across Brisbane.

Brisbane City Council has sent a submission to a Queensland parliamentary inquiry into transport technology, warning the impacts that decreased on-street parking availability could be significant.

The recent surge in interest for electric car charging infrastructure comes amidst the Transport and Public Works Committee investigation into the readiness of the Queensland transport network for electric vehicles and driverless cars.

Researchers at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in the US have found children are more likely to wake from their mother’s voice alarm rather than the sound of a smoke alarm.

Director of the research hospital’s disorders centre, Dr Mark Splaingard, says children are remarkably resistant to awakening by sound when asleep as they sleep more deeply than adults.

Researchers analysed the time it took for 176 children between the ages of 5 to 12 to escape their rooms when being awoken by their mother’s voice in contrast to standard smoke alarms.

A suspected explosive device has been sent to a New York restaurant owned by Robert De Niro, making it the tenth sent to critics of President Trump in the last two days.

Others targeted in the explosive scandals include Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and former CIA director John Brennan.

Yesterday, explosive devices sent to the Obamas and Clintons were found in routine mail screenings, and another sent to CNN’s New York office resulting in an immediate evacuation.

None of the devices have exploded.

A $5 billion fund for Australian farmers has been announced to be at the forefront of the Government’s actions over the next ten years.  

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Future Drought Fund will provide vital support to help farmers prepare for drought-stricken periods.

The fund will initially receive $3.9 billion before increasing to $5 billion in 2028.

Katter’s Australia Party has expelled their only Senator, Queensland’s Fraser Anning, following a series of warnings given by the party executive on his activism for a discriminatory immigration policy.

Senator Anning stirred controversy in August during his maiden speech, in which he advocated for the return of the White Australia Policy, and used the phrase ‘final solution’ to describe a plebiscite on Muslim immigration.

Queenslanders are being encouraged to wear red today for 2018s ‘Day for Daniel’, a National Day of Action to raise awareness for child safety and protection.

This morning a 4km walk is taking place from Woombye’s Suncoast Christian College to a nearby park, following the short distance young Daniel Morcombe walked 14 years ago when he was abducted.

The incumbent QUT student guild has lost the 2018 election after a 7 year stint in office.

The EPIC political group was found to have acted unfairly and undemocratically in the weeks preceding the election by an independent tribunal.

Newly elected Guild party Reach promised weekly breakfasts for students, as well as voting reforms to ensure fairer outcomes in future elections.