Adani has asked the federal court to throw out a legal challenge to its Queensland coal mine unless five traditional owners can raise $160,000.

The mining company has applied for a court order to secure potential legal costs if it wins against the W&J representatives who are seeking to overturn a crucial mine site land deal.

It has been proposed that if the security is not given within 14 days of the court’s order, the appeal will be dismissed with costs.

A Darwin shipping company has been fined $190,000 after the death of a deckhand who lost his grip and drowned in January 2017.

The company’s workplace practices posed an “obvious risk to death” according to the judge after it was found that workers were required to jump across a gap onto a tyre, before pulling themselves up by chains to get access to the wharf.

Outside court, the victim's partner said the Northern Territory should follow Queensland’s lead and introduce an industrial manslaughter offense.

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the famed Indian independence leader, has been removed from a university campus in Ghana's capital, Accra.

University of Ghana lecturers began a petition for its removal shortly after it was unveiled in 2016 by India's former President Pranab.

The petition said Gandhi was "racist", because of comments he made about Africans and suggested that African heroes should be put first.

New Zealand's Justice Minister, has warned Google could face prosecution for naming the 26-year-old man accused of murdering British backpacker, Grace Millanel, via an email. 

The email said more than 100,000 Google searches had been made of the man's name nationally and the Minister says “Google is responsible for publishing information that’s been suppressed by a court”. 

A Google spokesperson told the New Zealand Herald they did not know about the suppression order, adding that Google trend alerts were automatically generated based on searches.

The University of Technology Sydney will open Australia's first Indigenous residential college to encourage more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into tertiary education.

Architects will consult Indigenous designers before beginning the construction of a $100 million building at a site near the Ultimo university, which is expected to open its doors within four years.

UTS aims to remove the barriers that have been hindering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders' access to university education, such as cost and cultural isolation.

Above average sea temperatures forecasted in Australia’s Northern coast may cause widespread coral bleaching. 

A “Red Alert Level 2” has been put in place in the North Tiwi Islands, where sea surface temperatures have topped 33 degrees celsius. 

It is forecasted that all of the Territory’s coastal waters, apart from areas of the Gulf of Carpenteria, will be placed on a “Red Alert Level 2” by January. 

There are major delays in Ashgrove after a man crashed his truck into a power pole. 

Queensland Fire and Emergency Services freed the man, believed to be in his 50s, from his truck before he was treated by paramedics who say he is in a serious critical condition. 

The power pole snapped as a result of the impact.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Owen and with it winds of up to 200km/h are slowly moving towards Queensland’s coast.

Queensland’s Fire and Emergency Services Assistant, Kevin Walsh, has warned people to be prepared for potential flash flooding. 

It is expected that rainfall will range from anywhere between 100mm to 400mm and will be accompanied by destructive winds.