A Gold Coast domestic violence refuge, which is one of Australia’s only pet friendly ones, is on the brink of closure because of a lack of funding.

Vietnam have exiled anti-government blogger “Mother Mushroom” to the United States, following two years imprisonment.

The south-east Asian nation faces condemnation from human rights groups and Western governments regarding its treatment of government critics.

According to Amnesty International, over 100 anti-government figures remain jailed in Vietnam.

The original ‘Big Bird’ of Sesame Street is leaving for retirement, after almost 50 years of bringing the iconic children’s character to life.

Puppeteer Caroll Spinney, who also plays Oscar the Grouch, has picked his successors to continue on the legacy, after mentoring them for over twenty years.

Spinney says Big Bird brought him to so many places, opened his mind and nurtured his soul.

A report into child disadvantage in Australia has found families are under increasing stress due to the housing crisis and labour market changes.

The Child Social Exclusion research report detailed that the key factors in determining a child’s disadvantage were their family’s socio-economic status, and the degree to which they were exposed to housing stress.

One in six children under fourteen was found to be living in poverty, according to data from the 2016 census.

The Queensland Labour Party has used its parliament majority to block the construction of a committee to investigate possible bribery allegations against Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

The allegations stem from complains made by Bob Katters Australian Party’s Queensland Leader Robbie Katter regarding staff cuts to his office after the party refused to conform to her demands which the Crimes and Corruption Commission said if proven, could amount to a bribery offence

The Queensland Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women are warning parents fleeing from domestic violence to deactivate their children’s myGov accounts—out of concern abusive partners can use the portal to locate where spouses and children are living.

An email, circulated by department staff, explains that a group of doctors raised concerns about abusive partners being able to access updated address details of their child through the myGov portal.

Hundreds of jobs have been lost as major central Queensland building company JM Kelly collapsed; devastated workers were called yesterday morning, being told to pack up and go home.

Administrators have confirmed the Rockhampton-based company went into voluntary administration and eight of its sub-companies are being liquidated. This decision comes after a long-time struggle of legal issues with John Murphy, who JM Kelly are headed up by.

Ecuador’s parliament has released once-secret documents detailing a plan to smuggle Australian Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he is at risk of extradition.

Assange’s team supposedly met with Russian diplomats to discuss a plan which would see the whistleblower moved to Moscow.

Russia has denied such a meeting took place, and Assange remains in the Ecuadorian embassy.

A United States Treasury Official has been charged with leaking confidential documents connecting Former Trump Campaign Paul Manafort and the Russian Embassy to a reporter from Buzzfeed

Natalie May Edwards from the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has been arrested on unauthorised disclosure of suspicious activity charges as well as conspiracy charges, according to US Attorney Geoffrey Berman.