A Queensland government project to digitise court and police reports is set to exceed its budget by $800,000 after taking a year longer than expected.  

The Queensland Corrective Services initiative was originally anticipated to cost over $550,000 but that figure has been revised to $1.35 million.

The aim of the upgrade is to transfer court and police records online, as the Queensland Corrective Services has been previously working with a paper-based manual system.

An unnamed buyer, identified only as a European art collector, has confirmed she will go ahead with purchasing a Banksy painting for $2 million, despite it shredding itself immediately after the sale last week. 

The anonymous artist known as Banksy planted the shredder within the frame of the 2006 artwork entitled “Balloon Girl.”

Thierry Ehrmann, director of Artprice, an agency which closely monitors art market prices, says the stunt has likely increased the value of the work by $1.3 million. 
 

Five deaths have been reported after Hurricane Michael made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Wednesday afternoon in Florida. 

Florida Governor Rick Scott says there is a massive flow of search and rescue, Highway Patrol, National Guard and utility workers making their way down to the impacted areas. 

Many buildings in Florida weren’t built to withstand storms above a Category 3 while Hurricane Michael reached winds exceeding 200km per hour. 
 

Approximately 6,000 people, mostly indigenous youth have dropped out of the remote work-for-the-dole scheme, and are likely not receiving income support at all, since it began in 2015. 
 
The Indigenous affairs minister says the The Community Development Program is designed to increase support for the most vulnerable job seekers, while ensuring job-ready participants move into work.
 
The plummet in participants cannot be accounted for by job placements or movement between regions but the cause of the decline is yet to be confirmed. 
 

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s son has urged Liberal voters to abandon the party ahead of the Wentworth by-election. 

Alex Turnbull says the party has been taken over by the hard right, and is placing its own agenda ahead of serving the public. 

Prime Minister Morrison says that his candidate Dave Sharma retains his and Malcolm Turnbull’s support.  
 

The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs visited Toogoom and Hervey Bay to announce further support for veterans and their families. 

MP Darren Chester and Federal Member for Hinkler Keith Pitt oversaw a forty-nine thousand dollar grant to the Hervey Bay RSL, which will assist with administration costs. 

Mr Pitt says the RSL is an important example of how the Hervey Bay community supports its veterans
 

Drivers in Brisbane will soon have the ability to compare fuel prices across the city with software being distributed to online services such as MotorMouth, Gasbuddy and the RACQ. 

Energy Minister Anthony Lynham says with fuel prices hitting a four-year high in the two weeks, the fuel price reporting trial is on schedule to empower motorists when it comes to buying fuel as we lead up to Christmas. 
 

Chelsea Football Club’s Russian owner is considering sending the club’s racist supporters to the remains of holocaust death camp Auschwitz.

Jewish billionaire Roman Abramovich, who has owned the club since 2003, is looking to change fan behaviour after the club was criticized for its anti-Semetic chanting last year.

Chelsea’s chairman Bruce Buck says the club’s current strategy of banning racist supporters is ineffective and does not cause fans to change their beliefs.