Almost 2,400 hectares of koala habitat has been saved from a pine plantation near Tewantin yesterday in a $3.5 million buyout by a conservation group, local council and the Queensland government.

Noosa Parks Association, Noosa Shire Council and the Queensland government each contributed $1.2 million to buy out Hancock’s headquarters pine plantation.

This move shows progression in a week where serious questions have been asked about the viability of relocating koalas for development.

A new CityCat terminal will be built at the 100 million dollar Howard Smith Wharves development in what will be Brisbane’s 26th terminal.

The 12 million dollar terminal will be jointly funded by Brisbane City Council and the Howard Smith Wharves Consortium.

Deputy mayor Adrian Schrinner said the joint funding agreements with private developers reduces the cost to ratepayers.

The terminal is expected to be open in 2020.

Poland’s president Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz is banning an annual march organised by far-right groups in the country that celebrate the country’s independence.

The Independence March has been held annually since 2010 and last year the event, attended by 60,000 people, sparked international outrage due to the presence of racist, homophobic, and anti-immigrant slogans.

President Gronkiewicz-Waltz said the event would not be allowed to go ahead.

US President Donald Trump has sacked his Attorney-General, Jeff Sessions, one day after the Republican party lost control of Congress in the midterm elections.

The move came after Mr Trump repeatedly criticised Mr Sessions for recusing himself from an investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential race.

Mr Session announced his resignation in a letter to Mr Trump, saying the resignation came at Mr Trump’s request.

Australia is increasing its commitment to the Pacific, opening several new diplomatic posts and establishing a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure bank for projects in the region.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to announce the establishment of a $2 billion infrastructure bank for the Pacific at the APEC forum in Papua New Guinea.

Mr Morrison is also expected to pledge defence co-operation in the region with the set-up of a permanent Defence Force training team for the Pacific.

The Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission is currently investigating whether donations accepted by the Moreton Bay Mayor were actually bribes.

Local businessman Shane Newcombe has allegedly donated $20,000 to Mayor Alan Sutherland to ensure a multi-million dollar events contract.

This comes after the council handed over almost all its public events and tourism promotion to Newcomb’s Tourism company in May 2016, as part of a deal worth more than 20 million dollars.

Brisbane City Council has issued an apology to a mother and son after they were told they could not fit on a bus outside the Queensland Children’s Hospital in South Brisbane on Monday afternoon.

Sarah Thomas and her 10-year-old son, Lewis Railton, were trying to catch a bus at Mater Hill station following a series of serious medical tests when the driver refused to take them on board, claiming the boy’s wheelchair would not fit.

Brisbane Deputy Mayor Adrian Schrinner said security vision showed the driver was in the wrong and he has been counselled.

NSW university student, Mohamed Kamer Nizamdeen, who spent four weeks in solitary confinement after being falsely accused of terror offences, has been cleared of all charges.

Mr Nizamdeen says the police investigation into his case was embarrassing and biased, claiming police only arrested him as he is Asian.

Police have dropped the charges against Mr Nizamdeem but refuse to apologise as the investigation is ongoing.