As a cool change in Queensland is not expected until tomorrow, health experts say residents should take care in light of the extreme heat conditions.

With temperatures peaking at 43.4 degrees yesterday, Queensland Health urged people to avoid dehydration by staying cool and drinking water.

Elderly people, pregnant women, children and people with pre-existing medical conditions were warned to be particularly cautious in the heatwave.

Electricity giants are expecting shifting plans for government-backed "fair-dinkum" power plants during a meeting with the federal energy minister on Wednesday.

Angus Taylor will canvass the underwriting proposal, where there will also be debate on price cuts.

Mr Taylor says the Australian government's underwriting new-generation investments program is focused on attracting new investment in firm or firmed generation capacity to increase competition and reduce electricity prices

Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne heads to Beijing, ending a 3 year long diplomatic ban imposed by China

Senator Payne’s visit comes as the US and China trade blows over trade, intellectual property theft and the South China Sea

Payne says, “We want to continue to ensure  the strength and vitality of our own relationship w/ the US and China. It’s fundamental to our security”

A television advertisement about immigration endorsed by US President Donald Trump has been pulled by NBC, Fox News and Facebook.

The ad was run during the Sunday night NFL game, linking undocumented migrant and convicted killer  Luis Bracamontes to a caravan of immigrants fleeing Central America.

This comes as part of Trump’s political campaign for the midterm elections, which determines whether the Republicans party will retain control of the US Congress.

The UK government has just committed around $4.7 million in LGBT funding.

With a particular focus on bullying and healthcare, the funding is set to train teachers how to spot the early signs of bullying.

Minister for Equality Penny Mordaunt says the funding will means everyone can life safe, happy, and healthy lives where they can be themselves without fear of discrimination.’

Nearly 1.5 million plastic bottles, cans and stubbies have been recycled in Queensland on the first weekend of the Containers for Exchange recycling scheme.

Major recycling operators TOMRA and Envirobank both reported an enormous public response following the beginning the program on November 1st.

TOMRA’s national marketing manager Martin Walters believed people are embracing the scheme 100 per cent, as they want to do the right thing by the environment.

Older people and innovative solutions to homelessness will be a key focus at the Gold Coast Homeless Symposium occurring tomorrow.

Almost $8 million in Homelessness Program funding has been committed by the Palaszczuk Government to seven support services on the Gold Coast for 2018-19 to provide support to those in need.

In 2014, there was a total of 4500 homeless people in the city and the current ABS Census shows an increase of homelessness in Australia in 5 years.

24 hour trading hours could soon be introduced in Sydney after the city’s first planning review in over a decade.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore says the proposed changes are in response to “overwhelming” public favour for a night-time economy that is safe, exciting and doesn’t shut down with the sun.

Sydney City Council’s plan sees local businesses like hairdressers and bookstores trading around the clock, but excludes the clubs and pubs who are subject to 1:30am lockout laws.

Allowing First Nations’ People early access to superannuation funds due to their lower life-expectancy has had mixed responses at the Banking Royal Commission.

The Prime Minister’s Department says super funds should be more “culturally aware” of Indigenous People’s needs, but that lowering the age of eligibility would go against the principles of the universal system.

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission says a lower preservation age would see First Nations’ People receive a lower balance overall, but that there is a valid argument for the change.