A fairfax survey has indicated that 74 per cent of voters reject the laws to allow religious schools to select students and teachers based on sexual orientation.

Around 30 percent of Coalition voters have supported the idea, with Morrisson taking the plan to the party room on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison would change laws to ensure schools could not expel gay students, however have suggested that a ‘broader conversation’ is necessary.

A report this week ranked Australia's standard passport as the seventh most powerful in the world. The report comes as demand for Australian citizenship reaches never-before-seen levels, with 189 000 people waiting for the approval of their applications.

The Australian passport currently gives holders access to 183 nations without having to pay a fee or pre-apply for a visa before arriving.

Saudi Arabia has rejected threats to punish their country over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul.

An unnamed official from the Kingdom says the country will retaliate against any sanctions with tougher measures.

The comments come after US President Donald Trump threatened "severe punishment" for Riyadh if it turned out Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Anger has grown in Italy after far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has ordered hundreds of refugees to be moved out of Riace, a small town in Calabria.

The town - whose population was dwindling for many years - was previously celebrated as a model of integration of asylum seekers, welcoming them in an attempt to revitalise itself.

Fortitude Valley’s own Hidden Lanes Festival is currently underway, showing off local talents across mixtures of art and music.

The festival features exhibitions and food events such as coffee workshops and cocktail making, as well as locally designed fashion parades.

The mastermind behind the festival, laneway developer Arthur Apostolos, said the lanes were designed to create an environment where creatives could flourish in a like-minded community.

The Queensland Government is now considering creating a world-class centre just next to the Brisbane River.

The centre would feature Indigenous history, culture and art, similar to that in Washington DC’s Smithsonian Museum.

Tourism Minister Kate Jones says Queensland has an ‘opportunity to grow Indigenous tourism’, and that the site could be a ‘game-changer’ to capitalise on visitors searching for unique experiences.

A Fairfax-Ipsos poll dated this week indicate the Coalition is currently behind at 44 points to Labor’s 55 points in a two-party preferred vote.

This comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison has planned to release a new policy statement on population, with plans to encourage migration to regional Australia.

When asked about the way in which the Federal Government is currently handling its general immigration policy, 64% said they were dissatisfied.

New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggests that Melbourne is underway to become Australia’s largest city by as early as 2028.

This prediction also goes to say it will grow to 8 million by 2050, the size of London and New York City.

Twenty-two migrants, including children have been killed in a truck crash in western Turkey.

The victims, whose nationality is not yet known, were in a truck travelling from Aydin towards the Aegean city of Izmir when it flipped over and fell into the river several metres below.

Large numbers of emergency service personnel were sent to the scene.