The Dorper, an African sheep breed which calls the Kalahari desert home is proving its worth to a growing number of Australia's drought-stricken graziers.

The sheep arrived in Australia in 1996, but their performance in recent successive droughts has seen the meat breed surge into popularity.

Owners of the Bellevue grazing company at Millmerran in south-east Queensland, the Curtis Family said they now have healthy pregnant dorper ewes, many with twins, surviving in very dry paddocks.

A move to force suspects in serious crimes, such as child pornography, to hand over their passwords or comply with fingerprint and facial scans to unlock devices is being introduced into the South Australian Parliament today.

Under the proposed legislation, anyone who does not hand over their password could face up to five years in prison.

Although SA Attorney-General, Vickie Chapman, says this move is ‘necessary’ to defeat modern criminals, concerns have been raised about implications for freedom of privacy.

Fake $50 notes are reported to be circulating on the Northern Gold Coast.

Businesses and members of the public should double-check the notes, and police have asked for the public to be aware of the counterfeits.

Anyone with information about the counterfeit notes should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Federal MP Tim Mander is demanding a shark cull in Queensland’s Whitsunday Islands following a fatal attack on a Victorian man on Monday.

The 33-year-old man was attacked by an unknown shark species and was flown to hospital from Cid Harbour with critical injuries.

Mr Mander says the position of the LNP is ‘people before sharks,’ but the government has resisted calls to reintroduce the drumlines saying it’s taking the advice of experts, as well as introducing better signage warning people not to swim in Cid Harbour.

About 500 people, including ethnic Uighurs, have marched through Geneva chanting 'Shame on China' and accusing its government of tyranny and "terrorist" repression.

Demonstrators waved light-blue flags representing East Turkistan, some Uighurs' preferred name for Xinjiang and protesters held photos of loved ones who have gone missing or were taken into custody by Chinese authorities.

China rejects Western criticism of suspected mass detention and heavy surveillance of Uighurs dismissing the allegations as alternative facts.

The Chinese Government has banned more than 6,000 karaoke songs in a claimed crackdown on copyright infringements.

However, some artists whose music has been banned hold copyright over their own work.

Citizens have taken to social media, suggesting the alleged crackdown may be a part of China’s expanding censorship.

Investigations into pollution controls for major coal-fired power stations in NSW have revealed they are weak and comparable to developing countries.

These results follow the commission of Dr Ron Sahu, a California-based air quality consultant, by Environmental Justice Australia, to examine the three plants.

The reviews are expected to be completed by January 2019.

Two more Queensland teachers have been banned from the classroom after rulings by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal deemed them as posing an unacceptable harm to children.

This latest case brings the number of Queensland teachers who have had their registration suspended or cancelled this year to 30.

The behaviours teachers have been disciplined for in 2018 include having sexual relationships with students, having sleepovers and sexting.

Brisbane City Council is proposing a 15-year plan to transform a mine site in Brisbane’s south into a future business park and green space.

Light industrial land operations and uses compatible with the business park, such as research industry and child care centres, have been proposed for the 18.5-hectare site.

The Austral Bricks company has been operating at the Rochedale site since 1975, but operations are expected to conclude in 2021.