A pop-up strawberry sundae stand in Brisbane’s King George Square has seen thousands support local farmers in the wake of the needle contamination scare.

The event was organised by the Prince Charles Hospital Foundation, selling over 14,000 and using over 700 kilograms of strawberries.

Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk and Queensland Reds players helped serving, helping promote the state government announced a $1 million package with $150,000 for the Queensland Strawberry Growers Association.

Documents released to a Senate Inquiry have revealed the $443.4 Billion grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation was intended as a “trial case” to see if non-profit groups could be used to deliver ‘big government programs’.

The inquiry shows that the idea of a ‘trial’ is attributed to Russell Reichelt, chairman and chief executive of the Great Barrier Reef authorities as well as a board member.

A third woman has come forward accusing US Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in the 1980s.

Julie Swetnick, alongside two other women, have allocated a statement  to the Judiciary Committee regarding the accusations in 1982.

This comes a day before a Republican-led panel is set to hold a high-stakes hearing. Mr Kavanaugh has rejected the allegations, in a statement released by the White House.  

One of the men accused of the nerve agent poisoning of Sergei Skripal has been revealed to be a highly decorated Russian intelligence officer.

The true identity of wanted man Ruslan Boshirov has been revealed as Colonel Anatoliy Vladimirovich Chepi, who poisoned former Russian spy, Skripal.

Investigative journalism organisation Bellingcat made the revelation with The Telegraph, reporting on the 39 year old’s ties to Vladimir Putin.

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has denied directing his friend, ABC Chairman Justin Milne on issues related to the sacking of journalists or editorial decisions.

The former business partner to the former PM has been implicated in communications insisting the then managing director of the ABC Michelle Gutherie fire journalist Emma Alberici following her analysis of the Turnbull tax policy which was found to show a ‘lack of impartiality’.

An inability to access quality food has been blamed for the death of prize and heritage winning birds in New South Wales.

Open range farmers Hayden and Beth McMillan were forced to give their birds a different feed due to drought conditions, 1200 birds dying before reaching the processing stage.

Over half of the meat birds were dead before they reached the culling age of eight weeks.