According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Queensland's unemployment rate throughout October reached 6.3 percent. 

The latest statistics have confirmed that Queensland has the highest unemployment rate in the nation. 

LNP employment spokeswoman, Fiona Simpson, said that there are now over 165,000 unemployed Queenslanders.

The Queensland government has pushed ahead plans to implement ‘real time’ tracking devices on all commercial fishing boats. 

The tracking devices aim to collect data in order to monitor fishing sites and enforce compliance with regulations. 

Deputy Director of the Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Claire Anderson, has said trawler operators who used the tracking devices over the past 15 years can be used as evidence that the systems work successfully. 

Chinese nuclear scientists have reached an important milestone in the quest to harness energy from nuclear fusion, a process that occurs naturally in the sun.

China’s Institute of Plasma Physics announced this week that their experiment, dubbed the ‘artificial sun’, has reached 100 million degrees celsius, making the plasma more than 6 times hotter than the real sun.

This news comes after China shocked the science community last month with plans to launch an artificial moon bright enough to replace city street lights by 2020.

About 2,200 of the 720,000 Rohingya Muslims who fled persecution, organised slaughter and rape in their homeland of Myanmar last year, are being sent back.

It is a process that has been repeatedly delayed, and one that few, apart from the Myanmar and Bangladesh governments, think is a good idea.

A new law giving legal rights to a foetus may be again debated in New South Wales State Parliament, sparking protest from supporters and detractors.

Christian Democratic Party MP Reverend Fred Nile is set to make another push at passing the bill colloquially known as Zoe’s law.

Abortions in New South Wales are only considered lawful if a doctor deems the woman's physical or mental health is in danger, with the state the last in Australia where abortion is still technically a crime.

Scientists are urging the Australian government to protect the diminishing water supply to southern Australia as the country is facing more severe floods and droughts.

A scientific report shows Australia is facing changing rainfall patterns which will threaten the country’s future water security.

Co-author Lesley Hughes says there is an urgent need for a stronger federal government climate policy and phasing out coal would be the best long-term solution.

Brisbane home prices could grow as much as 5 percent in the next year, negating the national trend.

Home buyers are not the only ones affected, with rental prices predicted to increase by 3-4 percent next year, driven by an increase in interstate migration.

A new report from independent property analyst, SQM Research, has also warned of the risk of an economic recession if changes are implemented to negative gearing during the current housing downturn, following the 2019 federal election.

A truck crash in Tanah Merah which killed the occupant went unnoticed for 11 hours.

Local resident Michelle Murray says she called triple zero after spotting the wreckage at 6:00am Wednesday morning, but police say they were not notified until 10:40am.

Ms Murray says she will make a formal complaint to police, alleging her call was ignored.

US officials have begun shutting the Southern border in response to the Central American exodus causing hundreds of refugees and migrants to flee.

The majority of the first asylum seekers to arrive at the border on Tuesday identified as transgender, raising concerns for LGBTI safety and rights.

The continued discrimination and violence Central American LGBTI refugees face when seeking asylum in the US has been highlighted by Amnesty International, saying thousands have been killed or disappeared along the route north.