Thousands of Australians will have the opportunity to work on the set of blockbuster film Godzilla vs Kong and Disney series Reef Break, with pre-production set to begin on the Gold Coast this month.

A $140 million tax break announced in this year's federal budget helped lure film production to Australia, and Queensland Premier said she was delighted with this boost in the industry.

PM Scott Morrison is expected to officially announce the two productions during a visit to the Sunshine State this week.

The rail network has again been plunged into chaos, after three directors of Queensland Rail (QR) suddenly resigned on Thursday.

The government expressed the lack of information regarding when numerous train services would be restored.  

After two years of timetable rearranging and cuts, Transport Minister Mark Bailey did not name a date when the hundreds of trains would be up and running.

President of crime policing organisation Interpol, Meng Hongwei has been reported as missing in China.

The South China Post has quoted a source saying that the President was ‘taken away for questioning by discipline authorities’. This is suggested that China is currently investigating probe graft or political disloyalty.

Meng’s family have not heard from him since his departure from Interpol HQ in France in late September.

Twelve Thai boys and their football coach, who were dramatically rescued from a flooded cave in July, enjoyed a high-profile kickabout on Sunday, playing a game at River Plate's iconic Monumental stadium.

The team, known as the 'Wild Boars', were honoured guests at the Youth Olympics in the Argentine capital after their rescue gripped the world.

Dressed in violet jerseys with the team logo of the record Argentine champions, they faced River's under-13 team, entering the pitch to loud applause from their opponents.

The Australian Productivity Commission has planned to review mental health spending, analysing where the current $9 billion is spent across the state and federal level.

BeyondBlue Chief Georgie Harman outlines that the inquiry has ‘the potential to drive real change’.

This review comes in response to the 3128 deaths by suicide across the nation last year, as well as numerous psychiatrists saying mental health is being ‘short changed’ after Australia spending only $9 billion out of its total health budget of $170 billion.

Environmental activists over the weekend embarked on a door knocking campaign around the country.

Anti-Adani groups have gone door to door trying to garner support against the proposed Carmichael mine, telling residents about the environmental impact of the mine.

60 groups around the country were planning to spread the word, 18 of which were in Queensland.

It has been revealed that $1.2 billion in benefits has been paid out to Queenslanders through Workcover, with a reported 94% percent of the injured employees returning to work.

The most common payment to workers was in the Construction Industry, with $210 million paid out in 2018 so far, followed by manufacturing at 167 (million) and health care at 143 (million).  

This is seen alongside musculoskeletal injuries being by far the highest injury type at $608 million.

The plan to convert one lane of Victoria Bridge into a two-way pedestrian and bike lane was a "massive win" for Brisbane cyclists according to interest groups.

The new design reduces the number of metro and bus lanes from four to three, allocating space for a "green" bridge to improve cyclist access into the city from South Bank.

Bicycle Queensland's Anne Savage said that the new plan would quickly boost the number of people cycling across the bridge each day.