Political leaders, including Australia’s Scott Morrison, will arrive in Papau New Guinea for the Asia Pacific Economy Co-Operation Summit this week.

APEC accounts for approximately two billion people, with 21 countries being involved in 180 meetings. The summit aims to improve international relations and to forge new foreign policy with neighbouring countries.

Papau New Guinea intends to spend $330 million dollars over three years paying for the event, with significant funds going towards new infrastructure.

Hundreds of Australian students will stage a nationwide strike this month, walking out of class to protest political inaction against climate change.

The strike aims to encourage politicians to treat global warming as an environmental emergency.

Fort Street high school student Jean Hinchcliff says students are concerned about their future if politicians continue to stall policy change.

More than 300 veterans joined a commemorative "troop train" from Brisbane CBD to Cleveland in honour of more than 62,000 Australians who lost their lives in World War I.

Transport Minister Mark Bailey says he was honoured to join service personnel, including soldiers from the Gallipoli Barracks and the Light Horse Brigade, plus members of Redlands RSL and staff from Queensland Rail, for the ride on board the specially chartered train, and listen to their stories.

Police have arrested five people involved in two dramatic car chases in Brisbane’s south-west suburb of Inala.

The pursuits began at Inala in Brisbane's south-west where police located two stolen luxury cars driving through the area, which were taken from a house at suburban Westlake on Sunday night.

The offenders are also wanted for questioning over a spate of recent robberies and ram-raids across south-east Queensland.

American President Donald Trump faces scrutiny after a controversial weekend in France for Remembrance Day.

Trump tweeted the French President, Emmanuel Macron saying he was insulted by prior comments made by Macron and questioned France’s involvement in NATO. The tweet was eventually deleted.

President Trump received further criticism after failing to attend the memorial event at Belleau due to rain.

Press freedom in the Philippines is under attack as the government threatens to file tax evasion charges against online news outlets.

The Committee to Protect Journalists say major news site, The Rappler, is the victim of intimidation and harassment from the Philippines government.

The Rappler is internationally acclaimed for its investigative reporting on president Rodrigo Duterte and the impact of his crackdown on illegal drugs.

Former Socceroo Archie Thompson is calling for a lifetime ban for a spectator ejected from an A-League game in Mudgee for racially abusing Brisbane goalkeeper Jamie Young.

The incident occurred at Glen Willow Sports Stadium in the New South Wales country town, where Western Sydney Wanderers and Brisbane Roar drew 2-2 on Saturday.

Young, who is of Sri Lankan and Scottish descent, is believed to have responded to the remark, which is reported to have been made by a Wanderers supporter.

Several samples of goods found in Australian supermarkets labelled ‘gluten-free’ in fact contain gluten.

Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne found detectable gluten in almost 3% of 256 of the most commonly purchased ‘gluten-free’ manufactured foods, a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia on Monday says.

Brisbane researchers will commence medical trials to assist children with brain injuries through magnetic stimulation next January.

The technique uses electronic pulses to improve the communication pathways of a patient’s brain, which may have been damaged by a fall or a blow to the head.

Researchers say the development should improve movement and motor skills.

Brisbane’s lock out laws are effectively reducing high levels of intoxication, according to a study by BMC Public Health.

Patrons now arrive earlier in the evening and have a lower blood alcohol level than before the laws were introduced in 2016.

Researchers are conducting further interviews across the state to determine long term effects of the legislation.