Hundreds of jobs have been lost as major central Queensland building company JM Kelly collapsed; devastated workers were called yesterday morning, being told to pack up and go home.

Administrators have confirmed the Rockhampton-based company went into voluntary administration and eight of its sub-companies are being liquidated. This decision comes after a long-time struggle of legal issues with John Murphy, who JM Kelly are headed up by.

Ecuador’s parliament has released once-secret documents detailing a plan to smuggle Australian Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he is at risk of extradition.

Assange’s team supposedly met with Russian diplomats to discuss a plan which would see the whistleblower moved to Moscow.

Russia has denied such a meeting took place, and Assange remains in the Ecuadorian embassy.

A United States Treasury Official has been charged with leaking confidential documents connecting Former Trump Campaign Paul Manafort and the Russian Embassy to a reporter from Buzzfeed

Natalie May Edwards from the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has been arrested on unauthorised disclosure of suspicious activity charges as well as conspiracy charges, according to US Attorney Geoffrey Berman.

A senior Australian doctor, giving medical assistance to refugees on Nauru, has been arrested and deported for a breach of Regional Processing Centre rules.

Dr Nicole Montana works for the health contractor International Health and Medical Services and was the most senior Australian health professional working on the island.

The ABC understands Dr Montana was detained for taking a photo of a child being treated at the processing centre, which the Nauru government forbids to prevent leaks to the media and refugee advocates.

A Confidential document from the New South Wales Education Department has revealed that students who sat the NAPLAN reading and spelling tests online were disadvantaged, compared to those who sat the exam using pen and paper.

According to the document, students in years 3 and 5 who did their reading exams online scored lower results compared to an overall increase in student who completed the exam on paper.

The Valley’s heritage listed 144 Wickham Street, presently housing Les [LAY] Bubbles, is going to auction.

The building has a infamous past at the centre of the Fitzgerald Inquiry, where it was a hub for illegal gambling and prostitution.

The present owners have owned the property, which brings in 90,000 dollars a year in rent, since 1985.

Brisbane City Council has resumed four properties on School Road at Rochedale in order to build a depot for the Brisbane Metro project.

The resumptions come as five construction consortia submit proposals for the 944 million dollar infrastructure development.

The line is set to run 21 kilometres from Eight Miles Plains to Roma Street and the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital to UQ.

An attacker in Crimea let off a bomb in his college cafeteria this morning, before moving through the building shooting his classmates.

The main suspect has passed away, as have at least 18 others, while dozens are injured following the attacks in the Russian region.

President Vladimir Putin has promised his government will do whatever is necessary to help victims of the attack.