US President Donald Trump is going ahead with tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports, with both sides preparing to hold talks on the disputes.

Reports indicate that the tariffs will be set at around 10 per cent, below the 25 percent announced earlier this year.

Both the US and China have already imposed 25 percent tariffs on each other’s goods, at around $50 billion.

A new Australian study has found taking aspirin daily does not prevent cardiovascular disease.

The study of more than 19,000 healthy people aged over 70 found taking 100 milligrams of aspirin a day didn’t prolong their life or significantly reduce the risk of a first heart attack or stroke.  The study also found that taking a small dose of aspirin daily could increase the risk of serious bleeding.

A southern Tasmanian woman has described the health system as similar to a third-world country.

After her stay in the Royal Hobart Hospital, Fran Spears has criticised wait times and patient safety. Spears claims she waited nine hours before receiving a bed, and waited a further seven hours for treatment.

The Queensland Teachers’ Union last month issued that a Darling Downs school withdrew a student in grade 3 after a number of behavioural issues caused her to ‘push the teacher’.

The mother has told media that the student has anxiety, depression and an undiagnosed social disorder.

QTU Vice- President Sam Pidgeon has defended the withdrawal, outlining that workplace health and safety issues are important and this directive was a ‘last resort’.

A 21 year old inmate has passed away at Brisbane’s Arthur Gorrie Correctional Facility Centre.

He was found unconscious on Saturday night, with prison officers performing CPR but the inmate could not be revived. He was pronounced dead at midnight by paramedics.

It is still unclear how the man died, however further information is being obtained by the Queensland Police Service.

A Brisbane mum Tara Johnston needs to raise $200 000 for a breast cancer trial.

At aged 32, Mrs Johnston, was diagnosed in November last year with a rare non-genetic breast cancer and over the past year has undergone several rounds of chemotherapy, a mastectomy and radiation.

Unimpressed doesn’t begin to describe how locals feel about the Gold Coast welcome sign. Described as a “monstrosity”, the mass of bright lights and yellow poles that sit between Brisbane and the Gold Coast could be scrapped.

The purpose of the lights was to spell the words ‘welcome’ to visitors and newcomers, and a ‘welcome home’ for residents ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

Ratepayers have suggested the $2.1 million could have been better spent on hospitals, schools and roads.

There have been nine confirmed cases of strawberries containing needles within them, with one consumer being hospitalised.

Consumers have reported close shaves with their children and a copycat case has surfaced in another Queensland store.

Dr Kim Phan, a lecturer in food science and the University of Sydney, said the industry was not prepared for this kind of intentional contamination.

Charles Darwin University has been accused of asking academics to change the wording of a study.

The study looked at the boom and bust nature of construction projects in Darwin - and was published only months after the North Australian Centre for Oil and Gas opened at CDU.  

University officials asked Dr Andrew Taylor to change the language in the publication after they deemed the report too critical of the gas company which had recently helped to fund the multi-million-dollar training centre on campus.