Ugandan politician Bobi Wine has returned home after receiving medical treatment in the US following his beating by government soldiers last month.

Analysts are saying the thirty-six year old is a serious challenger to President Museveni, who has led Uganda since 1986.

Mr Wine, who was a reggae star before he entered politics, faces a trial for treason next month.

Melbourne-based medicinal cannabis supplier, Althea Group, has raised $20 million in their initial public offering as it looks to build its own production facility.

The proposed ten-acre facility in Victoria would grow about three tonnes of cannabis annually.

Medicinal cannabis was legalised in Australia in 2016, but is yet to be widely prescribed by medical professionals.

A twelve-year-old girl has arrived at Mackay Hospital in a critical condition after having been bitten by a shark in the Whitsundays’ Cid Harbour.

It is the second shark attack in the area within twenty-four hours.

The Fisheries Department is installing three temporary drum lines across Cid Harbour today to prevent further attacks.

The State Government is looking towards burning rubbish to generate electricity, as it plans a new 400 million dollar incinerator in Swanbank, west of Brisbane.

The Plant would power 50,000 homes, and serve to reduce landfill.

The Ipswich City Council has expressed reservations about the project, saying any waste-to-energy facility must meet the highest international standards.

Fires continue to burn in the Herberton and Watsonville area near Cairns, with crews working to battle the blaze overnight.

Meanwhile, a bushfire destroyed a Mount Beppo residence in Brisbane’s west, late yesterday afternoon.

Twenty-five crews worked to put out the blaze, which moved east from the Brisbane Valley Highway area, towards the Somerset Dam.

As climate scientists seek new ways to prevent rising sea levels, researchers suggest underwater structures may be an option to maintain underwater glaciers.

Scientists say the magnitudinal operation would be simple in design, involving erecting sand and rock barriers 300m in height, underwater.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on track to become the country's longest serving PM after a landslide leadership contest victory.

Abe won 553 votes out of a total 807, and it's predicted his six-year reign will be unchallenged until November 2019, where he will overtake early 1900s Prime Minister Taro Katsura as the longest serving.

Familiar to Australian politics today, the average lifespan of a Japanese Prime Minister in the aftermath of World War II was just two years.

A notorious con artist is continuing to scam foreign students in Australia despite being out on bail for 22 counts of fraud and misleading conduct.

Korean-born businessman Eddie Kang has been offering students 457 visas that he never issues and refuses to refund the students’ money.

Students paid Mr Kang’s company tens of thousands of dollars to secure visas and jobs.

Tech Giants will soon be required to hand over encrypted information to security agencies under draft laws introduced to federal parliament this week.

Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton says encrypted information was relevant to 90 per cent of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation cases.

This would include apps such as WhatsApp where messages can only be seen by the sender and receiver.