Over $150 million dollars have been pledged by Germany and Norway to Africa’s Lake Chad Region, to aid the humanitarian crisis occurring due to violence, poverty and climate change.

These decisions were made at an international donor conference in Berlin yesterday, with promises made to stabilise the surrounding states of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas spoke at this conference, stressing the importance of the Lake Region as an economic hub between North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.

Google Earth satellite surveillance technology is being used to detect human rights abuses from space.

Organisations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International are able to piece together evidence of atrocities in remote locations by comparing satellite imagery over time.

The images have been used to identify North Korean prison camps, Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria, mass graves in Northern Iraq, and recently, a widespread campaign of arson against Rohingya villages in Myanmar.

Right To Information documents have revealed high levels of violence occurring inside Queensland’s two youth detention centres.

Documents obtained by the Liberal National Party indicated over 1248 physical altercations were recorded between January and May in the Brisbane and Townsville centres.

These incidents include 48 assaults on staff by detainees, 75 instances of property damage and 17 attempted suicides.

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Traces of toxic chemicals have been found in animals and plants in the coastal village of Wreck Bay in Jervis Territory.

The chemicals, believed to cause cancer, were found in a creek running through a small indigenous community in the area.

However, concerns from the Wreck Bay Community have fallen on deaf ears as ACT Health could not respond to their concerns due to lack of data.

New reports on Nauru’s detention centre have emerged detailing increasing levels of abuse, trauma, and desperation on the island.

The report revealed over 50 overseas medical requests have been actively denied by the Australian government.

Its release came as part of the demand for Australia's offshore detention policy to be discussed at the Pacific Islands Forum, asking for those on Nauru and Manus Island to be relocated.

Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri has told the country that it cannot keep spending more than they earn.

In response to the Argentine peso hitting an all time low, Macri said he will reinstate taxes on exports, and close or merge half of the nation’s ministries.

While Macri did not say which ministries would be closed, he assured the public the country’s budget would be balanced by next year.

The Palestinian President’s spokesperson has called the United States’ withdrawal of UN relief funding a "flagrant assault against the Palestinian people".

UN Spokesperson Chris Gunness said the impact of the funding cut would be widespread, causing some of the most marginalised Middle Eastern communities to suffer.

The US was previously the largest donor to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, but now believes the organisation is "irredeemably flawed".

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk could be referred to the Crime and Corruption watchdog after stripping the Katter Australian Party of five staff members.

KAP Queensland state leader Robbie Katter has sought legal advice after Palaszczuk removed the members following federal senator Fraser Anning’s speech in August.

According to the Queensland Criminal Code, a member of parliament cannot directly or indirectly threaten or intimidate any Legislative Assembly member’s opinion.