An Indonesian Disaster Agency said they received insufficient warning before Friday’s tsunami due to faulty early-detection buoys off the Sulawesian coast.

A disaster management expert said the system hasn’t worked since 2012, and contributed to the deaths of more than 844 people in the disaster.

Efforts to alert residents to potential tsunamis were also inadequate, according to a spokesperson from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.

A guard has been fired  from Woodford Correctional Centre on January 19, 2017 after an investigation found instances in which he fell asleep multiple times while watching inmates.   

The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission revealed that despite multiple warnings and sanctions from prisoners and prison officers, Mr Frederick Ball continued.

The commission also revealed unauthorised activities such as smoking on duty and an anauthorised strip seach.

The Embroiderers Guild Queensland Inc, in Brunswick Street in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley dedicates a group of women to the practice of embroidery and needlework.

To celebrate the guild’s 50th birthday, an exhibit will be showcased inside the heritage-listed building.

This display will include a compilation of embroidery squares from the 500 members.

The Australian federal government has promised to legislate changes to the GST system of up to $9 billion.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison describes this plan as a “a new, fairer GST deal” distributed throughout the nation.

The policy is heavily seen to influence Western Australia, with Morrison guaranteeing the state’s share does not fall below 75 cents in the dollar.

New South Wales Labor leader Luke Foley has pledged 4000 hectares of land in Sydney to the last disease-free koalas.

The Smiths Creek Reserve land, located in Campbelltown, could become a national park for around 400 chlamydia free koalas.

The disease, a different strain to the chlamydia affecting humans, is widespread among Australia's koala population and has devastating effects on the animals.

Iraq has seen the murder of four prominent women of influence, being outspoken critics of the country’s conservative rule.

Model and social media star Tara Fares was shot dead in Baghdad, the latest in a string of attacks that governmental officials indicate are possibly linked.

Certain Iraqis believe the murders are a coordinated campaign to silence them. Iraq’s Prime Minister al-Abadi has launched an investigation.

Palestine has filed a complaint to the United Nations against the United states and their decision to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

In a statement issued on Friday, the International Court of Justice said Palestine contends the embassy's relocation is in breach of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.