Tesla Chief Executive, Elon Musk, is being sued by US Securities and Exchange Commissions with security fraud after he allegedly misled investors.

Mr Musk tweeted in early August stating that he had secured funding to privatize the company at $420 a share, which led to a brief spike in Tesla shares.

US Securities and Exchange Commission's aims to stop Mr Musk's company from being a publicly-traded company.   

200 people have been killed and 285,000 have lost their homes due to severe flooding across Nigeria after an unusually severe rainy season.

Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency’s incident coordinator Brandon Walson says, in some communities, people are trapped while officials are trying to make arrangements to evacuate them.

Anambra, Delta, Kogi and Niger are the four worst-affected states and have been declared national disaster zones. 

Tony Abbott has been criticised for his first tour of the Northern Territory since being appointed Special Envoy for the Indigenous Affairs Minister.

Community members at the Borroloola School were confused by his attendance at a school council meeting, describing Mr Abbott as arrogant and reporting that he didn’t listen to concerns expressed by the community.

The NT Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Ken Vowles, says Mr Abbott’s recent trip was nothing more than a photo opportunity to say he is on the job.

Professor Bruce Bonyhady, chair of the National Disability Insurance Agency and economist says spending on the NDIS is expected to run $5 billion under budget by the end of the financial year.

His comments come after it was revealed on Tuesday that spending for the scheme came $10 billion under budget in the last financial year.

The Treasury attributes the figure to lower numbers of participants joining the scheme and less uptake of individual packages than anticipated.

Documents revealed to the Senate have shown officials in the Federal Department of Environment and Energy attempted to cover up the extent of the controversial $444 million grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.

One document shows an email to colleagues from a Department Communications Manager describing the best way to refer to the grant, saying, “hopefully this will be too much bureaucratic detail for a journalist anyway”.

The Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission says the Premier may have been exposed to bribery charges in a parliamentary debate on immigration.

During the debate, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk threatened to revoke extra staff funding for members of Katter’s Australian Party if they refused to condemn their federal senator Fraser Anning’s use of the term ‘final solution’ in reference to Australia’s immigration intake.

Tokyo is continuing to push for the resumption of commercial whaling after their defeated proposal at the International Whaling Commision in Brazil at the start of the month.

A fisheries negotiator says if Japan doesn’t achieve sustainable use of marine life, including whales, the country will encounter serious difficulties in food security.

After a ban was imposed for commercial whaling in the 1980s due to dwindling stocks, Japan has conducted research and says that whale stocks have now recovered.

In the US, the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh are underway, with Mr Kavanaugh defending himself against sexual assaults testimonies.

Earlier this morning, Mr Kavanaugh said the allegations were a 'whole new level of absurdity’, and a 'orchestrated political hit’.

One of three accusers, Christine Blasey Ford, gave testimony in the Senate chamber, saying she is 100% certain it was Kavanaugh who sexually assaulted her 36 years ago.

A disability carer in New South Wales has been recorded abusing a young boy with autism.

The audio recording was made in 2016 in a group home for young teens with disabilities.

One man is overheard in the recording stating he wished to be able to beat the children without risk of being caught.

While the two men involved in the incident were fired immediately, the provider has joined others in calling for the Aged Care Royal Commission to be expanded to disability care.