Queensland caravan group ‘Top Parks’ has claimed the Guinness World Record for recreating a life-size replica of a 1973 Viscount Royal caravan with nearly 300,000 Bricks.

The project was built from the ground up with a team of 20 and took over 5 months and more than 530 man-hours to construct the caravan using 70 litres of glue

Queensland families affected by the drought will now be able to receive more relief money from the State Government.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says drought affected families will now be able to claim $7,500, up from the initial $5,000 dollar cap

The Queensland Drought Appeal now sits at $2.8 million.

North Sydney smokers may soon be banned from lighting up in the CBD in what may be a national-first smoking ban.

The council has passed a motion to ban smoking in every public space in North Sydney, which would make it the first smoke-free municipality.

Mayor Jilly Gibson is confident it will be backed by residents and says the ban will be enforced through encouragement rather than fines.

The Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is warning the Government not to let the position of Race Discrimination Commissioner sit vacant after Tim Soutphommasane’s departure last month.

Mr Dreyfus says there are some conservatives within the Morrison Government who wanted to scrap the role.

The Institute of Public Affairs, an influential free-market think-tank with strong links to the Coalition, has recommended the position be axed for “promoting division”.

The First Baby of New Zealand has made her UN debut at a peace summit in the General Assembly.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took her three-month-old Neve Te Aroha to the summit with her very own UN mock security pass and having her nappy changed in front of a Japanese delegation.

A United Nations spokesperson says they were delighted to see baby Neve in the General Assembly hall.

The father of a young boy rescued after dangling from a fourth storey Paris balcony in May has received a three month suspended jail sentence for leaving the child home alone.

The 37-year-old father left his four year old son unattended in their sixth-floor apartment while he went shopping, where the son then climbed over the balcony.

The public prosecutor had asked for the sentence to be extended, noting that had rescuer Mamoudou Gassama not sprung into action the child could have died.