Red light cameras are set to be installed in ten high risks intersections in Queensland in an effort to reduce the number of crashes.

Areas such as Mackenzie, Gympie, and Mt Sheridan have been selected by the State Government  based on recent data.

RACQ Spokesperson Steve Spalding believes the cameras are important tools for road safety, denying they were simply put in place for revenue raising.

Freedom of information documents reveal farmers are being denied access to a river system Adani plans on drawing 12.5 billion litres of water from in what activists are labelling a “double standard”.

Documents show modelling used by Adani didn’t take into account rainfall data and the impacts of climate change, with Government assessments revealing Adani’s water use could be a threat to endangered ecosystems.

Access to water in Central Queensland’s Suttor River by Adani equates to just less than the amount of all farmers in the region combined.

Around one million bees in a Northern Territory farm have been killed in the second suspected deliberate poisoning this year.

Katherine beekeeper Sam Curtis says the bees died from Fipronil poisoning, an insecticide more commonly used for termite exterminations.

It is suspected the perpetrator is local as the two instances were within 5 kilometres from each other.

Uber is set to introduce an emergency call feature following sexual assault allegations against their drivers.

The feature was introduced earlier this year in the United States and Canada, and the safety shortcut will not only connect passengers to triple zero but also share the real time location.

Uber Australia and New Zealand General Manager Susan Anderson has said this feature will aid police in giving “concrete technical timestamps” when investigating incidents.

India’s right-wing party president has been criticised for calling Bangladeshi migrants ‘termites’.

Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah has allegedly called for Bangladeshi migrants to be ‘uprooted’ from the country.

Shah has since been slammed by Bangladesh, who called his comments ‘unwanted’ .

Residents of Armenia’s capital have gone to the polls in the first vote since a revolution in April that installed Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister.

Voters are electing 65-members of the Yerevan City Council and it’s mayor, who resigned in July when over corruption allegations.

Observers have called the polls a test for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who faces a parliament composed mostly of members of the former ruling Republican party.

In the midst of one of the largest HIV outbreaks in Indigenous Queenslanders, over $740,000 has been withdrawn from a HIV drug trial by the Queensland Government.

Cairns, Cape York, and the Torres Strait are among the worst affected regions, with 41 cases being recorded since 2014.

A sexual health expert indicated the 1,400 men coming off the trial will put pressure onto clinics in the short time frame with the HIV treatment now requiring a prescription.

Over 10,000 weekly bike trips will be supported through new design plans proposed for the Victoria Bridge for the upcoming Brisbane Metro project.

A separated two-way cycleway on the upstream of the bridge and cycle lanes on Melbourne Street are expected to double the number of trips daily, reducing congestion.

Bicycle Queensland CEO Anne Savage said the upgrade will provide a strong and sustainable investment for Brisbane’s future.

As a response to protests concerning Australia Day on the 26th of January, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has stripped the Byron Shire Council of their right to hold citizenship ceremonies.

Byron Shire Mayor Simon Richardson is proposing their Australia Day Ceremony be held on January 25th in acknowledgement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history.

While Mr Richardson says January 26th isn't a suitable date, the Prime Minister has labelled moves to change the date as “indulgent self loathing”.

Phone manufacturers will be required to install spyware and remove encryption without the consent of users in a security overhaul proposed by the Federal Government.

Agencies like ASIO and the Australian Federal Police will compel companies to install screen capture software on mobile phones as a way of giving agencies access to encrypted data.