Queensland police have fined hundreds of cyclists for speeding or running red lights.

Mal Lilley, acting inspector from the Queensland Road Policing Command, says cyclists who break the law should expect enforcement action to be taken against them.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Transport and Main Roads says road rules that apply to motorists also apply to bike riders.

The Queensland Dairyfarmer’s Organisation says $1 dollar milk is responsible for a $10 billion dollar loss to their industry over the last seven years.

Coles’ introduction of $1 dollar milk has forced processors to reduce their minimum price by 30 cents a litre, and also reduce the price of their branded milks to stay competitive.

QDO’s campaign for a 10 cent per litre Drought Levy has more than 100 000 signatures online, and the support of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, on the condition that Coles participates.

Two iron ore mines in the remote Roper Valley region in the Northern Territory are due to restart production, sparking concerns amongst community members.

Locals fear the projects at Sherwin Creek and Roper Bar mine may have detrimental environmental impacts, including destroying dugong, fish, and turtle populations.

The mines are expected to commence production within the next 12 to 18 months.

Elderly nursing home residents are being over-prescribed dangerous antipsychotic drugs with potentially irreversible side effects and death.

Geriatric specialist Eddy Strivens says more than 80 per cent of patients with dementia are wrongly prescribed these drugs in the aged care sector.

By breaching these clinical guidelines, doctors and nurses are inadvertently putting elderly patients at risks of strokes, balance issues and pneumonia.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has pledged to grant citizenship to the Pakistan-born children of Afghan and Bangladeshi refugees.

More than 1.39 million registered Afghan refugees and 200,000 Bangladeshis make their home in Pakistan, with many of them having lived in the nation for over thirty years.

Pakistani law allows citizenship for all those born in the country but previous administrations did not apply the legislation to refugee families.

The Communist Party of China is proposing steps to introduce a nation wide social credit system in the next two years.

An official party outline indicated this new system will be implemented by 2020, which will see the introduction of personal scorecards for China’s 1.4 billion citizens.

Trial systems are already in place in a dozen cities across China, tallying points dependent on a citizen’s behavioural traits and opinions.

Widely prescribed antidepressants could contribute to the creation of superbugs, according to a new Queensland study.

UQ researchers have found antidepressants such as Prozac and Lovan, Fluoxetine are linked to antibiotic resistance.

Fluoxetine is often prescribed to patients suffering from depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks, anxiety and some eating disorders.

The Queensland Government has confirmed an isolated incident where a “metal object” was found in a banana in Mackay.

According to a spokesman for the Premier, the 62-year-old woman responsible for the apparent copycat act has mental health issues.

The Queensland Police Service say this incident does not have links to the strawberry needle sabotage last week.