Laws to decriminalise abortion in Queensland are set to pass parliament after LNP members moved to give MPs a conscience vote when the government’s bill is introduced to parliament.

A special meeting was held yesterday afternoon where party members voted unanimously in support of the free vote.

Opposition leader Deb Frecklington says although she supports the free vote, she does not support the bill and will outline her reasons why in the parliamentary debate.

A rare white tiger has mauled and killed a zookeeper in its enclosure at a zoo in Kagoshima in Japan.

American ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has unexpectedly resigned from her role.

The Men With Heart photo exhibition opens today at Mawson Pavilion in Tasmania, which showcases healthy masculinity at the Tasmanian Men’s Gatherings. 

More than 1 000 people gathered outside the Opera House last night to protest the Everest horse race draw numbers being projected onto the sails of the building. 

Almost one-hundred covert cameras across Brisbane are working to catch residents illegally dumping, which can impose fines up to two-thousand-six-hundred dollars. 

A former serum laboratory in Morningside in South Brisbane, has been transformed into the largest charity kitchen in the southern hemisphere.