Prime Minister Scott Morrison is insisting there’s no room in the budget for Newstart payments to be raised, despite better-than-expected budget figures.

Business groups say creating a public holiday to recognise Indigenous Australians could cost the Australian economy 3 billion dollars.

There have been calls for emergency funding to support Queensland’s tourism industry, after two recent shark attacks in the Whitsundays.

Six former Ipswich City Councillors who were sacked last month when it was dissolved by the State Government are now taking legal action for unfair dismissal, hoping to be compensated for their time out of office.

Logan City Councillors have yesterday voted in favour of supporting raising Newstart payments by $370 a fortnite, becoming the first council in Queensland, and 17th nationwide to do so. 

Almost 3 weeks ago, forensic testing begun after an orange purchased in a Brisbane fruit and veg store turned purple hours after being cut open. 

The former Managing Director of the ABC Michelle Guthrie was reportedly told by the board to fire political correspondents after complaints from Government MPs. 

Western Australian police are calling for help from the public to find one of two tortoises which disappeared from Perth Zoo seven years ago after the second animal was recovered from a suburban home.

The Swedish Parliament is now without a leader or a functioning Government after a majority voted to remove Prime Minister Stefan Lofven.