Whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s upcoming Australian tour are asking key government figures for discretion in regards to visa processing when entering the country, after it was revealed that it was threatened to deny her a visa. This is based on section 501 of the Migration Act, which underlines that a minister may refuse a visa on ‘character grounds’.

August 31 has seen negotiations secured in a new free-trade agreement between Australia and Indonesia’s economy.

The negotiations are seeing new changes for both countries, with specific agreements within higher education.

The negotiations will see Australian Universities able to create new campuses within Indonesia.

As education is Australia’s third largest export, cooperation between education and national relations is essential.

A new report reveals the government’s secrecy surrounding Nauru’s detention centre, detailed escalating levels of abuse, trauma and desperation.

The report says the situation for the 900 people detained on Nauru, 109 of them children, has surpasses the ‘worst fears’ with children as young as 10 now attempting to commit suicide, dousing themselves in petrol and becoming catatonic.

Senior cabinet sources within the newly formed Morrison Government have anonymously reported Prime Minister Morrison generated a leadership crisis between Former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and Malcolm Turnbull in a scheme to undermine both and ‘swoop in’ for the leadership.

Government insiders suggest that Dutton’s numbers were high because of a plan conducted by Morrison and other colleagues, to surreptitiously undermine this plan.

Popular Australian honey producer Capilano have been accused by the International Federation of Beekeepers'  of producing ‘adulterated’ honey, which has been mixed with something other than bee nectar.

This has led to criticism for the brand, as it is marketed as 100 percent pure honey.  Both a C4 Sugar Test was used, as well as Nuclear Magnetic Radiation test, both of which detected the honey to be filtered with other materials, such as sugar syrup.

This week is said to be filled with wet weather, with up to 20mm of rain expected to fall throughout the state, reaching as far as Roma.  

The Bureau of Meteorology suggests that showers can be expected throughout Brisbane.

The first day of spring was marked by cool temperatures, such as Saturday’s average of 17 degrees, with similar conditions along with heavy wind forecasted for the week ahead.