Australia’s trade minister Simon Birmingham says the country is ‘disappointed’ with US President Donald Trump’s tariff plan on Chinese goods and services.

Senator Birmingham suggests that the US is threatening the global trade order that Australia relies on.

He also outlined that Australia is committed to free trade and open markets, vocalising that they are “disruptive in terms of some of the dispute resolution mechanisms that Australia relies upon quite heavily.”

The National Congress of Australia’s First People have vocalised criticism as a result of Prime Minister Scott Morrison disregarding a proposal for an Indigenous voice to parliament.

The Prime Minister suggested that an Indigenous advisory body would end up like a “third chamber of parliament”.

This statement opposes a suggestion he made on Wednesday, where he said he was open to a ‘conversation’ regarding a national holiday for First Nation people.

A pop-up strawberry sundae stand in Brisbane’s King George Square has seen thousands support local farmers in the wake of the needle contamination scare.

The event was organised by the Prince Charles Hospital Foundation, selling over 14,000 and using over 700 kilograms of strawberries.

Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk and Queensland Reds players helped serving, helping promote the state government announced a $1 million package with $150,000 for the Queensland Strawberry Growers Association.

Documents released to a Senate Inquiry have revealed the $443.4 Billion grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation was intended as a “trial case” to see if non-profit groups could be used to deliver ‘big government programs’.

The inquiry shows that the idea of a ‘trial’ is attributed to Russell Reichelt, chairman and chief executive of the Great Barrier Reef authorities as well as a board member.

A third woman has come forward accusing US Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in the 1980s.

Julie Swetnick, alongside two other women, have allocated a statement  to the Judiciary Committee regarding the accusations in 1982.

This comes a day before a Republican-led panel is set to hold a high-stakes hearing. Mr Kavanaugh has rejected the allegations, in a statement released by the White House.  

One of the men accused of the nerve agent poisoning of Sergei Skripal has been revealed to be a highly decorated Russian intelligence officer.

The true identity of wanted man Ruslan Boshirov has been revealed as Colonel Anatoliy Vladimirovich Chepi, who poisoned former Russian spy, Skripal.

Investigative journalism organisation Bellingcat made the revelation with The Telegraph, reporting on the 39 year old’s ties to Vladimir Putin.