A Brazilian Presidential frontrunner has been stabbed on the campaign trail in the country’s South-East yesterday during one of his campaign rallies.

Jair Bolsonaro, who is leading in the polls, was stabbed in the abdomen by a 40 year old man who was then beaten by the crowd and subsequently arrested by police.

Bolsonaro has previously stirred controversy over policies his opposition called racist and homophobic.

The Presidential candidate remains in a serious but stable condition.

Australian credibility and influence on climate action in the Pacific region is continuing to weaken. At the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru on Wednesday, Australia attempted to water down the language of the Climate Change Boe Declaration.

Newly appointed Foreign Affairs Minister, Marise Payne, tried to conceal Australia’s attempt at weakening the Declaration, and refused to reject or confirm the allegations when questioned by journalists.

Australian farmers anticipate difficulty accessing the weed killer ‘Roundup’, following lawsuits against the world’s largest chemical company Bayer.

A potential landmark ruling in the US last month saw a former school groundsman awarded almost four hundred million dollars after he argued RoundUp caused his terminal cancer.

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority is not planning at this state to ban the chemical following the US court ruling.

A petition launched by the Queensland Dairy Organisation urging supermarkets to apply a 10-cent levy to fresh milk has gained support by the Federal Agriculture Minister.

Minister David Littleproud says if the retail industry supported the drought relief levy he would work to make it happen.

A temporary plan is underway to ensure money is returned directly to farmers before a permanent market reform is introduced.

The Real Estate Institute says tenants simply need to work more and do the hard yards, in response to claims that rental prices in capital cities are too high.

Real Estate Institute President Malcolm Gunning claimed in a fiery interview that he doesn’t accept there’s a rental affordability crisis when questioned about studio apartments going for $470 a week outside the Sydney CBD.

State Labor MP Duncan Pegg is accusing Brisbane City Council of lying about why they closed Illaweena Street in Brisbane’s south.

The Member for Stretton’s accusation comes after the Council released documents showing they had overrode expert advice on traffic management for nearby motorway construction.

In public statements on the closure of the major road, Councillors claimed that council officers made the decision, however the documents released have contradicted this.

Three seventeen-year-old Gold Coast boys are in a serious but stable condition after suffering burns from live railway lines.

A spokesperson from the Queensland Ambulance Service says the boys climbed on top of a railway barrier and were struck when electricity from the high voltage wires arched across to them.

The boys were found under a rail overpass, with two having 50 per cent of their bodies burnt and the third found with his heart racing at 175 beats per minute.

Jackie Trad's office in West End has been vandalised, with a far right group placing a sticker of their name and a swastika over the Deputy Premier's face.

Ms Trad, an Australian with Lebanese ancestry, has previously been labelled “Jihad Jackie” in slurs from the LNP opposition.

The Deputy Premier said in a statement she believes there's connection between this incident and a speech she made weeks earlier on immigration, in response to Katter's Australia Party Senator Fraser Anning's maiden speech.