The Diversity Council Australia released a report today finding up to two thirds of employees who are diverse in gender and sexuality are concealing their identity in the workplace, significantly compromising their wellbeing and performance.

It found they twice as likely to feel down compared to employees who are ‘out’ to their colleagues and are 45% less likely to be satisfied with their job.

Department of Home Affairs figures show the number of residents waiting to be approved for citizenship has spiralled from 27,000 to 189,000 under the Coalition.

Migrants say they have been left despairing at the situation, putting their study, plans to sponsor family members and apply for government jobs on hold in the midst of a divisive debate in Canberra.

Queensland police are reviewing new evidence against former governor general Peter Hollingworth, for failing to act while he was archbishop.

In 20-15, Mr Hollingworth apologised to sexual abuse survivors for his lack of action as archbishop of Brisbane in the 19-90s.

There are no sexual assault allegations against Mr Hollingworth, however police are investigating whether the former governor general can be charged with other related offences.

The Regent Honeyeater, a bird recently thought to be ‘one step from extinction’ has been sighted three times in recent weeks.

The birds numbers have been reduced to 400 nationwide as the natives bird’s natural habitat is dwindling as development encroaches on its habitat.

Birdlife Australia’s Dean Ingwersen says the bird has not been sighted in Queensland for over 50 years and is extinct in South Australia and Western Victoria.

The Indonesian island of Lombok has been lifted 25 centimetres following the earthquake that killed more than 300 people.

Scientists from NASA and the California Institute of Technology say the rupturing fault-line lifted the ground near the epicentre by a quarter of a metre, while in other areas it dropped by up to 15 centimeters.

Approximately 270 000 people have been made homeless or displaced due to the earthquake at the popular tourist destination.

An emergency warning has been issued by the NSW Rural Fire Service for an ‘out of control’ bushfire affecting Woodstock and surrounding regions.

Drought and strong north-westerly winds are exacerbating the blaze, with embers creating spot fires.

Residents are warned that under current conditions, the fire may be unpredictable and fast-moving.

The debate over whether to allow territories to legalise euthanasia will continue today in federal parliament.

Senators shared stories of the deaths of their terminally ill loved ones during the hearing yesterday which has divided politicians.

Senator David Leyonhjelm’s private bill to lift the ban on the legalisation of euthanasia in the ACT and Northern Territory will be top of the agenda again today.

A terminally ill women who died at Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre in 2016, was unable to see her family before she passed away because her parole application was delayed.

The state coroner’s inquiry into her death found she would have seen her family, but her parole application was unnecessarily deferred from the Parole Board to get a specialist opinion.

The inquiry found the application process is flawed and a spokesperson for Queensland Corrective Services says the coroner’s recommendations are being considered to make improvements.