Two British soldiers have been aquitted of negligence in the deaths of three reservists, including an Australian Army soldier.  

An image of a young Indian boy crying next to his father's body, posted by Journalist Shiv Sunny, has prompted Indians to raise more than 3 million rupees or 57,000 AUD for the family in 24 hours. 

Adani has admitted to clearing six hectares of bushland and failing to declare this in its regular reporting to the Queensland Government. 

The land was cleared on the Carmichael mine site to drill pads near boreholes and build tracks, and is approximately the size of 10 Brisbane residential lots. 

Conservationists are accusing Adani of breaching the Oaths Act as lodging their reports requires signing a statutory declaration stating the documents are correct. 

This brings the total land cleared on the Carmichael mine site to 127 hectares. 
 

The Health department has set up a website to encourage Australians to have their say on the aged care royal commission and what it should look at. 

The University of Queensland revealed a proposed development plan which includes the demolition of the historic Schonell Theatre.

The Queensland government announced an urgent safety warning regarding dry-cutting artificial stone benchtops after cases of a deadly lung disease were reported.

Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in have met in North Korea for the third summit between the two nations of Korea.

South Korea’s President flew to Pyongyang for the summit which is expected to cover nuclear diplomacy, the military relationship between the two nations and officially ending the Korean War.

President Moon said he wished to push for peace between the two countries, and encourage better relations between Pyongyang and Washington.

US President Donald Trump says the US will impose 10% tariffs on $200 billion US dollars worth of Chinese imports in the latest escalation in a trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.

China earlier warned it would have no choice but to retaliate, imposing a 10 per cent tariff on US products it previously designated for a rate of 20 and 25 per cent.

China's Finance Ministry said its tariff increases were aimed at curbing "trade friction" and the "unilateralism and protectionism of the United States".

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation has spent $800 000 on ‘project management’ since it received a $440 million grant from former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in June.

The foundation plans to spend a further $7.3 million on administration and $25 million on projects for the rest of the financial year, despite only employing 6 full time staff members when it received the grant.

The spending was uncovered during the Senate inquiry set up to look into how the grant was awarded and what the foundation plans to do with the money.