An Australian mining company is under scrutiny by the Malaysian government for environmental concerns regarding the company’s processes.

The Lynas Advanced Materials Plant, located on the east coast of Malaysia, has been a concern for residents and environmental activists who criticise the company’s management of nuclear waste created during mining processes.

The Malaysian government is set to establish a parliamentary inquiry after their neighbour Thailand announced a crackdown on environmental waste.

The Brisbane City Council is under fire over the exploitation of Indian workers through an outsourced IT service.

The Services Union secretary Neil Henderson, undertaking the investigation, says staff of the IT company HCL were working long hours with no weekend, public holidays rates or overtime.

The Brisbane city council is organising an urgent meeting with the company on the matter.

Drought-stricken farmers in Regional Queensland have been forced to import thirty thousand tonnes of grain from Western Australia as local supply has been exhausted.

In stark contrast, a month’s worth of rainfall will hit the South-East corner late-Saturday early-Sunday, missing regional areas in drought.

To help with the relief effort, you can donate through the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund through their website or by calling 1800 RED CROSS.

The Solicitor-General has released advice that potential Prime Minister Peter Dutton is eligible to stand as a member of parliament.

However, the Solicitor-General says it’s impossible to state Mr Dutton’s eligibility with certainty as there is no High Court precedent.

The decision means Mr Dutton will contest the Liberal Party leadership, which is expected to be decided this afternoon.

Russian firearms manufacturer Kalashnikov, best known for developing the AK-47, is taking aim at CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk, with an electric supercar to rival Tesla.

The weapons manufacturer has previously attempted to expand into clothing and even umbrellas, but it’s latest move would see it’s Soviet era-inspired hatchback supercar hit international markets.

According to Kalashnikov’s press office, the CV-1 can travel up to 350 kilometers on one charge.

Researchers and ice scientists have been shocked by the rapid retreat of some of the Arctic’s oldest ice, off the coast of northern Greenland.

Recent satellite imagery shows kilometres of open water in place of ancient sea ice; a region scientists had expected to withstand the immediate impacts of climate change and retain ice-cover all-year-round.

As sea ice melts, less sunlight is reflected back into space and is instead absorbed by the dark blue of the ocean, increasing temperatures in the water and the surrounding atmosphere.