A Western Australian Anti-corruption body has deemed the violent officer attacks on prisoners from released footage as unnecessary and dangerous.

The Corruption and Crime Commission released three reports last week that revealed management failed to follow reporting processes multiple times.

The commission has made a series of recommendations including action against prison officers and stricter controls.

Researchers in the Northern Territory are developing a DNA test to detect the presence of saltwater crocodiles to add another layer of protection to existing management methods.

The project is in early stages but the team have developed a probe that can differentiate between the DNA of saltwater and freshwater crocodiles.

The aim now is to test the probe in controlled laboratory conditions.

Thai Navy Seals continued to navigate through the flooded passages of the Tham Luang Cave in hopes of finding where 12 boys and their coach have been trapped for more than a week.

The football team had gone to explore the cave after practice but were trapped by flood waters from heavy rains.

The navy divers still had to navigate through three more kilometres of flood water towards a chamber where the team are believed to be.

Last Sunday, Germany’s Christian Democratic Union passed a resolution to support Chancellor Angela Merkel’s position on migration, in conflict with Horst Seehofer, the leader of their Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union.

Horst has offered to resign his position as interior minister, according to reports within the CSU, as the BBC said the inside sources claim he and Chancellor Merkel had an ineffectual conversation regarding the matter on Saturday.

Queensland Government said no to call to reopen Townsville nickel refinery

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ruled out providing funds to help reopen the Yabula nickel refinery near Townsville.

Businessman Clive Palmer said the board of QNI Resources had voted to reopen the refinery but he would need to access the Port of Townsville with the government’s help.

The Port of Townsville said it was still owed about $1 million after Queensland Nickel collapsed in 2016.

The Gold Coast funeral insurance firm, the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund is the latest company to come under scrutiny as the banking royal commission looks at how financial services interact with indigenous communities.

An aboriginal man from Katherine who lost his daughter to suicide was initially refused a payout by the company despite paying premiums for 23 years, as they claimed the policy did not cover suicide.

Anti-gambling advocates said that people signed up to a Crown Casino system designed to limit their losses are being given access to “dangerous” unrestricted features on poker machines.

Advocates have called on the Victorian Government to close a special exemption that allows Crown Casino to operate poker machines without the minimum spin rate.

Charles Livingstone, a gambling researcher with Monash University’s school of public health said machines without a spin limit were the most dangerous form of poker machine gambling

An extensive report prepared by the Fair Work Ombudsman detailing a three year investigation will review poor working conditions of backpackers on farms.

Australia has one of the worst regulated labour hire industries and concerns on the safety of foreign workers employed on farms have come to light after allegations of abuse, exploitation and sexual assault.

Thousands of protesters across the US marched under the banner Families Belong Together against the separation of immigrant families at the border.

Organiser Michelle Wentz said the marches were in opposition to the Trump administration’s barbaric and inhumane policy.

The family separation policy has been halted due to public pressure but around 2000 children are still being held with many families saying they don’t know how to locate them.