A Turkish court has rejected the Australian government’s request to extradite Islamic State militant Neil Prakash to face terror charges in Australia

The verdict paves the way for his release from a maximum-security prison, in south-eastern Turkey where he has been held since 2016 in an attempt to cross the Syrian border.

In a court hearing held in May, the Melbourne born and raised Prakash maintained that he was a “normal soldier” and not in any leadership position in IS.

The Committee for Economic Development of Australia has released a 2018 report which suggests Queenslanders are less concerned about the standard of their public transport, as residents from other parts of Australia.

The Community Pulse 2018 report said that Queenslanders placed less importance on quality and accessibility of transport, compared to the national statistics.

67 percent of Queensland workers were content with their commute time, compared with 63 percent nationally.

Two boys from the Toowoomba Grammar school have been hospitalised after two seperate, serious rugby union incidents.

The first incident occurred on July 13, where a year 12 student dislocated a vertebra and fractured a disc after hitting the ground.

The second incident occurred on July 14 and was of a similar nature.

The first student was flown to the Princess Alexandra Hospital for surgery, where he is expected to stay for four to eight pending his recovery.

Hot, dry conditions have sparked dozens of forest fires across Sweden and as far north as the Arctic Circle

Copernicus Earth Observation Programme said 60 fires are burning in Sweden, while more fires have also been reported in Norway, Finland and Russia.

With temperatures expected to reach higher than 30 degrees in the coming days, thousands of residents have been warned to remain inside to protect themselves from smoke inhalation, while others have been evacuated from their homes.

The Thai soccer players who were rescued from a flooded cave have visited a Buddhist temple to pray for protection from misfortunes.

Eleven of the boys and the Wild Boars coach prayed together with chanting monks at the ceremony, which is meant to extend one's life and protect it from dangers.

The team has said they would ordain as Buddhist novices to honour the former Thai navy seal diver, who died in the cave while preparing for their rescue.

A man whose wife was taken to hospital in an ambulance after suffering a leg fracture says a call from debt collectors was the first time he was told money was owing to Ambulance Victoria.

David, whose last name has been withheld, came forward with his concerns after it was revealed yesterday that a good Samaritan was chased by debt collectors after she called an ambulance for a stranger who had been hit by a car.

On Thursday, the Philippines issued a deportation order for an elderly Australian nun who angered President Rodrigo Duterte.

Sister Patricia Fox, 71, has been accused of illegally engaging in political activism as the government cracks down on foreign critics on its soil.

Fox, who has been living in the Philippines since 1990, drew the president’s attention after joining a volunteer mission to investigate alleged abuses against farmers.

Property owners at Moreton Island’s Tangalooma Island Resort are relieved, after resolving a long-term dispute with the resort’s fee hikes.

House and apartment owners at the resort have seen their annual service fees rise up to 300 per cent in the last ten years.

The Queensland Government brokered mediation to halt the annual increases and fix future increases at a standard rate.

Police have charged a Sunshine Coast man after 3D-printed handguns were found during a police raid, among other illegal items including fake drivers licenses and credit cards.

Detective Senior Sergeant Daren Edwards said the guns had the potential to cause serious harm, as the guns can go through security scanners and aren’t made of metal.

Edwards said that the case was an example of criminals using technology to their advantage.