Fears drought conditions are severely affecting grain growing regions as farmers begin to scale back their plantings.

After the driest Autumn since 1902, crops that have been sown haven’t grown due to the lack of water stored beneath the soil.

The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts the drought conditions will continue as there is a lower-than-average rainfall predicted this year.

A fire has decimated a marketplace in Haiti for the third time this year.

The fire in the Haiti capital of Port au Prince began at midnight and burned for several hours, destroying the popular public market and all its merchandise for the third time in six months.

No injuries have been recorded and the cause of the three fires is still being investigated.

North Korean refugee, Yeonmi Park, is urging the United States to pressure Kim Jong-Un to end the 'holocaust' against her own people.

Yeonmi’s plea comes after the historic meeting between U.S President Donald Trump and North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un.

Yeonmi, who escaped North Korea when she was 13-years-old said, “this man runs concentration camps, deliberately starves people for control and assassinates members of his own family.”

The decision to reduce the Queensland First Home Owners Grant scheme in the state budget has attracted criticism from major industry bodies and unions.

The $20,000 Grant will be reduced to $15,000 on June 30th, two years after it was introduced.

Warwick Temby from the Housing Industry Association said the timing was poor considering increased migration rates and the down-turn in the housing industry.

Brisbane City Council wants to reduce the speed limits of mobility scooters from 10 kilometers per hour to 6 kilometers per hour to reduce the risk of injury to pedestrians.

Council has also proposed the Queensland Government consider a basic licence for people who want to use scooters.

Harold Scruby, chairman of the Pedestrian Council of Australia said allowing mobility scooters on footpaths presented too many risks to pedestrians.

The Queensland state budget will see a 40 million dollar boost to attract business in Queensland.

Premier Palaszczuk says the funding aims to attract companies to relocate or expand to Queensland which will support regional growth and innovation, creating more than 500 jobs.

The focus will be on growing the manufacturing industry, one of Queensland’s largest employing industries.

Businesses considering moving to Queensland will receive government support in establishing their projects.

A new study from the University of Bristol has found bees can identify flowers by the invisible patterns of scent across their surface.

The new research found that the scent pattern on flowers as well the visible shape of the flower helps guide bees towards the nectar.

Dr. Dave Lawson from the University of Bristol says, “being able to mentally switch between different senses is something that we take for granted, but it’s exciting that a small animal like a bee is also able to do something this abstract.”

Research has found some of Africa’s biggest and oldest trees, aged up to 2,500 years old, have died abruptly.

The trees may have fallen victim to climate change with researchers suspecting the “demise may be associated with significant climate modifications affecting southern Africa”.

Between 2005 and 2017, more than 60 African baobab trees were dated, noting the “unexpected and intriguing fact”, that most of the very oldest and biggest trees died during the study period.

The organisers of the Big Boar Hunt in central Queensland will be soughting help from the local crocodiles to solve their 10-tonne waste problem.

Earlier this month, the Big Boar Hunt took place to reduce the feral pig problem in rural communities - but they have been left with 10 tonnes of pig carcass as a result.

Koorna Crocodile Farm owner John Lever said the crocodiles on his farm consume over 2 tonnes of food each week and with hungry mouths to feed, it is a great outcome for the organisers and his crocs.