A final phase of evacuation in Hawaii was carried out on Friday night and early Saturday by fire and police personnel before lava cut off all road access to the area.

A 100m stream of lava flowed over a highway leaving 500 homes in the Kapoho and the development of vacationland, cut off from the rest of the island.

County Civil  Defence spokeswoman Janet Synder said it’s not clear how many residents, if any, chose to stay behind.

The Commonwealth Bank will pay a 700 million dollar fine in relation to breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing.

The Federal Government's financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC had accused the bank of serious and systemic breaches of the laws last year.

As part of the settlement, CBA admitted to late filing 53,306 reports of transaction above $10 000 through its intelligence deposit machines.

Health Minister, Steven Miles said a smoking ban in King George Square should be considered to change attitudes.

A petition to ban smokers from King George Square was previously raised in 2017 but was not met with support from Brisbane City Council.

But Brisbane lord mayor Graham Quirk said the council has already implemented a smoke-free zone in Queen Street Mall and is not looking to extend the ban anywhere else.

The law introduced by Brisbane City Council five years ago to allow “left turn on red” signs at 50 intersections across the city is under review.

Since Transport and Main Roads announced eight intersections up for review, at least seven were expected to be axed.

Brisbane City Council has no evidence that the “left turn on a red signal’ has reduced congestion.

The Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council in South Australia is at risk of closure after federal government cuts funding.

ADCA chief executive Scott Wilson said the cut will mean staff could only be offered six-month contracts and the treatment centre will have to stop taking clients in September this year.

Spokesperson for IndigenousAffairss Minister, Nigel Scullion said the government is providing $1.38 million annually to continue the treatment service until June 2020.

China has warned the United States any trade agreements met between the two nations will be void if the US imposes any tariffs.

The warning comes after a meeting between US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and China’s top economic official Vice Premier Liu He met to discuss narrowing the trade surplus China has with the US.

The White House announced during the meeting they would impose a 25 cent tariff on 50 billion dollars worth of Chinese high tech goods.

Italy’s new Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini is joining a group of Italian leaders calling for changes to the European Union’s Dublin treaty which requires refugees to be processed in the country of their arrival.

He claims it is necessary to stop migration boats to save lives after 46 people died when a boat sank off the coast of Tunisia yesterday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she is committed to a single European asylum system to solve the migration crisis.

Queensland Ballet is set to receive a $35 million upgrade of the Thomas Dixon Centre at West End.

Acting premier Jackie Trad said the state government will commit $14 million in the upcoming state budget, allowing the ballet to increase the number of dance studios and upgrade their performance centre.

Opposition leader Deb Frecklington said while she is supportive of the arts and welcomes the funding, it is another project within the acting premier’s electorate.