Assisted dying lobbying group Dying with Dignity has urged residents of the Longman electorate to set the pace for the rest of the state on assisted dying.

President of Dying with Dignity Jos Hall said we live in a smart state and yet Queenslanders are still to find their own way to avoid prolonged pain and suffering.

Ms Hall is urging resident to ask the candidates for their seat what their position on the issue is so their vote could make a difference.

Eleven awards for training and apprenticeships have been presented over the weekend at the regional final of the Queensland Training awards.

Six apprentices, trainees and vocational students were presented with an award, as well as one vocational educator, a training project and three employers.

New research finds female heart attack victims may be experiencing unconscious gender bias from hospitals due to receiving fewer preventative medications and treatments than men, despite being more likely to die.

Coronary heart disease is one of the leading cause of death for females, but the common perception that heart attacks mostly happen to men is possibly leading to complacency from the public and medical profession.

The mayor of Kangaroo Island in South Australia has denied any plans to build a bridge connecting the island to the mainland.

The proposed four-lane, 14-kilometre-long bridge over backstairs passage was proposed by Universal Bridging Consortium and backed by SA best MP Frank Pangallo.

Mayor of Kangaroo Island Pete Clements said the community is trying to protect something very precious at Kangaroo Island and a new bridge would not protect this branding.

Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos welcomed former FARC rebels at the opening session of parliament as part of the peace deal reached in 2016.

The Farc is now a political party known as the Revolutionary Alternative Common Force with five seats in the Senate and five in the House of Representatives but the former rebels were not welcomed by many in Congress.

The Trump administration is proposing changes to eliminate automatic protections for threatened plant and animal species in the Endangered Species Act, making it easier for species to be removed from the list.

Officials say the change will streamline the regulatory process and is the latest efforts from the White House to remove environmental regulations.

Environmentalist groups have reacted negatively saying the proposed change could have disastrous lasting effects on at-risk species.

Bill Shorten and Annastacia Palaszczuk joined Susan Lamb at her campaign for the Longman by-election on Sunday, emphasising their commitment to increases in school and hospital funding.

Mr Shorten committed to more staffing at Centrelink centres in Caboolture and restoring the energy supplement, as a ReachTel poll puts Labor 49 per cent in Longman.

Deputy Premier Jackie Trad has attacked a Sunday Mail story claiming she was going to switch seats in the next state election as “total crap” and “fake news”.

The article stated the Labor party wanted to move Ms Trad to a safer seat as she only won her seat of South Brisbane by fewer than 500 votes, narrowly defeating Greens candidate Amy MacMahon.