Critics have called out the New South Wales government after hundreds of medical files were found in an abandoned run-down building south of Sydney.

After investigations uncovered the privacy breach, New South Wales Health responded that the site was covered in warning signs of asbestos, and that the former Garrawarra Centre for Aged Care in Helensburg was illegally trespassed.

Sources close to the ABC said the building was not secure and that the public had been accessing the site.

From November 1, there will be 230 refund points across Queensland where you can collect 10 cents for each empty drink container you return.

The scheme will be run by not-for-profit group, Container Exchange, and funded by charging beverage manufacturers 10.2 cents for each container they produce.

The goal is to reduce litter and marine pollution, increase the rate of Queensland recycling, and boost businesses and fundraising opportunities for community groups.

The Queensland Government is reviewing it’s koala relocation policy, after 40 percent of koalas relocated from the Gold Coast suburb of Coomera died within five years.

The koalas were moved approximately 40 kilometres from their original habitat, into the Gold Coast hinterlands.

Queensland Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch said the 180 koalas which were relocated had a stronger survival rate than those who remained in Coomera.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won Zimbabwe's presidential election with 50.8 per cent of the vote, according to the country's Electoral Commission.

Apple hit a milestone on Thursday, becoming the first private-sector company to exceed $1 trillion in market value.

Australia is trying to reboot its troubled relations with East Timor, with Julie Bishop being the first foreign minister to visit in five years.

A new website detailing deaths in custody will allow the community to scrutinise the Australian criminal justice system.

Queensland public hospitals and health care facilities are set to ban unhealthy junk food and sugary drinks in a move that hopes to curb the obesity epidemic.

Traditional owners have urged the United Nations to intervene in Adani’s proposed Carmichael mine by formally censuring Australia at a meeting in Geneva this month.