The US State Department has confirmed it has evacuated government employees in Southern China, after unexplained health concerns were raised.

The health issues have been likened to another event in 2016, where US investigators suspected a sonic attack on employees.

Symptoms of the attack include dizziness, headaches and an inability to concentrate with unexplained sounds.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that the US has raised no formal complaints with Beijing.

For the first time, parents with sick children at the Royal Children’s hospital in Victoria will be able to assess the expected wait time of hospital service through an automated web portal.

The portal breaks down the activity in the hospital to three categories, and preemptively informs families, without the hassle of having to call-up or visit.

Nurse at the Royal Children’s hospital, Peter Sloman, said the project has been driven by the demand from families.

In a surprise to many, two Australian officials were seen visiting Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the first time in 6 years.

A member of Assange’s legal team, Jennifer Robison said that she could confirm that Assange met with Australian government representatives yesterday.

There is no word yet on the nature of the meeting, however, the Ecuadorian embassy has been pressuring Assange to leave by cutting off his internet and phone connection six weeks ago.

Brisbane City Council has created action plans to stop unit complexes and townhouses from being built in single home areas as apart of the ‘Plan Your Brisbane’ campaign.

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said that the plans come in direct response to feedback from Brisbane residents and wanting to ‘protect the Brisbane backyard.’

Opposition planning member, Jared Cassidy, said that the plan is a $3 million dollar rate-payer rip-off.

The Bangladesh government have arrested more than 13,000 people as apart of a linked effort with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war.

Facebook raises yet another privacy concern for users, with a software glitch changing the settings of approximately 14 million users.

Environmental groups have condemned the Australian government for a lack of leadership and action in combating the pollution of oceans with plastic.

Former senator of the ACT, Katy Gallagher, will be making an attempt to get her seat back at the next election, despite her replacement planning to oppose the move.

Queensland rail expects ‘major delays’ in their service on the Cleveland line due to a vehicle crashing into a boom gate at Coorparoo at about 8am today.