Malaysia’s opposition leader Mahathir Mohamad is under investigation after allegedly breaching a new anti-fake news law by saying a domestic flight he took in April was sabotaged.

Critics of Prime Minister Najib Razak have suggested the laws criminalising the dissemination of “fake news” are an attempt to curb free speech in the run-up to the country's May 9 election next week.

A report by Malaysia's Civil Aviation Authority found no indication of sabotage, simply a “routine technical fault” with the aircraft’s wheels.

A report by The Business Council of Australia warns that without stronger growth Australian living standards will decrease and the economy will be become increasingly vulnerable to market instability.

The report comes ahead of 2018 Federal Budget which will be announced next week.

The Council’s chief executive Jennifer Westacott stated she hopes to see some “hard calls” from the government, and recommends that the government plan for a growth rate of 3.5% and not content themselves with preserving the current rate of 2.5%.

The Australian Government will dedicate $50mn in “seed funding” in next Tuesday’s Budget to establish an Australian space agency, the ABC is reporting.

Former CSIRO head Megan Clarke, who has just finished a government review of the space sector, will front the new agency in its first year.

A senior Coalition source said the government expected the private sector would eventually fund the “lion’s share” of Australia’s space industry.

There have been mixed reactions after the Queensland government announced it would apologise to Palm Islanders for the police misconduct that precipitated violent protests on Island in 2004 and pay 30 million dollars to the community

Queensland Police Union President Ian Leavers, attacked the settlement and siad it should be adjusted to also include the Officers on the Island at the time as the current payout ‘ignores their trauma’.

A Brisbane Metro vehicle could be on roads and busways as early as next year as a trial, with the number then expected to increase to 60 by 2023.  

The design hasn’t yet been finalised, with Brisbane City Council’s Public Transport Chairman, Adrian Schrinner, having said Council will begin looking at vehicle options by the end of the year and will consider all power types from diesel to hybrid and electric.

Gravediggers in the northeastern Nigerian town of Mubi say 86 people were killed by a double-suicide bomb attack on a Mosque, significantly more than the 27 people police said had died.

News service Al Jazeera says that although there has been no immediate claim of responsibility, the blasts “bore the hallmarks” of militant group Boko Haram.

Police command for the state of Adamawa said an additional 58 people were wounded in the attack.

A judge in the United States of America has issued a judgment requiring the government of Iran to pay more than $6bn to the victims of 9/11 after finding them liable for the deaths.

The lawsuit alleges Iran supported the hijackers with training and other assistance, although the 9/11 Commission, which was a “full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding" the attacks, found no evidence of direct Iranian involvement.

American lawsuits relating to 9/11 have typically targeted Saudi Arabia as the main belligerent behind the attacks.

An Investigation by Buzzfeed News Australia has found the Commonwealth Bank lost copies of financial statements from 12 million customers in 2016.

The breach occurred when magnetic tape drives from a decommissioned data storage centre went missing during the period they were scheduled for transport to another site for destruction.

A new review into heart health has found people with cardiovascular diseases obtained no significant benefits from taking omega-3 fatty acids. s

Public health expert Dr Ken Harvey said the results are not surprising as our treatments of heart disease are improving by lowering blood pressures and the use of lipid lowering drugs.

The Heart Foundation has also shifted its stance on the supplement, after new evidence has emerged, saying fish oil supplements now have a limited place in prevention of heart disease.