Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has backflipped on her stance to name a Suncorp Stadium stand after her late mentor Terry Mackenroth.

Palaszczuk faced a number of critics on the matter, calling the stance an act of “hubris.”

The government have yet to decide whether the stand will be rededicated, and whose name will be on the stand.

TasWater issued a boil water alert to the residents of Deloraine after treatment plant staff reported contamination in the local water supply.

General Manager of Service Delivery Bennie Smith says they have not confirmed the source of incident, nor how it could be stopped from happening again.

The alert was given on Friday, and TasWater gave no time frame for the alert to be lifted.

Potentially the oldest foreign artefact in Australia has been discovered off the coast of Arnhem Land.

A yet-to-be-confirmed Kilwa coin discovered on Elcho Island could be a part of Medieval African history.

Similar coins were discovered in 1944 by an RAAF serviceman, with the new discovery opening opportunities for weeks of research.

Global coffee chain Starbucks has made plans to eliminate all plastic straws from their stores worldwide by 2020.

Currently more than one billion straws are thrown out each year by stores, with a rollout of eco-friendly options to begin rolling out later this year.

With more than 8 million tonnes of plastic in Earth’s oceans already and laws passing worldwide to reduce plastic, time will tell whether Starbucks plan to scrap more plastic use in the future.

Eight members of the Thai soccer team have been rescued from a flooded cave, while five more remain trapped.

The boys rescued are undergoing medical tests, though otherwise reported to be in good condition.

Parents say they have not been informed which boys were out of the cave, and hospital visits have not been allowed.

Ipswich City Council is set to be sacked under new legislation announced by Stirling Hinchcliffe yesterday.

The legislation will be discussed in state parliament today, with the Ipswich City Council to be dissolved and administrators put in place until 2020.

Hinchcliffe cited dysfunction and lack of financial stability in the area as one of the primary motivations for the legislation, with Ipswich City Councillors calling the decision “undemocratic.”

Queenslanders are being warned to exercise caution around ocean or river frontages on the South East coast over the coming days with king tides expected.

Transport and Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey warns novices not to get caught out by the wider tidal ranges, especially when launching and retrieving boats.

For Northerly ports such as Townsville, the highest tides of the season are expected next month, and could hit close to 4 metres in height.

After 50 years, a program to reintroduce Eastern Quolls to Australian mainland has seen success with 15 offspring found in the pouches of females off the NSW south coast.

The furry carnivore, usually about the size of a domestic cat, disappeared from the mainland in the 1960s but remained in Tasmania.

Researchers for the program have hailed the discovery for showing huge potential for long-term success for the Eastern Quoll.

The former general manager of Napoleon Perdis cosmetics is suing his former employer over unpaid bonuses and other outstanding contractual payments.

John Rosiello also claims he was expected to perform exhausting personal errands for Mr Perdis, including arranging his father’s funeral and artificially ensuring his Instagram’s notability.

A legal representative for Perdis Cosmetics says their clients are not able to comment as the matter is currently before the courts.