The Victorian parliament has passed new laws to curtail the practice of “scalping”, purchasing tickets and then on-selling them at higher prices.

The new laws will allow event organisers to apply for “declared event” status.

Onselling tickets will still be permitted in some instances, but organisations that resell tickets for more than 10% of their official price will face heavy penalties.

Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is due to give his Budget Reply speech tonight, where he is expected to lay out an alternative vision for tax reform in Australia.

Labor has agreed to back the Government’s first set of tax cuts, focused on low and middle-income earners, but seems set to disagree on the second phase, which would put most Australian workers in the same tax bracket.

Six of south-east Queensland's most critical infrastructure projects received funding in the 2018 federal budget, but bus, rail and road projects are yet to be financed.

The unfunded critical projects include the Brisbane Valley Highway upgrade between Blacksoil and Blackbutt, the Manly to Cleveland rail duplication, the eastern busway to Capalaba and the Mt Lindesay Highway upgrade business case.

A three tower development on George St by the Shayher Group plans to make available up to 631 casual parking spaces during the planning and construction phase of their project.

Known as Brisbane Quarter, the mixed-use precinct will have an office, hotel, and residential tower, with the hotel first scheduled to be completed in June this year.

The spaces, which would only be temporary during construction, currently scheduled to finish in 2021, would be paid and managed by Wilsons.

A bride-to-be lost her arm to a crocodile in South Africa, five days before her wedding.

The woman’s husband punched the 2.5 meter reptile repeatedly to save her, but her arm was only freed when the croc did a death roll and ripped her arm off.

The wedding went ahead as planned - minus a limb - and the couple says it was a miracle to say their vows after the traumatic experience.

Another public bus has burst into flames in Rome but no one is thinking of blaming terrorism.

Raffaella Menichini, a journalist for Italian Newspaper La Repubblica, said on social media that people are so quick to blame the cities transport authority but not terrorism.

This marks the ninth bus fire this year.

The Furry community is trying to shake their so called bad reputation.

Community members say they are unfairly judged and misunderstood as media have portrayed them negatively in unsavoury articles.

Furry Down Under chairperson Christine Bradshaw says sexual connotations are the main issue and wants people to know there is a lot more to the Furry community than what many believe.