Beginning July 1st, a tax cut of $10 million for workers will begin under the new Turnbull government plan to win back middle Australia and prepare for an election.

The tax cut will take place over seven years and will create a single low rate of just 32.5 per cent for workers earning between $41,000 and $200,000 a year.

The overhaul is the centerpiece of a budget that forecasts a slim surplus of $2.2 billion in 2019-20.

The search for a Sunshine Coast man who is believed to have fallen off a fishing boat in Queensland has been called off.

The search for the thirty-five year old man began after it was reported he was missing from a 24-metre charter fishing vessel, the MV Night Crossing, on Sunday.

Queensland police were advised on Tuesday afternoon to suspend the search after expert advice indicated he couldn’t have survived that long in the water.

RSPCA Queensland say their wildlife carers are struggling to cope with the influx of injured animals and it’s Brisbane’s development and bushland destruction that is to blame.

Brisbane’s Wacol, Wildlife Hospital took in 21,000 native animals from 2016-2017, and they expect this year’s count to be much higher.

A spokesperson for the hospital said jobs in education and fundraising had to be cut to cope with the cost of treating injured animals.

In India, a second teenager has been raped and set on fire in the latest of violent crimes against women in the country.

The teenager is 17-year old female and is suffering from 70 per cent first-degree burns, whilst the police have arrested a 19-year old male for committing the crime.

The two cases have shone a light on the treatment of rape in India and are pressuring Indian authorities to act by changing the law to allow execution for child rapists.

David Goodall, Australia’s oldest scientist at 104 years old, has arrived in Switzerland where he plans to end his life with a voluntary assisted dying program.

He has expressed his frustration over Australian legislation and told an ABC broadcaster he is resentful that he has to go abroad to die as Australia does not allow voluntary euthanasia.

Switzerland is one of the world’s most permissive countries in regards to assisted suicide.

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RSPCA Queensland say their wildlife carers are struggling to cope with the influx of injured animals and it’s Brisbane’s development and bushland destruction that is to blame.

Brisbane’s Wacol Wildlife Hospital took in 21,000 native animals from 2016-17, and they expect this year’s count to be much higher.

A spokesperson for the hospital said jobs in education and fundraising had to be cut to cope with the cost of treating injured animals.

Tourism’s carbon footprint is eight times larger than previously thought according to a new report in Nature Climate Change.

Previous estimates only considered the carbon dioxide emitted in air travel, while this study also evaluates other planet-warming gases produced in the construction and maintenance of infrastructure to support tourism such as hotels, airports, food and souvenirs.

All these combined accounted for  greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 4.5 billion metric tons of Carbon Dioxide, or about 8% of global emissions from 2013.

A professor at Bond university has found that Gold Coast residents are paying higher water bills than Sydneysiders.

The comparative research has found that Gold Coast residents are paying more than double what Sydney residents are paying for their water and these usage fees are higher than any other metropolitan area in Australia.

Ms Baumfield found that connection fees were at least $120 more a year for residents in south east Queensland than those using Sydney water.