Authorities are issuing warnings to be on the lookout for crocodiles and snakes in unexpected areas after extreme flooding in Queensland’s North.

The warning follows increased sightings of crocodiles and brown snakes in extremely flooded areas, with authorities urging all residents living in affected zones to report all sightings.

The Queensland Government has announced it is changing its policy to allow all girls attending state schools in Queensland to wear shorts and trousers.

Queensland’s Education Minister, Grace Grace said there was no reason, in this day and age, why shorts and pants could not be in the girls formal school uniform.

Supporters have celebrated the change, saying it is not about forcing girls to wear shorts but about giving them the choice to wear what feels right for them.

A proposal by the Greens party aims to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 and to set emission standards for new cars that are in line with American and European standards.

Greens transport spokeswoman, Janet Rice, says the goal of the policy is only to have all new vehicles  electric, not to have people retire their petrol vehicles early.

The Australian Automotive Dealer Association says they welcome an increased appetite for electric cars but consumers needed to have a say.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling for a $50 a week rise in wages to the current minimum wage, which doubles the claim from last year.

The council secretary, Sally McManus, says the pay rise is necessary following the cut to penalty rates which mainly affects those working in retail and hospitality.

Unions will rally today in Melbourne in support for the councils push for the pay rise.

A video of a hospital patient using an amputated leg as a pillow in Uttar Pradesh, India, has led to authorities suspending two doctors and launching an investigation.

The man had been seriously injured in a bus accident, and after repeatedly asking for a pillow, staff used his own amputated leg to prop his head up.

Medical negligence and over stretched hospital supplies are not uncommon in the region of Uttar Pradesh in Northern India.

A long lived Christmas tree is finally facing the music and being taken down after gracing the Serbian capital of Belgrade for over six months.

The Mayor has defended his prolonged festival attitude, saying that Belgrade was "a European metropolis” and that they “must be competitive".

The length of the christmas tree’s stay has been steadily increasing since the Mayor, Mr Sinisa Mali, took up the office in 2014.

A man was killed after being run over by a rubbish truck early this morning while sleeping in a laneway off Adelaide Street.

Anzac Square management has blamed Brisbane City Council for the death, alleging the Council has failed to maintain the lighting in the laneway.

A Council spokesman says the lighting system was last tested on February 22 and it was in full working order.

A plane crash has left 49 dead and 22 injured at Nepal’s Kathmandu international airport.  

The Bangladeshi airline, US-Bangla, was carrying 72 passengers when it veered off the runway on Monday afternoon.

Nepalese Prime Minister, KP Sharma Oli, has ordered an investigation into the cause of the crash with a recording of the conversation potentially indicating misunderstanding between the pilot and air traffic control.

According to a recent statement by British Prime Minister Theresa May, it is ‘highly likely’ that Russia is responsible for poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

Found slumped on a bench in Salisbury city centre on Sunday, the pair were thought to have been poisoned by Russian made nerve agent ‘Novichok’

Mrs May has announced if there is no ‘credible response’ by the end of Tuesday, the UK would be forced to conclude that there has been an unlawful use of force by Moscow.