Prince Charles has found himself in the middle of an Australian republic debate after Paul Keating told the British Press he was certain Prince Charles would support Australia leaving the monarchy.

Publicly, both Prince Charles and the Queen have stressed it's up to Australians to decide whether to follow the republic path.

Prince Charles will be at the Old Government House with the Queensland premier at 12:50pm today before taking a walk in the Botanic Gardens and visiting the Lady Cilento Hospital.

The United Nations says 34 people may have been killed on Sunday in attacks in Nigeria.

The attacks were carried out by Boko Haram in the Nigerian state of Bornio, an area which has been in conflict since 2009.

The UN’s deputy humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, Yassine Gaba, says attacks in the northeast of Nigeria are causing innocent civilians to suffer daily.

The Western Australian Department of Corrective Services has been conducting a review into how an indigenous woman was left to give birth in her jail cell last month.

Despite pressing the alarm for assistance, the woman gave birth after medical or custodial staff failed to arrive.

The woman who was thirty six weeks weeks pregnant has since been released on bail from Bundyup women's prison while an inquiry was launched.

A Rockhampton man has threatened to sue 3 companies for $2.4 million after losing the tip of his finger in a work related incident.

It was alleged the man was requested to assist in the removal of a track frame from a dozer which was supporting a crane.

The claim also outlined if the correct equipment had been available, the man would have been in a safer scenario.

The families of the four people killed in the Dreamworld ride accident will receive answers as the coronial probe began this week.

The inquest examined the circumstances around the 2016 deaths of the four people who were killed when the Thunder River Rapids ride malfunctioned and flipped.

The families have waited over a year for answers and the inquest took its first steps with a procedural hearing in which dates for giving evidence were likely to be set.

Street artists are transforming Brisbane for the third Street Art Festival which kicked off on Saturday.

The festival director says street art is helping to redefine Brisbane.

The annual event, which runs until April 15th, will see double the number of artworks from last year and in notable locations such as Fish Lane, Ric’s Bar and Brisbane Powerhouse.

Seven people have died as a result of shots being fired following violent protests by Dalit organisations in India.

These organisations, which represent the lower castes, were protesting against a Supreme Court decision to change the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act.

The Dalit leaders say that the changes to this act will result in more violence and discrimination against the lower castes.

Thousands of teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky rallied on Monday to demand more funding and better pay.

Demonstrators were inspired by a nine-day strike last month that won West Virginian teachers their first pay-rise in four years.

Walkouts have closed schools in Oklahoma and Kentucky. Teachers are primarily protesting changes in pension benefits.

Footage has emerged of six Melbourne police officers assaulting a man during a welfare check requested by the man’s psychologist.

The video was captured by the home owner’s own security cameras, which he installed after a burglary.

The man didn’t take the footage of his own assault to the police, stating he had no faith that the police would investigate fairly, and has instead taken his case to Victoria’s Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission.