The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on Thursday announced it had granted conditional authorisation for a deal over cruise ship operator, Carnival’s access to the long awaited Port of Brisbane project.

Laws that would give the local government minister the power to sack or dismiss councils, individual councillors and mayors will be introduced to Queensland’s parliament next week.

Brisbane’s City Council have relocated a concrete slab away from a Kelvin Grove park after children playing handball there resulted in local noise complaints.

Many Nicaraguan citizens have participated in new anti-government protests in the capital, Managua and Matagalpa y Chinandega.

41 people, including 20 children, are dead after a damn burst in central Kenya after weeks of torrential rains on Wednesday.

Scientists, activists and researchers urge the World Health Organisation to combat HTLV-1 while federal government is pushed to responsibly deal with the virus spread in central Australia.

Recently introduced laws surrounding prescription requirements for codeine medication have lead to a significant reduction in the manufacture of low-dose products.

A recent influx of cold weather on Australia’s Southern states is likely to travel upwards to effect Queensland too in the coming days.