The Biloela community has banded together to protest the deportation of a family of Asylum seekers.

The family of four were removed from their home in central Queensland last week by Australian Border Force officers, with their deportation understood to be imminent.

The local community are refusing to give up and have created an online petition fighting to prevent their deportation, which already has more than 43 000 signatures.

A retail body has suggested the Fair Work Commission freeze the minimum wage, which will leave Australia’s lowest paid workers with a cut to their pay.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions’ want a 7.2% pay rise, or giving the lowest paid at least $50 a week.

The Labor party is backing an increase saying the pay rise should take into account flat-lining wages and the rising cost of living pressures.

The thousands of unpaid Doughnut Time employees will have to go to the Government for help.

Michael Caspaney, from Menzies Advisory has been analysing the stores, but worries the eight doughnut time companies sent into liquidation last week, won't produce dividends.

Mr Caspaney says that even if the employees aren't able to be paid, the government is able to pay them up to three months of unpaid wages

Traffic on the Bruce Highway is backed from Burpengary to Caboolture after a multi-vehicle crash, resulting in the closure of the southbound lanes.

A police media spokesperson has told the Courier Mail that a man fled the scene after crashing a stolen vehicle.

The road surface was damaged in the crash and emergency work is being carried out before the road can be reopened.  

Last Sunday, around 45000 people marched with the ‘Republic Now’ protest in Barcelona in support of independence.

Despite formidable legal obstacles, the marchers took part in the rally to demand formation of a new Catalan government.

Rally organiser, Augusti Alcoberro, said people took to the streets as citizens to demand that the republic they voted for in October continues forward.