The Philippines are moving closer to legalising divorce after the lower house of Parliament passed a bill, despite opposition from President Rodrigo Duterte.

For divorce to become legalised, the bill must now be passed by the Senate.

Worldwide, divorce is only illegal in the Philippines and Vatican City and 80 percent of the Filipino population describe themselves as Catholic.

Four bombs have exploded in residential areas of Austin, Texas this month, leading to speculation of a serial bomber.

Most of the victims were African-American or Hispanic, leaving some to think the bombings are racially motivated.

Three members of the Congressional Black Caucus have called for the American government to classify the attacks as domestic terrorism.

The Council of Homeless People has called the homeless rates in Australia a ‘national epidemic’ after 100,000 Australians were recorded as homeless in 2016 Census.  

The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines homelessness as the ‘absence of a secure home’, with the nearly half of those counted as homeless living in overcrowded conditions.

Liz Allen, a demographer from the Australian National University, said that “Australia has a problem with housing that goes beyond the traditional idea of sleeping rough”.

Pauline Hanson revealed Tuesday that One Nation received more than $30,000 in free flights from 2015 to 2016.

Hanson updated her party’s financial disclosure document on Tuesday to include $30,375 dollars worth of flights on Jabiru light aircraft.

The declaration stated the party was given 243 hours of flights at a cost of $125 an hour.

Brisbane train drivers are taking home a lot of overtime pay, leaving the top earning drivers with nearly $200,000 annually.

The five best paid Queensland Rail employees accumulated between 669 and 952 overtime hours last year.

Transport Minister Mark Bailey said drivers and guards can be responsible for the safety of 1000 customers at any time on top of having to work weekends and holidays, so they are paid accordingly.

Beer supplies to the Commonwealth Games may stumble as nearly 100 XXXX staff workers will strike next week.

The strike will occur on Monday and is a result of workers being fed up with job insecurity and threats to ‘water down their conditions’.

Damien Davie, United Voice Queensland spokesperson, said they’ll risk disrupting the beer supply for the games if their management doesn’t come to the bargaining table.

According to the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service, the number of hikers being rescued from the Glass House Mountains are increasing.

Since 2015 the service crews have rescued 90 people, calling for walkers to take more precautions when climbing these mountains.

Emergency Minister Craig Crawford is working with the National Parks Department and the Queensland Police Service to ensure all walks are as safe as possible.

The Queensland government will re-introduce a waste levy following the incidents of New South Wales companies who have received scrutiny for dumping thousands of tonnes of rubbish north of the Queensland border.

The cabinet agreed to sign off on the levy on Monday which was $35 per tonne, before it was axed by the LNP government in 2012.