A former senior UN aid worker believes the prostitution scandal surrounding Oxfam is a global problem.

Oxfam’s deputy chief Penny Lawrence resigned on Monday because of the charity’s failure to deal with previous allegations including those surrounding some staff engaging sex workers whilst delivering aid in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake

Fijian authorities are working hard to make contact with remote southern islands after powerful Cyclone Gita took down communications.

Radio NZ reported that there were no doctors on the islands of Vatoa and Ono-i-Lau, where the Fiji Meteorological Service had forecast average wind speeds of 195 km per hour, with gusts of up to 275 km per hour overnight.

Wild winds of up to 100 km per hour are causing chaos across Victoria leaving at least 43,000 people without power.

A severe weather warning has been issued for the southern part of the state with the Bureau of Meteorology having warned the gusts are also likely to be accompanied by passing showers and thunderstorms.  

More than 150 weather-related incidents including fallen trees and building damage have been recorded with an 18-year-old man and another teenage boy have been taken to hospital due to weather-related injuries.

A transgender athlete is allowed to compete in the women’s AFL this year after the AFL national league reviewed and finalised their gender diversity policy.

Hannah Mouncey was initially knocked back by the AFL last year after applying for the AFLW league, but the new ruling means she no longer needs to be given clearance and is automatically accepted.

Although it remains unclear whether the decision applies to all transgender athletes or just Ms Mouncey,

A printing error on tickets for the upcoming Commonwealth Games opening ceremony has left organisers embarrassed, with Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) chief executive Mark Peters the blaming the mistake on human error.

Around 14,000 tickets issued by Ticketek were accidentally printed with ‘Thursday 4 April’, when in fact, April 4th falls on a Wednesday.

Emails have been sent to ticket holders explaining the mistake and assuring them them the misprinted tickets for the opening ceremony are still completely valid.

Former One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts will make a bid to return to Federal Parliament at the next election.

Mr Roberts was forced out of the senate last year after the High Court ruled he was a British dual citizen and therefore ineligible to sit in Parliament.

He unsuccessfully ran in November’s Queensland state election as the party fell short of predictions it could win up to 10 seats.

History made as first baby is breastfed in Queensland Parliament

A Labor MP has made political history being the first woman to breastfeed her baby in Queensland Parliament.

Brittany Lauga sat with her three-and-a-half month old baby during the first Parliament sitting in over three months.

Ms Lauga then strapped her baby into a carrier whilst being sworn in.

Drug trafficking numbers in Queensland have increased by 330 percent in a decade according to a new report

The Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council released the numbers today, showing 413 people were arrested for trafficking in 2015/16 up from 124 in 2005/06.

The report also revealed the average sentence served was slightly more than 4 and a half years, despite the conviction having a maximum sentence of 25 years.

Dentists are becoming increasingly concerned with the number of young children requiring multiple tooth extractions due to dental decay.

The most recent National Child Oral Health survey shows dental decay is the most common oral health disease in Australian children, with a third of kids aged between 5 and 6 reportedly suffering symptoms of decay.

Dr Sophie Beaumont from Melbourne’s Royal Dental Hospital says it’s not uncommon for little children to need 12 to 14 teeth removed at a time and experts say consumption of sugar is to blame.