North Queensland police have been accused of spear-tackling and manhandling an Indigenous man just hours before he died in custody.

Trevor King’s wife Regina called police on Saturday morning because he was talking of suicide, and witnessed them spear-tackling him, pushing his face into the dirt and straddling his back.

The lawyer of Mr King’s family, Stewart Levitt, said he appeared to be dead by the time police got him into an ambulance.

A suspected poacher has been killed and eaten by a pride of lions in Krugar National Park yesterday, leaving authorities with just his rifle and head to identify him with.

It is believed the poacher was hunting the African lions for their bones, a valuable commodity for traditional asian medicine, often as a replacement for the more sought after tiger bone.

While efforts to identify the man have not yet been successful, local authorities have put out a request for the man's family to come forward to identify the remains.

The Indonesian Navy has seized 1.2 tonnes of methamphetamine hidden among food supplies on a Singapore-flagged vessel.

The Navy has been searching for the narcotics smuggling boat since December, and intercepted it on its way to Australia.

The boat is suspected to have links to the similar-sized shipment seized in Geraldton harbour in Western Australia in December.

A poll conducted by the Guardian newspaper has found 72% of Australians would approve of forcing businesses to increase wages if the government’s proposed company tax cuts go through.

The majority of people working both full-time and part-time are in favour of the trade-off.

However, treasurer Scott Morrison has ruled out the idea, saying it is at odds with the way the government would pursue growth in the economy.

Stolen generation survivors have returned to Parliament House for the 10th anniversary of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology for the stolen generations.

Support organisations and indigenous leaders believe the Australian Government has not taken enough action to close the gap.

Indigenous leader and Australian senator Pat Dodson says momentum for positive change has ‘crumbled away’, and movement towards closing the gap has gone backwards.  

An authority on judicial ethics has advised two Queensland judges to quit their roles as legal advisers to the Anglican church after controversy around the church’s response to child sexual abuse claims.

The recent royal commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse heard 371 complaints about the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane.

The two judges, Justice David Thomas and Justice Debra Mullins, both said they had no role in the handling of child sex abuse claims, and say they intend to keep their roles as honorary legal advisers.

Finding parking spots in Brisbane's inner city could become increasingly difficult under the Council’s plan to introduce several new parking permits.

Under the proposal, the new permit system would introduce changes including the phasing out of parking permit stickers, while adding new types of permits for businesses, short term stay and car share.

The decision comes after many residents voiced their disapproval of the previous 22-year-old system, which saw commuters abusing loopholes in certain permits.