The Moreton Bay Regional Council has been awarded funding for major bus stop upgrades in Sandstone Point and Ningi.

The upgrades will see new bus shelters built and wider concrete slabs laid to provide people in wheelchairs and prams more access.

Councillor Brooke Savige said the improvements will comply with the Federal Government’s Disability Act.

Two Indonesian universities have announced a ban on female students wearing niqab face veils due to the rising fundamentalism in the country.

The Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University has recently declared expulsions to be enacted if students do not comply with the new rule.

The niqab face veil is seen by many Indonesians as an unwelcome export from Arab and to have a close ties with radical Islam, which the majority of the country tries not to associate with.

The Crime and Corruption Commission has announced an investigation into certain Gold Coast councillors, including mayor Tom Tate.

A Brisbane woman has been fined $252 for trying to donate goods to Vinnies, but was accused of littering by the council.

Israel’s supreme court has ordered a former Melbourne school principal to be kept in Australian police custody due to over 74 allegations of indecent assault and rape against former students.

Former energy minister Mark Bailey is in hot water after he appointed a member to the Energy Queensland board who was recommended to him via private email.

Bones found in 1940 on a Western Pacific Ocean Island are quite likely the remains of the famous aviator Amelia Earheart

The investigation into the Sunday nerve gas poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain this week has widened as 21 people have now been confirmed to have been affected by the attack.