Nationals MP George Christensen is calling for an end to the Coalition, after the latest scandal involving former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce threatened to tear the partnership apart.

Christensen has said he wants to see a National party in coalition with regional Australia rather than the Liberal party.

This move would end the century-old partnership the Liberal National Coalition have held.

Eight people were rescued on the Sunshine and Frazer Coasts on Friday due to flash flooding caused by significant rain.

Pedestrians and people in cars that had been swept away by floodwaters had to be rescued by emergency services workers.

Queensland Fire and Emergency's representative Sean Murphy reminded people "if roads are flooded don't drive through it."

A study by University of Queensland’s Molecular Bioscience unit has discovered an insect’s venom could potentially be used to treat epilepsy, stroke and neurodegeneration.

The assassin bug, which is commonly found along the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales, has been found to produce two types of venom; one for hunting and one as a defence mechanism.

Dr Andrew Walker said that “because of its ability to act on specific molecules in the nervous system, the venom can be useful in the treatment of epilepsy or neurodegeneration or stroke”.

A wave of attacks across Afghanistan has left more than 25 people dead, with most being soldiers, officials say.

It has been reported that Taliban militants stormed an army post in the western province of Farah killing 22, with another attack in Kabul leaving 3 officers dead.

There has been a surge in militant attacks during the recent months, often targeting the army.

Over 100 girls are missing following an attack on a school in north-eastern Nigeria, by suspected members of Boko Haram.

“The Federal Government has confirmed that 110 students of the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, are so far unaccounted for, after insurgents believed to be from a faction of Boko Haram invaded their school on Monday,” said the information ministry

The information minister has said that police and security officials have been deployed to the area, and efforts were being made to rescue the girls.

A global decline in insect population has made its way to Australia, with entomologists reporting lower than average numbers of wild insects.

Researchers around the world have openly acknowledged the insect population decrease, but are currently still at a loss as to what is causing the decline.

Opinions on the matter vary, with some entomologists citing insecticides, urbanisation, or climate change as the main factor.

Government plans to privatise the visa application system could provide those able to pay more with premium services, costing up to 3000 jobs and put people’s private information at risk.

Home affairs minister Peter Dutton said the proposal is to modernise Australia’s visa system to cater for the growing number of applicants, with the department seeking a private-sector partner to design a “user-pays” application and approval system which has limited human involvement.

RSPCA’s three day ‘Clear the Shelter’ campaign lead to just under 1100 animals being adopted over the weekend.

During the adoption drive, which ran from the 23rd to the 25th February, animal adoption cost only $29.

RSCPA spokesperson Michael Beatty expressed his thanks to the volunteers and media that supported the campaign, and said the result “is beyond our wildest expectations and 300 more than any other state”.

Annastacia Palaszczuk will be visiting the Smithsonian Institute in the United States as part of the trade mission, offering an Edison tube for the museum dug up from the Queen’s Wharf project in Brisbane.

The tubes were an early form of conducting electricity, and the technology came to Brisbane in the late 1880’s after its introduction in London and New York.

Several other international museums have expressed interest in obtaining the tubes.