Backlash against Right-wing Labor MP Madeleine Ogilvie, highlighted the lack of abortion facilities, care and funding in Tasmania.

Ms Ogilvie recently removed her campaign posters from the windows of the former Hobart abortion clinic, which closed in December 2017, stating she never wished to upset anyone when the posters were put there.

The Launch to School program, being introduced by the South Sydney Local Health District, will assist children with speech impairments as they enter primary school.

300 children have taken part in the program over the past two years, with a hope to expand and help overcome a hurdle faced by two hundred and 20,000 four year olds alone.

The unique combination of speech pathology and occupational therapy is helping children avoid social issues as they enter school and begin their learning.

Plans for the Ipswich ‘super dump’ have been slammed by Bundamba MP Jo-Ann Miller as it is “too close to houses” being located seven kilometres from Ipswich CBD and a three minute drive to surrounding residential areas.

Ipswich Residents Against Toxic Environments president Jim Dodrill says the construction and demolition waste facility would be among the largest dumps in Australia.

The landfill would take 15.7 million cubic metres of waste over eighteen years, which is enough to fill 6280 olympic swimming pools.

A person has died on the Gold Coast after contracting a rare illness similar to Mad Cow Disease.  

Queensland Health was notified of the case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob and the patient was presented to the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

A spokesman says the case was initially reported in 2017 with additional testing taking several months to complete.

Malcolm Turnbull has been accused of ignoring a bipartisan approach to Indigenous constitutional recognition.

Western Australia Senator, Pat Dodson, accuses the Prime Minister of throwing out the approach after a new poll found 57% of voters support an Indigenous voice model.

Mr Dodson says the poll was “encouraging” and shows Malcolm Turnbull’s position was not shared by the public.

A state of emergency has been declared in Christchurch and the surrounding districts of New Zealand’s southern island, after Cyclone Gita made landfall last night.

Authorities are warning residents in low lying and seafront areas of flood risks, high speed winds and waves up to 7 meters which will further the devastation.

Schools and roads have been shut, while community refugees have been set up in affected areas.

An anti-Adani documentary screening has been cancelled in Townsville due to “emerging community tension”.

The local council named community safety concerns for the cancellation, however North Queensland Conservation Council President, Wendy Tubman, says she was instructed to cancel the screening by her supervisor as the film was deemed “political”.

State Greens MP Michael Berkman says “whichever way you interpret the Townsville City Council’s actions here, it seems pretty rotten”.

Plans proposed by the Brisbane City Council will result in the removal of 55 square metres of mangroves in Dutton Park.

The demolishment of an old ferry terminal will make way for a pontoon in which Dutton Park locals can park their watercraft.

The pontoon is the first glimpse of the council’s four year plan to implement $18 million worth of mooring facilities.

Younger people on the disability pension as a result of mental illness are predicted to be on pension for 20 years.

A Parlimentary Budget Office report has found between 2011 to 2017 a decrease in physical impairments claims but an increase in psychological impairments claims.

The PBO warns that younger people with psychological conditions could remain on the pension for twice as long as the average just a decade ago.