The false alarm missile alert issued earlier this month in Hawaii sent the nation into a state of widespread panic and took authorities 38 minutes to correct.

Administrator Vern Miyagi and executive officer Toby Clairmont stepped down yesterday after a report including the agency’s mistakes were released to the public.

The individual who sent the alert has also been fired, officials from the agency confirmed.

The ACCC has received more than 3000 complaints about businesses charging more for goods when customers were using card.

This is despite the Federal Government imposing a ban on excessive surcharges last September.

The ACCC will investigate several alleged breaches including by Sunshine Coast Coffee store Wild Horse Mountain Coffee Stop and well-known cafe chain Le Bon Choix.

A new strategy is to be launched to help improve the lives of more than 2.5 million Australians who have asthma.

National Asthma Council member Dr Jonathan Burdon said this strategy will provide a plan for patients, healthcare professionals, researchers and the government.

The National Asthma strategy aims to reduce health, social and economic impacts of the condition on everyday Australians with a comprehensive approach.

In a move to improve the communication to passengers during train delays, Queensland Rail plans to introduce “terminology which is reflective of the disruption”.

This will include describing disruptions such as a “mechanical fault”, “track fault” or “signal fault” instead of using the word “operational” when telling passengers the cause of delays.

The word “operational” seems to have quietly slipped from Queensland Rail’s twitter being used last on January 9th.

Indigenous housing funding is under threat as figures from the Department of Housing showed more than 400 Indigenous people are on the waitlist for social housing on Palm Island.

Overcrowding is still a major issue across Queensland’s Indigenous communities with an estimated average of five people living in each room of a standard three-bedroom house.

Ida Richardson knows the pain of living without a home after being forced to move from place to place almost every month with her two young children.

Taliban fighters are now openly active in 70% of Afghanistan, according to a study by the BBC.

The study which was conducted between August and November last year consisted of BBC reporters speaking to more than 1200 sources across the 399 districts which make up the country with the Taliban controlling 14 of the districts and having an active presence in another 263.

The Afghan government has rubbished the report saying it has control of most areas.

The South African city of Cape Town is battling their diminishing water supply amid a three-year-long drought.

City officials have moved back their prediction for ‘Day Zero’ when the city expects to run out of water.

In an effort to maintain water the South African government said it is taking extensive measures to try and avoid the dreaded Day Zero.

Australia’s inaugural Aboriginal child commissioner has labelled the increase in children being removed from their families as a national disaster.

Andrew Jackomos says his work in Victoria had revealed shocking and tragic stories of children in state care were denied access to family and their culture

More than 17,000 Indigenous children were reportedly living in out of home care in 2017 compared to just over 9,000 10 years ago.