Scientists from Australia’s Kirby Institute have collaborated with key PNG and US health research institutes in the first representative study of HIV and STI levels in PNG.

U.S President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold aid to Palestine for not respecting his decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The issue of a possible charge for paper bills has led to competing interests between phone companies who encourage customers to switch to digital bills, and Australians who can’t afford internet access.

Legislation banning donations from property developers to local and state politicians will be introduced into Queensland Parliament within the next six months, headed by the Labor state government.

Labor has won the recent Morningside by-election, held on Saturday after the sudden resignation of former councillor Shayne Sutton last October.

Our banana supplies could be in jeopardy after a suspected third case of the banana disease, Panama, was found in far north Queensland, the region responsible for eighty percent of our banana supply.   

A crop in the Tully Valley tested positive for the Panama tropical race 4, which rapidly kills cavendish banana plants.

The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries said further testing will be conducted to determine how wide spread the disease is, but warned this could take up to six weeks.