The Queensland state government’s promise to begin construction on a youth mental health facility by the end of 2017 remains unfulfilled.

Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles says the construction of new car park facilities at The Prince Charles Hospital which commenced last November have delayed construction on the new mental health centre.

According to Queensland Health, the new mental health facility for adolescents will cost between $12 million and $15 million dollars, and is expected to be ready by 2020.

More than 80 people have been arrested since a crackdown on youth and property crime in Cairns was launched in September 2017.

Police Minister Mark Ryan said the intelligence based operation is designed to target crime hotspots, while also praising the various arms of the police force involved in the crackdown.

Statistics gathered by the police shows the outcome of this crackdown, with a decrease in the number of robberies, property damage, drug offences and trespassing in the first quarter of the 2017-18 financial year.

An environmental activist is obstructing the path of coal trains to a port owned by Adani in Far North Queensland.

Earlier this morning, Brisbane student and member of Frontline Action on Coal, Tayla Jay Haggarty, suspended herself above train tracks running to the Abbot Point Coal Port, north of Bowen,in a bid to protest Adani’s coal mining.

There has been heated discussion over  what is an acceptable age to allow children to catch public transport alone after a five year old was found locked inside a bus at a southside depot after falling asleep

Associate professor Allan Ralph from Triple P Parenting states it depends on the individual child, while chief executive of Parents and Citizens Queensland Kevan Goodworth says the incident shows the need for vigilance.

Mr Goodworth continued by stating his belief that catching a bus is an exercise which can build resilience.

Federal Transport Minister Barnaby Joyce is opposing a move to prohibit the sales of new petrol and diesel cars, following debate within the government whether to endorse the electric car industry in Australia.

Earlier this week, Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg stated his strong support for the future of electric vehicles industry, despite opposition from conservative fellow party members.

Australia and 10 other countries will sign a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal later this year in Chile.

Federal Trade Minister Steve Ciobo states it will create new jobs and drive Australian exports with the new deal to eliminate more than 98 percent of tariffs in a free-trade zone.

This new deal known as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership will include bilateral trade deals for Australia with North American countries Canada and Mexico.  

A group of asylum seekers who were detained on Manus Island have been moved to the United States for resettlement.

According to local media, the group of about 40 men, most of whom were from Afghanistan and Pakistan, left the Papua New Guinean island on Tuesday.

They were the second group of refugees to be resettled in the US following a resettlement deal between the Australian government and Obama administration.

Germany’s government is being called to stop exporting arms to Turkey after German made Leopard tanks were being used against the Kurdish YPG by  Turkish armed forces.

There were reports last week which stated the German government was going to approve a request from Turkey to retrofit Leopard 2 tanks to better protect them from explosives.