A senior One Nation official has been charged with fraud over a funding application made during last year's state election. 

Alex Jones, the 22 year old national executive treasurer, will face a QLD court on the fourth of February next year over a fraudulent election funding application he submitted for $24,000.

New vaccine mandates will be enforced in Queensland venues from tomorrow, restricting people who haven't been jabbed.

New mandates will mean vaccine certificates will be mandatory for venues like theaters, cafes, restaurants, pubs, and clubs. 

The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) and the Victorian Ombudsman have written to all leaders of Victorian political parties seeking recommendations for legislative change to deter the misuse of public funds.

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) could become the first jurisdiction in Australia to make menstrual products free for people experiencing period poverty, under draft legislation to be released on Wednesday. 

The Period Products (Access) Bill, would require the territory government to provide period products free of charge at designated locations. 

Brazil’s health ministry website was hacked on Friday, taking down several systems with it including one with vaccination information, which has been said to have been stolen and deleted. 

Canada is setting aside $31.2 billion to compensate Indigenous children and families in foster care for suffering discrimination. 

Officials said on Monday that it will start paying out once a protracted lawsuit is settled. 

The Queensland Police service is launching new separate inquiries into the disappearances of two Aboriginal women in 2013. 

23 year old mother Allison Bernard was last seen leaving a bar in the town of Coen in Queensland’s North before her disappearance in 2013, with no further evidence found.

A report released by the Real Estate Institute of Queensland has revealed Queensland’s residential property market median has climbed almost 2 percent since September this year.

It was found this year the Brisbane median house market also grew more than 15 per cent. 

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has warned Australia’s Administrative Appeals Tribunal its processing backlog could reduce trust in the country’s asylum seeker program. 

The UN’s warning further outlined the issues of the asylum seeker system, in which asylum seekers often have to wait years for their claims to be resolved.