North Korea is claiming it has carried out more long-range cruise missile tests over the weekend amid a standoff with the United States over denuclearisation.

According to a media outlet KCNA, the missiles flew 1500km before hitting their targets and falling into the water.

A Brisbane not for profit organisation has launched a program to teach inmates graphic design and 3D animation, preparing them for employment opportunities on the outside. 

Queensland Health Workers must get at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by September 30 and be fully immunised by the end of October. 

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says measures will be taken to address unvaccinated health workers.

The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses has published their 2021 Deathwatch Report and the numbers are staggering.

According to the reports 149 horses have been killed on Australian racetracks over the 2020-2021 racing year. 

Thousands of New South Wales residents are allowed to cross back into Queensland as of today as the Queensland government has agreed to reinstate the border bubble. 

There are still travel restrictions in place as people are only allowed to cross into Queensland for essential work, medical needs or school. 

As COVID-19 cases surge in inner Sydney, local volunteers are stepping in to help. 

Most of the food is being donated via social enterprise Plate-it-Forward, which has already dished up more than 85,000 meals so far for dozens of vulnerable residents around Sydney’s Inner West. 

Content Warning for this next story which mentions assault. 

Harrowing accounts have emerged of the Taliban detaining and brutally assaulting reporters covering a protest in Kabul earlier this week with one Afghan journalist believing he was going to die. 

S-E-Q Water has won its appeal against a decision that found it partly responsible for the 2011 Brisbane flood.

The appeal decision was handed down in the New South Wales Supreme Court on Wednesday morning.