Compensation payouts to more than 6,500 Queensland flood victims will now be divided from the $440 million available from the Queensland government and Sunwater.

In November 2019 the New South Wales Supreme Court ruled that Seqwater bore 50 per cent of the liability for flood compensation claims, while the Queensland government and Sunwater shared the remaining 50 per cent.

However, on Wednesday Seqwater won its appeal against that decision, ruling out its 50 per cent share of the liability for its management of Wivenhoe and Somerset dams in January 2011.

Hollywood giant Disney have remained silent on their JobKeeper payments as calls for transparency grow.

The multimedia giant with a market value of 453 billion Australian dollars has refused to clarify how much it claimed through the JobKeeper wage subsidy program last year.

This comes amid revelations workers at the company and its ESPN subsidiary received thousands through the scheme while revenues continued and grew.

A Gold Coast man who threatened the Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and the Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young last year found guilty, but escaped jail time.

Aaron David Marriage, 43, had been found guilty of two counts of using a carriage service to send a threat to cause serious harm.

Marriage sent a slew of Facebook messages to the Queensland Premier's Facebook page over a number of months, threatening to "wipe them from the face of the earth" over COVID-19 restrictions.

The Matrix has returned with a trailer for its fourth installment set to be released later this evening.

Titled The Matrix Resurrections, the film sees Keanu Reeves return as Neo with what is rumored to be a young Morpheus. 

While Lana Wachowski returns to direct, original trilogy co-director Lilly Wachowski had explained that she felt the idea of going back to the franchise was "emotionally unfulfilling."

A US Navy destroyer sparks war of words after sailing near China-claimed reef

Days after China imposed new maritime identification rules that include the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The USS Benfold, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, sailed within 19.3 kilometres of Mischief Reef, a portion of the Spratly Islands upon which the Chinese have built military facilities.

The territory remains a highly disputed body of water.

Brisbane CBD businesses face an existential threat after COVID-19, with people preferring to work from home. 

With the option for more autonomy and flexibility in the workplace, experts have said how much freedom employers give and employees take will be a lasting "future struggle". 

In a monthly survey of office landlords, the Property Council of Australia had revealed today that only 60 per cent of Brisbane workers are back in the city - a drop in numbers that has not been seen since this time last year.

Homeless people on the Gold Coast are having their belongings, including clothes, blankets and identification, confiscated by council workers.

Richard, one of hundreds of people living on the streets in the Coolangatta area, keeps what he has in a trolley and moves around regularly, trying to stay unnoticed and not bother anyone. Richard says he and his friends have had to resort to taking shifts to look after their possessions to avoid being targeted.

The NRL grand final will move away from Sydney for the first time, with Brisbane's Lang Park confirmed as venue.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed Lang Park as the new host this afternoon.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed the news at Sunshine Coast Stadium, where the NRL finals will start on Friday with the first qualifying final between Melbourne and Manly.

The Australian government has issued a warning over an online scam aimed at those wanting to help children who were separated from their parents during the chaos of the Kabul airlift.

There's been a huge outpouring of support for the children, but the community has been warned about a scam circulating online asking people for their bank details via phone and email.

Australian media companies could be liable for third-party comments made on their social media posts after the High Court upheld a ruling on a case by a formerly imprisoned teen who sued media companies over comments about him.

The decision on Wednesday creates a precedent applying to Australian media companies, which potentially makes them liable as publishers of comments from other social media users as though they made the statements themselves.