Australian Foreign Affairs minister, Marise Payne, told the ABC she remains “inclined to returning to Afghanistan in the next few months”.

A spokesman for Senator Payne said Australia's diplomatic arrangements in Afghanistan "were always expected to be temporary, with the intention of resuming a permanent presence once circumstances permit.

 Payne has been largely vocal in the past about her reluctance to remove soldiers from Afghanistan and opposed the bill to remove the last soldiers earlier this year.

Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, is expected to push his government into working towards a 2050 net zero commitment this weekend at the Annual Convention of the Liberal National Party in Brisbane after facing criticism from other world leaders at the G7 Summit earlier this year. 

Experts anticipate the party members will continue to oppose making any commitments or setting a time-frame in order to maintain job security, despite the job opportunities in renewable energy.

The Queensland Veterinary Researcher who developed the test that can rapidly check for Chlamydia in Koalas has now advanced the technology to test for Hendra Virus in horses to prevent the spread to humans. 

There have been 7 reported cases of Hendra in humans with a death rate of 57%, however, the virus is almost fatal in horses with an 80% death rate once contracted.

A fire in Oregon has grown to a scathing 483 Kilometres yesterday afternoon, which half the size of the Australian Capital Territory, says United States officials. 

The nicknamed “Bootleg Fire” has caused the evacuation of over 2000 homes and another 5000 are considered at risk. 

There have been no related deaths to the fire as the area is mostly uninhabited.

Brisbane Company and known Liberal Party Donor, Canstruct International, has secured an uncontested contract extension of $180M over the next six months to continue running Australia’s offshore processing regime on Nauru.

This brings the total revenue from island contracts over the past five years to more than $1.5bn, and even though no new asylum seeker arrivals have been sent to Nauru since 2014, the regime there will cost Australia more than $400m this year.

Young jobseekers are finding themselves working on Queensland farms after years of applying for jobs have been unsuccessful. 

Fuller Agriculture Pruning, says for the first time in more than a decade she was employing a mostly local workforce, with many of them aged under 30.

Mrs Fuller said, "We've always had to rely on international [workers]. This has been a new experience for us, having all these young kids," 

Thomas Barrack, one of the top fund-raisers and chairman of Trump's 2017 inaugural fund for Donald Trump’s election campaign in 2016 has been indicted on charges of violating a law governing lobbyists for foreign interests. 

Barrack has been accused of advancing interests of the UAE and of influencing the foreign policy positions of Trump’s 2016 campaign, and then the foreign policy positions of the U.S. government during Trump’s presidency through April 2018.

Julia Gillard says the sexism she endured as Australia's first female prime minister only worsened during her time in the role. 

This has resulted in women in parliament calling for a code of conduct clearly outlining the behavioural and ethical standards expected from politicians with regard to women in parliament.  

Victoria has extended it’s lockdown by a week after Health officials announced another 13 cases yesterday morning.  ‘

The lockdown was initially scheduled to end at 11:59pm Tuesday, but Premier Daniel Andrews announced it would continue until 11:59pm on July 27.