Samoas new Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, who was locked out of Parliament by her predecessor yesterday, is continuing with her new role unimpeded.

Incoming Prime minister Mata'afa said her government would keep up its pressure on Australia over climate change.

Multi-billion dollar food science giant Kerry Foods is set to move its Australian headquarters from Sydney to Brisbane

The Irish company says the state government’s industry attraction fund drew it to Brisbane, with the move expected to create fifty-five new jobs.

Brisbane City Council’s decision to source they city’s first electric busses from Chinese bus manufacturer Yutong has been labelled ‘a slap in the face’ to Brisbane workers by the council opposition.

Australian Manufacturing Workers Union assistant state secretary Bill Thanas said the QLD economy suffered when the Council didn’t give the job to Volgren which had been building the council’s diesel busses since 2008.

An article in the Medical Journal of Australia is urging state health departments to publish their triage frameworks, which determine how patients are prioritised when a hospital system is overwhelmed.

A study conducted by Monash University has found that discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people has risen dramatically.

The study, conducted on behalf of ‘Inclusive Australia’, found the percentage of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people who reported experiencing at least one form of major discrimination increased from 29% in 2019 to almost 50% in 2020.

Continuing tremors in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s sixth largest city Goma are complicating recovery efforts following a large volcanic eruption over the weekend.

Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world’s most active and dangerous volcanoes, sent a half-mile wide stream of lava towards Goma, destroying several villages and displacing thousands.

Iran will extend its agreement with the global nuclear watchdog, allowing negotiators more time to agree on terms for Iran’s return to its 2015 nuclear deal with a coalition of Western powers.

Iran granted the International Atomic Energy Agency a one-month extension to keep its monitoring equipment in Iranian nuclear facilities, however Iran will keep the tapes until a return to the deal is agreed.

Activists say a new mine will threaten the river system that supplies Queensland’s second largest dam.

Anti- mining action group Lock The Gate says the proposed expansion of the Ensham mine near Emerald could cause nearby land to sink, putting local farmers at risk