Fiame Naomi Mata’afa is set to become Samoa's first female Prime minister after a Samoan supreme court ruling.

Ms Mata'afa will become the second female head of government in the Pacific after Hilda Heine became President of the Marshall Islands in 2016.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it "feels significant" for the region.

The body of the unknown Somerton man will be exhumed today from a cemetery in Adelaide with hopes of developing a DNA profile and cracking the 73 year old cold case.

The mysterious man has eluded identification for decades after being found slumped against the seawall at Somerton Beach on December 1, 1948.

The case was the inspiration for the Drones song ‘Taman Shud’ which was scrawled on a piece of paper found on the man.

A royal commission investigation has revealed Managers at Crown Resorts were misleading and threatening to Victoria's gaming regulator when they tried to get the company to tighten anti-money laundering protocols at its Melbourne casino.

Footage showing a cassowary stalking a group of bushwalkers along a Far North Queensland walking track.

Senior wildlife officer Dinouk Perera, from the Department of Environment and Science, believes that the bird has probably become used to being fed by humans.

Mr Perera says Cassowaries are unpredictable, potentially dangerous animals and habituated birds have been known to act aggressively and lash out if they don't receive a feed when confronting people in the forest.

MPs from both major parties will be allowed a conscience vote when "historic" proposed voluntary assisted dying laws are debated in Queensland Parliament later this year.

The state's draft legislation would allow eligible people who are already dying to choose the timing and circumstances of their death

Queensland's critically endangered white-throated snapping turtle is in the process of being brought back from the edge of extinction with the help of volunteers.

The species, native to the Burnett, Mary and Fitzroy River catchments along the central and southern Queensland coasts are having their eggs collected.

The volunteers then move the eggs into protective electrified cages to keep them safe from feral pigs, foxes and cattle.

Queensland man Dexter Kruger has officially become the oldest living Australian in history celebrating 111 years and 24 days of life at his home in Roma. Mr Kruger born in nineteen ten, celebrated the milestone with family and friends before Defence Minister Peter Dutton visited him asking for the secret to a long life. Mr Kruger says to find something you like and do it well. He set himself a goal when he was quite young and achieved it.

A new global study involving University of Queensland researchers has found more than half of adolescents are practising poor hand hygiene. UQ’s Institute for Social Science Research Doctor Yaqoot Fatima says that due to COVID-19 there is a renewed emphasis on adequate hand hygiene and results show that globally, adolescents practice poor hand hygiene. 354,422 adolescents aged 13 to 17 were examined by researchers who used data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey.