Labor is pressuring the Morrison government  to allow more than 3000 Myanmarese citizens to stay in Australia once their visas expire.

The push comes after more than 700 civilians are estimated to have been killed in violent crackdowns since the February 1 military coup.

A voice actor who played Apu in The Simpsons has issued a public apology and says he regrets playing the role.

Hank Azaria, a white man, worked on the show for 10 years and voiced a number of characters including Apu, an Indian-American convenience store owner. 

Queensland's coronavirus restrictions are set to ease tomorrow from midday with state health officials to confirm the details this morning.

It's likely there will be no legal requirement to wear masks indoors when you are grocery shopping, taking public transport, or in restaurants and pubs when not eating or drinking.

Covid-19 has been detected in the princess Alexandra hospital ward 5D even after it had received a deep clean.

The hospital was locked down twice in recent months, after two workers in the 5D ward contracted the virus from a positive returned traveller.

Queensland Health is owed forty four million dollars in unpaid patient bills from people ineligible for Medicare.

A Queensland Health spokesperson said patient care was its top priority and no-one would be turned away from a public hospital, regardless of their health insurance situation.

Kalbarri in Western Australia has been described as looking ‘like a war zone’ after it was hit by cyclone Seroja on Sunday. 

The state’s emergency services have reported that 70% of structures in the rural town have been damaged in wake of the category 3 system. 

Previously declared endangered one-horned rhinos now have an upgraded population status of ‘vulnerable’. 

This follows a census of Rhino numbers in Nepal this year, where it has been found their numbers have increased from 645 to 752 since 2015. 

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny  is suing a prison for withholding the Koran which he intended to study while serving time in detainment outside Moscow.

Moorooka Ward councillor Steve Griffiths is calling for greater penalties for developers after a pre-1946 home was completely demolished after an agreement was made between the council and the developer that it would only be a partial demolition.

Questions have been raised over links between Liberal MP Andrew Laming's office and a Redland Bay rugby club.

The Southern Bay Cyclones Rugby Union Club was promised half a million dollars in the federal government's Female Facilities and Water Safety Stream Program.