A number of campsites on Fraser Island are set to remain closed over the Easter break due to concerns over dingo attacks. 

Queensland’s Department of Environment and Science say that visitors interacting and feeding Dingos may lead to an increase in aggressive behaviour.

Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins is leading an independent inquiry into the parliament workplace culture and she says a wide-range of people will be coming forward.

Last night, the commissioner said at a Senate hearing, submissions will be welcomed from current and former politicians, staffers and even  those who work in Parliament's cafes and gardens.

Delays have hit the building of the Australian Navy’s new patrol boat fleet with deficient aluminium bought from China.

Ship builders, Austal, gained the three hundred and fifty million dollar contract to build the Cape Class patrol boats.

Austal says most of its aluminium is sourced from China.

United States President Joe Biden is calling for tougher gun restrictions after a fatal mass shooting in the state of Colorado this Monday. 

Biden is urging the US senate to revise legislation that allows loopholes in firearm background checks. 

The rain sweeping through South East Queensland is providing hope to Stanthorpe residents as the Storm King Dam begins to fill up.

Drought has forced the town to bring in water by truck every day for the past 12 months to meet demand.

The Queensland Government’s proposed overhaul of youth justice laws has youth workers concerned it may backfire. 

Youth Advocacy Centre CEO Janet Wight says the bill would put the system back 10 years as the changes were introduced with undue haste. 

Just 1000 people have taken the Brisbane City Council up on their $100 Go Between Bridge vouchers since the scheme opened on January 1st.

The incentive aimed to draw people away from William Jolly Bridge, which has seen heavy congestion since Victoria Bridge closed to traffic as part of the council’s green initiative.

Federal Parliament has backed a motion to open a royal commission into veteran suicide.

The government had previously opposed the move, instead establishing a permanent national commission for veteran suicides in February last year.

Senior Liberal cabinet minister Karen Andrews says that it’s time for the Liberal Party to consider introducing quotas to get more women into parliament. 

Ms Andrews says she’s ''had a gutful'' of the treatment of women in parliament as a male Coalition staffer was sacked last night due to allegedly performing a lewd sex act on the desk of a female Liberal MP.