Yesterday Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath(ee-VET ) revealed the first outlook of $7 million Mental Health Crisis Stabilisation service at Robina Hospital in Gold Coast. 

D'Ath says the facility is designed by clinicians and people with lived experience and will offer a non-clinical, more home-like, therapeutic environment for treatment than the Emergency Department.

The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties is raising concerns about the introduction of ‘immunity cards’.  

The QCCL claims these measures may breach state and federal disability discrimination legislation.

Myanmar's military charged the detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi for violating its Natural Disaster Law, but it's not clear what the exact charge is.

Earlier China's ambassador to Myanmar (Mee-ann-mar) said the current political situation was not what they wanted to see and slapped the rumours of Chinese involvement in the military coup.

The New South Wales court of appeal has ruled that Traditional Owner, Dorothy Lawson, has a right to compensation claim after years of fighting for her country.

Maraura Paakantyi elder Dorothy Lawson has been fighting for her land since the state stole her from her parents.

Researchers from The University of Sydney have developed a mathematical model to accurately represent the way icebergs melt into oceans. 

Previous studies assume that icebergs melt uniformly in ocean currents. However, Lead researcher Eric Hester says that icebergs can melt at different speeds depending on their shape. 

University of Queensland researchers have found that asthma in adults may result in dangerous flu mutations.

The PGA, a non-allergic form of Asthma suppresses the immune system and combined with influenza's quick replication can cause more frequent mutations.

The Palaszcuk Government will appoint an independent taskforce to consult on coercive control legislation.

Coercive control is a form of non-physical domestic and family violence which includes behaviours such as controlling what someone wears, limiting financial independence and tracking someone's location.

Kabi elders in Gympie are calling for supporters to urgently join them at the sacred Djaki Kundu site today.

The site commonly known as the Gympie pyramids is under threat by the expansion of the Bruce highway, the Department of Transport and Main Roads gave Kabi elders an eviction notice to vacate the site within 48 hours.

More than 60 people are dead and hundreds are missing near the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa after a boat capsized in the Congo River. The DRC Minister for Humanitarian Action says 700 people were on the boat when it capsized. The capsizing has been attributed to the overloading of people and cargo on the boat.