Locals brace themselves as Tropical Cyclone Jasper hits Far North Queensland - flooding is the the biggest concern.

Queensland has a new Premier-in-waiting Steven Miles - and he's already being tested as Cyclone Jasper bears down on the far north coast.

Fast-tracked visas for highly skilled workers and an overhaul of the foreign student sector - is the Government's new plan going to fix Australia's migration system?

Soaring temperatures and high winds raise the risk of catastrophic fire conditions across the south-east of the continent.

Facing massive cost blow outs exacerbated by overservicing and fraud - a major overhaul announced for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

A fourth detainee charged after being released from Immigration detention because of a High Court ruling.

Has a debacle now turned into a crisis for the Government?

"Indiscriminate warfare" against the Palestinian people - "in violation of international humanitarian law" - Médecins Sans Frontières delivers a scathing assessment of Israel's war on Gaza and labels Australia as complicit.

The truce is over ... Israel and Hamas resume hostilities after a seven-day-pause.

Another pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas as pressure grows on the warring parties to keep the guns silent.