The World Today

Queensland Police says it is following up processes of how to contact next of kin after the family of one of the Dreamworld victims said he had to call 000 for information. It comes as the theme park's management face criticism for its handling of the Thunder River Rapid rides accident, which killed four people on Tuesday. Questions are also being asked about Dreamworld's safety record. But other theme parks on the Gold Coast maintain that their safety standards are up to date.

Health professionals are calling for greater awareness about the prevalence and danger of type 1 diabetics who restrict their insulin intake in order to lose weight.

Some Australians are buying a drug for sleep disorders from overseas pharmacies in order to make themselves more productive at work. Experts warn that this can have serious side effects for the body - and even for society at large.

The United States Justice Department has charged dozens of people in the US and abroad over a notorious call centre scam. The department estimates that at least 15,000 people were tricked into shelling out millions of dollars.

As US President Barack Obama enters the final three months of his term, political science expert Professor Peter Feaver of Duke University assesses the US President's foreign policy legacy. He describes it as 'mixed' and warns America's allies that a president Hillary Clinton would be more forward-leaning, while a Donald Trump presidency would deliver a foreign policy crisis.

A report prepared for the World Anti Doping Agency has found a number of serious flaws with procedures at the Rio Olympic Games, including missing athletes and lost samples.

Three Australian women are heading to Iraq to respond to the huge humanitarian fallout expected from the Mosul offensive. Over 1 million people are expected to be displaced from the city of Mosul and areas in the southern corridor as the Iraqi Government, Kurdish Peshmerga forces and the US-led coalition attempt to re-take the city from Islamic State fighters.

A top international human rights award has been jointly awarded to two young Iraqi women, both members of the minority Yazidi community, who were forced to become sex slaves by Islamic State extremists. Captured by IS militants in 2014, Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar were able to escape and tell the world about their ordeal. Their effort to focus attention on the plight of the Yazidis recognised with this year's prestigious Sakharov Prize.

The nation's political leaders are gathering in Brisbane today in an effort to do more to end the scourge of domestic violence. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that his Government will commit $100 million to the Commonwealth's Third Action Plan to protect children, a quarter of which will be targeted at Indigenous communities.

Tensions have flared in the Victorian town of Port Fairy, where locals claim that too many racehorses are being trained on the beach. The dispute comes after prized trainer, Darren Weir, took out last year's Melbourne Cup race.