The United Nation's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy, Professor Joe Cannataci, says governments are using terrorism as a pretext, and wants to regulate government surveillance of citizens.

Australian cyclone specialist, Professor Jonathan Nott, has now headed out into the field to gather data on Cyclone Debbie. The Professor of Geoscience at James Cook University is also a member of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards. He says he's frustrated that despite the damage caused by natural disasters...

Victoria's first legal crop of cannabis has just been harvested for medicinal use. The state has been manufacturing the drug at a secret location and is still putting it through the testing phase. While patients in Victoria wait for access, NSW parliamentarians have been debating their own cannabis bill.

When Queensland's Chief Justice, Tim Carmody, resigned last year he brought to an end months of spectacularly vicious infighting within Queensland's legal and political circles. His appointment sparked allegations from high profile legal figures about political influence on the court, it dominated the news in Queensland for a year and it dogged the government of...

The Prime Minister held a media conference late this morning where he announced a review into the suicide and self-harm prevention services available to defence personnel, veterans and their families. He promised that one of the sites for a suicide prevention trial will be in Townsville and largely dedicated to serving and former defence personnel.