Protesters who use devices to lock themselves together and make it harder to be removed from Queensland roads and train tracks could soon face prison time and hefty fines.

Impatient Warriors boss Cameron George will consider termination talks with some of his under-performing players if he doesn't see more effort over the closing three weeks of the NRL regular season.

Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has spent the first morning of parliament barraged by questions about the two integrity scandals engulfing individuals in her inner circle.

The trial of stood-down NRL player and accused rapist Jack de Belin has been scheduled for March next year.

Australians living in regional and remote towns will be offered discount airfares to capital cities under a plan by Qantas to start in some places immediately.

Fresh off the record-breaking success of the Groundwater Country Music Festival in July, the Gold Coast is ready to feature in a triple-shot of music festivals before the end of 2019.

The nation's health ministers have ordered a review to consider making it compulsory for packaged foods and drinks to carry labels quantifying the amount of added sugar they contain.

The New York Police Department has fired the white officer who used a deadly chokehold on a black man while trying to arrest him in 2014, an incident that helped fuel the "Black Lives Matter" movement in response to police use of force.

Singer Elton John has defended the Duke and Duchess of Sussex over their use of private jets after stories in the media criticised them.

The judge overseeing Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel collapse trial wants to know how much money the liquidators' backers stand to make if they win.