QUT TV News - Thursday 27 October 2011

The headlines, around 330 positions are to be axed from the Queensland Police Service, to cover the $27-million gap in the Government's police budget.

Three drugs charges have been filed against the 14-year-old Australian boy who was arrested earlier this month in Bali for alleged cannabis possession. The most serious charge carries a six-year jail term.

A new social media study has shown that mothers in higher income areas are more active than those in lower socio-economic areas.

The United Nations says easing poverty and conserving the environment will be the main challenges posed by the world as the population is set to hit seven-billion in the next couple of days.

In sport and Australian tennis player Samantha Stosur has gone from victory to defeat in just one day.

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