A group of tradies working on a suburban development site at Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast unearthed $200,000 worth of old-style cash notes, preserved in several plastic containers.

The Criminal Investigation Branch of the Queensland Police are currently undertaking forensic testing on the notes, which are presently understood to be $100 bills of an unknown currency.

Internet addiction is being described as the “drug of this generation” with Australian research finding that it can lead to mental health problems in teenagers that will continue into adult-hood. 

Compulsive gaming and social media usage is having a direct impact on sleep, leading to increased levels of violence and low self-esteem, leading many teenagers refusing to go to school and disengaging with society. 

A young family was kicked off a Jetstar flight after a little boy broke a dress code rule and the decision has left another passenger furious.

A mother and her two young children were booted off the flight because her toddler-aged son did not have shoes on.

Isobel Mebus, from the North Island of New Zealand, was left shocked and angry after witnessing the incident on Thursday afternoon.

Mebus said, “a woman passenger came up with a pair of shoes and put them on the boy and said, ‘There you go’ and they still wouldn’t let him on.”

Following South Africa’s Rugby World Cup victory on the weekend, captain Siya Kolisi says he hopes the win will "inspire every kid" back home.

Kolisi, who became the first black South African captain to lift the William Webb Ellis Trophy, says the victory will "pull the country together".  

The skipper said coach Rassie Erasmus told the players they were not just playing for themselves, but for all of South Africa with the country suffering an economic crisis with unemployment at 29%. 

Under Iran’s Islamic law, imposed after the 1979 revolution, women are forced to cover their hair in public by wearing a veil or headscarf. 

At least 39 women were arrested last year in connection with anti-hijab protests and more now currently face decades worth of jail time, according to Amnesty.

The University of the Sunshine Coast has implemented a 6000 solar panel powered water-battery to; provide cold water, cut up to 40 per cent of air conditioning costs and reduce emissions- a practice that is predicted to save $100 million within the next 25 years.

A system that was formed in partnership with French transnational company Veolia, it is now providing 2.1 megawatts of power across the entire university.

The Redland’s City Council says speeding drivers are leading to increased levels of koala deaths in the area. 

The RSPCA last week responded to two incidents involving koalas being struck by cars in Cleveland, and say it’s clear that they were struck at speed. 

Councillor Paul Golle says there have been endless campaigns and the installation of flashing signs, reminding drivers to obey speed limits, but clearly they are failing to protect the region’s most iconic native animals.

More than 90,000 Australian families have faced debt since the first-financial year of the Child Care Subsidy Policy, with a Centrelink glitch causing client data to disappear and incorrectly state that many have been overpaid by the system.

The "Australia Talks National Survey" conducted by the ABC, declared that seventy-five per cent of parents with young children found cost to be one of the biggest issues when sourcing childcare. 

New South Wales schools have $1.3 billion dollars of unspent money waiting to be used – equalling approximately $600,000 dollars per school in funding available. 

Principals have discretion over how to spend much of their school budgets, however some say they have been overburdened by the adding financial management and infrastructure planning to their core job. 

It could take up to three years for the unspent money to be used but parents say there's an expectation that if you have your kids enrolled now, the money should be spent on them.