Woolworths is placing a limit of four packets of toilet paper per customer in response to the recent reports of coronavirus in Australia.

The fear of a pandemic has caused people to panic and buy cautionary supplies.

A statement from Woolworths says this limit will help shore up stock levels as suppliers ramp up local production and deliveries in response to higher than usual demand.

The Queensland University of Technology Art Museum is preparing for its upcoming exhibition launch this Saturday. 

The exhibition, titled Rite of Passage, features artists’ responses to the significance of events surrounding conflicts during Captain James Cook’s arrival on Australian soil two-hundred-and-fifty (250) years ago.

The open day features panel discussions and talks with exhibition curator, Shannon Brett. 

This coming Sunday the 8th, Big Gay Day will be coming back - spicier than ever. 

The street party will be taking over the Wickham, to raise funds for various LGBTQI+ charities such as The Queensland Aids Council, Brisbane Pride and Open Doors Youth Service.

Last year's event raised over $40,000 and saw 2,800 people attend. 

This year's event will have over 40 LGBTQI+ performers - including Spice Girls Melanie C, and Electric Fields.

The Brisbane Queer Film Festival, will be opening for its twenty first year tomorrow, with a screening of ‘Young Hunter’ at seven pm at New Farm Cinemas. 

The film festival has become an iconic part of the Brisbane LGBTQI+ community, with over 60,000 film lovers attending the event, since its inception. 

Sensitive content: This story contains sensitive content around transphobia 

Professor Patrick Parkinson, the current Dean of Law at the Univeristy of Queensland recently comapred Transgender individuals to the Coronavirus virus, declaring it an ‘epidemic’. 

He has previously made hateful comments against the LGBTQI+ community in the past. 

Unfortunately UQ has responded in support of the Dean on grounds ‘of academic freedom’.

Australian Universities are reporting spikes in the number of undergraduate enrolments for students interested in environmental studies.

At Griffith University’s School of Environment and Science, Professor Catherine Pickering says more and more students are choosing courses within her school.

Professor Pickering says an increase in climate change awareness and discussion, particularly among young people, is the cause for this anomaly.

A highly sensitive military database containing the personal details of tens of thousands of Australian Defence Force (ADF) members has been shut down for 10 days due to fears it had been hacked. The system which is managed by an outsourced company was shut down in February amid fears the information had been compromised. 

The US state of Tennessee has been hit by tornadoes.

Twenty-two people have died and 40 buildings have reported structural collapses.

Emergency workers are still working through the wreckage looking for survivors.

European borders have recently been opened to refugees, arriving from Turkey, in response to the escalating war in Syria. 

Statements from officials report thirty-three Turkish soldiers were killed by government troops in the northwest Syrian airstrike in late February. 

These events have contributed to rising tensions and the decision to recently open the border.

The involvement of Russian-backed troops is cause for concern of a war outbreak between Turkey and Russia.