The Australian Privacy Commissioner is calling on Facebook to explain how it will protect users financial information when it launches its new cryptocurrency.

The social media giant is set to launch ‘Calibra’, the digital wallet provider, next year, however there is concern the data and transaction history it collects could be passed back to Facebook.

Hundreds of Climate change activists have gathered outside 1 william street, the state government’s ‘tower of power’ to carry out civil disobedience this morning..

Extinction Rebellion in Brisbane have been causing non-violent disruptions previously throughout the city, including putting a canoe on the Victoria bridge and blocking city intersections.

The Aged Care Royal Commission has found a subcontractor demanded $3 million the day before Gold Coast Retirement Village was unexpectedly closed, leading to dozens of elderly residents being taken away by ambulances.

Earle Haven Retirement Village closed on July 11 following a request by managing aged care provider Help Street for the $3 million from People Care as a solution for breach of contract.

Investigators have travelled to Afghanistan to interview witnesses over allegations of war crimes by Australian Special Forces.

NSW Supreme Court Justice Paul Brereton heads heads the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force inquiry into ‘allegations and rumours of misconduct’ by Australian Special Forces that began in 2016.

US cyber security firm Cloudfare on Monday said it would terminate the online message board 8chan as a customer.

A gunman used the messaging forum prior to killing 20 people at a Walmart store in El Pasa Texas on Saturday and posted a 4-page manifesto calling the attack ‘a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas’. 

India has lessened the conflicted Indian state of Kashmir’s autonomous status in an administrative change the foreign ministry says is aimed at promoting good governance, social justice and economic development.

These changes are the biggest seen in recent decades and mean Kashmir will not have the ability to create its own laws and Indian citizens will be able to reside there.