Three Redlands businesswomen have been named as finalists in the YAwards, which showcase role models in the business community.

Brylee Langley, finalist in the Most Inspirational Y and Start Up of the Year Award, founded a learn to read platform for those with learning difficulties like dyslexia.

Stephanie Roper is in the Business Owner of the Year and Innovation categories, for her company Tooth Fairy & Co which helps children overcome fears of going to the dentist.

LNP leader Deb Frecklington has promised to put 15 million dollars towards drum lines in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, criticising current management.

The drum lines were removed after conditions were imposed on the authority’s permit to run a shark control program.

Ms Frecklington says “Labor have sold out community safety by pulling shark drum lines out of Queensland waters”, advocating for “people before sharks”.

The world’s most famous natural historian, Sir David Attenborough, has criticised Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s lack of action against climate change and his support for new coal mines.

Attenborough said Australia is the keeper of “an extraordinary section of the surface of this planet” and what the government says and does “really, really, matters”.

“The world is sick, we really have to do things about it… and there’s no more time for argument,” he said.

 A Tamil family facing deportation has been told to adjust to life in detention on Christmas Island while their case is being determined.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s office has confirmed the family will not be brought back to the mainland before their Federal Court trial, which is expected to be months away.

Tamil Refugee Council spokesman, Aran Mylvaganam, has said every interaction of the family is being filmed by security guards.

Beijing has announced one of the most significant developments in its social credit system before the rollout of the controversial behavioural engineering system in 2020.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued a statement saying it is in progress in developing a company ranking system that will affect 33 million companies.

1.4 billion Chinese citizens and all companies in China will be covered by the mandatory system in 2020. The system is for awarding the trustworthy and punishing the disobedient.

Dozens of airlines jointly sent a letter to the Hong Kong government earlier this month to seek exemption from airport charges as they struggled to cope with the economic impact of anti-government protests, which led to a sharp drop in passenger demand.

Ronald Lam the senior executive at Cathay Pacific Airways says there is a double-digit drop in passengers in August compared to last year and the situation is expected to worsen in the remaining months of the year.

A new independent high school in Sydney’s west will have no ATAR before graduation, no exams and no timetabled classes.

CathWest Innovation College will instead have students complete two terms of projects, build portfolios to apply for university and pitch ideas to businesses.

The school will also have a student-run cafe, a retail outlet and a hairdressing salon that students can work at as part of their curriculum. 

 A Sheldon author and her son have become ambassadors for this year’s Life’s Little Treasures Foundation’s Walk for Prems.

Michelle Worthington gave birth to her son at 28 weeks, and from this experience decided to write a picture book to help families of premature babies.

Ms Worthington says “being born premmie is a significant event for not only the babies but also the family”.