About 163 properties in Highgate Hill were without power from 6pm last night after contact between a truck and overhead infrastructure brought down power lines and pole, starting a fire. 

Downed power lines are still blocking an inner Brisbane road and delaying traffic. 

A spokesperson for the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services said firefighters worked rapidly to control the situation. 

Instagram announced posts related to weight loss products and cosmetic surgery will have stricter measures in order to protect the health of people online. 

Concerns are increasing about young social media users viewing the posts and buying cosmetic and diet products.

Instagram’s public policy manager, Emma Collins, says Instagram should be a more positive place for all users.

“This policy is part of our ongoing work to reduce the pressure that people can sometimes feel as a result of social media,” Ms Collins said. 

The BBC has apologised to Prince Harry months after broadcasting and publishing an image from a neo-Nazi social group that called him a race traitor and depicted him with a gun pointed at his head. 

The image included blood splatter and neo-Nazi symbols and was sourced from an online post on a far-right platform. 

The BBC initially rejected a complaint by the duke, ruling that the use of the image in a report about the activities of the group was clearly in the public interest.

Australian artist, Andrew Joyner, has been commissioned to illustrate a long lost Dr. Suess manuscript uncovered more than two decades after the famous writer's death.

Experts believe initial sketches of the missing book, titled ‘The Horse Museum’, were drawn as far back as the early 1950s.

Joyner says he loved Dr. Seuss books as he was growing up and it seems slightly surreal that he has been given this opportunity.

“I couldn't have imagined that this type of job would come to me," Mr Joyner said.

Climate activists are encouraging students to take time off school ahead of tomorrow’s climate strike at Treasury Gardens in Melbourne. 

The strike follows a similar event in March, but with almost six months in between strikes, some climate activists are growing impatient with the slow pace of the movement. 

A spokesperson for the Blockade IMARC Alliance says the climate crisis is not imminent, but that it has already begun. 

Cancer Council Queensland will hold five events simultaneously across the state aimed at those affected by cancer and their loved ones to mark World Mental Health Day on October 10th. 

The series of free events will focus on ways people affected by cancer can prioritise their mental health and implement coping mechanisms into their daily lives.

Cancer Council Queensland CEO Ms Chris McMillan invited all Queenslanders affected by cancer to attend one of the sessions. 

Artificial intelligence systems and research developed at UQ will make it easier to distinguish between real and fake news. 

Data Scientist Associate Professor Dr Gianluca Demartini says the research might create risks to our safety online, both as individuals and as a society.

“These judgements will allow us to train and evaluate machine-learning models to automatically detect fake news,” Dr Demartini said.

Former US President Barack Obama says presidents in office should avoid social media and cable news at an event for an international data and software firm. 

The criticism is suspected to be targeted at President Donald Trump, who posted an average of 284 tweets per month over the last six months.

Mr Obama said spending time on social media and focusing on how polls and media portray you can make it more difficult to run the country effectively.