Prime Minister, Scott Morrison says the ABC raids conducted by the AFP is operating at a complete arm's length from the Government.

The whistleblower at the centre of the raids, Mr David William McBride, does not dispute that he leaked material to the ABC that formed the basis of a 2017 report called "The Afghan Files".

Mr McBride was charged in September last year with theft of Commonwealth documents.

Former US Vice President Al Gore took swipe at Adani during a climate change conference in Brisbane, casting doubt on the proposed Carmichael mine's viability as India moves away from coal-fired power.

Mr Gore, said India is dramatically shifting away from coal as an energy source; they have 225 gigawatts of solar under construction.

Adani hopes to export thermal coal to India once the mine goes through its final approval processes.

The eHealth Queensland expo at the Brisbane Convention Centre is bringing together doctors and start ups to focus on innovation in healthcare.

The convention will showcase the newest digital technologies, including virtual reality and data management, that might help the way health care is delivered.

The convention will run today from 8am to 6pm with multiple speakers.

Hikvision is helping the World Wide Fund for Nature and the One Planet Fund to protect the endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoise, the only aquatic mammal left in China's longest river.

Hikvision will provide advanced products and technologies for the Yangtze Finless Porpoise Conservation Project, launched in central China's Hubei province on May 28th.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has identified the porpoise species as "critically endangered", with only about 1,000 of them remaining in the wild in 2017.

Privacy activists have launched a new website to help travellers avoid increasingly invasive facial recognition technologies in airports.

AirlinePrivacy.com tells users what airlines use facial recognition to identify passengers before boarding and helps people book flights with airlines that don’t.

Advocate groups who developed the tool, Fight for the Future and Demand Progress say the use of facial recognition technology is raising fresh questions about privacy and data security.

Three former Amnesty International employees have come forward with allegations of workplace bullying and harassment which led to two staff members being admitted to hospital.

The allegations come after a ‘toxic’ workplace culture at Amnesty was reported to have contributed to a suicide in France.

Former staff members told SBS News there was a disturbing culture of overwork and a lack of psychological and mental health support.
 

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Elderly Australian residents are bravely speaking out for the first time after being forbidden from disclosing their sexuality.

Several elderly residents and advocates told SBS' The Feed LGBTQI+-phobic discrimination is occurring - with many more too scared to speak up.

Founder of Alice's Garage, a national advocacy organisation for the rights of LGBTQI+ elders, Dr Catherine Barrett, told SBS very few residential care services have a ‘rainbow tick’ of approval.

A former Ipswich mayor will learn his fate following a fraud trial for allegedly using council funds to buy goods and services for his own use.

Andrew Antoniolli told the court he followed an unwritten council policy communicated by senior staff when he successfully bid on items including a $5000 Trek bicycle, artworks, a signed rugby jersey and a gym membership between 2005 and 2017 while he was a councillor and mayor.

The Queensland Music Festival has warned of financial struggles amid concerns state government funding will not cover its costs.

The biennial festival, which is celebrating 20 years in 2019, has delivered musical performances to more than 1 million people across 100 locations throughout Queensland.

Queensland Music Festival chair Dominic McGann said the rising cost of delivering shows across the vast state was making it harder to break even every two years.