Four Corners have revealed children as young as 10 years old are being held in maximum security adult watch houses in Queensland.

To tackle the issue, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ordered for the separation of Youth Justice from Child Safety.

The Premier said the new department will use the same existing staff but have a more focused approach.

Brisbane is preparing for a boom of luxury hotels for a shift in the tourism industry, securing future investments in the city.

The addition of 4,535 hotel rooms across 14 hotels was planned to try and attract more visitors, and hopefully encourage more major convention organisers to host the events within the metropolis.

Brisbane City Council Deputy Mayor, Councillor Krista Adams, said the significant boom will benefit both the tourism and hotel industries.

Crowd-sourced social media photos have helped create new insights into how New South Wales beaches have responded to changing weather and wave conditions, including extreme storms.

The images are part of a citizen science project called Coastsnap, led by engineers from the University of New South Wales Water Research Laboratory and the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage.

A Melbourne filmmaker has made waves at the Cannes Film Festival, with her genre-bending documentary-horror film about Satanic panic.

Pia Borg debuted ‘Demonic’ at the Adelaide Festival in 2018, and is now showcasing the 28-minute feature at the world-renowned international film festival.

Demonic was funded by the Adelaide Festival’s HIVE initiative - a partnership with the ABC TV Arts, Screen Australia, and the Australian Council for the Arts - and will be screened to Aussie audiences on ABC and iview later in the year.

Switzerland has voted in support of stricter gun laws.

After pressure from the EU to crack down on current laws, the majority of the swiss public has voted in favour of the reform, despite gun usage being a strong part of the country’s military influenced culture.

The President of the ProTell gun lobby, Jean-Luc Addor, has said the result of this referendum has left the population’s liberties eroded, and he does not believe this will prevent a single terrorist attack.

Northern Ireland residents have marched for the legalisation of same sex marriage.

Thousands of people across Belfast have showed their support for marriage equality in hopes the current, restrictive laws are amended.

The Democratic Unionist Party, currently in power, are opposed to this change despite the calls for change from the public.

First nations women are using street art to draw awareness to their culture.

This year’s Brisbane Street Art Festival has given local indigenous women a platform to share their heritage with the public through their art.

One of the artists, Racheal Sarra said that art is used as a vehicle for change and conversation.