Co-founder of Wikipedia online encyclopaedia Dr Larry Sanger has called for people to go on a 48-hour social media strike.

Dr Sanger urges people to stop using social media for up to 48 hours later this week in an effort to force networks into restoring control of personal data users.

The strike is in the hopes that it will prompt changes at the large social media networks, which will then grant people more control over their data

The University of Queensland academic board has voted to endorse the Ramsay centre’s proposed new major Western Civilisation in twenty-twenty. 

The major now only needs to pass the University’s peak governing body, the UQ Senate.

UQ Union President Georgia Millroy says the result was a disappointment, stating she hoped the university would have considered the views of the 500 students who came to the student general meeting and voted against the Ramsay centre’s presence on campus. 

Prime minister Scott Morrison supports South East Queensland in hosting the 2032 Olympic games.

The Prime Minister has made his support very clear after committing to the Olympic games bid financially.

Hosting the games is feasible as sporting infrastructure still exists from last years Gold Coast Commonwealth games, the push is being made by a group of South East Queensland mayors.

New laws have been proposed that could give the Australian government power to block websites from access in Australia in an effort to prevent the livestreaming of terror situations.

The government passed legislation in April which made companies and their staff liable for not quickly removing violent material from access, however this legislation was criticised as being ‘rushed’.

A report released on Sunday proposed updates to improve this legislation as well as the development of protocols in the event of another Christchurch-style incident.
 

Australia's newest Governor-General, Former defence chief David Hurley, has been sworn in yesterday at Parliament House.

He spoke in Ngunnawal, the local indigenous language in his first speech and said he would strive to engage with Australians and our democracy. 

The former governor of NSW will become Australia’s 27th governor-general and the 16th to represent the Queen since she was crowned in 1952.

Protestors in Hong Kong have forced their way into the central chambers of the parliament building following a peaceful protest over the controversial extradition law.

Dozens of demonstrators broke through the glass of the Legislative Council building then spray-painted messages on the walls, tore down portraits of politicians and smashed furniture.

Police charged the building at midnight warning protestors to clear it, then fired tear gas into the crowd outside the building.

The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed yesterday that Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium has exceeded the limit of 300kg set under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the move is ‘reversible’, but warned Iran could continue to reduce its commitment to the agreement if Europe does not take necessary action to uphold their side of the deal.