The private details of almost 100,000 Australian Westpac customers were exposed due to a recent cyber-attack.

The attack was on real-time payments on the platform PayID which allows an instant transfer of money between bank accounts.

Experts warn access to these details could lead to fraud on a mass scale.

Since the coalition government’s re-election on May 18, the number of self-harm and suicide attempts by refugees in offshore detention has surpassed 30.
 

Following separate incidents on Monday, two asylum seekers have received treatment at the Pacific International Hospital.
 

Ian Rintoul, a spokesman for the Refugee Action Coalition describes the situation on Manus Island as a ‘downward spiral’.  

A Swedish court has rejected a request to detain whistleblower Julian Assange over a rape case in 2010.

The court ruled in favour of Assange's Lawyer saying the detention order was not “proportionate” as he was imprisoned in Britain and the investigation into his case could proceed in other ways.

Swedish deputy director of public prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson, told the court Assange had not cooperated with Swedish authorities and needed to be detained and questioned in Sweden.   

Scientists called for urgent action to preserve the island of New Guinea as a refuge from the Chytrid fungus that is wiping out frog species around the world.

The fungus has wiped out more than 90 frog species worldwide, and is driving another 500 species towards extinction.

A team of international scientists, including JCU’s Professor Ross Alford, have developed a five-step program to preserve New Guinea as one of the only places in the world where frogs are safe from the fungus.

Twenty new organisations have joined the Multicultural Queensland Ambassador Program in support of the Palaszczuk Government’s vision for a harmonious and united Queensland.

Brisbane Broncos, Brisbane Bullets, Netball Queensland and Tennis Queensland are among the major organisations placed to promote diversity and inclusion.

In light of the unprecedented success of the container recycling scheme, Noosa MP Sandy Bolton questioned the possibility of currently excluded containers like wine, milk and sprite bottles to be included.

According to officials, to minimise cost and maximise efficiency, the list of containers accepted by the Queensland scheme must remain as similar to other states as possible.

However Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch acknowledged the ‘possibility of future change’.

Australia is one of the leading countries in the world weakening national parks alongside the US and Brazil.

Over 200 million kilometres of national parkland have opened up to industry worldwide, with Australia reducing protections mainly for large marine preserves, such as the Coral Marine Park.

This downgrades of national parks are linked to industrial-scale resource extractions and construction projects.

Three New South Wales sushi outlets have been fined $380,000 for underpaying employees, including several young migrants on working visas.

Migrant employees were especially vulnerable to exploitation as they do not know their workers rights in Australia.

The crackdown was initiated by Fair Work, with Sandra Parker the Fair Work Ombudsman stating the regulator was investigating under payments in the fast-food industry.

According to the Sustainable Development Goals Gender Index, no country in the world is on track to achieve gender equality by 2030.

Agreed upon by 193 countries in 2015, the index consists of 17 goals which outline global efforts to end poverty and inequality.

Co- chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Melinda Gates told the Guardian the index ‘should serve as a wake-up call to the world’.