A recent AirAsia advertisement has been removed from all Brisbane City Council buses due to its sexual undertones.

The airline was accused of ‘making light’ of sexual exploitation in Thailand with the campaign slogan saying in large type, ‘Get off in Thailand.’

National regulator Ad Standards says while it had not received any complaints about the advertisement on the bus, it has received one complaint about the same advertisement on a billboard.

Services providing support to homeless people in Perth announced they are at breaking point due to funding levels having been stagnant for years.

WA Council of Social Services chief executive Louise Giolitto says the most vulnerable people in the community would pay the price for state governments failing to fund the sector to keep up with demand and the cost of running services.

Uber is purchasing the Middle East’s biggest ride-hailing app for $3.1 billion.

Careem, Uber’s Middle East rival which is based in Dubai, was founded in 2012 and now has 30 million users across 90 cities in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan, making it the regional market leader.

It will be purchased with not just cash but also securities that will convert into Uber shares when the company goes public.

During Apple’s 2019 Event, they announced they will now branch out from producing iPhones and the like and begin producing their own films and TV shows which people with Apple devices, and other streaming gadgets such as Roku, will be able to subscribe to.

In order to make the Apple TV+ streaming service a success, they will face enormous costs but they need it to work considering iPhone sales have flatlined since 2015, seeing a fall of 15% since 2018’s last quarter.

Health experts are concerned for obese Australian teenagers aged 13 to 17 who are participating in a weight-loss trial as it could lead to serious psychological harm and trigger eating disorders.

The trial, which has been named Fast Track To Health or FTTH, is being conducted in Sydney and Melbourne hospitals and sees the teenagers being put on stringent fasting plans for one year where they will, at times, only be consuming one-quarter of their recommended daily energy intake.

Two successful electric scooter companies will be able to put 500 scooters each onto the streets after a tender which begins this week.

They will do so on a permit approved by the city council, charging the companies $570 per scooter per year, plus a $5000 flat fee.

Brisbane City Council will purchase private land to ease traffic congestion around the new cruise ship terminal being built at Luggage Point.

A multi-million-dollar road work plan was already approved to allow tour buses to connect passengers with hotels and destinations.

Lord mayor Graham Quirk said the council had received no objection from the people who own the property.

The new $158 m terminal is expected to open by the end of the year.

From July this year Australians wanting to fly drones will now have to register for a “flyer’s license” so they are accredited by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in order to make it easier for police to track down wrongdoers.

This new rule comes in just as the world’s first drone food delivery business based in Canberra is set to begin.

NASA has been forced to cancel history’s first all-female spacewalk due to their inability to provide two properly fitting spacesuits for the astronauts.

Christina Koch and Anne McClain will now undertake separate journeys to the International Space Station, instead of walking together, due to only one suitable spacesuit being available - McClain became the 13th woman to perform the spacewalk on March 22.