The Queensland University of Technology has updated how they allocate prize money for female runners in the QUT Classic after being accused of sexism.

Brisbane runner, Alexandra Blake, was the first female across the line in the women’s five kilometre race category over the weekend and was angered when she did not receive any prize money unlike the winner of the men’s race.

QUT said it was an “oversight” and they will now award to the top three male and female runners.

The University of Queensland community is helping to create 60 paintings to be included in a large-scale art installation opening later this year.

Artist Lara Merrett is working over the next 10 days in an outdoor studio at UQ and hopes to empower passing audiences to feel part of the creative process.

Art Museum Senior Curator Peta Rake said the exhibition aims to break down the barriers between artists, artwork and audience by actively engaging them in the process.

The ABC’s vote compass survey rating has revealed over 301,000 Australians do not believe the major political party leaders are trustworthy or competent.

On average, the respondents gave Pauline Hanson, Scott Morrison, Richard Di Natale, and Bill Shorten a competence and trustworthiness score of less than five out of ten.

ABC election analyst Antony Green said the data suggests none of the major political party leaders are standing out ahead of the federal election on May 18.

Employees from a Melbourne factory involved in a blaze earlier this month have revealed they worked under shocking conditions.

Workers at the Bradbury factory say in the lead up to the fire, chemical drums were stored incorrectly and workers wore inadequate safety equipment while they were frequently being covered in chemicals, resulting physical and respiratory problems.

272 election staff have died following the world’s biggest single-day elections in Indonesia.

It is thought that most have died of overwork-related illnesses.

The election was the first time the presidential vote was combined with national and regional parliamentary polls, drawing 193 million voters to more than 800,000 polling stations with all ballots having to be counted by hand.

Ukraine’s president-elect has mocked Russia’s offer to give passports to his countrymen, saying the documents would provide “the right to be arrested”.

Volodymyr Zelensky pledged to give citizenship to “suffering” Russians, following Russian President Vladimir Putin signing a decree earlier in the week offering people in eastern Ukraine’s separatist territories passports.