South-east Queensland towns are reaching record breaking temperatures throughout the warmest March week on record.

The Ipswich suburb of Amberley reached 41.3 degrees after 3pm yesterday, smashing its previous record for the warmest March day, which was 38.9 degrees in 1965.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe storm warning for the recording breaking week, with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and flash flooding expected for the central coast and inland areas.

Public transport might be getting a digital overhaul following the department of Transport and Mains Road plan to install digital screens into its network.

The screens would show real-time timetables, route delays, and commercial advertising, however, the new service could potentially feature the collection and use of customer data.

A TMR spokesman said the digital network could deliver real-time information to customers.

"It is anticipated that users will have an option to opt in or out of data collecting services."

In the wake of two deadly plane crashes involving the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in the past five months, Australia’s aviation safety authority has officially banned the use of the plane for flights both in and out of the country.

The safety authority says it’s in the best interests of safety to ground the jets which are currently operated here by Fiji Airways who fly them into Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne.

A National Library of Australia archive of Australian websites from as early as 1996 has been published, as a 20 year effort to protect Australia’s cultural history.

Ms Allison Dellit of the trove service of the National Library explains the website has been collecting pages since the mid 1990s, capturing the primitive designs and information of the time on various Australian websites including the Prime Minister’s website, which was initially John Howard’s, and one of the first ABC News websites.

German tourist, Arne Murke, has credited his pants for saving his life after he was knocked overboard while out sailing with his brother in New Zealand.

Mr Murke used his pants as a makeshift life jacket, which kept him afloat until rescue crews could find him almost three hours later.

Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand's Chris Henshaw said, "It was fortunate the yacht had both a VHF radio and emergency beacons to raise the alert. Without appropriate communications devices and beacons it may have turned out differently."

Covert footage has been obtained from a pig semen collection facility in Brisbane that depicts the animals being kicked, abused, kept in filthy stalls and deprived of clean drinking water.

The footage has already made the rounds on social media, racking up over 500,000 views, with thousands expressing outrage over what the pigs are being made to suffer through.

The Department of Agriculture is yet to comment on the incident, and no charges have been laid.

The Gold Coast Airport will be partnering with Smiths Detections after trialing new CT technology screening systems on carry-on baggage.

The technology produces 3D images that remove the need for passengers to unload items such as laptops, gels, or liquids.  

The new system was implemented in January this year, and staff reported a significant enhancement in the security screening process - for both passengers and members of the security team - until the trial ended on March 1.  

Sam Kerr and Ellie Carpenter from the Matildas soccer team joined Nike’s leading women’s football athletes to unveil the all new Australian home kit today. The girls joined 26 athletes from 14 Nike Federations to launch the official National Team Collections.

The Matildas Team Captain Sam Kerr says having a kit designed exclusively for the Matildas is a dream come true and that they are honoured to be pulling on the green and gold.

The Matildas will debut the kit in April in a match against the United States.

The NSW government has announced it will be backing a 35 million dollar project to establish the Sydney Quantum Academy.

The academy is a result of the collaboration between four universities in the Sydney area, and is set to train the next generation of engineers and scientists in quantum computing.

The NSW government has pledged to invest 15.4 million dollars into the project, with the understanding that the academy will attract talent and investment to Australia.