A State Library of Queensland-run workshop is taking a novel approach to eliminate waste by teaching refugee and migrant students to build their own computers.

The program repurposes old government computers that would otherwise be destined for landfill to teach the students about hardware, software and operating systems.

SLQ program officer Michelle Brown said at the end of the course, each participant took home the computer they had rebuilt, providing technological access to help with their studies.

A man has been charged after he allegedly rode a horse into an anti-Adani protester in Central Queensland yesterday.

Anti-Adani protestors were watching live music when the man entered the showgrounds on horseback and knocked a 61-year-old woman to the ground.

The woman was flown to Mackay Base Hospital and is in a stable condition.

A new Anglicare report has found 98 percent of rental housing is unaffordable, locking people working full-time on the minimum wage out of the rental market.

The Rental Affordability Snapshot report found only 2.2 percent of all rental listings across Australia are affordable for a single person earning the minimum wage, in a 0.7 per cent drop from 2018 and 2017, and a 3.1 per cent drop since 2016.

Thousands of Hong Kong residents have swarmed the streets to protest extradition laws with China.

Government officials have sought to implement laws to close loopholes caused by discrepancies in the legal systems of Hong Kong and mainland China, but anti-extradition activists say such actions would erode the city’s protected freedoms.

Extradition laws could be passed by the government later in the year, with Hong Kong’s pro-democratic camp no longer holding enough seats to block the move.

A British blind Staffordshire bull terrier cross has formed a special bond with his own personal guide-dog who navigates him around and helps him find his water bowl.

Amos was born blind at a rescue centre and relies on Toby a nine-year-old border terrier to protect him from other dogs and guide him through life.

Blind animals are frequently abandoned and left to fend for themselves; you can adopt and save a pet pal from your local RSPCA or animal rescue shelter, and remember - adopt, don’t shop!

An Australian Border Force IT system outage has caused major delays at Brisbane International Airport, and all international terminals across the country.

Passport control machines were down, causing lengthy delays to passengers set to depart or land in the country from 6am this morning.

Brisbane’s Greenslopes Private Hospital is leading the way in an international ‘triple therapy’ heart study.

The hospital was the largest trial site in Australia for a global study focusing on the use of anticoagulants and antiplatelet therapies in high-risk cardiac patients.

Associate Professor David Colquhoun said the study’s findings will be discussed at a forthcoming research meeting of the Cardiology Craft Group and will lead to improved clinic practice.

New research by Monash University, RMIT and Intel Corporation shows smart home technology continues to be associated with expressions of masculinity and may pose unexpected security threats for women and victims of domestic violence.

The study revealed concerns that smart home technologies could be used for privacy invasion or as a form of intimidation by locking people in or out of their properties and allow for the monitoring of their movements and activities.

Research published this week has found that the Great Barrier Reef is migrating south.

Warming ocean temperatures are reportedly causing the shift of the reef away from the equator and to cooler waters.

Scientists have said it is unlikely we will see the reef off the coast of Brisbane as other factors such as the impacts of ocean acidification will halt the move.