A special police task force was deployed to target “stupid” electric scooter riders on Friday night in Brisbane City.

A total of 75 fines were issued for riders without helmets.

Around 30 police officers were situated across Mt Gravatt, Fortitude Valley and Brisbane City.

Fortitude Valley officer-in-charge Acting Sergeant, Simon Rowe, said “the number of offences detected as part of this operation [was] concerning and [they] want to remind everyone they do not tolerate people disregarding their own and others safety on scooters.

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The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), and Aboriginal Media is launching the STRONGER TOGETHER campaign with the suicide prevention organisation to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to reach out and ask for help.

The program launches today and hopes to “break [the] cycle of trauma” within these communities.

A family of Bhutan migrants are being deported after being told their hearing-impaired son would be a financial burden on Australia and does not meet the country’s migration health requirements.

18-year-old Kinley Wangchuck and his family have been calling Australia “home” since 2012.

Kinley has learned AUSLAN in an effort to communicate, but the language does not translate to Bhutanese and his family say he will struggle to communicate if they are forced to return to the country.

Egypt has released a high-profile activist who was jailed alongside Australian journalist Peter Greste.

Egyptian local Alaa Abdel Fattah, a key figure in the Arab Spring, was set to serve 15 years imprisonment in November 2013, but later had his sentence reduced to five years.

His family and supporters have maintained his innocence since his arrest, and are reportedly “overjoyed” at the news of his release - however, the family said the release process has not yet begun.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has discovered the source of a salmonella outbreak in America is pet hedgehogs.

17 people across 11 states have now been affected salmonella.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people should avoid kissing or snuggling hedgehogs because they can spread salmonella germs to your face and mouth and make you ill.

Brisbane Youth Service (BYS) is calling on locals to help them break the Guinness World Record for ‘Most People Performing Burpees’ on April 6th to help raise money and awareness for youth homelessness.

1,500 participants are needed to perform burpees together for two minutes to secure the world record.

Ambassador and Founder of the burpees campaign, Dave Kramer, said he grew up in poor conditions and remembered how good it felt to receive support and generosity from others.

Brisbane’s new and incoming Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner announced he wants to build 5 new green bridges.

Cr Schrinner believes the move will reduce traffic congestion across the city and is expected to cost at least $550 million.

The announcement was made shortly after Cr Schrinner was voted as the City’s new lord mayor, and said the builds “will make Brisbane a more clean, green and active city.”