Doctors and nurses are supplying mums-to-be with ‘do-it-yourself’ birthing kits as maternity services in regional Queensland dwindle.

The DIY birthing kits were introduced by the Palaszczuk Labor Government and have now sparked a push for more maternity services and a boost for midwives.

LNP Leader Deb Frecklington says the situation is disgraceful and Queensland deserves a world-class system, not a band-aid DIY solution.

In a report released this morning by Oxfam titled Made in Poverty, some of Australia’s top clothing brands have been outed as contributing to systematic exploitation, as well as not paying employees a living wage and sustaining unsafe and horrid conditions.

Researchers interviewed more than 130 factory owners, managers and others in powerful positions, as well as over 450 women working in factories that supply clothing to Australian brands such as Kmart, Target, Big W, Cotton On and more.

The rollout of the National Broadband Network is a step closer to completion with nearly 3 in 4 Australian homes and businesses now able to connect.

More than 8 million homes and businesses are now able to order a service from their preferred retailer, with a further 628,000 set to be able to connect by the end of June.

Katherine Dyer from NBN Co says they're on-track to complete the rollout by 2020.

Slater and Gordon is calling on the big banks to show they have truly turned over a new leaf by introducing a formal process of structured remediation, through which independent advice is provided to customers who may be entitled to compensation.

The process would involve a qualified, independent third party being engaged by the banks to help aggrieved customers understand what happened to their money, what their rights are, and what a just way forward would entail.

Pope Francis has vowed he will tackle all cases of sexual abuse committed by priests of the Roman Catholic Church in a speech to the Vatican Summit on Sunday.

The Pope left victims cold by blaming the devil for sexual abuse acts, insisting the Church was not the only place children were assaulted, as well as comparing the acts to “human sacrifice”.

The Pope has ensured the Church is developing strategies in their legislation to prevent any further cases of sexual assault.

EU senior officials said Brexit may be delayed until 2021, giving UK Parliament more time to strike a consensus on an exit deal.

Support is growing amongst Members for Parliament for British Prime Minister Theresa May to seek an extension of article 50 until a deal is agreed upon after Prime Minister May’s last deal was struck down by 230 votes in January.

Britain is currently still on track to leave the EU on March 29.

US White House senior advisor Jared Kushner is heading to the Middle East to promote a US peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians.

Although Palestinians have pre-emptively rejected the plan, Kushner continues to promote the economic portion of the US plan, which includes finding for the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to reveal any details of the plan, and says that the plan will be unveiled after Israel election on April 9.

US Senator Dianne Feinstein clashed with a group of primary-school students over the US’s Green New Deal, which supports renewable energy plan.

The students stopped by the Senator’s office in San Francisco to call on her support or the plan, which calls for zero greenhouse emissions and 100% renewable energy in the US by 2030.

Feinstein says she can’t support the Deal because there is no way of paying for it.

The cafe chain Muffin Break is under fire after its general manager claimed entitled millennials aren’t willing to do unpaid work to get ahead.

General manager Natalie Brennan told News Corp nobody was asking for an internship, work experience or unpaid work. 

Last year, a former franchisee told a parliamentary inquiry he was told to consider underpaying trustworthy staff and to be aware of other migrants who would gladly accept underpayments in lure of their first job.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces $31 million for an irrigation project in Victoria’s Gippsland along with a $2.5 million investment in mental health services to aid farmers suffering from drought.

The pledge came from a recent tour Morrison did in the drought-affected region with the Agriculture Minister David Littleproud.

Morrison says he can’t make it rain but he is working closely with the local community to ensure the right supports are in place for the future.