With social media being a possible driver of self-harm and suicide among youth, the UK government is now taking matters into its own hands.

Authorities say a regulatory system for social media companies should be created to address the problem.

A lawyer specializing in internet law and social media says that it is possible to create cross jurisdictional internet regulations to limit social media content and mitigate the harm it can inflict on children, however this may raise issues around personal freedom for users.

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani wants his government to be “the decision-maker” in any peace deal involving the US and the Taliban.

In a television interview with Afghan opposition politicians and Taliban representatives in Moscow, Ghani said no peace deal between the Taliban and the United States could be finalised without involving his government.

Government minister, Scott Buchholz, has apologised for "behaving like an idiot" after a female defence officer reportedly complained about his behaviour.

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) member lodged a complaint about the Assistant Minister for Roads and Transport, who says he recognises how inappropriate his actions were.

The nature of the complaint is unknown but the incident is understood to have occurred in August last year in Darwin, before Mr Buchholz was promoted to the frontbench by the prime minister.

Storms across Tasmania have brought some much needed relief to the bushfire crisis, with Hobart recording 17 millimetres this morning.

Luke Johnston, from the Bureau of Meteorology, said there is more to come including a possibility of hail.

In a statement, the Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) said the rainfall overnight had "eased the fire risk to a number of Tasmanian communities".

CityCat crews will strike again for 24 hours from Friday morning as unions argue the company running the CityCats for Brisbane City Council is replacing permanent staff with casual staff.

The company, Transdev, insists this is incorrect and the core issue is the scale of the wage increase.

It is the third strike by CityCat crews against Transdev since December 2018 as the unions continue their 12-month struggle to renegotiate the enterprise bargaining agreement with the company.

Queensland’s mining expertise could be the ticket to Space.

A paper published by a Queensland inquiry into job creation opportunities from the establishment of an Australian space industry said the sector needed skilled workers in manufacturing, technology, mining, aviation and defence.

Pam Melroy, from Nova Systems, argued Australians could bring the ingenuity they brought to operating in remote, harsh environments to bear in the next intergalactic steps planned to the moon and Mars.

There is more than $110 million in Medicare rebates sitting unclaimed as masses of Australians have not provided their bank account details to the government.

Human Services Minister Michael Keenan says about 670,000 people are owed money and insists it takes about one minute to provide the necessary information to receive the rebates.

Australians need to update their bank account details with the government to access the unclaimed Medicare rebates.

A Nepalese charity has been evicted from a Brisbane City Council-owned heritage building, after reportedly failing to pay rent.

The United Hands Foundation Australia moved into the historic 1920s-era building after council restored it and has run the Engine Room Cafe in Teneriffe since 2016.