Health experts are concerned for obese Australian teenagers aged 13 to 17 who are participating in a weight-loss trial as it could lead to serious psychological harm and trigger eating disorders.

The trial, which has been named Fast Track To Health or FTTH, is being conducted in Sydney and Melbourne hospitals and sees the teenagers being put on stringent fasting plans for one year where they will, at times, only be consuming one-quarter of their recommended daily energy intake.

Two successful electric scooter companies will be able to put 500 scooters each onto the streets after a tender which begins this week.

They will do so on a permit approved by the city council, charging the companies $570 per scooter per year, plus a $5000 flat fee.

Brisbane City Council will purchase private land to ease traffic congestion around the new cruise ship terminal being built at Luggage Point.

A multi-million-dollar road work plan was already approved to allow tour buses to connect passengers with hotels and destinations.

Lord mayor Graham Quirk said the council had received no objection from the people who own the property.

The new $158 m terminal is expected to open by the end of the year.

From July this year Australians wanting to fly drones will now have to register for a “flyer’s license” so they are accredited by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) in order to make it easier for police to track down wrongdoers.

This new rule comes in just as the world’s first drone food delivery business based in Canberra is set to begin.

NASA has been forced to cancel history’s first all-female spacewalk due to their inability to provide two properly fitting spacesuits for the astronauts.

Christina Koch and Anne McClain will now undertake separate journeys to the International Space Station, instead of walking together, due to only one suitable spacesuit being available - McClain became the 13th woman to perform the spacewalk on March 22.

Brunei is set to introduce new laws where LGBT people could be whipped or stoned to death for same-sex relations, according to human rights groups that have urged the country to abandon the plan.

Currently, homosexuality in the sultanate is illegal and punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, but the changes would see Brunei become the first Asian country to make homosexuality punishable by death.

Parents are being reminded to keep an eye on children playing in the backyard after a drowning scare in Morayfield yesterday afternoon.

Emergency services were called to the home at 4:30pm after two toddlers were found at the bottom of a pool.

It is not known how long they were underwater for before paramedics arrived on scene. Both children are now in critical condition at the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme has come under fire after refusing to fund a $10,000 hearing upgrade for a deaf man.

The NDIS instead provided $15,000 to be used for core supports to assist with daily living and participation, but funneled these funds directly through to the support provider.

Rockhampton local Mr Dobson had his first cochlear implants 15 years ago, and was planning to use the money to purchase a new speech processor, capable of connecting to a smartphone to make calls easier for the deaf and hearing impaired.