Labor has lost a vote in federal parliament over setting a minimum price for milk to help the struggling dairy industry.

Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has labelled the move as a political stunt, calling it a cruel hoax to dairy farmers.

Despite the loss, Labor is promising to investigate minimum prices for milk if the party wins the next federal election.

The Bureau of Meteorology says the chance of Tropical Cyclone Oma making landfall on the southern Queensland coast is decreasing.

The category-two system is currently 960 kilometres north-east of Brisbane and is still moving towards the city.

BOM forecaster Michael Knepp says there is still a lot of uncertainty about Oma’s movements, but the likely scenario is that it will stay off-shore during the weekend and may possibly move parallel to the coast to the north-east, bringing along gale-force winds.

Brisbane City Council’s plan to cut Lime scooter numbers down to 500 has sparked concerns from the people who collect and recharge Lime scooters each night.

Known as “Juicer’s”, the e-scooter collectors said the reduction of Lime scooters will hurt those working in the gig economy.

The council will also trial the introduction of a rival e-scooter company mid-year, a decision which has been criticised by companies who have not been included in the proposed trial.

A security bug is now allowing users to bypass new privacy controls introduced by Facebook-owned message service WhatsApp on iPhone devices this month.

This disclosure follows as messaging and other applications race to improve security and as Facebook addresses criticism for not safeguarding privacy.

A WhatsApp spokesperson said they are aware of the issue and that a fix should be available shortly.

Two prominent Catholic Church cardinals have written an open letter blaming church sexual abuse cases on what they call is a plague of the homosexual agenda.

Cardinals Burke and Brandmuller said the sexual abuses cases have been caused by clergy who have “gone away from the truth of the Gospel”.

The letter comes as bishops begin to meet in Rome for a summit organised by Pope Francis to discuss sexual abuse cases which have rocked the Church.

There are growing calls to ban spinal manipulation on babies after a Facebook video emerged showing a Melbourne chiropractor performing treatment on a two-week-old boy.

The video shows chiropractor Andrew Arnold performing on the baby as well as dangling him upside down.

Health experts have condemned the video, with Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos calling the video "extremely disturbing."

Almost one-in-ten people using Medicare services have decided to opt-out of the electronic medical record system known as My Health Record.

New data shows 2.5 million Australians have chosen not to be included in the record system.

Australian Digital Health Agency chief executive Tim Kelsey has confirmed the figures, but he said the figures meet the expected target of 90 per cent participation.  

Moreton Bay Regional Council has voted for an external review of the organisation, days after allegations of widespread bullying and intimidation were published online.

Mayor Allan Sutherland said the council is determining the terms of reference and contractual arrangements for the review.

The council has declined to say whether it will publicly reveal any findings of the investigation.

The decision to clear five hectares of protected Brisbane koala habitat to expand a rifle range in Belmont is expected to be raised this morning when Queensland’s new Koala Advisory Council is set to meet.

The managers of the Belmont Shooting Complex have already cleared two hectares of bushland, habitat to endangered wildlife and flora, to accommodate their expansion.