Australia will see the world's biggest house price declines this year, according to one of the world's major credit ratings agencies.

In a research report released on Wednesday, Fitch Ratings forecast Australian house prices would decline a further 5 per cent this year, on top of a 6.7 per cent decline from the peak so far, making Australian housing the worst performer out of 24 countries for the second consecutive year.

YouTube has updated its guidelines to notify users to stop uploading dangerous pranks or emotionally disturbing videos.

It comes in the wake of a series of disturbing so-called challenges, including #birdbox and Tide Pod, which have involved people filming themselves in risky situations and uploading the videos on the platform.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has survived a vote of no confidence in her Government, with the UK Parliament voting down the motion.

The motion was brought by Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn after Mrs May's proposed Brexit deal was defeated by the largest margin in Commons history — 230 votes — on Tuesday evening.

The motion failed to pass by a margin of 19. Mrs May must now present a new Brexit deal or "Plan B" to Parliament next Monday, and MPs will have until January 30th to vote.

The number of MDMA poisoning cases in NSW over a new year period has hit a four- year record breaking peak in 2019.

With 115 emergency department cases in the first week of 2019, the push for pill testing has become a matter of national debate.

Furthermore, the suspected drug overdose of Alex-Ross King at FOMO festival in Sydney’s West over the weekend has further ignited the movement.

Brisbane dock workers have voted this week to commence industrial action that will include strikes, against Hutchison Ports, as a result of what they say is the “the most severe attack on waterfront conditions in a generation”.

The company lost tens of millions of dollars in the past financial year, and unions claim they are planning to slash wages by $10 an hour, strip conditions and automate and outsource a range of roles.

Promoters of a planned Australian tour for disgraced R&B star, R. Kelly have cancelled the gigs in the wake of renewed focus on sexual abuse allegations against the singer, arising from the documentary “Surviving R. Kelly”.

The tour was set to hit all capital cities but confusion arose upon its announcement, as R. Kelly took to social media, calling the tour fake and he had no knowledge of the promoters, Big Music Tour

The Henley Passport Index has revealed the country with the world’s most powerful passport in 2019 is Japan, for the second consecutive time.

Revised quarterly, the index periodically measures the access each country’s travel document affords, with Japan coming out on top with access to 190 countries.

Singapore and South Korea came in second, closely followed by France and Germany.