Locations of Brisbane’s most dangerous crashes have been revealed, with one stretch of road in the city’s north taking 3 of the top spots.

According to RACQ insurance data, Gympie Road, which runs through Chermside, Aspley and Kedron is where Brisbane motorists are most likely to crash.

Between January 1st 2015 and October 31st, 2018, 540 crashes were reported on Gympie Road. Mains Road at Sunnybank Hills, and Logan Road at Eight Mile Plains also made the top-five accident heavy locations.

The owner of the Broadway Hotel has been issued with a show cause notice from the Brisbane city council over the building’s dilapidated state.

The Woolloongabba pub on Logan Road has been boarded up after a suspicious fire, further destroying the heritage-listed infrastructure after another blaze that occurred eight years ago.

In the first Australian study of its kind, Edith Cowan University uncovers a curious double standard in terms of gender expectations about what's acceptable and what’s not in nightclubs today.

Researcher Aimee-Rose Wrightson-Hester, who surveyed 381 Australians aged 18-30 for the study, said the findings were surprising - with both genders being more accepting of women grabbing, groping and grinding whilst also regarding this culture as unacceptable.

Police say, exotic fish worth thousands of dollars were killed when a suspicious fire ripped through a pet shop in western Sydney on Monday.

Fire crews were called to the business at Emu Plains just before 10pm, taking half an hour to extinguish the blaze.

On arrival, police found hundreds of dead fish on the floor. One tank alone contained fish valued around $10,000. A police spokesman said, “we don’t believe any fish were taken, we believe it was an act of vandalism.”

A Chinese researcher has claimed that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies, he claims the edited baby genes may stop spread HIV.

The twin girls were born this month, and He Jiankui of Shenzhen said he altered their DNA with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.

France passes laws to crack down on ‘fake news’ during elections.

The French National Assembly has approved of two laws to crack down on false information during election campaigns despite criticism from the opposition.

Queensland police have cast doubt on Brisbane City Council explanation for metadata snooping.

A spokesperson for lord Mayor Graham Quirk told Brisbane Times it had only made applications for metadata at the request of the Queensland Police Service assist police investigations.

The QPS said it had sought further information from Brisbane City Council, with a sergeant and a more senior officer separately contacting the lord mayor’s office.

Brisbane City Council commenced an aerial mosquito treatment this morning starting in Tinchi Tamba Wetlands.

The treatments began at 7am in Tinchi Tamba, progressively working south throughout the day, following recent high tides across Brisbane.

Residents are reminded to undertake simple steps around their home to minimise mosquito numbers by checking and emptying any containers holding water such as old tyres, birdbaths, boats and pot plant bases.

Methamphetamine users in WA could be locked up in crisis accommodation centres as part of the McGowan Government's plan to reduce the use of the drug.

The WA Government has rejected to consider legalising some drug use, but Premier McGowan says reducing the stigma around drug use is also important.

The Government provided few details about the proposal for compulsory crisis intervention but said the legislative change could be required and further consideration would also be needed before it was implemented.