The University of Sydney has moved to sack lecturer Tim Anderson, alleging serious misconduct, after he showed students images of a Nazi swastika imposed over the flag of Israel.

Dr Anderson has drawn widespread criticism following several visits to Syria and North Korea, expressing support for their dictatorial regimes, and condemning western Imperialism and the US.

Dr Anderson has dismissed the complaints against him as petty and absurd, saying he will appeal the university’s decision and accused them of “political censorship”.

Animal experts continue to warn of the parallel between acute climatic events and snake behaviours after a North Queensland man was bitten multiple times by a non-venomous tree snake that ended up in his bed.

Mackay based snake catcher Brett Modra said the occurrence was only one of many recent erratic snake behaviours witnessed in Australia, with the likelihood of a snake coming into a dwelling to escape the heat, higher than it used to be.

Qantas club memberships have been given out to five Brisbane Councillors, in their roles as committee chairmen, for travelling on business.

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk has admitted he does not know if the memberships are used for personal use, but says they are provided as a “part of the package” to ensure travels taken in their role are supported.

These memberships include access to private lounges and corporate memberships are available to purchase for up to one or two years.

A landmark report into stillbirth in Australia has revealed the rate has not changed in more than 20 years, and is twice as high among Aboriginal mothers.

There were emotional scenes in Parliament last night as Labor senator Malarndirri McCarthy tabled the report, which found stillbirth affects more than 2000 Australian families each year.

Federal health minister Greg Hunt announced a national roundtable to address the rate of stillbirth in Australia in response to the report, as well as $7.2 million for medical research and education programs.

Scammers posing as the ATO have stolen more than $800 000 from Australians in the past month, using software that resembles a legitimate phone number, and then threatening jail or deportation.

There were more than 37,000 reports of scammers in November, with one elderly person losing more than $230,000 over 5 months.

The ATO has said they will never request payment of debts via iTunes gift cards, prepaid visa cards or cryptocurrency and will never request a fee to release funds.

Parliament have found the budget for Queensland’s multi-million dollar project to digitalise the state’s hospital has been blown out.

The $600 million integrated electronic medical record (ieMR) project has proven not of value for the money provided, with the draft business care from the department said to require another $256 million.

The project coordinated by eHealth Queensland aims to digitise all patients medical records to make it easier for clinicians to access, reduce costs, lower patient days spent in hospital and improve clinical care.

Since the roll out of Lime Scooters across Brisbane two weeks ago, more than 50,000 trips have been taken, exceeding expectations and creating a demand for growth beyond the inner city suburbs.

Hundreds of scooters have been distributed around the CBD, South Bank, Fortitude Valley and other inner-city suburbs and were quickly adopted by residents, with a 251 per cent increase in daily trips since Friday.

According to Forbes, 7-year-old primary school student, Ryan ToysReview has made $29.8 million in reviewing children’s toys on YouTube this year.

Launching his channel in March of 2015, Ryan now has over 17.3 million subscribers and 25 billion views, with his video content showing him reviewing and unboxing new toys.

Ryan tops the list of this year's top YouTube earners overtaking YouTube stars such as brothers Jake and Logan Paul as well as Jeffree Star.