Young Australians have launched a campaign calling on politicians to introduce pill testing. Students for Sensible Drug Policy announced the #BeHeardNotHarmed campaign on Wednesday to prevent drug overdose deaths.

Spokesperson Nick Kent said it is the next step in ending the rising national crisis of young people at risk.

Australian Greens leader and drug and alcohol doctor, Richard Di Natali said politicians need to listen to health experts and research, which has demonstrated that pill-testing saves lives.

Marine volunteers in Queensland have complained of bureaucratic inertia and a lack of transparency in a recent review, warning the future of some units is in doubt.

Queensland marine search and rescue services are run by two volunteer organisations, with volunteers revealing both organisations suffer from poor internal communication, dated constitutions, and a lack of transparency.

The report argues for long-term reform, stating that a shake-up of funding is needed.

Australia’s ageing population has pushed more potential university students towards allied health courses, the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre’s 2019 offers have revealed.

Health and allied health courses make up almost one-third of the courses chosen by roughly 16,000 prospective university Queensland students in 2019.

QTAC offers to prospective students were released on Wednesday morning.

The Federal Government's decision to grant $444 million dollars to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation failed to fully comply with transparency rules, auditor-general, Grant Hehir found.

In April last year, the Turnbull government announced it was giving the money to the foundation, which at the time had annual revenue of about $10 million and only six full-time staff.

Hehir and his office found the department failed to properly follow government rules around making grants - rules designed to ensure transparency and value for money.

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.