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.

The British Government has been found in contempt of court for the first time ever, after refusing to release the full legal advice underpinning its Brexit deal.

Theresa May’s government lost the vote 311 to 293 just hours after May had told Cabinet the “candid” legal advice given to ministers must remain confidential.

The opposition Labour Party’s spokesperson, Keir Starmer, said the defeat is a “badge of shame” for the government, and the decision had huge constitutional and political significance.

Australia’s three tiers of government should be connected online, a new report has recommended, with all citizens issued a unique digital ID to easily access services online.

The report, published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, has detailed a vision for a digitally connected future, which could significantly cut costs and improve communication between the three levels of government.

Despite scepticism regarding its privacy, the plan has already been successfully introduced in Estonia, with strong privacy controls for citizens.