In an open letter with 1,000 signatures, students from 34 schools in greater Sydney have asked principals to forfeit the right to discriminate against LGBT teachers.

The letter comes amidst the request by the 34 schools to be exempt from the Government’s plan to remove the right to expel gay students, while retaining the right to sack LGBT teachers.

Melbourne students have posted on the social media page of Calmer Cafe after reading a negative review in a year 12 exam on a fictional cafe with a similar name.

Thousands of Google employees across the world have staged walkouts in protest over the tech company’s handling of sexual harassment cases.

The protests come a week after the New York Times published a story detailing allegations against former Google executive Andy Rubin, who is reported to have received a $90 million US dollar settlement package.

Almost a year and half since the Grenfell Tower fire in London that claimed the lives of 72, and 151 former residents are still without a place to live.

While 130 households have been moved into permanent housing since the blaze, 39 remain in emergency, and another 25 in temporary accommodation.

The State Government has launched a website offering stats on key economic indicators, such as housing and employment rates. 

The Measures that Matter website is being aimed at town planners and developers, with State Development Minister Cameron Dick hoping the site will help planning during Queensland’s population boom. 

South-east Queensland is estimated to attract a further 2 million migrants, along with 1 million new jobs.

Queensland Labor has fallen foul to their own ban on property developer donations, and have been required to return $6,500 which had been donated after the due date. 

In March this year, the Palaszczuk Government introduced the restrictions on political donations following recommendations of a report into local government corruption. 

The Liberal National Party has also been forced to pay back roughly $8,400. 

However, as all banned donations have been returned, the will be no penalties for the major parties.
 

Hundreds of Queensland LNP supporters have reportedly rejoined the party in what senior officials are saying is an approval of the departure of former PM Malcolm Turnbull. 

Campaign director Lincoln Folo says while there was a spike in memberships when Mr Turnbull rolled Tony Abbott in 2015, this latest event has seen a far more significant increase. 

Mr Turnbull will appear next Thursday as the only panelist on an ABC QandA special - one of his first major television appearances since his resignation. 
 

Federal cuts to asylum seeker support payments has put 80 per cent of refugees at risk of homelessness and destitution in Australia, including the elderly and those unable to work. 

The government’s announcement to end the Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) for asylum seekers on bridging visas, is shifting federal support, worth $80-$120 million to state governments and charities. 

The federal government is justifying the decision by saying the move aims to encourage asylum seekers who are able to work, to stop receiving support payments. 
 

The South Korean supreme court has ruled religion as an acceptable exemption for the country's long-standing mandatory conscription laws. 

Previously, all able bodied men in South Korea we're forced to take up military service with little exceptions, resulting in complications for Jehovah's Witnesses.

Months ago, a young Jehovah's Witness was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for refusing to join the military, of which a possible maximum penalty could have been 3 years.