The world’s first Artificial Intelligence news anchor has debuted on Chinese television.

The news reader, which is based on the latest  AI technology, is of male appearance with a voice, facial expressions and actions of a real person.

Chinese state media reports that he is able to learn from live broadcasting videos by himself and can read texts as naturally as a professional news anchor.

The Palaszczuk Government has announced one hundred and fifty thousand dollars funding in support of surfing.

The  partnership between the Queensland Academy of Sport and Surfing Australia aims to ensure Queensland surfers are fully prepared for the next Olympics.

Sports Minister Mr De Brenni hopes this funding can help unearth Queensland’s next surfing superstar.

A clerical error has left a Brisbane couple in financial limbo despite their repeated calls to authorities to help clear their names. 

The couple was listed in court as debtors instead of creditors which threatened their financial reputation. 

Court Registrar, Craig Chapman, has said that the mistake was likely made during an “electronic transfer of information” and wrote to the couple apologising for the error. 

Now to national news

5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Western Australia

Following months of negotiations, thousands of school staff will strike this Monday over a new pay deal breaking down. 

There have been several protests, strike actions and work bans two months prior to the statewide strike due to rising frustrations over school staff being the lowest-paid public sector workers. 

Air pollution in the Indian capital has risen to hazardous levels after firecrackers were set off to celebrate Diwali.

Residents of Delhi woke on Thursday to find the city covered in toxic fog.

This was despite a ban from The Supreme Court which restricted the time frame for setting off firecrackers to only two hours in the night.

An internal investigation conducted at the Tokyo Medical University has revealed it systematically marked down all female applicants to limit the number of Women studying at the school. 

It is understood officials at the university wanted to keep a ratio of 30 percent women to men because they believed that women would take long periods of leave after childbirth and marriage, leaving the country with a shortage of doctors. 

In an attempt to reduce poor housing conditions in a remote Northern Territory Aboriginal community... the Federal government is using housing decommissioned by the Royal Australian Air Force. 

The Northern Territory State Government, however, says the houses are “not a viable solution” as the local community would view them as too old. 

The Federal Government asserts that the accommodation is transitional for two to five years, and then will be gifted to the State Government after this period. 

The Nine and Fairfax $4 billion merger is coming to fruition as the competition watchdog has permitted the union of the two media organisations. 

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission predicts the merger will reduce the diversity of Australian news sources as there will only be four big media giants: the Seven Network, News Corp, Nine, and the ABC. 

Due to changed media ownership laws in 2017, proprietors are now able to control more than two out of three media platforms in one market.

The contributions of Indigenous architecture to contemporary places and culture will be the focus of a symposium at Queensland’s State Library Today.

Led by The University of Queensland, the Symposium will feature contributors to the recently published Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture. 

The symposium will bring together important Indigenous voices already active in this field, from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the Pacific Islands.