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.

The Australian Medical Association Queensland reports a spike in bullying and harassment claims from junior doctors at major Brisbane public hospitals. 

Results from a survey of 6000 junior doctors, reveals that 44% of respondents at the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital; and 35% from Princess Alexandra Hospital experienced some form of verbal bullying or harassment. 

Further, Lady Cilento, the Marter, the Royal Brisbane and Women’s, Princess Alexandra and Prince Charles hospitals experienced a drop  of grades from 2017 due to poor workplace support. 

The leader of the New South Wales Opposition Luke Foley has resigned, following accusations from ABC journalist Ashleigh Raper that Mr Foley inappropriately touched her at a Christmas function.

The member for Auburn has denied the accusations, and signalled he intends to sue for defamation. 

The Labor Party has distanced itself from the former leader and will not be paying his legal fees. 
 

Teachers at Brisbane's St Pauls college Bald Hills are using innovative techniques to make military history come to life for their students. 

History teacher Kerry Daud came up with the idea five years ago to build a 27-metre long trench to teach students what life was like for soldiers in world war 1. 

Ms Daud said that it has taken many years to come into fruition and it has changed both the teaching and learning experiences for all at the school. 
 

The traditional owners of Jabiru, 300 kilometres east of Darwin, are celebrating their native title rights and interests after they were successfully recognised under Australian law. 

Generations of the Mirrar people have lived traditionally within the world heritage listed national park of Kakadu for thousands of years. 

A special on-country hearing will be held today to present the Mirrar native title holders with hard copies of the native title determination over areas of the Jabiru township. 
 

The traditional owners of Jabiru, 300 kilometres east of Darwin, are celebrating their native title rights and interests after they were successfully recognised under Australian law. 

Generations of the Mirrar people have lived traditionally within the world heritage listed national park of Kakadu for thousands of years. 

A special on-country hearing will be held today to present the Mirrar native title holders with hard copies of the native title determination over areas of the Jabiru township. 
 

The Chinese Government has banned more than six thousand karaoke songs in a push to improve the country’s copyright laws.

The list of banned songs includes many titles from popular Hong Kong and Taiwanese artists including Eason Chan.

While China’s state-sponsored Copyright Association claims the ban is only to prevent copyright infringement… many artists believe this is the next step in Beijing's expanding censorship.
 

Ethiopia's oppositional politician, Birtukan Mideksa, has returned home from exile in the United States.  

Earlier in the year, 200 protestors were killed by Ethiopian police as an apparent crackdown on political opposition. 

Birtukan’s return is illustrative of how the political landscape has transformed in Ethiopia since the current Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in April.