The Chinese Government has banned more than 6,000 karaoke songs in a claimed crackdown on copyright infringements.

However, some artists whose music has been banned hold copyright over their own work.

Citizens have taken to social media, suggesting the alleged crackdown may be a part of China’s expanding censorship.

Investigations into pollution controls for major coal-fired power stations in NSW have revealed they are weak and comparable to developing countries.

These results follow the commission of Dr Ron Sahu, a California-based air quality consultant, by Environmental Justice Australia, to examine the three plants.

The reviews are expected to be completed by January 2019.

Two more Queensland teachers have been banned from the classroom after rulings by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal deemed them as posing an unacceptable harm to children.

This latest case brings the number of Queensland teachers who have had their registration suspended or cancelled this year to 30.

The behaviours teachers have been disciplined for in 2018 include having sexual relationships with students, having sleepovers and sexting.

Brisbane City Council is proposing a 15-year plan to transform a mine site in Brisbane’s south into a future business park and green space.

Light industrial land operations and uses compatible with the business park, such as research industry and child care centres, have been proposed for the 18.5-hectare site.

The Austral Bricks company has been operating at the Rochedale site since 1975, but operations are expected to conclude in 2021.

Thousands of Australian teenagers will be taught skills aimed at preventing mental health issues, including being kind to themselves.

The Healthy Minds Program is set to be run in 10 high schools across the country, with the Commonwealth contributing $210,000 to the trial.

Students are to take part in weekly sessions led by a psychologist over two months, learning skills to manage their mental health, including self compassion and understanding emotions.

French Bishops have announced setting up an ‘independent’ commission to shed light on the sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic church since the 1950s.

Following a string of pedophile scandals, the Bishops Conference of France says the panel would seek to understand the reasons which led to the way these affairs were handled, and make recommendations.

The Conference’s statement says the commission’s work would include collecting the stories of victims and helping prevention efforts.

King Mohammad VI of Morocco has expressed his readiness to hold talks with long-time regional rival, Algeria.

Algeria shut its border with Morocco in 1994 after Rabat, the capital city of Morocco imposed visa regulations on Algerian visitors in the wake of a deadly attack on the Atlas Asni Hotel in Marrakech.

In a speech delivered on Tuesday, the King said dialogue was necessary to overcome the two countries’ differences, as he proposed setting up a joint political consultation mechanism to resolve the ongoing dispute.

Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has lost his bid to have Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s defamation case against him thrown out and has been ordered to pay her legal costs.

Senator Hanson-Young filed a defamation case against Senator Leyonhjelm in August accusing him of attacking her character.

The Federal Court has ruled the defamation case to go ahead.

The leaders of three Sydney colleges have apologised after signing a letter to the federal education minister asking to preserve religious schools’ rights to sack or expel gay teachers and students.

Last week, 34 Sydney Anglican schools wrote to the government warning of an undermining of their faith’s core values if the federal government overhauls anti-discrimination laws to protect gay teachers.