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.

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.