A bus of tourists, including Australians, has crashed in south-west Germany, injuring 35 people and leaving 9 in a serious condition.

The bus collided with a truck filled with car tyres travelling in the opposite direction.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is yet to confirm whether any Australians were injured in the crash.

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation has launched a campaign to raise a further $400 million on top of the $444 million federal government grant received earlier this year.

The foundation hopes to raise the extra cash from private donors over the next six years.

The announcement comes after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change discussed the threat to coral reefs global warming will cause.

The federal opposition is calling for tighter laws ensuring online privacy of health data to protect citizens against potential intrusion from health insurers.

Opposition health spokesperson Catherine King says Labor is also seeking better laws to protect the privacy of employees and women escaping domestic violence.

Labor will propose amendments to laws already proposed by the Government to boost privacy, requiring police and government agencies to obtain a court order to access patient data.

The Prince Charles Hospital is ensuring patient security and safety in their practices after a doctor has allegedly taken inappropriate pictures of a woman.

A statement from Queensland Health says the hospital is a value-based organisation and does not tolerate inappropriate and illegal behaviour.

Metro North Hospital and Health Service has moved quickly to suspend the staff member from the Prince Charles Hospital and is working closely with the Queensland Police Service.

A Queensland government project to digitise court and police reports is set to exceed its budget by $800,000 after taking a year longer than expected.  

The Queensland Corrective Services initiative was originally anticipated to cost over $550,000 but that figure has been revised to $1.35 million.

The aim of the upgrade is to transfer court and police records online, as the Queensland Corrective Services has been previously working with a paper-based manual system.

An unnamed buyer, identified only as a European art collector, has confirmed she will go ahead with purchasing a Banksy painting for $2 million, despite it shredding itself immediately after the sale last week. 

The anonymous artist known as Banksy planted the shredder within the frame of the 2006 artwork entitled “Balloon Girl.”

Thierry Ehrmann, director of Artprice, an agency which closely monitors art market prices, says the stunt has likely increased the value of the work by $1.3 million. 
 

Five deaths have been reported after Hurricane Michael made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Wednesday afternoon in Florida. 

Florida Governor Rick Scott says there is a massive flow of search and rescue, Highway Patrol, National Guard and utility workers making their way down to the impacted areas. 

Many buildings in Florida weren’t built to withstand storms above a Category 3 while Hurricane Michael reached winds exceeding 200km per hour. 
 

Approximately 6,000 people, mostly indigenous youth have dropped out of the remote work-for-the-dole scheme, and are likely not receiving income support at all, since it began in 2015. 
 
The Indigenous affairs minister says the The Community Development Program is designed to increase support for the most vulnerable job seekers, while ensuring job-ready participants move into work.
 
The plummet in participants cannot be accounted for by job placements or movement between regions but the cause of the decline is yet to be confirmed. 
 

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s son has urged Liberal voters to abandon the party ahead of the Wentworth by-election. 

Alex Turnbull says the party has been taken over by the hard right, and is placing its own agenda ahead of serving the public. 

Prime Minister Morrison says that his candidate Dave Sharma retains his and Malcolm Turnbull’s support.