Junior doctors at Brisbane’s major hospitals are experiencing a spike in workplace bullying and harassment.

A statewide survey found 44 percent of the respondents at the Royal Brisbane and Women's hospital have experienced workplace abuse.

A Queensland Health spokesman says junior doctors are critical to our frontline health force, and that bullying, harassment or discrimination is not tolerated in their facilities.

Last week, an 18-month-old in Queensland suffered second-degree burns to the bottom of her feet while playing at a park in Ipswich.

Astroturf can hit temperatures of almost 90 degrees Celsius during summer, and high temperature makes the soft rubber covering children's playgrounds reach more than 80 degrees.

Terrorism experts have dismissed claims by the prime minister stating muslim community leaders need to do more to intervene in the wake of Friday’s fatal Bourke Street attack.

Scott Morrison told Sky News on Monday that Islamic leaders needed to do more to prevent terrorist attacks; stating if you’re a leader in one of those communities, you need to know who those people are in your community that might be doing that.

The comments have been echoed by Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton.

Venice’s most famous cathedral is calling for urgent funding to save its precious marble and mosaic floor after surging floodwaters did decades of damage in a day.

St. Mark’s Basilica, which attracts more than 5 million visitors a year, was filled with nearly a meter of water at the end of October, this is the worst flooding seen in the city since 1872.

Carlo Alberto Tesserin, the basilica’s administrator said the church had “aged 20 years in a day” and estimates repairs will cost 2.7 million euros.

Disney plans to release their own streaming service sometime next year.

The new service, called Disney+ will be launching late 2019. The entertainment company is backing on its vast portfolio of characters to lure fans away from other streaming services.

The news comes from Disney CEO Bob Iger after an earnings call with investors last Thursday. The service will be built around Disney’s namesake, along with Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and its recent acquisition of 21st Century Fox.

Pig n Whistle’s Indooroopilly Shopping Centre restaurant been approved an application for 45 poker machines by the Commissioner for Liquor and Gaming.

David Forde said it was approved last week and was acutely aware of the community’s reaction.

Between 2016 and 2017, total electronic gaming machine expenditure in Australia increased from $12 billion to $12.1 billion.

A preliminary study has found the lockout laws have cut down on the number of drunk patrons in Fortitude Valley.

The legislation, which requires venues to call last drinks by 3am, has noted a decrease in the number of people significantly intoxicated throughout the night, but there has been no significant change in the average blood alcohol level.

Lead researcher Peter Miller, from Deakin University’s School of Psychology, says long-term research is needed to see if changes remain beyond the first few months.

Drones could soon be used to check animals health in lambing season.

The so-called ‘lambulance’ is a concept developed by a team at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture.

The drones are fitted with infra-red cameras fly over paddocks, helping sheep farmers save newborn lambs by linking to a smartphone app to give real-time updates on lamb conditions to farmers.

Scott Morrison has reversed funding cuts to the food charity Foodbank after a swift backlash yesterday.

The charity, which feeds 710,000 people a month would have received a cut of more than $300,000, slicing funding from $750,000 a year to $427,000

This move was reversed after hearing backlash from organisations and the public, the Prime Minister announced this morning “I have listened and decided to increase the Food Relief budget by $1.5 million over the next 4.5 years,” the Prime Minster announced this morning