Only 29 percent of women ‘always’ feel safe at music festivals, according to an online survey of 500 Australians on their perceptions of safety and sexual violence at such events.

Crowded spaces, such as mosh pits, were most frequently identified as sites of sexual violence, as perpetrators were able to create a level of ambiguity and disappear into the crowd—making it difficult for someone to do anything about an incident.

Tasmania could become the first state to scrap gender from birth certificates, the issue will be debated in parliament next month.

The sex of a baby would no longer be recorded under new legislation.

The Greens are supporting this, fighting for a person’s right to change the gender on their birth certificate without undergoing invasive surgery.

The United Kingdom is taking advantage of the Royal Visit from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex by launching a campaign to draw interest to our home state

A four week digital and social media campaign has been launched combined with Flight Centre UK in order to fully utilise the social media stir caused by the visit.

Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones has said the royal visit from Harry and Meaghan could generate somewhere near 6 Million dollars for Queensland.

he State Assessment and Referral Agency (SARA) has issued a scathing letter in relation to the proposed Mt Coot-tha Zipline.

It points out that the documents are riddled with errors, especially around the amount of tree clearing needed, and supposedly up to 28 hectares of bushland will need to be cleared.

The Greens are ardently opposing the project, as it will also negatively impact the historic Mt Coot-tha viewing platform.

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia says the killing of Jamal Khashoggi was a "heinous crime that cannot be justified" in his first public comment since the journalist’s death.

Appearing on a discussion panel, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said all culprits would be punished, and Saudi Arabia and Turkey would work together "to reach results".

The crown prince said of the death of the columnist who condemned him, “the crime was really painful to all Saudis. I believe it is painful for every human in the world."

Facebook has removed 8.7 million images of child nudity over the last quarter, with software that automatically flags such photos.

This machine learning tool was rolled out over the last year but has remained disclosed up until now. Its purpose is to identify images containing both nudity and a child, and ban photos that show minors in a sexualised context.

A similar system was also disclosed on Wednesday, which catches users engaged in ‘grooming’ or befriending minors for sexual exploitation.

Tim Kirby was a healthy young uni student living in a share house with his friends.

They were aware the house had mould issues, but just accepted it - that is until Kirby became very sick, insomnia, headaches, fatigue and drastic weight loss.

After visiting more than 20 doctors, he was diagnosed with a little known condition called chronic inflammatory response syndrome, which ravaged his body and immune system.

2 former victims now independent politicians  are now running for Victoria's Upper House Election in next months state election

Mr Trang Chawla and Ms Lee were both sick of australia's domestic violence rates, having been victims themselves and decided to take a stand against political parties which they view lack commitment to implement recommendations to the Royal Commission into Family Violence in a meaningful way

A multi-coloured staircase in Rainbow Beach, that has gone viral and gained celebrity attention, has caused a debate between the original creator and someone who added their own touch to the piece.