Low-achieving school leavers, some with marks close to zero, are being offered places in teaching degrees, according to a confidential report obtained by the ABC.

Previously unreported figures from 2015 showed that NSW and ACT students who scored in the bottom half of the cohort made up half of all those offered places in teaching degrees.

The report was released to the ABC after the University of Sydney demanded it to be destroyed.

The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) has revealed roughly 900,000 people have opted out of My Health Record as of the 12th of September.

ADHA head Tim Kelsey says the estimate is not comprehensive and reflected only opt outs via the website and call centres, as paper forms have not yet been reconciled.

A variety of health and privacy advocate groups have criticised My Health Record, due to concerns about patient privacy, the system’s security, and access by third parties such as law enforcement.  

Thousands of people have protested ethnic violence in Ethiopia's Capital which saw 23 people killed, and 200 arrested.

The violence against ethnic minorities broke out as leaders of the Oromo Liberation Front, a formerly-banned rebel group, returned home.

On Monday, protesters denounced the killings and demanded justice by shutting businesses, closing roads and jogging through the streets with flags.

At least 100 people have died after widespread flooding and torrential rains in Nigeria.

Four states have declared a state of emergency, with the federal government taking over the search, rescue and rehabilitation of victims.

Flooding is inevitable during Nigeria’s rainy season, but poor infrastructure and lack of planning exacerbates the damages.

Queensland child sex offenders will be subject to a new series of strict control measures under new laws announced by the State Government.

The proposed changes would be the strongest in the country, and aim to keep repeat offenders accountable to law enforcement for life.

They have been introduced amid concerns surrounding the unmonitored release of serial rapist Robert John Fardon into the community next month.

A gap in the Queensland Government’s newly introduced revenge porn legislation has been identified in a parliamentary committee hearing.

Brisbane Domestic Violence Service team leader Rebecca Shearman believed sexually threatening posts made without associated imagery are not covered under these new laws.

Ms Shearman went on to detail examples where women had been extorted and humiliated by offenders who posted their personal contact details and sexual interests on Facebook.

Financial services giant AMP has been exposed for knowingly charging life insurance fees to dead people.

AMP told concerned staff members the company intends to refund extra fees after the life insurance is claimed, according to the Royal Commission.

The firm is the third to be exposed for the practice by the Royal Commission, following NAB and the Commonwealth Bank.

Raising Newstart payments by $75 a week could help boost the economy, according to a Deloitte report.

Deloitte economist Chris Richardson said the direct cost of an increase is around $3 billion dollars a year, which would flow back into the economy in the long term.

Cassandra Goldie, CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service, says Newstart payments are a national embarrassment, and unemployment payments have been kept low for too long.  

A British diver who assisted in the Thai cave rescue is suing Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who accused him of being a paedophile on Twitter.  

The diver, Vernon Unsworth, is filing a lawsuit to seek more than $75,000 US dollars in damages.

The accusations come after Mr Unsworth criticised Mr Musk’s role in the rescue during a television interview with CNN in July.