Brisbane bus drivers are undergoing training to ensure their personal safety and that of passengers against aggressive and intoxicated passengers.

Public and active transport chairman, Adrian Schrinner, says buses to be delivered in the 2018-2019 financial year will also be fitted with driver protection barriers.

The training follows recommendations from the Brisbane City Council’s Ausafe report and state government’s Deloitte Report in response to the death of bus driver, Manmeet Sharma, at Moorooka in 2016.

Refugee Action Collective will be holding an emergency rally tonight in King George Square at 5:30 pm to highlight the crisis of children on Nauru.

Last week, a 12-year-old refugee attempted to set herself alight, while another 17-year-old is refusing food. Local doctors are pleading for children on Nauru to be brought to Australia.

Child safety officers are warning of a growing presence of self-harm, attempted suicides and refusal of food, as well as an increase in serious child psychiatric disorders.

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency has begun decommissioning the Monju fast breeder reactor in Tsuruga, a process expected to take 30 years.

Monju reached criticality for the first time in 1994, with a series of problems following this before the reactor was decommissioned in 2016.

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Toyoshi Fuketa says they want to proceed with the work with a sense of tension, with top priority placed on safety over schedule.

Violent protests have erupted on the streets of Chemnitz, Germany, following the arrest of two people believed to be poorly handled by officials.

In response to the arrests, mobs began randomly attacking people they took to be foreigners.

The protestors are calling for tighter anti-immigration laws by Saxony state president and the Merkel party who have been accused of not doing enough for the region.

Cricket Australia has won an infamous award for the past year’s most sexist comment in Australian public life.

The Ernie Award, which has been running since 1982, was awarded to Cricket Australia after the organisation sacked an employee over her tweets on abortion.

It is reported that the sacked employee, Angela Williamson, is planning to sue Cricket Australia for unfair dismissal.

More informations has emerged on Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton's intervention in the visa cases of foreign au pairs held up by the Border Force.

Not only did Mr Dutton pull favours for AFL boss Gillon McLachlan’s au pair, he also acted for his former colleagues at the Queensland Police Service.

Mr Dutton has defended his actions, saying all cases were assessed individually based on their merits.

There has been at least 15 incidents of wasps preventing flights taking off at Brisbane Airport in the last decade, with 4 planes returning due to sensor probes being blocked by wasps nests.

The report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says while passengers have been alarmed at the risks posed by wasps, the airport’s pest control program remains the most effective measure against interference.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a dry spring for Regional Queensland, leaving farmers in a tough position in the coming months.

Dr Anthony Watkins from the weather bureau says Queensland has had “average to well-below-average” rainfall across the state this winter.

Lack of rain combined with increasing temperatures makes this winter one of the warmest and driest on record.