Japan’s Financial Services Agency has said it will inspect all cryptocurrency exchanges after Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck was hacked in the world’s largest cyber-heist on record.

Financial technology vulnerabilities were highlighted when $660 million worth of NEM cryptocurrency was stolen.

The Financial Services Agency have suspended all cryptocurrency trading except for bitcoin and has ordered improvement to cryptocurrency operations.

The Irish government has agreed to hold a referendum on whether to reform the country’s near-total ban on abortions.

Scheduled to be held in May this year, the vote will decide whether to appeal a constitutional amendment that outright bans the majority of termination practices.

Currently, abortion is only legal if a woman’s life is at risk, but not in cases of rape, incest or fatal foetal abnormality.

An Australian university student has triggered a review into US security protocols after noticing fitness app Strava’s activity heat maps may reveal sensitive information.

ANU Canberra student Nathan Russer discovered locations of and movements within US military facilities in the Middle East, as well as the supply highways US forces take through the countries.

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has since ordered a review of Department of Defence security protocols.

The Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital has assured patients they were never under any threat, after it was revealed a man had been posing as a doctor inside the facility last year.

Nicholas Brett Delaney stole credentials in order to gain access to the hospital, and was fined $3000 on Monday after it was discovered that he was not a real doctor.

Executive Director of the Brisbane Hospital, Dominic Tait, said Delaney did not have access to any of the clinical areas, medications or patients.

For the first time in 14 years, laws regarding owning a pet in Brisbane are in talks to change, including restrictions of keeping unique pets.

New laws will be added to existing ones, including adding peacocks and peahens to the list of prohibited animals in residential areas.

Council lifestyle and community services chairman Matthew Bourke applauds the proposed law, saying it will be easier for residents to be responsible pet owners by reducing certain restrictions and simplifying the animal permit system.

German carmakers, Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler have confirmed research they commissioned into the carcinogenic properties of diesel emissions used caged monkeys to test the fumes health risks.

The German government and all three carmakers have since denounced the study and condemned the use of animals.

The research was carried out by the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector, also known as EUGT, and it is unclear if the carmakers were aware of monkeys being used in the experiments.

According to an Indian Finance Ministry report, the preference to have sons instead of daughters has created an estimated 21 million 'unwanted' girls in India.

While tests to determine the gender of a feotus are still illegal in India, the report has found the preference for sons still leads to sex-selective abortions and greater care being given to male infants.

Recently obtained cabinet documents have revealed that former Immigration Minister Scott Morrison had allegedly agreed to ‘mitigation strategies’ that would make it impossible for asylum seekers to be granted permanent protection visas.

According to the documents obtained by the ABC, Mr Morrison requested advice on how he could issue alternate visas to those seeking asylum, resulting in those close to permanent protection only being issued a temporary three year visa.